Beginner Gardening: KEEPING DEER AWAY FROM GARDENS with Chimes???, 1 by tobee43

tobee43 wrote:
good morning deann,

well actually what i do is plant the morning glory's seeds directly into pots. i use about 1/2 package in each container. you can't see them because they are covered. the pots are placed on the outside of the trellis. this year i'm so excited i have some brilliant "yellow" morning glory from reunion island. only about 1/3 of the seeds took, but i'm so excited i can't stand it! i put some japeness blues in with the yellows. (you know they stay open ALL day!) and this is NOT the pale yellow...so i can't wait. anyway i put them in about 2 gallon nice looking pots and put 3 bamboo sticks to help them start climbing them put them out by the trellis and they take off from there. they are heavy feeders to i just keep feeding them weekly. i only have 12 weeks to get things going to max.

roses to me are considered "annuals" because of my zoning (which i will explain in a sec), i use chocolate vine, trumpet vines and wisteria on other trellis'. you can't see them in that pic but we have over 1/2 acer of walking path gardens and we have trellis' thru out.

i'm a sub micro-climate . while my area is consider a 6a i live in the mountains but in a gully. while everyone is enjoying the first blooms of the season i'm almost 3 weeks behind them. you can look across the way see sun, flowers and blooms and then look over to my area and you would not believe your in the same place when your looking at frost! i could NEVER grown anything on my property for zoning 6a, it would never make it. sub micro -climates are not really that rare, just not recognized by many. mine is so substantial it hits your smack in the face!

this year the arts and heritage council for our county chose our gardens as one of the six most beautiful really because of it's unique quality in respect to the sub zone and what i have been able to establish here. it hasn't been easy...i can say that!

i thought you may like to see this. i have been working with a horticultorist for the past 5 years doing horticulture therapy...this was our gardens last year...they made the ny times! how COOL was that!


oh!! forgot to add......my dh has being using the cat liter thing for a few years now......IT WORKS....our problem is OUR cat doesn't use the cat box! so he has to go around asking people for their used kitty liter......ahhhhhhh nice!



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