My Angel Trumpets will have a nice surprise soon when they are covered with a new shadehouse I'm building with the help of friends during the Christmas Holidays.  When completed there will be just under 9,000 sq ft of growing space under the cover of shade cloth.  During the winter growing season a layer of clear poly will add additional protection should we have sub-freezing weather.The toughest part of the construction project was sinking 80 sixteen foot 4x4's amongst my brugmansia.  Our ...

This weekend I decided to make a dent in my fall propagating schedule and here's the result:I ended up filling 48 trays of assorted Angel Trumpets.  Each tray has 50 cells so that equals 2,400 potential brugmansia plants.  Add that total to the ones I did a few weeks ago and I'll already have over 3,000 liners ready to pot up in spring.  That number should double next month when I start phase two of my propagation schedule.

Not the feline type, I like four legged cats.  I'm talking about the linear cats, as in caterpillars!This summer I have been fighting what appears to be a losing battle with these pests.  I've already had three major infestations and with all the moths and butterflies I've seen flying around the past couple of days, I'm sure the 4th is only a week or two away.Last week I resorted to chemical warfare in hopes of knocking them down fast.  Spraying is a pain in the butt!  It takes close to 50 ...

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