gonzo

Those are great! I never thought of tiering them like that...too cool. Thanks for the link. (Yay, I am among plant lovers again, lol)

gonzo

Does anyone else here feed Hummingbirds?

disfigured

When I get the rest of my fence up and get some privacy (small lots in my neighborhood), I want to try a garden.

I can't keep house plants alive for shit, and as far as I know I don't have a green thumb. But it does run in the family so I might not have tapped it just yet.

My mother has beautiful house plants and my Pepe had the most fantastic Urban Garden. As well as his son, my uncle had a great urban garden.

My uncle fed hummingbirds at his mountain house in the Rockies that I helped him build on many vacations

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I have a rosemary bush that has grown absolutely huge! She's about 4 feet tall and probably 2 feet in width. I let her grow wild. I also have oregano and marjoram that's done quite well left to their own devices. I have not done well with thyme.

I would like more herbs. At some point perhaps.

One year I also had 4 kinds of dill, 3 kinds of peppers, parsley, and chives.
The bugs thanked me for the tomato efforts.

I do have some garlic growing.


Butterflies like the dill. I shared with a caterpillar. I named him JC (just caterpillar) One day he turned into a pupae and then another day he was gone. JC was cool.

My lawn guy mowed down my last young plants. I'm learning to surround youthful plants with wide moats of mulch.

I'm very happy to see clover and chamomile taking over my lawn.

I think I've done well here on my little quarter acre.

I planted Charlie Brown (my Christmas NorfolK Island Pine) for Miss Punum. I placed him right at the head of her grave. She used to love sitting under him when she was alive. He's about 12' tall now.

My pink grapefruit is doing well -- though I wonder if I'll ever see a grapefruit.

My suriname cherry tree is colorful even though I've yet to see a cherry. It's two years old.

My papaya trees, 4 in all, are doing nicely.

My fig trees fed me, squirrels, and birds this year. We were all happy until some creep snuck into my yard and clipped the two clean of every fig. The fig trees were here. I planted everyone else.

I don't think my kumquat trees even qualify as seedlings yet. They are so slow!

Gardening is cool--definitely relaxing. I'd love to have more time for it.

I could use some advice reference my grapefruit tree. When and How do I prune it? What should I know? How come he won't give me any grapefruit? I planted him 2 years ago.

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Teri B.

Gonzo! I almost bought some little rosemary Christmas tree shaped plants this weekend! They looked healthy, and smelled WONDERFUL, but I was nervous about getting them from the grocery store and about re-planting them now, when we're getting down in the 20s at night.

What do you think?

gonzo

I'll bet you do great gardening, and if you ever need any help just hollar? I'm no expert, but I've been at it for awhile.

Hummers are so easy, but I'll warn ya they can be addictive, lol. I'm up to 11 feeders now and a load of hummer specific plants I grow for them.

gonzo

Giant Rosemary..I love it!

Norfolk Island Pine, papaya, Surinam cherries...you're making me homesick here! *G*

Grapefruit "setting fruit" varies according to the variety. I had a Ruby Red that set fruit within 3 years, but I also grew a white type that took 6 years to finally set fruit.

That little Ruby Red was funny looking at 3 1/2 feet tall loaded with fruit. I picked most of the green fruit off so the tree would put it's energy toward new growth rather than fruit. It put on a growth spurt and jumped up almost two feet that year! The next year it was loaded again.

gonzo

Ha! Love the Packers siggy Teri. Rosemary is a very hardy herb, so unless the grocery store overwatered the plants they should do fine if you repot them for a window. (I know you've seen what I'm talking about, right? The herbs that are at death's door because their roots are dead from waterlog?)

The plants haven't had a chance to toughen up enough to withstand extreme conditions like constant freezing temps, so I'd act accordingly? Where I live it drops to freezing, but the temps come back up rather quickly. My experience has been the younger the plant (the less woody it is)...the less it can take. I'll be glad when I'm familiarized with growing in this climate. I'm a native sub tropics gal moved to cold.

Teri B.

Yeah, it is supposed to warm up more in the next few days, so perhaps, I'll go get them and wait to plant them outside till the temp rises a little again. By the time it drops back down, hopefully, they'll have toughened up. If not, I can cover them with a garbage bag, right? To protect them from frost?

Thanks!

gonzo

::slaps forehead:: Durrrrr! I just now noticed you're in 'Bama Teri. Sure a bag protection will serve the purpose well. I'm nervous giving out any advice to folks living north of us. I'm not far from you I'll bet. Ever hear of Eufaula?