Re: Re: Happy Birthday
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  • Subject: Re: Re: Happy Birthday
  • From: 5*@rewrite.hort.net
  • Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 11:07:10 -0400 (EDT)
It's been great fun hearing from you guys again - I've really missed  
GardenChat
in the last few months, especially after the hacking incidents and coping  
with
a new computer.  But none of this has answered my questions about why  my
dogwoods are turning red this early, and why my Euphorbia 'Diamond  Frost' 
has 
come back so differently.  
 
I also thought you might enjoy the mental image of the squirrel who sits on 
 top
of the frisbee-type humming-bird feeder to drink sugar-water.  I hope  it 
will rot
his teeth, since he has chewed up two of the wooden upside-down suet  
feeders
for woodpeckers.  Grrrr!  I'm an animal lover, but am developing  a real 
animosity
to squirrels, especially after watching one carefully pick off the  
almost-ripe 
cherry tomatoes - take one bite - decide he didn't like it and spit it out  
- then go
back for another.  Grrr!
 
Auralie
 
 
In a message dated 8/5/2014 1:25:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
59a63b9e1@rewrite.hort.net writes:

Last  year it was a room off the garage for our disabled son so he could
have his  own space and a bit more privacy for us. This past winter the big
walnut  tree on the south side had to go.  So this spring and summer  those
beds must go for an expanded patio and shade structure. Before that  it was
the front porch, expanding our bedroom and adding a master bath and  walk in
closet. Then the sun room deck and french doors.
It's all good  stuff but I miss my established beds.
He likes to organize and reorganize  space. I want to find a place for
something and keep it there. I'm learning  to let go and he's learning to
talk about major changes well in advance. I  think the meltdown when he
spayed the overgrown iris beds with roundup  convinced him of that.
On Aug 4, 2014 8:45 PM, "Carolyn Magnani"  <927e65d21@rewrite.hort.net>
wrote:

> Judy, I agree with  you regarding the feeling of a chore. My love of
> gardening is just not  the same.
> What is your husband building?
> Carolyn
> Sent  from my iPad
>
> > On Aug 4, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Judy Browning  <59a63b9e1@rewrite.hort.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >  Good to hear from you Ceres. I hear you on wanting to sell. The yard
>  feels
> > more like chore than pleasure the last few years. Ed loves  to build and
> > keeps making projects that involve moving or  sacrificing large areas of
> > existing plantings. I'm left trying to  wedge favorite specimens into
> > existing beds.
> > Judy  Browning
> > On Aug 4, 2014 4:15 AM, "Catharine Carpenter"  <
> 1f73664e1@rewrite.hort.net>
> > wrote:
>  >
> >> Ditto! I still live in Quincy, IL. My gardens are a mess  this year, 
as I
> >> managed to be out of town during much of  "clean up season" (Spring) 
and
> >> have decided life is too short  to toil when it is hot and humid. Have
> been
> >> trying to  get the weeds whenever the temperature is 82 or below. The
> >>  vegetable garden and two perennial beds are done, and am starting on  
the
> >> front yard beds, working around to the back.
>  >> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >>
> >> On Aug  3, 2014, at 9:14 PM, Zemuly wrote:
> >>
> >> Ceres, it  is so good to hear from you!
> >>>
> >>> Sent  from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On Aug 3, 2014, at  8:25 PM, Carolyn Magnani <
> 927e65d21@rewrite.hort.net>
>  >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>  Theresa, I have several varieties of Anemone but the pink blooming
>  >>>> Anemone Robustissima is invasive in my garden. I like it so  I
> >>>> aggressively reduce it about every two years by  digging up the roots
> >>>> however I too experience  regrowth form tiny bits of roots remaining 
in
> >>>> the  soil. I do not like to use chemicals so I diligently try to 
shift
>  >>>> thru the soil. If you do research vinegar even as it is used  as a 
food
> >>>> can be harmful.
>  >>>>
> >>>> I just returned this evening from a  3 day trip to Chicago with a bus
> >>>> load of MGs. We  visited Chicago Botanical, Morton's Arboretum, Ball
> Seed
>  >>>> Gardens, Lincoln Conservatory, Cantigny and downtown gardens  
including
> >>>> Millennium Park and Cloud Gate (The Bean)  however Laurie Garden was
> >>>> closed and Grant Park was  avoided due to a hugh concert. The street
> >>>> gardens  were wonderful. Crowds of people everywhere! We also did 
some
>  >>>> shopping at a couple of nurseries.
>  >>>>
> >>>> Hope you are all having a great  summer. We need rains here.
> >>>> Carolyn   (Ceres)
> >>>>
> >>>>
>  >>>>
> >>>> Sent from my iPad
>  >>>>
> >>>> On Aug 3, 2014, at 12:48 AM, Theresa  G <3a6a532b1@rewrite.hort.net>
> >>>>>  wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Happy Bday  and thanks for posting!  I have been meaning to for a
>  while.
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> am looking  for any ideas of how to get rid of anemone that is 
taking
>  >>>>> over
> >>>>> my garden.  I have  dug, pulled, round-up (carefully with a paint
> brush
>  >>>>> bc
> >>>>> other things are nearby),  and I cannot kill it.  In fact it seems 
to
> >>>>>  regrow
> >>>>> from any tiny root that is left  behind.  Any suggestions?  If I 
don't
> >>>>>  get
> >>>>> it out, it will I'm afraid take over my  entire front garden...
> >>>>>
>  >>>>> Theresa
> >>>>>
>  >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 5:36  PM, Patricia Dickson <
> >>>>>  f1892e901@rewrite.hort.net
> >>>>>
>  >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
>  >>>>> Happy birthday Auralie!
> >>>>>>  I too am curious as to what happened to your diamond frost! I love
>  that
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