Posted on 01/11/2020 8:27:16 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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I love the clay pots too, but don’t have very many. We save all the pots from our purchases of plants, so have oodles of plastic pots.
I am near Milwaukee. Nice glaze on everything here this morning. Now waiting for snow to cover it overnight. It is a good day to stay inside by the fireplace and dream of spring’s garden.
Yep, only went out to salt some of the driveway and get the mail.
I wonder if the predicted snow will arrive, and cover the ice...making for some real winter peril. Thus, the salt on the driveway. Even the grass is weirdly extra crunchy with this ice, more than other ice events. The dog is not a fan.
cheers
Thanks for all of the personal info on your background; you’ll be a great source for our discussions!
I’m a sucker for clay pots, too.
We had about an inch of ice first, then about 2” of snow over night. Looks like more snow is on the way, but the bulk of it looks to be going south east of us...I can live with that. :)
I’m glad you checked in! We knew you had other issues to deal with.
God Bless You and your Wife. Prayers Up for a full recovery.
I consider us Zone 4 - sometimes I can get something for Zone 5 to stay alive. For roses I always go Zone 4 or 3 just to keep us both happy! :)
Ellendra! Your vast Bean knowledge is needed over here!
I found a 7 1/2 inch vintage Italian pot and saucer at a thrift store last year.
Really old with a stamp in the clay saying Made In Italy. Was a couple bucks.
Getting the free pots and some saucers at a garage sale was great. The man was glad to get them out of his garage. Now they are in my garage! Ha ha.
I tried a hydrangea this summer, supposed to be good down to -30.
Also got knock-out roses that were tagged good to -30.
We shall see what survives.
: )
If you want to visit my folk’s greenhouse (retail/wholesale) , I will Freep Mail you their address. They supply Madison garden centers and many other places. They have perennials, annuals, veggie plants, and mums starting in August. Off Hwy 14 between Oregon and Evansville.
If a Bean is a Bean what is a relief...
A Pee
Your ‘Knock Outs’ should be happy as long as they’re in full sun.
Which Hydrangea did you plant? I had a dozen different varieties at my other farm. I miss them so much, but adding them to my ‘new (1900!) farm is in the works. :) ‘Blushing Bride’ is my favorite, and I also love any of the Hydrangea with the ‘cone-shaped’ flowers. Too lazy to go look them all up right now...
Thanks for the reminder! I wanted to post about the ‘kid’ that bred that entire line of ‘Knock Out’ roses...he started breeding roses when he was just seventeen!
LOL! Maybe we need a ‘Garden Joke’ thread? ;)
I got the hydrangea at Home Depot, east side.
The name.... Summer something?
Very nice plant and was about 8 bucks at half price sale.
Got the roses there too in a cherry rose color. I had a fresh vase of roses on my kitchen table all summer and fall.
Very nice.
I want to splurge and buy amethyst cleome and big blue salvia in larger pots this year. A friend had some this past year and they were worth the extra money.
She had a King Tut plant , as a feature plant in a large planter pot, that was cool. I never heard of those before. Never grew them for sale.
cheers!
‘Endless Summer’ I’ll guess on the Hydrangea. That ‘Blushing Bride’ I like so much is in that same series.
So pretty! I’ve never tasted one. What does one do with a Persimmon?
Fava beans, like most legumes, are automatically self-pollinating. It would be very surprising if the lack of pollinators was a problem.
Can I ask how you’re growing them? What, exactly, did they do that led you to suspect poor pollination? What time of year did you plant? What were the temperatures like during the time they flowered? Did other legumes nearby suffer the same problems?
I planted them on July 31...score one for the garden journal...and they’re still growing and flowering. I had a few freezing nights around Thanksgiving, but beautiful sunny weather all of November. Then the rain...coastal Oregon. Still raining, still flowering. The peas nearby have produced.
I planted them to check their viability, as much as anything, but can plant into October, per the package. Broad Windsor hybrid. I expect bumblebees to start doing their thing in February, so we’ll see if they pollinate them. I’’ll plant more this spring.
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