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Cwillie, I pulled all my annuals, and put them all in a pile in my old little red wagon, last weekend.

I pulled them out back, left them, they look so pretty today, gonna leave them until frost comes.

Amazing beautiful day! So picked my beautiful zinnias, put them on the table in a vase.
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Enjoy the nice weather while it lasts! I just got back from two garden centers, and as usual, spent more than I set out to. I’ve got tulip and hyacinth bulbs now, tucked away in the fridge where they’ll get their first winter before they go in the ground around Christmas time for their next winter, and already looking forward to beautiful blooms in the spring. I bought more dusty miller, snapdragons, pansies, and dianthus, all of which bloom happily all winter, unless it’s a very unusual winter and freakishly cold. My mom took a picture once in her yard of her pansies peeking up blooming through the snow. Of course the snow was an inch or two and last only a day or two, but she was proud of her favorite flower. Our awful humidity is finally gone so I have weeks of good gardening before first freeze. Hubby is helping me trim and clear out what’s done for the year. Happy fall all…
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I know cold, wet and dark is only weeks (days?) away but I can't bring myself to put my yard and garden to bed while the nice weather lasts.
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Aw, that’s so nice, Nacy, although they would probably become gopher food too! Canna foliage is pretty enough - they don’t even need the lily but you’ve got to feel a little cheated after a whole season waiting.

50” is a lot of snow but I understand what you mean about the peacefulness. I used to be able to tell, even before getting out of bed in the morning or looking out the window, whether it had snowed during the night, just because of the muffled quiet. I miss it a little, but only a little.
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Peasup, wish I could give you sum bulbs . I got tons. My leaves got big but now flowers this year.

It depends, some years alot! Last winter was an easy winter. Probably an average of 50 inches. It's really beautiful, as long as you don't have to drive, or shovel. I have an electric fire place in my 3 season room , love to get up early watch the snow fall and drink coffee, before the rest of the world is up, So peaceful. 2 years ago I got up and slowly watch are garbage can just disappear. I do, also do a lot of complaining about it too, just a heads up this winter. 😂

It can get lonely, and the days get so dark and short.
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Nacy, I had 3 Cannas when we moved in but this year only one came up and it never got tall or bloomed. I didn’t dig them but I don’t think you have to here. I’m thinking gophers got them. We have a horrible problem with gophers, voles, moles, etc.

I finished the bamboo clean up yesterday and by the time I got done I was so sore I couldn’t sleep. Better today.

How much snow do you get on average over there?
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I pulled my cannis bulbs yesterday, to put them away for next year. , started to pull some of my seeded flowers, but to many bees.

Summer is winding down, time to think about fall, and get the lawn chairs picked up, won't be long and it will be time to get the snow shovels out.
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Send help, you are wise. Unfortunately, gardening chose me!
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A nearby park has a community garden.
We park there to eat our lunch.

We decided to leave the gardening to the real gardeners.
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I tried to tackle the bamboo this afternoon - it definitely was NOT therapeutic! I have 2 large patches that the original owners planted when they built the house in 1977 and I think they’ve been left to their own devices since then. Lots of dead and dying canes in the middle with healthy ones growing around the outsides. It was like trying to cut and pull giant sticks through the bars of a cage. Someone please tell me something pleasant about your garden today!
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Oh! I did not know Milorganite would deter deer! I have some and was saving it to use on my rhodies (as fertilizer, not repellant, since deer don’t touch them.) Maybe I’ll break it out and try it on my deer candy. Thank you for the tip!
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I use a fertilizer named Milorganite to deter deer. It does seem to help. Comes in a bag, maybe 10 or 20 pounds. Just sprinkle it around the area they aren’t wanted. Downsides are it smells like #*@% and it has to be reapplied after rain.
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Hahah! You girls are a hoot! (As my dear grandma would say)
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Maybe at Halloween. lol🎩
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Golden, I'm picturing a hat too on your tree. Neighbors will think you lost it. 😂
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Psue - the deer especially liked my globe cedar in front, so we had to trim it off to being a 1/2 globe which looked ok as the whole tree was about 10 ft tall. When the snow was piled high they could just reach the lower branches.My backyard was fenced 6" high so the cedars there were safe, They did come up on to the deck and nibble on the shrub roses. I never found anything to deter them. The wildlife officers said to put a coat on the tree and the human smell would keep them away. Never tried it. Didn't especially like the look of clothing on the tree which is right at the front of the property.
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Pea, I have 2 cats, that go in and out. One is quite the hunter. they keep the little critters away. But in a lot of areas that's not possible, we are at the end of a village, no dear or coyotes, if we were at husbands farm they would never be able to go outside, with all that and eagles and owls, among other things.

Ive taught them to stay in a yard really well.

So the cats smell, keeps the critters away.

There is an apple orchard, near buy, they use cashmere bouquet soap, hanging off the trees. It's cheap and smelly.

I know many don't agree with outdoor cats,,but it's just up to who you talk to
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Daughter, so kind of you to accommodate your deer population by providing raised feeders!
Golden, I lost my very favorite cedar to the antlers of a buck.

Do any of you spray deterrent? How about anything for the moles, voles, gophers, rabbits, etc? When we moved here the previous owners left 9 (9!) sprayers in the garage - all were partially filled and unlabeled. I had to pay to have them disposed of at a hazardous waste site. I do NOT want to use anything that might find its way into the water or harm the predators but I would consider safe deterrent’s if there are any that work.
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I have plants both in the ground and in pots. The deer are happy to come most anywhere. Maybe they appreciate the pots so they don’t have to bend down as low, just like we get with some age 😉
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Daughter, I HAD a snapdragon but I accidentally pulled it up thinking it was a weed. Arrrgh. There is a big learning curve in this new climate. Plus, this yard is humongous and the snapdragon was teeny.
As you can see, I’m making excuses for my ignorance.

Do you have these plants you speak of in containers? And do your deer come right up to your house to snack on them?
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I’m fortunate enough to garden year round, even through the freezes, as the ground doesn’t freeze. I can grow dianthus, pansies, snapdragons, and ornamental cabbage and kale all fall and winter. However, we have deer aplenty, and they love pansies. And the ornamental cabbage and kale are like screaming “salad bar!” to them! So I usually stick to mostly snapdragons and dianthus. Glad to have year round color
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Thanks for the welcome!
Nacy, we moved away from the snow only a couple years ago so I understand that feeling of relief at the end of the season. Seems like it never gets cold enough here in the PNW to kill the weeds. If I don’t get out with the hoe over the winter, by spring they have trunks!
Golden, if the deer don’t eat it, they stomp through it, scrape their antlers on it or lay in it and stare at me when I try to run them off.
On a non-complaining note, just looking out a window here makes me breathe a little deeper and if I can get outside for a couple hours (or 8) I am a happier person.
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Peasup, it's nice to see a new name chumming in,😊.

I love gardening, but right now I am glad that it's starting to wind down, and that I'm in the Northeast.

I'm sure when we get 12 inches of snow I won't be saying that
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Psue -glad you are popping up on different threads. There is a lot to explore here. Good that your garden is therapy, even though sadly you have to do it by yourself. I'm with you on the critters esp the deer. They loved my cedars - not anyone else's just mine! That's someone else's problem now thankfully.
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Sorry I’m popping up all over on here but I’m new to the site and just beginning to explore.

My garden is a blessing to me but has been a mixed blessing since DH has declined so much. Yes, it’s the very best therapy for me, physically and mentally, but I didn’t know I would be taking care of it all by myself. Still, I wouldn’t give it up for anything.

I’d give up the deer in a hot minute though. And the moles. And the mice. And the spiders.
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cw - I agree - that seems a little weird
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Cwillie, some people are just not very smart.

He may even be sitting there thinking that you will be happy he cut them down. Thinking he did you a favor
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I think it's just weird that he would chat with me several times over the last couple of weeks about some stuff he was planting and then do that without even mentioning that my shrub was annoying him. I would have pruned it myself if he'd asked, and I wouldn't have left an ugly naked branch behind
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On another note, we are very saddened that the property owners of the condo complex are cutting down all the trees that were left from the original farm. We saw a large healthy mature poplar get felled this morning and heard the equipment munching up other trees yesterday. It hurts my heart that this was done.

R has talked about making a presentation to town council about the planned development on our side. Permissions would have been given over 20 years ago when there may not have been as much concern for keeping trees.
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cw - back at the house, I gave my neighbours to the west blanket permission to trim anything that grows over the property line - and they have. We haven't discussed any of the instances, and we do get along well. She is watering my house plants since I moved down here.
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