Donna asks…
I bought some paeony roots and was going to plant them. The package says to plant in spring after last frost?
When I googled it and read the different gardening tips, they say that the best time to plant them is in the fall. Does it really matter one way or another if I plant them now or wait until September?
What are the pros and cons?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Plant them now, they need to be in the soil. That will give them the chance to get some roots down. If you keep them in the packet until the fall they will have died.
Beulah
Betty asks…
how to train ivy to grow up a fence?
Need help with some gardening tips, I’ve just bought 3 ivy plants, their still rather small and I want to train them to climb a fence (that already has trellis) how do I go about it cos like I said there still small? PLEASE HELP 
Also the fence is not in the dirt so I can’t dig under it
Also the fence is not in the dirt so I can’t dig under it
GardenersCardiff answers:
Ivy will do what it does naturally and climb up your fence and trellis all by itself. Just tilt the plants towards the fence as you plant them and they will quickly find the way. As they get bigger and grow up the trellis they will cling to it horizontally as well as upwards.
Ruth asks…
Do people say they Like GARDENING because they just have to do little things unlike Gardeners who do it asJob?
My father is a gardener. I help him sometimes, we go to rich people’s houses and all day long we have to be in the hot sun, kind of treated like d*gs, actually worse( because nowadays many people treat their dogs like their kids). Sometimes we have to trim trees, and carry bunch of branches and loads on our backs , and for this reason we get Injured at times, sometimes extreme neck pain etc. Many times though, it’s a great feeling you get by cutting grass, watering plants,…that’s like the easy part but then there’s other annoying, hard, and tiring, and dangerous things we have to do. So, I don’t like garderning that much, unless it’s my house cause my house just has a lawn and some plants and it’s simple. But what i see is many people in TV make it seem like gardening is Fun, because all they do is work with little plants, plant little flowers or something and that’s it( Example: Good morning America news show Gardening tips lady), when actually gardening is pretty hellish.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Many people who say they like gardening enjoy even the hard stuff.
It really depends on what type of gardening you like.
I like trees and Bonsai. Collecting wild trees to turn into bonsai is as hard as anything you described – nothing like digging up a 5-10 foot tree without destroying tis roots!
It really depends on what type of gardening you like.
I would also arguwe that someone who spends hours a day in their garen planting flowers and weeding is working just as hard as I am getting those trees. Spending hours crouched over or kneeling in a garden can cause just as many back problems as you are describing.
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