tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post1355037873772209524..comments2024-02-10T18:50:01.193+10:00Comments on Gully Grove: Making mulchChris http://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-13619381730201743482011-11-24T16:05:35.311+10:002011-11-24T16:05:35.311+10:00Sorry for the delay in replying, it's just tha...Sorry for the delay in replying, it's just that time of year. Everything is bottle-necking before the close of the year, especially with school.<br /><br />Are jonquils also ones which can stay in the ground over winter? Or am I thinking snowbells? I can't blame you for wanting less work, as your harvest time is intensive just before the first snow arrives.<br /><br />Great news about the Chammomile though! The recent rains have come to the rescue. It was dying from the centre, so I thought it was a goner. The buds on the flowers were starting to brown off too. <br /><br />I thought it wouldn't matter if I brought water to it, so I didn't. The rain proved me wrong though, because it's coming back to life. I'm really happy about that. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-90836174000086806812011-11-19T22:11:54.338+10:002011-11-19T22:11:54.338+10:00Hi Chris
No, alot of bulbs have to be pulled out d...Hi Chris<br />No, alot of bulbs have to be pulled out during winter and kept cool and dry here. The lily is one of those. Dahlias are another. I know there are more but I haven't looked too far into them. I don't really need all that extra work so I have focused on those that don't need to be removed every fall-tulips, iris, day lily. <br /><br />I said Cana but I wonder now if its a Calla. I have to ask my friend again. Yes, it was very generous of her. <br /><br />Comfrey is great-I wouldn't trade it for anything else. But alot of people don't like it because its so hard to get rid of. Thats how we got ours-somebody wanted to get rid of theirs so we dug them up. <br /><br />Your chamomile dying has me stumped. Mine can tolerate alot though heatwaves seem to be unwelcome by them. If my herb garden wasn't overgrown and I bothered to water them twice a day, they would of been alright out in the hot direct sun. But I couldn't get to them under the current conditions of my herb garden. <br /><br />Yet they reseeded so we will never have a lack of it. Do you think yours has had a chance to reseed?LindaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03624659670781181099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-54111317719688081522011-11-19T14:16:55.055+10:002011-11-19T14:16:55.055+10:00You did post earlier, but for some reason it went ...You did post earlier, but for some reason it went straight into the blogger spam folder. It's never done that before. The mysteries of cyber space!<br /><br />They've now been published in the order you posted them. :)<br /><br />Will your cana root survive in the ground during winter, and reshoot in spring, or will you have to dig them up over winter and plant them back in spring? Great score by the way, Cana's make for excellent fast growing mulch material. What a considerate friend.<br /><br />I'm prepared to live with the perils of comfrey, as the minerals they produce are what we lack in our soils. I also want to use it as edging for our ramps on the slopes. It should stop grass and weed seeds from travelling down hill, plus when they die back in winter, they'll feed the plants on the slope.<br /><br />Or at least that's the plan, LOL.<br /><br />I was actually thinking the perennials your garden needs, will be much different to ours. Your's will be more in tune with the Northern Hemisphere, thriving with the winter freeze and then the spring thaw. Those kinds of perennials would probably hate it in the muggy heat we get during summer, LOL.<br /><br />The trick is finding just the right location, and they may just survive. My Chammomile has decided to die off after doing so well during winter and spring. The heat just cooked it, even when it's in the shade.<br /><br />It's probably why we can grow tropical plants with ease, but absolutely suck at many kinds of herbs. The bizarre thing is, we can also get frosts during winter. Go figure, LOL. ;)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-43205903692613833362011-11-19T12:30:32.740+10:002011-11-19T12:30:32.740+10:00Hmm.. I thought I posted a comment here earlier to...Hmm.. I thought I posted a comment here earlier today. I'll regroup my thoughts and repost. I came back to tell you that after reading your post, a friend came by to visit and brought me a Canna Lily root! Strange coincidence:)<br /><br />We use maple leaves or other leaves in the fall gardening season. Though I didn't plant the grass, we use clippings during spring and summer. Living mulch is my favorite now- clover as we talked about before somewhere. I'll buy seeds for next years garden I think. It worked out great.LindaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03624659670781181099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-55150435580886257332011-11-19T03:20:18.657+10:002011-11-19T03:20:18.657+10:00In our area, the leaves drop from trees and the wi...In our area, the leaves drop from trees and the wise ones use this as mulch. I would say that when I encouraged living mulch with our clover this summer, I grew my own green manure that I used for mulch (or encouraged it to proliferate anyway) but I haven't grown mulch on purpose. We use what we have on hand already and with the seasons up here in the North. <br />Your Cana Lily acts exactly like comfrey does here. I meant to mention this in the other comment. Comfrey grows wild here and if you try to kill it, it just won't die. The more you mistreat it, the more it spreads. <br />I would say that it might need a similar environment to what we have here-more lush and wet-it grows in sunshine or partial shade and withstands heatwaves very well. We do not water it but we have ample rain and humidity. Our soil retains water pretty well plus we planted it around the drip line of trees so I think that the trees roots help bring water to the comfrey too. <br />That might be why yours died out-not enough moisture. Try again but be careful what you wish for-seriously:) LOLLindaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03624659670781181099noreply@blogger.com