Re: Plumeria and stuff

Well Andrea - you are smart to take care of it.  Properly cared for the Type
II is managable.  Bummer for Carole too.
Is she being as smart about it as you are?
;-)


On 7/20/06, Andrea Hodges <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> Jim, (and everyone) I've been meaning to tell you that all of the Plumeria
> cuttings rooted and one is blooming, thanks again!! Of course the one that
> is
> blooming is the one I gave to my friend. LOL! Ah well, I'm glad it's doing
> well and this is her first Plumeria. She's given me more plants than I can
> name so it's apropos that she gets the one to bloom first.
>
> I've got some funky little orange colored grape size tomatoes growing that
> I
> got in Illinois. I plan on saving some seeds for you. The flavor is
> fantastic.
> They are growing in with the Matt's (I call it Jim's) Wild Tomato you sent
> me
> several years ago. Love those things.
>
> I've been trying to finally keep up with what's going on in everyone's
> life
> via the chat list but am still far behind. Been wondering how David F is
> doing.
>
> I got the new shade spot mowed and it hasn't rained so I can still see
> what's
> going to go where as nothing is growing right now. Even the most tenacious
> of
> weeds are wilting. I'm wilting too, although I refuse to complain too much
> as
> I'd rather be here than anywhere else. ;-D
>
> I bought two hydrangeas this week. Lemon Wave and Harlequin. Both just
> arrived
> today. Small but in great shape. I got them from Hirt's Gardens off of
> Ebay.
> They are for the shade garden. I've got all kinds of things waiting for
> that
> spot to get cleaned out. I got some cuttings of a beautiful peach colored
> impatien from a friend. It has a very different shaped flower, almost like
> a
> triangle. She takes cuttings every fall and has kept them going in her
> yard
> for three years that way as no one has sold them since she bought them.
> Mine
> are doing well so I'm excited. Several begonia cuttings are taking off,
> regular old blue mophead hydrangeas (one of my favs), a Clerodendrum
> ugandense, Clerodendrum bungei (keeping THAT one in a pot), Salvia
> 'belize'
> which is supposed to do well in shade, and a rootbeer plant (Latin escapes
> me
> at the moment) that is just too neat. I'm excited about this new garden.
> Right
> now there is still a pile of bricks, old fence posts with the concrete
> still
> on them, and some type of metal grill or lattice type apparatus that seems
> to
> weigh a ton. I'm going to enlist some help in moving this stuff so I don't
> kill myself.
>
> Speaking of which, it's not THAT horrible, but I was really bummed to find
> out
> last Friday that I have Type II diabetes. I'm starting on medicine Monday,
> and
> my Doc has advised me to go on the South Beach Diet. It explains A LOT
> about
> the way I've been feeling for a very long time. Looking back I suspect
> this
> has been going on for about 5 years. I purchased the book from Amazon
> (South
> Beach) today so I'll be following a strict new lifestyle. I'm glad I know
> what's going on, as I've been having trouble with my eyes, tired, thirsty,
> hungry, etc for EVER it seems. What's bizarre is my mother found out two
> weeks
> before I did that she has it as well.
>
> So, there's my most recent update. I hope everyone is doing well and your
> gardens too!!
> A
>
> Andrea Hodges
> Beaufort, SC
> Blue Ridge Boxer Rescue
> www.blueridgeboxerrescue.com
>
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Kemp TX
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