Gardening

[Tipp]

Sly: you reaffirmed my faith in fellowman, as sure I think you helped me understand. The peach is the only 1 suffering. No not cultivars but grown from seeds from a horticultural centre. Ok I will spray the soil, I will look for DORMANT SPRAY in the agricultural shop, off we go to do this this weekend. I will take a pic for us when these take off. Thanks, owe you one.

[Sly1]

Check the name of your variety to see if it is disease resistant. Do you have an agricultral center where you can call and discuss with them your variety?

[Sly1]

Tipp you starting from ah seed? Oh my, that will take so long to grow, is there not a garden center where you can get a one year old tree to start in your garden/yard?

[Angie]

I find it easier to call in the home and garden pest control people to do the spraying for me. With hundreds of Deer roaming there are a lot of ticks around and I need to protect my 3 four legged children, so I let them spray the fruit trees one time.

[Tipp]

Tipp you starting from ah seed? Oh my, that will take so long to grow, is there not a garden center where you can get a one year old tree to start in your garden/yard?

ok yes, I find it takes 3 months to break out then 6 months to get a 2 foot plant. The seeds costs < 1£/3 but if I buy a plant say 3foot high that will be 12£ per plant. so its money really but take your point, I have 3 more peach plants, seeds sown and now 2 feet high ready to plant but scared. The tree that died, I put in the seed in 2002, it broke out and I nurtured it and then 2005 put it in the garden, it was now 5 foot high, last year when all went wrong it was 12 foot high and had blossoms first time. Most my trees are planted this way so I am patient but was not happy when it succumbed to leaf curl and that was it.

We love peaches but not successful as yet but other fruits we have sufficient and what I wanted to say, as with home gardening when it comes to late spring to late Autumn, we save money on vegetables and fruits not buying from supermarkets. This year might be late as we going to Trinidad foe a few weeks, so may have to buy mature plants, tomatoes and cucumbers and beetroots etc when we get back. BUT: You guessed I make no joke, I put in 100 congo and Jalapenos pepper seeds already in the trays to nurture.

Beans are in, so too are peanuts. THanks Sly and Saltfish for your advice. You know I sit in the garden in the afternoons see the birds come up for seeds, and I feel so good just looking at my handiwork and lovely things around you.

[Sly1]

Help! My husband's wheelbarrow is NOT mine! He is yea big and yea tall. Me, I am a petite person who needs a wheelbarrow for my size I am not joking okay. I need something for use in the garden and then be able to wash it up and use it to transport my roses for Show. I need it for hauling mulch, which I am blessed to get FREE from the city. (Well not really free, as I give them bags of homemade cookies and even cut armful of roses and wrap them up for them to take home and office.) Bags of soil ammendments, buckets of plants etc...you get the picture for this 5' 2" to push something for her size....HELP PLEASE

[Angie]

Sly, a couple of my rose plants have the dreaded brown/black spots on the. I am trying baking soda and soap to spray them after trimming off the affected parts ...is there anything else I can use???

The Sedonas are the ones infected with that fungus .... I suppose disease free does not necessarily mean fungus free huh!

[Sly1]

Salfish....My best friend is... Lime and Sulfer liquid! GO GET IT NOW!!! Most garden centers should have it. If not sweet talk them into ordering it for you. Quick quick. You will never be with out it once you see the results. Now that the black spot has taken hold it will take a few spraying to quiet it down and then be able to keep it at bay.

[Sly1]

Lime Sulfur sorry I miss spelt.

[Falcon]

Lime Sulfur sorry I miss spelt.

[Chicabonita]

I wonder if love for gardening is one of those things that a person has *naturally*. I was never a fan of flowers or plants. I like to see them though but that's just about it. I am interested though in having a small vegetable garden.

[mivs]

I love gardening..... my flower garden does not have space
we put in a driveway where the kitchen garden used to be

[Solachica]

Garden tht I had burn flat with bush fire this year after abt 3yrs of work. I done for now.

[Sly1]

Solachia... did you say bush fire! Lucky you!

[Solachica]

Lucky? 3yrs of hard work went up in flames.
Even the palms tht the macaws used to be in burn. Flames were 20+ ft in some places.

[Falcon]

what a mess.

after 2 weeks of sun a corner of my lawn looking like swamp. I feel my neighbour fishpond leaking. I start to dig my garden to find the source and decide to extend the lawn while I at it. Ah move ah set of heavy heavy flagstones, and dig the upper level of the garden to try and level the whole lawn area now. Need to go get me some slabs to hold the remaining flagstone in their place. What a mess outside....mud everywhere. I come in for a drink and watch some cricket.

Will continue later. Rake broke. Need to rent a roller.

[Angie]

This is what I am doing with all my plants. It is easier to control weeds and to manage the plants.

[Falcon]

stewwwwps.
what a mess

Ah mistakenly spade the electrics from the kitchen to the garden.
Shorted the whole system.
Emergency electricians charging 94£/hr call-out on a Sat
Now the garage have no power because the wiring was illegal by the previous owner of this house. At least me kitchen now have power again.......after 4 hours of expensive drama....and the fella have to come back tomorrow.........why I didnt go beach as per the original plan for today

[guyguy]

Lime Sulfur sorry I miss spelt.

Shouldn't that be "misspelt?" Like Falcon drunk and sleeping on the job again o' wot?

[Falcon]

the sulphur part was funny as well dimly.

[Sly1]

Falcon I told you not to mix my drink so strong Allyuh always get me in trouble when you go and give me mixed drinks I cya take dem strong stuff.

sul·fur [súlfər]
or sul·phur [súlfər]
noun
yellow nonmetallic element: a nonmetallic yellow element that occurs alone in nature or combined in sulfide and sulfate minerals. Use: manufacture of sulfuric acid, matches, fungicides, and gunpowder. Symbol S

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[Sly1]

Shouldn't that be "misspelt?" Like Falcon drunk and sleeping on the job again o' wot?

Well now I know my worth.....if yuh picking on me I must be worth something As long as you eh coming over here to make sure none ah de dut get on the key board.

[Sly1]

Looking nice and neat. Just tell me that it will get a min of 6 hours of sun. 6-8 hours?

[Sly1]

Have you ever hear of inviting ah bunch of your friends over to help you with that kind of work? This is when you need your friends. You please take it slowly and do it bit by bit and not injure yourself.

[guyguy]

Well now I know my worth.....if yuh picking on me I must be worth something As long as you eh coming over here to make sure none ah de dut get on the key board.

Sweets,
You are worth more to me than the crab in meh callalloo, the dhal in meh rice, de channa in meh doubles, de shark in meh bake, de saltfish in meh buljol, de tomato in meh chokha, de sun, de moon, de stars. You are priceless to me oui.