http://site.jd2ranch.com/blog/2009/03/jonelles-garden-musings/ JoNelle's thoughts on gardening Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://site.jd2ranch.com/blog/2009/03/jonelles-garden-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Janice Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:09:46 +0000 http://site.jd2ranch.com/blog/?p=15#comment-10 I have scapes on three daylilies, MERRY MOFFIT, BAS RELIEF AND COTTON CANDY. I using milorganite also. Most of my plants look really healthy which is a surprise since we have not had any rain for months. i have actually had ablooms almost all winter on some plants. I am fighting aphids. I have scapes on three daylilies, MERRY MOFFIT, BAS RELIEF AND COTTON CANDY. I using milorganite also. Most of my plants look really healthy which is a surprise since we have not had any rain for months. i have actually had ablooms almost all winter on some plants. I am fighting aphids.

]]> http://site.jd2ranch.com/blog/2009/03/jonelles-garden-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Ray Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:52:48 +0000 http://site.jd2ranch.com/blog/?p=15#comment-9 I read on the Daylily Robin that some gardeners recommended Milorganite as a deer deterrent. (I've live in my present home for about 12 years and never had a problem with deer until this winter. I hate to put up a fence if the deer leave once we get over our present drought.) I found Milorganite at Lowes, and so I spread some in the daylily bed yesterday. The smell is not the greatest, but if it helps to keep deer away from my daylilies, I won't complain. I also bought some deer repellent scent disks to set in the garden. (I forget the name. But since there is a money back guarantee, well I will give them a try. I've not set those out yet, as I want to try one thing at a time.) I did apply Bobbex last month which seems to have worked for the most part, except for some plants which were nibbled down . .. strange unless I forgot to spray those. I will update as I see what "works." Meanwhile, I wait for the mesquite to bud. The saying is that winter is not over until the mesquite buds, and so I wait. I read on the Daylily Robin that some gardeners recommended Milorganite as a deer deterrent. (I’ve live in my present home for about 12 years and never had a problem with deer until this winter. I hate to put up a fence if the deer leave once we get over our present drought.) I found Milorganite at Lowes, and so I spread some in the daylily bed yesterday. The smell is not the greatest, but if it helps to keep deer away from my daylilies, I won’t complain. I also bought some deer repellent scent disks to set in the garden. (I forget the name. But since there is a money back guarantee, well I will give them a try. I’ve not set those out yet, as I want to try one thing at a time.) I did apply Bobbex last month which seems to have worked for the most part, except for some plants which were nibbled down . .. strange unless I forgot to spray those. I will update as I see what “works.”
Meanwhile, I wait for the mesquite to bud. The saying is that winter is not over until the mesquite buds, and so I wait.

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