The names of people and places in this blog have been changed to protect the privacy of the characters.
I dont care about my own privacy, if I did, I would not have a blog so I am really John.
Had you been a tick on my head today, you would have spent the day upside down because my main task for the day at Shuo and Hoa's farm was to support the sugarsnap peas with two strings strung between stakes which are set in a row at ten foot intervals. The strings need to be attached to the first stake and then you slide the string on the snap pea plants kind of back pedaling till you get to a stake, then you throw your ball of twine around the stake to make a loop around the stake and continue so on down the row till you get to the end stake; then you come back up the row with your string on the other side, so that the peas are supported on both sides. Now, during all this my head was down because I had to bend over to manipulate
the string. Huo being Chinese might have done the job by squatting rather than bending over.
But though I have tried, I have yet to be comfortable sustaining a squatting position. Could it be that's ones height has a bearing on the ability to squat comfortably? Could Oriental body part ratios be such that squatting is more comfortable for them? Or is it an ability that is hereditary? All that was today.
Tomorrow The Brocks:
May 22nd, 2013
Here we are the next day, I thought that I didn't have anything to tell you about today but in fact I do. On my way to M&S cruising out of xville a pure white Clematis blossom stared at me. I made a mental note to try and get some seed from it but lets see what the authorities say whoops! It wont "come true" from seed. In other words the seed from my white clematis might not give me white clematis blossoms. If I want to be sure of getting white Clematis I need to Propagate it by cutting. Whether I have what it takes to nurture the cutting from no roots to roots and safely introduce it into the Landscape is a big question. But since you are watching I just might. In any case we need to wait untill the new growth (as opposed to last years growth) has a chance to become semi-mature before we take the cutting. The literature makes mention of the "string bean quality" where the shoot will snap like a fresh string bean, not bend like an old stringbean. So here we have a Project. I 'm trying to use Projects to increase my horticultural understanding. Actually to me everything is a Project. I soaked some climbing Nasturtium sees last night. My Project is not to forget I have them soaking and get them in the ground this morning. The Clematis Project would be a little more complex.
(1) I have to remember to collect the cuttings at the proper time and this
May 29th 2013
Hi I am johlucmoha, my blogger name for John's blog. John wanted to research the Clematis, which I find very interesting.. The Clematis is a family member of the buttercup which is called in Greek Ranunculaceae meaning vine. There are 250 species and numerous garden hybrids, their genus mostly woody, it is also a deciduous climbing plants and few are evergreen and herbaceous.
Variety in flower form, color, bloom season, foliage effect and plant height their leaves opposite on the stem. There are three general flower forms, small white flowers , loose and irregular spreading clusters, bell or urn-shaped flowers and flat or open flower. Can survive twenty five years or more. Garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners. They are mainly of Chinese and Japanese origin.
In English they are known as Clematis. In North American they are also known as Leather Flower or Vase Vine.
