Sunday, July 24, 2005

Think I'll become a rhizome farmer!!

You know what rhizomes are, don't you? Sounds biological, but it's just growing irises-the flower! They don't have bulbs, they have rhizomes. I was out planting some rhizomes that I purchased on eBay. I was talking to myself (in my head) and I thought, if I could grow all these neat varieties on our acre of land that we don't really use, I could sell them and make a mint! I paid roughly $3-4 each for them. If I only sold 10 a week, that could be an easy $40!!! It's definitely something we could think about. I'll have to Google iris growers/growing. I grew them in the past and they were gorgeous.
I didn't go to my Mom's today. She suggested tomorrow, just in case she needs to go to the doctor. She had a rough night last night. I still say she should put calomine lotion on the lesions, but the doctor said not to. I read in a number of places where it is okay. She is popping pain pills like crazy. Damn shingles.

2comments:

  • At 8:06 PM, Blogger Sandy said…

    Hi Diane, (hydrangea comment). I meant a hard frost might have killed your buds on the bush. Or if you prune in the spring you are pruning off the flowers on some varieties. Hydrangea'Annabelle' blooms on new wood so it wouldn't matter. Some bloom on old wood(most mopheads). There is a new variety called Endless Summer that blooms on old and new. Very cool but expensive. Another thing you could try next spring is distress the roots abit. Dig around it like you are going to move it. Sometimes a little stress makes them smarten up. This also works well for wisteria that doesn't want to bloom. I threatened mine with removal if it didn't bloom this year. It believed me because it is the first time it's bloomed in four years!!1

     
  • At 8:07 PM, Blogger Sandy said…

    P.S. I'm sorry your mom isn't feeling well. My grandma had shingles and it is really painful. I hope she is feeling better soon.

     

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