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kevin_standlee) wrote2016-05-15 11:32 am
kevin_standlee) wrote2016-05-15 11:32 am
Bush League
I have had no success at all raising California poppies, despite having put in soil supplement and watering the area where I planted the seeds. I also apparently managed to kill one of the two rosebushes we had on the property by cutting it back too severely when trying to trim away an invasive bush that I thought was strangling it. However, we still have one remaining rosebush that was here when we moved in, and it has started blooming.
Lisa has been watering this bush by feeding it the remnants of cooking pasta and washing dishes.
One branch of this rosebush took off on a growing tear last year and would have collapsed upon itself, but we tied it to a post, and it seems to have taken to it.
Spring has sprung like mad here in northern Nevada, thanks to the extra rain. The vacant lots on both sides of us are awash with growth including wildflowers. The only place not growing is my flowerbed in front of the house. I think I should have just tossed the California poppy seeds into the surrounding lots and hoped for the best.
Lisa has been watering this bush by feeding it the remnants of cooking pasta and washing dishes.
One branch of this rosebush took off on a growing tear last year and would have collapsed upon itself, but we tied it to a post, and it seems to have taken to it.
Spring has sprung like mad here in northern Nevada, thanks to the extra rain. The vacant lots on both sides of us are awash with growth including wildflowers. The only place not growing is my flowerbed in front of the house. I think I should have just tossed the California poppy seeds into the surrounding lots and hoped for the best.
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Teddy
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At our San Diego house, I gave up on trying to rescue one of the rose bushes from a strangling vine due to the vicious attacks that the rose kept making (I don't know if I was wearing gloves or not).
After we broke down and hired someone to spend two afternoons clearing the yard - and then work on it every other week until we got the house under contract in March - our roses thrived. Knowing how and what to cut can work near magic on plants. I also recall having the elm trees at our Wheaton Illinois (first of two Chicago area houses) attacked by an arborists (whose mother lived around the corner and had wanted to get to those trees for years) to the point that they looked horrible until they leafed out, at which point they looked better than they had for years.
For the most part, I think I finally have a yard that I can actually take care of the way I want to - by doing nothing, and not paying anyone else to do stuff to it. 75% of it is still what was there (more or less) before the house was built in 1978, and much of the rest is pretty much desert landscaping; except for the patch of weeds where the septic tank drainfield was replaced last year.
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Wild California poppy seems to be quite durable. I've had erratic results with seed I've purchased. Perhaps it's the damp of the Pacific Northwet, as I've not tried it in Enterprise yet.
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