Garden Update
I don't care if you think I'm a nana. I like gardens.
So I'm going to give you an update.
The herb garden is going great! I have managed to propagate most of the herbs I have by various means. Currently I am working on Lemon Balm. The method I am attempting to propagate this by is the old "bury one of the stems under some soil and hope it gets some roots" trick.
Well it is berry season. All my strawberry plants are fruiting - and producing nice strawberries since I stopped watering them so much. The blackberry plant is flowering, and soon hopefully we will have berries. The orangeberry plant shows no signs of fruiting yet - neither do the rasberries, berry delight (some hybrid variety) or the boysenberries. Loganberries are fruiting - and the birds are loving it. Mongrels. Hopefully my new scary CD trick will stop them pillaging my fruits!
In rose news - my roses have black spot. Need to do something about this, but not sure what.
Stay tuned.
So I'm going to give you an update.
The herb garden is going great! I have managed to propagate most of the herbs I have by various means. Currently I am working on Lemon Balm. The method I am attempting to propagate this by is the old "bury one of the stems under some soil and hope it gets some roots" trick.
Well it is berry season. All my strawberry plants are fruiting - and producing nice strawberries since I stopped watering them so much. The blackberry plant is flowering, and soon hopefully we will have berries. The orangeberry plant shows no signs of fruiting yet - neither do the rasberries, berry delight (some hybrid variety) or the boysenberries. Loganberries are fruiting - and the birds are loving it. Mongrels. Hopefully my new scary CD trick will stop them pillaging my fruits!
In rose news - my roses have black spot. Need to do something about this, but not sure what.
Stay tuned.
posted by Scotty at 9:27 AM
8 Comments:
CD trick?
By
Nato, at 10:13 AM, December 08, 2005
Apparently birds are afraid of CDs. So you place them around your plants - or hang them with the reflective side showing and it scares them away.
APPARENTLY - we shall see.
By
Scotty, at 10:27 AM, December 08, 2005
just try playing that bob dylan one... that might help more
By
Jonathan, at 12:33 PM, December 08, 2005
Hey! What's wrong with Bob Dylan??
Nice work with the plants, dude.
By
Dan, at 4:10 PM, December 08, 2005
Black spot:
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC2106.htm
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/faqs/rosefaq2.html
"Eliminate overhead irrigation"
"moisture on leaves is necessary for infection to take place"
http://msucares.com/newsletters/pests/infobytes/19970514.htm
That should help :)
By
Allan, at 6:31 PM, December 08, 2005
nothing wrong with bob dylan
By
Jesse, at 10:00 PM, December 09, 2005
Good on ya Scott. I've started with some berries and herbs myself, and a proper garden is going to be my New Years resolution! Freshly picked home-grown produce is delicious.
By
Andrew, at 11:13 PM, December 09, 2005
... continued here
By
Allan, at 1:30 AM, December 10, 2005
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