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dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
 December 31, 2007
5:50 AM Post #4343164
| There are a total of 359 votes:
| I resolve to plant more native plants and trees
(43 votes, 11%) |  |
| I resolve to keep my garden free from weeds
(45 votes, 12%) | |
| I resolve to take better care of my tools
(21 votes, 5%) | |
| I resolve to have a bigger garden this year
(45 votes, 12%) | |
| I resolve to have a smaller garden this year
(11 votes, 3%) | |
| I resolve to share extra food with a food bank
(4 votes, 1%) | |
| I resolve to plant more flowers for bees, birds and butterflies
(87 votes, 24%) | |
| I resolve to join a local gardening organization
(12 votes, 3%) | |
| I resolve to spend less on gardening this year (any frugal tips to share?)
(44 votes, 12%) | |
| Other - tell us!
(47 votes, 13%) | |
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Previous Polls |
momof2d
Des Moines, IA
(Zone 5a)
December 31, 2007
6:37 AM Post #4343180
| I think keeping the weeds at a minimum also means using compost & major use of mulch which I've been lacking, I need to get better at producing compost - with my large tree's on this property I should have no problem but it seems that the leaves I add to my bins (they're pretty small) dont decay quickly enough & I dont have alot of 'dough' to spend on mulch. I'm open for "idea's"! |
onewish1
Denville, NJ
(Zone 6a)
December 31, 2007
6:43 AM Post #4343181
| I did some seed saving last year and vow to stay away from those nasty catalogs that seem to get me every year
This message was edited Dec 31, 2007 5:45 AM |
Sheila_FW
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)
December 31, 2007
8:01 AM Post #4343229
| More butterflies, bees, and birds are what I want to see!
Each year I have been with DG I have saved money on gardening because of the swaps, tips shared; I am sure next year will be better. I have also learned the ease of native plants and how much better they are for our environment. However, I got into raising the butterflies with others on Dave's this year and really enjoyed being able to see and photograph the stages of various species from egg to butterfly. That is what I am targeting this year! |
grampapa
Wheatfield, NY
(Zone 6a)
December 31, 2007
8:06 AM Post #4343239
| I picked 'other' because I don't make resolutions. I just do the best I can every year.
Frugal tips to share? Seed swaps...I've been in some super ones. It was my first year saving my own seeds and I now have almost 200 different types of seeds that I swapped for about $15 postage. Next tip...wintersowing. I plan on getting a good number of those newly swapped seeds outside in the snow in the next month or so. DH looks at the catalogs and points at the beautiful flowers and I can say 'I have seeds for that' about 90% of the time. and this is actually including some trees and shrubs. even if I only have luck with 1/3 of them (and I hope for better, of course), I'll have a fantastic garden.
Happy New Year! if you're going out, drive safe :0)
~ jan
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Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
December 31, 2007
8:12 AM Post #4343247
| My resolution is for controlling weeds, but I am already a frugal gardener and rarely spend much money on my plantings. I swap a lot, and I am also lucky enough to occasionally find plants people discard...
I also nearly always try to grow plants from cuttings. Nothing to lose by trying!! |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
(Australia)
December 31, 2007
8:48 AM Post #4343287
| My resolution is to finish what I've started and get some projects completed before I start another!
Sue |
Dyson
Moneta, VA
(Zone 7a)
December 31, 2007
8:54 AM Post #4343293
| I resolve to live more sustain ably this year. |
podster
Deep East Texas, TX
(Zone 8a)
December 31, 2007
9:11 AM Post #4343323
| Birds, bees and butterflies of course ~ in lieu of no "all of the above" category ~ LOL.
Happy New Year! Wishing all DGrs the best of 2008! |
DonShirer
Westbrook, CT
(Zone 6a)
December 31, 2007
10:17 AM Post #4343471
| I know to make a resolution
Is a New Year's institution.
But as I grow older (maybe wiser),
Pragmatist, philosophizer.
I've come to realize one fact
No matter how few I enact
On New Years day in stone they're setting,
By February I'm regretting.
March and April, still upsetting,
Thankfully by May: forgetting.
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podster
Deep East Texas, TX
(Zone 8a)
December 31, 2007
10:23 AM Post #4343492
| Amen DonShirer ~ LOL |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
December 31, 2007
10:24 AM Post #4343498
| I picked spend less not that is going to truly happen. I could have voted several of them actually. I already plant everything for the butterfly,birds and bees as it is. Just keep doing it?
I like that Donshier
This message was edited Dec 31, 2007 8:25 AM |
joycet
Franklin, OH
(Zone 6a)
December 31, 2007
10:25 AM Post #4343502
| =o) Great poem..
I chose "other" as we'll be moving to a place with no flowerbeds. There are beds for veggies and strawberries, but I'll be removing sod and starting over. It will be bittersweet for me, as I've worked on the beds here for 8 years and I will be sad to leave, but I'm excited for all the possiblilites I'll have at the new place. I'm lucky to have found so many generous garden friends here who will help me with my new gardens. |
missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
December 31, 2007
10:41 AM Post #4343552
| As the ravage of June and July transpires
Panic sets in about what this garden requires
August and September the seeds are now set
For plans and schemes to get the best garden yet
December finds me firming up my resolutions
Determined to implement next year's garden solutions
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Don
(It was an invitation I couldn't pass up!) |
missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
December 31, 2007
10:51 AM Post #4343583
| My resolution:
Not to buy one darned plant, bush, tree, seed, ornament, additive, or garden hat unless I have a home for it: predetermined, mapped out, documented, a 'no doubt's whatsoever' place to put it. (So, I guess the only item that may fit the criteria from the list above is the garden hat... and how many hats can one wear?)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE - may everything in your garden survive and thrive and bring you pleasure throughout 2008
dorothy |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
December 31, 2007
10:53 AM Post #4343589
| Will plant even more for the birds and butterflies even though I have a good many already. Going to build a raised bed for vegetables. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Hope to have enough to share.
Happy New Year to the greatest group of people on the planet.
Christi
Loved the poems. What talent. |
Lily_love
Central, AL
(Zone 7b)
December 31, 2007
11:06 AM Post #4343636
| Ditto Christi; that's also my goal. More birds and butterflies and bees - plantings.
I'm also drawn toward natives plants. And I was surprized to see the prices on the first mail-order catalog! Outrageous!!! I'm not going to partake their advertise, for their packing is lot left to be desired. Traders on DG do better packing!
Kim |
McGlory
Southeast, NE
(Zone 5a)
December 31, 2007
11:12 AM Post #4343653
| I resolve to spend as much time in the garden as I want and still get dishes and laundry done. |
Tir_Na_Nog
December 31, 2007
11:35 AM Post #4343738
| grampapa, I to don't make resolutions upon a new calendar year but do plan to in the future add more flowers for the birds, bees and butterflies!!!! So I just selected that.
we are in a new house this year and I worked as best I could with baby under foot to take out all the previous plants. I want to expand landscape beds, install all new shrubs, trees, flowers and add an area for veg gardening. pretty industrious projects I know but it's the goal.
we've already added 3 trees to the property and removed 1 that had a split trunk.
hope to add some citrus trees and of course plants/flowers that bees and butterflies will like. on my budget for this lofty goal I'll have to plant mostly by seed...so if anyone has seed suggestions or a favorite dependable seed company they buy from, please (!) dmail me! I'm in zone 9. |
randbponder
Hornick, IA
(Zone 4b)
December 31, 2007
11:44 AM Post #4343782
| I voted in the 13% range I already share some of the produce. Not a food bank, just a few of the elderly and shut ins here locally. I will be raising more sweet potatoes. We use them just as you would white potatoes. I seem to be running out of them too soon. |
ginnylynn
Blyth, ON
(Zone 5b)
December 31, 2007
11:44 AM Post #4343784
| 5 years ago I resolved to make no more New Year's resolutions. It's the only one I ever managed to keep, so I repeat it every year :-)
--Ginny |
missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
December 31, 2007
11:49 AM Post #4343805
| Ginny
Nothing like success!!! |
brigidlily
Lumberton, TX
(Zone 8b)
December 31, 2007
11:55 AM Post #4343826
| Native plants -- partly because it's better for the environment, but even more because I get so frustrated seeing non-natives do poorly! |
gardener105
Bend, OR
(Zone 5b)
December 31, 2007
12:11 PM Post #4343887
| I think keeping the weed population down helps the existing plants to grow larger and stronger as they will be able to stretch their roots out and won't have to compete with weed roots. |
birder17
Jackson, MO
(Zone 6b)
December 31, 2007
12:23 PM Post #4343937
| I am going to increase the number of roses I have. I always want to get roses and then the time to buy and plant goes by, another season goes by, and I didn't do anything. I have always been a little afraid to plant roses. We have a lot of humidity. It's a challenge and is something I have been wanting to do for a long time. If you have any suggestions, let me know. |
Tir_Na_Nog
December 31, 2007
12:24 PM Post #4343950
| Everyone keeps telling me in my humid area if you want roses get the knockout variety but they only seem to come in hot pink or shades of pink. But am told they never get blackspot. |
birder17
Jackson, MO
(Zone 6b)
December 31, 2007
12:29 PM Post #4343975
| I see so many knockout roses around here, I am kind of tired of them. Thanks. |
dmj1218
west Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
December 31, 2007
12:36 PM Post #4344015
| weeds, weeds, weeds...always the weeds
They are so prolific here and the heat "eats and decomposes" the mulch way too fast. I would have a perfect garden if it weren't for weeds!
Tir_Na_Nog, a lot of the antique roses do really well around here with no blackspot problems.
Debbie |
gardener105
Bend, OR
(Zone 5b)
December 31, 2007
12:48 PM Post #4344065
| birder17, Have you thought about English Roses? They're supposed to be the oldest and hardiest rose around.
Susan |
pajaritomt
Los Alamos, NM
(Zone 5a)
December 31, 2007
1:09 PM Post #4344125
| I resolve to permanently plant in the soil, all the plants that are still in flower pots, which means I am going to have to compost more and create a whole lot more soil! |
Tir_Na_Nog
December 31, 2007
1:41 PM Post #4344228
| dmj, antique roses, thank-you!!! best supplier in the area? |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
December 31, 2007
1:51 PM Post #4344266
| I really need to spend less on the garden this year...when I looked at how much I spent on the garden this past year it really was ridiculous, plus my garden and my greenhouse are both jam-packed with plants already, so I really don't have room for anything more! |
brigidlily
Lumberton, TX
(Zone 8b)
December 31, 2007
2:34 PM Post #4344427
| birder, my folks used to live in Jackson, MO, and they had roses on the south side of their house (the great big brick house on the left, just past McD's on the road to Cape). They never paid attention to the names, but they were all hybrid teas. Go for it! |
wgnkiwi
Burlingame, CA
(Zone 9a)
December 31, 2007
2:37 PM Post #4344435
| All of the above!!! My garden was very neglected this year.
Happy New Year to one and all! |
june_nmexico
Albuquerque, NM
(Zone 7a)
December 31, 2007
2:38 PM Post #4344437
| I voted "Other" because we never ever ever make New Year's Resolutions. They take all the fun out of life's surprises. |
Tir_Na_Nog
December 31, 2007
2:41 PM Post #4344447
| brigid, I was warned not to buy ANY hybrid teas---bought one because of beautiful blooms but THEN checked it on daves once home, its a blackspot magnet. :( going to end up in a landfill instead of in my garden. |
gardener105
Bend, OR
(Zone 5b)
December 31, 2007
2:51 PM Post #4344485
| I have found that hybrids also go wild after about 2 or 3 yrs, no matter what nursery you buy them from. Another rose you might want to try is a native, check too see if you have any native roses in your area.
This message was edited Dec 31, 2007 10:52 AM |
dmj1218
west Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
December 31, 2007
3:33 PM Post #4344594
| Tir_Na_Nog
Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham; I will go with you sometime if you need company.
Debbie |
birder17
Jackson, MO
(Zone 6b)
December 31, 2007
4:16 PM Post #4344703
| Hey! bridgidlily--how cool to know your parents used to live here. I will certainly check out the roses this summer!
As your going to Cape, is it on the left side of the road? From the research I've done, I want to get "own root" roses---not grafted ones. Natives are a good idea. Does ARE grow "own root" roses? I have been on their site but don't remember if they are own root roses. |
Tir_Na_Nog
December 31, 2007
5:09 PM Post #4344838
| thank you dmj! i have been there, when lived up that way.
you have dmail. :) |
brigidlily
Lumberton, TX
(Zone 8b)
December 31, 2007
5:10 PM Post #4344841
| Try Chamblee's nursery in Tyler, TX -- they'll ship to you. They have own-root roses, and the best collection of David Austins you can get. Just google it; I've forgotten the web address. They have great stuff.
Yes, the house is on the left, and the driveway is just at the top of a hill; you can barely see it from the road and I suspect it will be torn down to make room for commercial development. Very sad. |
Tir_Na_Nog
December 31, 2007
5:11 PM Post #4344851
| that is sad brigidlily. happens a lot these days. we saw it on galveston islands strip this past weekend, brand new walmart, lol. |
bksmall
San Andreas, CA
(Zone 9b)
December 31, 2007
6:32 PM Post #4345167
| I resolve to learn about and care for the fruit trees planted by previous owners on our property. I need to learn how to prune them, when to spray and feed them and how to tell when they are ripe - especially the Bosc pears. Does anyone have any special way to keep on schedule for these tasks? I'm always late in thinking about them. |
bigcityal
Menasha, WI
(Zone 5a)
December 31, 2007
6:58 PM Post #4345272
| Can't say I make any resolutions . Nothing wrong with having a plan and knowing your strengths and weaknesses though. |
roybird
Santa Fe, NM
December 31, 2007
7:32 PM Post #4345407
| Bees, birds, butterflies and Poets! |
noobiegardener
Glen Burnie, MD
(Zone 7a)
December 31, 2007
8:37 PM Post #4345610
| I will try new things in my garden this year, learn more new things and hone my skills a little more for that one day when I will own a farm. I have several seed catalogs and I have already ordered some of what I am going to grow. I think this year I may try to sell at farmer's markets and start a farm fund with the money I make. My dream is to own a farm and raise my own cattle, have my own chickens, and all my own veggies. I will be following in my grandmother's footsteps.
And once I have my farm...I'll have all my friends here from Dave's Garden come for a big ole family cookout! |
gloria125
Greensboro, AL
December 31, 2007
9:25 PM Post #4345774
| Trees. I need trees for shade because its too hot. I need trees to deflect the hurricane winds because the 50 acre lot behind me has been clear cut. We got a taste of what treeless land scape does in straight line winds this year.
I need trees for the possums and trees for the squirrels.
And trees for an orchard.
Mostly native but not completely so. Afterall, every plant is native to some place. if it will grow on my soil and its not invasive and it makes a contribution to the landscape its worth trying to grow it. |
digatunnel
Pasadena, CA
(Zone 10a)
December 31, 2007
9:46 PM Post #4345820
| We just had our yard graded and ammended and had sprinklers installed last week. My resolution is to measure and draw out our yard BEFORE I hit the seed catalogs!!!!
Everyone of you stewards of the land - have a wonderful New Year!
- Karen |
birder17
Jackson, MO
(Zone 6b)
December 31, 2007
9:56 PM Post #4345870
| Okay, I have been researching roses. Yes, I have been looking into English Roses. I too, understand they are a bit easier to grow. I'm looking at Jude The Obscure--apricot; it's a Eng. Rose. I am also looking at Carefree Beauty-a Buck Rose. It's suppose to bloom a lot and easy to grow. I am trying to decide which plant to put with Jude as a complimentary plant. I like the idea of a purple clematis but am thinking the clematis stems would get broken when I try to prune or weed. I have a really hard time not breaking the thin stems of the clematis. They get really twiggy. Suggestions here?? |
cathy4
St. Louis County, MO
(Zone 5a)
December 31, 2007
9:57 PM Post #4345879
| Planting and working at the food pantry has become somewhat of an obsession for me and my family, have added a large raised veg garden for this year. |
gloria125
Greensboro, AL
December 31, 2007
10:01 PM Post #4345891
| birder: You can get a piece of drain pipe and grow your climatis through it. It will remind you not to whack off the thin tendril of the clematis. |
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9a)
December 31, 2007
10:06 PM Post #4345915
| Well, I'd be working 24/7 trying to keep weeds at bay since it seems to be an unending battle.
My tools always seem to stay rusty unless hubby cleans them up and oils them for me since I tend to forget.
We don't have room for a bigger garden.
Could possibly downsize the flower beds we do have.
Already share food with local food banks and whenever we see food drives going on around town.
Love birds & butterflies and get a lot of them almost year round already.
Already belong to a local gardening club.
Don't know how to spend less time on gardening!
I don't make resolutions but voted for ... planting more native plants & trees because I think everyone should do this in their area. We have slowly been trying to get rid of non natives and invasive plants that can take over in short order down here in the south!
Happy New Year Everyone!
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City_Sylvia
Dallas, TX
December 31, 2007
10:09 PM Post #4345930
| I have a hard time deciding how to cut back a Clematis or if it should be cutback.
I resolve to get control of the weeds this year, it look so terrible and I love to take pictures, and those weeds embarrass me so much. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
December 31, 2007
10:29 PM Post #4345987
| More natives and more butterflies and hummers. Would love a weed free garden but that's not gonna happen. |
tabasco
Cincinnati (Anderson, OH
(Zone 6a)
December 31, 2007
11:12 PM Post #4346136
| I'm really going to try to stay on my gardening budget this year!
And I'm glad to see that others chose 'spending less on gardening' for an answer...I thought I was going to be the only scrooge in the bunch!
I don't have any hot tips for this--I would say 'Wintersowing', but I'm spending lots of bucks at the seed companies and so that's not so good for my resolution, is it!
Happy New Year and Happy Gardening in 2008! t. |
randbponder
Hornick, IA
(Zone 4b)
January 1, 2008
12:10 AM Post #4346267
| I see a lot of people having problem with weeds. I put news paper down between the rows. I get plenty of grass clippings to cover the news paper. I know some don't have as much access to many grass clippings, But it has to be a very determined weed to make up through the paper and mulch. Then of course in the fall it all gets tilled under. Where it does another job toward building up the soil.
I went for a bigger garden as that was part of my fall project. I had to tear down a storage shed so I could cut down a dead tree that was at the one end of the garden.
I give away a quite a bit of what I raise, To friends and to some of the elderly who can no longer garden. Today I was suprised when someone gave me a bunch of new seed packets. I think they were telling me something. Well I don't want to let them down. So bigger it is.
I think this year I will be asking neighbors for their clippings as well. Don't want the weeds to get a head start. |
kmom246
Silver Springs, NV
(Zone 6b)
January 1, 2008
12:50 AM Post #4346369
| One thing in the desert, the weeds are easy to pull in the sandy soil that I have created in the raised beds - and they won't grow where you don't water!
We've only been here 2 growing seasons. Season one was a total experiment to see if anything would even grow here - and when I found out they did (Happy Dance! Happy Dance!), I used season 2 to put in infrastructure - fencing, a few raised beds, water lines. This year I am hoping to double the garden area and start landscaping my empty, sandy back yard.
I am hoping to have a bumper crop of tomatoes (found some cherry ones that will set fruit even when the temps are in the tripple digits during the day and 30-40 degrees cooler at night!) to share with the local food bank. I am hoping to also have an explosion of various squash to share with them as the squash seem to absolutely LOVE the summer heat. I remember times when I was blessed to receive from a food bank. Now I am hoping to repay my blessings several fold.
Also, I'd like to try new varieties and save seed from OP veggies this year. |
LostIndian
Algonac, MI
January 1, 2008
5:26 AM Post #4346770
| ALL OF THE ABOVE!!! |
Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
January 1, 2008
8:55 AM Post #4346941
| I resolve to control the weeds this year. Actually it's Burmuda grass that took over several of my beds. I couldn't enjoy my blooming plants for all the grass that had invaded the beds. I hope to concenrate on taking out the grass the year. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
January 1, 2008
10:52 AM Post #4347236
| I resolve to break every resolution I try to make. At least that way there will be one resolution I'm bound to keep! |
MsMaati
Newburgh, IN
(Zone 6a)
January 1, 2008
11:01 AM Post #4347264
| I chose other because all the them sound like something I should do. Hope I can keep most of them. That spending money is hard with so many plants out there to get.
Yvonne |
slcdms
Ripley, MS
January 1, 2008
11:01 AM Post #4347265
| Here is my resolution, I checked other
I will plant what I want, where I want, I will weed when I want and I will sit in the swing and look for as long as I want
Happy New Years everyone
Sandra
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podster
Deep East Texas, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 1, 2008
11:03 AM Post #4347274
| That's a resolution after my heart! Good going Sandra! |
slcdms
Ripley, MS
January 1, 2008
11:19 AM Post #4347326
| My plants are enjoyment for me and when it stops being pleasure, I will stop gardening.
I am a stick it where there is an empty space gardener--lol--I guess I am more of a plant collector.
I do enjoy blooming things
Sandra |
charlenesplants
Buffalo, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 1, 2008
11:36 AM Post #4347391
| It was hard to pick just one, but I picked join a local club. I am going to take the Master Gardener class this year and participate in their activities.
I also plan a bigger garden, both veggies and flowers. I am retired and my garden is my work of choice. If only all of life's work were so rewarding. The physical part is good for me and the peace and contentment is great for me. Looking out across the beds of plants, is so exciting, I am like a kid again. I hunt for buds and scout for bugs and shout for blooms. It completes my happiness in this world.
I am kind of isolated out in the country and don't have anyone to "hang" with. Discovering DG has made it possible to "hang" with so many nice people and I can do it when I come inside to take a break. I don't have to set aside time for my friends, they are always there for me. I love it.
Life is good!
Charlene |
CapeCodGardener
Mid-Cape, MA
(Zone 7a)
January 1, 2008
12:31 PM Post #4347636
| I picked "other." I resolve to keep on making those entries in my DG gardening journal that I began last fall. And then I resolve actually to READ the entries when the relevant season comes around again, and learn from them! |
Rusty56
Jasper Co., MO
(Zone 6a)
January 1, 2008
12:54 PM Post #4347722
| I gonna plan to see some botanical garden...
I plan have a small garden this year also build my new greenhouse...
I plan go on travel to see Mt. Rushmore Mountain and Crazy Horse Mem. in South Dakota this year...
I love have antiques Roses this year...
Happy New Year 2008! |
darius
Marion, VA
(Zone 5b)
January 1, 2008
1:01 PM Post #4347748
| No Resolutions here... just a lot of "I wanna do's" for the garden, time and health cooperating! |
birder17
Jackson, MO
(Zone 6b)
January 1, 2008
1:48 PM Post #4347946
| plantladhylin: What a marvelous idea about the pipe to protect the clematis stems! Where there's a will there's a way and thank you for sharing. I put a big rock on top the of roots as they like to keep their roots cool. This has worked very well for me. No having to share fertilizer or water with another plant. You probably already do this. |
beclu727
Dacula, GA
(Zone 7b)
January 1, 2008
4:30 PM Post #4348579
| Well said Darius.
I'm planting more for the birds, etc. this year. Need more berry type bushes especially and hope to swap for them... |
soulgardenlove
Marietta, GA
(Zone 7b)
January 1, 2008
5:04 PM Post #4348697
| all of the above :)
opps..except for have a smaller garden.. Not this year :)
This message was edited Jan 1, 2008 4:05 PM |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
January 1, 2008
8:18 PM Post #4349336
| I resolve to take better care of my containers. I have a lot of pretty ceramic pots and snow and freezing weather always takes me by surprise. Good luck everybody!
x, Carrie |
Lastelf
Baltimore, MD
(Zone 7a)
January 1, 2008
9:43 PM Post #4349718
| It's hardscaping year.
I've got to build the pergola, put in the fencing, and lay the brick that I bought on Craig's list. That brick. It's all Repeat_Bloomer's fault.
See:
[HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] |
CountryGardens
Lewisville, MN
(Zone 4a)
January 1, 2008
10:19 PM Post #4349857
| Part of my large, (5 acres), garden is on a hillside. To control erosion, I have left contour strips. 4 of them altogether. I have alfalfa planted in them. Last year I broadcast wild flower seed. There were some nice blooms, hoping for more this year.
Also have a row of shrubs to act as a snow fence on the south side of our yard. Most are flowering & produce berries.
I bought 25 dogwood & 25 of another shrub from the conservation office last spring. They were planted in the contour strips.
So my plan is to finish the shrubs & add more flowers.
We have thousands of birds around here. Many pheasants also. Near 100 are wintering around the garden.
Fun thread!
Bernie |
LouC
Desoto, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 1, 2008
10:59 PM Post #4349985
| Oh, I can't imagine having pheasants as tenants. Wonderful. And I thought the cardinals and blue jays were beautiful. |
Jax4ever
Boxford, MA
(Zone 6a)
January 2, 2008
2:18 AM Post #4350596
| WEEDS have always been my undoing. Literally and metaphorically. Every July, weeds begin to encroach on my flowers, and I start pulling, burning, mowing- and by August, I am spent and give up. Better mulching practices will help. Any other ideas?
I also plan to pull the weeds from my life: people, habits, and household clutter that prevent my life from blooming.
It's only 25 hours into 2008 and already I've spent 150 dollars on flower seed...! I guess I'm an optimist after all. |
rutholive
Tonasket, WA
(Zone 5a)
January 2, 2008
10:21 AM Post #4351083
| I voted Other, I don't make resolutions , just do what I can. For health reasons I will not order a lot of seeds. Mostly plan to try new things either seeds of plants. And try to take better care of what I have already planted.
Cape Cod G. I am so happy with my 10-year garden journal. This is the tenth year, it is a great help to see each week as I make my entry for the day. First thing I do when I arise.
Donna |
cathy4
St. Louis County, MO
(Zone 5a)
January 2, 2008
11:10 AM Post #4351255
| Ruth, if you have found ways to make gardening easier despite health problems, those of us here and in accessible gardening would sure love to hear them. [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
Thanks in advance, cathy4 |
lafko06
Brimfield, MA
(Zone 5a)
January 2, 2008
12:24 PM Post #4351545
| I picked spend less money. My goal is not to buy any new plants and to really clean out all my beds and re-arrange and divide and move things. I want it to be a maintenance season. Wish me luck, cuz I'll bet it's easier said than done for me to not buy anything new. |
nanny_56
Putnam County, IN
(Zone 5b)
January 2, 2008
12:42 PM Post #4351602
| While I do plane on planting more things for birds & butterflies. I picked spend less money money. We really need to spend $$ on the inside of the house and get some exterior things done! |
City_Sylvia
Dallas, TX
January 2, 2008
3:45 PM Post #4352144
| Ranponder ... I love you idea about the newspaper, but how do you go about tilling the soil if you got 250 Hostas in the ground?
Sylvia |
zenpotter
Minneapolis, MN
(Zone 4b)
January 2, 2008
4:28 PM Post #4352261
| I voted other. I am not going to add any new beds this year. I am going to work on the ones I have. |
Seandor
Springfield, MA
(Zone 6a)
January 2, 2008
8:02 PM Post #4353035
| Not a fair vote 'cause we are forced to just pick one! There were several I wanted to pick! |
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)
January 2, 2008
10:43 PM Post #4353904
| She (Terry) does that on purpose, Seandor,,, x, C |
mistygardener
Saint James, MO
(Zone 6b)
January 3, 2008
1:37 AM Post #4354914
| Too many to choose from to pick just one! :) |
cathy4
St. Louis County, MO
(Zone 5a)
January 3, 2008
1:39 AM Post #4354921
| Resolution I should make: I will not be up at midnight reading Dave's Garden, lol |
mistygardener
Saint James, MO
(Zone 6b)
January 3, 2008
1:45 AM Post #4354947
| Never happen, Cat! LOL |
posyblossom
Athens, PA
(Zone 5b)
January 3, 2008
7:18 AM Post #4355205
| I have been testing the Climber Roses I have and the past 5 yrs., the one that does not get any leaf spots, no matter what the weather, is the Fourth of July Roses. The blooms are light fragrance and the colors are wonderful. Massive blooms till first hard frost that start out red with some white and then as it opens ,the middle slowly turns to a beautiful yellow. My bush has reseeded itself and it also grew a new stem from a branch that broke off. I just stuck it in the ground by the original plant and it grew☺It is loaded with Rose Hips full of wonderful seeds.
Anyhow,my resolve is no more buying mulch and compost. After 8yrs of decomposing White Pine needles, I have a huge supply of the best looking soil that money can't buy. If it wasn't for the know how of the DGers, I never would have found all that soil under the needle drop from the Pines. |
defoecat
Pleasureville, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 3, 2008
10:27 AM Post #4355668
| I chose other, because I gave up making resolutions many years ago. The only thing I will commit to, is trying harder to be a better gardener. |
hellnzn11
Rosamond, CA
(Zone 8b)
January 3, 2008
8:02 PM Post #4357721
| I kept changing back and forth from more natives to more bee and butterfly pollinating plants but I find that alot of my natives do that so it is the best option since it would not let me vote more than one even when I tried to trick it into letting me but it would not let me. grr |
MyRee
Brigham City, UT
(Zone 5b)
January 5, 2008
9:16 PM Post #4365339
| I agree with Sandra's comment of Jan 1, and many others above me. Thanks, Dave
My real resolution: Do better this year than last year. I think I may be able to keep that one.
Marie |
hyer1972
Weston, WV
(Zone 6b)
January 6, 2008
12:13 AM Post #4366098
| I resolve to do a lil of everything on the list!!
Lisa H. |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 8, 2008
11:53 PM Post #4378223
| I didn't even see this resolution list until now.
My resolution is to spend one day a week taking all these plants and flowers I love to grow to people who need a lift. I said it last year and didn't do it as often as i would like. This year I have to do better. |
cathy4
St. Louis County, MO
(Zone 5a)
January 9, 2008
12:40 AM Post #4378380
| What a lovely idea, thanks for sharing! |
sunbug1
Todd, NC
April 9, 2008
11:14 AM Post #4781390
| I just found this question and it's already well into 2008, but I had made a decision last year to start growing more perennials than annuals since this is much lower maintenance, and that's what I'm looking for. I may grow a few annuals, such as the wave petunias, since I love them and so do the butterflies, but there are so many nice perennials coming back year after year. I recently learned there is a sunflower species that are perennials, smaller blooms, spreading each year...so I was happy to learn this! Also keeping down on weeds in my garden, an ongoing task...I will be more diligent about this chore, too! |
slcdms
Ripley, MS
April 9, 2008
1:59 PM Post #4782348
| Little did I know when I made my post on New Years Day what the year would bring.
I have had a major back surgery on Feb. 29th and I am now wearing a back brace, I am hoping to get out of it on the 30th of April.
I will be able to sit in the swing, more than I anticipated this year--lol--I am going to have to be a spectator this year and hope my daylilies outgrow the weeds--lol
This is my 3rd back surgery and I hope it will be the last, I had the disk that kept rupturing taken out and a single level fusion done. It takes a whole year for the bone to grow and completely fuse the 2 vertabrae's, so I am not going to risk doing anything to hurt myself and keep this surgery from being a complete success.
I am thankful I can walk around and look at everything. In fact that is the only rehab I am getting. My doc wants me to walk 2 miles a day.
I hope everyone else is enjoying the changes they have made or are working on making in their lives. I wish everyone else would let us know how their resolutions are coming along.
Sandra
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CapeCodGardener
Mid-Cape, MA
(Zone 7a)
April 9, 2008
3:03 PM Post #4782656
| scldms, I hope that your recovery is going well! Sounds as if you are being very sensible--always a good way to maximize results from any surgery, particularly back surgery.
My resolve was to keep my entries in my DG gardening journal up to date, and so far, I am--well, one day in arrears, but I'm going to rectify this today, thanks to your reminder. Of course, the seasonal gardening is still relatively quiet. . . but gearing up! |
slcdms
Ripley, MS
April 9, 2008
3:09 PM Post #4782686
| I am doing well and enjoying all the beautiful springtime sights here, the dogwoods are just coming into full bloom and the redbud trees are starting to fade, wisteria everywhere.
Good for you on keeping up with your journal, that is great.
Sandra |
