A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2004 morning glory teepee and spiders?

Rellie,

I really like your sweetpeateepee....try sayin' that five times fast!!! Your baby sounds adorable! I think I will make something like that for my boys this year. I have a small side yard by my driveway, that during the summer I park my car blocking off the front of the drive on the street so the boys can skate, ride their trikes and bikes, etc. I think a children's garden there would be wonderful...with a tee pee and some sunflowers, etc., next to their sandbox and park bench. I could even use their old wading pool to make a small vegtable garden for them to tend....oh, boy! Sounds like fun! When they grow up I will use the side yard for a rose cutting garden, with all diff specimens.

Have a happy day!
Barbara

OH!! And P.S. SHOULD I have soaked the morning glory seeds????? I did for the sweat peas and they are sprouting, but nothing with the morning glories. I don't think they said on the package to soak.

Barb

Thanks Barb,
I too park at the bottom of my driveway when I'm doing yard work and the kiddos play, ride bikes, trikes, whatever. Thought that was my original idea!

The morning glory packet I got said nick the hulls of and soak the seeds for 12 hours prior planting. but since mine are in the grass... who knows what they're doing...

Rellie,

I planted some morning glories....both inside and out...the outside ones are finally starting to sprout...though not as many as i planted. The ones in the house are sprouting nicely though!

The boys liked the idea of the teepee..but they also said they wanted it in the upper tier garden so that they they could let their trains drive through it like a tunnel...so that may be what we do!

Barb

I've never soaked morning glory seeds. I think you're going to have to check the teepee each time before your girls get in it to make sure there are no creatures. I've had hummingbirds buzz my head and I'm sure they could scare your children.

we have cockateils in the house so the girls are not too scared of birds. and they go bug hunting everytime we go outside. they collect worms, ants, rolly-pollies, and ladybugs. the iceplants on the divider wall are right at my daughters' eye level and it gets swarmed with bees. my four year old walked right up by the plants to watch the bees and told me, "mom, i can get up close to them... as long as i don't bother them they won't sting me" Well, at least one anyway. I'm so happy!