http://www.rainyside.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Pacific Northwest Garden Forum : Last 10 Posts Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:08:15 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 8.05 30 www.rainyside.com/forum//RSS_topic_feed.asp http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5081&PID=32498#32498 Author: silver_ creek
Subject: Exbury Azalea Suggestions
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 7:39pm

My favorite (maybe not technically an Exbury) is Jolie Madame. Also a fan of Soir de Paris.]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:33 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5081&PID=32498#32498 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5082&PID=32497#32497 Author: mdvaden
Subject: Back Yard Makeover
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 6:28pm

My work is small and medium pruning to about 35' tall trees. And I refer all the pruning or removals beyond that to Justin.]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:28:20 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5082&PID=32497#32497 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5082&PID=32496#32496 Author: JeanneK
Subject: Back Yard Makeover
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 6:19pm

Nice work, MD! Confused about why you are having Roots and Shoots coming to remove the trees. Don't you have a crew?]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:19:29 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5082&PID=32496#32496 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5077&PID=32495#32495 Author: onsafari
Subject: Seed Starting secrets?
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 5:31pm

Do you have any tricks for raising and lowering the lights? I've read that they should remain 3" above the plants, but adjusting the chain (which I'm doing right now, loop by loop) seems to be the most manual part.]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:31:42 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5077&PID=32495#32495 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5080&PID=32494#32494 Author: Joy C
Subject: trellis for pole beans!
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 3:47pm

Wise lady! Dont mess with the builder!]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:47:32 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5080&PID=32494#32494 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5082&PID=32493#32493 Author: mdvaden
Subject: Back Yard Makeover
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 3:34pm

When we moved here almost 2 years ago, we changed the front yard over the course of a year. But little with the back. Last week, we made a huge change. The building is a detached guest room we built last autumn. On blocks to ease the root system of the Douglas fir. The veggie garden is to the right. Roots and Shoots tree service will be here within 2 weeks to remove two big trees planted too close together, and too near the power lines. We have 3 dogs, so this design will hold up pretty good. Now I'm itching to get around to a substantial vegetable garden for the first time if several years. A few Miscanthus and a few small trees will be added after the tree work is completed.

Learned something from this. The decorative rock is much more reflective than grass or bark mulch. And the back north rooms of our house are illuminated better now. A benefit that we did not realize until this week.

Below, is the before pic upload. And 2 after pics inserted from my album.









Edited by mdvaden - yesterday at 3:37pm]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:34:04 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5082&PID=32493#32493 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5081&PID=32492#32492 Author: Earth Child
Subject: Exbury Azalea Suggestions
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 11:08am

I now have room in my landscaping for an Exbury (sp?) Azalea or 2 or 3. Any suggestions on which ones and where to purchase? I'm in the Cascade Foothills about 700feet elevation.]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:08:10 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5081&PID=32492#32492 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5080&PID=32491#32491 Author: Earth Child
Subject: trellis for pole beans!
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 10:55am

Wow! Thanks for the good suggestions on the trellis. The traditional teepee looks like how I remember seeing them done as a kid but I think I'll end up going with whatever my hubby decides is best to build. Thanks again.]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:55:37 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5080&PID=32491#32491 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5080&PID=32490#32490 Author: gary
Subject: trellis for pole beans!
Posted: Mar-19-2010 at 3:04am

I use (3 ea.) 2x4 vertical's "deck screwed" from the outside on the bed frame; 3 of them along the 14 foot long sides (4-foot wide). At the top, I have 2x2 horizontals attached to the verticals with a 20 penny nails inserted down drilled holes. At the bottom of the verticals, I have a wire attached a few inches above the ground.

The supports are diagonal braced to the opposite wood side. (As my son said the first year I got them 8-foot high, "That makes a big sail." It did fall one day but simply "lay down" without pulling any vines. Made the braces and "raised" it again like a barn wall.

Each season I 'weave hemp' twine up/down between the cross bar and the wire. The weight of the beans holds the crossbar on the verticals. After harvest, I simply cut the twine and compost vines and all. I unscrew the supports and store them.

If you use a frame like Joy describes, you do need the LARGE openings to pick and the beans to grow through. I have seen chicken wire used and you must have access to both sides to pick the harvest. And the beans can get 'caught' and deformed as they grow.

My beds run east/west. I plant peas along a north side to avoid shading other plants in the bed. I plant beans along a south side so the beans will shade the 'high summer' lettuce crop.

I have seen other folks grow beans on one frame in front of soon to be harvested peas. I'd do this on your best sun side (south in my case) so that your soil will be warm enough to get them to sprout.

My 2x4 vertical approach allows me to grow the beans taller than most other frames. Beans will over grow most any frame. I now give them more than 8 feet from the soil and pick with help from a short orchard ladder. I have experimented with 'pruning' the vines at the top of the frame and now 'feel' that it makes the vine sprout more flowers lower on the vine.

Newer readers need to know that I am 6'-4" can still flat-hand an 8' ceiling so temper the above dimensions to your situation. Also pole beans can give a pound of harvest every 2-3 days from just FIVE row feet. With up to a 60 day harvest season, you may want to start small. And don't get behind in the harvest because beans will "shut down" if they have some mature pods.]]> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:04:05 +0000 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5080&PID=32490#32490 http://www.rainyside.com/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=5080&PID=32489#32489 Author: silver_ creek
Subject: trellis for pole beans!
Posted: Mar-18-2010 at 6:46am

I use teepees of bamboo. 3 long pieces tied together near the top, then the legs pushed into the ground. I set up multiple teepees off center. Last year we grew lots of pole beans- one 4x25 bed. 3 teepees of roma type snap beans (Musica) and the rest shelling beans (Speckled Cranberry). Here they are mid-July. You can't see the tops of the teepees in this shot; each one is about 12' tall.



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