Re: Re: Happy Birthday
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  • Subject: Re: Re: Happy Birthday
  • From: C* M* <9*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 11:51:24 -0500
Judy, all the additions sounds wonderful but I have not seen your loss.
I always experience some losses each year for some work my husband has
been involved in. His theory is to get something done you must be
willing to lose a plant or two. That is tough to swallow sometimes.


Sounds like time and higher priorities has altered all of our garden
involvement. A big part of my difficulties beside physical is I am much
slower than I once was. I am trying desperately to keep up with hopes
that a new owner will want to keep the gardens. My husband thinks I have
created a monster that no one else will want to keep thus making selling
more difficult.


I do not have an answer or a guess regarding the Euphoria. I winter that
plant over each year since it is so easy to propagate and will bloom
just as well inside as out. I love to use it at Christmas time with
Pointsetti.


We really need moisture and the weatherman is predicting a good soaking tomorrow.
I need to run to water my containers which takes a couple of hours as I
water part with the front hose and then move to the back with the other
hose.

I wish you all a lovely day and hope you get a little time in your garden.
Carolyn Magnani

Sent from my iPad

> On Aug 5, 2014, at 12:21 AM, Judy Browning <59a63b9e1@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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