Topic 2 of 42: my garden today
Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (11:37) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
What was it like in your garden today? Did you plant, compost, or engage
in some other activity? How is your garden doing?
441 responses total.
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Response 1 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Oct 30, 1997 (11:04) * 1 lines
Under a foot of snow!
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Response 2 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (12:26) * 2 lines
I didn't really plant anything but I did mash up the rotted jack-o-lanterns and mixed them in with the dirt.
Exciting, huh?
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Response 3 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (13:19) * 2 lines
I can't contain myself hardly.
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Response 4 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (14:02) * 3 lines
Glad I could brighten your day?
Big date with the blond bombshell tonight?
What does she do?
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Response 5 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (14:35) * 4 lines
She's out of work right now. Used to work in the health
food industry and in political lobbying. She was in
management. Not tonight. Someone else.
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Response 6 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (14:37) * 3 lines
Woo Woo! You go Paul!
Hope you two have fun... where are you going?
Do the women ever plan these dates, seems like lots of pressure on you usually.
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Response 7 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (18:31) * 3 lines
Going for a quiet evening in the country. The planning
is split up usually.
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Response 8 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (12:15) * 1 lines
And tonight? Big plans?
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Response 9 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (13:17) * 3 lines
I have three different invitations to go out.
Diplomacy time.
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Response 10 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (11:18) * 1 lines
Did you spread out the invites over all three days, or choose the best offer?
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Response 11 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (14:37) * 2 lines
I spread 'em out.
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Response 12 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Nov 25, 1997 (12:31) * 1 lines
Woo Woo!
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Response 13 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 25, 1997 (13:36) * 2 lines
No, woo woo woo.
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Response 14 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Dec 8, 1997 (19:57) * 1 lines
Uh oh! Overdose!
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Response 15 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (23:50) * 1 lines
Things are still going great.
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Response 16 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (20:05) * 2 lines
things are still covered in snow!
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Response 17 of 441: Me (KitchenManager) * Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (02:40) * 3 lines
Wish I could come up
and help ya defrost
a couple...
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Response 18 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (20:20) * 1 lines
o melons?!?!
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Response 19 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Dec 18, 1997 (01:41) * 3 lines
Sure, why not?
There's enough to share,
right?
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Response 20 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Feb 23, 1998 (18:07) * 3 lines
I tilled the garden yesterday to 'prepare the soil' but it will be a good long time before I get to plant outside. Still snow on the horizon even though the weekend was sunny and in the 50s. All my daisies have sprouted inside and I' going to seed the tomatoes on Sunday. Carrots and pumpkins later in the month of March. I'm really excited about the prospect of living things again.
My lillies started poking their heads through on Wednesday and I hope they survive the snow forcast for the rest of the week. My pansies have been blooming all winter during spurts of sunshiny warmth.
Gardening is so theraputic for the mind and body (shoveling can be a real workout!) I am so looking forward even to weeding!
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Response 21 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Mon, Feb 23, 1998 (20:18) * 5 lines
I know the feeling, Stacey. I love my plants. The pansies and snapdragons
have been blooming all winter (of course not really a winter at all here). My roses
have new growth coming out (even though I gave 'em a hard pruning). The
daffodils are blooming, the tulips are getting ready to and the irises have been
threatening to grow all summer and winter but nothing more than stubs as yet.
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Response 22 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Feb 24, 1998 (00:28) * 1 lines
A place with no winter, just like here!
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Response 23 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, Feb 24, 1998 (20:09) * 1 lines
think we'll get a late frost, though....
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Response 24 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Feb 25, 1998 (18:21) * 1 lines
El Nino was supposed to dump 8 - 10 inches on Denver according to Monday nights forecast. On Tuesday they changed the amount to 3 - 5 inches and today it was ammended again to trace flurries in late afternoon. Well... at 4:05pm it's sunny and in the high 40s! I love it when weather people are wrong in my favor!
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Response 25 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Wed, Feb 25, 1998 (21:21) * 2 lines
know whatcha mean, we were supposed to get storms this afternoon and
nutin' happened!
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Response 26 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Feb 25, 1998 (22:32) * 1 lines
nutin', honey?
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Response 27 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Wed, Feb 25, 1998 (22:35) * 1 lines
nutin', *giggle*
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Response 28 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Feb 25, 1998 (22:41) * 1 lines
k
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Response 29 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Feb 27, 1998 (16:38) * 1 lines
was given a bag of vermiculite for my garden... so excited!!!
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Response 30 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Fri, Feb 27, 1998 (17:17) * 1 lines
*giggle* (better watch out, wer might show up with a couple of barrels)
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Response 31 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (10:30) * 2 lines
LOL!
*still giggling* I am visualizing now!
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Response 32 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (11:00) * 2 lines
What Stacey in an ocean of wet vermiculite?
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Response 33 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (18:08) * 1 lines
oooooh!
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Response 34 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (21:06) * 1 lines
LOL!
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Response 35 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (23:38) * 1 lines
Like that image, wolf?
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Response 36 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Mar 3, 1998 (00:36) * 2 lines
Don't mind me,
I'm just going to sit here and watch for awhile...
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Response 37 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Mar 3, 1998 (19:01) * 1 lines
sure you don't wanna get a little dirty too?
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Response 38 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Mar 3, 1998 (23:39) * 1 lines
Like the pictures?
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Response 39 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (16:50) * 1 lines
*smile*
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Response 40 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (17:11) * 1 lines
So, you got frogs in your garden, also?
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Response 41 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Mar 5, 1998 (18:13) * 2 lines
nope. but i want some.
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Response 42 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, Mar 10, 1998 (20:49) * 2 lines
today, i picked up a grandiflora rose, queen elizabeth, think she's gonna be big!
and planted a few more tulips!
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Response 43 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Mar 13, 1998 (18:51) * 2 lines
my lilies are a getting ready to bloom!?!?!?
It's like they don't realize it was 6 degrees last week!
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Response 44 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Mar 15, 1998 (03:06) * 1 lines
It looks like your keeping your bulbs warm, though!
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Response 45 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (12:28) * 3 lines
i'll share the details later... *smile*
Planted cosmos, columbine, baby's breath, violas, and other assorted flowering plants on Saturday. Colorado has been very warm (high 50s and low 60s) so I couldn't help myself. I might lose a few if we get that 'Big One' everyone is going on about. Personally I think the October blizzard and its accompaning 24 inches of snow was plenty to constitute a full winter!
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Response 46 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Apr 13, 1998 (10:13) * 4 lines
Despite the alternating warm/snowy days and my premature planting, the garden is looking good.
In bloom: Tulips, day lilies, pansies, dandilions
Sprouting: sunflowers, tiger lilies, columbine, violas, baby's breath
Spreading: Morning glories, crab grass
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Response 47 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Wed, Apr 15, 1998 (20:32) * 4 lines
all my roses are doing great save HT Blue Moon. She was so beautiful the last
two years but gave out over the winter. Poor thing. Couldn't find another, so
planted a hybrid musk instead. Lots of blooms on that one, so we'll see. The
tulips and daffodils are done, irises are still growing, no blooms yet.
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Response 48 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Apr 15, 1998 (23:15) * 3 lines
Hey, Stacey, would those morning glories be
Heavenly Blues or Wedding Bells? If they are,
save me some seeds, will ya?
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Response 49 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Apr 20, 1998 (01:15) * 1 lines
saving you all kinds of things..
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Response 50 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (01:08) * 1 lines
Is that so?
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Response 51 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (17:41) * 1 lines
maybe
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Response 52 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (21:36) * 4 lines
but more probably not.
Which is okay, as it keeps
you from being as disappointed.
*smile*
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Response 53 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, May 3, 1998 (23:33) * 1 lines
the roses are bloomin' like mad! the garden smells wonderful, woohoo!!
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Response 54 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, May 4, 1998 (12:35) * 1 lines
The wildflowers are still in profusion in my yard.
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Response 55 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, May 5, 1998 (10:23) * 1 lines
My 'planted way too early' flowers are coming up nicely. Sunflowers grow FAST! Most is coming in as ground cover right now before it blooms but the tulips (red and orange), daffodils, pansies (purple, yellow, magenta and white), irises (deep purple) and morning glory are adding plenty of color!
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Response 56 of 441: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, May 5, 1998 (21:28) * 1 lines
my tulips and dafs are done, pansies still going, irises still in progress.
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Response 57 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Nov 10, 1998 (09:49) * 4 lines
WHAT garden?????
My entire lawn is covered in leaves!!!
HUGE HUGE sycamore leaves
oh, and snow now!
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Response 58 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 10, 1998 (10:45) * 2 lines
Can't find your garden for the snow?
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Response 59 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Nov 12, 1998 (10:00) * 2 lines
more for the leaves!
HUGE (bigger than your face kinda leaves!)
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Response 60 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Nov 12, 1998 (10:30) * 6 lines
our one tomato plant has waited until now to produce! so we put a plastic compost bin
around it with a plastic tarp over the top. i don't know how it'll do, but we'll
see! my roses have kicked in and my iris has produced yet another set of leaves.
more bulbs are in the vegee bin in my fridge. i'll plant them later this month
or early dec. (more tulips and irises). oh, and i'm growing my first amaryllis
and she'll bloom any day now. think i'll put her outside too so she can propogate!
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Response 61 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Mar 2, 1999 (16:56) * 6 lines
the crocuses are crocusing out o the ground...
it's been so warm and sunny, they think it's Spring already
(and I'm not telling them any different!)
The mums and violas and trees have started their Spring-like buddings...
I hope we don't get a hard freeze while I'm away...
.ok
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Response 62 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Mar 2, 1999 (21:14) * 2 lines
Bluebonnets are going like gang busters here.
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Response 63 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Mar 3, 1999 (11:09) * 2 lines
awwww...
Paul you're KILLING me!
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Response 64 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Mar 3, 1999 (18:03) * 2 lines
"killing me softly with his posts,
killing me softly..."
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Response 65 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Mar 3, 1999 (18:04) * 1 lines
with his posts...
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Response 66 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Mar 3, 1999 (18:44) * 2 lines
the irises are still growing leaves (funny, cuz they never get very far then they die off and start again). my vegee bin bulbs were planted in feb (early) and are already bringing tulips, mini irises, irises, and daffodils. the first batch of daffs from a couple of years ago only gave me one flower. guess, it's not done yet. the roses all have blooms ready to burst at any second. i didn't cut them back in feb. instead, trimmed them lightly in nov/dec, then let them go. i planted hostas under my backyard
elm tree, and the vegee garden is in the middle of being tilled. we'll see if we actually grow anything in it this year. (oh, and the hardy tomato plant gave up a long time ago)
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Response 67 of 441: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Mar 3, 1999 (20:45) * 2 lines
OK I'll be gentle, Stacey.
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Response 68 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Mar 4, 1999 (01:30) * 1 lines
(hehe...it's usually Stacey promising to be gentle...)
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Response 69 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Mar 4, 1999 (10:09) * 2 lines
he he yerself!!
*grin*
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Response 70 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Mar 4, 1999 (17:13) * 1 lines
she says as she posts number 69...
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Response 71 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Mar 5, 1999 (16:20) * 1 lines
hee hee!
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Response 72 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Mar 5, 1999 (18:39) * 4 lines
okay...
so they're not in my garden, but they're on my desk...
lots and lots and lots of daisies!
from the sweetest boy!
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Response 73 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Mar 6, 1999 (00:49) * 1 lines
congrats!
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Response 74 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Mar 14, 1999 (17:17) * 1 lines
ok. i've got a fuschia. just one, mind you, and i plan to put it out front (where there's more shade) and see how she does. gonna keep her in a pot because i'm not sure how much cold it can stand should i plant it. anyone know?
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Response 75 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (01:41) * 1 lines
not me...give me a couple of days and I can find out...
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Response 76 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (17:45) * 1 lines
well, i found some fuschia societies but they're mostly for showing plants and stuff. i haven't been able to find out anymore about planting outside (except for folks in parts of california). the tag says it can stand temps as low as 32 but doesn't mention anything about planting outside. also want to pick up a couple of bleeding hearts for the shade. those i know can stand it outside.
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Response 77 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (22:57) * 1 lines
you're gonna plant some Democrats in your yard?
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Response 78 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (10:20) * 1 lines
haha
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Response 79 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (10:41) * 8 lines
Oh, I'm so happy now spring is coming.
I feel it in my ole bones, and see it in the garden. These li'l blue-whiite flowers that bloom now for a few weeks, after the Schneeglöckchen went, and before the Osterglocken come.
In the mornings, the birds sing happily, aware that the cats are just off night-shift. Everything in my county turns green, the fields turn from brown to green, and I now, in summer there will be a sea of gold (not as big as in the Midwest, etc., but this was good enough for the Celts, the Romans and whoever passed by, and it shall be good enough for my, until I pass by, too.), with green spots from sugarbeets and colorful patches where the roses grow.
The trees get leafes again, and don't stand around naked anymore like they did all winter long.
And not too far away, just around Easter or two weeks later, cherry trees will bloom, changing hills from brown and green hues to the purest white. And as I will stand beneath them, and inhale the sweet smell, my gaze will wander across the stretch of land before me, and I will love what I see, for what I will see is good.
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Response 80 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (17:17) * 5 lines
As I've mentioned before (always in the wrong conference)... my tulips, hyscinths and violas are blooming!
The Peones are growing and the snapdragons and the sweetpeas and the mums... no blooming on them for awhile though.
All the trees are budding and the grass is slowly turning green again!
And everything smells so good!!!
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Response 81 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (22:49) * 3 lines
peonies don't do well in our area for some reason. when i lived in kansas, my mother had several along the front of the house. they were so lovely when they bloomed!
the tulips and hyacinth's have since bloomed, the pansies are still going strong and the roses are just going to town. i planted some hostas in front and back and they're doing pretty good too. the salvia is coming back and the hydrangeas are putting forth new leaves. oh, and the fushcia actually has buds, now if they open is another matter entirely!
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Response 82 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (12:24) * 2 lines
hydrangeas!!! In your yard!!!
Those plants HATE it here... WAY to dry!
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Response 83 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:19) * 1 lines
she lives on/in a bayou...
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Response 84 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:22) * 3 lines
that's why cacti don't like living there...
(methinks that ring made you all sillyheaded!)
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Response 85 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:45) * 2 lines
I got the logic... I was just envious!!!
(and yes, it kinda has... all that sparkle ya know!)
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Response 86 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Apr 9, 1999 (13:26) * 1 lines
who got a ring? what? you guys lost me there. yeah, bog type plants like it here. plus the hydrangeas are sitting right under the eaves so they get a good soaking.
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Response 87 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 9, 1999 (14:04) * 3 lines
wolfie, wolfie, wolfie...
While we were in Europe, Brandon proposed... the ring is a big shiny engagement ring!
/
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Response 88 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Apr 9, 1999 (20:10) * 1 lines
=O woohoo!!!!!! congratulations girlfriend!!
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Response 89 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (13:58) * 3 lines
Ah, to see the joy of youth!
And to have a cherry tree outside my window that just starts to explode in blossoms!
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Response 90 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (14:01) * 1 lines
*turning green*
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Response 91 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (00:24) * 4 lines
like kelly green?
or jade?
or flourescent???
(sorry, I'm telnetting)
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Response 92 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (23:41) * 1 lines
btw: i love the background in here!
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Response 93 of 441: wer (wer) * Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (00:00) * 2 lines
I was starting to wonder...
have you checked the one in poetry lately?
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Response 94 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (19:51) * 1 lines
no, not yet. will go there next.
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Response 95 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (00:09) * 1 lines
and to you, Stace...whichever green you prefer...
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Response 96 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (19:23) * 1 lines
the poetry background looks pretty cool, wer!
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Response 97 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (20:30) * 2 lines
good
I'm glad
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Response 98 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (21:04) * 2 lines
but what I really want to know is,
is it summoning the muse back?
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Response 99 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Apr 14, 1999 (19:04) * 1 lines
i have no idea where she went....
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Response 100 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Apr 14, 1999 (19:44) * 1 lines
who?
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Response 101 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (14:09) * 1 lines
really! stacey, my (poetic) muse went on a long vacation and i don't know where she went or when she's coming back....
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Response 102 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (14:19) * 4 lines
she probably went to the French Riviera...
that's where I'd go if I had a long vacation coming up.
How's about you be your own muse, Wolfie?
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Response 103 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (19:46) * 4 lines
amazing how quickly six inches of snow melts...
it's over half gone (all gone in the sunny parts!)
Man, I love Colorado.
It's as moody as I am!
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Response 104 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (20:09) * 1 lines
now there's a license plate slogan!
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Response 105 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (20:11) * 2 lines
not as complimentary as some...
but a slogan nonetheless!
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Response 106 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (14:22) * 3 lines
"Moody as Stacey" - might even become a proverb.
I think I read it somewhere already, guys, drag out the copy of the Good Book y'all nicked in the motel last time and look! I'ma looking into The Poet's works...
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Response 107 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, May 7, 1999 (19:03) * 4 lines
Remember all the seed that ended up in a puddle in the corner of the lawn??? Well I threw out more (on top of the snow one of those weekends) and it's going to town.
My sunflower seedlings are coming up too and my cosmos!!!
The tulips are done but the hyacinths are still popping up hither tither and yon!
This'll be the first nice weekend in awhile so I think I'll spend sometime sowing!
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Response 108 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, May 7, 1999 (19:17) * 1 lines
I worked a lot - besides finishing the next issue, our #13 - on cleaning up the garden. There was still all the trash and wooden beams and boards from tearing down the old construction, that stuff had to go. NOW. So I told it, and it went.
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Response 109 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Sat, May 8, 1999 (12:31) * 1 lines
wish my weeds would listen to me that well.
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Response 110 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, May 8, 1999 (15:42) * 3 lines
no kidding! alex, you have a house? i don't know why i thought you lived in an apartment!
i've been working on my husband to buy a camp. you know, a delapidated old place on the water. nothing big or fancy nor expensive. i told him about growing up with my opa's weekend house and how nice it was to go there. so, that part of me i inherited from him. I WANT A WEEKEND HOUSE *stomp stomp stomp*
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Response 111 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, May 8, 1999 (15:49) * 9 lines
oh, while i'm here, i guess i could update my garden. the hostas in the backyard are being eaten by something. the hostas in the front yard look sickly. the salvia is going to town as well as the cannas and roses. my pansies are still heavily blooming so i'll not dig 'em up yet. the iris still has that one bud and it hasn't opened yet! AND i found a slug on it the other morning. my hydrangeas are blooming nice and pink (was worried they'd be blue and i'd have to put pickle juice down next time i watered-
the vinegar provides acid which brings out the pink blooms) the fuschia kept dropping leaves (which actually looked like they were suffering from black spot). the blooms are spent and hopefully i'll have seeds as i deadheaded the flower part only and the seed pods are starting to swell. new growth is spurting and hopefully more blooms in time for the hummingbirds. speaking of which, i have four or five feeders up for them (one of which you suction cup to the window). can't wait to see them arrive! AND,
the oxalis came back again and is sprouting leaves.
i have two sunflower seeds that have sprouted along with yellow cone flowers (black eyed susans i call them). am waiting for the forget-me-nots to sprout as i killed the last batch. my columbine sprouts all died (have to get more of them).
however; i have five rooted african violets working on having babies and 7 pots of gesneriad seeds waiting to sprout.
you can say that my garden is doing quite well indoors and out!
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Response 112 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sun, May 9, 1999 (13:30) * 5 lines
Had the most brilliant editors meeting yesterday! I've invented a "layout-brunch", where production staff would pop in, eat and drink, listen to some nice music, chat all kinds of talks, and then - KAWOOM! - suddenly explode into high-efficiency mode, and hack the mag's structure together, and plan the whole issue #13. In the end, we all were really happy, slightly tipsy fromm all the Sekt we had (slightly after sobering up a bit, that is), and have spent a great day!
Today, I've filled up the container with all left-over bits, little boards, old branches, broken bricks. Shoveled away for another 4 hours. Will go to a concert later as due rewards (New Orleans finest: Mr. Quintron and his charming wife, Miss Pussycat).
(Wolf, I LIVE in a house. Don't have it, though. But I work in the garden. Don't worry, most people would guess me living in a cheap dingy flat full of trash and old mags, too. Which is actually not far off from my general style and level of income, but THIS place is something different. AND will stay so.)
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Response 113 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, May 9, 1999 (17:42) * 5 lines
no one could "work" in a garden...what's the point of having one, then? i putz around in mine (was gonna use piddle, which is closer to truth, but was afraid y'all would think that had something to do with answering nature's call, which, in a way does, but nothing to do with direct fertilzation, if you know what i mean). OK, i don't pee in my garden, but i do piddle! *laugh*
alex, cheap dingy flat full of trash and mags, no, not quite what i thought. i figured something retro, a studio apartment with lots of black, glass, and chrome. isn't that the style all music mag editors own?
glad your brunch went well. sounded quite productive!
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Response 114 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, May 10, 1999 (12:16) * 8 lines
yanked dandelions from the yard yesterday...
sunflowers about 3 inches tall now
cosmos sprouting
everything looks to have survived the winter with the exception of the marigolds... oh well
peones are growing well
columbine going NUTS in the side yard -- not blooming yet of course
but the best part???
the grass seed I kept throwing down is really going to town!
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Response 115 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, May 10, 1999 (14:19) * 1 lines
woohoo!! (peonies, i'm so jealous *smile*)
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Response 116 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, May 10, 1999 (16:49) * 1 lines
yea... but you've got hydraganeas!!
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Response 117 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, May 10, 1999 (19:44) * 1 lines
haha!! went by wal-mart today and they had gallon pots with peonies in them. i was tempted but a local nurseryman told me they don't do well here.
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Response 118 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, May 11, 1999 (06:22) * 4 lines
"Grass going to town" - Stacey, WHAT business ARE you in? Is that growing weed on the side, or genetic engineering?
Wolf, "something retro, a studio apartment with lots of
black, glass, and chrome" is not what I live in. But I have been asserted it's not half shabby, either. "Isn't that the style all music mag editors own?" - perhaps those whose magazines have great circulation or record company bosses. I just rent, and sales of #12 were not what I hoped for. A direct hit into my worst-case-scenario calculations. Just got some info from distributors today.
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Response 119 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, May 11, 1999 (10:13) * 1 lines
oh, i'm sorry sweetie! it'll pick up, i'm sure!
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Response 120 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, May 11, 1999 (10:58) * 6 lines
Thank you for your kindness. I only wish you were right. But summer is always worse for mags than spring, so what's to expect? Got no funds to advertise, but without promotion, I'll have again several thousand copies of yet another issue lying like lead at the newsstands. Ad-sales will not be too hip, either. Might be some people gotta find a serious job by early fall...
It's hard to do quarterly publications, because you can't really afford a single bummer, and the next chance to catch up is always long time away. You only got four tries per year. This *IS* harder than I thought when the others and I volunteered to keep the mag running.
But let's enjoy the ride while supplies last. In August, we'll do a night in a club during the biggest music expo in the world, PopKomm! Got six bands booked in a great R'n'R-club, and we'll SHAKE the place! Perhaps this earns a bit, too.
(I'd love to webcast that, or our radio shows, but until now, I didn't get anything to work... Part missing hardware, it seems, part complete ignorance of the basic how-to)
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Response 121 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, May 11, 1999 (14:42) * 3 lines
is advertising on the web an option?
BTW... if I were in the BUSINESS of grass growing I would hope my success rate would be a bit better... I've been trying to grow the same patch by the driveway for nearly a year now!!!
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Response 122 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, May 11, 1999 (16:49) * 1 lines
*hahahaha*
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Response 123 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Wed, May 12, 1999 (10:38) * 6 lines
"advertising on the web an option?" - difficult. I need to reach the people in my focus areas, Frankfurt and Berlin - where the stuff is at the newsagents and needs to MOVE. Move B I G T I M E !!!
Gotta get some very cheap or free advertisement there...
The web thing might help to reach people who could get interested in a subscription (which isn't bad, but doesn't solve my core prob; anyhow: growing on subscriptions is great in the long run, too). Only bad we're limited to a readers with german language skills (we also have *some* English content...). Still: Any ideas?
(Maybe you should get into grass growing, Stacey, and we'd run a sample in the mag. Bet THAT would do it - everybody would have a nice summer! Your accountant, my accountant (=me), the happy readers...)
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Response 124 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, May 12, 1999 (18:46) * 1 lines
always thinking Alexander, you're always thinking!
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Response 125 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, May 13, 1999 (06:17) * 1 lines
Huh? Explain, please (and let's use http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/screwed/157 , because that is dedicated to the noble task of explaining stuff to me).
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Response 126 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, May 13, 1999 (07:01) * 2 lines
And for the subject that started this, please take a look at
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/business/2 , maybe you or Wolf or any of the other folks have some ideas that might be good to hear about.
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Response 127 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, May 13, 1999 (12:49) * 1 lines
and my garden looks good too!
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Response 128 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, May 13, 1999 (17:16) * 5 lines
(self-editing the comment I oh so much want to make here!!!)
can you do fliers or pamphlets and distribute them at the
clubs, universities, coffee houses, street corners, newsstands,
bookstores, music stores, et al, Alexander?
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Response 129 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, May 13, 1999 (17:54) * 2 lines
hey... yer posting in the wrong section
(except the terribly obscene comment you wanted to made about my garden!)
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Response 130 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, May 13, 1999 (18:15) * 2 lines
I posted other suggestions there...
(it wasn't terribly obscene...)
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Response 131 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, May 14, 1999 (17:46) * 1 lines
too bad...
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Response 132 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, May 21, 1999 (14:14) * 5 lines
clarification:
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Response 133 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, May 21, 1999 (16:59) * 1 lines
and that is certainly what I figured...
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Response 134 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, May 21, 1999 (20:38) * 1 lines
just so there's no misunderstandings...
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Response 135 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, May 24, 1999 (10:22) * 1 lines
there are ALWAYS misunderstandings
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Response 136 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, May 24, 1999 (12:26) * 1 lines
forever and ever, amen
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Response 137 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, May 24, 1999 (16:29) * 1 lines
hey george!
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Response 138 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (03:36) * 1 lines
hey ringo!
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Response 139 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (10:42) * 1 lines
did no one get me funny???
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Response 140 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (10:49) * 1 lines
I lost the reference somewhere...oops...
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Response 141 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (11:14) * 1 lines
Say again, Paul?
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Response 142 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (11:22) * 21 lines
alright guys...
I'll walk you through it
(sad sad sad)
"forever and ever amen " is a line from a george strait tune
WER said the line, I called him george.
Nothing to do with the Beatles
and nothing to do with gardens so I'm changin the subject now
My garden is grooving!
Poppies blooming, irises blooming
sunflowers about5 inches tall
cosmos coming up
snapdragons blooming
violas still blooming
gras has sprouted in the previously weedy bald spots and is green green green!
columbine is going strong, I've even got some early bloomers
roses are coming back!
lilacs are kicking butt!
oh and my vege/fruit garden...
tomatos and strawberry plants for now.
I'll think about the eggplant and arugula in a coupla weeks.
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Response 143 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (11:24) * 1 lines
oh did i forget to mention that the dandelions are thriving in certain sections???
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Response 144 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (11:27) * 3 lines
What can I say? You're extremely witty - as you always are -, and we're the dimwits we always are. Good to know one's place, though. Right, John? ;=}
Gotta get the lawn-to-be ploughed up. Next month, after the baby's at the printers...
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Response 145 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (13:57) * 2 lines
certainly good to know one's place
so you know where to direct the taxi after that night of binge drinking
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Response 146 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (19:49) * 1 lines
my columbine hasn't sprouted at all. the rock cress is going, the pansies are gone, the roses and african daisies are doing well along with the hydrangea and my gardenia bloomed for the first time and her perfume was almost overwhelming! woohoo!! bought a new rose and she's in the back yard (a climber--red blaze) and the ginger plant is coming back this year. maybe she'll bloom!
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Response 147 of 441: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Jul 26, 1999 (00:43) * 2 lines
anyone got any tips for
Brugmansias or Brunfelsias?
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Response 148 of 441: roark's muse-dwr (roarksmuse) * Mon, Jul 26, 1999 (01:54) * 14 lines
Hello all,
I hope you don't mind that I just jump in. unfortunately, I don't know
what brugmansias are. is there another name for them?
I'm new and my garden is doing pretty good. We have floods
of rain one day, then go through 3 weeks of draught. I've seen a couple
roses bloom, the others will be late in August/September. I weeded a
patch of ground and planted what was labeled 'wild flowers', a brew I
got from the home depot. Little marigolds and wild green grass shoots
are growing. Anything to replace those weeds with other better looking
weeds.
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Response 149 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jul 26, 1999 (11:28) * 8 lines
i'm so happy to see you here, roark!
wer: i don't know what those things are, but i'll do some looking for you.
my garden looks horrid. i mean, the roses are into their third or fourth bloom but are getting rather leggy. i prune them back a bit but nothing severe to encourage more growth. which they're rewarding me with. the irises are still leaves, no blooms yet. my salvia is leggy. the hydrangeas are putting forth new strong growth. the gardenia is taking off like a madman and growing more buds. my fuschia is awful. the hoya has one flower bunch growing. pineapple is actually growing (and i just lopped off t
e top of a pineapple fruit and put it in dirt). columbine is sprouted and getting bigger. rock cress died the day after i transplanted them.
on a happier note: i made my first batch of hummingbird feeder sans red food coloring and it is a success. in fact, i was weeding the rose garden and i coulda sworn what i thought was a huge bee was going to land on my head. instinct took over and i waved my hands only to look up and see this small hummer looking at me as if saying "why did you do that?" *beams*
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Response 150 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Jul 26, 1999 (13:25) * 4 lines
Hey roarksmuse! Welcome!
I picked the fourth of what will surely be metric tons of tomatos from my garden this morning.
the corn is growing, growing, growing but it looks like one of the stalks is not going to produce much. The zucchini's are a bloomin' but no sign of squash yet...
All the flowers are looking great except I let my violas go to seed and my peones are just puttering along. They're VERY green and lush but no flowers...
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Response 151 of 441: roark muse-dwr (roarksmuse) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (07:39) * 16 lines
wolf - when to you prune your roses? It seems a bit late in the season to
me. You should cut them back very early early spring, or even late late fall
just before the cold.
my daylilies have bloomed and gone on. they were very early this year for
some reason. my peonies bloomed and went on to sleep too. oh how beautiful
the were. they were are deep ruby red with yellow middles. so beautiful
I have had them for about 5 years, and this is the first year that they
bloomed. I had a lot of cutting to take in the house.
Stacy, I love corn. send me some. (smile)
Question: can word wrapping be put on these postings?
later.
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Response 152 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (13:20) * 6 lines
I think if you just type there's word wrapping (up to like 200 characters)
My peonies are pink... pale pink.
My day lilies are red and orange and yellow... they are going to town
where are you from roarkmuse?
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Response 153 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Jul 27, 1999 (18:47) * 7 lines
roarkmuse: i prune my roses every fall and spring but during the summer, i prune as needed (i.e., dead branches, dead head, and crossing branches)
i wish i could grow peonies. i've read that they're good in zone 8 but local nurseries don't recommend them. my mom's were pale pink and beautiful!
no daylilies, but i think i'll get some bulbs this fall (they're perennial, right?)
my corn stalks died. so stacey, send some my way too!
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Response 154 of 441: roark muse-dwr (roarksmuse) * Wed, Jul 28, 1999 (01:30) * 5 lines
wolf, try looking around for them in somebody's yard. Begin begging now, and in the fall, plant them and see how they do. nothing hurts a try. heh heh
who knows, after they are there a few seasons, you may get lucky. mine were given to me by a friend. I have had bad luck with the mail order house - Burpee for roses and bulbs. their roses never did anything and their bulbs only gave me leaves (gladiolas).
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Response 155 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Jul 28, 1999 (16:58) * 3 lines
my store bought irises are only giving me leaves! why is that? the tulips and daffodils bloomed nicely and they were purchased at the same place.
jackon and perkins has a website and you can order catalogs for free. i've purchased a couple of their roses from local stores, but am thinking about ordering some. they also have perennials (bulbs and plants).
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Response 156 of 441: roark muse-dwr (roarksmuse) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (05:30) * 5 lines
Hi Wolf,
Honestly, I am not quite sure. Sometimes they can be planted a little to deep. That is what I have heard.
I'll look at the Jackson and Perkins site. thanks
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Response 157 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Jul 29, 1999 (19:45) * 1 lines
you're welcome, sweetie!
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Response 158 of 441: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Sep 9, 1999 (13:34) * 1 lines
I gots a sprinkler system! I gots a sprinkler system!
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Response 159 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (21:57) * 1 lines
braggart!!!
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Response 160 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (22:37) * 1 lines
We got one too, but ours is called God, and He does not want me to grow roses. He maketh it too wet for them no matter how and where I planteth them. However, He adores ferns..they are growing in cracks in the driveway and in the drain holes of other potted plants...*sigh*
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Response 161 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Sep 11, 1999 (18:42) * 3 lines
you took my thought, marcia!!
roses, nope they can't stand wet feet. have you thought of planting them in raised plots? you know, put the crown a foot above the ground (maybe two) and fill in around it with bricks, retainer wall blocks, or landscaping timbers? this may keep them happier. also, lots of sun. mine love the all day direct sun they get here.
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Response 162 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (19:42) * 5 lines
I have thought of lots of things, but the reality is they will go where O'O
wants them to go. That means where they look good right now, but the sun will
be far from them for 6 months and the ferns will take over. The only real
way I can think of to do it is to get rid of lots of the Bouganvillas
and put the roses in huge pots which drain well and have a lot of loose planting material in them. He mulched the day lights out of them, and they hat itO.
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Response 163 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (21:20) * 1 lines
They hate it, too *scowl from telnet goof*
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Response 164 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Sep 17, 1999 (19:06) * 1 lines
roses can be grown in pots but i've not tried it. if it looks good to have a rose somewhere will it look good when the leaves fall off and it fails to grow because of the location? perhaps the OO should forget about roses if not willing to give them what they need. bouganvillas are really pretty and bloom profusely. and if you want something exotic, try orchids, they'd love your environment and can stay outside all year with shade during the hottest part of the day.
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Response 165 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Sep 17, 1999 (21:07) * 2 lines
You're right, of course...I have orchids of various sorts blooming right now in the most unlikely places...like my aloe vera pot into which O'O stuck a rooted
cutting just for lack of other places to put it. They are already growing and blooming in my trees and plumerias. They are ridiculously easy to grow in Hilo. They just need a place to hang onto and lots of gentle rain.
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Response 166 of 441: Isabel (Isabel) * Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (15:37) * 1 lines
Wolf is right Marcia: try to grow roses in pots. They can get really large in them, if the pot is big enough...and it should be deep! Roses on stems look quite beautiful in pots. If you have any questions on roses, just ask me, I grew up with them.
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Response 167 of 441: Isabel (Isabel) * Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (15:39) * 1 lines
99 was the greatest garden-year around here for decades...and I couldn't plant ANYTHING, because this place is a construction site since three years now! NADA!
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Response 168 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (16:13) * 2 lines
Where is "around here?"...it was great for ferns and moss and epiphytes, but not roses. I grew up on the East Coast, and my father grew the most incredible roses which were so fragrant...*sigh* But, in Hawaii, I guess we must be content with bromeliads, orchids and gardenias. Up the mountain, they grow lovely camellias and hydrangeas. But, no one I can think of grows roses which look very good. They do not even sell them here - they import the ones for special occasions at a ridiculous price! Thanks
for the suggestions, though. I have had the best luck with miniature roses...think I will stick to them, and they like my pots!
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Response 169 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (20:48) * 5 lines
mini's do well in pots, marcia, though mine died. the roses got really ugly in mid-summer and have pruned them back for the fall. they've got new shoots coming up and will have beautiful flowers in october.
my gardenia went through it's second bloom after shooting up all over the place. really didn't expect that. the hydrangeas are busy growing leaves and won't bloom again until spring. my peacock orchids are coming up and they always bloom during the fall (oct and nov) and smell heavenly. (not real orchids, named so for the shape of the flowers).
i tried a pineapple this year (took the top from a friend). it's actually growing beautifully. unfortunately, it will be several more months before she bears fruit and i'll have to find a space in the house to winter it.
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Response 170 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Sep 18, 1999 (21:21) * 1 lines
For pineapple, the rule of thumb is 18 months from the rooted crown to harvest of ripe fruit. You may need to prop it up as the fruit matures, which is better than letting it fall over and just ripen on one side. You should have good success. I have never lost one due to neglect or over indulgence with nutrients. You will need to keep it where it can see sunlight and is warm over the winter. How cold does it get in your neck of the woods?!
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Response 171 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Sep 19, 1999 (10:06) * 1 lines
normally we see the 20's but it doesn't last long. do you think it would respond well to plant lights? oh, and i have good southern exposure and could put her next to my patio doors (inside)
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Response 172 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Sep 19, 1999 (17:08) * 1 lines
The patio doors is the perfect solution. Enough light and protection from the sub 40° weather. It should do very well, and you can admire your "bromeliad" as it blooms and fruits. They are very pretty potted plants!
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Response 173 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Sep 19, 1999 (21:13) * 2 lines
Did you know pineapples bloom with royal purple tiny trumpet flowers? There is a hummingbird which likes the nectar of same, but it pollenates the flowers. When this happens you end up with a pineapple full of large seeds. There are no
hummingbirds in Hawaii...yet!
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Response 174 of 441: Isabel (Isabel) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (10:03) * 3 lines
...When it rains in Germany, you can be sure it must be summer, if it would be winter it would snow...people "around here" make jokes like:"This years summer was on a tuesday". So in normal german summers you don't have much fun in your garden, this years summer was great, lots of harvesting, but unfortunately not for me. The craftsmen, who are painting the house killed my 50 year old vine last week...Nearly everything that was left from my grandparents in the garden was destroyed in three years of constr
ction...and I am really sad, they've spoiled my new lawn with cigarette-ends and garbage and I can't do anything but wait till they're gone and see what's left afterwards...
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Response 175 of 441: Isabel (Isabel) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (11:27) * 11 lines
A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is
Found some help for us rose-lovers.
Look at: http://www.ars.org/experts/experts.html
The American Rose Society offers you lots of informations about roses. There is something about roses in pots and they even offer you climate zone informations PLUS maps! (Hawaii included!)
http://www.timeless.com
offers information about a special rose that is able to live with wet feet- It's called "Swamp Rose" (rosa palustris scandens) and looks quite beautiful!
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Response 176 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (14:59) * 3 lines
Oh, that's right...Germany (you bought stuff at a flea market for a few marks...I am remembering...). My sympathies on your old vine. Was there no way to save it? No cuttings to be taken and nutrured? I am heartbroken for you!
Thanks for the info on the swamp roses - they sound like the kind we need in Hilo. My dad used to make a dry white wine out of our Dr VanFleet roses which to my childhood palate tasted "sour" but smelled just like the roses. (I got to do the stirring and pushing under of the rose petals as I harvested and washed them.)
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Response 177 of 441: Isabel (Isabel) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (15:26) * 11 lines
I cut it back, so their work wont be disturbed. One morning I came out of the house and the vine was...gone!
They sawed it away just above the ground.
Do you have the recipe for this rose-wine? I would love to have this!
My mum has a secret recipe for a rose-bowl (tastes funny and has much alcohol in it):
You need rose petals (from about 10-15 blossoms), soak them in half a bottle cognac over night, then strain them out and add a bottle of champagne and a bottle of white wine to the liquid that has gotten a rose smell and color. Add a rose pedal to every glass you serve.
You'll get drunk within minutes, but my mothers guests love it.
My brother used to call it "Metasistox-bowl" ( a remedy against rose-diseases)!
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Response 178 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (15:37) * 4 lines
It involves yeast and water and loads and loads of rose petals out of which the yeast gets the sugar it needs to grow. I believe we began with a little sugar added to aid the propogation of the yeast. The net must have wine recipes - alas, my Dad is gone to the sacramental wine in the sky, and it has been since I was 10 years old that I have done this. You will end up pressing and decanting and straining and filtering the wine before corking, but it is such lovely stuff. It is worth the effort...and i
is slightly pink, just like the roses.
I have recipes for cordials and "bowls" in Henley's formulas (1907), but nothing for making the wine in the first place. He even has the recipe for a form of your Mother's intoxicating brew!
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Response 179 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (21:34) * 3 lines
i remember roses in germany. i figured the states just didn't have the right climate. *haha*
as for your vine, check the bark still poking out of the grown, scrape it with your fingernail. it should be green underneath. if it is, it's still alive and will live to grow again. just put something around it to protect it from further abuse.
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Response 180 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 20, 1999 (23:23) * 1 lines
Roses were exquisite in suburban New York City (Westchester County, to be precise.) We had a very large 3-storey house and there were Blaze and Dr VanFleet roses climbing all over one side of it. My father always took great pride in his roses, even when he retired to Arizona. Must have been something genetic he inherited from his father, a graduate of The Royal Horticultural College at Kew...!
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Response 181 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, Sep 21, 1999 (12:46) * 1 lines
Kew! Are we talking "Kew Garden"-Kew?
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Response 182 of 441: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, Sep 21, 1999 (12:47) * 1 lines
As in London, England?
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Response 183 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (17:20) * 1 lines
Indeed, yes!!!
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Response 184 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (19:00) * 3 lines
My first trip to London had a pilgrimage to Kew Gardens...I could feel the atmosphere and his presence. Most phenomenal experience...it was a lovely day and I was seated on a bench which well may have been there when he was. I liked the thought that he might have sat on that very bench...so I sat quietly and absorbed the atmosphere and told my son quietly about his great-grandfather. That is one of the reasons one should always travel with one's children - having taught them how to behave beforehand, o
course. David was 14 at the time, and he was amazed at everything we experienced, and all the ladies loved him! His lasting impression was hefting the innocent-looking block of lignum vitae
and almost dropping it (I was prepared to catch it, knowing that he was unaware of its extremely heavy weight.)
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Response 185 of 441: Stacey Tinianov (stacey) * Mon, Feb 7, 2000 (19:10) * 5 lines
ahh... my garden is beginning to awaken!
A bit early I might add.
Under the comfort and insulation of fallen leaves, my mums have begun to grow again.
I had to water the lawn on Saturday... it's been so warm I'm afraid the grass will come out of its hibernation and die of dehydration!
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Response 186 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Feb 7, 2000 (19:57) * 1 lines
Wow! This is a little early, for sure, Stace! Even if the green stuff gets frozen again, at least the roots will be happy and healthy!
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Response 187 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (14:00) * 1 lines
Spring is arriving in England too! My daffodils have set heads and are looking quite decent now, crocuses are in flower, and there are lots of other small signs. Unfortunately it's also almost continuously raining. However, now I'm reminded of the end of last season tidying that I didn't do, and the rose arch has fallen in the huge winds we had earlier. Oh well ....
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Response 188 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (14:34) * 1 lines
In February? Is this not a little early? I though it was March at the earliest and more probably April for daffodils. After all, they do not bloom in Wales till then and it is their national flower! I hope you have full leather outfit to tackle the rose arbor. They can bite back when you tackle them.
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Response 189 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (14:39) * 1 lines
Do you need to hear about my garden today? I noted that my one large staghorn fern now has a medium-sized neighbor on the next plumeria tree from the parent one. They are so odd-looking that I am delighted to have a new one. Funny thing about them. I just about killed my original one and it did blow away in a gale we had. Several months later I noted the baby one growing on the plumeria tree. It was so cute and much appreciated. They are doing just fine without my intervention. The grass you can watch grow - anyone want outrageous plants? Plant them in Hawaii on the windward side of any island.
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Response 190 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (16:07) * 1 lines
We have plenty of ferns on the bank opposite my house, but not fancy ones! I do see staghorn ones (or something similar) at the garden centre. Yes, I do definitely have buds on my daffodils and they're about 6-8 inches tall already. I know it'll be a while before they actually flower. They're starting to arrive in shops now, although they're still very expensive. the birds think it's spring too by the way. I have blue tits in my nesting box. I pruned one rambling rose back hard last year ready to pull the rose arch down for rebuilding (before the wind actually brought it down) and it hasn't recovered. Pity, it was a lovely red flower. Actually, I'm the garden planner I have a 'handy man' (mine!) to do the hard work.
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Response 191 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (16:41) * 3 lines
Do your staghorn ferns have large plate-shaped "leaves" (fronds, actually) as first greenery followed by large antler-shaped fronds which emerge from a notch in the original plates at right angles? They are very pther-worldly looking items and grow to great size in our trees in the wild.
Treat that handyman right. He will save you from looking like you were the loser in a cat fight! Mine does that for me, too. Then, he remains outside and continues on with what he thinks would be a good idea and plants things where they will starve, desicate or otherwise look wretched and die. Oh well!
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Response 192 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (16:45) * 1 lines
Our birds are nesting, as well. Cardinals, lace-necked doves, barred doves (both of which nest in our huge Poinciana tree (delonix regia) and Chinese thrushes and rice birds, too. The territorial songs of the thrush is magnificent and other-worldly.
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Response 193 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (16:51) * 5 lines
I think our staghorns are different - much smaller about two foot high I think, and they're grown as houseplants.
I got excited this winter as I've had nuthatches visiting my birdtable. they're quite delicious to look at - grey blue on top and salmon pink underneath with a black band from eye to tail. I never tire seeing them.
I have to tell the 'handy man' what is a weed and what is not, other wise the poor dear just keeps on pulling up plants until the soil is bare, and then can't understand me getting upset because my seedlings are all gone! Still he's very good a constuctional gardening.
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Response 194 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (18:39) * 1 lines
LOL, Maggie. Handymen start out life as Handy Boys. Mine carefully uprooted a flowering plant from a vacant lot and repotted it for me and presented me with it for Mother's Day when he was very tiny. It was one of those weeds which never seems to run out of generations. I thanked him and hurried it to a corner of the yard where it would not seed the rest of the garden. We are still pulling the things out 30 years later!
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Response 195 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (20:31) * 5 lines
got stuff coming up all over the place. the birds are taking over the birdhouses again (started right before our "snow" storm too)
roses have new stems coming up, will need to trim the canes back soon.
glad to know everyone's garden is doing well!
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Response 196 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 8, 2000 (20:46) * 1 lines
Wow! Spring is really returning to the rest of the world. Seems a tad early, but that is just fine with you, I would imagine!
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Response 197 of 441: Stacey Tinianov (stacey) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (13:15) * 4 lines
that's a great story Marcia!!
generations of weeds for you to remember your son's sweetness by!!
Ours will get covered in snow many more times but that is actually fine. The snow insulates the little green guys and then, when it bounces between freezing and thawing, they will be safe.
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Response 198 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (13:47) * 2 lines
Stacey, that is exactly what it does - especially now that he lives in California and I do not see him very much. I miss him a great deal...it has been almost 2 years since I last hugged him...and I am a need-to-hug person!
It took me a few years of weeding to achieve this enlightenment, however!
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Response 199 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (13:49) * 1 lines
My winter pansies have finally started flowering. I bought them in as plug plants last autumn and they've slowly been growing. The primulas are looking good and I cut a little yellow bunch today to keep near my computer to cheer me up. I think Spring makes us all feel better. I like the lighter mornings too.
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Response 200 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (14:15) * 1 lines
I love pansies and they do not do well at this latitude. Up on the mountains they are stunning, and leis made from them look like velvet!
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Response 201 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (16:57) * 1 lines
I've really taken to primulas as they come in such a variety of colous and stem sizes. They also cross breed which also gives excitement because you don't know what will happen. My all time garden favourite is a hypericum hidcote (Hidcote is a very famous English garden in Oxfordshire) - like st John's Wort. I bought it as a garden centre end of season remainder for £1. It was leggy and didn't look much, but I cut it back and put it in. It's now the show piece all Summer. It's grown to avery well rounded four feet bush which I cut back each year. The yellow flowers are huge and last year it kept flowering into November.
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Response 202 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (19:18) * 3 lines
pansies dry well too. stick them on wax paper and fold the other side (of the wax paper over it), put into a thick book and let dry for a while. the colors stay too!
you got that out of season shopping down pat, maggie! i love to rescue plants people have given up on or just want to get rid of. they sure reward you!
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Response 203 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (21:09) * 1 lines
Pansies may dry well everywhere else on earth. They mildew first, here. I have seen some lovely examples of microwave oven drying, though!
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Response 204 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (22:09) * 3 lines
and you can use the silica granuals. i've got some of that stuff to dry my roses and try to maintain the color. haven't tried it yet. but you can use the granuals over and over again.
i've dried several leaves and lots of pansies. am surprised that the humidity didn't get to them. dry them inside the house though.
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Response 205 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Feb 9, 2000 (23:46) * 2 lines
Yup! Silica granules do the job, alright. And one MUST dry them indoors here.
We have little white innocuous clouds which look around as they drift lazily over the sky. They hjalt abruptly if they see carpets or furniture airing in the sunshine and promptly dump their load.
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Response 206 of 441: Stacey Tinianov (stacey) * Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (12:03) * 1 lines
better to dry them outside here... most people humidify their homes...
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Response 207 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (13:01) * 7 lines
Not here! God humidifies everything! A botanist I once met dried his specimens on the pavement or black-top driveway but brought them inside when the sun began to set. That is probably the best way to do it. He used newspapers to absorb excess moistures and changed it daily.
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Response 208 of 441: Stacey Tinianov (stacey) * Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (13:12) * 1 lines
I meant 'here' as in where I am here. In Colorado our humidity in always negligible... cracked lips and cracked, bleeding knuckles are a year-round problem.
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Response 209 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (14:17) * 1 lines
Has anyone used a microwave to dry flowers? There was someting on it in one of my basic microwave books.
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Response 210 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (18:38) * 3 lines
you can use the microwave, oven, and those expensive dryers. i prefer wax paper and a dictionary. you use the microwave when drying with silica granuals. oh, i hang my roses upside down when drying them. all the rose petals and buds i have in my potpourri vase is from my garden. quite neat, huh?
dry knuckles and other parts are a problem for us in the winter but we still have high humidity even then.
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Response 211 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (19:30) * 4 lines
I never figured out who was buying all that moisturizer they were selling on TV - until I spent 4 months on the mainland including a week in Denver. This lady was not used to such dessication and itched all over, more than any place else!
They had "still rooms" in the old days (Jane Austen features them) where herbs and flowers were all hung upside down from the rafters to dry and to preserve them. I have a recipe for making crystalized violets in your microwave oven.
It does very well.
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Response 212 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (21:28) * 1 lines
violets? like african violets? or violas?
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Response 213 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Feb 10, 2000 (23:26) * 1 lines
The little purple ones which grow under the trees in the Northeast in the spring. Not fuzzy like the African variety... Viola odorata are the ones I mean but violas can mean different things in different places. These also can be white but the purple ones are lovely on French Vanilla ice cream!
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Response 214 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (13:38) * 1 lines
I still have (dried) the first rose my husband gave me almost 30 years ago - and flowers from my wedding bouquet!
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Response 215 of 441: Stacey Tinianov (stacey) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (13:46) * 3 lines
Wow!
Mine's only five years old... but I am hoping to keep it for at least another 25 years!
(Congratulations by the way!)
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Response 216 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (14:20) * 1 lines
The trick is to remember where you put it!!!! Mine are in a 1760s copy of Martin Luthor's table talks, together with a few other bits and pieces I rediscover from time to time.
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Response 217 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (16:09) * 1 lines
You are risking an ancient book with dried flowers??? I am sentimental, but love books more!
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Response 218 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (16:56) * 1 lines
Well, the flowers were dried before I put them in, and are between layers of tissue, so I'm not going to feel guilty. I haven't noticed any discoloration in more than a quarter of a century!!!! I put the rose in there in the first place because I got the book for my 19th birthday - all from the same person.
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Response 219 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (17:18) * 1 lines
Ah! Now you have me. Sentiment of that sort wins every time!
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Response 220 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (17:19) * 1 lines
That's me - soft as a chocolate. (I just nicked two of my daughter's Belgian ones - do you get those in Hawaii - Yum!)
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Response 221 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (17:51) * 1 lines
after my flowers and leaves dry, i place them in an envelope and leave it unsealed. probably not what i should do, but who's asking? want to use them in some sort of craft project (like glass plates) but haven't had time to do it yet.
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Response 222 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (18:05) * 1 lines
I'm not sure about the sealing. Mine seem to have kept OK. But I guess if you use in a craft project like a card, you'd need to seal it with sticky back plastic or something (that's what we call it, I suppose it's got another proper name). what are you going to do with glass plates?
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Response 223 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (19:52) * 1 lines
Decoupage glue brushed over them seals them nicely on glass, wood boxes (especially nice) and covers of scrapbooks and such.
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Response 224 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (19:53) * 1 lines
Oh, Yes! We get all sorts of decadent things like Belgian Chocolate here, but it does not work for me as well as it does for other women, apparently. Nowhere near as good, actually! But, it does taste delicious - the dark kind, please!
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Response 225 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (19:54) * 1 lines
Wolfie, we gotta get the guys to make us that crafts conference since we now have use of our hard drive space...?!
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Response 226 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (21:10) * 3 lines
that's what i was thinking.....
glass plates with decoupage was what i had in mind......
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Response 227 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (21:16) * 3 lines
You will have very lovely plates, in that case!
You'll never guess what I was just doing with fabric paint. Painting aluminum rivets on the car black. The Hairy Chest-beater put protective shiny black molding on the four corners of the bumpers and had to rivet them on to keep them on. The aluminum was ugly, so I painted them. I did it on some cast aluminum enamelled tablets on buildings so the fasteners did not show. 5 years on they still look as good as when I did them and none has peeled! I am more than a little amazed.
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Response 228 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (21:19) * 1 lines
oh what you can do with fabric paint!
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Response 229 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Feb 11, 2000 (21:24) * 1 lines
Tell me about it! I have used it on more "other" things than I ever did on fabric! I have changed the color of shoes and whitened old comfortable ones which looked too shabby to wear. Sprinkle glitter on while wet and you have new evening shoes! I could go on and on, and, from your remark, so could you! *lol*
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Response 230 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (09:57) * 1 lines
What a place to collect tips!
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Response 231 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (13:29) * 2 lines
We gotta save the good stuff for that new Crafts Conference! Otherwise check for my handy hints in http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/food/55/new
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Response 232 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (13:52) * 1 lines
Why in food?
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Response 233 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (14:04) * 1 lines
Most of them are kitchen and household hints. When I created it, that is what I had in mind - strictly kitchen stuff.
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Response 234 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (15:35) * 1 lines
Oh, so when's the craft thingy coming?
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Response 235 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (15:51) * 2 lines
As soon as things settle down from the move to the new ISP and I can talk one of the magicians behind the scenes to create the space for it. Wolf and I can put wallpaper and buttons up and all that sort of thing...We just need them to make create the actual structure onto which we create the thing which will end up as Geo did. I was handed a white blank space and told to go at it. I had no clue then what to do, so I was led through the birthing very patiently and carefully.
I learned so much in that first 10-hour tour-de-force of creation. It was an extraordiary experience - at first terrifying and in the end glorious. I have put the conference with the wallpaper and the topics I created there up so I could just sit and admire it. When I sent my son (a geek of sorts) and my PhD ex in to look at it they were amazed that this mere woman could do that. My ex did not know such things were possible, and my son plans to pick my brains for his own we site eventually!
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Response 236 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (15:54) * 1 lines
Looking forward to it. I'm off to watch Midsomer murders on TV now. See you tomorrow?
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Response 237 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (16:04) * 1 lines
I'll be here, my dear! *Hugs* till then!
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Response 238 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sun, Feb 13, 2000 (14:42) * 1 lines
I'm back, where are you? BTW the vicar did it and then jumped off the church tower!
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Response 239 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Feb 13, 2000 (15:24) * 1 lines
Oh No!!! Not the vicar?! The last one you would suspect. It's usually is more proper than the Queen wife who nurses grudges like nobody else...! Did you suspect? I am here!!!
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Response 240 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sun, Feb 13, 2000 (17:07) * 1 lines
No I didn't suspect until right at the end. He was a famous (British TV) actor too - Richard Briers. I think these are all Ruth Rendall novels, but I don't remember reading that one. You'd have liked the scenery - real olde worlde english village, village fete and all.
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Response 241 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Feb 13, 2000 (19:13) * 1 lines
Ah, yes. I have been known to watch the British Grand Prix just to look for hillforts and other stuff in the background around Silverstone! Sounds good. Perhaps we will get them for PBS or A&E eventually!
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Response 242 of 441: Stacey Tinianov (stacey) * Mon, Feb 14, 2000 (13:13) * 1 lines
my garden got a little sweeping up on Sunday... I have to keep the dead leaves over the plants, so they don't freeze, but I turned the soil in my veggie garden... preparation for after we return from Alaska.
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Response 243 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Mon, Feb 14, 2000 (13:56) * 1 lines
Oh, dear, I'm still feeling guilty I haven't been out in the garden yet. I did feed the birds this morning though!
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Response 244 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Feb 14, 2000 (14:55) * 1 lines
My garden is full of errant ferns and begonias which just happen to be growing there. We even have exotic weeds!
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Response 245 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Mon, Feb 14, 2000 (16:01) * 1 lines
Ooo lovely
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Response 246 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Mon, Feb 14, 2000 (16:02) * 1 lines
Mine just has non-exotic weeds and a rockery which I've got to take to pieces and rebuild this summer - oh and a fallen rose arch and trellising which needs replacing. the strawberries are nice in summer though.
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Response 247 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Feb 14, 2000 (17:07) * 2 lines
I thought your weeds were marvellous. My grandfather (a graduate of Kew) maintained that there was no such thing as a weed. They are just plants out of place. Amen! Maggie, no brambles? My ex convinced me to touch a nettle while we were admiring Old Sarum. It's the last time I did that on purpose! The Romans did that to themselves intentionally! Very odd, indeed!
My grandfather would have app;lauded stacey's use of dead leaves for protective blanketing. Lime them and dig them under in the spring and your azaleas will be the best in Colorado!
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Response 248 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Feb 14, 2000 (21:22) * 1 lines
pickle juice doesn't hurt either.
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Response 249 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Feb 14, 2000 (21:49) * 1 lines
Pickle juice? Never heard of that! I guess anything you drain off things we eat is good for your plants! hmmm...pickle juice?! *giggle*
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Response 250 of 441: Stacey Tinianov (stacey) * Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (10:39) * 2 lines
Pickle juice??
hmmm... the vinegar is good for plants??
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Response 251 of 441: Maggie (sociolingo) * Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (14:11) * 1 lines
Apparently nettles increase the blood supply to the area hit .......
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Response 252 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (17:43) * 1 lines
Oh Maggie! You don't suppose they used them as an aid to stimulate otherwise reluctant protrusions into activity? Sounds too painful to contemplate!
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Response 253 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (20:02) * 3 lines
on the pickle juice, it's the acid in the vinegar. azaleas like acidic soil.
and i sat in nettles as a kid and boy did those bumps sting. good thing i had on a diaper or training pants or something. i remember oma and mom wiping me with a cold washcloth. i was careful from then on out.
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Response 254 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (20:16) * 3 lines
Yup! Once bitten by nettles you tend not try do it again.
Pickle juice on your hygrangeas should be great, in that case...depending on whether you want blue or pink flowers when they bloom. Just like litmus paper!
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Response 255 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (20:36) * 1 lines
now i can't remember if mine bloomed out pink or blue last year and last year was the first time they had flowers (except when i bought them of course)......
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Response 256 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 15, 2000 (20:49) * 1 lines
Make every other one a different color?!
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Response 257 of 441: (sprin5) * Wed, Feb 16, 2000 (07:49) * 1 lines
I picked up 16 little herbs in plants and they'e in the ground now, I was inspired by my trip to the Zilker botanical garden the other day.
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Response 258 of 441: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Feb 16, 2000 (12:42) * 1 lines
woohoo! i always get inspired when i see a garden show or even make a trip to lowes! in fact, i've got two plants (angel's trumpet and a currant bush) on their way and i don't know where to put them!
Topic 2 of 42 [garden]: my garden today
Response 259 of 441: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Feb 16, 2000 (13:13) * 1 lines
Put the currant bush in a bright sunny place and be sure it is well-watered, as well. They love water and sun but mostly they like being in hedgerows, so if you have an edge of the wood