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Debra wrote:
I have gotten the urge to "scratch in the dirt" as my aunt calls it. Five years ago I would have said gardening is for the birds. Now I want to plant things that will provide food and shelter for the birds. Like needlework, there's something about gardening. It gets under your skin (or your fingernails, depending upon your point of view) and doesn't let go. I started with an 8-foot row of marigolds along a wire fence. Anything to make that little shack look better. Within two years, the whole tiny front yard was a garden. Dianne |
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Debra wrote:
I need to move some of my peony bush because it's spreading in the wrong direction. How do I do that? Just dig it up and move it? After they are dormant (leaves & stems all brown), dig them up and move them. Replant so that the "eye" (the part where the stem meets the fleshy root) is no more than one-inch below the soil. Deeper can affect how well it blooms in the future. By the way, some folks say you can't split up a hydrangea but my mom and I had to move one and we split it in half. It didn't bother the plant at all and now I have two. I do know it was an Annabell, and we moved it in the fall. I made six out of one small Annabell. g And I've made several Viburnums by making the stems root (burying in the soil). Also have divided a couple other hydrangeas. Like daylilies and hostas, some plants are really easy to "get more". Spirea (the newer hybrids) root from seedlings all over my property. I saved two very interesting ones with darker blossoms and chartreuse leaves. At 3 years now, they are filling out nicely. Now, if I can just get the squirrels to stop planting walnut and chestnut trees, I'd be all set! Dianne |
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Dianne Lewandowski wrote: Now, if I can just get the squirrels to stop planting walnut and chestnut trees, I'd be all set! Hi Dianne I'd like to pick your brain about walnut trees. We have some small trees at the cottage that we're told are black walnut. The leaves are similar to large maple leaves and the bark is striated. There aren't any big trees like it on the property and so far we can't find any others on the island. Do they usually start from a nut having been buried? If so, from your experience, how fast do they grow? How big would they have to get before they produce nuts? They now range between 3-18 feet tall. We lost a larger one to the beavers a few years ago. We've been trying to discover where they are coming from since we identified them about five years ago. Mavia |
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Mavia Beaulieu ) writes:
Hi Dianne I'd like to pick your brain about walnut trees. We have some small trees at the cottage that we're told are black walnut. The leaves are similar to large maple leaves and the bark is striated. There aren't any big trees like it on the property and so far we can't find any others on the island. Do they usually start from a nut having been buried? If so, from your experience, how fast do they grow? How big would they have to get before they produce nuts? They now range between 3-18 feet tall. We lost a larger one to the beavers a few years ago. We've been trying to discover where they are coming from since we identified them about five years ago. Mavia Mavia, I am not Dianne, but I have a book which describes Black Walnuts. The leaves are nothing like maples. They have a long central stem, about a foot long with 15 to 23 slightly stalked leaflets arranged alternately. I have not grown walnuts from seed, but I have grown Butternuts. The ones I have at the cottage must be 12 years old or more, and show no signs of bearing fruit. According to my book, Black Walnuts only grow in Southern Ontario. HTH. -- Jim Cripwell. The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of one's life, any time that is spent in stitching. Adapted from a sign on The Cobb, Lyme Regis, England. |
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My parents have had mature black walnut trees since they bought their
current house (33 years). Here's a common type of walnut. http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrol...alifornica.htm They look nothing like a maple. Is it possible you have black maples? http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrol...us/anigrum.htm Maples and walnuts can both start from seed with no human assistance. In fact I've found both cause an annoying number of sprouts each year. Mavia Beaulieu wrote: I'd like to pick your brain about walnut trees. We have some small trees at the cottage that we're told are black walnut. The leaves are similar to large maple leaves and the bark is striated. There aren't any big trees like it on the property and so far we can't find any others on the island. Do they usually start from a nut having been buried? If so, from your experience, how fast do they grow? How big would they have to get before they produce nuts? They now range between 3-18 feet tall. We lost a larger one to the beavers a few years ago. We've been trying to discover where they are coming from since we identified them about five years ago. -- Brenda Lewis WIP: J. Himsworth "I Shall Not Want" xs J & P Coats "Dancing Snoopy" latchhook |
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My parents made tomato cages with wire fencing and stout wire. Some are
still in use almost thirty years later. Making them was much cheaper than buying back then and probably still is. Debra wrote: I've been cutting mine down a week or two after the blooms die for a couple of years, and the previous owner did too, and I don't know how the blooms could be any bigger. They are as big as a luncheon plate, and very full and heavy. I wish the blooms wouldn't make the plant fall over, but I can't find a peony cage in my area. I've looked for them for three years now. Tomato cages are as scarce as hen's teeth too. -- Brenda Lewis WIP: J. Himsworth "I Shall Not Want" xs J & P Coats "Dancing Snoopy" latchhook Now listening to 22 Years http://216.201.164.62:8000/ |
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"F.James Cripwell" wrote: Mavia, I am not Dianne, but I have a book which describes Black Walnuts. The leaves are nothing like maples. They have a long central stem, about a foot long with 15 to 23 slightly stalked leaflets arranged alternately. I have not grown walnuts from seed, but I have grown Butternuts. The ones I have at the cottage must be 12 years old or more, and show no signs of bearing fruit. According to my book, Black Walnuts only grow in Southern Ontario. HTH. -- Jim Cripwell. Thanks Jim, that did help! After reading your description I did a Google search and we definitely don't have Black Walnut trees! LOL The person who identified them for us is a local lumber man and we never questioned his word. I'm glad I posted about it or I'd have spent the rest of my days waiting for the walnuts to appear! I located a good web site to identify trees so I'll bring back a leaf the next time there and try to see if I can find it. BTW how as the Painted Trilliums doing this year? Mavia |
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Brenda Lewis wrote: My parents have had mature black walnut trees since they bought their current house (33 years). Here's a common type of walnut. http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrol...alifornica.htm They look nothing like a maple. Is it possible you have black maples? http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrol...us/anigrum.htm Maples and walnuts can both start from seed with no human assistance. In fact I've found both cause an annoying number of sprouts each year. Thanks Brenda, for those two sites. I'll take a closer look at the leaves of these trees and see how they compare to the black maple. From all I've read about the black walnut I'm not too disappointed that we don't have any! Mavia |
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I stake mine. 4 little stakes, wind with string.
Dianne Brenda Lewis wrote: My parents made tomato cages with wire fencing and stout wire. Some are still in use almost thirty years later. Making them was much cheaper than buying back then and probably still is. Debra wrote: I've been cutting mine down a week or two after the blooms die for a couple of years, and the previous owner did too, and I don't know how the blooms could be any bigger. They are as big as a luncheon plate, and very full and heavy. I wish the blooms wouldn't make the plant fall over, but I can't find a peony cage in my area. I've looked for them for three years now. Tomato cages are as scarce as hen's teeth too. |
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