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Re: first harvest!!! by emdeGardener2 1 minute 19 seconds ago

My dad stole some pepper seeds form me!!!!I'm so MAD!!!!He planted them in a bunch.Now I have to thin them.They are starting to grow their first true leaves.It's gonna be a long way till harvest.

Re: Tulips by dodge 2 minutes 23 seconds ago

I had that color one time and they do change colors.. I think mine is yellow and orange now.. Just starting.. I am baffled of what to do.. Some are yellow some are red......I dont want to mix the colors.
Lots said they do them new yearly.....

Re: Knomes ........................ by ladyslipper 3 minutes 34 seconds ago

Mine stay out all summer. I did them with a glaze that they told me would be fine outside. 25 years later and they have lasted pretty good. I would love to do ceramics again but not one around here now, plus it costs more than I have to spend righ

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Re: Coffeehouse 2099......... by emdeGardener2 3 minutes 51 seconds ago

'Afternoon everyone.I have the weekend to do lots of things.I'm going to the theaters,possibly get my fishing license.

Re: Tulips by ladyslipper 9 minutes 1 second ago

I have never really gotten big into tulips for the simple reason after a couple years of bloom they don't seem to bloom again. I had an uncle that had beautiful tulips and I found out he planted new ones every fall. I didn't even remember planting

Re: What did you do in the garden today? 2008 part 1 by emdeGardener2 9 minutes 54 seconds ago

I picked the most amount of pea pods today:16! I froze them.I also checked some areas where I planted flower seeds and they are sprouting.

Re: The Home I'm Buying by dodge 11 minutes 15 seconds ago

See how time flys when your having fun?
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Re: Knomes ........................ by dodge 12 minutes 13 seconds ago

They can dress in any color.Mine is in an orange jacket and I love it . Junie girl painted mine......

That was sweet of her.

And yours are sweet too....Mine cant go outside inthe rain .. Too wet. lol

Re: I called the EPA by emdeGardener2 13 minutes 21 seconds ago

My neighbors shot at one of my cats with a pellet gun,but he survived.

Re: The Home I'm Buying by patunia 15 minutes 59 seconds ago

when you get moved, you want some cuttings of my corkscrew willow?
they were in a bouquet of roses for my anniversary, and when the flowers faded, the willows got shoved into the ground, rather unceremoniously, as this was in october and growing

Re: Knomes ........................ by ladyslipper 16 minutes 27 seconds ago

I guess if I had been on here 25 years ago i would have known what color to paint them so he could have beena willie. The little guy used to sit on a turtle, but my sister hit it with a bike and broke it.

Re: ANY HIGH DESERT VEGGIE GARDENERS OUT THERE? by emdeGardener2 16 minutes 30 seconds ago

Hello,I live in a valley,but the temps here get to 100+ in the summer.Some years,the lakes around my area have so little water that it gets desert-like.I built raised beds this year;I dug some soil out and ended up with raised beds.I don't have to wa

Re: What did you do in the garden today? 2008 part 1 by ladyslipper 19 minutes 28 seconds ago

well yesterday i divided up 2 huge dicentra and potted them for my sister in law garden sale. weeded by lily bed and watered the lupin i transplanted the day before. also got out my garden decorations.

Today I washed the bird feeders, an

Re: Knomes ........................ by dodge 21 minutes 21 seconds ago

Cousin of willy and girl friend..........Willy's.

Cool.

You thinking good.

b

Re: Knomes ........................ by cricket 24 minutes 58 seconds ago

Idk...but that one could pass for willy's cousin

Re: Knomes ........................ by ladyslipper 27 minutes 57 seconds ago

put out my garden ornaments yesterday and I have these little people I made in1983 at ceramics. Question? are these considered knomes or willies?

Re: Coffeehouse 2099......... by Nana's11 28 minutes 39 seconds ago

Hi all,
Spent the morning figuring out the bills for us and Carrie- then cleaned house - started making a grocery list- boy I am out of everything - need to fill up my freezer and do a lot of freezer cooking too... have to get busy before it ge

Re: What did you do in the garden today? 2008 part 1 by cricket 54 minutes 57 seconds ago

I only took a 'look see' today. I have maters almost as big as golf balls.YEA! something, I'm assuming coon's, are breaking off some of my small pepper plants. the okra I planted right before the very heavy rain looks big fat and happy. I thought t

Re: ANY HIGH DESERT VEGGIE GARDENERS OUT THERE? by cricket Today at 03:45 PM

can you give us an idea of your high's and lows? has the temp range leveled off yet in your area?

Re: Coffeehouse 2099......... by cricket Today at 03:42 PM

we just did pizza for supper. nice break. it's always nice whatever it is when you don't have to cook it yourself. got a movie too. there's a ton of stuff I'd like to do in the garden but... boy, it is only May and it is already SO humid here.

Re: ANY HIGH DESERT VEGGIE GARDENERS OUT THERE? by peppereater Today at 03:31 PM

Tina, you're right, raised beds are good in desert situations, because of rocky soil and highly alkaline soil in some areas...

racoons and squirrels by cricket Today at 03:12 PM

I was running off squirrels from the garden about a month back. they were digging up my garden beans before they'd even sprout. Some patients and a bb gun deterred them, but I was still seeing small peppers broke off at the ground. I couldn't imag

Re: ANY HIGH DESERT VEGGIE GARDENERS OUT THERE? by jonni13 Today at 02:49 PM

Hi Tina from another Tina (jonni is my daughter's name). I'm also considered high desert in my inland California home. But I'm sure we have much different climates even then. I am a zone 9 here. I am about a third of your altitude, I think.
Welc

Re: The Home I'm Buying by afgreyparrot Today at 02:44 PM

Quote: Of course I'll be one hundred years old before I run out of projects but that's the way it goes I guess lol.
Yep...once you get started gardening like we do you never run out of projects...
.....and it sounds like you have som