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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
09:04 AM Post #7016695
| Good morning Gypsies, Rebels and Friends. Welcome to part number...welcome, I don't remember what part this is...grin
In yesterday's episode...JJ's finished the BR project and chased the children out of the corn...
Kassy got ready to tour the 40...finally,grin...and changed out the potpourri...LOL
Rachel returned and I proceeded to confuse her completely with goldfish and guppy plants...I'm so sorry
Jim lead a Hootenanny and did what he does best...makes folks feel better
Lynnie killed white flies on the corn and rewarded herself with dark chocolate...way to go Lynnie
Dave brought us tons of beauties to look at and shared his vast knowledge of plants...what a guy...grin
Venice led us in a wake for Wilty...Lambic and Tequila all around...Farewell with the fairies Wilty...grin
Trina continued the battle of the Buh-zillion plants...I know they all have names...lol
Flowers joined the band and celebrated with snickers and Pepsi...
Smileymom pondered a name change...waiting to greet the new and improved moniker...who will she be? GRIN
Ican, babeegirl, Cat, dixiegril and Chezca were all off in other pursuits...what could be more important than Basil????
and I did what I do best...proceeded to bring everyone to the same level of confusion I work at...sorry guys...it will happen again...LOL
If I missed anyone, I am so sorry, just remember who is typing this and know it was not intentional...Grin
I think that brings us up to date...shall we dance?
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flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 02, 2009
09:20 AM Post #7016739
| can you rhumba??? |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 02, 2009
09:24 AM Post #7016747
| I can do the hokey pokey and turn myself around. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 02, 2009
09:32 AM Post #7016770
| gotta tell this one guys, When I was about 14 paper everything was in, (curtains,clothes,tablecloths you name it) Well I found some pretty gold and silver paper and decided to make me a mini skirt, pants and a vest of this pretty paper. I cut a pattern out by hand and sewed by hand. Not bad looked pretty good with a nice silk blouse. Well to make a long story short, Went to the teen center for a dance with my gold mini skirt and vest. Well started to dance to "Wipe out", we had a live band and I was trying to impress the drummer whom I was infactuated with. Honeyyyyy that stuff started coming apart at the seems, needless to say I went home early from that dance lol Moral of this story is always wear leggins when wearing paper skirt and dancing to wipeout |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
09:55 AM Post #7016830
| LOL...sounds like your skirt was a wipe out, Flowers...
Good morning. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 02, 2009
09:57 AM Post #7016837
| to say the least, but did get the drummers attention and we dated lol |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 02, 2009
10:02 AM Post #7016855
| How are you this morning fairing well I hope. Can't stay in here long just had to put my two cents in. Have a Good day |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:04 AM Post #7016862
| Morning all
Flowers good thing there wasn't a rain storm on the way home! lol
Happy Birthday Kassy.
Great job on the update Moon.
Somewhere I missed the hootenanny.
Found this growing,( the big plant), don't know where it come from, wasn't there couple weeks ago. Weed?
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flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 02, 2009
10:12 AM Post #7016878
| You got that right Jis, don't know what that is but its getting ready to bloom |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:14 AM Post #7016882
| Columbine anyone?
I gave away 23 of these when hey first came up this spring, hoping to thin them out. Two years ago I transplanted 3 back here and now I got this.
For those who are afraid the preen will stop seeds in the spring I use it every year right after my plants come up and again in about late july. Didn't stop these from multiplying.
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:14 AM Post #7016884
| JJs, good morning. Jim said in his last post somewhere around here (grin, can't keep up) that they went to visit a shut-in and sang a few songs and played his guitar last night. I know I probably left out a lot of stuff, but there is always a lot going on...grin BTW Kassy's B-day is in March, sorry for the confusion...see I told you I was good at that...LOL
Don't remember the name, but am sure it is a weed...what good plant would grow so well and have so many buds that fast? Looks like it would just love to explode seeds everywhere...lol
See ya later Flowers |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:18 AM Post #7016894
| Wow. got a couple to spare don't ya. I have yet to be able to successfully grow columbines...think it might be the heat and humidity and this gardener's general laziness...grin
Please tell me that is a bit of garden art and not a live lizard attacking your fence...grin |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 02, 2009
10:21 AM Post #7016904
| Hey lets start a lets trade weeds forem, I have lots that I could send, but if ya get my black eyed susans I cut down in the mix I want em back lol |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:22 AM Post #7016908
| Story of my life day late dollar short.
Couldn't think of anything that would grow that good, but then sometimes I forget where I stick things. I was taking pics the other day DH asked why. I said so e don't pull up any more flowers next spring thinking they are weeds. LOL
So I should pull that creature now? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:24 AM Post #7016923
| Good morning everybody...sorry i'm late I got my broom cuaght in the door!!
No seriously I am so bad I was ADDING plants to my want list...as if I don't have enough already!
But on the plus side...My husband is setting the footings for my year round greenhouse/conservatory this morning...yeah for me! But it won't be done until spring not soon enough to rescue my "gift" plants but I am starting to win that battle ... or at least I think I am...wooohoo |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:30 AM Post #7016944
| I would...but then I am liable to pull up anything that looks like it could take over. Had an aquaintence ask if she could store a few plants in my green house last year while she was moving...dummy me said sure, no problem...I now have 17 new weeds that are about to eat my garden alive...including some kind of grass that got in one bed and while we were gone this summer took slap over. I have been spraying, cutting, ripping and cussing and still haven't managed to get rid of it...so pushy it is swallowing the bee balm.
My DHJim thought he could get out of helping with the weeding by pulling up a few seedlings...took pictures of the weeds that needed to go and handed them to him...told him it was a guide to a happy marriage...grin |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:31 AM Post #7016947
| Thats not all of them. Maybe Trina will want some.
Yep garden art, but years back my son did have a iquana, stunk to high heaven, ( he wouldn't keep cage clean) I opened the window and the cage and chased him out and down the street so he wouldn't be able to find it. Was a site to behold I'm sure.lol
I have alot of that grass that creeps everywhere too, if ya want some. Can't get rid of it.
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:33 AM Post #7016962
| Good morning Trina...you sound really positive this morning..."good" night's sleep? grin Congrats on the conservatory...I am envious. Would love to have an attached plant house. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:37 AM Post #7016975
| he thought he was gonna get away with something small, then I showed him how big some of my tropicals get...I told him next he can start building one on the property I own in Missouri...33 acres surely there's room for a very large one right?
And yes JJ I'll take some columbine! front yards done time to start on the back. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:40 AM Post #7016991
| Yep thats a bowling ball. Just got 5 more. Going to make a catipillar out of them. working on a lady bug now.
I have my yard sprayed every sprng because the creeping charlie in my neighbors yard is terrible and tries to come over and even that doesn't kill that grass. We call it watergrass but don't know what it really is. Sprayed for crabgrass that didn't kill it either.
Well I better head for the grocery store or there will be no supper tonight .
Catch you all later.
Have a Great Day. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:40 AM Post #7016995
| As we say in the south, JJs, You are too kind...grin No thank you. I have enough of my own personal green hellions out there.
I had an Iguana named Ignatius, Iggy for short (how original, LOL). He was a lovely pet, but we left him with a sitter service when we went on vacation, and they cleaned out his cage and decided to use kitty litter to "keep the cage fresh". Iguana's eat by scooping up their food...Iggy scooped up a bunch of kitty litter and it shredded his esophagus and stomach. My SIL was in Vet school at the time and she took him in to Necropsy and see why he died...said she couldn't tell if he bled to death or starved to death, but it was a buckdancer's choice as to cause...Critter sitter service said...oh so sorry, you owe us $75 for pet care...guess what I told them...can't write it here...GRRRR. But, it did involve street coeners and a "professional" way of making money. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:43 AM Post #7017008
| Get something really yummy and we'll cyber-share...grin. Have a great day |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:44 AM Post #7017015
| I don't think Trina was sleeping last night. DH home early kids in bed. Wink. LOL
Trina you can have all ya want got three different ones in that mess. Maybe four. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:49 AM Post #7017038
| awesome! I got some columbine from my grandma at my last place but had to move beore I ever got to see it bloom...hope it takes over everything there!!!...
Sorry to disappoint guys...hubby fell asleep on couch before i even got my laptop closed...total bummer oh well maybe at luch time...hehehe |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:52 AM Post #7017043
| Sorry about your Iggy Moon. Can't believe they wanted you to pay.
The neighbors found my run away just my luck. Gave them the cage and stuff for a promise not to tell son it was his. Much better home for him I'm sure. Same son wonders why he never got a dog. Dah
Top of grocery list: candy bars, ice cream, donuts
Hows that for starters, ya know breakfast IS the most important meal of the day.
Later |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:54 AM Post #7017050
| I had peach bread for breakfast and a mt. dew |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:56 AM Post #7017062
| Careful, donuts...Lynnie has to work today, but she just might go AWOL...laugh.
Had a friend in law school draft a letter to the critter non-care folk explaining just how valuable a pet they killed...got a letter from them stating the bill was forgiven...it was, they weren't. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:58 AM Post #7017069
| Coffee with dark chocolate melted into it...pimento cheese toast and a plum...not at one time though...grin...not able to handle the weird combos Jim does...lol |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:58 AM Post #7017070
| OOOOWWWWIIIEEEE!!!! Note to self when watering plants while standing on the counter to reach them...pay attention to where the edge of the counter is...and the barstools! That's gonna leave a mark! |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:59 AM Post #7017074
| But I don't think I have weighed 100 lbs( dry and unclothed) since grade school. Slow metabolism don't ya know. lol |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:00 AM Post #7017076
| LOL Moon |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:02 AM Post #7017088
| trust me JJ being this tiny aint all its cracked up to be. I' pushing 40 and I don't want to dress like my SD but thats the only clothes available in my size |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:02 AM Post #7017089
| I lost a hundred pounds once, but someone posted an ad and we went and got our Newfoundland hound back...grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:05 AM Post #7017104
| have you ever noticed some ppl are rather...whats the word ...like chevy guys will only look at chevy's...some ppl on here are that way about their plants? Like they get hung up on one type of plant only? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:05 AM Post #7017106
| Trina, a link for you...told you guys I am the queen of links...LOL
http://fashion.about.com/od/petitefashion/Petite_fashion.htm |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:07 AM Post #7017115
| I think they they call that species-centric...they have a favorite plant to the exclusion of almost everything else...or maybe they are just a bit obsessive...grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:08 AM Post #7017117
| oh none of my dress clothes are appropriate for her...but I can't wear those for gardening! Jeans, T-shirts and baseball caps are my usual daily wear...oh and I almost forgot...dirt! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:10 AM Post #7017125
| Not me If I can make it grow inside or out then bring it on...like I said I get depressed if I can't play in the dirt! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:12 AM Post #7017138
| Hear hear on the dirt...DHJim is a regular blood donor at work and everytime he donates they give him a T-shirt...been at the plant for almost 20 years and he donates every 2 or 3 months...my garden shirts all advertise the local hospital's blood donor program...thought it was fitting since I have spilled so much in my garden...grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:14 AM Post #7017145
| oh so true! between the roses, and the raspberries, and getting myself with the shovel or clippers...Probably lost and replaced my own blood twice by now..but its worth it and very satisfying! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:19 AM Post #7017164
| I am sure that is why some things grow so well...they are carnivores in a kinder, gentler way...lol |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:23 AM Post #7017179
| yeah I never thought of it that way |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:30 AM Post #7017204
| What is this thing? 
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
11:36 AM Post #7017228
| OH Iknow I know. Peace lily
So glad I looked before I walked ou the door |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:38 AM Post #7017238
| You got it JJs. and now, the ubiquitous link...grin
http://www.plant-care.com/peace-lily-spathiphyllum.html |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:40 AM Post #7017246
| ok now some stuff I know what is!!! Don't pay attention to the weeds please! 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:41 AM Post #7017250
| more roses 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:42 AM Post #7017252
| hehehe 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:43 AM Post #7017256
| are ya tired of them yet? 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:49 AM Post #7017282
| Never get tired of pretty things unless they are rude...grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:50 AM Post #7017284
| good!!! I thought I chased everybody off! 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:52 AM Post #7017289
| and another one...of my iris...thought it died earlier in the season cuz one of the kids crushed it 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:53 AM Post #7017291
| My passion flower vine...not sure it wll grow outside here and survive the winter 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:54 AM Post #7017292
| this one smells just absolutely wonderful so it is by the front door! 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:55 AM Post #7017294
| two colors same plant...and sometimes it gets yellow ones too! 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:56 AM Post #7017297
| and the last one...a wall of plants! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
12:05 PM Post #7017322
| Flower, Trade weeds? I would have the longest list of anyone...LOL
To my BF anything that blossoms is a flower. So we have a ton! LOL
JJ, can I ask what color your Columbine is?
I found you Jean!!!!
Didn't have enough time to read the whole thread right now...
Have to get going,
later ;-) |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:08 PM Post #7017333
| i don't care what color it is I like plants! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:11 PM Post #7017346
| Hey Moon, I know I can list plants to trade but is there any way I can make a complete list with how many I have? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:26 PM Post #7017393
| sheesh guys I took a shower this mornig where'd you all go? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
12:30 PM Post #7017409
| pretty roses. I have a few across the front of the house, but one of my absolute favorites is a climber called Don Juan...it has a full rich spicy smell similar to cloves and is a deep red...the other two climbers are Ice Berg, a small bloomed white with a sweet light fragrance that just blooms its' butt off, and a thornless old Burbon rose called Zephrine Drouhin, that is a soft pale raspberry color and has a sweet fruity fragrance.
This is Don Juan
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:32 PM Post #7017419
| Moon, I just have a real cheapy camera. Your camera certainly take great close-ups. Do you know of the most inexpensive camer that can take close-ups? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
12:34 PM Post #7017423
| I am not sure, try clicking on the FAQ link and see if the answer is there. If not, Kassy will know when she gets back. Went to get a pic of Ice Berg Rose and had to chase down a Lubber grasshopper. I kill every one I can...expletive deleted plant eating buggers...
Here is Ice Berg
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:40 PM Post #7017437
| No I have a miniature Ice Berg rose growing in the front...I have a pic just ignore the sweet potato vine! I swear its under there...the white blooms 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
12:40 PM Post #7017438
| Thanks Venice...I have a Nikon Cool pix LS. DHJ bought it 3 years ago for a couple hundred, but I found a link for it for $80. It is so simple to use, and for the 80 bux, it is a great investment. I will check around and see what else I can come up with.
http://www.paywholesalenow.com/nikonnikoncoolpixl572mpdigita... |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
12:41 PM Post #7017441
| I see it, Trina...the shrub variety is so sweet. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:50 PM Post #7017463
| Can you tell I like roses...well all plants really...I just gave away some more plants!!!!! Doing the happy dance again! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
12:52 PM Post #7017472
| Pretty soon we will all have to join you in happy dancing...Go Trina.
SmileyMom...come out come out and play today...please? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:55 PM Post #7017480
| yes very soon I hope!!!! Starting to get cold here...although today is nice but night tie temps keep falling to the low 50's high 40's |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:55 PM Post #7017481
| Moon, your roses are gorgeous. I bought my camera years ago and prices have really come down with better quality. $80 that would be great! Is it the same as yours? I will have to look at that link. |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 02, 2009
12:56 PM Post #7017483
| Moon, no offense taken 
I had a Don Juan once. First plant I ever bought. But it didn't make it. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
12:59 PM Post #7017495
| Moon, yours is 7.2 MP? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:00 PM Post #7017499
| Trina, your roses are so pretty. The fairies are watching over them! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:03 PM Post #7017516
| thanks venice...a little rooting hormone when I planted them as well as blood and bone meal mixed about an 1/8 every month...unfortunatel the weeds love it too! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:06 PM Post #7017525
| Thanks Venice. Yep, that is the exact model camera I have. I found it a bit daunting at first, but it really is very easy to use if you read the owner's manual...like I didn't...grin
Boy, seems like Fall is roaring in with winter close behind...may have to take a hiatus from the band to get all the stuff done that rain put off...but I can still play at night I guess, if I can stay awake...grin
Smiley, I discovered that they seem to thrive on a bit of neglect...I killed my first one with kindness, got a second one determined to MAKE it grow...almost killed it too...grin then I figured out that it just wanted a nice sunny place to lean up against, a little food 2 or 3 times during the growing season and a little protection from japanese beetles. The one in the picture is about 12-13 years old, so it can be done...grin (glad you are here) |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:07 PM Post #7017538
| Yes ma'am. 7.2 megapixels with 5X zoom and Vibration Reduction |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:11 PM Post #7017548
| Moon, the camera in that link is a reconditioned one. I don't know about getting one of those. |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 02, 2009
01:13 PM Post #7017564
| mine kept getting WHACKA-WHACKA-WACKED with the garage door (I was stupid-didn't even know it was a climber) so we tried to move it.
back to work. someone is running a lottery scam / mystery shopper scam on our bank account (employer, not my own) . It's more of a pain in the butt than anything, but I keep having to verify checks, field phone calls, etc..
jeez, all that energy put into something illegal. Imagine what this world would be like if all that bad energy was used for good things?? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:14 PM Post #7017567
| See if it comes with a warranty...although the blurb did say new. we have had reconditioned cameras before and had no problems with them...usually R/C means new lens and a complete cleaning. If it has a warranty, the place is reputable. Many camera shops deal in R/C trade ins and they are usually just fine. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:16 PM Post #7017571
| I hear Smiley...lot of good stuff could come from that time and energy...have fun...(yeah, right) |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:21 PM Post #7017594
| ok I got some more plants potted up but I learned my lesson about letting someone else go get thepotting soil!!!! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:23 PM Post #7017600
| Potting soil is a very personal thing...grin |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:25 PM Post #7017610
| Why, what type of potting soil do both of you use? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:25 PM Post #7017611
| this something she picked up cheap...says Hyponex potting soil...its nothing but mud with bits of what looks like styofoam in it...very hard to pot a delicate plant with! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:26 PM Post #7017616
| usually for houseplants I use miracle grow with moisture control..or one called gardner's choice |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:26 PM Post #7017618
| That's the kind that you get from Walgreens' for 99 cents a bag. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:28 PM Post #7017625
| the hyponex? yeah and it sucks!!!! even has moss growing in the bags! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:31 PM Post #7017637
| Is the miracle grow with moisture control for house plants and does it already have the fertilizer in it? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:37 PM Post #7017659
| yes and yes...works great for me...but I repot every 6 months just about or sooner if the plant outgrows its container! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:41 PM Post #7017670
| Since I don't have plants in the house, I make my own soil mix for outside containers. I use a basic HD/Lowe's (inexpensive) potting soil and add equal parts of compost, peat moss and fine ground pine bark with a basic 6-6-6 fertilizer added in. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
01:48 PM Post #7017700
| I wish moon! No place to put compost here that the dog wont destroy! Gotta deal with store bought until the roperty in Misourri is done and then NO PETS...I'm tired of being the one left to take care of all of them...and when I'm having a bad day medically I just can't do it |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
01:59 PM Post #7017740
| Trina, when we lived in an apartment. I used an inexpensive trash can as a compost bin. just plunked it next to the other trash cans, poked a few holes in the bottom and Voila' compost. If you get one with the locking handles the lid stays on tight. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
02:03 PM Post #7017754
| Trina, sorry to hear you have medical prolems. How long does it keep you from doing things?
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
02:04 PM Post #7017759
| I'll have to remember that moon..with 5 kids there is alot I could compost...well here's one I just planted up...it will work until spring when I can seperate them
like I have to explain this to you but I feel smart right now so here goes
the tall one is Dracaena Spike
the red one Iresine Purple lady
and the greyish looking one is Dichondra Silver falls
Nothing like a little color to cheer up a house
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
02:06 PM Post #7017765
| Venice sometimes I'm out for a week but then again sometimes I can go months with nothing and then slam its done |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 02, 2009
02:14 PM Post #7017801
| Good morning all! Aloha kakahiaka!
Jjs can you show the weed when the flowers open?
I think the Peace Lily might be Spathipyllum wallisii. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
02:16 PM Post #7017807
| Thanks Dave...I don't think it likes me though |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
02:42 PM Post #7017889
| Okay kiddies, done all I can inside and in the greenhouse, so gonna park the laptop and go get really dirty for a while. catch you all next break...later. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
02:45 PM Post #7017903
| ok moon, have fun! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 02, 2009
02:51 PM Post #7017926
| Dirt can be fun! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
02:54 PM Post #7017942
| Talking about dirt. I don't wear gloves when I garden. After I pick all of the moss rose seeds, I just know I have some growing under my nails with all the dirt! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
02:58 PM Post #7017959
| LOL venice me too! I almost wish I hadn't planted that stuff! it tried to kill out my miniature roses |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
03:13 PM Post #7018013
| Someone gave me just a little that I planted which is not very hardy unlike what I got earlier that I have in a pot. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
03:27 PM Post #7018053
| its almost a nuisance plant here! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:20 PM Post #7018574
| The buff ball fry
Picked that big mushroom 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:21 PM Post #7018578
| Got it all ready to cut up 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:23 PM Post #7018583
| Started cutting it into slices 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:25 PM Post #7018589
| All cut up and ready to fry. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:26 PM Post #7018592
| Getting the frying pan ready. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:28 PM Post #7018598
| Here we go! 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:29 PM Post #7018602
| Looking good. 
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:32 PM Post #7018605
| Boy, I need someone to eat these with me...this is only have half of the one I cut up! 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
06:45 PM Post #7018635
| HAH! Fooled ya...I'm eating spaghetti with Pesto sauce, garlic bread and sauteed mushrooms |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
06:50 PM Post #7018652
| oh and doing a happy Dance cuz I got rid of 2 more flats of plants! Conned the boys cross-country coach into taking some!!! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
06:54 PM Post #7018657
| Trina, good job!
We are waiting to hear how the puffball tasted!!! |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
06:59 PM Post #7018674
| Goodness Kassy that looks good.
The columbine I have are a pink Barlow and then I have a white one, a red one and a purple one that I think are McKanas Giant( they are the bell looking type). I was out pulling weeds and noticed a bunch more of them coming up. Problem is they have mutiplied so much they are all mixed up.
Dave I will let the weed bloom and take a pic when it does.
Lynnie we are gonna need a few extra reps this month.
Back from the grocery store with 4 bags of milky ways, 4 bags of 3 musketeers, dzn glazed donuts, dzn creme horns, half gallon each of banana split ,peanut butter panic, homemade vanilla and double strawberry ice cream . Oh and a head of lettuce and bag of carrots |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
06:59 PM Post #7018676
| They were good, well the half of the one that I managed to eat was good...Dave suggested them in a stirfry, but my BF doesn't like mushrooms :(
Well at least his land grows them for me |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
07:05 PM Post #7018699
| You only ate 1/2 of one piece???
What did they taste like? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
07:08 PM Post #7018706
| about to change from happy dance to beat the 15 yr old in the head dance!!!!! Infuriating little twit!!!
I heard doughnuts and candy bars count me in!!!!! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
07:12 PM Post #7018721
| gonna take hubby some din din at work before I kill this kid. talk to ya'll later! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
07:14 PM Post #7018727
| OK thanks JJ, I have blue columbines. I try to dead head them when they end blossoming, unless I plan on collecting the seeds. 
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
07:18 PM Post #7018737
| JJ I did extra reps yesterday! And I am feeling it today! Now I gotta do extra tomorrow.. and extra cardio too reading that list... boy I could go for a chocolate cream donut! Well at least you got SOME veggies in there...or are those for the kids & husband? lol
Kassy do those puffballs taste anything like portabellas?
(Yes I'm hungry lol...had lunch at noon and just now got home...)
Moon I'm glad you started a new thread, I fell asleep last night trying to think what to call it so everybody would find it...
Hello Dave, Venice, Trina...
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kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
07:21 PM Post #7018747
| No Venise, I ate almost half of that big mushroom...BF wonders why I'm not real interested in dessert...LOL
Luckly all we had other then that was a burger and beans from the garden. He had some chips.
They taste like sauted mushrooms, but very big ones. Walked out of the house and came back in and could smell mushroom, butter and garlic.
I have to send those picture to my son, he loves mushrooms...Maybe him and I will have to have a stirfry with them, if any are ok when I go back home yet. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
07:24 PM Post #7018753
| OH Lynn, check it out!! 
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venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
07:29 PM Post #7018763
| Kassy, you ate 1/2 of that big thing? I can't imagine eating much mushrooms.
Did it taste like a white mushroom or more like a portabella?
Corn looks great! |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
07:40 PM Post #7018792
| Kassy I deadheaded them this year. (when it wasn't raining). I don't collect seeds cause I can't make em grow. Tried it once waste of my time.
I have minature hollyhocks I let reseed themself.
Sauted mushrooms MMMMM
Lynnie now we know why I never have to worry about being to thin. I don't like carrots.LOL
Have to justify myself here. Some of it is for others. We don't have a store here so when there is a good sale I buy alot and freeze it. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
07:44 PM Post #7018807
| You know, I have never had a portabella. We usually get just the white ones.
And actually I didn't eat half of it, I still have 2 slices of it waiting in the dish for me, but I'm more then full...
1 hamburger
green beans from the garden
and the mushroom
FULL!!!!!
I though Lynn would like the corn |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
08:03 PM Post #7018853
| This is what I found on them, because I have to figure out what I am going to do with the rest of them yet...
Cooking
Puffballs have a rich, penetrating, earthy flavor. These gourmet mushrooms won't get lost in a recipe, even when there are lots of other ingredients or strong seasonings. I've baked pear-shaped puffballs into an intense wild sourdough bread, the mushroom flavor emerges strong and clear.
Puffballs stand up to virtually every form of cooking. You can sauté them, simmer them in soups, cook them with grains, and even bread and bake them in a casserole if they're large enough. They generally cook in about 7-15 minutes. The smaller species dehydrate well. To store the larger ones long-range, cook and freeze them.
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
08:18 PM Post #7018897
| Lynnie the corn is getting closer. My neighbors front porch 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
08:40 PM Post #7018969
| so did I miss anything good? |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
08:41 PM Post #7018972
| I think they are all taking a nap! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
08:49 PM Post #7018994
| figures I come back and everyone leaves..
I feel so unloved!
booohooo |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
08:50 PM Post #7018997
| My minature hollyhocks 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
08:54 PM Post #7019015
| very nice JJ, I have double hollyhocks in the front but the neighbors evil mutts knocked them all down right when they were getting ready to bloom...ripped 3 of them completely out of the ground |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
08:55 PM Post #7019016
| Know the feeling. sometimes I think they see me coming and run hide. See if you want anything besides columbine. I posted my lilies on the old slug thread. I cut off and throw away most the seed pods.
red sedum
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
08:57 PM Post #7019027
| oh I like the red sedum...i'd be satisfied for now with some columbine...
In about an hour I will be in heaven |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
08:59 PM Post #7019034
| my minature roses 
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:01 PM Post #7019037
| Why in heaven?? DH coming home.lol 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:03 PM Post #7019046
| I LOVE roses! if you check out the avocado thread you can see all my plants pretty much |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:04 PM Post #7019049
| Nah kids go to bed...I'll be all by myself...silence oh sweet silence |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:07 PM Post #7019064
| I have yellow sedum too. I pull it by the tons. I think it would grow on the sidewalk!!
These rose of sharon drop seeds and multiply like crazy here too. Japenese beetles love them.
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:10 PM Post #7019081
| How do you get teenagers in bed by 9? I can't get a 9 yr old to go without a fight.
My DH pulled up that hibiscus and it came back and bloomed. Happy dance!! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:10 PM Post #7019082
| I haven't had a japanese bettle problem |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:12 PM Post #7019090
| Kassy I'm pretty sure they're hiding in there! Look at JJ that corn has gone clear up to her neighbor's porch!
Jim I still need you to tell me about dormant oil.
Trina & JJ all your pictures are so pretty.
kassy I do wish you would try a portabella for comparison & let us know. That puffball sure looks beefy.
Dave that chocolate looks yummy. Any of those cocoa plants grow well as houseplants?
Moon where are you? Venice, Ican, Rachel...Smileymom...?? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:12 PM Post #7019093
| DH?
AAAHHH...cuz 2 have cross-country practice everyday, 1 cheerleading practice, the 4th has 2 get up an hour earlier than the others for school, and #5 is away at AIT for the National Guard right now |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:13 PM Post #7019098
| I want chocolate but I'm too tired to get up... |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:14 PM Post #7019100
| DH dear husband |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:14 PM Post #7019101
| It's Lynnie! I'd be interested to know if that chocolate grows in the house too!
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:16 PM Post #7019112
| aaahhh I see says the slightly slow witch who is getting irritated at the website cause its only loading half the page and won't give me the scroll down thingy |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:17 PM Post #7019113
| Your lucky. They have eaten everything this year. I have to spray like crazy.
This was my pride and joy so pretty in spring. Then lightning got it. Needs to go visit Wilty but can't let go yet. Miracles do happen ya know.
Lets see if Dave and Moon are as good with dead things.
What was I?
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Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:20 PM Post #7019121
| I haven't had houseplants since having babies...I think I could handle them now. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:21 PM Post #7019125
| ooohhh JJ can I guess?
Lynnie do want houseplants I have plenty to share |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:22 PM Post #7019131
| Trina mine has been doing that except I only get the ad at the top. Thought it was my puter. GS been playing games again.
Glad to see ya Lynnie |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:22 PM Post #7019135
| JJ it was a tree! (just let me have this one, I never get any!) hahahaha
Trina I'm waaaay on the East Coast. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:23 PM Post #7019136
| Guess away |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:25 PM Post #7019142
| I'm gonna go with white birch or cherry
So lynnie if I overnight them it wouldn't be a big deal right now |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:26 PM Post #7019146
| OK
You got it. Now what kind of tree was I?
I got one today too!! hooray!!
I'll deliver. Need a vacation. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
09:28 PM Post #7019154
| JJ, I have hollyhocks too, but the big ones 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
09:28 PM Post #7019155
| Good evening all. How is every one this evening? I see Kassy rates the puffballs Thumbs up. Cool. Hi Lynnie, how was work? JJs nice pictures, lovely plants. Trina, enjoy that silence while it lasts.
Wednesday night, JIm must be at prayer meeting tonight. Haven't heard from Ican for a few days...Moose or Bear or Lambic...afraid one of them got her...or maybe the palm...UH-OH...I know Cat is vacationing with the grandkids this week. Saw Chezca on slug thread...no word from babeegirl or dixiegril and Rachel...come out come out where ever you are...guess we need to yell Ollie Ollie Oxen Free...grin...Dave was headed into Hilo...Venice was here earlier and so was Smileymom...is that everyone? Grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:28 PM Post #7019157
| so I guess I was wrong...sad face |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:29 PM Post #7019159
| I will give you a half right.
Hint: it was a grafted tree |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
09:31 PM Post #7019165
| Anyone see Dave around??
Look what I found at the forty...
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:31 PM Post #7019169
| JJ Moon tried to get me to make my plant have a seed pot abortion...she's not nice...boohoo
LOL |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
09:32 PM Post #7019172
| A weeping cherry, perhaps JJs? Heck, I can't tell what things are half the time when they do have leaves...grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:33 PM Post #7019175
| half right? I'll take it, its better than nothing...
Weeping cherry? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:34 PM Post #7019182
| I thought my computer was just running super slow tonight. Are you saying it is the site, or did I misunderstand??? |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
09:34 PM Post #7019186
| Oh and Jean, what is this? We found him crossing the road on the way to the forty.
He's big!!!
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jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:34 PM Post #7019187
| Wow Kassy!!
Haven't seen him though.
Trina shame on her. check your dmail |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
09:36 PM Post #7019196
| Not me Trina...you were talking Brugmansias and daturas with someone from Texas I think...told you to cut the seed pods off to get more blooms...
Boy that is a happy little toad stool, Kassy. How was the trip to the 40? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:38 PM Post #7019206
| ok that was just weird I was on the page and then all of a sudden 4 extra posts popped up |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:40 PM Post #7019216
| Boy you are good!! It was my weeping cherry. Most expensive tree I ever bought. Course I waited for it to get to 75% off. Won't let DH cut it down has to wait till next year. It was starting to bloom when lightning got it. Got a split half way up the trunk. Hoping for a miracle like the hibiscus LOL |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
09:41 PM Post #7019219
| LOTS of happy little toad stools...LOL 
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trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:41 PM Post #7019220
| You are right Moon I apologize...it was Fool4Flowers who tried to get me to have a baby flower abortion...
you've seen my pics do I look like the type who would pass up a seed? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
09:42 PM Post #7019223
| Ceropia, prometha or imperial moth larvae...not sure which. The site has been a bit off this afternoon...not sure what's up.
Hi Venice |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:43 PM Post #7019231
| JJ let me think, I had one at my old place in Littleton same thing happened...trying to remember what I did to save it |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:46 PM Post #7019242
| that's a toadstool? I was afraid it was a 'shroom & Kassy was going to try to eat it...and are those ladybugs on that caterpillar? hmm curiouser & curiouser
Hello Moon! Work was BUSY lol
JJ is that blue house in the picture your house? it's really nice.
Trina that sounds like a lot of work, overnighting plants!
Venice it seems my 'puter has been slow, maybe we are slowing down the entire world wide web lol |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:46 PM Post #7019243
| Kassy, Trina and the rest of you northern guys --
I have been reading too much tonight and have a bundle of questions. I hope someone can help me.
How do you cover your plants for the winter? Mine aren't right next to my house and we get all weather coming from Chicago. I can only get products that come in small bags like at Lowe's.
I am planning to pull up all the annuals, tomatoes, etc. and would like to spray for bugs and fungi. Will the soap mixture work? Or the one Jim uses for fungi, 2 T soda and a little Ivory in one gallon water?
Also, what do I use when I bring the avocado trees inside? I read somewhere to use a soap solution 5-7 times starting 3 weeks before bringing plants inside. How do you make that?
Do impatients have seeds? Can you snip off a stem and root it that way?
See what happens when you read about more things!!!! I just get too many questions! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
09:47 PM Post #7019247
| JJs, give the tree until spring. It may recover. The huge pine next door had been struck by lightning a half dozen times and survived each time. The last strike hit it square on and caused the trunk to split from the fork down about 3 or 4 feet...Neighbors decided enough was enough and took it out...it was still alive though.
Trina, her point was that if you want more blooms, you have to remove some of the old pods. You can always save pods from the new blooms, or like she said, leave 1 or 2 pods on and remove the rest. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:47 PM Post #7019249
| That bug looks like from outer space.
Kassy I have to ask. How do you find all these things? Crawl on hands and knees through the brush? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:48 PM Post #7019254
| Venice I was wondering where you've been lol I wouldn't hesitate to take Jim's advice...are you getting this crisp fall weather also? |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 02, 2009
09:49 PM Post #7019258
| Once again I am late on getting caught up...what's new????;-) Scanning and loving everyone's picture's! Keep them coming!
Hug's all
Rachel |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:51 PM Post #7019265
| Venice let me suggest a book...Jerry Baker's 1001 gardening secrets...all kinds of homemade remedies alot of them actually work!
I have no idea how to grow impatiens, i just plant them, they either grow or they don't |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
09:51 PM Post #7019267
| Thanks Jean. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:53 PM Post #7019277
| JJ, very pretty flowers! Like the red sedum. You have a beautiful house also. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
09:54 PM Post #7019282
| Yes Lynnie that is my house. Someday the porch will have railings.
Kassy nice hollyhocks. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:54 PM Post #7019283
| if they were still outside I MIGHT consider that, but they are in the house now and the scent is way to strong for in here to let it rebloom |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:55 PM Post #7019290
| ok now I'm having trouble with the posts! some posts aren't coming up till others reply to it! now THIS is confusing! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:57 PM Post #7019295
| I know the lag is terrible |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
09:58 PM Post #7019300
| I knew it! the corn got you guys! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
09:59 PM Post #7019308
| Hey hey hey Rachel...grin. Kassy, Dave went into town today...be on later this evening. That is as close as I can come on your caterpillar. Pretty home and garden JJs. Yes Venice, most impatiens set seeds...really neat, when they are ripe, if you touch the pod it explodes and scatters seeds everywhere. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:01 PM Post #7019315
| We could always blame it on the slug thread...grin |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:02 PM Post #7019320
| Kassy, cute little toadstools I have neve seen before.
Must have been at least a week or so ago that Jim gave me that recipe for powdery mildew.
I have been over on the annuals forum!!!!
I added that book to my file. Thanks. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:02 PM Post #7019325
| Explodes? ooohhh...my too favorite things, flowers and explosions
is it normal for me to have a plant addiction and a thing about fire? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:03 PM Post #7019330
| Sure, so long as you aren't setting fire to plants...grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:05 PM Post #7019337
| Only the weeds Moon, only the weeds |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:06 PM Post #7019345
| Glad its not just me.
Kassy is that a toadstool?
Thanks Venice .
I just put leaves or mulch on top of my plants. Use the styrofoam cones on my min. roses. Survival of the fittest around here. I have even taken some that I buy late and put them in the basement in pots, take them out in spring. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:06 PM Post #7019346
| I'm afraid to write, is the e-lag over? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:07 PM Post #7019352
| Moon, what do the seeds look like? My impatiens are just very ordinary short ones.
|
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:08 PM Post #7019355
| Fixed some popcorn and things straightened right out...grin...take that Malakai |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:09 PM Post #7019356
| It think it is fixed! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:09 PM Post #7019359
| The seed pods are small green capsules about a quarter inch long...sort of like a teeny tiny okra pod. |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
10:09 PM Post #7019361
| OK thinks Jean, I'll just post the pictures for him where I know he will find them.
Lynn, tomorrow I will have pictures of big rocks ;-)
Venice, I thought they are really unusual toadstools
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 02, 2009
10:10 PM Post #7019363
| Hey Jean, do you have any clue what connie34's vine is on the plant and tree Id. forum is? Heck...Resin has not chimmed back in on it yet;-)
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:10 PM Post #7019364
| I am a bad gardner I never cover anything...I don't mulch or anything...shame on me |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:11 PM Post #7019369
| Well, I spoke too soon. I had to refresh a couple of times to get back here.
Moon, they have been blooming all summer so I would think there would be some seed pods now. I will look in the morning. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
10:11 PM Post #7019371
| Lemme go look Rach...back in a bit. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:12 PM Post #7019372
| no it's not fixed its getting as irritating as one of my children were this evening |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:14 PM Post #7019378
| I'm still getting an awful lag...please excuse me if I doze off between posts, I'm getting 6, 7 at once then nothing for a while. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:17 PM Post #7019385
| Thanks Moon.
Well thought the GS was in bed . Thought wrong .
Lynnie so you know your hard work is not hopeless we had pork chops, baked pot. and green beans.
GS had that peanutbutter panic icecream for dessert . Peanut butter ice cream with peanut butter and fudge sauce swirls and peanut butter cup pieces. YUM |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:18 PM Post #7019391
| Now that's a toadstool! The kind you see in a kid's story book.
Trina, all your plants are right next to your house and that makes a difference.
That is one thing that just drives me crazy -- a computer that is not working right!!!!!!
I hope someone can try to answer the rest of my questions above.
I am quitting for tonight before someone calls the loony bin for me!!
'Night everyone. I will check back in the morning and read it all then.
Be good and sleep well! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:19 PM Post #7019396
| is moon making us popcorn or did i read that wrong? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:20 PM Post #7019397
| well I repotted 47 plants today, my back hurts, as soon as hubby is done in bathroom its my turn for a nice hot bubble bath...then I think a little hot cocoa with some baileys or Godiva in it should do the trick |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:21 PM Post #7019399
| night venice, sweet dreams |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:24 PM Post #7019407
| gosh guys I know I'm a little dirty but ya'll didn't have to run away! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:26 PM Post #7019415
| so we're having hot toddy and popcorn? (she asks hopefully) |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 02, 2009
10:27 PM Post #7019417
| I have to go too.
Kassy hope I didn't offend you, it is just amazing to me how you find all those things. DH took me morel mushroom hunting once I could stand in the middle of a bunch and never see them.
Enjoy your bath Trina. Nite Moon, Venice, Rachel, Kassy, Lynnie. Hope I didn't miss anyone. Nite All |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:29 PM Post #7019424
| anytime you want lynnie! I might be back later and then again I might not |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
10:37 PM Post #7019457
| ok off to bed for me too, see you guys in the morning! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:12 PM Post #7019608
| Good night all. Jim is back. saw him on the slug thread.
Hope you all have a good night, sweet sleep. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:19 PM Post #7019627
| figures took me 10 minutes before the site would let me in and now everyone leaves! |
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
11:19 PM Post #7019629
| No JJ, you didn't offend me, I was looking for Dave because I told him I would have pictures of the forty for him...
Him and Jean ID flowers for me, including the star cucumber that I found that dave ID'ed for me...A rare plant.
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
kassy_51
Pulaski, WI
(Zone 4b)
September 02, 2009
11:20 PM Post #7019634
| sorry trina, BF is kicking me off the computer too...
Nite |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:22 PM Post #7019641
| darn it! Nite Kassy |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:27 PM Post #7019655
| Night Kassy...sweet sleep. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:28 PM Post #7019657
| wow I'm clean and everything, even brushed my teeth and my hair and they all still ran away! I'm sooo lonely |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:29 PM Post #7019666
| Moon! i thought I was alone...I'm afraid of the dark...the plants are watching me |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:36 PM Post #7019698
| that sweet potato vine just moved...I swear it did
I'm all alone...i think the spider plant just ate the bhudda statue
and the meat clever I was using earlier just disappeared off the counter
help me I'm surrounded |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:43 PM Post #7019725
| eeekkkk!!!! nooo nooo but I feed and water you
I rescued you from the dumpster
ahhh...must...get help...
fading fast...too much ...blood losss
can't find phone...someone...please...call 911
tell them it was the dichondra
|
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:45 PM Post #7019729
| The plants go marching one by one...hurrah hurrah...Grin. Sounds like you need that cocoa and Bailey's Trina... |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:46 PM Post #7019735
| Is the dichondra by any chance named Seymour |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:46 PM Post #7019737
| or maybe I need to stop drinking it...had a nice quiet evening planned with hubby got all clean and everything and he got called out on an emergency |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:48 PM Post #7019742
| actually thats what i named what I believe to be the giant fig in the corner of the dinning room |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 02, 2009
11:51 PM Post #7019751
| Too funny...Seymour the fig boy...Grin sorry your plans got squelched...maybe it will be a small short emergency. |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 02, 2009
11:53 PM Post #7019757
| Boy, have I got a good case of the "Reds". Been trying for an hour to open up different threads and forums. Every time I click of one and it starts to open a Sprint, dropdown advertisement opens up and nothing happens. My screen stays white with finished down at the bottom. Finally got the Beginner Gardening Forum to open before the dang thing dropped down. Ya'll ever heard a preacher curse. I'm am just about there. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:53 PM Post #7019759
| he had to run to cuba real quick...his sisters car broke down (again) he keeps telling her look at the gas gauge when it says E it needs gas |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 02, 2009
11:55 PM Post #7019763
| we all had that problem earlier Jim...just a tad frustrating |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 03, 2009
12:01 AM Post #7019784
| What is a "Malware?" Sirens just went off on my computer and said Avast had captured a "malware" trying to enter my computer. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:03 AM Post #7019789
| not sure jim...i'm lucky i know how to turn this thing on...if i have a problem one of the kids has to fix it for me |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 03, 2009
12:07 AM Post #7019805
| Thought maybe Kassy would be on. She is pretty up on this stuff. I'm just a "Red Neck" it is passed me. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:08 AM Post #7019812
| ok I spoke too soon...we're still experiencing that problem!
Is it possible to have too many plants?
and this site is evil, now I found more plants I want
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:09 AM Post #7019813
| she just left awhile ago |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:12 AM Post #7019821
| Are they doing maitenance on this site and forget to tell us? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:14 AM Post #7019825
| ok site is too messed up, hubby just got back...wink wink...nite all |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 03, 2009
12:17 AM Post #7019835
| That darn Sprint add is back up and running. Been trying ever since you posted back to get it to open. Finally caught it when it didn't pop up. It is the add that is locking the screne. I got on a site several months ago that wouldn't let me out of it. Finally had to turn the computer off. The management needs to ditch that advertisement. There is no sense it doing that. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:27 AM Post #7019859
| That sprint ad may be part of your malware...from the Latin meaning bad. Either a virus, tracking program or other type of spyware tried to attach itself to your computer...Avast snagged it and isolated it protecting your databases from problems, |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 03, 2009
12:31 AM Post #7019869
| It trapped it and did away with it. I finally left Dave's on account of that ad. Came back to see if I could get on. Who ever runs this site needs to ditch this ad. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:35 AM Post #7019874
| I am not having a problem with pop up ads. Your computer tool bar should have a pop up blocker on it to stop those ads from bothering you. |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
September 03, 2009
12:40 AM Post #7019882
| For goodness sake's Jim! what kind of add (pop-up) are you seeing Jim? I do not get any pop up's on my computer while on Dave's Garden!
Rachel |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
12:57 AM Post #7019917
| Good evening everybody!
Jim if that advertisement is on Dave's Garden, you can go to a place on your message board that will allow you to turn all the ads off!
I had the same problem till I canceled the ads.
None of the Mushrooms / Polypores that Kassy found on the 40 today should be considered edible.
If Weeping Cherry hadn't been suggested for Jjs dead tree, I would have guessed Peach. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
01:11 AM Post #7019943
| It may not be dead Dave, merely electocuted by the lightning and stunned...perhaps it will return, but since it is a graft, it may only return from the root stock.
Have a great evening guys...chat again tomorrow...sweet sleep Bon Soir. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
01:18 AM Post #7019953
| Root stock is good. It gives one the opportunity to graft!
Aloha ahiahi, Jean. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
05:25 AM Post #7020136
| Aloha kakahiaka!
Good morning to the Hills of Omaokoili. Sub-Alpine Hawai'i Island!
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
05:38 AM Post #7020145
| Going down the hill toward Hilo, you'll see several geological features, such as this giant cinder cone. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
05:51 AM Post #7020155
| Lower on the mountain, the Rainforest captures your attention! 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
06:05 AM Post #7020174
| Once you get to Hilo, you can reflect on the fact that you just traveled from 6,800 ft to nearly sea-level in less than an hour. Unless you stopped!
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
06:15 AM Post #7020184
| Morning Dave! I expected Hawaii to look more like Tahiti, but not in your pics...they're not as alike as I thought. |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
06:25 AM Post #7020195
| wow. i missed a lot last night. that's what I get for watching a stupid baseball game. Lynnie, are you a popcorn piggie? we are here, too. but I'm not allowed to microwave it. gotta be the real deal. I just read in the paper that popcorn piggies lower their risk of certain types of cancer. that's good news. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
06:29 AM Post #7020198
| wow Smileymom, I haven't heard that, must be all the fiber. I'm not necessarily a popcorn piggie, I'm just a piggie in general *grin* I too prefer it made on the stove, though, so no microwave popcorn here either. Last night I got in late & had no dinner, there was plenty of food here but no energy to fix myself a plate lol I was hoping it would magically appear on my computer. |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
06:31 AM Post #7020203
| there WAS a lot of food talk. and Kassie's mushrooms looked great! Off to work. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
07:42 AM Post #7020303
| Jim's not the only who experienced problems, you couldn't do anything, without a problem on dave's last night
Morning everybody!
Dave is evil now I want even more plants! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
07:47 AM Post #7020310
| In fact today is payday for me...where'd I put that credit card? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
07:50 AM Post #7020315
| Good morning Lynnie and Smiley. Smiley, don't let them run you ragged today...hope they got the bank snafu taken care of so your phone doesn't interrupt your DG time...GRIN
Lynnie are the girls excited about school starting? Glad to see their friends?
Aloha Kakahaika, Dave...thanks for the virtual tour down the mountain...hope your trip to Hilo was successful...Looking at the landscape around the cinder hill made it difficult to reckon with the TV images we have of Hawai'i...we see only the cities and lush green of the rainforests, rarely the swaths cut by lava and volcanic ash..then of course the beautiful 'jungle' represented on LOST...grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
07:51 AM Post #7020326
| dag nabbit, It figures i get on here and everyone leaves again, I'm starting to take it personally!
Moon how do I turn all the ads off? Maybe that will help |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
07:54 AM Post #7020331
| Good morning Trina. You do need to know that most of the Bromeliads have razor sharp teeth along the edges of the leaves Trina...gotta have room to give them a wide berth for walking...may have to wait for your conservatory so you don't wind up with blood on the carpet...I have scars from planting mine...grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
07:56 AM Post #7020338
| then I'll be sure they go in the 15 yr olds room! a new form of punishment for bad behavior...
Turture by plant |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:00 AM Post #7020348
| Up at the top of the page is a link to My Tools. Click on that and it will take you to a menu down the side of the screen. Click on the one for ads and uncheck the bottom one for 'other advertising...that should take care of it. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:01 AM Post #7020352
| Trina glad to see you survived the night! :)
Kids had a great first day...they love school.
Ok I'm off to the gym, but I'll be back soon! The plant nursery is on my list of things to do/places to go :) :) But gotta work off JJ's ice cream and candy first... |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:02 AM Post #7020353
| ok brb...I will try cause this is starting to make me mad |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:04 AM Post #7020360
| Yeah the evil sprint ad is gone!!!!! Doing the happy dance!!! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:08 AM Post #7020376
| Is there a way to post a goofy video on here? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:15 AM Post #7020390
| I believe you could only do that by way of a link...put the video on a site like UTube and then post a message with the link to the video. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:15 AM Post #7020391
| Have a good workout Lynnie...catch ya later |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:18 AM Post #7020399
| well I don't want the rest of the world to see my happy dance...
How does one go about getting a degree in plants...that sounds like something i could do
And it gives an excuse to get more plants..."But honey I NEED it for school!"...LOL |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
08:18 AM Post #7020400
| Moon, another LOST fan? do you know when season 5 comes out on DVD? I'm busting. the fake check saga continues... I just came on to go to the bank website but couldn't help myself. I only let this place run me as ragged as I want to be. Rather be busy than twiddling my thumbs. ...And I have power. But as the Genie said, with phenomenal cosmic powers comes itty-bitty living space. Figuratively speaking. I'm the go-to person here, so there's always someone hovering around my desk. Off to the bank... |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:19 AM Post #7020404
| I like the genie |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
08:20 AM Post #7020405
| horitculture, Trina. or master gardener. OK, I'm really gone now. |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
08:21 AM Post #7020410
| I heard that they let Robin Williams go nuts, then developed the Genie from his improv. OK, I'm REALLY, REALLY gone now. (until lunch) |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:23 AM Post #7020417
| horticulture? I'll have to see if our local college gives any courses on that here...
still irks me that someone at a nursery didn't know what a jade tree was
Stupid people |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:25 AM Post #7020420
| would it be wrong of me to take the dead annuals and hang them from the rose trees at halloween so it looks like the other flowers lynched them? |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
08:31 AM Post #7020431
| I want a picture of that. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:32 AM Post #7020434
| Smiley, yep a Lost fan...but they better get their act together this season...way too repetitive and too much rehash in the past...we need action! Grin They usually release the previous season on DVD right before the new season starts to take advantage of the tv hype.
My "I can hardly wait" show is House with Hugh Laurie...have been a fan of his for years and this season will be from the Sanatarium/psychiatric hospital he checked into in last season's finale.
Trina, you really should look into the MasterGardener program in your area...you would enjoy the program and be able to help others with plant matters. I think you could get info on it through your county agent/cooperative extension service. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:34 AM Post #7020442
| Trina, the nursery worker may have only known the Jade plant as a Crassula, or may have been new to the nursery. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:34 AM Post #7020443
| And I'm gonna put a fake hand in dino's mouth and a foot in the other one and a sign that says "Stay off my sidewalk"
Can you tell I really really like Halloween |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:37 AM Post #7020447
| I asked her about a crassula too, same response
Why would you hire someone to work in a nursery who doesn't know about plants?
would you hire an electrician who doesn't know anything about wiring?
27 more days! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:44 AM Post #7020461
| Samhain is my favorite holiday. You could put up a sign that says "Under-performing plants will be dealt with accordingly"
and "hang" your annuals under it...and rather than chase the treaters away by keeping them off the sidewalk, have your sign say "Keep off the flowers"
You would be surprised how many nurseries have under-trained or no training at all employees...they figure the info is on the tag (NOT) all they need is a warm body to water and keep things from being stolen.. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:49 AM Post #7020468
| the sidewalk thing is because we got in an argument with the city over our sidewalk...it needed fixed desperately, but they wouldn't fix it, then our sun tripped on it getting off the bus and broke his arm..hubby got mad and replaced the entire sidewalk in front of our house, so the city sent us a later saying that since we did that, we have to take all responsibility for it and it now belongs to us, so hubby stands at the door and yells at people to "Stay off My sidewalk!" |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:55 AM Post #7020481
| I can dress my puppy up as the Grim Reaper since she's always trying to eat my plants
As for Samhain I celebrate that seperately with my mom and my sister On Nov. 2 |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
09:21 AM Post #7020540
| For me it would have been a letter from my attorney giving them options, fix the sidewalk, pay the medical bill, or go to court, then fix the sidewalk, pay the medical bill and pay the court costs...yours' included.
Good you have them to share the occassion with...
|
babeegirl
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
09:46 AM Post #7020584
| what a gorgeous morning here in Kansas. I took my coffee outside to check on the sunflowers and saw a few bees! I remember when seeing a bee buzzing around the flowers was no big deal but now it's a monumental occasion to celebrate! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:51 AM Post #7020603
| ok, I went to My Tools and don't see anything that says Ads. Where is it? |
babeegirl
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
10:01 AM Post #7020621
| click on My Tools, then at the bottom of that page choose Preferences, then on the far right side of that page you should see a box with your Preferences choices, choose Ads and you can turn them on or off from there. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:05 AM Post #7020633
| Babee, thank you so much!!! Finally got it. Whew! |
babeegirl
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
10:06 AM Post #7020637
| anytime! glad to help :) |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
10:06 AM Post #7020641
| I have tons of bees in my yard. They love the turtleheads. I have tons of turtleheads too. Anyone want turtleheads??? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:16 AM Post #7020676
| what are turtleheads
Hey Moon that also means I may block the sidewalk with a fence or my flowers and no one can do anything about it! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:26 AM Post #7020711
| ooooh...another nifty Halloween Idea...I can put sheets over the rose trees and make em look like ghosts...or since there are 3 of them out front I can dress them up like witches! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:33 AM Post #7020741
| Now I just need a big cauldron... |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:35 AM Post #7020750
| See I come in and you all leave AGAIN
I don't have my wand with me and I swear I don't have any flying monkeys (only cause they won't sit still so I can put the wings on them) Do I smell that bad? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:39 AM Post #7020765
| Our little Witch -- I guess it is not surprising that Halloween is such a big deal for you! Of course you will have to take a lot of photos for us! |
babeegirl
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
10:41 AM Post #7020769
| Our backyard is really deep and dark so I'm going to get some posts of varying lengths and put a little plywood square on top,paint the whole thing black, then put them all over the yard to put jackolanterns on. That way they'll look like they are floating in the darkness. IF we can find a Justice of the Peace and IF I can get everything together by Halloween, we plan on getting married that day so let's hope for good weather. Fiance-man and I will dress up like Herman and Lily Munster. So, I need lots of ideas to decorate the backyard.
This message was edited Sep 3, 2009 9:44 AM |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:42 AM Post #7020771
| I only like it cause its the only day of the year I get to deliberately scare people and not get in trouble for it...A holiday built just for those of us who like practical jokes that aren'y meant for April Fool's Day!
But I am a dork I decorate for every holiday...hubby thinks I go overboard but the kids love it and that's whats important! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:44 AM Post #7020778
| oh cool Babeegirl! I can't do that cause our dog would just knock them off! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:45 AM Post #7020783
| Morning Pebbles! *grin* Morning Venice!
Trina be careful dressing up your plants some excited kids can pull on them. I love Halloween too.
Smileygirl you get your errands done? I have a few to do, too, but I'm on coffee break :) |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:47 AM Post #7020790
| Babee, maybe it is not surprising that you are into Halloween also since you are from
'Wich' - ita!!! lol |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:47 AM Post #7020791
| Babee that is COOL! How much fun will that be?? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:47 AM Post #7020794
| good one Venice |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:48 AM Post #7020799
| ok, who is Pebbles? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:50 AM Post #7020809
| I'm good at weddings...its the marriage part I suck at! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
10:53 AM Post #7020827
| Boil Boil Toil and trouble
Cauldron burn and cauldron bubble...
So sorry Venice, I must have skipped a step. Glad Babee was here to catch it.
Hello babeegirl Pebbles...so glad the bees are returning...drought and disease are slowly destroying the population. Neighbor cut down an old and dying tree the other day, glad I was outside..it had a huge honey comb inside. He was getting ready to spray it. Asked him to take a break and give me 15 minutes before he did anything. Got the chainsaw and made cuts on either side of the hive and tied a rope around the trunk chunk...neighbor was so afraid he would get stung I couldn't get him to help move it...got the truck and used the hitch to drag the trunk over near our compost area and drug the chunk back behind the bins...bees were a touch testy, but no problem. Listened to DHJim fuss for ever it seemed like about "being a 58y/o woman dragging a 100 pounds of tree stump...yadayadayada" Thirty minutes later he was out peeking in on them, quite tickled to have them. MEN...ppppbbbbttt! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:53 AM Post #7020828
| Babeegirl we nicknamed her Pebbles on another thread (babee rocks) probably while you were off at the store buying lifesaving medicines for Wilty lol |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:56 AM Post #7020835
| Moon while a man is still hitching his pants up over a job we get it done!
(no offense Dave & Jim...but I think you Jim are probably a pants hitcher *grin*
oops I'm being fresh again...I think Jim brings it out) |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:59 AM Post #7020855
| men are weird sometimes...
don't want to do it
don't want us to do it
and then when we do it they get mad
and then they sneak out to see what we did |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
11:00 AM Post #7020859
| Congratulations Babeegirl AKA Pebbles...grinYou have to take a ton of photos and have rubber bats and spiders and webbing and candles in jars...oh too cool.
Hi Lynnie, how was the gym? Venice, glad you got the ad thing straight.
Trina, they may say you are responsible for the sidewalk but bet you will have real trouble if you block it off...imminent domain thing. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:00 AM Post #7020860
| lol |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:02 AM Post #7020868
| Nope we keep it blocked most of the year city doesn't mess with us anymore |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
11:04 AM Post #7020881
| LOL Lynnie. Can just see Jo scurrying around while Jim hitches...grin although, 68 is a bit of respite for pants hitching...besides, Jim loves it when we are a bit "fresh" with him...makes him smile at the monitor...speaking of which, gotta clean this one...lots of coffee spots on there...gin |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:04 AM Post #7020882
| We've had plenty of bees, nothing troublesome but they're out there doing their thing. They like the African basil a LOT. And the clover. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:06 AM Post #7020889
| Yes at 68 you have earned your pants hitching lol My husband is a pants hitcher...he's very meticulous too, and he also gets mad if I do something he was going to do. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:08 AM Post #7020900
| Moon, are the bees making honey that can be eaten? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
11:09 AM Post #7020905
| This thread has been up for 26 hours and has over 300 posts...and over 700 views. That ought to tell folks something...not sure what, but something for sure...LOL
That's cool Trina.
Babeegirl, If you get the small brown paper lunch bags you can cut cat or bat or pumpkin shapes in them, spray with starch to keep them stiff and put votive candles to light the way to the altar...that is just so neat. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
11:11 AM Post #7020909
| Yes ma'am. But I am not adventurous enough to try to rob them of it...just too happy to have them in the garden. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:12 AM Post #7020913
| Take a photo of your beehive and let's see how much bigger it gets later. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:17 AM Post #7020930
| fresh honey...yummy...and the honey combs don't taste that bad either served with soe vanilla ice cream |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
11:26 AM Post #7020969
| Venice, I don't think I can get a camera in position to take a picture. The opening is only about 4 or 5 inches and is almost against the back of the bin, just a couple inches of clearance. Did that to keep the oppossum and raccoons out of the hive. Had a hive chunk a few years ago and left it open so we could check on it. Darn critters got into it and mangled the comb and the bees. a month or so later one of the oppossums made a nest in it and had a litter of kits...not what you want in backyard suburbia...grin |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:28 AM Post #7020979
| yeah Moon word is out about the loonies loose on DG hahaha |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:35 AM Post #7021011
| hey now...I have documented proof of my looniness darn it!
Of course with 5 teenagers who wouldn't be loony? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:36 AM Post #7021016
| Well, what is the size of the comb now? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:38 AM Post #7021023
| hey moon...I gotta dumb question for you |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:39 AM Post #7021029
| Trina, you are loony? I just thought you were a little witch?! Since I haven't known one before, I just assume you only have characteristics of a witch!!! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:44 AM Post #7021044
| of course I'm loony |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:55 AM Post #7021076
| We like you that way!!! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
11:58 AM Post #7021082
| I like me that way to or I would go crazy and shoot people...speaking of people I would like to shoot the former bad neighbor with the dog wants me to call her...uhg...darn me and my too niceness! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:00 PM Post #7021089
| Moon oh Moon where are you...I have a silly question for you...Moon are you hiding over there? Nope she wasn't there
Where oh where could the Moon go to hide? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:01 PM Post #7021092
| lol sounds like one of the kid's books |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:04 PM Post #7021103
| Now that I re-read it your right it does...lol
Better than this morning when I was singing "Oh tinkerbell Oh Tinkerbell how jagged are your fangs" to my dog to the melody of Oh Christmas tree! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:16 PM Post #7021239
| I am here. Got six irons in the fire and trying not to get burned...grin. Your question Trina?
Your answer Venice, The comb appears to fill a cavity that is almost the depth of the trunk's width and about a foot and a half tall. I cut the chunk about three feet long, and the ends are solid so I got all of it. My arm span, from finger tip to finger tip is about 68 inches, and I could not quite encircle the trunk, so I would say approximately1.5 ft by 2.5 ft at a guess. It is an old active hive and has probably been around for a few years. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:19 PM Post #7021244
| What category does a "Hen and chicks" plant fall into? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:24 PM Post #7021259
| Moon I am just curious to see how much bigger it gets. I am glad you have it more protected from the critters. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:26 PM Post #7021265
| They fall in the group known as succulents. Sempervivum tectorum...and yes, here is your link...grin
http://landscaping.about.com/od/plantsforsunnydryareas/p/hen... |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:28 PM Post #7021271
| Venice, I would imagine they will continue to hollow out the trunk as much as they can and when they break through the ends, they will possibly relocate. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:32 PM Post #7021286
| LOL and here is my pic...they were hiding under the marigolds 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:36 PM Post #7021300
| What a happy mama hen with her chicks...you need to mulch the area around them for the winter to help keep them from heaving in the cold. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:38 PM Post #7021304
| You have a nice little family there!!! |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
12:39 PM Post #7021308
| Trina, we have the same sneakers! and this is a turtlehead: 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:40 PM Post #7021315
| uhg! the evil Chupacabra puppy was attacking me...she goes to the puppy doctor tomorrow!
Honestly...I have to say its the one plant I DON'T like...can't I just use the marigolds to mulch it when they die down? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:43 PM Post #7021323
| I love my skechers!!!! And I like those I will gladly take some turtleheads off your hands!
Maybe they can compete with my neighbors nasty suprise lilies that are trying to take over my yard and are growing through the fence |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
12:44 PM Post #7021330
| I sometimes wish I didn't work. Then I could play all day. I know I'm not freaking out, but when I came on earlier, on the home page, on the right, it said "chat room open". so I clicked on it and felt like I walked in the wrong door, so I left. But I know it was there... but now (and every other time I've been on DG) it is the spot for "today's articles". anyone else experience that? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:46 PM Post #7021342
| weird things been happening all over the site for two days...I went to tools then plant files and was redirected to a porn site...didn't know a human could bend that way! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:46 PM Post #7021343
| Moon, my gaura bush is a little scranny. I have cut it back twice since spring and I have forced it to bloom twice. There aren't many blossoms and they are small. There are woody parts to the center of the plant, left over I guess. But the plant just doesn't look full. What does it need? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:47 PM Post #7021347
| Trina, watch where you put those fingers!!! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:47 PM Post #7021348
| The chat room pops up at odd times throughout the day and night...ya think they might want us to go there instead of here? laughing derisively...grin |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
12:48 PM Post #7021350
| they DO spread like the dickens. and they have really cool winter bones. and if someone would kindly tell me how to send them, I surely would. oh, and they're about as tall as I am (5'3" or so). blooming now, too. |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
12:50 PM Post #7021353
| oh my gosh, roll me over laughing. was I talking about the turtleheads spreading or Trina's porn site? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:50 PM Post #7021355
| Smiley, I think that is a weird plant. The leaves are a little freaky with those delicate blossoms. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:51 PM Post #7021360
| ok we have the same shoes, we're the same height...scary...LOL
send roots in fall before it freezes at night would be my suggestion |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:53 PM Post #7021363
| LOL Smiley!!! I ain't never shut my laptop so fast in my life! My 12 yr old daughter was looking over my shoulder when it happened! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:53 PM Post #7021364
| Moon, did you see my gaura question? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:55 PM Post #7021367
| I think Moon's galavanting again she'll get to it when she gets back I'm sure |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
12:55 PM Post #7021370
| Here ya Venice...down to just a few irons in the fire. This should give you some basics. If ya have additional questions holler, I'll hear ya. Grin
http://www.estabrooksonline.com/catalog2/perennials/perennia...
This message was edited Sep 3, 2009 12:00 PM |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
12:58 PM Post #7021375
| I would Moon but my little Netbook here doesn't print...and the kids downloaded a virus onto our regular puter that even our techno geek can't figure out right now...he's been working at isolating it for a week now |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
01:00 PM Post #7021377
| Venice, turtleheads are hardy. they don't look delicate live and in person.
Trina, I sent you a d mail if you really want them. or anyone. I love to share. can't find the pecan praline recipe yet.
back to the grind.
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:03 PM Post #7021384
| TTFN Smiley and thanks |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
01:05 PM Post #7021389
| Bummer, Trina. Does that help any Venice?
Hey Smiley, maybe we can find the culprit causing all this headache for you and show him a "gypsy tap dance with jack-boots". I am sure Jim and Dave would provide music and moral support. Grin |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:08 PM Post #7021392
| yeah Jim might even help...he was having a problem last night too
hey at least I still get internet...and can plug in my camera...just can't print nothing! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:11 PM Post #7021400
| Alright miss Moon, goddess of all, what kind of succulent is this? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:12 PM Post #7021403
| Moon -- I want my plant to look more like in those photos! It is not full and bushy and there aren't many flowers and those are small.
This message was edited Sep 3, 2009 12:13 PM |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
01:12 PM Post #7021404
| Ididn't mean the problems here at DG, someone did some hacking at Smiley's work and is causing her grief...that's the culprit I was referring to...you might want to use the contact us link and let admin know about the porn link... |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
01:15 PM Post #7021411
| An invisible one Trina LOL. Venice, how often do you feed it? the woody parts are dead stems??? if so, you may have to lift the plant and divide it and replant the sections around the outside. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:15 PM Post #7021412
| oops I forgot the picture!
I did as soon as my daughter walked away...I was too afraid to open it back up while she was in here
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:22 PM Post #7021428
| I have fed it twice in the past couple of months with Miracle Bloom Booster and maybe once in the spring with the regular stuff. There were just a few tiny dead pieces but the rest of the woody stems have green stems growing from them. I will see if I can get a photo of it. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
01:29 PM Post #7021440
| Please do. might give me a better idea what you are dealing with.
Trina does that foliage have a fragrance to it? |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:30 PM Post #7021446
| Moon, I have 2 photos of that bush. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:30 PM Post #7021447
| nope but if it breaks and it comes close to anything resembling dirt it grows a new one! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:30 PM Post #7021448
| Here's the other one. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:31 PM Post #7021454
| Sorry, I hit the wrong button. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:33 PM Post #7021458
| Trina & Moon, I pick a few small pieces of that same plant off the ground at Lowe's. Haven't planted it yet though. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:35 PM Post #7021461
| I like your astible Venice! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
01:37 PM Post #7021467
| Venice, this is a better site with more information. I think your problem stems from cutting it back in mid-season.
http://www.onlinediscountmart.com/growing-gaura.html |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:38 PM Post #7021469
| it only needs to get near a hint of dirt Moon, it's the only one that didn't have a tag!
well ladies I'm feeling a little tired today so I am gonna go lay down so I'll be decent, the boys have a Cross-Country meet this afternoon and its a home meet and if I don't take a nap I won't be able to go!
Talk to you later, its always a pleasure! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
01:39 PM Post #7021475
| of course going to bed at one and getting up at 4 am probably didn't help the tired part! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
01:52 PM Post #7021508
| Rest well Trina...I'll see what I can find on your plant.
Venice, may want to let me find out what it is before you plant it...grin Hope the new link gives you a little more insight.It can get a bit persnickety when it is not happy...kinda like us huh? grin |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
02:00 PM Post #7021532
| Well, that link says that the blossoms are 1' long. Mine are only barely 1/2" long. It is called Pink Fountain which is not on either site. Pulled out a little more of the dead twigs at the bottom. The site talked about planting some annuals beside it so the plant doesn't droop. Swell!
I tried to take a photo of the top. Afternoon sun is not good for photos here. Morning before the sun is best.
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
02:07 PM Post #7021558
| That site mentions Pink Fountain "walgaupf" at the end, but only by name. How much sun does it get Venice? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
02:23 PM Post #7021663
| Okay...play time is over, the plants are hollering for water...catch you all later...
Hey Lynnie, you just went Poof and disappeared what happened? did the Stalk move? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
02:28 PM Post #7021691
| oh my goodness...no I posted that I was running errands & going to the plant store then made up a silly song about the plant store and the post isn't here! I hope I didn't put it on one of those serious forums! lol Eek. I'm afraid to look. Put it right after Trina's song about Tinkerbell. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
02:30 PM Post #7021709
| Good morning everyone! Aloha kakahiaka!
This thread grows quickly!
Need more details on the succulent. Can you show a close-up? Any flowers?
Maybe a Sedum or Senecio.
The Hawai'i that tourists see, and what's on TV is not well representative of Hawai'i. We are on a desert latitude; the rainforests happen because the mountains are so high that they trap clouds.
What was that remark about guys not wanting to do anything? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
02:32 PM Post #7021716
| Hmmm...the site has been having problems the last day ot two, it was probably from some other forum on some other gardening site and ended up here by accident (she says with big innocent eyes) |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
02:33 PM Post #7021717
| Oh Oh I know another one. Trina's plant looks like the sedum I got that gets little yelloe flowers. I pull it and throw and it grows |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
02:35 PM Post #7021743
| Trina's plant -- I saw a photo of CRASSULA TETRAGONA V. CANNIBUS and thought it was it. But no. Our plant doesn't have woody stems and the leaves (if you can call them that) are straight rather than turn up. I am going out and plant my little pieces of it. But I will bring it inside.
Moon -- That bush gets about half a day of sun. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
02:37 PM Post #7021752
| Dave -- Beautiful tour of HI !!!!! Love your photos. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
02:41 PM Post #7021772
| Dave -- Since you are over here, I will ask you a question about my avocado tree. It was 7' tall but I cut it off because someone recommended that. Anyway, the limbs are really long compared to its height. Do I just leave it that way? Do you think it needs repotting now? It will be coming inside soon and its' growth will slow down. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
02:43 PM Post #7021784
| Afternoon everyone,
Nice country Dave. DH would like that. He is not a good tourist though. If there are alot of people he goes other way. When we went to Maui we were driving down this tiny road (maybe it was a road) scared me to death not room for two cars. When he finally looked at map car rental gave us guess where we were?
Right in the middle marked DO NOT DRIVE CAR HERE. Seen lots of country I am sure normal people don't see. Stay out to him means must be something good there.lol |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
02:52 PM Post #7021802
| Lynnie, I did see something about the plant store and errands, and the song. trina's tinkerbelle song is about 20 or more posts up from here, but can't find yours...Now the darn stalk is eating posts...OH MY!
Gee Dave, would WE ever say something like that???? Not us, we are just delicate flowers...Judy Tenuda style...lol |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
02:58 PM Post #7021823
| Moon where did I put that post?? LOL
anyway I bought 2 more double pink knockouts to finish off that area. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
03:00 PM Post #7021827
| Yes Jjs, your DH has it right, going down the least traveled path usually brings more rewards!
Hey Venice, I would definitely repot the tree. If you can get the tree to bush out at the top it will form a more Standard looking tree. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
03:02 PM Post #7021835
| Lynnie, i did see it...honest, but I thought it was here and when I didn't see you posting thought I was confused again...big surprise...lol
I even went wa-aaaay back up looking for it.. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
03:10 PM Post #7021851
| I think Trina's plant is called sedum rupestre "blue spruce"??
Now I gotta go dig up this weed I found. Grabbed it to pull darn thing has tiny sharp thingies on the stem OUCH1 |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
03:18 PM Post #7021871
| Grab a glove Girl and give it the dickens...grin |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
03:21 PM Post #7021881
| I don't think it is the blue spruce. I have a piece of that in my tiny rock garden. Hers isn't blue enought to be that. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
03:22 PM Post #7021884
| Dave -- How do I get it to bush out on top? Ask the fairies to help? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
03:24 PM Post #7021890
| I have those thorny weeds in the playscape...ouchy! |
babeegirl
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
03:26 PM Post #7021900
| my daughter wants to go visit some arboretums around the area this weekend to scout out some good photo shoot places. We plan on taking her daughter (7months old) with us to have a multigenerational day out. I laughed my bootie off this morning when I went in to get my granddaughter out of her crib only to find she had, for the first time, taken off her dirty diaper by herself and Oh what a mess! her mama turned positively green and got so mad at me..."what's so funny? this isn't funny!" Oh yes it is because I've been waiting for that payback for YEARS! it's funny funny funny because grandma says it is :) |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
03:27 PM Post #7021903
| Lynnie, i have been to the two or three threads we were talking on earlier...like nearly 5 hours ago...lol...not there...oooo eeee ooooo...Darn it Malakai quit it...grin |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
03:30 PM Post #7021909
| Just laughing my bootie off with you...one of mine was a Copro--artist for a couple months. Don't know how many times he painted the crib and walls...I am blocking the memory...LOL |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
03:35 PM Post #7021926
| Better watch that one babeegirl shes starting young. Paybacks are always good
Venice I will see if I can get a pic of mine to see if they look alike ( right after I get these weeds). I really don't know the name the neighbor just called it a sedum as she was invading my yard with it. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
03:38 PM Post #7021932
| Give the Avo some compost & manure & calcium carbonate when you repot it. Also a well rounded fertilizer. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 03, 2009
03:57 PM Post #7021989
| I'm off to work. Everyone have a good day!
A hui hou! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
04:00 PM Post #7022002
| have a good day at wok Dave!
I want to plant my knockouts, it's 88 out there...I take back what I said about fall weather. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:08 PM Post #7022033
| Hey people, having another candy bar and coffee break. Two in one week I'm a baaaad girl. How the heck are ya. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
04:13 PM Post #7022044
| I'm having coffee too...finishing off the pot...then I'll plant the knockouts! |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:13 PM Post #7022047
| babeegirl cute story isn't it fun to be grandma! I have a cute story. My daughter from out of state came to spend Christmas with me a few years back and brought the three boys toys to put under the tree Christmas Eve after all were tucked in. The oldest whom was around 6 at the time woke me standing by my bed around 5:30am with eyes as big as saucers and said "Mamaw, Santa was here and left the whole bag" I cracked up. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:15 PM Post #7022051
| Hi Lynnie, am debateing if I should bring in my Mandevela plant. It looks so pretty climbing the fence |
babeegirl
Wichita, KS
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
04:18 PM Post #7022064
| oh that's funny flowers! I can't wait til Rian is old enough to help me in the garden. I think she's got the skill to spread manure mastered lol. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
04:19 PM Post #7022074
| Coffee here too, just getting around to lunch...Kid just got home...gotta put on the parent hat...homework dead ahead...A hui hou...I like that. 8-) That is me after this strong coffee...grin
It certainly is sweet isn't it Babeegirl? The payback, not the painting...grin
This message was edited Sep 3, 2009 3:20 PM |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:21 PM Post #7022085
| I have a now 7 year old granddaughter that is showing a lot of interest. She checks the blue berry bushes everytime she is over and we cut what is blooming and make mommy a fresh cut arrangement for her to take home. Can't wait until one of them gets big enough to weed eat lol |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
04:22 PM Post #7022088
| Last Christmas Eve my 6 yr old slept from 10:30 pm till 12:45 am, never went back to sleep,woke us up again at 5 am...talk about coffee! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
04:23 PM Post #7022093
| I gotta go parent too...see you guys later! |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:24 PM Post #7022098
| Crack the whip granny and make good grades on his homework. I use to tell mine I made good grades when they were in school because I wound up doing most their homework. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:25 PM Post #7022105
| I remember those days for sure Linney, good talking catch ya later on. Moon have a question if ya have a minute. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
04:26 PM Post #7022110
| Kids are too cute at Christmas, Flowers...wait until you get the first frost before you bring the mandevilla in. That way, you can cut it back and releive the stress of being moved, but you still get to see it on the fence a little longer. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
04:28 PM Post #7022116
| Yea ma'am? |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:28 PM Post #7022120
| I'll do that, figured since I have to cut it back then if nights are too cool and wilt it that will still be ok |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:31 PM Post #7022132
| I bought a cordless electric shear, now am getting a lot of negative feedback as to performance. I need something to trim shrubs and ornamental grasses back to the ground that are planted too far away for electric sheers. Thinking small chain saw. What would you suggest? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
04:33 PM Post #7022142
| Are the shears performing okay for you, but others don't like them, or are they giving you trouble when you use them? |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
04:35 PM Post #7022148
| Venice this is my sedum I thought looked like trinas 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:35 PM Post #7022151
| haven't used them yet, thinking about taking them back as one lady had some just like them worked ok maybe twice and went kerplunk, seems there is a battery problem concerning the cordless ones. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:37 PM Post #7022156
| hey jj's didn't mean to leave you out, think baby girl left for a bit. |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
04:39 PM Post #7022162
| Pulled weeds under hostas hand came out with two tiny slugs on it. Must be time for more slug bait!
What kind of grass is this and how do I get rid of it? It even comes back after roundup is used.
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
04:42 PM Post #7022177
| Thats ok flowers. I don't usually have to many answers just take in all the knowledge. GS just got home so have to do the homework thing like the others and DH just came in behind him with blood running down his arm. Better tend to the flock |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:42 PM Post #7022181
| well I always called it milkweed because loved chewing on it for the sweet milky taste but sure that is not the name. I found popping out weeds with a spade or hoe is the best sure fire way of them not coming back. If you have a lot of them your yard may look like it has the mange until good grass fills in the spots where weeds were. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
04:43 PM Post #7022184
| Well I tried to play catch up but I just gave myself a headache, I'm sure if it's important ya'll tell me right? |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:45 PM Post #7022191
| ok jj take care of the flock, hope everthing is ok, let us know. Moon if ya think of anything let me know. Go to the homework and will catch up with ya later. Sianara all. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:46 PM Post #7022197
| Hey Trina, hows the world treating ya |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
04:48 PM Post #7022200
| if i my stepson would hurry his ass up great |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:50 PM Post #7022210
| busy time of day, everyone is hungry or busy, I was just getting ready to jet myself but wanted to say Hi. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:52 PM Post #7022240
| moon check your d-mail |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
04:54 PM Post #7022250
| Karen, they may not have been heavy duty enough to handle what she was cutting, but if you aren't confident that they will perform well then take them back and look for a good quality ergonomic pair of loppers. They are made to be user friendly and styled to be comfortable to handle. Nothing is worse than being in the middle of a job and having the battery run down. Grin
For the ornamental grasses here we use a cutting head for the weed eater. It is two plastic encased metal bars with a very sharp edge, that fit onto your weed eater. It is safer for cutting the grasses than a chain saw because you don't have to bend down over the saw to cut. When you go to return your shears bring the name, make and model number of your weed eater with you so the sales clerk can help you find the right ones to fit it.
Also, it would not be a bad idea at some point to get a small 8 or 10 inch chain saw to have on hand for the larger heavier cutting jobs. Anything bigger and you should have some help. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
04:55 PM Post #7022252
| oops I just realized I said a bad word! I apologize to all! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
04:58 PM Post #7022265
| help for a chainsaw bigger than 8 to 10 inches...hhhmmm...Really? OOPS
Don't terll my husband that cause I won't let him use my chainsaw, and if he saw that he'd argue with me about me using my chainsaw! |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
04:59 PM Post #7022268
| The lopers and blades for weedeater I have but limited as I am with lungs was trying to think of something easier and faster that I could handle.Do they sell blow up gardeners? lol |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
05:00 PM Post #7022272
| its ok on the usscay we all have our moments lol |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
05:03 PM Post #7022283
| I think might be a wise investment for the simple reason I get sapplings that I don't want that get a few feet high before I get to them. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
05:04 PM Post #7022287
| If you are comfortable using the chain saw, by all means it would be the easiest of all to use. These days they are lighter and easier to handle. I apologize for not remembering your health problems...just remember when you use the chain saw it is a good idea to wear one of the filter masks as they throw out a lot of small particulate and that would not do your breathing any good. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
05:05 PM Post #7022290
| I have used them in the past even industrial size, used to be a Park Ranger all 115 lbs of me ha ha |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
05:06 PM Post #7022294
| Off to the homework supper bath game...later all.
In that case, saw away Ranger Flowers...grin
This message was edited Sep 3, 2009 4:07 PM |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:07 PM Post #7022301
| Very true Moon, especially if she has a lung problem, although they do make light weight electric chainsaws now, I got my Grammy one she terriorizes my uncle with it...funniest thing you ever seen |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
05:08 PM Post #7022308
| cya moon, sorry for the holdup talk later. Trina have an engagement at 6 and it is after 5 here now so must get ready. Have a good evening and will talk again soon. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:09 PM Post #7022313
| Ranger Flowers I like that! |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 03, 2009
05:10 PM Post #7022319
| yep the stories I could tell!!! cya |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:11 PM Post #7022320
| ok Flowers later
|
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:16 PM Post #7022335
| JJ, your sedum is a like a flat vine I think. My mother had some of it. Trina's stands up until it gets too tall then it sort of slumps over the sides. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:17 PM Post #7022338
| You guys are really amazing people!!!! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:19 PM Post #7022345
| mine looks like
Medusa's Hair |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:21 PM Post #7022362
| I should run over to Lowe's where I picked some off the ground. They probably don't have a tag in it but I could try. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:26 PM Post #7022381
| uhg...I still don't feel good gonna lay back down..I think my daughter gave me her flu |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:41 PM Post #7022437
| did you guys vote me off the island because I clicked on this thread & it said I'm no longer watching it!
got my roses planted, will get pic... |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
05:51 PM Post #7022470
| the new ones are the little ones on the ends... 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 03, 2009
05:56 PM Post #7022488
| Hi Lynnie, I like your border! We're trying to do a rock-thing, but your looks really nice! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
06:08 PM Post #7022516
| thanks Smileymom, we used leftovers from a bigger fieldstone wall we put in the front..there's a thread on beginner landscaping with a lot of cool pics & links, check it out...
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1017878/ |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 03, 2009
06:08 PM Post #7022517
| Hitching pants: I don't do much hitching. When I wear dress clothes, I were my suspenders. All my dress pants are two big since I got slim and pretty. I'd have to hitch them up from around my ankles. Congregations tend to frown on their pastor wearing there pants around the ankles. At home working I wear shorts. Got the prettest legs of any man around. Wife won't let me wear them in public. It embarrasses her when the women whistle at me. My legs and my colone are just to much for any woman to take at one time.
Getting fresh: At my age, someone getting fresh with you is a treat.
Dave, I enjoyed the views. Very pretty.
So far the ad hasn't popped up this evening. My tech friend said that it was probably contained the malware that tried to sneak in on my computer last night. The sirens went off right after I had clicked on the add to see if there was some way to get it off. Thank goodness for Avast. He also told me to go to malwarebytes.com and download that to my computer. Said it was one of the best around right now. |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
06:15 PM Post #7022533
| Jim are you a change jingler? I just know you have some kind of thing you do when those women are buzzing around you or do you just stand there & smile? Wait, you kick a boot in the dirt and say aww shucks Ma'am... |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
06:25 PM Post #7022574
| Jim do you mean the sprint add with the frog? It was gone earlier but I have it back now.
Lynnie your roses are beautiful. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
07:31 PM Post #7022762
| Lynnie -- They are pretty and they are really not all that small. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
07:36 PM Post #7022778
| TRINA -- I found out what my little pieces of plant is that I thought was like yours.
Coral Carpet Stonecrop
Maybe Moon can tell you if that may be it.
Also, I found out what my hosta is. I will have to go over to Hosta territory and post it! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:09 PM Post #7022915
| Trina, I think this is your plant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum_reflexum |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
08:23 PM Post #7022970
| BTW DH is fine, dingdong picking up branches under the tree they were cutting down while the other guy still cutting limb got him took chunk out of his arm. His biggest dillema was I used neosporin and he wanted bag balm.
Thanks for telling me the difference venice. Guess I haven't learned to look that close yet.
found a toad in the garden dog tried to eat him |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:33 PM Post #7023014
| good choice with the neosporin, JJ
Thank you Venice, the 3 in the middle I just planted in June so those are not much bigger than the new ones (the middle one is a pink climber...I was trying to tie a cane to the trellis & snapped it off...I'm hopeless at this stuff!)
|
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
08:50 PM Post #7023080
| Lynnie, looks scrumptous...and i love the rock wall.
JJs, sorry DH got hurt...sorrier that he was a baby about it GRIN...
That is our Jim, shucking and grinning...grin |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
08:52 PM Post #7023092
| Lynnie he thinks bag balm is a cure all.
Went out to check pumpkin patch and pick tomatoes and I think Malakai has been stabbing my pumpkins. Found two with big gashes in them. hmmmmm spose those children I threw out of the corn were upset? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
08:55 PM Post #7023106
| I wondered where he went, he wasn't out by the corn stalk today ;) |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
08:56 PM Post #7023109
| Thanks Moon, I figure he must be getting old.lol I can remember when he cut his arm open and duct taped it back together, refused to go to hospital. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
09:00 PM Post #7023139
| Boy howdy, that old thing happens to the best of us. Glad it was not major injury, sounds like you'd have a fight on your hands if it was. Grin |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:00 PM Post #7023141
| * A star for Moon!!! Another one ID'd!!! |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
09:08 PM Post #7023177
| I just told his boss " If you hurt him bad you will have take over the honey do's".
He's pretty stubborn when it comes to DRs ...just put bag balm on it and tape it up it will be fine
Someday I will get even ,,,he will get caught in a zipper ...I'll give him the bag balm. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:08 PM Post #7023178
| OK I'm back...waiting on the pizza guy who is taking his own sweet time! |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
09:10 PM Post #7023189
| Hope you're feeling better |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:11 PM Post #7023200
| as soon as I eat and can take a pain pill I will |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:14 PM Post #7023217
| Oh Trina! Guess what I bought at the grocery tonight??? |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:15 PM Post #7023222
| this is why I always go to bed hungry... |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:19 PM Post #7023245
| lol lynnie
whatr did ya get Venice? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:28 PM Post #7023285
| I got Pizza...well I got pasta...kids got pizza |
jjsgramma
Woodhull, IL
(Zone 5a)
September 03, 2009
09:41 PM Post #7023342
| I'm gonna start on the bath bed thing early tonight.
Have a peaceful night everyone.
The nightowls should be out soon.
Nite |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:42 PM Post #7023348
| I got one of those really large avocados!!! Dave said that when there are more than one stems come up from the pit, that tree will have avocados. It would be like the one that I cut the top off. It is not ready to eat yet. But I will put your name on it when I put it in my cupboard! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:44 PM Post #7023360
| see it is personal...I come in and you all leave!!!!
Any way moon checked out the wikipedia link the leaf thingy's on that are way bigger than mine...I have a small red carpet stonecrop and it don't look nothing like that
I think I'll just continue to call it medusa
|
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:46 PM Post #7023370
| Trina, did you see this link Moon posted?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedum_reflexum |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:46 PM Post #7023372
| Nite JJ
WOOHOOO thank you Venice!!!! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
09:47 PM Post #7023378
| yeppers that's the one I was looking at |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:01 PM Post #7023456
| In comparison, I think the one in the photo is not as leggy or as scranny as yours.??
I thought I had ID'd my hosta but the hosta people told me the name only meant hosta.
My head goes in circles trying to ID stuff. I am leaving it to the experts!!! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:03 PM Post #7023466
| and even then trying to telll from only a picture is a pain |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
10:10 PM Post #7023499
| Venice, i think you will like these. Click on the names on the right side for some great pictures.
http://coniferlover.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/in-my-own-minia... |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:13 PM Post #7023512
| well since no one's talking I think I might go back to bed |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 03, 2009
10:17 PM Post #7023533
| I'm to busy with my huggin to do any boot kicking or ah shuchs in. Go to what is fun. At my age, get your kicks when you can, while you can. That's my motto. Course it helps that I am a world class hugger.
JJs, The zipper and the bag balm broke me up. That ain't no fun but it sure is funny. Reminds me of the time Dad had to go in for a ream job after postrate surgery. Throughed a fit to come home, so finally the doctor gave up and let him come home with a catherter bag. Whole slew of folks at their house that Sunday, Dad decided he had to do #2. Momma jumped up and got his bag for him and went with him to pottay. Just as they started out the bathroom to come to the living room, someone knocked on the door. There were ten or twelve people who could have answered the door, but Mom took off like a house a fire, "I got it," she hollored. Momma took off lickedy split. She forgot all about have that bag in her hand and Dad attached to the other end. Dad had his hands back, upon his tiptoes, trying to keep up with Mom and hollering to the top of his lungs, "Ohhh." Mom never slacked up. All we could do was laugh. Had to see it to appreciate it. |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:18 PM Post #7023543
| Moon, I am going to save that until tomorrow. I have had enough of the computer for tonight. I will write down the time so I don't lose it.
Have a good night! Everyone sleep well!!
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:20 PM Post #7023545
| I'm not sure I even want to know what you all are talking about! |
venice62
Indianapolis, IN
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:21 PM Post #7023557
| Jim, how can we sleep when we are laughing so hard now!!! Soooo funny!
'Night! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 03, 2009
10:24 PM Post #7023563
| night Venice!
ok I've been walking around my house for an hour trying to figure out what that smell was...its the brugmansia...I will be cutting the rest of the flowers off it tomorrow...that's just bad! wish I never got them now
They are pretty but boy do they stink! |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
10:34 PM Post #7023600
| Great visual Jim. An absolute fitting way to end a day...on a laugh. Time to shower and wash the weed funk off and call it a good fight fought...grin Best regards to Jo and you, have a sweet evening and a better morning.
Good night all. Busy day tomorrow. Each of you be safe ...
Me too Venice, me too. G'night. |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 03, 2009
10:44 PM Post #7023632
| OMG! I tried to catch up by scanning voraciously but I'm tellin' ya, you all can talk! :)
Kassy! So sorry I missed your bday!!!! Happy belated hope it was great!
And LOL here's a picture of something I found I've been saving to post but I think you beat me! And I was so excited...
Click the image for an enlarged view.
|
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 03, 2009
10:46 PM Post #7023643
| O.k. new people, what are their band names, I know, I should have seen it. Sigh... |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
10:58 PM Post #7023690
| Hi Ican. So good to see you. Missed your keen observations...grin, By the way, The Kassy B'day thing is an error. Her b'day is March 10th Can you believe this thread is less than 48 hours old? May start a new one in the morning so it is easier to keep up. How are you and what's going on? |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 03, 2009
11:06 PM Post #7023710
| Oh ya, I saw your new thread post, searched of it and went "waaaaaa?" Are we one talkative bunch or what?
Now by keen observations are you being sarcastic????
It's a fabulous day in AK like summer again. Had to go dig around outside (aka weed the yard) so I had an excuse to be out there.
AAAAAH! So funny, both of my parents bday's are March 10th, one year apart. No wonder I like her!
So I'm doing great, should know better than to not check everyday! :) What's up with you? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
11:23 PM Post #7023773
| Not a bit of sarcasm at all...you make me laugh with your take on some things and THAT is a good thing Martha...
Spent as much time as I could outside...nice the green house has power so can drag the laptop out with me.GRIN
Been fighting evil taproot weeds all day. cussed so much I am hoarse. Dave is teaching us a few Hawai'ian phrases like good morning Aloha kakahaika and good night Aloha ahia hi and my favorite, until we meet again a hui hou. Kassy has a whole 40 thread, Dave calling Dave...got some absolutely beautiful miniature conifers growing out there...real baby babies. Grin.
Chezca checked in and the slug thread is perking along again. This site was really wonky yesterday, bouncing things around and sending you off to weird places...like that is new...grin. Kassy cooked a puff ball, ate half of it and lived to tell the story...grin
How is the palm adjusting to the kitty? Or maybe how is the kitty adjusting to the palm?
That's about all the news from Lake Woebeme...grin |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 03, 2009
11:33 PM Post #7023809
| Oddly the cat has lost interest in the palm. Go figure. Am I lucky girl or what?! I saw Kassy's puff ball mushroom. Can't imagine trying to eat half of that. I like mushrooms but man! Sounds like it must be along the lines of a portabella. Which reminds me, I was gonna flip her grief over never having tried one. Sheesh! Gotta bring that girl into the light age!
You're funny. Tap roots...ugh! Has Dave taught you how to swear in Hawaiian yet? Now THAT's what you need! How to not offend your non-hawaiian neighbors.
Well it just goes to show you how things go on the plant ID thread that the sluggies are still going. Good for them. :)
As I said to Kassy...bah humbug someone had their panties in a bunch. Ah well. I like the thread jumping, it's fun. I love the latest titles. |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 03, 2009
11:34 PM Post #7023816
| Lambric |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 03, 2009
11:35 PM Post #7023819
| Children of the corn |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 03, 2009
11:38 PM Post #7023833
| Hey guys, do you remember the question about how to get the ads off of Dave's? I did that and it speeded my computer like crazy. Apparently all the ads were slowing me down.
Hi Ican, good to hear from you. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 03, 2009
11:44 PM Post #7023857
| Keeps us honest and on our toes...of course, today the site was still acting a bit strange...ate one of Lynnie's posts after I read it. We looked around for it, but it was gone...that Malakai corn Stalker is starting to get frisky...grin
Sitting here drinking and Irish decaf wondering how I managed to get this sedate...lol Got 3 cats all trying to occupy the same spot on the bench with me and keep thinking they need some Irish milk...grin
Oddly enough, I do not believe there are any swear words in Hawai'ian...may be wrong, but think they got all their swear words from the pirates and missionaries...lol
I just figured the plantID thread is probably the busiest on the whole site and we were impeding progress...which just goes to show you they didn't read it...grin.
Have to come up with a new title soon. this one grew legs and took off... |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 04, 2009
12:05 AM Post #7023920
| Hi Jim! Missed the ads on DG info. I don't seem to get them. Am I just lucky? Hmmmm...
What? No swear words in Hawaiian? How bout da hui? LOL...just kidding Dave. Didn't people got killed for standing in the kings shadow? I'll bet they had a word or two. Of course pirates and missionaries might expand your vocabulary a bit.
Yes, good thought on the plant ID thread, not sure I'm buying it, but a positive outlook soooo beats the alternative :)
What? Grew legs? Well there goes our mascot. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
12:09 AM Post #7023931
| Poor Footless has not been a conversation topic since you were on last. Kassy was up at the 40, so no idea what Footless was up to. i do know the chickens got their own puffballs...Footless probablt had them playing a wild game of Australian Footy while no one was watching...grin |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 04, 2009
12:15 AM Post #7023939
| LOL! I agree. I like to imagine him putting on a wooden leg when no ones looking and kicking it with the hens on his flaming ride. Whoo-hoo! Our wild chicken man. Too cool for words. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
01:18 AM Post #7024076
| I was searching the web for a wind up footless chicken and the link said SEE KASSY...LOL
We have decided that plants carry on a private life at night while you sleep. Did you see Dave's cool Yam man jew's harp player? It is in the Thread Dave started or the one Lynnie started I am pretty sure |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
01:24 AM Post #7024090
| calling it a night...a hui hou...sweet dreams of footless chickens and puffballs. |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 04, 2009
01:36 AM Post #7024129
| :) Puffballs
Yes I saw the crazy Yam Band. Like the guy on the street with a drum attached to his back (Mary Poppins anyone)
Kassy's famous chicken
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
02:33 AM Post #7024232
| Ican I don't try to keep up anymore! gives me a headache trying to figure out where I left off and then catch back up...besides its more fun to make them repeat themselves...lol |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
02:48 AM Post #7024246
| and why can't anyone put anything "Normal" on their trade list?
What is Peyote anyway, looks like an ugly plant to me!
well at least one person from DG asked to trade some of these obnoxious plants with me...4 more gone, yeah...I'd do the Happy dance but at 1:45 am my time who's gonna see it?
cuz I'm all alone out here...I can hear the echo of my own thoughts...lol |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
03:55 AM Post #7024284
| ohohoho I feel smart JJ's first pic at the very beginning where she asks if its a weed its an aster...if it was daylight I'd go take a pic of mine that I planted so we can compare, but I am pretty sure its an aster and not a weed |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
04:32 AM Post #7024297
| Hawaiian swear words?
Pilau, meaning "bad smelling", such as in: "Pilau da bugga" (Not a good person)
Hauna, meaning "smells like dead fish", such as in "Hauna braddah" (You need a bath).
Kaka, meaning "excretion", such as in "Kaka you" (You're crap).
Guess that more could be dug up, but best to leave the dirt buried!
|
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
04:45 AM Post #7024306
| lol dave very true! |
Lynnie6868
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
05:29 AM Post #7024324
| oooh Dave thanks for the swear words! These will come in handy at work ;)
I worked with a man from Cambodia,begged him to teach me swears in Khmer...nothing doing!
Ican it's great to see you! |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 04, 2009
06:20 AM Post #7024368
| doesn't anyone sleep here??? |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
06:27 AM Post #7024377
| Nope never smiley! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
September 04, 2009
06:27 AM Post #7024378
| Sleep? That's a human thing. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
06:33 AM Post #7024384
| The plants were watching meit freaked me out so I got up...lol |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 04, 2009
06:35 AM Post #7024388
| oh yes, I forgot about your night phobia, Trina. My dolls used to move when I was little. REALLY freaked me out. I'd have to go under the covers! Dave, what time is it right now in lovely Hawaii? It's 6:30 AM here in Buffalo. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
06:37 AM Post #7024390
| 5:30 am here...nah honestly smiley it wasn't the plants...my backs killing me and I didn't want to wake hubby with my rolling around and whimpering so I got back up somewhere between 1 and 2 |
smileymom343
Kenmore, NY
(Zone 6a)
September 04, 2009
08:10 AM Post #7024554
| back issues.. no fun. I'll say silent prayers for your back. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
08:18 AM Post #7024573
| now i'm adding plants to my want list on the trading part...i'm so bad |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
08:54 AM Post #7024654
| Good morning...new thread started for the benefit of our dial-up friends...see you there... |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 04, 2009
12:09 PM Post #7025342
| Trina ~ I like thinking that it was the plants watching you ;)
Ya sometimes I give up and just start at the end. It's much easier on the brain. "Ooo I would have commented on that but it was 108 posts ago..."
Dave ~ I like Hauna braddah best. LOL! "Oooo braddah you smell like one dead fish!" It works. Especially in AK.
Uuuuummmm Moon, are you leaving me to go find it without a name? I'm guessing it won't be hard to locate :) I'm off to see if there's already 248 posts on it like this one when I found it. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
12:13 PM Post #7025353
| LOL Ican the posts add up quick around here don't they
they add up almost as fast as my plants! LOL |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 04, 2009
12:32 PM Post #7025423
| Ah plants. We need bigger houses so we can have all the plants we want :) |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 04, 2009
12:36 PM Post #7025436
| and much much bigger yards! |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 04, 2009
12:42 PM Post #7025455
| Oh absolutely! |
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN
(Zone 7a)
 September 04, 2009
12:59 PM Post #7025493
| Time to start a new thread, folks. And chatty threads really need to be in the "General Discussion & Chat" or "Parking Lot" forums ;o) |
Chezca
Hayward (Z8b-9a), CA
(Zone 8b)
September 04, 2009
02:53 PM Post #7025777
| Ooops! Sorry! I don't know where I'm supposed to be postin, here, there, slugs, what, where---- HELP!!! :-)
Hi Terry :-)... Ya know, "general discussion & chat" may well be the nether regions for most of us used to the beginner gardener's forum :-) It feels so "far away", way over there to click on... am i right?!? Plus gramps might get lost and won't know what to do... so can we please stay in "beginner's garden", pretty please!!!???
|
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN
(Zone 7a)
September 04, 2009
03:29 PM Post #7025855
| The beginner gardening forum is really intended for beginner gardening questions.
Chat-type threads in a forum like this can seem a little intimidating to newbies, or someone who isn't part of the group.
That's why we have forums just for the chat-type threads - they aren't overshadowing the intended purpose of any other forum, and everyone pretty much expects to find serial-type threads in there ;o) |
Jim41
Delhi, LA
September 04, 2009
05:57 PM Post #7026310
| Trina, when the thread opens up, look for skip to new. It will take you to the last place you looked. |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
September 04, 2009
06:03 PM Post #7026328
| Come join us on the new thread Jim. |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 05, 2009
12:38 AM Post #7027659
| ok lets just meet in the parking lot, only one question where the **** is it? lol |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 05, 2009
12:41 AM Post #7027669
| Maybe I've been asking the wrong question. Maybe I should be asking what we need to do to get a forum where we can have the type of threads we're looking for. Think I'll go try the contact us button. It's next to the parking lot right? |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 05, 2009
12:46 AM Post #7027676
| This is not funny but it is rofl, I meet ya in the parking lot as soon as I find the darn thing its somewhere between the discussion chat and the board room I think |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
12:46 AM Post #7027677
| Jim check your dmail!!! |
flowers_delight
Leicester, NC
(Zone 8a)
September 05, 2009
12:48 AM Post #7027683
| maybe we are supposed to jump in the plant files I'm afraid a spider will bite me. |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
12:52 AM Post #7027691
| lol flowers. OK I've been up for 23 hours straight and finally I'm tired...good night all...I could possibly be back later...sleeps all messed up |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 05, 2009
12:53 AM Post #7027695
| No danger of that, you'd have to go to the insect id forum ;) |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 05, 2009
12:54 AM Post #7027697
| Gnite! Hopefully you get some rest tonight! |
trinawitch
Canton,IL &Dent Coun, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 05, 2009
01:00 AM Post #7027709
| I hope so too...last time i got insomnia like this it took 11 days |
icanfindroom
Anchorage, AK
September 05, 2009
01:57 AM Post #7027752
| So if we don't see you for awhile do we assume you passed out from exhaustion or that your finally getting some rest? I suppose passing out works as a form of rest. |
