Coffee Break # 44 - Fall is here

Yeah, rub it in! I'm dying for a hot tub right about now, goose bumps or no goose bumps......

Sorry Jen :(

This may be colorful, but it's depressing. Taken about 5 miles from my house...

Whoa......too much fall! We have some stuff turning, but not as much as that, Pixie.

sorry jen

Very nice Pixie, Fall is only five miles away! Yippee!

I am seeing LOTS of early color here. Surprised.

Actually it's right across the road WC! LOL

Has anyone rooted roses? I managed to root 2, mid August. I'm wondering if I should give them some winter protection. So far have only planted 1 in the garden, hope to get the 2nd in soon.

No Fall color here yet, but then I'm in a slightly warmer zone..

Love one of the DG names in the birthday list today - zztopsoil!!

made me giggle to.. I said to Randy this afternoon it sounds like one of those wheel of fortune answers when they stick the two phrases together

{{{flowAjen}}}

debi_k:

For a new (or any) rose bush, my late mother would always mulch the base very densely in autumn.

I don't know if it's the right thing to do, but her roses always looked pretty good.

thanks Boston, I was excited to get these to root, now just hope they survive the winter.

zztopsoil is cute, I'm not very creative

debi_k:

I should add one note: don't hesitate to stake them, or give them something to lean against, until they become root-established.

The weight of "sticky" wet snow, or big wind, can be really heavy, even on bare branches.

I personally don't know anyone who "wraps" their roses for winter support, but for a newly established rose bush, maybe a bit of Googling might provide ideas.

Bon chance! (good luck!)

googling didn't give me much, only how to root them, not what to do once they are rooted. I was thinking about cutting the bottom off a milk carton and putting that over it, maybe like half the milk jug.

I don't know if this is a good idea, but my mom would use rocks, about the size of cantalopes, during the winter season for support at the base for some plants. As long as the rain (or melting snow) can get down to the roots between November-March, you will probably be OK.

I don't want to steer you in the wrong direction, I'm just recalling what my mom did.

I want this job!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8025832/UN-to-appoint-space-ambassador-to-greet-alien-visitors.html

Any extraterrestrials who could manage to come to our little corner of the galaxy, won't need us, or our planet's physical resources, because they would already have the technology to harvest those goodies on planets closer to themselves.

Might be here for the women. ^_^

The British millionaire who bought the segway company rode one off a cliff on his property and was killed!

I think aliens will come for chocholate. Ambassador to Unoosa. I like it!

debi if it is a hardy rose for your area and has a well established root system then the usual mulching should be adequate. A newly rooted rose cutting from this past late summer may not have sufficient strength to thrive and if it were me I would pot it up in a large pot and over winter in unheated garage, making sure it does not dry out, then plant out end of next season just to be sure.

Thanks ngam, I'll do that with the one I didn't plant yet, and try to protect the one I did plant, and see what happens. They did have a nice root system going, but it was just this summer. Do you think the basement would be better than the unheated garage? The basement would probably be about 50 degrees. It seems like in the garage it would freeze solid.

The garage will be fine, actually the freezing is good because you want it to go dormant. Just check every now and again to make sure it doesn't dry out.

ok, thanks!
It's funny, I tried rooting a bunch, but the 2 that took were while I was away on vacation and just ignored them.

Lol that's always the way isn't it. Plants are tougher and more adaptable than we think usually, more plants have been killed with kindness than neglect I bet.

Deb, my friend who has about 50 roses puts a glass jar over her new rootlings for the winter...don't know the size of yours, however. Also she lives in Goshen near my son & that's colder than your zone.......

I had heard that, and it doesn't cook them?

Well, in Goshen probably not....although I remember my Dad rooting holly that way...I still have 1 of his plants...he's been gone 14 years.....

Regarding that alien thing, I swear people have lost their ever loving minds...is she getting paid for that??? How about ambassadors to the animals just in case one day they all decide to talk?

Dr. Doolittle already has that gig.

O sigh it was too good to be true. Or maybe the job is still up for grabs?

http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/un-doesnt-have-alien-ambassador-after-all-says-mazland-othman/19650380

Wonder if it will count as a job saved or created. And then lost?

I don't think the UN counts jobs. It will probably be noted as a 'peacefully misconstrued event'.

I'm sure they don't. They just bill for them.

snort

Do banks count your change for you anymore?? I have a huge jar that is finally filled. I know there are those machines in the supermarket but I assume they take a cut and I wonder if they are accurate.

don't know... ours used to make you wrap them

the ones at the store do take a cut... and I think they are accurate... I use it once in a while

The supermarket change-takers are 100% accurate, but I think they take about 8%, if I remember correctly. They also remove bits of debris automatically.

I recommend you make it a fun project for the kids.

You could also get inexpensive coin collection books to fill with the kids participating; numismatics is an excellent hobby for kids, they learn to respect money, and they'll check out every coin they handle.