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01-25-2007, 01:08 PM | #1 |
Our Blessings R Many Donating Member | Help/gardening/rabbits Out I am planning out the areas for roses and flowers that will bloom through out the summer into the fall, appreciate any input on various ones Gladiolas, there are so many variety of bulbs, does anyone know which bulbs to get that are the hardiest? Dahlia's, have and love. Putting in a strawberry patch and also veggie garden. Is there anything that I can spray (non poison) about, to help with keeping the rabbits out and off the lawns and garden area? Thanks everyone for your inputs. Patti and Baby Blessing |
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01-25-2007, 03:25 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Texas
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| Gosh, you are way more energetic than me!!! I wish I had the time and energy to do all that!!! I don't have any advice, except that I would call the local natural/organic garden store or look on the internet for that type of store and search their website for answers. Some of the answers to your questions depend on where you live. Some varieties of flowers/vegetables will do great in one part of the country and not do well in another area. I find my local garden center (NOT WALMART OR THE CHAIN GARDEN CENTERS) have the very best information. What you want to look for in roses/shrubs/vegetables are things that are native to your area. Those are the BEST types of plants to put in - something that was started in another area of the country - may not do well in your state. The natural or organic garden store will know what to do to keep the rabbits out. It is probably like planting something that they don't like to smell around the perimenter of the garden. I don't know what that might be, but I bet the garden folks know.
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01-25-2007, 03:27 PM | #3 |
I <3 Ferdinand Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Arizona
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| My mom uses human hair around her garden to keep rabbits and deer out. You can go to a local beauty parlor and get the hair. I know it sounds gross, but it works.
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01-25-2007, 11:12 PM | #4 | |
Our Blessings R Many Donating Member | Quote:
Thanks Rowdy'sMom, I have tried to depend on local nurseries, but not too successful. I started searching on the net like you mentioned for what will do good in our zone. Hope to get the areas tilled and prepared starting 1st part of Feb. It is great therapy and definately keeps me limbered so ole uncle arthur don't set in, and that I need you heard that saying, if you don't use it you loose it, so gotta keep active I will post pictures later here of the before and after Thanks for your inputs, I want so much to have a pretty floral garden as we took out all our large trees in the early fall and had tractor work/grading done so am starting at bare. I did get my planters all made, yeppers Rowdy'sMom my first time at doing cement work and surprisingly it all turned out great, worked on them August and September, cooler weather and I just made it a fun project. I used the plastic covered bender boards from Home DePot (splinter free) for doing the forms which was easy to do the curves, used the redi mix concrete. Patti Last edited by Baby Blessing; 01-25-2007 at 11:15 PM. | |
01-26-2007, 12:30 PM | #5 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California
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| Gosh, Patti I so admire your ambition. Now just don't get out there to soon after your feeling better.You here me now??? |
01-26-2007, 01:59 PM | #6 |
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| Hi Patti Another idea is to call your local county agricultural extension office and ask to speak to the extension agent - even if you live in a big city - you will have a county extension office that should be able to help you with vegetables and flowers that are best for your area. Also, be careful looking at flowers/veges that are in your "zone" - there can be a big difference from the top (northern end) to the bottom (southern end) of a zone. Good luck!!
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01-26-2007, 07:01 PM | #7 | |
Our Blessings R Many Donating Member | Quote:
Thanks Shadow Debbi for sure I won't do that, but am really looking forward to it with my down time I have had a lot of time to think and plan, and still have a ways to go but I am getting there slow but sure, thank the Lord for answered prayers. By the way Jack said to thank you for mothering me Bless you. also wanted to let you know those drains and drain lines are working great, hooray for that. Patti | |
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