Re: Re: Happy Birthday
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  • Subject: Re: Re: Happy Birthday
  • From: C* C* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:43:47 -0500
Squirrels are tree-rats! However, my ire is now going to rabbits. None of the annual vines I planted this year survived more than two weeks post germination, and I still suspect them of destroying my edamame seedlings, though they haven't touched my green beans.... grrrr. The dogwood sounds like it has been stressed, big time. Not an expert, though, because dogwoods do not do well here. They, along with rhododendrons and azaleas, are plants that nurseries will sell you, but without guarantees. 
Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:07 AM, 5bef58771@rewrite.hort.net wrote:


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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