Gardening In Stupid RL

oleander.

"lily of the valley"

they give no shits lol.

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Oleander, lavender and (as ugly as they are) marigolds. Marigolds supposedly keep mosquitoes away, too.

Japanese Beetles are the WORST.

its not that they were light, they were just dry as ***. particularly the "lily of the valley" i planted. even though they came in a bag of peat moss, it was pretty devoid of moisture.

I'm gonna have to look into this. Does it keep bugs away as well?

Nerium oleander /ˈnɪəriəm ˈoʊliː.ændər/[3] is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, toxic in all its parts. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium. It is most commonly known as oleander, from its superficial resemblance to the unrelated olive Olea.[Note 1] It is so widely cultivated that no precise region of origin has been identified, though southwest Asia has been suggested. The ancient city of Volubilis in Morocco may have taken its name from the Berber name oualilt for the flower.[4] Oleander is one of the most poisonous of commonly grown garden plants.

N. oleander is either native or naturalized to a broad area from Mauritania, Morocco, and Portugal eastward through the Mediterranean region and the Sahara (where it is only found sporadically), to the Arabian peninsula, southern Asia, and as far East as Yunnan in southern parts of China.[5][6][7][8] It typically occurs around dry stream beds. Nerium oleander is planted in many subtropical and tropical areas of the world. On the East Coast of the US, it grows as far north as Virginia Beach, Virginia, while in California and Texas it is naturalized as a median strip planting.[citation needed] Because of its durability, Oleander was planted prolifically on Galveston Island in Texas after the disastrous Hurricane of 1900. They are so prolific that Galveston is known as the 'Oleander City'; an annual Oleander festival is hosted every April.[9] Oleander can be grown successfully outdoors in southern England, particularly in London and mild coastal regions of Dorset and Cornwall.

Too tropical for either of us.

That sucks.

Not for me.

That's why Texas > all!

I had a chance to move to Texas and run a Ranch years ago. If only Rattle Snakes didn't exist!

black widows, brown recluses, rattle snakes, water moccasins

Rattle snakes aren't bad. You get fair warning, then you get the garden hoe. Clean slice. No fuss, no muss. Snakes ain't no thang, unless they're WATER MOCCASINS and you're in the water!

baby rattlesnakes are the real danger.

... Try living in the land of black widows, brown recluses, rattle snakes, cottonmouths, water moccasins and scorpions, sissies!

I was too young to remember if they rattled when we got by them, do rattle snakes always rattle before they strike?

There's one small part of my lawn that gets very little sun and always looks like ***, so I'm gonna scrap he whole thing and put in a bunch of phlox and periwinkle as ground cover instead. Some stepping stones too.

I'll take pics of the process and share. The periwinkle is invasive as grows like a sonovabitch. But the area is 95% contained so I couldn't give a ***.

I also saw raspberry bits being sold at Lowe's and gave serious consideration to that...

Have you thought about wild strawberries? The plants produce strawberries ranging in size from the size of your pinkie to your thumb, but they are incredibly sweet and they cover ground quickly. Easy to eat or ignore.

Lack of observable moisture isn't a problem, the moisture is locked inside. That's why the light as a feather ones are dead, no internal moisture.

Ragnarok.Nausi said: »

There's one small part of my lawn that gets very little sun and always looks like ***, so I'm gonna scrap he whole thing and put in a bunch of phlox and periwinkle as ground cover instead. Some stepping stones too.

I'll take pics of the process and share. The periwinkle is invasive as grows like a sonovabitch. But the area is 95% contained so I couldn't give a ***.
Have you thought about wild strawberries? The plants produce strawberries ranging in size from the size of your pinkie to your thumb, but they are incredibly sweet and they cover ground quickly. Easy to eat or ignore.

Snakes ain't no thang, unless they're WATER MOCCASINS and you're in the water!

So I prunned the hops I put out over month ago. It's the end of may and I've already got 2' vines on all 4 of them. They are ready to blast off this summer, I've built a run for them that is over 30' long.




Been 4 more weeks Chanti, nothing yet bulb wise. Should I be a sad panda yet?

I did not think about strawberries for that area specifically, I did think about them for the garden, but they need a crap load of sun and the area in question just doesn't get that much.

I did plant the phlox and vinca, I tore up the whole area a few weeks back. I had to run the cultivator across the area 4 times before I got everything up. It was hard as a rock, probably why I was having so much trouble growing grass. I'll take pics over the weekend. It's been a very busy month. I ordered mulch for the weekend and once it's down I should be pretty much ready for summer.

Just in time.

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Been 4 more weeks Chanti, nothing yet bulb wise. Should I be a sad panda yet?...

Fire area is key. I have a small chimenea that I burn with on my deck. It is the perfect size for the space, but I sometimes wish I could burn bigger pieces of wood. There are plenty of vids out there showing the block pit solution, could have that thing up in an hour and for under 30 bucks if you really wanted to.

If you start clearing brush and trees for fuel remember, it takes a while for the new wood to properly dry out and be effective fire wood.

So I want to plant hops, is it already to late? I've never grown them before.

I don't know your growing season but here all spring bulbs have sprouted. So unless you planted fall crocuses or start your growing season real late it is indeed sad panda time.

What varieties of hops did you plant?