COLD DARK ROOM

[Cathie G]

Roses: Since you are in the middle of Winter and your temps are pretty mild, id guess that it would be a good time right now to give your shrub rose a very good trim down. Maybe down to about a foot. Remove all real thin & spindly shoots, all dead branches and ones that don’t look good. Add a good slow release fertilizer all around the perimeter. On the climbing rose, id trim back, but not to the ground like the other. Select your main canes, cut back down a bit. Prune off a lot of the spindly canes, dead wood, etc. your new roses will grow from new growth, so you want to prune things back, encourage new healthy growth. Fertilize like the other, a bit all around the perimeter. Scratch it into the soil. Roses pretty much like full sun. Steady supply of moisture, not too wet, not too dry.

Yea.

 

[Cathie G]

I have been wondering for awhile now too??
Where is the guy who used to ask trivia, then tell people they are minus one point for forming their sentence into a question???
I never thought I’d say this but....
DAM, I miss him to bits!!!!!
I remember one time Yvonne wandered into the room and she thought she was nuts and he gave her something like -1 point for calling herself nuts !!!!! ?
(she gave him a good thrashing though it was soooo funny.)??????????????????
Could someone go find this guy???
His name I think was something to do with English literature??? Or someone’s mom or something.????
Damn....
he would nail me for all these question marks...?

Hahahahaha...

 

[Cathie G]

Yeah, Some of my plants work in pots for me and others do much better in the ground. I generally go with what the plant is telling me by how they are doing in the medium I have them in. the little climber is a mini rose climber, I think that I need to put some more compost and slow fertilizers in their ground. and hopefully that will do the trick. But I have no clue on how to prune rose bushes. I am generally a by feel kind of gardener. So when I don't know how or feel how to do something I struggle. And roses have been one of those plants that I struggle with. I love them though and want to keep on trying with them.

Me too. And I'm seeing some good advice here.

 

[Cathie G]

Good Morning Everyone.

I hope you are all doing well. It is Friday, yayy. But a busy weekend is coming up. This is the thing that I hate the most when I have to sit in a office with nothing to do. I could be doing so much and getting stuff done at home instead. Oh well, at least I have a job and am getting paid for it. Still frustrating though.

So what have you all got planned for this weekend? Kayaking? Gardening? Playing with your torts? Playing with your Lizards? Playing with your fish? Shopping? Riding horses? Clean solar panels? Tell me I want to know.

Whatever it is that you have planned I hope it goes well and that you have fun.

Hello. I'm planning on the same old so called boring life. ? Playing with my animals and maybe a little extra housework thingy besides all the other...

 

[Cathie G]

Some nasty thunderstorms moved through Maryland overnight, tons of rain, thundering boomers & lightning strikes. Here’s a sample!

Ogh, it’s been hot too.

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I hope it cooled the heat off a bit. Did you get any free wood??

 

[Maggie3fan]

Hello. I'm planning on the same old so called boring life. ? Playing with my animals and maybe a little extra housework thingy besides all the other...

you could come and feed my animals while I rest and sleep in front of the TV

 

[Maro2Bear]

At least you got out for a bit.

and, not only a nice relaxing trip, but when I went back to get my truck to throw my kayak on, to my surprise, I was parked under a giant Mulberry tree! Sooooooo, I pulled off some really nice mulberry branches for Ms Sully. Win, Win.

 

[Maro2Bear]

I feed Opo a 8" terracotta dish of mazuri covering the dish but not mounded 2 to 3 times a week. I guess I will cut it down to 2 days. I think I will stop feeding for awhile. If I don't have it ready for him in the morning. He goes right out and starts eating grass. Think I will grow some grapes also. Should I try growing grapes now or wait till it cools down?

Wait for late Fall or early Spring to plant some grape vines. Cooler wetter weather start gets the roots growing then the leaves can take off.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I picked up my significant other at the airport this afternoon. He didn't fly... Just needed to return the rental car. Glad he's home!

We even beat the thunderstorms home by half an hour!

 

[Cathie G]

you could come and feed my animals while I rest and sleep in front of the TV

I do that in between chores...so we'd get along just fine. Do a little, watch tv,do a little, sit for a while, nap, watch tv, do something, prop up my legs etc etc etc.

 

[Cathie G]

I picked up my significant other at the airport this afternoon. He didn't fly... Just needed to return the rental car. Glad he's home!

We even beat the thunderstorms home by half an hour!

I'm happy for you. Have some fun.

 

[Maggie3fan]

Chubbs has not been here since July 18th. He has never been gone this long. Anybody hear from him?

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Chubbs has not been here since July 18th. He has never been gone this long. Anybody hear from him?

No... I was hoping you or someone else had heard from him.
I was wondering if @EllieMay had maybe reached out or heard from him.
Been getting a little worried here.

 

[Yvonne G]

No... I was hoping you or someone else had heard from him.
I was wondering if @EllieMay had maybe reached out or heard from him.
Been getting a little worried here.

Yeah, his silence doesn't bode well for how his uncle may be doing.

 

[Cathie G]

Chubbs has not been here since July 18th. He has never been gone this long. Anybody hear from him?

No and I miss his particular type of funny.

 

[Cathie G]

Yes we are in the middle of winter, and it will most probably slowly get warmer. But it is hard to estimate the weather here, because we have had the drought for last couple of years, but we have already had quite a bit of rain this winter compared to the past few years.

Maybe you'll get some unusual blooms with your extra rain. I've noticed with my spineless prickly pears some extra water made a "dormant?" one sprout a new pad.

 

[CarolM]

Chubbs has not been here since July 18th. He has never been gone this long. Anybody hear from him?

I think that maybe he might be busy with his uncle.

 

[CarolM]

Maybe you'll get some unusual blooms with your extra rain. I've noticed with my spineless prickly pears some extra water made a "dormant?" one sprout a new pad.

Yeah. Maybe

 

[Lokkje]

Chubbs has not been here since July 18th. He has never been gone this long. Anybody hear from him?

The last contact I had from Jason was on the 18th.

 

[Lokkje]

No and I miss his particular type of funny.

I do as well.