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Definately too early to dig! #25659 February 27th, 2004 at 12:34 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b S scarlet begonia OP Member
OP scarlet begonia Member S Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b	I got a request for Peonies so I just went outside and tried to dig them out. The spade only went in about 4 in. Now my neighbors KNOW I'm crazy

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Re: Definately too early to dig! #25660 February 27th, 2004 at 01:02 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	GEEZ SCARLET!! :rolleyes: someone has the GARDEN BUG>>>>BAD

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25661 February 27th, 2004 at 01:32 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b S scarlet begonia OP Member
OP scarlet begonia Member S Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b	Yes I do I have run out of places to start seed flats in my house and I'm going insane. I know spring is coming though. I saw a flying insect zoom past the window I need to get outside and get my farmers tan!!!

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25662 February 27th, 2004 at 01:55 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	gosh scarlet, you are as bad as me!

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25663 February 27th, 2004 at 02:15 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 18626 hisgal2 Member
hisgal2 Member Joined: Feb 2004 18626	I saw a robin yesterday in my yard. And a friend of mine saw a cardinal. I ready for spring also. I can't wait to get out there.

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25664 February 27th, 2004 at 03:08 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b S scarlet begonia OP Member
OP scarlet begonia Member S Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b	I can't wait to see my robins come back!

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25665 February 27th, 2004 at 03:12 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	OH MY GOSH, it's only Feb!!!!!! There's still time for all of your gardening books, the couch, hot cocoa or a hot cup of coffee or tea, a nice warm blanket. Your warm jammies or sweats, and you still have about 5 or 6 weeks of curled up time, and reading up on all the good gardening info!!! Weezie

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Re: Definately too early to dig! #25666 February 27th, 2004 at 03:32 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b S scarlet begonia OP Member
OP scarlet begonia Member S Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b	After 4-5 months of doing just that I am ready for a change of pace.

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25667 February 27th, 2004 at 03:57 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Okay Scarlet, Ready for the test??? #1. What is a what color is the common Lysimachia punctata? #2. Why do you remove the side-shoots of tomatoes? #3. Which of the following vegetables are not suitable for growing in the sun? A. Runner Beans B. Tomatoes C. peppers #4. Which way do the sunflower heads or faces point??

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25668 February 27th, 2004 at 04:11 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b S scarlet begonia OP Member
OP scarlet begonia Member S Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b	#1 yellow #2 just foliage - no fruit #3 runner beans #4 south How did I do?

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25669 February 27th, 2004 at 04:51 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	#1 and #3 you got right, #4, It follows the sun, from sun up to sun down. Not bad!! Here's another one.... #1. What's the fastest growing plant? #2. What's the slowest growing species? #3. What's the oldest living tree?? #4. What's the largest flower?

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25670 February 27th, 2004 at 05:06 AM
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OP scarlet begonia Member S Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b	#1 probably bamboo? #2 Cypripedium calceolus #3 huon pine #4 Titan Arum How'd I do?

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25671 February 27th, 2004 at 05:48 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	#1. yep, Bamboo #2. Yep, Lady Slipper #3. Wrong, The oldest recorded living tree is a bristlecone pine........my son knows that one, he reads it to us in his guiness book of world records... #4. yep!!! It is commonly known as the stinking corpse lily due to its smell of rotting carcasses. 3 out of 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #1. Biggest seed? #2. What is Illinos STATE~tree,~flower,~BIRD?

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Re: Definately too early to dig! #25672 February 27th, 2004 at 03:46 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b S scarlet begonia OP Member
OP scarlet begonia Member S Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b	#2 The latin name for lady slipper is 'Cypripedium calceolus', dont ask. LOL! #3 I thought they found a huon pine in China that was 10,000 years old - guess I could be mistaken ------------------------------------------------- #1 coco-de-mer nut - found only in the seychelles #2 white oak,violet,cardinal

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25673 February 27th, 2004 at 03:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Pennsylvania, USA B Barb H. Member
Barb H. Member B Joined: Jan 2004 Pennsylvania, USA	Scarlet, I can't wait for spring either....but i just had to share..... My daffodils and tulips are starting to pop up!! AND>>>>>>I was able to garden for about fifteen minutes the other day....not to BRAG, oh no, certainly NOT!!! I will glady take a photo, if someone can post it for me!!! HAVE A GARDENIN' FUN DAY EVERYONE!!!!

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25674 February 27th, 2004 at 03:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b S scarlet begonia OP Member
OP scarlet begonia Member S Joined: Feb 2004 IL Zone 5b	Barb, What kind of gardening did you do? I haven't seen any tulips or crocus yet but the daffys are definately poking up!

Re: Definately too early to dig! #25675 March 4th, 2004 at 06:29 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Scarlet Begonia, Did some reading up on the Bristlecone Pine and the Huon Pine. Bristlecone Pines Quote Huon pine is one of the slowest-growing and longest living plants in the world. It can grow to an age of 3000 years or more. Only the bristle-cone pine of North America lives longer. Read the second one, referr's to the Huon Pine Being second in age only to the Bristlecone Pine. Quote International headlines were made with the discovery of a stand of Huon pines on the west coast that is more than 10,000-years-old. All the trees are male and are genetically identical. No individual tree in the stand is 10,000-years-old, rather the stand itself has been in existence for that long. I went and checked it out.. My son reads the Guiness Book of World Records everynight, and we have got that one down pat!!! So, when you said the other pine, I thought, just maybe Guiness had a boo~boo???? But according to those articles, they were right! There's some good reading in both articles about each kind of tree!!! Weezie

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