#Composting
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David,
About the jade – it is so succulent that you might have trouble with it
clogging a shredder. You might try digging it up and letting it dry out
prior to shredding. The drying out would serve a double purpose – drying
it out and shredding it would greatly reduce the chance of it being a
problem in the compost pile.
Alison
Ellen gasped when I read her that message about the jade tree….here in
Vermont we have a monster jade tree (4 x 4) and the though of letting
anything happen to it after 15 years….oh, california.
Not quite sure what you meant by the "oh, California" at the end of your
message, but if you were thinking that out here we do something as
distructive as digging up something that is in an inappropriate place, I
guess I (and by implication the entire state) is guilty. I better check
with you before changing anything else in my yard. I would not want to
shock you any more than I have… David
Please don't be so sensitive; I meant that only in California could you
even HAVE a jade tree in the yard. That was the most amazing thing we saw
when we went out "there" ("here" to you, right?) was naturalized
nasturtiums and geraniums, rosemary hedges (it is killed outright here, by
late October) and all of the crassulas, not just Jade Trees, growing
unprotected outdoors.
It was not a matter of sensitivity, but a misunderstanding of your message.
— David
I'm a native Pennsylvanian who moved to San Francisco in 1970, via New York
City and London. I still am amazed at the year-round hummingbirds and
woodland strawberries, salvias in bloom at Christmas, etc. On my last trip
to Pennsylvania, I noticed how big the plants were in the summer in gardens
I visited. Maybe the dormancy over winter causes them to get so big so
fast, when it finally warms up. Here the same plants grow year round, but
not so big (here meaning fog belt San Francisco).
Our delphinium certainly draw notice from people that visit from mellower
climates….
Shep, I had the same reaction about ripping out the jade tree. I'm in the
Phila area. What about all the Ficus Benjamina that grows out in
California? It seems so funny to see all these "houseplants" growing in
huge form, right in the ground!
Sure does, but watch your tongue; they're sensitive about their climate out
there….<g>
I know what you mean, Shep. After growing up in Oregon, I moved to
California. I was amazed at the plant material I saw growing
outdoors…plants that I had coaxed along indoors were flourishing outdoors
with very little effort. I love Vermont, but I do miss gardening in
California. (My apologies to Ellen's jade <g>).
Shepherd, your "monster" is our mini. I've seen jade bushes growing on
hillsides around here that are absolutely humongous — probably someone put
one leaf outside 20 years ago and off it went, like kudzu (well, almost
<gr>)…
Better watch those runaway consonants…hard to tell if that <gr> is a grin
<g> or a growl, now…..
🙂 Is this better? Or is it (: hard to remember <g>
Thanks. I will put it out of the rain (which we are thankfully getting
tonight) and let it dry out. – David