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| Yesterday I went out determined to find something, anything, worthy of photographing, just to see if it could be done. It was a discouraging process. How I long for winter rains and spring flowers!
Ingrid |
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| I know the feeling Ingrid. DH was down on the hillside today, chopping off dead canes. Most of the roses will live, but they surely are smaller! The salvation, where it can be done, is more and more water ... but these days, that's easier said than done. Some things got a good watering this morning, though, after I washed fresh vegetables from the Farmer's Market. |
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| Jeri, we always have a large, flat-bottomed plastic bowl in one of the sinks for washing fruits and vegetables, coffee grounds, last rinse on the dishes, washing our hands, etc. When the bowl is full, which is several times a day, a lucky rose gets a good drink. Ingrid |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 18, 14 at 15:17
| Ingrid, I was thinking the other day (odd I know) What about trying an experiment with one rose and use some type of sealed container like a 1g water or milk jug filled with used water, capped and a small hole at the bottom to allow for a slow drip. It would give you an idea of the slower water sticks around in your soil better than hose water. You would probably need to tie or weight the jug down so the wind did not blow it away, but it would be interesting to see if that would make a difference in how your garden is doing. |
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- Posted by thegardenat902 Zone 5 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 18, 14 at 15:46
| Your garden is still very peaceful, even with the lack of blooms. Le France is gorgeous. |
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| Ingrid, Your green garden has its own special beauty. Cath |
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| I think it looks lovely. Anne |
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| I agree. And while the roses are indeed lovely, it is actually the first picture that pleases me most. Rosefolly |
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| Thank you for the nice comments, everyone. This area gets more shade; I was careful not to take pictures of the desiccated plants in full sun against the hillside in the front! Kippy, I'm doing something similar by putting the three hoses I have on very low volume and putting them under the individual rose bushes for several hours and sometimes even overnight for the larger bushes. I've definitely seen that the roses like it and have improved. I'll put plastic bottles under some of the bigger rose bushes where they won't be noticed so much. I might also do that in the evening so I can remove them by morning. Good idea! Thanks |
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| More mulch! |
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| I agree with Folly, you know . . . Sometimes, a "quiet" area is a great thing in the garden. |
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| I'm on it, Gail, more mulch! |
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| We've done the same slow drip, but instead of milk cartons used 5 gallon buckets--the cheapo ones for a couple bucks from a big box store. We put 2 or three around newly planted trees to get them through a dry summer. We don't have any public water issues so had the option of using the hose, but we found that the trees on the drip did better than the ones we used the hose on. |
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| As always, your garden is absolutely beautiful!!! Such a joy to look at. |
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| I'm becoming very convinced that drip irrigation is the best method, even if it is the home-made kind. My garden is now small enough that I can use bottles or buckets, or even hoses turned on just slightly, to do the majority of watering. mustbnuts, you are so kind. I have the hope that, since it's now cooler, the garden will improve quite a bit, especially once it rains. Ingrid |
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| Ingrid, your photo of La France made me more disappointed than ever that it wasn't included in my order - sold out, which was very annoying as I put my order in months previously. Still, I will try again. So glad the cooler weather is causing the garden to perk up. Trish. |
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- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Tue, Oct 21, 14 at 8:51
| It's that time of year. I embrace the change. Soon enough the leaves will fall. Then I can rest for a short time until I start pruning. |
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- Posted by Toolbelt68 7 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 21, 14 at 10:14
| I installed a 1/2 inch feeder hose around the perimeter of the property then used 1/4 inch hose to feed each plant. I just pinned the 1/4” hose down as it went across the lawn, then connected the dripper end to a post to keep it up out of the dirt. By the end of the summer the hose was buried in the grass out of sight. One 1/2” feeder hose can handle up to 600 plants so you may want to consider using a drip system. One timer handles it all….. Toolbelt |
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| Trish, I'm sorry you didn't get La France. If you ordered months ago and they confirmed the order it should have been set aside for you. She's definitely one of my top five roses. Pam, when I think about pruning your roses I can barely go there. I'm astounded that you can do it year after year. Toolbelt, you make it sound easy, especially since I have only one twelfth as many roses as you. I think I will talk to my hubby about this. Ingrid |
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- Posted by Toolbelt68 7 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 22, 14 at 13:05
| This site has a lot of info on drip systems. http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/ Toolbelt |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 24, 14 at 1:15
| Cell phone. Anna Yung |
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