Turtle Posted April 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 ___Well, my little garden is poisoned; the landlord & gang showed up out of the blue yesterday & started scraping the paint off the side of the house. This house was built in the 40's as housing for the Vancouver WA Kaiser shipyard workers & is full of lead based paint. (Probably asbestos is the plaster too!)___My roomates are really mad now & unlike me who shys from conflict, they have contacted the authorities & an EPA guy is coming down from Seattle tomorrow. We may have to ecacuate right away!___Good grief! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 ___Just because my garden is dead doesn't mean your garden doesn't matter. How's those cacti Orby? Tormod I know your on vacation so Yvonne isn't planting the deck yet. Who was palnning melons? Are they in yet?___I did make a new box out of some recycled redwood for my bonsai, a Cypress. It is in new leaf production & this year I am not going to prune now as I have the last several years. It occured to me the tree may be old enough to bloom & fruit now, and repotting is rather a severe shock as well. I note that the ongoing shocks of pruning both limbs & roots, small restrictive pots, wire bending etc. all go to keeping the bonsai small, ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted June 4, 2005 Report Share Posted June 4, 2005 the cacti grew up very nicely :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2005 :) ___Excellent Orby! Everything they could be then?___I'm over at my new place; we're almost in. We have until Sunday midnight to clear out of the other place. Everything here is overgrown with weeds & I have a lot o' work to do. The entire back hill (well, cliff maybe) is covered in blackberry; I have to wait for my body to make new blood before I go after those again! With all the activities of moving, I may not have time to put in a veggie garden this year. Our little bonsai made the move safely, so now I have to find just the right spot for it.___Keep diggin' it! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 ___In regard to a forestry concern, that of English Ivy, I note that most of the large trees behind me have a choking growth of this Ivy. Oregon State (if not Washington too) have declared it a noxious weed for this very reason. The Ivy when overtaking a large tree may have a weight of tons causing trees to break in the wind, & the trunk is made vulnerable to rot & insects under the mats of vine.___On my hillside I have Ivy on Red Oaks, Maples, & Douglas Fir; some of these trees rise over 70 feet with Ivy 2/3 covering. What a disaster! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 ___I spent part of my day clearing brush, both Blackberry brambles & English Ivy. I cut all the vines around one large fir, some as much as 3" in diameter. According to this link I found, this should kill the vine in the tree & then I have to pull it out & dig up the roots.http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weed_info/Written_findings/Hedera.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartock Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 you all look like u know what ur talking about. i am not an expert but i plan to start a herb garden . i dont have a lot of space so it ll be in pots . i have tropical weather. what kind of herbs can i plant . i want herbs for cooking as well as for healing.any advice will be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 you all look like u know what ur talking about. i am not an expert but i plan to start a herb garden . i dont have a lot of space so it ll be in pots . i have tropical weather. what kind of herbs can i plant . i want herbs for cooking as well as for healing.any advice will be good. :eek: ___OMG now I have to try & live up to the impression I pretended to give! :rant: :rant: ___On the herbs, I suggest growing what you already buy & use. Then Google the phrase "growing [basil]" for example; I found many good university extension service articles this way. I have seen herbs in pots advice on some of the television gardening shows from time to time as well.___Again on the healing herbs, grow what you already use or intend to use. When I kept bonsai I grew a number of varieties of willow in pots; willow bark is a source of salicylic acid which is an analgesic & anti-inflamatory & fever reducer (aspirin).___Start right in & throw some seeds in a pot! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 ___I have authorized myself to assume the postion of bluff warden, & I have made some little progress in cutting a trail through the blackberry brambles in order to reach the large tree trunks where I have cut through the ivy.___Along the way I have found a couple of native species I plan to propgate & replant the briar patches. I have found Snowberry (a native shrub), some ferns, & at the bottom of the bluff, willow.___Off I go to cut some more trail; I'm rather obsessed with it now! ;) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartock Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 ___I have authorized myself to assume the postion of bluff warden, & I have made some little progress in cutting a trail through the blackberry brambles in order to reach the large tree trunks where I have cut through the ivy.___Along the way I have found a couple of native species I plan to propgate & replant the briar patches. I have found Snowberry (a native shrub), some ferns, & at the bottom of the bluff, willow.___Off I go to cut some more trail; I'm rather obsessed with it now! ;) ;)thats ur adrenalin talking.ur obsession will be over once the adrenalin is out.i think ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justforfun Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Well, I'm still growing sunflower plants, and I planted a potato which was doing great until my major crop - grasshoppers - decided they LOVED potato plants. Luckily the grasshoppers don't eat my trees - Chinese elms - so I can tolerate them. No peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted July 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 ___Well Bartock, you may have called it; adrenaline is out. I have cut the ivy around the bases of 13 large trees & those I cut 3 weeks ago have wilted & dread ivy leaves litter the ground. I looked up the property on a government site & find the lot is less than 1/2 acre & the slope is a protected zone & no structures allowed.___I cut a couple hundred feet of trails through the blackberry brambles to reach the trees & I have lost my interest in the last week to do much more. At least I have a bit of a buffer in the event of brush fires, which is not unlikely given the rail line at the bottom of the slope. I note today it is raining & this is not our typical July weather here.___My bonsai is still putting on new growth & no flowers yet & it is pretty much all the gardening I have now. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartock Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 ___Well Bartock, you may have called it; adrenaline is out. I have cut the ivy around the bases of 13 large trees & those I cut 3 weeks ago have wilted & dread ivy leaves litter the ground. I looked up the property on a government site & find the lot is less than 1/2 acre & the slope is a protected zone & no structures allowed.___I cut a couple hundred feet of trails through the blackberry brambles to reach the trees & I have lost my interest in the last week to do much more. At least I have a bit of a buffer in the event of brush fires, which is not unlikely given the rail line at the bottom of the slope. I note today it is raining & this is not our typical July weather here.___My bonsai is still putting on new growth & no flowers yet & it is pretty much all the gardening I have now. :)wow thats a lot of work.cool u have bonsai. :edizzy: Turtle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted July 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 ___Now if you like the idea of bonsai, don't be put off by all the mumbo-jumbo tradition this & that. Just a potted tree is all. Find a pot, dig up or plant a seedling & put it in the pot. Voila! Bonsai.___Like most of my interests Iwent a little overboard early on, but one is plenty to permit you to say "I have bonsai". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 that is awesome, turtle. i love bonsais.i live in florida, and there is a ton of farmland here. cows everywhere. and i was exploring what is SORT OF my backyard, which is SORT OF my garden (hey, earth is my garden, ok??) and i stumbled upon a fascinating find.a psilocybe cubensis mushroom growing on dung. so i took a picture**see attachment**and to my surprise, i was surrounded by these little allies. for anybody who is unfamiliar with these mushrooms, the government has outlawed the posession and ingestion of them because they contain two chemicals that are under schedule 1 drug control; psilocybin and psilo(something. i forgot the name)so for legal purposes, i have to say i only took a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishteacher73 Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 I just got my star hibiscus blooming.... fantastic flowers... Here are some photos of some (not mine though..) http://www.starhawk.net/archives/000992.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 ___Can't seem to get that page to load Flashteacher. Is it the same as Rose of Sharon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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