Kerry’s Garden

Another year has come and the decision on whether or not to have a garden this year was one I pondered for the first time in a long time. As evidenced by the dearth of posts from the latter part of last season, my free time has been drastically curtailed. I’ve decided to cut back [...]

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Looking on the counter I see today’s haul. A dozen or so jalepenos for hot poppers, a quart of raspberries, a handfull each of blackberries and strawberries, a couple of zucchini and a few green tomatoes for frying. The Weatherbug calls for the possibility of rain today. I’ve known about this for a couple of [...]

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Its not looking good. I’ve lost all of the cuttings that were in the plastic bag. The ones in the float tray are right behind them. I have to wonder if they didn’t put out leaves too soon. The only ones still kicking are the ones under the jars and they just started leafing out [...]

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Almost 2 weeks ago (or was it 3??) I took some cuttings from my weeping willow and curly willow 4′ tall treelets. Last night I potted up many of the weeping willow. These cuttings were quite small in diameter. I’ve had great luck in the past rooting larger diameter cuttings. I wanted to see how [...]

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I’ve completed one side of my propagation table aka cutting bench aka old sink with a light in it for heat. I cut 20 circles about 3 3/4″ in diameter into a 2′x2′x3/8″ piece of plywood. The holes hold the 18 oz drink cups that are so cheap at the store. I cut a drainage [...]

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Good news and bad news. First the good news. 4 of the 6 treated cuttings and 1 of the 6 non-treated cuttings have several roots between 1/2″ and 1″ long. I’ve separated them out into their own pots. I did notice a couple of the non treated cuttings had what looked like bumps that will [...]

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I have added a couple of new gardening books to my library that I thought I would share. I’ve mentionted Plant Propagation A to Z by Geoff Bryant here a couple of times in the past week or two. I had originally borrowed it from a local library and fell in love with it. It [...]

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