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My house was chosen as the nicest looking one in
the whole park!!
s...

good job!

i'm glad noone can see mine from the street.

-lisa

I just had good luck this year--one of my tomato
plants is almost 8 feet tall with lots of
blossoms. Along with tons of flowers I put gnomes
& hedgehogs out too--i collect them. I guess the
tomatoes and most of the flowers love this
miserable heat---glad something does!!
s...

i didn't do anything about flowers or yard stuff
this year. when i usually plant we got solid rain,
then we ended up just bagging it altogether.

-lisa

all my flowers bloom every year , is that annuals or
perennials , anyway , they came up real good this
year , my white cat , hides in the daisies and you
can't find him

my tulips must have been eaten, because none of them
came up in four different beds. somethings killing my
roses. the flowering shrubs in early spring did ok and
we have some daylillies now, but i didn't bother with
any annuals and the vegetable garden's empty.

-lisa

i thought i killed my wild rose bush last year ,
but it was taking over so i trimmed it ,
but i just bought a new electric hedge trimmer last fall
, so i got a little carried away , anyway the bush
bounced back but , its much smaller and only had a few
blooms this year , i have this other hedge that gets
yellow flowers , and i trimmed it real hard , and it did
the same thing

my roses half died and now they're looking sparse and
leggy. i'm going to have to cut them back and cross my
fingers. i wouldn't worry so much, but they aren't too
healthy to begin with. i got them cheap and i think they
came with a virus or something attacking the leaves.

-lisa

i'm getting mice in my raspberries again ,
they're really doing well now , big , fat , nickle size ,
the woman i live with got some cool whip yesterday ,
i've been on a strict diet , every morning i pick berries ,
as the kettle boils then berries and cool whip with my
coffee

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sugaree wrote...

My house was chosen as the nicest looking one in
the whole park!!
s...

good job!

i'm glad noone can see mine from the street.

-lisa

I just had good luck this year--one of my tomato
plants is almost 8 feet tall with lots of blossoms.
Along with tons of flowers I put gnomes & hedgehogs
out too--i collect them. I guess the tomatoes and
most of the flowers love this miserable heat---glad
something does!!
s...

i didn't do anything about flowers or yard stuff this
year. when i usually plant we got solid rain, then we
ended up just bagging it altogether.

-lisa

all my flowers bloom every year , is that annuals or
perennials , anyway , they came up real good this year ,
my white cat , hides in the daisies and you can't find
him

my tulips must have been eaten, because none of them came
up in four different beds. somethings killing my roses.
the flowering shrubs in early spring did ok and we have
some daylillies now, but i didn't bother with any annuals
and the vegetable garden's empty.

-lisa

i thought i killed my wild rose bush last year ,
but it was taking over so i trimmed it ,
but i just bought a new electric hedge trimmer last fall ,
so i got a little carried away , anyway the bush bounced
back but , its much smaller and only had a few blooms this
year , i have this other hedge that gets yellow flowers ,
and i trimmed it real hard , and it did the same thing

my roses half died and now they're looking sparse and leggy.
i'm going to have to cut them back and cross my fingers. i
wouldn't worry so much, but they aren't too healthy to begin
with. i got them cheap and i think they came with a virus or
something attacking the leaves.

-lisa

i'm getting mice in my raspberries again ,
they're really doing well now , big , fat , nickle size ,
the woman i live with got some cool whip yesterday ,
i've been on a strict diet , every morning i pick berries ,
as the kettle boils then berries and cool whip with my coffee

In message <Xns980BDDB203BC4mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>, lisa in mass.
<mccats@rcn.com> writes

my roses half died and now they're looking sparse and leggy.
i'm going to have to cut them back and cross my fingers.

Viruses are almost impossible to get rid of, as with humans, but often
don't do any harm, besides giving you interesting looking leaves. Do you
spray them? Once again, if the plants are strong, they'll put up with
more. It can take a few years to bed in. I have a trailing rose I took a
root for from a Victorian cemetery. It's been in for several years, but
it's taken till now to produce a good show of flowers.

In message <Xns980BDDB203BC4mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4>,
lisa in mass. <mccats@rcn.com> writes

my roses half died and now they're looking sparse and
leggy. i'm going to have to cut them back and cross my
fingers.

Assuming your soil is suited to roses (soil test kits are
available, and soil conditioning can alter balances and
drainage), it's probably a matter of pruning and feeding.

Cut them right back (about a foot from the ground if
they're shrub roses, maybe even shorter - standard and half
standard roses need pruning back to near the trunk), and
give them a good mulching with manure; you do make manure
from kitchen and garden waste, don't you? If you don't have
manure, and your garden shop doesn't sell it, use a
specific rose fertiliser.

Remove any suckers - they're the root rose (in this
country, a dog rose) coming through, and taking strength
from the roots. Good strong growth gives them the best
chance of dealing with viruses and pests.

i
wouldn't worry so much, but they aren't too healthy to
begin with. i got them cheap and i think they came with a
virus or something attacking the leaves.

Viruses are almost impossible to get rid of, as with
humans, but often don't do any harm, besides giving you
interesting looking leaves. Do you spray them? Once again,
if the plants are strong, they'll put up with more. It can
take a few years to bed in. I have a trailing rose I took a
root for from a Victorian cemetery. It's been in for
several years, but it's taken till now to produce a good
show of flowers.