Great Gardening Questions Answered - Summer Heat, Hydrangea Not Blooming, Woodchips, Pruning
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- Great Gardening Questions Answered - Summer Heat, Hydrangea Not Blooming, Woodchips, Pruning - In this video I answer gardening questions that were asked in last week's garden question and answer video.
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I love when you use" a lot of words for that", I find it very helpful.
Me too! I think it would make for a funny t-shirt lol!
I put landscaping fabric under a gravel pathway and weed seeds sprouted in it making it a nightmare to pull out as the weed roots were into the fabric. My advice don’t do it.
The hurricane stuff is scary. I'm in Tampa and always worry this time of year. Anyway, I wish the people in Texas well in recovering.
Thank you. We have a generator so we were ok. Our son has had no electricity since Monday. It finally came on Sunday morning.
@@maureentaylor4771 What a relief that must have been for him.
I put a beach umbrella over any new plants that i put into the ground at this time of year for a couple of weeks (eastern NC zone 8. It seems to help. I also prune them back by 1/3 which seems to help (thanks Jim & Stephany) for teaching me that!
Good morning Horttube!!
Love the brick patio against the green of the plants
The lack of wind around here is kinda funny. My parents visited from Kansas, and the remarked on how weird it was to see rain falling straight down! 😂
The house I bought has the exact issue of landscape fabric buried under 8-12” soil/mulch. As I add plants, Ive been removing “sections” about 8-12 square feet, so not the whole area, but more than just where Im planting- hoping to finish this next year
Best wishes!
Wish you luck Jenn. My mom is dealing with the same thing. I’ve been taking it out for her in her main flower bed but we keep finding it in the strangest places.
Good luck & perseverance!
Good Sunday Morning! 🌞 Love these Q&A videos, remind me of listening to The Garden Hotline with Ralph Snodsmith Sunday mornings on talk radio twenty-odd years ago. Just wondering if you folks were ever fans of his. I really do appreciate your generosity in sharing your time and knowledge.
If you mix sand to clay, you will have some nice concrete.
For the pnw fried panicle hydrangea viewer: I had three newly planted fry to a crisp in heat dome. I dug them and moved them to a shady then a part sun area to take the pressure off. I won’t lie, they still showed the effects the following year. The two Candy Apple are still behind where I expected them to be, but the Strawberry Shake is fabulous this year.
I really enjoy your videos. They are almost akin to the click and clack NPR shows I listened to back in the day. Good times.
i am not sure if this was answered before -
how do folks from a different zone adapt the weekly garden planner ? (10a, ca)
Q: You've mentioned the work birds do in the garden, what about toads, frogs, skinks, lizards, snakes etc. Are their presence a good sign?
I’d like to think all creatures big and small have a purpose. Snakes keep rodents out of the garden and your house. Frogs eat flies and other bugs. Skinks are fabulous to have they eat a variety of bugs. I actually built a stone protective area for skinks to breed and be protected. My family loves watching them and they’re harmless to people. They also come in pretty colors. These animals take care of us and our gardens.
Thanks!
My aunt and uncle used to pay be .50 cents a bucket for digging up potatoes 🤣🤣🤣🤣 green thumbs from Shelling & cracking beans and peas and shucking corn … good times with my grandparents and aunt and uncle
So sorry I fussed about the raised garden info. It was mostly the rave accolades about in-ground gardening... As a gardener, I aim to "grow" a thicker skin, and you aren't gonna get rid of me that easy. 😊 Thank You Jim, for ALL the great info I am learning from you.
That chartreuse-colored plant foliage behind you in the last half of this video looks fantastic, especially with the nearby dark purple foliage and pink flowers abutting the same area!
Sand + clay = adobe 😂
Over amended holes and daily watering are the two biggest reasons for shrubs and trees not making it IMHO
I've got lots of containers but years of experience have taught me the balance between being full vs overcrowded. Great soil, appropriate plants, mulch and not over fertilizing have them looking good. I also use succession, watching for self seeders to grow up, moving them when possible. Lower humidity in north Georgia means it cools at night but things dry out faster. I watch my shallow bird bath, see how fast it evaporates. The deer got some Hosta finally, the wildlife is busy here. Juvenile bear in the driveway most mornings, on their way back to the cool of the deep woods. Native Asters and some Solidago budding up, red Lobelia opening up. We could use some rain. I've got a perennial that used to be Kalimeris (sp?), now Asteromia I think. Small, full daisy type flower that's just a stellar performer. Tight and slow spread, long bloom, doesn't self seed. Wish I saw it used more, it's about bullet proof.
Glad to hear about asteromia. Is it also a good pollinator? Will give that a try…Thanks
I’m in 8b SW Washington State. I prune my hydrangea every other year that blooms on old wood once it’s complete blooming….. near end of July to keep the size in check. Otherwise, it would be bigger for its space than I prefer. There are some things worth pruning later in the summer. I wouldn’t do if temps are 90s-100s. I would wait until it cools down. When it gets hot, our humidity is low and our night time temps are low/mid 60s.
I've commented about this before, but in case it would be useful to someone else who has inherited landscape fabric, let me recap. I bought a property 4 years ago that had extensive garden beds but only a few shrubs and ornamental grasses in a sea of mulch. I was really looking forward to planting. Imagine my dismay when I started to dig and found multiple layers of landscape fabric, the lowest layer basically laminated to the clay fill that had been used to level the property which is on the side of a mountain. I didn't have the strength to dig it all out so I took the approach of digging out a patch every time I planted something. At first the patches were too small -- I learned you have to leave ample room for roots to grow out. Over time, it was easier to remove because I was pulling out sections that were between patches I had already removed. Eventually I was also able to find some help and to get some larger areas removed. Sometimes you just have to hack it up as best you can where the fabric is intertwined with tree roots. Did I mention the part of the property that used to be a marsh and was landscape fabric over gravel? On the plus side, there were many layers of decomposed mulch on top of and in between the layers of fabric to provide organic matter and soil life. All in all, most of the garden has done very well but fabric elimination is a long term project! I am in Zone 7a Hudson Valley NY with rocky soil (both naturally and whatever they used for fill). I am so jealous of gardeners who can just put a trowel in the ground and plant something but I will get there , God willing.
This is great advice! Trying to tackle a problem of that magnitude all at once would definitely discourage me. Not to mention how labor intensive it would be!
Thank you for passing along information about vincas, this is the way to get the info out there. I’ve grown beds of vinca in Florida that has always done well 12 yrs ago? Then in Ohio so many just died from root problems. I’m in Alabama now and can’t wait to try it again. Thank you!
First I want to say thanks so much for sharing your decades of knowledge with everyone via TH-cam. I’ve been faithfully watching for a year now, and always enjoy your videos. Next, is a request that I hope you’ll be willing to entertain. Could you please convince Buddy Lee to do for peonies what he did for azaleas? “Hydrangea what? Rose who?” That will be the mantra if he can get these gorgeous, fragrant plants to rebloom. Just a simple little request, right?😂
Thanks again for all that you do.
Zone 7b,
Middle TN
Good morning Jim and Stephanie! Thank you for all the well wishes from everyone in regards to Hurricane 🌀 Baryl for us here in South Texas. We pretty much got a direct hit here in Brazoria County, Texas Gulf Coast. We (I) fared well with minimal damage compared to neighbors and many others. We slept in our cars for a/c for a few days hard to find gas and ice etc.. Although it was a Cat 1 it was pretty harsh. Many are still without electricity, Many trees down, uprooted and on top of homes etc. Thank you 🙏 Another great Q&A! Thank you
Great questions, great answers.
Thank you, Jim. 😊
QUESTION: I recently discovered your channel and just love it. You are so knowledgeable. Thank you for sharing. I’m newly retired and have more time and really want make my yard a garden sanctuary for myself and friends. My question is, if I were to plan intensely as you have, what would happen to the area if I were to not be able to garden anymore. Would the yard become a hot mess quickly that would actually decrease the properties value or will yards similiar to yours keep thriving and looking good for years? Thanks
While I have really enjoyed finding this channel recently and love the tips, wisdom and insight, the biggest thing about gardening tips and advice, I feel, is that it is all subjective to the environment. What works for someone with clay in their soil might not work for someone with nothing but sand or even someone living on land that almost nothing but hard, baked clay. Listen to what the gurus have to say, then look at your yard and try to figure out which bits apply to you. A lot of what Mr. Putnam has to say is gardening gold, but if you live in somewhere like Florida, South Texas, Arizona or Southern California, etc, then you should know that not everything is going to work for you. One of the biggest issues I've found living here in Florida is that it is hard to find tips and advice for the subtropics in a country that is something like 90% temperate and I found myself looking to programming out of Australia and other subtropic locales. And even then, the advice doesn't always apply. Mark Valenicia (Self Sufficient Me) is an amazing subtropical food gardener out of Australia, but he seems to be in an elevated altitude whereas I am near sea-level. Not all his tips and timings work for my garden.
tl;dr - Find the gardening tips that work for you, but don't get bent out of shape at the ones that didn't work for you.
The arborist woodchips vs dried wood/green wood was very informative. Thank you!
Hi! Happy Sunday! Any words of wisdom for using 'non-contained low raised bed' with desert plants?
I am in Atlanta 8a. I have an agave and cacti collection that is out-growing my garage and would like to put the hardier ones one the ground and shelter them from winter rains with a polycarbonate roof. My concerns come up with leaf litter and weeds 😅. It would be going in on a sunny slope where turf has fizzled out with the lack of rain. Wouldn't break ground this year. Hoping for Spring Planting so the roots get a season under them before a winter.
Question: is augering essentially the same as tilling? Do you think it is as destructive? (No shame in using an auger, I use one for new beds with clay soil).
We live in Fort Worth with a full sun garden, so this is hell season. Grasshoppers are defolating many of our plants. I have been handpicking them but for evryone I kill there are 30 more. Any advice will be deeply appreciated. Your station has been a great resource, and your garden is looking great. Thank you.
Hi Jim and Steph. I had a diseased tree that was cut down and the stump ground up. But I could not plant anything with hitting a big root, so I had them come back and grind up the huge roots 20 feet around where it had been planted. It took me about a week everyday to go through that soil to get out all the root material, but it was worth it. I also amended the soil with a huge delivery of top soil and mulch. It was totally worth all the work.
"top soil"? That could be anything scraped from the "top" of a landfill; chock-full of weed seeds, plant diseases, pest's eggs.
Of course, you probably checked their itemized description of exactly what that "top soil" was composed of!
ALWAYS beware buying anything called "topsoil". I know, I'm being Captain Obvious!
You mentioned hydrangeas knowing what to do. My panicle hydrangeas are the only thing that hasn’t been sad this summer. I agree they definitely know what they’re doing. Last year they wilted in the evening but they’re standing up to the heat. They’re the stars of the garden this summer.
Texas had months of triple digit temps the last two Summers. This Summer, we seem to be getting a break.
Hey Jim!! You must watch Monday's video of Visit Our Garden Q and A with Robbie. He mentions how he met you at Cultivate and he speaks so very highly of you. 😊He's a sweet man.
In the hort/gardening world, does "invasive" mean something different than the ecology/botany use? I have recently been hearing quite a few gardeners in person and online using it to refer to plants that are absolutely native (e.g. Virginia Creeper, suddenly hearing that everywhere) when what they mean is "bully". I've struggled to educate customers without coming across as "um, actually..." 🤓🤦🏼♀️but it does seem like a really important distinction, and I'm wondering where you land on addressing the new(?) convention of using "invasive" this way, as someone with both education and retail nursery experiences.
Fantastic question- color me curious!
😊 another great video- Thanks Jim
I would love to see a couple of nice chairs on your new patio to stop and enjoy your garden!!!!
I think they may be such active gardening nerds they rarely sip a cold drink on the patio? Or, they sit on the porch steps. I've seen Steph sit on the ground planting.
I'd be saving up for the patio chairs of my dreams -- from either a classic ironwork artist, or a craftsman woodworker!
@@freedomofreligion3248 We keep saying we have to slow down a bit and enjoy "the fruits of our labors!"
Good Morning Jim and Steph! When is the best time to cut some lower branches off of a Rising Sun Redbud?
42:38 Thank you Jim for answering my questions about battling poison ivy and honeysuckle. This is exactly the kind of advice I needed. I was too reluctant to spray but you are right, this wacking back seems never ending. As you said, I need to take care of this and start planting. I'm gonna throw the world at it! Golden advice, exactly the encouragement I needed!
❤hello, I hope 🙏 for the rain 🌧 🙏.
We have clouds again been saying not tomato weather.😊 huggicates to all😊!
I kept getting distracted by your beautiful garden, Jim! Thanks for all your gardening tips.
Hello! Thanks as always for your super-helpful and entertaining videos. We're in NYC, zone 7b, and have a couple of questions for your consideration. First, why do our tomatoes often get black spots? Last year, we had plum tomatoes that had black bottoms. This year, small slicing tomatoes have black spots on their sides. Not all of them, just a few so far. Could I be over or underwatering? Not enough fertilizer? Or maybe there is some fungus in our soil?
Second, we have a white wedding hydrangea that is blooming beautifully, but some of the stems have started to droop. It is a small plant (planted in April) with large blooms. Do you think the stems will strengthen as the plant matures in coming years? Should I prune the drooping stems now or tie the plant up to hold them up a bit?
Loving the detailed garden tour videos!!
What do think about using Alfalfa meal/pellets for yearly fertilizing application instead of PlantTone. Is it more economical but less beneficial to plants? Thanks Jim!! 😊
Great question…
@@heatherw.2751 Thank you!
And that ‘soil’ beneath the landscape cloth? Hard as a rock, but you have to start somewhere.
Follow up to the landscape fabric removal question. If you do remove the fabric, should you do anything to your soil underneath by way of amendments? Or, just recover it with the mulch and move on?
What is the most appealing and/or natural shape for a Howardii Ligustrum? I know Ligustrum can seed itself and be invasive but I didn't know that when I bought it. This variety has a nice variegated, dark green foliage I liked. Thank you!!
Middle of California here...yes! We have to water daily
Man do I ever look forward to these weekly Q&A vids! Just tuning in. 😊 8a / W. TN ☀️ PS: I have way too much turf! 3.3 rural, hilly acres.
Donna here, so the 2 oak trees that fell close to (and on) our house, we kept in the yard(it was cheaper than hauling them off). My question is, we are burning them and I was going to use the ashes to fill in holes in our yard and add to the flower beds (whats left of them). Will it hurt to put them in the beds?
Jim. do all flower beds need to be completely filled with plants to suppress weeds or do you prefer space between your plants, so air can circulate?
Your mentioned that having some low spreading plants can help keep the roots of tall plants cool. My two biggest weed problems are: Creeping Cinderella-weed (Asteraceae) and Green Creeping Spurge (euphorbiaceae). After spending time in the Houston sun (Zone 9a) pulling these weeds, I wondered if I should just leave them and let them “cool the roots” of my abellias, azaleas and loropetalums?
regarding the soppy bottom stump how about planting something that likes wet feet.
Great info! Thanks Jim!
Hi Jim - any garden book recommendations? I find that most basic 'intro to gardening' books I find don't keep my attention very well anymore, so I'm looking for something more in depth.
Hi Jim and Stephanie,
I have a propagated limb from an Osmanthus tea olive shrub and a White Wedding hydrangea.
A limb from each plant has been in its own pot for a year.
Please advise me as to when I should cut it from the mother plant and plant in the ground.
Thank you so much,
Sandy. Zone 8 a in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Great video! One thing I'm struggling with especially this summer is yellow leaves on plants. Not sure how to distinguish between overwatering, underwatering, heat stress, nutrient deficiencies, etc. I'm in Georgia, zone 8a. We planted some little lime hydrangeas in the spring and they are blooming and not wilting in the sun, but have more yellow leaves than some of my other hydrangeas. I also struggle with my encore azaleas -- never seem to get the leaves to be a lush green like when I first purchased them. They seem to be more yellow with occasional reddish coloring from time to time. What is the best way to determine what is causing this and how to fix it? Thanks!
A friend who lives in Charlotte, NC is having issues with the invasion Chinese variant of wisteria. As they cut it down to the ground and attempt to pull up the roots, very few weeks new suckers will appear and aggressively grow. What is the best way to control and/or eliminate the suckering?
So I finally gave in and planted vinca in a container because you kept raving about it. I'm not a fan of it but I thought I would give it a shot. Unfortunately something is eating the flowers. Can I use Neem oil?
Zone 7a Richmond, Va. The 4 yr old front foundation boxwoods did not get pruned this year. Rain is causing the branches to fan out from the middle. Is it too late to take off some of that weight? Also, have you ever seen a Daphne odora drop most of its leaves in heat like this and then start showing new green growth at the tips?
I feel bad i still grow old variety petunias from seeds lol.
Hi Jim and Steph,
Regarding the weekly planner, I am in zone 5b. Would the weekly planner be useful? I am thinking probably not due to your now zone 8a. Thank you.
How can improve the soil of my already established perennial bed without digging out everything?
Hi Jim and Steph,
Question: I live in central California zone 9A. Couldn’t find any variegated loropetulum jazz hands in the area. Ordered some on line and they came from North Carolina and South Carolina. They have both reverted back to the dark leaf loropetulum. What happened?
From what I have read about them, only the new growth is variegated(?) Is the new growth reverting or the old growth?
When I water gardenia its leaves turn black from tips especially the new ones. Have you experienced this? I used simple river soil bought from nursery.
My small garden was solid red clay which we amended with compost and topsoil before I started my problem is that it is a slope and the clay area above it was not amended. The bank above solid clay also washes down directly into my garden. What can I use to hold that bank in place? Also, my garden, is shade next to the house and gradually gets more sun in the front. I actually have ferns in the back and rudbeckia towards the front. The garden is 5 ft by 25 and in Weaverville North Carolina.
Question. I have flower beds about 12 ft from a large maple tree. The tree takes all the water and the soil around the plants is dry even with frequent watering. Would it be beneficial to water the maple with a sprinkler? Would it take less water around the other plants?
My proven winners hydrangea Arriba is wilting in the sun every day even though it’s well watered. The label says full to part sun but why is it not able to handle the 80 degree weather in my zone 6 Niagara Falls area garden? The smaller stems seem very weak. Is a sunny location just not in the cards?
Acclimating is key- plants coming from growers can take a set back when put in the ground especially when disturbing the roots. 'Arriba' is a big-leaf Hydrangea- macrophylla hydrangea are notorious for being dramatic and wilting in the hottest hours of the day only to perk back up in the cooler evening temperatures. On the PW website it states Part-Sun to Sun. In my zone 8a, we would give them close to all day shade, for your zone I would imagine half day sun at most shading in the hottest parts of the day would be ideal. If you seek Hydrangea for the fullest of sun Hydrangea paniculata are the sun loving Hydrangea
46:24 White Wedding is a paniculata, so they can take more sun, but what Jim mentions on the planting time applies to your conundrum
Zone 8a Milton Florida, my amaryllis bloomed in spring. Now there's massive foliage growth, will they bloom again this year?
What type of mosquito repellent do you use? The bats, dragonflies and mosquito dunks can’t keep up with them this year in zone 8A Atlanta.
Jim, we’re building a garden on an island in Maine, zone 5. It’s difficult to get material over by ferry. What are your thoughts on using seaweed as mulch or compost?
I don't think you need to apologize for your raised bed comments. I think they are mostly a trendy aesthetic, not for a logical purpose that you mentioned. My daughter has a couple that do not produce and are very expensive to fill with soil and amendments. And there's no reason for her to have any, as she has perfectly good ground to dig and plant in. But the raised beds look tidy and cool, I guess. And I agree with you, that as someone who has planted tomatoes in the ground and now in huge grow bags on my deck (that is the only full sun left on my property), though the tomatoes taste better than the grocery store, they don't come close to the ones I used to grow in the ground, and I'm sure the nutrients are lacking as well.
I planted a Lonicera sempervirens Major Wheeler last year in zone 6b Connecticut and it is now 9-10 ft tall and covers most of the obelisk-style trellis I have. I didn't prune it last year. How would you recommend pruning it? Any tips you have are appreciated. Thank you 😊.
It’s finally cooled down a bit here in SETN zone 7b. For the past few years we’ve been on a schedule. Once a week or every three days if it’s very hot without rain. My plants have really suffered this summer and I wonder if you have an opinion on the UV index and its effect on plants? I noticed when the UV index is highest it bothers my camellia. It’s actually gotten a sunburn on a few of the leaves.
Jim, i am thinking of using a musashino zelkova to fill a space between two crape myrtles. My concern is how it will handle direct afternoon sun of 6+ hours. Im in central valley Ca zone 9b. The sun is brutal. My myrtles handle it no problem
I don’t see what the shirts are made from, are they all cotton? Just wondering about shrinkage.
Question #1 or the DEER ate your oak leaf hydrangeas 😳😳😳🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤣🤣🤣 that’s why mine did not bloom LOL
We are in zone 7b, Petersburg, VA. Looking for small shrubs or perennials for large containers in full sun. Any suggestions? Thanks
Hi Jim. Living in France, 7b. Herbicides (like glyphosate) are strictly Forbidden here, except for agriculture. I have a terrible bindweed issue in my woodchips mulched beds where shrubs and perenials are growing. I keep pulling them out but taking the roots out is impossible (heavely rocky clay soil) Is there any other method I can get rid of them?
Can I grow aronia in high shade? Maryland, 7b (outside of DC).
What would be your top 2 or 3 mid size plants be for bumble bees (Nectar plants)? I would like to plant something on our back fence for the bees. I had thought about a Tuff Stuff Hydrangea (lace cap) but I didn’t know if there was something better. Oklahoma 7b
I forgot to add…..Full Sun, West facing.
Hey there! I'm in Edmond. My first suggestion is to walk around Will Rogers Gardens in OKC. Myriad is good too but Will Rogers is nuts for pollinators. Be sure to go there mid-sept with the Monarchs swarm their Salvia leucantha! Here is what I've seen them thriving on in fully full sun.
Caryopteris (late summer/fall) which multiple varieties grow WAY beyond the listed widths and heights for me in my reasonably draining clay, excellent nectar producers. I have an upright (allegedly 'First Choice' but I don't believe it) that reaches 5-6' tall and 4-5' wide by mid summer, as well as a gold variety that is 4' tall and 6' wide. These also seed around for me, so I discard some and then move others around for more free plants.
Vitex aka Chaste Tree, could get a compact variety like Flip-Side!
Perennials
Salvia farinacea (I've never seen one without a bubmlebee)
Agastache blue fortune (they like the any of the korean rugosa and the native foeniculum, with Blue Fortune being a cross between the two and better preforming than either)
Monarda aka Bee Balm (monarda didyma)
Monarda citriodora aka Lemon Beebalm (their current preference in my garden)
Penstemon aka Beardtounges (in spring)
Veronica aka Speedwell (spring/early summer favorite)
Baptisia is also an early season go-to for them
Hope this help!!
@@ryandmillerthank you very much for all the suggestions! I need to do a tour of Will Rogers, especially this Fall. Up until this summer I really only saw honey bees in my garden but I planted Black & Blue Salvia and have noticed several all over it. It made me start thinking that I need more plants for the bumble bees. I will definitely look into more of these since I want to keep more flowers around for them. They seem to like the salvia and my Pink Spanish snapdragons.
@deedeewohler3726 Welcome! I love the bumblebees and all the other wasps & bees I'd never seen before when I got a variety of things up and going! Kind of like what Jim is always talking about, a good variety of perennials brings a lot of visitors
What kind of vinca do you have? I've spent 17 years struggling to pull out lots of old vinca minor vines from all of the beds around my 80 year old house. It's terribly invasive and I'm still finding it entwined with other plants when I dig them up to plant new shrubs or bulbs. I also still find an occasional english ivy vine still surviving. Surely you aren't planting this? Yours appears to be more of a mounding plant than the old vine type.
There is vinca major and vinca minor.
I have had some shrubs that have black roots on the outside of the root ball, and live roots on the inside. (probably overwatering) What I have noticed is that water does not get absorbed inside. Anything I can do to save them?
Jim, I see black ants on my plants and flowers in the garden beds which I don’t mind. Some are getting on the annual hibiscus and petunias on the patio containers and I have seen them get inside from the patio. Should I treat the ants on the patio and patio pots? (Zone 8a)
I can't remember but there is nothing in your garden that is on a drip irrigation everything is watered by hand our mother nature correct because it sure does look good with that hot weather you're having 🌞
Would you please tell us why Amethyst Gems Redbud (all Redbuds??) is evidently "Restricted" from Utah, etc.
It's incredibly difficult to get an answer to that question on the internet. I ask, and simply receive a ton of sellers from whom I can purchase this beauty.
It appears all Redbuds are Restricted from Utah +??
Why is that, please?
WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD REPLACEMENT in UTAH?
I'm in 8b, St George UT; 100°F arid themps 5 continuous months/year. We are in a leg of the Mojave Desert. Water shortage is something that's being hinted at -- St George has many golf courses and hospitality around golfing. TURF.
I just had to pause the video to take a screenshot of your beautiful garden -- I am so captivated by beauty, I couldn't NOT save the view.
If you had your garden photographed by a still-photography, outdoor photography prof'l, the resulting pix would be saleable as art.
Re: Nighttime higher temps: Dear Putnams: Climate Change is something GARDENER'S must care about: If nothing changes, in our behavior, it's going to get hotter.
Gardener's believe in science.
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Thanks!
I put landscaping fabric under a gravel pathway and weed seeds sprouted in it making it a nightmare to pull out as the weed roots were into the fabric. My advice don’t do it.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
I put landscaping fabric under a gravel pathway and weed seeds sprouted in it making it a nightmare to pull out as the weed roots were into the fabric. My advice don’t do it.