The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread...

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[ecurbh]

I was thinking more along the lines of severed heads on pikes along the driveway.

Something along these lines, perhaps?

[Ramius]

That's good.

The smoking pile of carcasses would be a nice touch, too.

:-)

[Overtaxed]

Heh...electrified wire, barbed wire on top, plant it with poison oak....

[ExGeeEye]

Good morning! What an image to see first thing :)

(whurzmacoffee)

An unexpected day off! The plan is:

--run a few necessary errands today instead of Saturday
--"babysit" my niece/nephew* for a couple of hours so their mom can get some work done
--make an unscheduled visit to my dentist (I think there's a filling gone)

After that, whatever.

*Technically, they're step-first cousins once removed. But their step-dad, my cousin, is the closest to a brother I have, and they've been calling me "uncle" since he and their mother were dating, so we keep it simple :)

[Lil'freeper]

Goooood morning! Lots to catch up on and no time for it. Tis' a busy day today at work!

[SuziQ]

I thought the Coreopsis was a little taller. I guess not. But you could plant some low flowering plants in front of the celosia, as well. I have some low growing creeper plants that spill down over the rock wall in front of our house that are beautiful in the late summer. One batch has tiny purple flowers, the others are white. Can't think of their name right now, though.

[SuziQ]

Aw. Uncle XGI. Kinda has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think? ;o)

[RosieCotton]

I think we had some of those purple and white flowers, but I don't remember their name, either! They spread nicely - Mom got them for the rock garden in front. I'd know 'em if I saw 'em...I'm sure there must be some in the catalog.

[Pippin]

Re# 3848

Sounds like periwinkles to me

I don't know if I spelled the name of the plant right butn it sounds like that might be it.

[RosieCotton]

They weren't periwinkles. I'm looking through the catalog, and I think the ones *we* had, anyway, were alyssum.

I want...

I really need to start making a list. I can't have *every* flower in the catalog, after all!

[JenB]

Mornin'... yawn.. getting a sloow start today. I'm tired!

[Pippin]

Don't you just wish! :o)

[Pippin]

Hi, Jen!

[RosieCotton]

Heh...surely Burpee would give me a discount if I bought one of each? ;-)

I just need to start on my list. I want marigolds, for sure, and quite possibly alyssum, and a celosia variant, and climbing plants if I have a fence, and some zinnias - those would work well in planters, I think.

[SuziQ]

I remember now! It's Phlox! Periwinkle (vinca) is more of a ground cover with lovely glossy green leaves. I planted about 100 little vinca plants in the front foundation bed of our house in NJ! They sure spread fast though, and I got a good deal on the little small plants from Musser Forests. It's a great place to get plants if you don't mind starting small and waiting for them to grow and fill out, instead of getting huge landscape plants.

[Pippin]

I would think so.

[Pippin]

Rosio told me it was Alyssum.

[RMDupree]

Good morning Hobbit Hole!

Sheesh. I'll be at the office until 10pm with all of the work I have sitting here already, and it just keeps coming.

Make it stop!

[ExGeeEye]

Yes, it does.

Of course, I can think of something else that would have a nice "ring" to it.

[ExGeeEye]

You need a little Gandalf the Grey action figure to put in your "IN" box when it's full enough.

"Go back to the shadow! You Shall Not Pass!"