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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.
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So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.
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Should be there Wed or Thurs :~)
Yeah!!!
Hey I've been googleing:) and found this web site. Wow, you have a lot of different kinds of ferns there. Can you tell from this page what kind you sent us?
www.wta.org/~wta/cgi-bin/wtaweb.pl?3+hg+flora+ferns
(sorry, I can't figure out how to make a link.)
Becky
I don't think I like this:)
Becky
Heh... no - that's not endearing at all ;~D
You're getting the one they're calling the common sword fern. The pic they show is of what the new growth looks like in the spring.
That's what I thought, but I thought it also might be that deer fern.
Becky
If I've ever seen that deer fern, I haven't noticed the difference... the two different kinds of fronds is interesting.
Becky
They're purdy :~D
Are you finding any growing instructions?
That's pretty. I went out and checked my fig tree I planted a few months ago. I was going to dig it up but green bulbs are coming out on the branches so I guess there's still hope.
Native Plant Gardening: The sword fern is a beautiful, flexible and very low maintenance addition to the garden. It is appropriate for USDA zones 3-8. Sword ferns will brighten even the darkest corners with a year-round lush green color. Try planting them on their own, in combination with other native ferns, such as the deer fern, or with some of the plants mentioned above. Nothing communicates the peace and serenity of the forest like a sword fern growing from a fallen moss-covered log! Dead fronds should be left attached to the plant through the winter and then removed, if desired, in February, just prior to the appearance of new growth.
site address:www.nwplants.com/plants/ferns/dryopteridacea/polystichum_munitum/index.html
Becky
Great:). My red bud has new buds. Now I'm just waiting to see if the Japanese Maple and the dogwood I planted last year made it thru the winter.
Becky
Lots of ferns and mossy things there...
That's cool:).
I like any kind of garden:), or fields where things are growing. I was on a trip one time and drove thru Iowa, I think it was, and it was right before corn harvest. Wow, those rolling fields of corn were just beautiful. I was with my brother and I kept commenting on them, and he thought I was nuts. He thought it was boring scenery. The coolest thing about them was seeing the farm houses/barns set in the middle of those fields. There would be huge pine trees on three sides of the living area, then acres and acres of corn till you came to the next farm site:)
Mack and I went to a botanical garden in Ark one time. I really enjoy that type of thing.
Becky
I like the crop fields too in eastern WA... huge fields of just one thing, wheat, or corn, or something else...
There is a place by the stables here that is just bare in the summer but come planting time you can ride a tractor trail thru corn fields. It's like you are in your own world.
What a treat! Project planes for sale, Wow!!!
A few years ago Trade-A-Plane had ads for project planesn such as B-26s, DC-8s and other planes for sale, even P-51 Mustangs. Old Taylorcrafts were real reasonable back then too.
If you start taking flying lessons, make sure you get as much time as possible in old taildraggers. You will learn to fly and never regret it. Kinda like time spent riding a horse, "No hour spent in the saddle was ever wasted".
He was going to go up to 8000 but let it go at 6000 because the engine went alone. The guy got it all for about 7500. Too bad. They lost out. If it had stayed a package he would probably have bought it.
What was it? Engines are expensive.........
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