Re: An impromptu swap....A very nice surprise

Tawny daylilies never stop multiplying.  If I didn't keep on top of them I
think they'd cover the house like kudzu.  Glad someone wanted them.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@islc.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] An impromptu swap....A very nice surprise


> I think a bit more than a thanks was in order for that. At least an
effusive
> thank you thank you thank you or something!  60 pots, wow. I wished I
leaved
> closer to you......
> A
>
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 1:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] An impromptu swap....A very nice surprise
>
>
> > Bonnie,
> > You know, I think some people just "get" it.  Others don't.  That woman
> did.
> > The young wife of the man who cleaned my carpets asked me what she could
> > plant that wouldn't cost much.  They'd bought an old farmhouse w/ a bit
of
> > land.  I dug out and potted 60 (free) pots of tawny daylilies for her
and
> > brought them to my office so she wouldn't have to drive so far to pick
> them
> > up.  I'm sure she said 'thanks', but that was it.  I did the same for
> > another woman who later brought me some mums AND brought my pots back.
> It's
> > not that I needed or wanted the mums, just...., oh you know, some bit of
> > recognition.  On the other hand, I have a MG friend with whom I like to
> > share.  But if I give her one plant, she gives me ten.  It's a bit
> > unnerving.  Still, she "gets" it.  Don't get me wrong.  I don't expect
> > something in return for every plant I give away, but for 60 pots and a
lot
> > of my time digging, a postcard would have been nice, or at least my pots
> > returned.
> >
> > BTW, it's pouring here too.
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:36 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] An impromptu swap....A very nice surprise
> >
> >
> > > Between rainstorms, I was determined to get some of the peonies
planted
> or
> > > at least get enough bed dug for them that I could do them Sunday or
> Monday
> > > morning whenever the weather gave me a break.
> > >
> > > As I was clearing out the grass and tossing the turf in the
wheelbarrow
> > for
> > > the compost heap, I noticed a car stop at the end of the driveway.
The
> > > gentleman called to me and his wife shyly asked what that yellow
flower
> at
> > > the end of the bed was.  I told her that it was basket of gold alyssum
> and
> > > told her if she came by a little later, I'd have a start potted up for
> > her.
> > > (It was no big deal as there were two or three starts that had escaped
> the
> > > bed and needed to be removed anyway, so I set the newly potted starts
at
> > the
> > > end of the drive for their new owner.)
> > >
> > > It wasn't long that I had to start supper.  Just as we finished dinner
> > > thunder announced a need to move all the gardening gear back into
cover,
> > so
> > > I dashed out to grab the wheel barrow, shovel and fork, but there was
> > > something new there.  There was a plant in a plastic margarine tub.  I
> > think
> > > it looks like a type of perennial geranium by its leaves, but I'm not
> > sure.
> > > It was certainly a lovely surprise!  I think I'll put it in my new
West
> > bed.
> > > :>D
> > >
> > > BTW, the storm--it was a real "toad floater" as Pam calls them!
> > >
> > > Blessings,
> > > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Cersgarden@aol.com
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:30 PM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] First sighting
> > >
> > > In a message dated 5/1/04 7:35:29 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
> > >
> > > << Well, yes, we've had frosts, too.  But spring includes frosts,
> doesn't
> > > it?
> > > >>
> > >
> > > Certainly, just thought you may be interested.
> > >     Ceres
> > >
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