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dancerjodi) wrote2004-07-26 10:18 am
dancerjodi) wrote2004-07-26 10:18 am
Brrr
Its freezing in my office for some reason today - uber AC or something. I'm sitting here with my old lady sweater on.
My Nana and Aunt gave me a "knock out" rose bush http://www.knockoutroses.com/index.html this weekend. Frankly, growing things outside scares me, because I have a hard enough time keeping house plants alive. Apparently this thing can grow to 4-5 feet wide and tall, wow. I have to find a place in the yard that's large enough and gets full sun, then dig a big hole, then "prepare backfill soil by mixing existing soil with peat moss or compost". After planting, water, and much. Somehow I'm also supposed to "feed regularly through the growing season with a fertilizer formulated for roses". This is kind of scary.
It looks like I know what I'll be doing on Saturday afternoon (if its not crappy weather). I wonder how expensive peat moss and fertilizer is. I really don't have the cash to spend a lot of money on yard stuff right now.
My Nana and Aunt gave me a "knock out" rose bush http://www.knockoutroses.com/index.html this weekend. Frankly, growing things outside scares me, because I have a hard enough time keeping house plants alive. Apparently this thing can grow to 4-5 feet wide and tall, wow. I have to find a place in the yard that's large enough and gets full sun, then dig a big hole, then "prepare backfill soil by mixing existing soil with peat moss or compost". After planting, water, and much. Somehow I'm also supposed to "feed regularly through the growing season with a fertilizer formulated for roses". This is kind of scary.
It looks like I know what I'll be doing on Saturday afternoon (if its not crappy weather). I wonder how expensive peat moss and fertilizer is. I really don't have the cash to spend a lot of money on yard stuff right now.
roses
The one I have at home is the same. Man, I never thought of gardening as being so hardcore. Will the plant police come knocking at my door if I try to reproduce it? ;)
Its pretty anyway! Here's hoping we don't kill it. Another thing I'd like to do (aside from clean up things to prep for next year) is get some small herbs that will do well in the kitchen with little light inside of small pots . . . I have a nice pot display thing that I need plants for, dammit! I have some seeds, I need to see if any of them work (from past attempts to do herbs indoors).