K'Eh's gardening tip thread

[Deckerd]

Ok lets start with what's a ring and what's a bulblet and do I have to dig them out to find out? I've got them in a pot at the moment ~ didn't realise what they were. (see above post) My neighbour has said I should replant them so 'they have space to spread their legs', which is I think what you are saying. Should I dead head them?

And thanks both for the advice

Let's start again. Dig a hole. Put the irises in the hole. Cover them up. Job done.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

Grandma used to for her church every Sunday. Just me and my grandpa now, we dont see a need to, especially with so many of her violets and orchids left.

Oh but they are so pretty

Ok lets start with what's a ring and what's a bulblet and do I have to dig them out to find out? I've got them in a pot at the moment ~ didn't realise what they were. (see above post) My neighbour has said I should replant them so 'they have space to spread their legs', which is I think what you are saying. Should I dead head them?

And thanks both for the advice

Let's start again. Dig a hole. Put the irises in the hole. Cover them up. Job done.

Thank you ~ seemples

 

[Mary Ann]

Thank you ~ seemples

Watch out for meerkats, though.

 

[KimMH]

Grandma used to for her church every Sunday. Just me and my grandpa now, we dont see a need to, especially with so many of her violets and orchids left.

What a lovely thing to leave behind - a green thumb! Her rose tree is quite impressive. I promise mine looks nothing like that!

 

[K'Ehleyr]

Thank you ~ seemples

Watch out for meerkats, though.

Always

Grandma used to for her church every Sunday. Just me and my grandpa now, we dont see a need to, especially with so many of her violets and orchids left.

What a lovely thing to leave behind - a green thumb! Her rose tree is quite impressive. I promise mine looks nothing like that!

Beautiful, You must keep it ~ 'tis the Klingon law!

 

[Lonemagpie]

Gardening tips, eh? (asks a guy who usually prunes the clematis with a Sykes-Fairbairn, and this year had to do it with a gladius...)

If you have a coffee filter machine, keep the used coffee grounds, and put them on the soil/compost that you're growing crops in. Not only is it nutritious for some plants (tomato plants especially) but it keeps slugs and snails away.

It doesn't kill slugs and snails, but the caffeine freaks them out so much (seriously - if you put some on a slug it'll flex and dance most bizarrely for your comedy entertainment) that they will do anything to avoid going over it- including staying away from otherwise irresistable plants.

 

[SVD]

Grandma used to for her church every Sunday. Just me and my grandpa now, we dont see a need to, especially with so many of her violets and orchids left.

What a lovely thing to leave behind - a green thumb! Her rose tree is quite impressive. I promise mine looks nothing like that!

Beautiful, You must keep it ~ 'tis the Klingon law!

We wouldn't pull it out, or the other couple dozen roses of various colors that me and my grandpa planted over the years, unless they die.

 

[trekkiedane]

So when you've had a traumatic time at the dentist it's natural to want to hurt someone/something else yes?
So I decided to "prune", or shall we just say hack my rosebush.

So tips for gardening...

• Always wear gardening gloves (it makes you look like you know what you're doing)
• Add sturdy shoes (ditto)
• Tie your hair up and don't wear make up
• Look assertive
• Stand back occasionally and study your work
• if neighbours comment, you are 'deadheading' not 'beheading' your roses (I'm personally going to have to remember that one)
• Have a watering can to hand (looks good)
• Try and have classical music streaming out of the window ~ for the 'classy' bit of gardening.

Any more tips?
Especially what I can do with my dead Irises?

Always have a colourful hankie readily available -gardening should look like hard work that makes you sweaty, but you should never look sweaty yourself!
Also always have a tall glass with ice cubes in a liquid that is almost -but not entirely- clear (and never totally opaque - never let people know just how much alcohol actually is in that drink) at hand
Wear a bigish old looking straw hat (your gardening knowledge is judged by this hat! the more worn it looks the better a gardener you are percieved to be!)

 

[K'Ehleyr]

Gardening tips, eh? (asks a guy who usually prunes the clematis with a Sykes-Fairbairn, and this year had to do it with a gladius...)

If you have a coffee filter machine, keep the used coffee grounds, and put them on the soil/compost that you're growing crops in. Not only is it nutritious for some plants (tomato plants especially) but it keeps slugs and snails away.

It doesn't kill slugs and snails, but the caffeine freaks them out so much (seriously - if you put some on a slug it'll flex and dance most bizarrely for your comedy entertainment) that they will do anything to avoid going over it- including staying away from otherwise irresistable plants.

Is that true? because I can get endless coffee machine dregs from the machine at work and would totallly enjoy the entertainment ~ right, your'e on ~ I'm going to try it! Will video results and post them

What a lovely thing to leave behind - a green thumb! Her rose tree is quite impressive. I promise mine looks nothing like that!

Beautiful, You must keep it ~ 'tis the Klingon law!

We wouldn't pull it out, or the other couple dozen roses of various colors that me and my grandpa planted over the years, unless they die.

Keep watering them ~ that's K'Eh's tip of today! One day I'll have my own gardening show! And get sued when it all goes horribly wrong.

Disclaimer: Do not follow any of K'Eh's gardening tips

So when you've had a traumatic time at the dentist it's natural to want to hurt someone/something else yes?
So I decided to "prune", or shall we just say hack my rosebush.






So tips for gardening...

• Always wear gardening gloves (it makes you look like you know what you're doing)
• Add sturdy shoes (ditto)
• Tie your hair up and don't wear make up
• Look assertive
• Stand back occasionally and study your work
• if neighbours comment, you are 'deadheading' not 'beheading' your roses (I'm personally going to have to remember that one)
• Have a watering can to hand (looks good)
• Try and have classical music streaming out of the window ~ for the 'classy' bit of gardening.

Any more tips?
Especially what I can do with my dead Irises?

Always have a colourful hankie readily available -gardening should look like hard work that makes you sweaty, but you should never look sweaty yourself!
Also always have a tall glass with ice cubes in a liquid that is almost -but not entirely- clear (and never totally opaque - never let people know just how much alcohol actually is in that drink) at hand
Wear a bigish old looking straw hat (your gardening knowledge is judged by this hat! the more worn it looks the better a gardener you are percieved to be!)

Damn and blast! I forgot the hankie, and anyway ladies never look sweaty, we just " glow" and the ice cubes! And the hat ~ my hats are not designed to be worn in a garden! Well unless it's a garden party!
I did, however, steal (I admit readily) ice from the club today as I was have a 'neighbourhood meeting'. I informed them on the way out that if they were not quick enough ~ the evidence would have melted! :P

 

[SVD]

They get watered every time we water the lawn, K'Eh.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

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If you have a coffee filter machine, keep the used coffee grounds, and put them on the soil/compost that you're growing crops in. Not only is it nutritious for some plants (tomato plants especially) but it keeps slugs and snails away.

It doesn't kill slugs and snails, but the caffeine freaks them out so much (seriously - if you put some on a slug it'll flex and dance most bizarrely for your comedy entertainment) that they will do anything to avoid going over it- including staying away from otherwise irresistable plants.

Has stolen coffee dregs from work and will scatter them freely

They get watered every time we water the lawn, K'Eh.

It's been so dry here recently even the trees are looking glum!

 

[SVD]

I talked to my uncle in southwest Pennsylvania, they haven't had decent rainfall in the past month. You somewhere on the east coast, K'Eh?

 

[Captain Shaw]

I talked to my uncle in southwest Pennsylvania, they haven't had decent rainfall in the past month. You somewhere on the east coast, K'Eh?

I think she lives in near London

 

[K'Ehleyr]

I talked to my uncle in southwest Pennsylvania, they haven't had decent rainfall in the past month. You somewhere on the east coast, K'Eh?

@STK ^ Yes, between London and Brighton in the UK.

But SVM it's been very dry and when we had a short thunderstorm the other day I was dancing in it (the other people at work and the golfers found it most odd for some reason). Unfortunately the ground is so dry it just stays on top!
Why can't it be sunny during the day and rain at night? Seemples

 

[SVD]

Ah.

I'ts always dry in the summer here, it hasn't rained since May.

 

[RJDiogenes]

They keep promising us thunderstorms, but I think we've only actually had two all summer; and one only lasted about an hour.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

Ah.

I'ts always dry in the summer here, it hasn't rained since May.

They keep promising us thunderstorms, but I think we've only actually had two all summer; and one only lasted about an hour.

As much as I love the sun, big rain is wonderful. And I mean the serious stuff, not the misty, half hearted stuff that makes you wet and you don't even know it's coming down.
Give me thunder and lightening ~ I want drama with my rain!

 

[RJDiogenes]

I love thunderstorms. We've only had one really good one this year, despite them being in the forecast every week. I'm disappointed.

 

[SVD]

I love me a thunderstorm too.

Interestingly, in Northern California, we can get "dry lightning," rainless thunderstorms that are BIG time yikes. They can start forest fires.

 

[trekkiedane]

I love thunderstorms. We've only had one really good one this year, despite them being in the forecast every week. I'm disappointed.

I don't - I HATE having to unplug TV and PC and all that