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I love talking about gardening almost as much as I like working in my garden. I grow some herbs and edibles but mostly grow perennials. Here in the gulf south we've had a very mild winter and my garde
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Gardening
posted at February 22, 2012 7:35 AM EST
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I love talking about gardening almost as much as I like working in my garden. I grow some herbs and edibles but mostly grow perennials. Here in the gulf south we've had a very mild winter and my garden is reflecting this. The camellias and azaleas are blooming which is normal for February but so are the hostas which are usually not up and growing until may. Unfortunately the weeds are growing also. I cut back my roses two weeks earlier than usual as they were showing new growth. I'm wondering if spring has arrived in February will summer begin in early May? |
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Re: Gardening
posted at March 31, 2012 10:30 PM EDT
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Here in Michigan we had a fairly mild winter, too. Our crocus, daffodils, hyacinths, and forsythia are almost done. My peach, pear, cherry, and plum trees have already bloomed, and there are some buds on the apple trees. My early tulips are in bloom now. The redbud trees are in bloom, and the magnolia are done and dropping their petals. We had almost a week of weather in the high 70s and 80s, which is very unusual for March. I'm just hoping that we didn't have our summer already! lol |
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Re: Gardening
posted at April 4, 2012 5:01 PM EDT
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Yes, I can feel Summer approaching rapidly. The Louisiana Iris and the hardy ground Amaryllis are in bloom as well as poppies, corypsis, zinnias, salvias and a lot of other flowers. We've had lots of rain the last two days and the ground is soggy. My roses are just beginning to bloom and the Vytex is budded. I saw the first bud on my daylilies yesterday. Definitely an early spring. Pink Amaryllis |
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Re: Gardening
posted at July 18, 2012 4:44 AM EDT
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Hi I love to spend time in my garden. However I don't do gardening myself but you will find beautiful plants with plenty of flowers in my garden. And am sure their fragrance will pleasue you. Lovely pictures Sparkel. |
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Re: Gardening
posted at July 20, 2012 7:54 PM EDT
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In response to "Re: Gardening": Hi I love to spend time in my garden. However I don't do gardening myself but you will find beautiful plants with plenty of flowers in my garden. And am sure their fragrance will pleasue you. Lovely pictures Sparkel. Posted by JohnWilson007 Thanks, John. My husband does not like to do garden work either but he loves walking in the garden. Frangrance in my garden often is most noticeable in the late afternoon or night when the flowers release their scent to attract pollinators like moths. Do you have birds in your garden? I try to have plants that make berries for them to eat and give them foliage to nest in.Enjoy nature wherever you find it. |
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Re: Gardening
posted at July 23, 2012 7:40 AM EDT
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In Response to Re: Gardening: In response to "Re: Gardening": Thanks, John. My husband does not like to do garden work either but he loves walking in the garden. Frangrance in my garden often is most noticeable in the late afternoon or night when the flowers release their scent to attract pollinators like moths. Do you have birds in your garden? I try to have plants that make berries for them to eat and give them foliage to nest in.Enjoy nature wherever you find it. Posted by Sparkel18 I don't have pet birds in special but some of them keep coming from here and there and chirp around. I have a small bowl water container in which I regularly pour water for these birds. Yes I do enjoy nature and wish everyone to enjoy wherever they find it. |
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Re: Gardening
posted at July 23, 2012 9:39 AM EDT
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Gardening is what helps keep me sane. I have a medium sized front yard, with very little grass, lots of day lilies, perennials, flowering shrubs. I do my own gardening and talking with the bugs and pulling weeds is a great free therapy. With all the flowers and shrubs, of course I have lots of birds, bees, squirrels, rabbits, and even a few deer. I got my yard certified as an official wildlife habitat a few months ago. It is truly an enjoyable place for me to spent my time. |
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Re: Gardening
posted at July 23, 2012 4:24 PM EDT
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Donnaz, a garden is truely an enjoyable place to spend time and pulling weeds is good exercise. Most of my yard is filled with plants, and contains little grass. I have light shade in the front and full sun in the back. I have a daylily that's been blooming nonstop since the last of April. I don't know its name because a friend shared it with me from her garden. Gardens are for sharing. Its such pleasure to see plants and know the friends that gave them to you or know they are from your grandmother, mother or sister's garden. I love watching the birds in my garden. I recently watched a Mockingbird eat most of the peppers off my Bird's Eye Pepper (wild tepin pepper) plant. These little peppers are tiny, about the size of the fingernail on my little finger or smaller and very hot. The Mockingbirds also like to eat the berries on my Yew trees. I've watched them from my bedroom window pulling the berries and dropping them on the stepping stones below. If they are ripe they break open and the Mockingbird eats them if they are too green they are left on the stones. I sometimes find little piles of green Yew berries on these stones. I have many lizards in my garden. Everywhere I look there is a lizard staring back at me. |
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favorite movie
posted at December 26, 2012 12:14 AM EST
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whats your all time favorite movie…..???////// Designer Fashion jewelry |
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what you want as a Christmas gifts
posted at December 26, 2012 12:16 AM EST
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what will you like to receive as a christmas gift………????decided or not……????? Designer Fashion jewelry |
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