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I'm from BYC but I don't need to grow food for my birds. I just like to garden. I have roses, bearded iris and the typical xeriscape plants one grows in the desert and I also have about 75 trees of various kinds.

That's good. My daffodils are coming up also. I think the crocus are coming up. Whatever they are it's not daffodils. I have a piece of an ocotillo cactus that broke off or bent when I was checking to soo if it was still alive. This 12' piece was green inside so it's been planted in a pot...

I don't think a lot of people realize that when you live in the desert you get very cold weather, wind and sometimes snow. Our average rainfall is 3 inches a year and we've passed that mark already. I'm babying an ocotillo cactus that I stuck in the ground last spring. Nothing on the label...

Hey! I'm in zone 8 and I still can't plant much. Hubby planted some peas today but we have another storm coming in tomorrow that is supposed to be very cold and they're predicting snow flurries for us at 2500 feet. I broke ice off the chickens water this morning also. I was about to plant...

Our area has bare root roses out at Walmart and Home Depot but not climbers yet. They also have the usual primroses and pansies and trees, bot fruit and shade. I live in the high desert in zone 8b with a summer zone of 11+

Hattie gave you good advice. She knows where all the links are. They should do quite well for you and might even bloom, maybe not as profusely but you might get something. To be that old they deserve a chance. Lots of luck and let me know how they are doing.

They must be old ones if they look like that. I would prune them so that they are about 6-12 high if you can, taller if not. ( I used to have one in a front garden where I used to live and the trunk was as thick as a tree trunk.) From there they should sprout and grow. I would feed them...

They're hard to kill and really thrive with some TLC

Yes! Whatever works. I pruned roses today and I was a little late as they'd already started sprouting new leaf buds. They'll do all right though. I notived I have daffodils coming up also. We have another series of storms coming in by Tuesday so we';; have more rains and snow in the mountains.

Wow! My raised beds aren't that high off the ground but they're basically the same. I cover mine with plastic like you do but I take it off when the frost is gone and cover the top with shade cloth. I hadn't thought about using a pool though since I don't have little ones at home anymore I...

I use the raised beds and the pvc,over the top to give it the covered wagon look and it works for me both to protect from frost but also wind and sun.

The one time I ordered trees from the Arbor Day Foundation they sent me five little crepe myrtle trees of which only two have made it, which for considering our wind problems here I know why....I didn't protect them enough. When I got the catalog to order more it said they couldn't deliver in...

As soon as this rain passes we'll be putting in some peas and whatever else we bought in seed the other day. My fruit trees won't bloom for about another month The wildflowers should put on a good show this year.

I'm thinking spring and looking at climbing roses I can order. I did start some Africa Violet leaves though. Too cold for anything else

I have butterfly bush and I prune them about now before they start growing for the season. I have never transplanted them but I would treat them like you would if you were transplanting or planting bare root stock and wait until your last freeze date for your area. I live in zone 8b and if I...

fortunately those high winds don't happen very often, maybe two or three times a season but we have 25-45mph most of the time with wind gusts above 50. As you know they can sure dry things up.

If you want a good deal on trees and plants try.... freetreesandplants.com It's an organization that gives people with mental and physical issues work. They grow all kinds of things and all you do is pay $7.95 for shipping and handling. My daughter told me about it and I looked it up but...

Hi Hattie, Thank you for guiding me over here. I love gardening and have about a dozen roses and 75-80 bearded iris among other plants. I try to stay xeriscape for most plants but have to have the ones I love the most as well.:rainbow-sun We finally have sunshine today.

I'm in zone 8b and our winters can get night time lows in the teens and our summer highs in the 100-120 range. It's 8 am and it's 30 outside. I used to live in Albuquerque back in the 50's and it's about the same weather wise except we're only at 2500 feet here. We get a tremendous amount of...

I'm in the high desert north of Mojave.