Comments on: slideshow: beloved conifers http://awaytogarden.com/slideshow-beloved-conifers Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joan http://awaytogarden.com/slideshow-beloved-conifers/comment-page-1#comment-42335 Joan Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:47:13 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=4288#comment-42335 I have this mature yew hedge, 50 year old, made up of I think 15 shrubs, 8 of which were badly mangled by a truck this winter. It lines a driveway, takes the brunt of the west winds and sun, and offers birds a place to hunker down. I now have an impending deer problem, so replacing it with yew is probably not advisable. I need something that could be kept about 6' and take the wind. Any suggestions? Your trees are gorgeous, but too tall for this situation. I'm on the north shore of LI, near Stony Brook. I have this mature yew hedge, 50 year old, made up of I think 15 shrubs, 8 of which were badly mangled by a truck this winter. It lines a driveway, takes the brunt of the west winds and sun, and offers birds a place to hunker down. I now have an impending deer problem, so replacing it with yew is probably not advisable. I need something that could be kept about 6′ and take the wind. Any suggestions?

Your trees are gorgeous, but too tall for this situation.

I’m on the north shore of LI, near Stony Brook.

]]> By: margaret http://awaytogarden.com/slideshow-beloved-conifers/comment-page-1#comment-6394 margaret Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:40:52 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=4288#comment-6394 @Jayne: When I need fertilizer, I simply use the brand available at the local farm and garden supply place (after reading the label to see what's inside). I like a fertilizer with multiple ingredients so that not all the nutrients are released at the same time (so it might have several kinds of meals, a manure, and various other items listed as what it's "derived from"). <a href="http://www.espoma.com/" rel="nofollow">Espoma brand </a>is popular here and widely available in my region in the large bags I need, for example, in different formulas (like for bulbs, vegetables...). As for the conifers, I don't really feed them regularly at all, but the times I have fed one or another, I have chosen a formula geared to their needs. @Jayne: When I need fertilizer, I simply use the brand available at the local farm and garden supply place (after reading the label to see what’s inside). I like a fertilizer with multiple ingredients so that not all the nutrients are released at the same time (so it might have several kinds of meals, a manure, and various other items listed as what it’s “derived from”). Espoma brand is popular here and widely available in my region in the large bags I need, for example, in different formulas (like for bulbs, vegetables…). As for the conifers, I don’t really feed them regularly at all, but the times I have fed one or another, I have chosen a formula geared to their needs.

]]> By: Jayne Rogers http://awaytogarden.com/slideshow-beloved-conifers/comment-page-1#comment-6243 Jayne Rogers Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:22:20 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=4288#comment-6243 Your conifers are amazing; what do you feed them? And now that April is here, may I ask what organic fertilizer you are using on your beds this year, and where do you get it? A visit to Home Depot was not satisfying in that regard! Your conifers are amazing; what do you feed them? And now that April is here, may I ask what organic fertilizer you are using on your beds this year, and where do you get it? A visit to Home Depot was not satisfying in that regard!

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