tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post1180981096024404909..comments2024-03-28T13:54:16.110-07:00Comments on danger garden: Protection for the plants, or just something to make the gardener feel better?danger gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-56608908968129083512014-01-06T15:45:29.194-08:002014-01-06T15:45:29.194-08:00Sarah so far they seem to have survived. I never w...Sarah so far they seem to have survived. I never would have thought to do it but just happened to read the right combination of someone complaining about loosing their buds in the cold and someone else commenting about a neighbor doing this and thought what the heck! So yes, I would definitely do it.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-22239259185288441212014-01-06T15:43:47.179-08:002014-01-06T15:43:47.179-08:00I like you're attitude!I like you're attitude! danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-28858717323653781782014-01-06T15:43:25.280-08:002014-01-06T15:43:25.280-08:00Thanks Ron and you're right...still we try. I&...Thanks Ron and you're right...still we try. I'm seeing a lot of things starting to go over to the brown (or mushy) side. Augh...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-83993059018098801692014-01-06T15:42:14.089-08:002014-01-06T15:42:14.089-08:00Gawd I hope the worst is over!!! Thanks for the ti...Gawd I hope the worst is over!!! Thanks for the tip about NE Tillamook and NE 10th I'll check it out...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-29383674237411514102014-01-06T11:14:07.625-08:002014-01-06T11:14:07.625-08:00Just wondering how your socks-covered Edgeworthia ...Just wondering how your socks-covered Edgeworthia turned out. Did the buds survive? It's going to be 11 degrees here in North Carolina tonight and I am debating if I should try covering them. Usually I find it's an exercise in futility but I will be seriously depressed if my Edgeworthia buds bite the dust. Thoughts? Sarah/ Galloping Horse Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863804034201109102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-36022029214036732172013-12-11T18:14:16.826-08:002013-12-11T18:14:16.826-08:00Good luck! I'm sure you'll end up with pl...Good luck! I'm sure you'll end up with plenty of things surviving, things always seem to work out better than expected.Tomhttp://midwesternjungle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-82684568944874927212013-12-11T15:04:29.418-08:002013-12-11T15:04:29.418-08:00sounds great, but remind me again when the time ap...sounds great, but remind me again when the time approaches!Ianhttp://desertnw.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-17586418610597635372013-12-11T13:41:29.675-08:002013-12-11T13:41:29.675-08:00All you can do is try, right? I do the same thing...All you can do is try, right? I do the same thing here with wrapping up my babies but I've found over the years I don't wrap as much nor as many things. <br /><br />I began to wonder how much the wrapping helps and was going to get a remote thermometer to check but again, after weeks here (in BC, Canada) of below freezing temps the wrap is most likely next to useless... still we try. <br /><br />Hope all worked out for you... I love your plants. <br /><br />RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-69468314219404665512013-12-10T22:29:41.662-08:002013-12-10T22:29:41.662-08:00We do have very different realities indeed! Yours ...We do have very different realities indeed! Yours is so much tougher than mine. As long as I plan semi-carefully and don't put anything precious in the full sun, and make sure they're not thirsty on the 40+ degree celsius days, I'm safe. <br />We're going to the UK and then Norway, our first time overseas. Looking forward to it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528403806024368437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-55407848818273488762013-12-10T17:28:57.095-08:002013-12-10T17:28:57.095-08:00Re: boxleaf azara -- thumbs up! Go see the gorgeo...Re: boxleaf azara -- thumbs up! Go see the gorgeous ones at the corner of NE Tillamook and NE 10th (peek up the steps to the backyard beyond the hedge) for inspiration -- some of the most mature ones I've seen in my neighborhood travels. I hope all your efforts have saved at least some of your precious plants. Is the worst over for us in Portland with the winter weather this year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-55493066496988074962013-12-10T16:58:47.116-08:002013-12-10T16:58:47.116-08:00Indeed fifi, if we hadn't had the cold of the ...Indeed fifi, if we hadn't had the cold of the preceding couple of weeks this would have been much worse. That one year (2010?) where we hadn't had a freeze and then all of a sudden it was in the low 20's is very hard on things.<br /><br />As for the Acacia pravissima...I've got a couple of Acacia cultriformis (not as hardy) which are already dead dead dead. The color of the leaves makes it obvious. The color of the A. pravissima still looks good. I don't get it! Of course since it bends over the top of the house I can't see what those leaves look like.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-2280877350025533062013-12-10T16:53:31.462-08:002013-12-10T16:53:31.462-08:00Thanks Spiky O - today (Tues the 10th) was the mag...Thanks Spiky O - today (Tues the 10th) was the magical day, above freezing! I'm holding off making any proclamations of success since really it't to early to tell.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-22083137255264893532013-12-10T16:52:13.142-08:002013-12-10T16:52:13.142-08:00Thanks Barry, I sounds like your babies are snug. ...Thanks Barry, I sounds like your babies are snug. Hey hows that Agave parryi?danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-80279525756661283782013-12-10T16:29:19.083-08:002013-12-10T16:29:19.083-08:00Thanks for this post, Ms Danger! I agree with ev...Thanks for this post, Ms Danger! I agree with everyone that you did a great job tucking everything in as snugly as possible. Someone on fb said something that gives me a fleeting hope that things will be okay-they mentioned that the temps gradually sunk down to those wretched lows. Maybe this "primed" the plants for the cold? Maybe that sounds dumb, but I am clinging to it as it gives me a little hope.<br /><br />You're right, my acacia looks suspiciously ok too! Do you think it'll suddenly flop over when it starts to warm up? ;\fifi lafontainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-30508183719776563492013-12-10T13:21:09.296-08:002013-12-10T13:21:09.296-08:00There is no doubt it will help, maybe not everythi...There is no doubt it will help, maybe not everything, but enough to make all that hard work worth while. Those long cold spells are very worrying far more so than just very cold nights. I really hope it warms up for you soon.Spiky Obsessionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336642361281619338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-700817874737200272013-12-10T08:28:54.693-08:002013-12-10T08:28:54.693-08:00You is a very good Mama Loree! Here in the GWN it ...You is a very good Mama Loree! Here in the GWN it feels like -19C today. My winter protection was limited to sending Slytherin [Cedrus atlantica] to the store at work where he'll hopefully appreciate the frost free temps, and actually planting 'Shira' [Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum'] in the ground - as they both reside in large pots on my veranda during the garden season. I cannot imagine having to deal with the 'brood' that is your family every year! Stay warm!Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734807639763465706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-68988246226288142852013-12-10T08:27:11.157-08:002013-12-10T08:27:11.157-08:00I'm sorry to read that Lisa, it must be such a...I'm sorry to read that Lisa, it must be such an emotional roller coaster to not be there when you "need" to be!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-77359983519316932502013-12-10T08:26:27.256-08:002013-12-10T08:26:27.256-08:00Thanks CheyDesignGuy and oh my yes, hail is very d...Thanks CheyDesignGuy and oh my yes, hail is very destructive. It tears holes in the big leaves and pock-marks the succulents. I guess you're a baseball fan?danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-32128900468011013182013-12-10T08:22:49.953-08:002013-12-10T08:22:49.953-08:00Thanks David, hopefully we won't go colder, al...Thanks David, hopefully we won't go colder, although it's been known to happen.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-45042230745702176452013-12-10T08:21:56.957-08:002013-12-10T08:21:56.957-08:00Careful don't let them freeze like that!Careful don't let them freeze like that!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-89982067760673871282013-12-10T04:25:44.054-08:002013-12-10T04:25:44.054-08:00I hope there is luck and that many of your tender ...I hope there is luck and that many of your tender plants make it through this event. I´ve had the same type of event at my garden but as I don´t live in the same place where I have the garden and I have to drive a few hours to get there, I haven´t been able to protect the plants enough... I´m fearing what will happen... ah, and I´ve got freezing temperatures and hungry goats around...Lisa C. D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12172903134507691227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-60404152855201571552013-12-10T04:22:51.353-08:002013-12-10T04:22:51.353-08:00DG, I surely feel for you. My plants are all appro...DG, I surely feel for you. My plants are all appropriately zoned for our fierce winter temps and winds. When a hail storm, mid July, dropping dime to quarter size hail destroys the very living things you have nurtured into beautiful blooming plants, you feel sick. However, an older lady across the street who has gardened her whole life, full of green thumb wisdom, told me to give my plants a good liquid fertilizer. I did and they bounced back. We all know that nature bats last, but I just try to be in the outfield to catch the ball and have her ruled "out" before she gets to home base.<br />CheyDesignGuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-1159658232623487302013-12-10T00:59:22.975-08:002013-12-10T00:59:22.975-08:00Rooting for your great efforts, Danger G! That it ...Rooting for your great efforts, Danger G! That it was cold before your uber-freeze is good...that <32F duration is more than Abq or here get, but we go colder, too...the way some of those plants photographed does bring back memories of the last 5 years at the old place. A good lesson and some nice surprises, I bet...and where there are holes, I know you have an alt:plan! ("Loree abhors a vacuum")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-20927885376453859012013-12-09T23:05:13.536-08:002013-12-09T23:05:13.536-08:00Ah just a mere technicality of the calendar. If it...Ah just a mere technicality of the calendar. If it talks like a winter and walks like a winter than winter it is. Just think, that means spring begins March 1st this year...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-15804178114547246432013-12-09T23:02:42.293-08:002013-12-09T23:02:42.293-08:00It's not even winter yet :(It's not even winter yet :(Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777671876067135523noreply@blogger.com