| Author | Content |
dave
Jacksonville, TX
(Zone 8a)
 January 12, 2006
11:33 AM Post #1971609
| This forum was suggested for the purpose of folks introducing themselves to the Home Talk area!
Dave |
melody
Benton, KY
(Zone 7a)
January 14, 2006
2:03 PM Post #1976213
| Sounds like a terrific idea Dave! Lots of new folks showing up, they may feel a bit like the new kid in school.
I think everyone ought to introduce themselves...new or not. Make it feel like home much sooner. |
abbey_cny
Syracuse, NY
January 14, 2006
6:42 PM Post #1976727
| Guess I will jump in here. I am new, having found this place from a reference on another forum.
Been too busy fixing up my home to have much time for gardening, but I hope to rectify that situation this year. There is a lot of ground cover in my yard,and I think it is time to change that a bit. I look forward to learning a lot here.
Abbey |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
January 14, 2006
9:35 PM Post #1977190
| Welcome, Abbey...you've found a great place to learn and share your own ideas...Jo |
gingerlily
Paxton, FL
(Zone 8a)
January 16, 2006
11:56 AM Post #1980731
| It feels like home when you come to Dave's Garden. Been here 5 years, so I think I'll keep hanging around. It's been so much fun! Folks that aren't here just don't know what they are missing. |
Keli3763
Tuscumbia, AL
(Zone 7a)
January 28, 2006
10:57 AM Post #2006297
| I found this sight because I was looking for an english hawthorn tree. I have
high blood pressure and I use hawthorn berry tea to regulate it. I was hoping to grow my own berries. I noticed some of you have been here a long time.
I know this will be a very interesting place. Is there a chat room kind of place?
Or is this the only way to talk to each other? Well, I hope to make a few new friends here. I also noticed that in your "area" forums, you don't have a southeast area. Is there a way to get one put in? Or can we just kind of talk about it anyway? Well, since I'm new here, I'll stop with the questions, for now. Talk soon. Keli |
haleysaunt
Osawatomie, KS
(Zone 5b)
February 2, 2006
7:16 PM Post #2018337
| Hello, I am new to Dave's Garden, also.
I am a first time new home owner, and I am going in too many directions at once!
I am determined to get my yard started this spring, but at the same time I am trying to get my house organized and some internal projects accomplished.
Projects like building corner shelves in the kitchen, building a kitty highway and steps in the living room, building a window seat with storage in the living room, etc, etc, etc...
I am so happy to be able to do what ever I want, (after a life time of renting) that even if my building projects don't turn out perfect, that is ok, I will learn as I go. :-) Janice. |
tigerlily123
Raleigh, NC
(Zone 7b)
March 2, 2006
3:42 PM Post #2081877
| Hi, I am new here, but already am very impressed with the gardening/botanical knowledge that I have found here. I grow bedding plant annuals for a living-wholesale, and found this site when I was googling care of alocasias and colocasias because I had gotten an order to grow some for a landscaper. Had never grown them before. As well, I used to live in Hawaii for 10 yrs, and really miss all the tropicals that you take for granted there, so you know that I read the tropicals page everyday! I was also a member of the International Palm Society while in Hawaii, as the palm is my very favorite plant, and so I can hang out with the palms here! |
skipjob
Canton, IL
March 7, 2006
8:51 AM Post #2092817
| Hi. I ran across this site looking for info on growing hops. I have some started and want to train them to grow a living pergola. I have never grown anything, but put these in soil 4 years ago and they are thriving. Didn't do anything else. Never even watered them. I would like to grow other things also but need lots of help, as I have never even kept house plants alive (except for one palm). My x did all the gardening before. Now it is my time I think. Please help me. Thanks. |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2006
9:32 AM Post #2092897
| Hi, skipjob! Welcome to Dave's Garden! The Upper Midwest Gardening Forum ([HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]) might be a great place for you to start. You will find lots of other gardeners there who live with growing conditions like yours and will be able to suggest plants that do well there. I find the "Boy, am I sorry I planted THAT" threads to be just as helpful as the threads that show pretty flowers.
If you want ideas of what to plant, the Garden Tours forum might be helpful. ([HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]) Members have posted pictures of their gardens for you to look at and discuss.
There are a whole host of other forums, some of them general, like Garden Talk, and some more specific, like Begonias. Here is the whole list of gardening forums: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
You'll find friendly helpful people, for the most part, in any and all of them. If you have a question and don't know exactly where to post it, Garden Talk is a good place to start. Someone there will be able to redirect you. ([HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com])
I hope that helps! Welcome, again, to Dave's Garden!
~ Marylyn
|
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
March 9, 2006
4:01 PM Post #2099322
| I came across this site many times while researching plants. We didn't have email set up, so I didn't think I'd ever get to join. We got the bugs out of the mail and I subscribed. I love it here! Only a few people in my town have large flower beds, so it's nice to know I have all of you to ''talk'' to. |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 9, 2006
4:17 PM Post #2099375
| Welcome to Dave's Garden, billyporter! There is a large contingency of Iowa folk in here. Check out the Upper Midwest Gardening Forum ([HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]) and the plans for an Iowa Round Up (fun gathering of Dave's Garden folk for plant swapping and general fun) in Des Moines in May. ([HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com])
~ Marylyn |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
March 9, 2006
4:17 PM Post #2099377
| Billyporter...welcome to the Garden...you'll make lots of new friends here...especially if you attend the Iowa Round Up...I did once!! Jo
[HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
March 9, 2006
4:18 PM Post #2099379
| Marylyn...darn...You posted while I was...and beat me to the punch! LOL Well...now he knows for sure how much fun awaits him. Friend Jo |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 9, 2006
4:19 PM Post #2099383
| LOLOL Great minds DO think alike!!
~ Marylyn :-) |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
March 13, 2006
3:53 PM Post #2110216
| Thanks everyone. Roadrunner, giggle, I'm a girl. |
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
March 13, 2006
3:58 PM Post #2110224
| hehe ...I am too...but some thinks I'm a guy...I had a friend named BillIE...she used a different spelling...Welcome Girl! Jo |
wildroze
March 14, 2006
3:06 PM Post #2112477
| I'm also a newbee here.Had a few gardens in my time,even tried to can tomatoes once,but that turned into a nightmare.I'm glad I found this spot on the net.I'm considering the subscription for Dave's Garden.Thought I'd hang out for awhile and see how it goes first.There is so much good information here that I may even find that I have a "green-thumb" some day too.Thanks to all of you for making me feel welcome. |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
March 14, 2006
4:14 PM Post #2112637
| I think the subscription is definately worth it. I upped for a year, but I'll be a member for life. |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
March 14, 2006
6:08 PM Post #2112907
| Welcome to Dave's Garden, wildroze! There are a lot of Ohioans here and they are a friendly bunch. :-) I used to live in Ohio, too - first near Findlay and then in Columbus. I still love Ohio, although I can't say I miss the winters! In case you haven't found it yet, here is a link to the Ohio Valley Gardening Forum: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
Welcome to the family!
~ Marylyn |
ebenitez
State College, PA
April 20, 2006
12:36 PM Post #2205561
| Hi, I am new here today. Just found the site while searching for a company on Google, and a Gardenwatchdog reply about it was there (Van Bourgondien's). So I read all the reviews and got hooked. I just moved to central Pennsylvania (Happy Valley) from NW Ohio and miss my English cottage garden of 9 years and conservatory back there...but here I have a bit more shade (tall hardwoods at the back) and rhodos seem to grow here really well, not like there. So my gardening will change somewhat. We have a lot of yellow clay at the surface and some small rocks. Any suggestions?
Esther |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
June 21, 2006
10:17 AM Post #2415814
| Hi everyone! I joined DG about a month ago and can't remeber where I figured I fit in... Oh well, I just got married in Jan for the 2nd time and now getting ready for a reception/barbecue. At least my roses are blooming.
I'm new at gardening, only been here in this house 2 years.
Everywhere else I've ever lived had exsisting flowers so just needed to take a little care. When we moved in here in June of 2004, there was not one single flower! Nada! Not one! Some ugly globe bushes and 5 trees that were alive and 3 trees that were d-e-d dead. Since I've put in a total for 10 garden beds. One the first year, 3 last year in the spring, two lattice beds last fall and the rest this spring. Everything seems to be coming along nicely. Only time will tell I guess. Any helpful hints and suggestions would be so greatly appreciated. Thanks. Cece zone 5a Wi |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
June 21, 2006
12:09 PM Post #2416293
| Welcome to Dave's Garden and congratulations on your marriage! :-) Have you found the Upper Midwest Gardening Forum yet? ([HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]) There are a lot of Badgers in there, so you are very likely to find people who are gardening in similar conditions. :-)
~ Marylyn |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
June 23, 2006
8:51 AM Post #2423475
| Hi! Does anyone have an idea how to keep squirrels out of my potted pansies? I've tried pepper spray, liquid fence and scare tactics and every morning I get up and they're dug up on my patio. I just want them in the container, blooming. Not withering away on the cement all night. Frustrating!!!!!!! |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
June 23, 2006
9:10 AM Post #2423530
| Someone on the Texas Gardening Forum suggested cayenne pepper. I haven't tried it yet, but they said it works. :-) |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
June 28, 2006
8:54 AM Post #2442644
| Has anyone any idea what a flourescent greenish-yellow flying bug would be??????
I've tried looking in the books I have and nothing. They are a little larger than a gnat and they seems to like my two rose beds. Are they friend or foe????? |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
June 28, 2006
12:21 PM Post #2443299
| Sounds icky to me, but that's not very helpful. LOL Try asking over here: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
June 28, 2006
12:31 PM Post #2443338
| I think I found out. I looked up on [HYPERLINK@www.ortho.com] and it looks to me it could be leafminers. So I sprayed the with a rose and flower insect spray. Hopefully that will make them go away. before they do any noticeable damage that is. Thanks for the tip though. I should try DG's before I stop bugging people with all my questions. |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
June 28, 2006
2:01 PM Post #2443733
| Maybe ya'll down home can tell me where Humble Texas could be found? We play buzztime trivia every friday night and Sunday afternoon and Mulligans in Humble Texas is ALWAYS on the national list with high points. Just wonderin' where humble is. I tried asking my uncle who lives in Gustine and he said he never heard of it so it must be down near the border of Mexico somewhere. Always my uncles response. |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
June 28, 2006
6:10 PM Post #2444643
| Humble is just northeast of Houston, nowhere near the Mexican border. :-) The natives drop the "H" and pronounce it "Umble." I have no clue why. LOL |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
June 28, 2006
6:28 PM Post #2444711
| It is a suburb of Houston. I know cause I have family down there!! |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
June 29, 2006
10:01 AM Post #2446911
| Thanks for the info. Its crazy, the bartender says Humble is on the national list of top 20 about 5 days a week. Always on Friday nights and always on Sunday mornings. Wed, Thur and Saturdays too. They must sit with lap tops to anwser some of those questions or they are very old.
I just thought it was interesting. I keep joking with DH that I will get Mulligns phone number and call down and play trivia via phone with their players. They always know more. with 13 and 1/2 14 thousand points. I was curious and thanks for helping me out. |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
June 29, 2006
12:44 PM Post #2447551
| I wonder where they play... When I lived in Columbus, Ohio, my brother and I used to go to Damon's, which is a steak restaurant, to play trivia. It was a lot of fun!!
I just looked up the Mulligan's in Humble.. That's not TOO far away from us. Maybe some night my husband and I can go scope them out for you. That would be fun. :-) |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
June 30, 2006
10:47 AM Post #2451018
| That would be fun. I love to play trivia as long as DH is with me. His guesses are always better than mine and some of this stuff is like 16,17,18th century stuff. I'm lucky I can remember last week at times. I'm only 50, but you can only cram so much stuff in the ole noodle then it starts leaking out all over and you end up where you CRS ya know?
This message was edited Jun 30, 2006 9:52 AM |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
June 30, 2006
12:42 PM Post #2451416
| My husband isn't too much into trivia, but I'll see if I can talk him into it once. Too bad my brother is in Ohio.. I'd get him and his wife to go with us. :-)
Edited to say: I'm 'only' 37, but I'm pretty sure I popped a cork and started leaking grey matter a year or so ago. Pretty pathetic. LOL
This message was edited Jun 30, 2006 11:43 AM |
greenthumbnPA
Allentown, PA
July 3, 2006
1:14 AM Post #2460688
| Hello
I live in southeastern PA and have a few questions to field to the house. I planted several tomato plants and only one is stunted and has leaves that are turned inward. There is a tomato on it but the other plants, planted at the same time, that are at least 2 feet taller than this one. Also, I live in a subdivision of new homes where the land was an old cornfield. So when the lawn was seeded over topsoil that was spread, most of the soil was washed away and now I am left with clay in areas where the grass did not take. Anything I can do to recondition the soil? Also, does any one know just what I need to do to make my hydrangeas turn blue?
Thank you.
Great website, Dave! |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
July 3, 2006
8:37 AM Post #2461110
| Hello greenthumbnPA,
Sorry no idea about the tomatos. Not much of a vegatable gardener. I have a hydrangea that when I bought it there was blue flowers, now they are turning pink. I asked on a radio talk show and was told I needed acid in the soil, that it was too alkaline. So as soon as the stores open I am heading for Steins to see what I can get there. I want blue, if i'd wanted pink I'd have bought pink. Our soil is pretty much clay about 10 inches down then sand. All I did was amend them with compost manure. I've put in 10 beds in 2 years and amended each and so far my flowers and shrubs are thriving quite nicely so I must have done something right. Hope that helps
Marylyn_TX I'm 50 and I popped my cork with gray matter sliding out a loooooooong time ago. CRS is a real problen for me especially in trivia LOL DH said I should see if I could get you to send Mulligans phone number, then we can call them some Sunday from Sporties and see whats what. Might be fun Would it be a possibility to obtain a phone number from you for Mulligans in Humble????? Thanks before hand |
Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 3, 2006
10:02 AM Post #2461790
| Welcome to Dave's Garden, greenthumbnPA. I haven't grown hydrangeas or tomatoes, so I'm not going to be much help. Hopefully someone else will come along and answer your questions. There are forums in here that could help you, but you would have to subscribe (pay the $15/year or $5 for a couple of month trial period) to get to them.
There's a tomato forum: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
A hydrangea forum: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
And a Soil and composting forum: [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
Cececoogan, the restaurant's phone number is: 281-852-6996. Have fun!! :-)
~ Marylyn
|
roadrunner
Hereford, AZ
(Zone 8a)
July 3, 2006
10:24 AM Post #2461863
| I remember when m;y Mom had Hydrangeas...she put her tea leaves .(tannic acid (sp) around the plants...
Welcome to Dave's Garden. Jo |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
July 3, 2006
7:45 PM Post #2463959
| Thanks Marylyn for the number. We will have a hoot with this. Just hope the good ole folks in Humble will think its just as fun. Rain didn't last long. Went to steins for more bug be gone and came home with 3 Rudbeckia 'Irish Eyes' and 3 Rudbeckia 'Indian Summer'. DH wasn't happy at first but when I sang Irish Eyes are Smiling he laughed instead of complained. Guess I must not sing too well LOL Also bought a flat of Cosmos because the 5 plants I have are so pretty that I just had to have more. Steins garden center just l0ves it when I pull in their lot. A few of them know me by name and know I ain't leaving without at least 110.00 worth of stuff I have no room for. (Well I have the room just DH not parting with his lawn soo easily) LOL I'll have the back yard filled in in no time with paths instead of lawn. Still working on the pond and waterfall but that will take a few more years. Maybe by the time I'm 55, He's rolling his eyes at me (he hates it when I'm on the computer when he's home) so I guess I'll say bye to all for now~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cherie |
cececoogan
Waukesha, WI
(Zone 5a)
July 17, 2006
10:47 AM Post #2515158
| Hi everyone from Waukesha WI. Hows things going? Staying cool? Any rain? Cece |
