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Weekly Gardening Thread – 2010 (Vol. 20) June 18
Free Republic | 6-18-2010 | Red_Devil 232

Posted on 06/18/2010 4:59:42 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232

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To: rightly_dividing

I don’t have any liriope; I just used to see it used as edging in Houston. I got the pictures off the web. As I remember, it likes part sun, part shade — like Hosta, but I could be wrong about that. The idea that deer don’t like it appeals to me. I have a steep slope too; nothing except weeds has ever done well there.


121 posted on 06/19/2010 12:50:06 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: rightly_dividing

I meant to add CONGRATS on the new house.


122 posted on 06/19/2010 12:51:01 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: rightly_dividing

Great to hear you made it to Houston! Are you there now?


123 posted on 06/19/2010 1:34:17 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Does the liriope spread? I have a difficult slope area that is next to a neighbor's property and would hate to plant something that would spread.
124 posted on 06/19/2010 1:38:49 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

No, drove back to Mobile last night after spending the day there with the home inspection guy, pest control guy, and the alarm system inspector. Was out there last weekend also, looking at houses and made an offer on this one and it was accepted within hours. Wont be moving till Aug. We have met some neighbors and explored the area’s businesses. Only problem is not enough sunny area to veggie garden. May have to remove a couple of trees on the back of the property to let the sun in. But we wanted a country enviroment, and we got it.


125 posted on 06/19/2010 1:54:00 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I am glad you are here. A big storm blew through here (Missouri) today and knocked down ALL of my sweet corn (4to5ft tall). Is there any way I can save it?


126 posted on 06/19/2010 2:01:24 PM PDT by painter (No wonder democrats don't mind taxes.THEY DON'T PAY THEM !)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Thanks, we looked at several hundred houses on the Houston MLS site over the last several months. Our needs(or our wants) in a house were many. We both like to garden/landscape and I am determind to raise veggies. My wife also does stained glass and sewing, and I like classic cars, so we needed (wanted) extra facilities for our interest. It was very hard to fit all needs(desires) but we hit it at about 98% and under budget, too!


127 posted on 06/19/2010 2:03:42 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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To: trisham

Thanks. I’m hoping she doesn’t eat the figs.


128 posted on 06/19/2010 5:02:11 PM PDT by neefer (We didn't know times were lean. 'Round our house the grass was green.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Liriope?! Ahhh! I broke a pitchfork trying to thin it for a client.


129 posted on 06/19/2010 5:04:08 PM PDT by neefer (We didn't know times were lean. 'Round our house the grass was green.)
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To: texanyankee

My grandmother told me years ago to plant marigolds in amongst the tomatoes to protect them from the rampages of unwanted critters.

Don’t know if there is any scientific rhyme or reason why this should help but I can tell you that I’ve never seen a bug or a worm on my tomatoes and I’ve been heeding grandma’s advice for some 30 years.

— Jane Reinheimer


130 posted on 06/19/2010 5:38:11 PM PDT by quintr
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To: Petruchio

Congratulations on your enthusiasm and the deal with the cancer.

— Jane Reinheimer


131 posted on 06/19/2010 5:40:35 PM PDT by quintr
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To: texanyankee

I catch Japanese Beetles, the wide bodies of the garden. Sometimes I can even get them to fly into a sandwich bag where I keep a good little supply of Sevin dust. They sure are pokey fliers. You’d think I’d have something better to do.


132 posted on 06/19/2010 5:43:45 PM PDT by quintr
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To: neefer

We use Liquid Fence. Works like a charm for deer, squirrels, and rabbits. It’s a bit pricey but you don’t have to use it very often and it works! We’ve gotten it as Menards and True Value. Runs about $14 a quart, if memory serves me right. But I only have to buy a couple of quarts per summer.

— Jane Reinheimer


133 posted on 06/19/2010 5:45:53 PM PDT by quintr
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To: quintr

Thanks. I should give it a try. Critter Ridder doesn’t seem to last long. Some darn cat has been spraying the containers.


134 posted on 06/19/2010 5:57:21 PM PDT by neefer (We didn't know times were lean. 'Round our house the grass was green.)
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To: painter

Hmmm...depends upon how wet the soil still is, and if the corn will stand up straight on its own. I guess you could stake it with some bamboo poles for the time being? If the root system wasn’t pulled completely out of the ground and damaged too much, and the sun shines a lot from here on out, you might be able to save it. *SHRUG*

Never came across that particular problem in my ‘gardening travels’ to date, LOL! :)


135 posted on 06/19/2010 6:11:02 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: painter

Use your feet to compress the soil into the roots after you stand them up and also hill some soil up over the roots if it is loose enough...


136 posted on 06/19/2010 7:29:53 PM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I still have volunteer Holly Hocks coming up in our garden that I got from my mother 35 or more years ago that she had planted many many years before. Some doubles and some singles but alas they suffer from Rust here...


137 posted on 06/19/2010 7:41:54 PM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: tubebender

We have rusty hollyhocks here some years, too. I’m surprised they’re doing so well this year with all the rain and such variation in temperatures.

All of mine are volunteers too, from a package of Seed Savers hollyhocks I planted about 10 years ago!


138 posted on 06/19/2010 7:50:37 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: Red_Devil 232; Global2010; All
For those who only dream of the Pacific Ocean here is a photo that I took last Sunday looking west across Little River and Moonstone Beach to the open ocean. I was standing on the veranda of Merryman's Beach house, where our FRiends were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, which is about 2 miles south of Trinidad Calif. South from this spot is some of the best Razor Clam beds on the west coast...


139 posted on 06/19/2010 8:06:25 PM PDT by tubebender (Life is short so drink the good wine first...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

My “hockers” haven’t bloomed yet, but they come up in the strangest places. One volunteer is 7 feet up by our deck and peeking through the steps with leaves.

Just wondering, have you heard anything from Gabz? I miss that girl!


140 posted on 06/19/2010 8:24:21 PM PDT by mplsconservative (I stand with Israel.)
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