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Some type of a winter storage area is needed by many of us northern gardeners for certain rhizome and bulb type plants, as well as produce, to stay cool but above freezing. Those in the south need to keep root stocks cool, not cooked. For those of us unlucky enuff not to have one yet... where...

Wow ducks, I just got gifted a "house geranium" and a calla. My first go-round with both! The geranium seems like it will take off, three leafed root piece, one thriving leaf left after planting with rooting hormone. The calla came in peatmoss for winter storage with a dahlia...:fl @catjac1975...

DH just corrected me.:hide He closes the ones on the windward sides, which is north and east for us. Our area gets a lot of wind. Says that is why our pipes don't freeze when other neighbors do. Sorry for the wrong info. :oops:

We keep ours open, the whole idea is to have ventilation in the subfloor so moisture/mold can not build up. They also help with heat exchange so pipes don't freeze and it doesn't seem to affect our heating bill. Our winters are usually pretty wet. Just my opinion.

Hmmm, I don't get any ads. Tried several times now. :hu Should I be jealous? :lol:

Your first winter might be a bit more of a challenge. Never be afraid to ask questions of those nice folk, they will happily give advice on winterizing your home and yard... and you have us here at TEG for that too! Just PLEASE be safe driving on the bad roads that come with bad weather. The...

Thank goodness, I am not the only one!! I have shelves full of all different sizes ranging from 1/2 gal. goldfish bowls up to 60 gal. show tanks. Upside down they are great mini-greenhouses, I always start my green onions under them, faster germination AND keeps the cats out! The bigger ones...

Wise choice, a pig, even a small one, can do a lot of damage. It is scarey how amazingly strong they are. Keep safe, enjoy that BBQ!

Great article, now I want the book with ALL of the recipes! :drool

Hello from North Idaho. :frow It is nice "down there south", I am sure you are gonna love it!

I take a stem with a bud and cut it at around 8-12 inches if possible (some roses just don't have that length of stem). Prune off the lower leaves, leaving the top 4-6 inches, including the bud, alone. Then I take a potato and punch a pencil sized hole in it longwise but not all the way thru...

Update: After waiting a full week for Dr. office to call, which they didn't, No injections, they won't help. Surgery sometime in December. Yay (not) another month of waiting... At least I should be good to go by Spring! :fl Had to chuckle at the Dr., he told me not to be lifting anything over...

Sounds like Planning and Zoning in my area. If they can throw a monkeywrench into the works they will, AND charge you for it. Would putting the new garage in a different spot work? One thing about the water flow map: Once you have it you shouldn't have to ever do it again, like when you want...

This is FANTASTIC! Actual real-time info AND pretty colors. Now to figure out my exact latitude/longitude and kph/mph conversion. Today's excuse to stay in outta the wind...:clap

Your porch is beautiful, fantastic job! I love to paint, even the prep parts. Things are so clean and lovely after, it is worth every bit of the work. Have you taken the plastic down yet? Can't wait for the "after" pics!

Thanks for pointing that out! That could very well happen with me, I have a poor hosta still in the pot from the store 3 months later, it was in a corner on the patio, behind a chair...:\ I will just keep a close eye on it and not take the chance. It's packed in peat moss, along with an...

@flowerbug this is year 8? 9? that I have grown scarlet runners. Started with 10 beans and by year 3 was getting "strange" beans and they just keep coming! I have grown Kentucky Wonder pole beans at the same time and they were over 30' away but that doesn't mean the bees didn't do some cross...

Got to looking at my dahlia that I just got and it still has two green stems, about 8" long. Huge "root ball" that I can split into two plants come spring. Should I take it out of the peatmoss box and pop it in a pot or ground until it frosts? That forces the rhizome into dormancy, I believe...

Thank You! That is a climber that I almost lost last winter, it used to cover my bedroom window but is now about 4' tall... again.

@jackb did he happen to mention if it harmed bees or kept them away from the flowers when used outdoors? My roses have an aphid problem every year and I don't want to use anything very harsh as they are all mixed in with the flowers that my lil' pollinators love so much.