[Gabz]

These are a start, it would take me 3 forevers to post all the sites on my favorites list!

[Gabz]

Garden PING!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry about being so late folks!

[the invisib1e hand]

just came in to watch the grass grow for a spell.

[tubebender]

How about a story on growing rice at home and work...

[tennteacher]

Gabz,

Sorry that you’ve had the week from hell.

I, however, planted dianthus that smells like my childhood, a variety of sedums, and a replanting of one of my favorites, the fringe tree.

Also enjoyed playing with my new toy, a shredder-chipper. In three days my husband and I compressed a backyard of debris into two fabulous compost bins.

Life is good.

Hope that you can retreat to your garden and regain your sanity.

[Gone_Postal]

better late then never

[chickpundit]

Sorry you had a bad week. I appreciate the time and effort you, gardengirl, and others put into this thread.

That edible landscapes site is interesting. I think I may grow some berries in the front of some of my borders. I just ordered Wonderberry ‘Solanum Burbankii’ seeds from Baker Creek. I’m pretty excited about them. They’re an annual that produce berries the first year. Some online searches I’ve done indicate the berry may not taste that great fresh, but is really good in jams. I figure it’s worth a shot. Here’s a link:

http://rareseeds.com/seeds/Garden-Berries/Wonderberry

I can’t find blueberry or raspberry plants anywhere right now. I guess I was too slow making a purchase.

[gardengirl]

Hey Gabz!
You’re not late as far as I’m concerned! I completely lost track of what day it was! Just happened to check my pings!

Re: the week from Hades—ME TOO! Stupid questions don’t bother me so much—it’s just that there are so MANY of them! LOL

IE:
Caller—I bought this spray from you last year. Is it time to use it?

Me—What spray?

That High yield one.

Oookkkaayy. I’ve got ten people in line at the cash register, a credit card in my hand, which only works on the same phone line that the caller is currently on. Ma’am, what spray?

The High yield one.

Deep breath. Another deep breath. Ma’am, I’m looking at about 500 different sprays right now. What’s it for?

Plants.

Okay. What are you trying to do with your spray?

Spray my plants.

Sigh to myself. Spray your plants for what? Are you trying to kill the plants or kill something that’s on them?

Kill bugs.

Now we’re getting somewhere—I think! What kind of bugs?

I don’t know. Those ones on the leaves.

Repeating to myself—Do not lose your temper! What kind of plants?

I don’t know. The ones with green leaves.

Tell me what kind of spray it is so I can help you better.

I told you—High yield.

Ma’am, what does it say on the label? What’s the chemical name?

High yield.

I finally just told her yes! I have no idea whether she was spraying insecticidal soap or roundup!

[heartwood]

Bad week here too. Your prayers for my son would be gratefully appreciated.

I go out to the garden to find peace. Of course the deer chomped all the native columbines - the ones I planted for the hummingbirds - the native ones must be a whole lot sweeter than the vulgaris which are not touched. Then the deer weasled onto my patio between all the plants waiting to go into the ground, past the roses, past the impatiens, past the hosta, tomatoes and other deer candy, to munch up a single white euphorbia of all things.

My homemade spray clogged two sprayers in a row - egg yolks are too gucky. So I shook up some cayenne, turmeric, mint oil and managed to spray everything before dark.

Do any of y’all know how to use eggs in a spray without clogging things? The eggs make it stick better and persist through some rain.

[Red_Devil 232]

These photos may indicate the reason I have always loved the idea of having a garden. They were taken in late 1948 or 1949. They show my mother carrying me through a garden and a couple of others that show the garden that belonged to her Aunt Dell.

My Great Aunt Dell lived in Hangtown, Ca. It is known as Placerville now days.

The photos are 35mm slides that my father took on a visit to “Aunt Dell’s Place”. My Mother loved this place and took me there many times as I grew up. “Aunt Dell’s Place” was always unique to me because it always seemed to be overrun with weeds and flowers and plants and they were everywhere. I think my “Great Aunt Dell” just let everything go and grow as it wished. It was kind of a magical place out in the wilderness.

I hope this works.

My Great Aunt Dell Holding A Box Of Freshed Picked Strawberrys?

I don't know why some photos are huge and the others are small.

[Ciexyz]

First time visitor here.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Whatever is going on ... sending good wishes your way for a better weekend! ;-)

[tubebender]

In keeping with this weeks tread look what I found...

http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/

It looks like it is interactive?

[Moonmad27]

I recently found the “fruit” from a passionflower vine on the sidewalk in the neighborhood. Stuck the very dried out item in a flowerpot and to my surprise it’s now going wild. Have gotten into dwarf fruit trees (fig, nectarine, oranges, avocado, lime, apple, pomegranate) in the backyard. Everyone else in Southern California seems to have trees full of fruit - with all these trees I can’t miss (hopefully).

[Just mythoughts]

I have had a week from Hades....

I am sorry to hear this.... it has been toooo wet here and nigh on to freezing to use the term Hades but I can comprehend the state of mind. Here is to wishing you a much improved coming week.

[It's me]

Oooooh! Can you please add me to your ping list?

[mplsconservative]

Hi Gabz!

Please add me to your garden ping list.

I hope things are looking up for you. We’re dealing with 3 inches of snow and 30 degree temps today. I’m glad I pulled up my dahlias yesterday that I planted a week ago. :(

Here’s a link to one of my favorite gardening links. As a bonus, the guy is pretty much a conservative.

http://renegadegardener.com/

[Ciexyz]

Thanks for the welcome. It rained here today, which is good for the newly-seeded sections of the lawn.