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 true TheBroadroom.Net 2005-05-24T12:21:00-07:00 2005-05-24T19:23:28Z 2005-05-24T19:23:28Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620862.post-111696260808443816 <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening">This blog is being archived and will no longer be updated. Check out the new blog here: Gardening Blog. --Colleen</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/5620862/111077951496857138" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>TheBroadroom.Net</name> </author> <issued>2005-03-13T21:39:00-08:00</issued> <modified>2005-03-14T05:51:54Z</modified> <created>2005-03-14T05:51:54Z</created> <link href="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2005_03_01_archive.html#111077951496857138" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620862.post-111077951496857138</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening">Hey! I'm back. Today we did Phase I of the garden...cutting grass, pulling weeds, some pruning and removing dead plants. The weed-pulling alone could have taken the entire day. Let's take stock of what the pocket gophers haven't destroyed (knock wood). Both camellias are still there. The "rats" dug all around the red one but didn't eat it. The plum tree is there (pounds wood furiously). The</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/5620862/110963813102111049" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>TheBroadroom.Net</name> </author> <issued>2005-02-28T16:45:00-08:00</issued> <modified>2005-03-01T00:48:51Z</modified> <created>2005-03-01T00:48:51Z</created> <link href="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2005_02_01_archive.html#110963813102111049" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620862.post-110963813102111049</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening">Well, I found out something. Camellias take forever to grow. I bought two small ones...about a foot to a foot and a half high...a few years ago. I swear to ya, they've both grown about two inches since I planted them. I put them in the same place our plum tree is...and the plum tree has grown a lot. So I don't think it's where they are. Other stuff around them...some rose bushes...those have</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/5620862/109458666911502954" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>TheBroadroom.Net</name> </author> <issued>2004-09-07T13:39:09-07:00</issued> <modified>2004-09-07T19:51:09Z</modified> <created>2004-09-07T19:51:09Z</created> <link href="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_09_01_archive.html#109458666911502954" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620862.post-109458666911502954</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening">I hear that...I didn't do much gardening last year. I just felt buried dealing with the kids, and bummed out over the pocket gophers eating everything I put into the ground. This year though, it was better. Some things did not get eaten by the gophers. It's true they're massively destructive but they do not eat everything (knock wood). The daffodils sound lovely. We have some existing</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/5620862/109432750966589953" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>TheBroadroom.Net</name> </author> <issued>2004-09-04T13:35:49-07:00</issued> <modified>2004-09-07T19:37:49Z</modified> <created>2004-09-04T19:51:49Z</created> <link href="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_09_01_archive.html#109432750966589953" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620862.post-109432750966589953</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening">I didn't do much in the yard or garden this year. Its not that I didn't have big plans for them. We were so excited to be in our new house and we'd really wanted to do things up right. Then DH's mom sickened and died in the very early spring and that kinda took the wind right out of our sails. It'll be 6 months, next week that she's passed. I'm hoping next spring will be better. We're</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/5620862/109209698384891920" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>TheBroadroom.Net</name> </author> <issued>2004-08-09T17:04:23-07:00</issued> <modified>2004-08-10T00:16:23Z</modified> <created>2004-08-10T00:16:23Z</created> <link href="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_08_01_archive.html#109209698384891920" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620862.post-109209698384891920</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening">Herrrmmm...no more gophers as of yet. The old man and I set our new Victor mole trap up yesterday...it's a hair-trigger one and hard to set. But it looks promising. This model sits on top of the tunnel, rather than inside it. We also set The Black Hole one in a different place. That "Once" fertilizer, really does work. It's pretty dramatic--I put it on our flowering plants--different kinds</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> <entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"> <link href="https://www.blogger.com/atom/5620862/109044933359151044" rel="service.edit" title="" type="application/atom+xml"/> <author> <name>TheBroadroom.Net</name> </author> <issued>2004-07-21T15:27:33-07:00</issued> <modified>2004-07-21T22:35:33Z</modified> <created>2004-07-21T22:35:33Z</created> <link href="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_07_01_archive.html#109044933359151044" rel="alternate" title="" type="text/html"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620862.post-109044933359151044</id> <title mode="escaped" type="text/html"/> <summary mode="escaped" type="text/plain" xml:base="http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening">Okay...I waited a few days. Today there's a fresh gopher hole so I set the trap again. I haven't gotten the Juicy Fruit gum yet but I did wash out the trap as the gentleman suggested. I realize that trapping gophers requires something of a hunter's instinct. I've never hunted anything before (nor fished, I lead a dull life *g*) but it did cross my mind to wait until there was a truly fresh</summary> <draft xmlns="http://purl.org/atom-blog/ns#">false</draft> </entry> </feed>