http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summaryThu, 05 Oct 2006 05:13:16 +0000http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardeningTheBroadroom.NetBlogger115http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/111696260808443816Tue, 24 May 2005 19:21:00 +00002005-05-24T12:23:28.086-07:00This blog is being archived and will no longer be updated. Check out the new blog here: Gardening Blog. --Colleenhttp://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2005_05_01_archive.html#111696260808443816TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/111077951496857138Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:39:00 +00002005-03-13T21:51:54.970-08:00Hey! 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 http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2005_03_01_archive.html#111077951496857138TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/110963813102111049Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:45:00 +00002005-02-28T16:48:51.023-08:00Well, 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 http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2005_02_01_archive.html#110963813102111049TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/109458666911502954Tue, 07 Sep 2004 20:39:09 +00002004-09-07T12:51:09.116-07:00I 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 http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_09_01_archive.html#109458666911502954TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/109432750966589953Sat, 04 Sep 2004 20:35:49 +00002004-09-07T12:37:49.546-07:00I 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 http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_09_01_archive.html#109432750966589953TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/109209698384891920Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:04:23 +00002004-08-09T17:16:23.846-07:00Herrrmmm...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 http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_08_01_archive.html#109209698384891920TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/109044933359151044Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:27:33 +00002004-07-21T15:35:33.590-07:00Okay...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 http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_07_01_archive.html#109044933359151044TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/109021494268678941Mon, 19 Jul 2004 05:24:02 +00002004-07-18T22:29:02.686-07:00Anyhow we did do some flower boxes and pots, as I say. My daughter picked out the flowers. Right now the yard is shaping up, gophers or no gophers. We do have a plum tree (knock wood). The gophers leave the pear and apple trees alone actually. Once the tree becomes big enough, they don't kill it. Now I've read on the Net that gophers can take out mature apple trees and I don't doubt it. I http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_07_01_archive.html#109021494268678941TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/109021442792517474Mon, 19 Jul 2004 05:01:27 +00002004-07-18T22:20:27.926-07:00Wa'...I'm tired. We did some garden work this weekend. Since we can't plant flowers into the ground, we had to use large planters and boxes. I'm still at square one with the pocket gophers. I just did a search to see if anyone's figured out anything new to get rid of them. One guy said he used regular gopher traps, but baited them with Juicy Fruit gum (still in its foil wrapper). Now I http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_07_01_archive.html#109021442792517474TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/108993774993499116Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:59:24 +00002004-07-15T17:36:24.536-07:00Hmmm...it's five o'clock here and I'm drinking coffee. :) When we bought this house, the yard was a complete jungle...it had been a rental for the past twenty-odd years or so, no one took care of the yard. I remember this enormous yucca plant...easily six feet in diameter...a Christmas tree (yup, a tree that looked exactly like a Christmas tree)...lots of odd, big, ugly bushes, etc. So http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_07_01_archive.html#108993774993499116TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/108985313544095549Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:43:55 +00002004-07-14T17:58:55.440-07:00Bleh...no more gophers as of yet. Maybe all I got was the biggest, fattest, dumbest of the lot. I mean there was a big gopher who used to blithely dig right in front of your face, and that's the one I think I got, because I don't see him around anymore. I tried setting the trap again but it just got backfilled. And, there are gophers underneath the deck that are too close to the deck to http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_07_01_archive.html#108985313544095549TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/108959422486249548Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:55:44 +00002004-07-11T18:03:44.863-07:00Yes! yes! yes! yes! Pour me a drink, for I return triumphant. I finally trapped my first pocket gopher. I used a trap called The Black Hole. Actually I've had it for years...I tried it a few times when I first got it (it's about ten bucks at Home Depot), nothing happened, I put it aside and lost track of it for a while. Then recently, for the hell of it, I decided to try it again. http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_07_01_archive.html#108959422486249548TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/108940390096571887Fri, 09 Jul 2004 20:09:27 +00002004-07-09T13:20:27.423-07:00One thing I've noticed...you have to fertilize certain kinds of fruit trees, otherwise the fruit comes out sour. I didn't do that this year...didn't think it made a difference...but it does. It doesn't seem to matter with pear trees, but our apples and plums are noticeably sourer this year. Last year I used those fertilizer spikes...I forget the brand...you drive the spikes into the http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_07_01_archive.html#108940390096571887TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/108855153494303748Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:20:58 +00002004-06-29T16:27:58.326-07:00Hmmmm... I'm going to order some bulbs for the garden. I'm not sure what to get. I never found a real solution to the pocket gopher problem. I saw an ad...actually one of our own Google garden ads...that said you could use fox urine to repel gophers. sigh sounds great but does it work? In the meantime, the gophers have never eaten our daffodils, irises, or lilies. They have eaten http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2004_06_01_archive.html#108855153494303748TheBroadroom.Nethttp://www.blogger.com/feeds/5620862/posts/summary/10642579627270876Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:12:42 +00002003-09-22T12:12:42.683-07:00Oooooohhhhh...can I come to your house? :) We didn't grow anything much of anything this year. I'm still figuring out what to do about the pocket gophers. What I've heard is that you can trap them, but it's incredibly labor-intensive. You have to dig into their main tunnels and set traps facing either way. We have empty fields around our house...that's where they come from. So there is this http://thebroadroom.net/home_mgmt/gardening/2003_09_01_archive.html#10642579627270876TheBroadroom.Net