[franca]

Frank, question for you! Do the squirrels like to eat dahlia tubers? I swear I saw the furry critter scampering away with one in his mouth
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It wouldn't surprise me Chari, Yes they do eat most anything, I saw one the other day break a huge flower head of a rhododendron and start munching away on it. I've never had them bother our Dahlias " Yet " fingers crossed.

How are your Dahlias doing ?

cu take care,

Frank.......

[franca]

Yellow Rhododendrons, never been better ...

[Steppinstone]

Two of them are doing okay! One got a bit too cold even though I covered it and one hasn't done anything... so 2 out of 4 is not too bad

Nice Rhododendrons!

[franca]

Originally Posted by Steppinstone

Two of them are doing okay! One got a bit too cold even though I covered it and one hasn't done anything... so 2 out of 4 is not too bad

Nice Rhododendrons!

Don't give up on the others yet Chari, they may still come.
cu later, take care,

Frank..

[moonifa]

hey Steppingstone! If you havent already emailed me, please do so and I will get some seeds on their way to you! Moonifa

[telecom69]

Hi Steppinstone,I just clicked onto your link for the Eagle webcam and have been watching in awe for 45 minutes,the picure and sound are great,from what I read in the forum however this remaining egg is now very overdue and it doesnt look good ...thank you so much for posting the link

[Steppinstone]

I won't Frank!!

Moonifa, I'll shoot you an email or pm a bit later! I have been having some Pc issues and had to do a reinstall this morning, yeah fun! Thank you very much for the offer!

Telecom, I have been checking it out for quite a while and it seems eaglets are unlikely for this year.. You can read more about it here!
http://forum.hancockhouse.com/articl...60430150923711

[franca]

Originally Posted by Steppinstone

I won't Frank!!

Good chari.



Telecom, I have been checking it out for quite a while and it seems eaglets are unlikely for this year.. You can read more about it here!
http://forum.hancockhouse.com/articl...60430150923711

Saw the guy who put up the web-cam up on TV last night, he has been doing it for years, and was very surprised how popular it has become, people from all over the world are watching, he was saying that he thinks that the pair of eagles are to old now, so the eggs must be addled this is the reason he gave for the failure of the eggs not hatching that's to bad, but it was fun watching...

[telecom69]

Things are really starting to look up now,the weather has improved considerably,but I reckon we are now 2/3 weeks behind schedule owing to the very late cold spell .....

[franca]

Originally Posted by telecom69

Things are really starting to look up now,the weather has improved considerably,but I reckon we are now 2/3 weeks behind schedule owing to the very late cold spell .....

Looking good t69....

Everything here is about a month ahead, we need some rain, having to water every day , the forecast is saying we may get some this weekend......

Looking forward to more pic's.

cu Frank.

[Bush Lady]

I agree nice pic's. I wish it would warm up a little here. Tonight it is going down to -5C. I have the tomato plants outside in my little greenhouse. I guess I will be bringing them in tonight.

[teengeekgrrl]

I think I'm doing something wrong.

It has been two weeks tomorrow since I planted.

NONE of my herbs have even sprouted (and the basil said it would sprout in 5-8 days), and half my flowers are dead.

I've been good about watering... every day to every other day since I planted. I haven't pulled my plants up either... there is NOTHING in my garden. nothing has come up since I planted, not even a weed. Nothing to pull up.

Does anyone know what I'm not doing right?

[telecom69]

Originally Posted by teengeekgrrl

I think I'm doing something wrong.

It has been two weeks tomorrow since I planted.

NONE of my herbs have even sprouted (and the basil said it would sprout in 5-8 days), and half my flowers are dead.

I've been good about watering... every day to every other day since I planted. I haven't pulled my plants up either... there is NOTHING in my garden. nothing has come up since I planted, not even a weed. Nothing to pull up.

Does anyone know what I'm not doing right?

Hi there Im still not sure just what you planted ......if it was seeds then the germination would all depend on the soil temperature and the depth you planted the seeds,do not give up on them yet ..... and even if it was small plants whatever two weeks is not a long time as plants have to make new roots beore there is much sign of top growth,so its early days yet, Im afraid gardening is all about having patience....if you have been having cold spells of weather that is probably the reason you are not seeing much activity ....its difficult for me to say very much since Im not sure what season you are in at the moment and what sort of temperatures you are getting,its only been the last two weeks that I have seen much happening over here as we have had a very late start to the gardening season this year,owing to long spells of cold weather,we are currently about 2/3 weeks behind normal schedule.....the main thing is not to give up dont let the soil dry out,but only water with a fine rose till everything really gets growing ......look forward to hearing from you,Im sure things will improve soon

PS f you look at the photos in post 160 and look at the seeds in the trays they were planted 8 weeks ago as plugs and its just only now in the last two weeks that they are showing much signs of growth since the temperatures rose a little,I lost a lot of my begonias this year as they damped off owing to sitting in cold wet compost for so long....big dissapointment but thats gardening ......

[trekguy]

Originally Posted by teengeekgrrl

I think I'm doing something wrong.

It has been two weeks tomorrow since I planted.

NONE of my herbs have even sprouted (and the basil said it would sprout in 5-8 days), and half my flowers are dead.

I've been good about watering... every day to every other day since I planted. I haven't pulled my plants up either... there is NOTHING in my garden. nothing has come up since I planted, not even a weed. Nothing to pull up.

Does anyone know what I'm not doing right?

Seeds can be slow to germinate... seems like we have to have those warm overnights for a while... then they usually take off. What do you have for temps now?

What kind of flowers did you plant? And what are you watering them with? Every year, we buy a couple of hanging baskets to hang on the bird feeding station, and every year they go downhill almost immediately. We've tried all kinds of potting soil, baskets with reservoirs at the bottom, religiously watering them (they dry out very quickly... just hanging there in the sun, and all)... to no avail. Just recently, we found an article stating that watering plants with hard, well water is not so good. I think it was the iron content that caused problems with nutrient absorbtion, or something. Anyway, well water = bad. I guess I'm going to have to come up with some sort of rain-water collection system if we want to do the hanging basket thing.

Mmmmmm.

There were weeds growing there before, so the soil shouldn't be contaminated...

Did you use any pre-emergent herbicide, weed and feed, or any chemicals at all??

Need pictures.

[telecom69]

Originally Posted by trekguy

Every year, we buy a couple of hanging baskets to hang on the bird feeding station, and every year they go downhill almost immediately. We've tried all kinds of potting soil, baskets with reservoirs at the bottom, religiously watering them (they dry out very quickly... just hanging there in the sun, and all)... to no avail. Just recently, we found an article stating that watering plants with hard, well water is not so good. I think it was the iron content that caused problems with nutrient absorbtion, or something. Anyway, well water = bad. I guess I'm going to have to come up with some sort of rain-water collection system if we want to do the hanging basket thing.

Wondering why you dont have success with your hanging baskets,I do pretty well with mine,but I dont buy them I start them myself,just using multi purpose compost,this does ok for a about three weeks then feeding is necessary through the season,because the compost has very little plant food in it as Im sure you know I just plant up with a pelargonium in the centre and a couple of Surfinias,two Bacopia, and some hanging multi colour Lobelia, and they do very well ....I will post a couple of pictures later in the year, I just use ordinary tap water to water them (daily) WITHOUT FAIL,sometimes even twice a day if its really hot,rainwater would be great of course if you can save enough

Just taken this pic very quickly to show how they are looking after one week of planting up,pelargoniums not yet added ..