http://garden.secretcorners.net/?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:04:18 +0000 kimberly [Member] c182@http://garden.secretcorners.net/ I have not done a rooting from my snowball bush but may try since you mentioned it. You want to take a cutting with a clean knife or shears (you don’t want to introduce bacteria on the cutting) from one of the flexible softwood stems. Leave about two or three leaves on the stem. I would recommend getting some sterilised potting soil and use it for the rooting. Place the potting soil in the container (I save my old nursery pots for this) and thoroughly soak the potting soil until you are sure it is completely soaked. If you have rooting hormone, then dip the cutting into water, gently shake off the excess water and dip the cutting into the rooting hormone, and then poke a hole in the potting soil with a pencil. Place the cutting into the hole and push the soil around the cutting. You want to keep the potting soil moist but not overly saturated with water. Don’t let the potting soil dry out. If you need to take a cutting away from home where you can not immediately take care of the cutting, then you can wrap the cutting in wet paper towels or place the cutting in a jar of water for transport. Good luck on your rooting. http://garden.secretcorners.net/2010/04/28/snowball-bush-viburnum-opulus-sterile#c182 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:52:32 +0000 Jesse Williams [Visitor] c181@http://garden.secretcorners.net/ Can you tell me how to root a Snowball Bush? I got a cutting of it by cutting the stem sideways, and I put it in fresh water. Will it root? http://garden.secretcorners.net/2010/04/28/snowball-bush-viburnum-opulus-sterile#c181 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:24:50 +0000 Ron [Visitor] c178@http://garden.secretcorners.net/ I like the rustic one best. It’s probably way stronger anyway! http://garden.secretcorners.net/2014/03/20/welcome-to-spring#c178 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:05:46 +0000 kimberly [Member] c165@http://garden.secretcorners.net/ I have no problem with getting rid of mice as they can carry diseases and their droppings can cause respiratory problems including death. First, store your sweet potatoes in a place that stays at least 50F. Place them in wooden boxes with a lid to keep the mice out. The best way to eliminate mice in the home is with traps. I know some don’t like to kill animals, even mice. In that case you would use a no-kill trap and release back outdoors but they will just come right back in. Mice like to live in your house. I use the spring loaded traps baited with peanut butter and you need to set several traps because mice have learn to avoid being poison by passing up one food source and only eating small amounts from one source. I don’t use poison because for one, the mice can die in your house causing more problems. Remember that mice, like any mammal can carry rabies so don’t handle live wild mice with your hands. If you are ever bitten by a mouse, you will need to seek rabies treatment. I am a person that loves animals, however, in the case of mice, the risk to our health is too great to not eliminate them from our homes. The sweet potatoes in the corn was a one-time thing. I don’t really see a way to plant sweet potatoes in a corn row but you could always try. http://garden.secretcorners.net/2011/05/25/planting-sweet-potatoes#c165 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:42:36 +0000 Brandon Everett [Visitor] c164@http://garden.secretcorners.net/ Hi there, I like your info on sweet taters. I have a couple questions though… Every year I plant sweet potatoes I get a great yield and it’s always more than we can eat. But, mice and other rodents have a tendency to also enjoy my sweet potatoes and often chew huge holes in them.. Do you know anyway to potentially stop these varmints? Organically and ethically of course. Also, you had said some of your sweet potatoes ended up growing in your corn rows. Have you ever intentionally planted sweet potatoes in the corn rows? I know people will plant beans and squash in the corn patch. Wonder if sweet potatoes would work? Thanks and I like your site! http://garden.secretcorners.net/2011/05/25/planting-sweet-potatoes#c164 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:16:44 +0000 kimberly [Member] c140@http://garden.secretcorners.net/ Yes, they are common and I think tend to be the variety sold at a lot of garden shops. They are easy to root so if you know someone that has one, they can take a branch down to the ground, weigh it down, and place soil over the branch. It will take root and then you can cut if from the main and plant it. As for taste, very yummy! http://garden.secretcorners.net/2010/08/27/back-garden-fig-bush-ficus-carica-brown-turkey#c140 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:10:41 +0000 Robert [Visitor] c139@http://garden.secretcorners.net/ I think I’ve seen that very fig. If you tell me they are common…I may snatch one off a particular specimen I’ve seen… http://garden.secretcorners.net/2010/08/27/back-garden-fig-bush-ficus-carica-brown-turkey#c139 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:11:25 +0000 Dana Alan [Visitor] c138@http://garden.secretcorners.net/ I did a google search for ‘grasshopper house’ wondering if there would be a pic of these on the web. My Grandmother taught me to make these back in the 1970’s. I miss her and those simpler times very much. http://garden.secretcorners.net/2011/07/01/grasshopper-houses#c138