Kerry’s Garden

Like I don’t have enough to do to keep me busy…

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A couple of weeks ago I purchased some seed of an old rose called Paul’s Himalayan Musk from a seller on ebay. This rose is a hybrid so it may or may not come true but I am interested to see what, if anything, sprouts. According to what I have read it is a vigorous [...]

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So far so good on the hardwood cuttings of the Red Lake currants. I only have two containers, one treated with dip and grow and the other with no treatment. Both are at the same point as far as top growth is concerned and I’ve not looked for roots yet. Both are getting bottom heat [...]

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The hardwood blueberry cuttings of the lowbush varieties Northcounty and Northsky are coming along so far. These are 30 days out from cutting and are the farthest along. The cuttings outside under glass still aren’t showing any signs of growth and the ones in the float tray are just a little behind these. I ended [...]

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This old sink has been sitting in the basement holding junk since we moved in. I decided to liberate it for this project as it is just about the correct height, width and length for my needs. I can get 2-3 fluorescent light fixtures over it and the two sections will be great as heating [...]

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Cuttings (and many seeds) like the soil a little warmer than my basement runs (roughly 55-60 right now). While browsing the net I ran across this article about a setup using Christmas lights in a box to heat the soil for rose cuttings. It is quite an ingenious little setup and one I want to [...]

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I was greeted by a nice surprise when I got to work this morning. A bag of mixed flower/veggie seed and some seedless grape vine hardwood cuttings were on my desk. Eric had told me that he might cut back his seedless concord grape vine this weekend and I told him I would love some [...]

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