Re: in my garden today.....

Hi Donna

Would love to go, but with a money pit in college, am without funds.  Be
sure to have a good time!!!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 6:45 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] in my garden today.....


> Well Jesse I am still not impressed today either...
>
> You are right, this once a month if that in the garden has really taken
> it's toll on me and the plants...although I think some have done better
> without my intervention :)
>
> I have also threatened plants many times.. either you bloom or you will
> be replaced by next season... seems they get the hint LOL!
>
> Rich.. no trains running so that solved that dilemma.... Actually we are
> supposed to be on the tour for next years national convention... so he
> better start doing something other than looking at the space. I have
> half done trellis and bridges in my front room....(as you can tell, I am
> not a cleaning fanatic) Any chance you are heading to the Denver
> convention this year? Or Chicago next year?
>
> Donna
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:52 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] in my garden today.....
> >
> > Oh Donna....every gardener has days like that. But it does get better.
> > You just have a lot on your plate right now. One year...I had a day
> like
> > that...I went in my garage, took out all the seed packets I had not
> used
> > yet...dumped them in my trug and went out and scattered them all over
> my
> > gardens with an evil laugh. HA!!! "DIE OR LIVE....I DON'T CARE!" Well,
> > they lived. Flowers everywhere...what a mess to sort through. But
> > hey...I had lots of cut flowers.
> >
> >
> > JESS
> >
> > Donna <justme@prairieinet.net> wrote:
> > After spending a grueling day in the garden and not getting much
> > accomplished... decided that my garden is the pits.
> >
> > Nothing grew at the rate is should have... been trimming and yanking
> > stuff out all day...
> >
> > Seems my timing is also off as not much is blooming at the moment...
> > urgh! Beginning to think I should yank everything out and have someone
> > who knows what they are doing come in and try again...nah...
> >
> > Lets talk Hydrangea... Thought was depending on your soil conditions..
> > the blooms would either be pink or blue.... so why does mine have a
> > flower of each on it?!? Someone care to explain this too me...
> >
> > Daylilies... one of my plants has a very strange leaf on it... like it
> > is dieing in the middle of the leaf. Is this rust something? Haven't
> > introduced any new ones and those have been there since 97-98?....
> > wouldn't that have shown up sooner?
> >
> > It appears something is eating my butterfly bush (black knight)...
> > leaves have holes in them... couldn't find a bug to save my soul...
> >
> > Found a couple of volunteers that I have no idea what they are... hate
> > that, could be this or maybe that...but since they are blooming so
> nice,
> > they got to stay.
> >
> > Last season I tried some seeds from ebay... most didn't come up, or I
> > didn't care for them, so pitched the notes since they were all
> > annuals... now I got a big patch of something. Obviously, the seeds
> > needed cold to germinate as there was nothing there last year... now I
> > don't have clue what they were...
> >
> > Not a good gardening experience today, most of the day was sunning hot
> > and muggy... later in the afternoon the clouds rolled in and it cooled
> > off:)
> >
> > Donna
> >
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