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I WISH we had Lunaria because it sounds so interesting. I've only seen it in the silvery dried stage on a visit to MI and I liked it quite a bit. Our dollar weeds are green with a stem leading to a top piece similar to a silver dollar laying horizontally on the stem, but a green color. It travels fast by trailing on the ground, mostly in the grass. Weed 'n' feed doesn't kill it. You can't just pull them up. You have to use harsh chemicals on them, which we don't like to do.
I like your reminder that plants communicate with each other. I remember reading something along that line, also. Not major communication, but a little something. That old saying about people talking to their plants and the plants thriving might actually have some basis in reality...who knows?
I like the Finch's Cottage, such an upgrade for a dandelion. I didn't know finches like dandelions! That could be because we have no finches and I don't let any dandelions bloom before I rip them out. No reproducing allowed for them!!
I love cosmos! I tried to grow them from seed this year for the 1st time. No luck. I think the soil got too wet and heavy from the numerous heavy rains we had. I'll get small plants next time and cover them with a screen-like covering, no more fiddling with seeds! I wish you great luck with your daisies and cone flowers. I'll bet they're beautiful.
Colorsue-have you tried starting the seeds indoors in a flat, then transplanting outside? I have to be careful with certain seedlings because of earwigs, but once they reach a certain height, earwigs leave the plant alone.
Plants like music too GA. A radio while I garden is motivating,LOL!! I play music when I clean house too.
I'm going to do winter sowing in milk jugs for spinach and lettuce.
No, I haven't started seeds indoors. It makes sense but I don't have the energy or desire to do it. Indoor plants can end up being messy and I've long been against them. I have artificial trees and plants indoors and live ones outdoors. I do think your idea is a good one for most people to try.
That's what I thought you meant, but I don't have a safe place near a window to get them started indoors. I would have to clear an area of furniture or whatever is there and I'm afraid the plantings would have an accident and end up spilled on the carpet or tile or furniture. Watering can be tricky to do without getting some on furniture, etc. by accident. This has happened before and I don't want to risk it. We're in zone 10 and are fairly free to plant year 'round for most things, so I'm choosing to bypass the difficult or risky methods and look for small plants. Thank you for your interest and suggestions. I'm still open to hearing others that you have. ;o)
I don't want extensive work t
o do in the garden, I will only plant one tomato plant which will be mire than enough for us ( most people I know don't cook anymore).
Cooking around here will change drastically when he's gone. He's not expected to survive more than a few years due to a recurrence of cancer. But you never know....he's been breaking records since he 1st was diagnosed. I'll have to cook again when necessary. It will be forced labor.
On the other hand, the neighbor's Mouse Squad Queen isn't visiting as often. Perhaps the supply has been exhausted, or perhaps there's nowhere for the little critters to hide.
Saw on one of the garden forums I occasionally visit that a regular member and her family are making their own cider. Several bushels of freshly picked apples are stacked up waiting for their turn to become that delicious drink so loved in the fall.
I'm thinking again of digging out my Mother Earth magazines and toying with the idea of building my own cider press. But what else could I use it for? It's a lot of work for just one fruit.
I've already added this to my list of corn to try next year. I just hope the kernels taste awful so the raccoons leave them alone.
This corn would be beautiful in a fall arrangement.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Shane is creative, isn't he? It sounds like he set a trap for you. Unintentionally. You certainly have to watch what he does! Can you get him to tell you when he does this stuff? It's good to vent, but also good to know where potential problems are. Enjoy your garden!!
Garden Artist, thanks for answering about growing pumpkins, I will use a planter on the porch and try to fence off the baby punkins to protect them from the racoons. Also, using a high-pitched alarm at the front door, that'll scare them and me too! For some reason, being awakened at night doesn't seem to bother me as much anymore. If it is expected, planned for, it's just not that bad for me. I could garden in the moonlight if there were no black widow spiders. (Guess not, just another crazy idea).
blooming.
I've used fencing or chicken wire, and some folks use hoops to keep out the critters and also retain the heat. Sometimes it's hard to maneuver and anchor though.
Human or pet hair also will deter the raccoons. When I had cats, I saved their fur and rubbed it on the pumpkins. But that has to be done after every rain as the scent washes away. And when I had 28 pumpkins one year, I didn't have enough cat fur for all the pumpkins. Raccoons got about 1/4 of them that year.
I like the idea of alarming the pumpkins to keep the raccoons away. I'll have to try that. Do you use the small battery operated motion alarms?
Jazzy, without being personal, how rural and how far north are you? Are you in northern Canada? I'm in zone 5 - 6, with a summer sometimes too short for melons, but the squash do manage to mature.
Some gardeners do use electrified fences, which I find barbaric, unless they're rigged to active alarms or lights before the rabbits or other critters come in contact with the actual fencing.
I didn't mind the rabbits and grew extra for them until they began nibbling on a sweet little Wake Robin (a burgundy trillium) that appeared as a volunteer one Spring. I walked out 2 - 3 times a day to see the flowers. Then one day they were all gone. I put fencing around them to save the seeds, fenced them again next year and the blooms remained intact.
I didn't know "Shane" had Asperger's. I apologize if I said something inappropriate. I have a SIL and niece with it and they are able to tell others if they did something like rigging a car with bungee cords or similar things, thank goodness. I think they must have slighter cases of Asperger's compared to some other people. At least, that's the general consensus in our extended family.
So I understand a little and have researched this disorder a little bit, but not greatly.
The "just walking away" describes my husband, too! He's got severe hearing problems, often won't wear his hearing aids and has selective hearing and memory. It appears there's more than one way to get to the same results. Ooops, I sound like I belong on the "whine" thread. Enough. I hope you enjoy your garden plans and pumpkin carving!
If it wasn't for you all, and this forum, I might just give up. But, I am liking my garden focus. Those new bouganvillas need extra water with the heat today. Thanks to the sweet one, he already gave them a drink. I just asked him.