What’s going on in your garden (2025)?

SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
I wait until they have died back naturally, and then trim the stems down when they start to show the first signs of new growth in spring. My Grannie taught me to wait for that new growth, so you knew which way the highest growth was pointing for when you cut the stem back (you can control the shape of a rose bush by this manner - I don't think I have explanined that very well, but basically where you trim the rose back to, that top bud will be the dominant growth and if it is on the inside of the stem, the rose will have growth going upwards more towards vertical, where as if the top new growth is an outside bud, it will spread more outwards than up vertically.... yeah - that explanation probably still has not worked.)

you still need to remove all leaves and litter though to reduce the pests. It is just the timing of when to cut back those main stems
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Thank you for your explanation, I only grow roses in this house starting 2020, before that I thought my soil is only suitable for zeriscape plants like cacti, rosemary, etc.

But really I just hack my roses down, they dont die back here at all. I removed all the branches that I crossed over.
 
SoCalZone10 said:
Thank you for your explanation, I only grow roses in this house starting 2020, before that I thought my soil is only suitable for zeriscape plants like cacti, rosemary, etc.

But really I just hack my roses down, they dont die back here at all. I removed all the branches that I crossed over.
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where do you live? or what does SoCal stand for? It is not one I am familar with
 
Just cut these green onions and realized for the first time, I haven’t been very smart regarding growing these green onions. I started them with supermarket green onions, cut the roots and planted them down, when they start having flowers, I just pinched them off, they put the energy into growing bulbs, but after a while the bulb part splits into 3 green onions again. In the past, I pulled the whole plants and discard the roots, now I just cut them off and the cycle will continue, and I can have green onions all winter.
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badjak said:
We got a thing called devil's thorn and it's a real nuisance
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My nuisance is called Guinea grass. I imagine it's like elephant grass. Grows 4ft high and the birdies spread the seeds quicker than you can say "seeds". Then it takes over the lawns.
 
kangaroo grass here. kangaroos can hide behind it, it is that large... but the real pain is runner grass.... its roots can stay underground for 3-5m and pop up somewhere else.

I did harvest a handful of raspberries last night to have with breakfast this morning. In theory the whole lot need picking. The plan had been in the cool of this morning, but that cool never arrived, so I will pick some more tonight, as it is going dark. Just enough for tomorrow's breakfast and repeat.

Otherwise I am taking an unplanned break from the garden, as are most things. The "lawn" is primarily brown. The rural fire service advise you water your lawns now to act has a barrier between you and a bush fire. Sadly they do not say how to when you only have tank water for drinking and must conserve it.
 
Barriehie said:
We've got runner grass here and it's a pain for sure. That stuff will grow behind walls and come out inside the house...
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I don't go under the house to find that out! ( this aussie house and my last one, don't sit on the ground, both are rasied off the ground. this one is bricked in, the other one was not).
 
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