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#117091 - 05/02/07 04:51 PM
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My first bulbs and cherry tree are fading. tulips are standing tall. perenials are waiting in the wings.Grass is mown and paths weeded.It all starting.I feel blessed to be caretaker of my garden. Mountain ash
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#117092 - 05/03/07 01:38 AM
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Just finished my rain dance as we are low this year thus far. However, planted more daylilies, black eyed susans, cone flower, zinnia, marigolds, and lantana. Planted a mandeville in pot last night along with a trellis and started white cosmo seeds. Should you have room in your prayers, please pray for rain!
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#117093 - 05/03/07 01:47 AM
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I'm not much of a yard person...but I have a big yard...my neighbors are actually planting a garden in the back of my yard...they don't have a place to plant one...they're doing all the work...and I get to watch it grow...and eat veggies from it...they're also tilling a place for me to plant neighborhood zinnias...how lucky is that?!
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#117094 - 05/03/07 03:45 AM
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#117095 - 05/03/07 04:08 AM
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#117098 - 05/03/07 04:36 PM
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#117099 - 05/03/07 05:38 PM
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No mitzkity. I think it's wonderful that you post photos. Hey we live in the digital age! I'm so glad you want to share, because I do too! Infact I just discovered that you can create a slide show in photo bucket. I put a few pictures together of our views from our house. Hope it works. I think the pictures might be interesting, because I don't think they allow poppy fields in the States, do they? Slide show of my view from house and garden
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#117102 - 05/04/07 02:35 AM
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My first posting! I read the article in the Baltimore Sun about this site and decided to investigate. When I saw the posts about gardening, I had to look further. My back yard was a plot of grass when we moved here 17 years ago. I started in one corner- dug up the grass and made a little flower bed. I planted some daylilies from my grandmothers yard in New York. Then the kids outgrew the swing set so my father helped me take that down and I put in some raised beds for vegetables. Well, over the years the daylilies needed to be divided and things just grew. The grassy area is a lot smaller now and the flower beds go around the whole yard. The flowers and trees are a haven for the dog and me and the birds who love to visit and sing for me. After I dug the last flower bed, my husband said he hoped I was done- not a chance! Even after working all day, I love to go out and dig in the dirt- it is my relaxation. No one bothers me out there!!!
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#117103 - 05/04/07 03:21 AM
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#117104 - 05/04/07 11:55 PM
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#117105 - 05/05/07 12:48 AM
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Mitzkity-I loved that camping story and thank you for the nice welcome! I have a new digital camera and am still learning how to use it- I will post pictures when I figure out all the cables and how to get the pictures into the computer. I went to the flower mart in Washington DC today at the National Cathedral. What a wonderful way to spend such a grand day. Weather was perfect and my friend and I strolled the grounds and took in all the beautiful things to see.
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#117107 - 05/05/07 07:00 AM
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#117108 - 05/05/07 01:16 PM
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Hannelore, lovely view! What do they w/ the poppies, are they harvested? Mitzkity, love the hot rods!
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#117111 - 05/06/07 10:28 PM
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No yard here. Sigh. I really do miss working in the yard. I loved all the pictures of your yards and area. Hannelore, can I come visit you?
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#117114 - 05/08/07 12:49 AM
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#117116 - 05/08/07 02:08 PM
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I love to weed! I know, I'm crazy. Okay, I'll admit this. I was so anal about my yard in Ohio and Nashville that I would use a pair of tweezers to get the small weeds between the bricks. Nuts, huh? So Anno, I'd be glad to help you work in your yard!
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#117119 - 05/09/07 03:15 AM
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#117120 - 05/09/07 03:22 AM
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I was talking to one of my gardening friends at work and she keeps a garden journal for each of her gardens. She writes down what she plants where and what is attracted to it and how it does and takes pictures every year so she can see the changes. Then if soemthing doesn't do well she writes that down and moves it someplace else. What a cool idea.
I've been patiently waiting for my iris to bloom so I can post a picture. I'm loosing my patience. Every day I think, oh yeah, it's gonna bloom today. I get home from work. Nope, no bloom. It's driving me CRAZY.
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#117121 - 05/09/07 02:34 PM
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The retirement home we just bought in AZ is already landscaped with desert plants. Low maintenance but already, I'm thinking I want a few garden boxes. I must love stress or something! I love to watch veggies blossom and grow.
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#117122 - 05/09/07 09:13 PM
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My neighbor planted a garden in my back yard...with permission of course! And he tilled me an area to plant Zinnias...they're just starting to come up...I'm like a little kid...can't wait to get out there every morning to see how many have sprouted during the night!
And in a few weeks...fresh blossoms for the house!
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#117125 - 05/31/07 11:33 AM
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LOL Dotsie!!!! Yeah, pooping flowers are the best! I've got a new article up at my site that might be of interest, http://www.gardenandhearth.com/GardenCooking/Gardening-Tips-for-Baby-Boomers.htmOh and the comments section at G&H is now live so if any of you have ideas to add, please go right ahead!
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#117126 - 05/31/07 03:16 PM
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Do poppies poop?
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#117128 - 05/31/07 03:56 PM
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It's great to see everyone's pictures of their garden spots...and hear that we're all out there digging in the dirt. I am actually going to put plants in pots this year and arrange them on my bench. The front yard is slowing growing into the garden I'm designing for it. Of course, it's slow grow because I only have a small budget for plants. But the weeds are always free! :-))
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#117131 - 06/13/07 04:19 PM
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Yea!!!! Such signs of hope...:-))
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#117132 - 06/13/07 08:17 PM
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Yum! My yard isn't big enough for a veggie garden. We keep trying tomatoes and peppers but it's tough to keep the squirrels away from them.
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#117135 - 06/15/07 02:43 AM
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I am so happy that we are finally getting some good rains here in Jax, FL. It is so wonderful to step into my back yard and see the green grass and the flowers thriving! It was so bad a couple of weeks ago my daughter and I actually saw a lizard drinking from the dogs water bowl! No kidding! gerrbeck
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#117137 - 06/15/07 06:18 PM
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chocoholic, have you tried container gardening? It's big in the city here.
TVC, I can't wait to hear your recipes when your babies grow up!
I do have a lot of containers but have never tried things like carrots in them. Can you do things besides tomato plants and herbs?
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#117139 - 06/16/07 01:45 PM
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My daylilies are performing wonderfully and we've finally rain! Tons of it!
Ladies, what types of edging do you use? Plastic, brick, metal, wood, etc.
Also, have you a raised garden bed, and if so, what material(s) do you use? i.e., stone, wood, faux stone or wood, etc.
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