tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post3644981494896343276..comments2023-09-06T07:27:16.721-04:00Comments on Beautiful World and A Novice Naturalist: What's Happening? Nothing...but hide and seekKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-37176280487008957322013-03-13T10:29:02.812-04:002013-03-13T10:29:02.812-04:00KL what a great post. We are going to get more sn...KL what a great post. We are going to get more snow here after it finally melted...cold weather too for several days...oh well it will pass. As for the natives, I only plant natives now in the garden and have removed invasives. By the way, native plant folks taught me that natives are aggressive not invasive (I guess they reserve the word invasive for non-natives)...aggressive natives can grow in large stands so be careful where you plant them. I have learned the hard way with some of mine.<br /><br />Invasives I removed have been butterfly bush...as it may not be invasive in some areas, here it seeds itself everywhere including the woods. Others are burning bush and barberry. I grow my natives for all the reasons you say here. I love the history of these native plants as I have found that they were used by native people hundreds of years ago in some cases which is why I profile them so people will understand their rich history and plant them. I love the look of the violets in the lawn as they are beneficial and the lawn is not.<br /><br />As far as veg gardens, I have to net mine to keep the critters out as they have other food in the garden. My cabbages and other veggies in that cabbage family are food for the cabbage butterfly that is not native so I have to cover them with garden cloth.<br /><br />I have grown both hybrid and heirloom tomatoes but the heirlooms are too susceptible to blight here so the hybrids tend to do better. I am trying some grafted heirlooms and growing hybrids from seed to compare and see how they all do. Then I can finally maybe settle on tomatoes that will be good producers in my garden.Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-30730255677199382632013-03-13T08:20:03.583-04:002013-03-13T08:20:03.583-04:00Uhh...coldest day in 27 years!! what's happeni...Uhh...coldest day in 27 years!! what's happening with world's climate? I hope it will not become something disastrous. KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-70429182773248731662013-03-13T08:19:00.563-04:002013-03-13T08:19:00.563-04:00Hi Angie, thanks for the info. I have never heard ...Hi Angie, thanks for the info. I have never heard about grid support. I need to look about it, and see if I can buy them. Things are so costly here and I am such a miser :-). I might then follow your grandad's footsteps of using twigs and sticks. KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-75258877496335682152013-03-13T08:17:23.317-04:002013-03-13T08:17:23.317-04:00Hahahaha..malay-kadazan girl, we have to be active...Hahahaha..malay-kadazan girl, we have to be active even with lots of snow because that's the life here - since october till may, it's cold and freezing. KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-2882958820747001552013-03-13T08:05:38.732-04:002013-03-13T08:05:38.732-04:00That's a good study that they are undertaking....That's a good study that they are undertaking. If you come across their results, please let me know as I know that this issue is very complicated. However, in many places in the US, they have found that these invasive species are so strangling that they are completely destroying the native flora and along with it the fauna. I am forgetting the name, but some kind of plant from Japan is spreading across Oregon and destroying the native wildflower there. The rose that I mentioned in my post was also like that. What's happening with the destruction of the flora is that the animals which depended on them cannot evolve so quickly and thus dying. Saying and understanding all those, still I have lots of non-native in my garden :-P. KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-4656325287389735432013-03-13T08:02:04.063-04:002013-03-13T08:02:04.063-04:00Thank You Mark&Gaz :-).Thank You Mark&Gaz :-). KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-15409352718256549932013-03-13T08:01:22.196-04:002013-03-13T08:01:22.196-04:00Jason, I also grow some exotics (non-native flower...Jason, I also grow some exotics (non-native flowering and other plants). But, I know people who are so purists about native plants that they take out big trees which are non-native!! KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737654325235566310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-43423865767444924642013-03-12T15:59:56.869-04:002013-03-12T15:59:56.869-04:00Seems like your weather is playing up just as badl...Seems like your weather is playing up just as badly as our's is, no let-up from the ice cold wintery spell we have. Yesterday was the coldest March day in 27 years in England. I can believe that! Let's get some nice warm spring weather soon!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-84627988373379017582013-03-12T12:56:23.653-04:002013-03-12T12:56:23.653-04:00Oops - meant to add...in response to your comment ...Oops - meant to add...in response to your comment on my blog re peonies falling to the ground. Support is vital. The earlier you can get the support in the better! I use those grid supports that push into the ground. I push them right down Feb/March when the shoots are around 1 inch high. That allows the shoots to grow up through the grid sections - I raise it as the plant gets taller.<br />My grandfather used to use sticks and small branches he gathered from here and there but I never paid the slightest bit of attention on how he used to assemble them altogether! Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682908724307784154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-21826441270403671912013-03-12T12:48:56.829-04:002013-03-12T12:48:56.829-04:00You certainly did get a bargain. I often wish I h...You certainly did get a bargain. I often wish I had a bigger car when buying plants - It's a common affliction amongst gardeners!<br />I tend to agree with The Gardening Shoe re native/non natives - I do grow both but tend to choose plants which are said to beneficial and do choose carefully. Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14682908724307784154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-6297116684266188992013-03-12T12:22:08.375-04:002013-03-12T12:22:08.375-04:00Good deal with the plants!
Wow it is snowing heavi...Good deal with the plants!<br />Wow it is snowing heavily there. But you still can be so active which is good. <br />I probably be in bed more than half the day.Malay-Kadazan girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692400837667241873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-1671351438427003952013-03-12T09:45:47.938-04:002013-03-12T09:45:47.938-04:00The weather is the same here too. It is as if some...The weather is the same here too. It is as if someone picked us all up and deposited us in The Arctic when we weren't looking. <br /><br />The native/non-native discussion is quite complicated. I take each plant on its own merits since although certain native plants are essential for some creatures, non-natives can be valuable too, for example Buddleia (a well-known source of nectar for butterflies in the UK) is not a native plant, it is from China. That said, we must never be careless with non-native plants which are invasive in our countryside. In the UK, The Royal Horticultural Society has been undertaking a project to see if there is a recordable difference in invertebrate species/numbers between natives/non-natives - it's called the Plants for Bugs Study. <br /><br />Good luck with your veggies and well done on your bargains! Sarah Shoesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03410745860215082568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-2335403145755379812013-03-12T03:41:59.015-04:002013-03-12T03:41:59.015-04:00Spring is playing hide and seek here too, with the...Spring is playing hide and seek here too, with the return of cold weather and snow. Nice buy at the plant sale!Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737293877559899983.post-78623715863628894282013-03-12T00:49:33.847-04:002013-03-12T00:49:33.847-04:00Sounds like you got a good deal at the plant sale....Sounds like you got a good deal at the plant sale. Of the plants you mention, I do have spicebush, which is really worth planting. I also try to plant mostly natives, and I'm perfectly happy to have violets growing in the lawn. I do grow some exotics, though.Jasonhttp://gardeninacity.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com