tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post6468086061671959553..comments2023-08-16T18:56:13.685+10:00Comments on diary of a suburban gardener: remembering and pruningSue Catminthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-85241049542373178312018-01-14T22:37:31.302+11:002018-01-14T22:37:31.302+11:00simply and beautifully put, Stasher. I vastly pref...simply and beautifully put, Stasher. I vastly prefer restricting growth to having to coax plants to grow.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-64223364659109382832018-01-14T07:09:20.344+11:002018-01-14T07:09:20.344+11:00Plants just want to grow... I love pruning!!!Plants just want to grow... I love pruning!!!Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-74388738292649104362018-01-06T13:22:32.458+11:002018-01-06T13:22:32.458+11:00I'm a peasant too. We're very lucky to be ...I'm a peasant too. We're very lucky to be able to get our hands dirty, and have the most wonderful hobby in the world, aren't we? And the second best hobby - blogging about it!Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-50838405602107299972018-01-06T13:20:32.516+11:002018-01-06T13:20:32.516+11:00They never had much money. I think it just didn...They never had much money. I think it just didn't occur to them to do it themselves. When I got a garden and started gardening at first my mother used to get very anxious that I would damage it if I cut things back. And once she saw an ant and said let's spray it! Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-32231488960132070662018-01-06T13:15:38.663+11:002018-01-06T13:15:38.663+11:00That's funny. I used to offer to help my elde...That's funny. I used to offer to help my elderly mother in law out with her small garden, but she never trusted me!Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-32541813158899846622018-01-06T13:13:31.334+11:002018-01-06T13:13:31.334+11:00I think people who think this must be afraid of th...I think people who think this must be afraid of the soil and see it as dangerous dirt. They also probably keep the insecticide industry profitable. Later in life my mother changed and tended to her garden herself, but it was kind of an extension of cleaning the house. It was a very neat (clean) garden.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-25451579608147218472018-01-06T13:09:52.047+11:002018-01-06T13:09:52.047+11:00Thanks for the comment, Helene, I also feel more ...Thanks for the comment, Helene, I also feel more confident than I used to. It's still trial and error, but less so.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-40877223849650086302018-01-06T13:08:09.552+11:002018-01-06T13:08:09.552+11:00Hi SB, I suppose once our gardens are reasonably ...Hi SB, I suppose once our gardens are reasonably established we spend more time pushing it back than filling it in. I think my parents' gardener must have been what Elephant's Child calls a testosterone pruner!Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-64879150863040824262018-01-06T13:03:05.624+11:002018-01-06T13:03:05.624+11:00Ditto - big challenge!Ditto - big challenge!Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-8427078664697990042018-01-06T13:01:48.772+11:002018-01-06T13:01:48.772+11:00Lovely to hear from you, Nadezda.Lovely to hear from you, Nadezda.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-40483685602971929962018-01-06T13:00:46.859+11:002018-01-06T13:00:46.859+11:00I am tempted to give them a short back and sides o...I am tempted to give them a short back and sides often because then it will be longer before they'll need anything done to them again. When I prune I do it with secateurs so it is a silent and hopefully relaxed process. Thought bubble: I wonder why it's called pruning?Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-22712078881565010052018-01-06T12:56:47.959+11:002018-01-06T12:56:47.959+11:00Ugly phase is a good way of putting it. I think I ...Ugly phase is a good way of putting it. I think I just try to see into the future, the potential beauty. I never understand how some public gardens always looks so non-ugly.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-75112344232094051012018-01-06T12:52:49.524+11:002018-01-06T12:52:49.524+11:00thanks for comment, fellow softy.thanks for comment, fellow softy.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-66607788351178593372018-01-02T04:51:52.608+11:002018-01-02T04:51:52.608+11:00I am so glad that I am also a peasant. Its a toss ...I am so glad that I am also a peasant. Its a toss up as to whether its pruning or watering plants in pots that I am worst at.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104382970502166560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-17515212908488494082018-01-02T04:36:54.054+11:002018-01-02T04:36:54.054+11:00I can't afford a gardener. Guess I'm a pea...I can't afford a gardener. Guess I'm a peasant.Southern Rural Routehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430194665015313809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-90096842206276172522018-01-02T03:44:09.756+11:002018-01-02T03:44:09.756+11:00Happy New Year Sue! I love pruning.Many people are...Happy New Year Sue! I love pruning.Many people are scared of pruning. I often ask for the secateurs when I visit family. That scares them :-) They are afraid that their prized plants will never recover. DeniseNoNiwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151487710457819435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-90493231661066152862018-01-01T16:42:15.505+11:002018-01-01T16:42:15.505+11:00Happy New Year! I enjoyed this post. I have always...Happy New Year! I enjoyed this post. I have always thought of gardening as a wonderful hobby for even the most sophisticated person, and I was shocked when a good friend, from Taiwan, revealed that same attitude that only the lower class get their hands dirty in the garden! I am working hard to change her attitude! I particularly LOVE pruning!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-10787669620937523002018-01-01T10:39:45.436+11:002018-01-01T10:39:45.436+11:00I think the more experienced you get as a gardener...I think the more experienced you get as a gardener the harder you dare to prune....and an inexperienced gardener is often too scared to prune enough - not counting macho butchering landscape gardeners with power tools ;-)<br />I feel more confident rejuvenating and hard pruning trees and bushes than I did in the past, but there are times when I ask Google for help with when to do it and how much to cut. And most things grow out again if you take too much! <br />All the best for the new gardening year :-)HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-6018733911778440832017-12-31T11:52:16.445+11:002017-12-31T11:52:16.445+11:00I didn't even know there was such a thing as i...I didn't even know there was such a thing as ivy geraniums! <br /><br />I spend a lot of my time in the garden cutting stuff back; the majority of stuff is weedy plants that are growing where I don't want them and dead wood on the roses. Like your geraniums my prairie roses have a lot of dead wood underneath. What a pain, literally.<br /><br />That's kind of funny that your parents had a gardener who kept the garden from looking as pretty as it could. <br /><br />Happy New Year! sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-23698217049777671552017-12-31T08:57:06.404+11:002017-12-31T08:57:06.404+11:00I battle with training trees (yes, guilty, too big...I battle with training trees (yes, guilty, too big for our garden) to fit, and still look like a smaller and lighter version of themselves.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-32494730182057466202017-12-31T06:56:49.271+11:002017-12-31T06:56:49.271+11:00Hello, catmint!
I do remember when I'm pruning...Hello, catmint!<br />I do remember when I'm pruning something I do this very hard, the plants don't look nice. Happy New Year, wish you good health and success in gardening! Glad you liked the Russian Christmas song.Nadezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159291982383302922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-90530814508509715492017-12-31T06:42:41.967+11:002017-12-31T06:42:41.967+11:00Snap on the not good on training things. And I of...Snap on the not good on training things. And I often leave pruning longer than I should.<br />Garden time is amazingly restorative isn't it? For us, and hopefully the garden. <br />Testosterone driven pruning is a scary thing though. I can remember my father pruning a camellia, saying it would flower better later. It did. Five years later. The intervening years it was flower free.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-8049649789377336112017-12-31T05:35:50.338+11:002017-12-31T05:35:50.338+11:00I always struggle with the aesthetics of the pruni...I always struggle with the aesthetics of the pruning/grooming process in the garden too. My own ivy geraniums are badly in need of a good clean-up but, even knowing they'll be better off in the long run if I get to it, the interim ugly phase has me hesitating. Ditto with clumps of gray Santolina in need of a hard-core clipping. However, the gardeners who maintain my hedges never hesitate when they have electric shears in hand, which 2 weeks ago had them hacking up a large Leucadendron 'Wilson's Wonder' (which they apparently mistook as hedge material) just as the plant's winter yellow bracts and cones were forming. Afterwards, I seriously considered whether I should fire the gardeners and manage my own hedges - but then nothing probably would ever get trimmed and I'd soon be living in a thicket...Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-5314533968501368532017-12-31T00:40:31.193+11:002017-12-31T00:40:31.193+11:00Haha, good story. I´m not good either in training ...Haha, good story. I´m not good either in training and pruning plants. Come only into action<br />when they have actually grown to a mess. The same about with my children and certainly my<br />dog, I think I´m a softy.....<br />Wish you a Healthy and Happy New Gardening Year!<br />Janneke https://www.blogger.com/profile/11056916431881916066noreply@blogger.com