Gardening Thread

[MyNameIsTerry]

Baby Aquilegias pricked out today, baby clematis 'Sunset' potted on. Hedge bindweed pulled out, the weed to beat all weeds. Comfrey cut back to encourage a second flowering.

An old building yard turned to grassland behind my GF's house gets the dreaded Japanese Knotweed.

I remember one year they had problems with it Trentham Gardens.

I had the pleasure of a load of stick grass recently. My gloves might as well have been fly paper.

[MyNameIsTerry]

This thread is certainly the antidote to Vaccine Wars..

It gets two green thumbs from me!

[AntsyVee]

You did say Vee, how is it coming along? I just googled your plant...should give you some nice colour?

So I put them in this morning. Yes, I have two varieties. A pink one and a orangey/yellow one. Everyone says that they are hard to get going, because their roots are really sensitive, but once established, they do well. So I'm hoping I got them in okay without disturbing anything.

[AntsyVee]

This thread is certainly the antidote to Vaccine Wars..

LOL

[AntsyVee]

I don't think she's ever mentioned them/that. I'll have to ask her. I know we've never had it. Her homemade empanadas are to die for as well as her cazuela and ceviche. She really is a marvelous cook. Its good to be the "Papi" in more ways than one!

But when it comes to certain things like smoking, grilling and things like Italian or traditional American, I'm the cook. In fact, just yesterday my son and his partner visited and I smoked two racks of ribs for 9 hours. It was 'melt in your mouth fall off the bone' good! (I do my own rub too) I did my garlic roasted red potatoes and grilled corn on the cob too.

Positive thoughts and now I'm hungry!

Omg... Now I want Chilean! I love empanadas and cazuela! Does she make the pebre to dip the empanadas in?

Nice! Yes, I'm also a Grill Queen

[Fishmanpa]

Does she make the pebre to dip the empanadas in?

No, but she makes kind of a paste/dip that has green pepper, red onion, ginger, garlic, cumin, cilantro and other spices that's similar. We use it for dipping and to season meats before freezing as well.

Positive thoughts

[WiseMonkey]

It's legal in CA, N. We don't have to grow it in our backyard anymore. Get with the times :P

We have a bill in debate at parliament at present, the PM is for it. Could be a referendum at election time in Sept, makes sense as medicinal cannibus is legal here in NZ.

The only thing I have growing in my veggie garden at present is spinach, it's Winter here.

[Lolalee1]

Nice. I'm putting in a bougainvilla along my fence today. I told you I was redoing my landscaping, right?

Bouganvillea is growing wild along the neighbours fence I was trimming it back and holy hell the spikes on it hurt,the colour of it is lovely tho.
They also have Mango trees and avocados and huge yellow passionfruit which they share with me.

[Lolalee1]

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This is the colours I have plenty of Aloe Vera if anyone wants some.

FMP I was on Gumtree and one of the Yukka’s I Have was selling for $350

[fishman65]

An old building yard turned to grassland behind my GF's house gets the dreaded Japanese Knotweed.

I remember one year they had problems with it Trentham Gardens.

I had the pleasure of a load of stick grass recently. My gloves might as well have been fly paper.

You're dead right about the Japanese Knotweed Terry. This is the problem when us humans introduce new species into a foreign ecosystem. For example the JK will have insects back in Japan that likely use the plant as a host for their larvae. Also it will have various fungi and diseases that help to keep it in check.

But here in Europe it has no such natural restraints and thus colonises huge areas very quickly. However we are not blameless because the pioneers took Purple Loosestrife to the US. Here it's fine, I've got some in my pond and its well behaved but in some American states it has totally clogged up waterways. Ecosystems evolve over very long periods and human activity plays a part in their disruption.