Seriousness What's out in your garden now .... - Page 20

FlorenceArt · 04-24-2010, 02:37 PM

The swifts are back! It's really spring now

kindlekitten · 04-24-2010, 07:03 PM

my transplants into the garden seem to be doing well and my directly seeded stuff (some of it) is peeking out! I have blossoms on 3 tomato plants as well!!!!

beppe · 04-25-2010, 04:29 AM

Last year a contractor transformed my garden in two lawns. With the idea that the little one could enjoy it without dangers and obstacles. So everything went, except the 3 fruit trees and a huge claerodendron trycotomum. Bye bye.

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I saved this little beauty. There was a full carpet under the c.t. And now only this tiny thing that has just blossomed. I feel it like a thank you kiss.

There is a little story with it. Once upon a time. Some years ago, an old friend, from the times of high school, called me,after ages of silence. We were friends when we were kids. I went to see them in their beautiful property on the hills on the south side of the Po valley. They inherited a fortune from her uncle and got this far out place. 2 hours drive. I went to see them a couple of time and once he gave me a big vase of periwinkles, which I planted and called them with his name, Floriano. I do this with the cuttings I collected in my trips. Madame Garbaille is series of tamaias that I keep in the house as they do not stand our winters (I got them from our landlady in the Landes). Than the idiot, a chief medical internist in a big hospital that when she inherited he left to become a country gentleman. And that was not the idiocy, actually it was a smart move. The idiot got a terminal cancer and in a couple of years of hard headed struggle he went. I went to see him several times because he called me and he liked to smoke my cigarettes (Camels without filter) like when we were kids. So in that little periwinkle for me there is little of my friend. When I see her I always say. Stupid, look what you did.

GeoffC · 04-25-2010, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

The swifts are back! It's really spring now

Brilliant news, that means the swallows will be here soon ....

Our one tree peony is showing a large flower bud - so that'll be stunning in a few weeks time. Dandelions are mushrooming ! they be everywhere ! So too rosebay willow-herb and ground elder .... ! On the good side of the coin most of the small trees seem to have survived and are showing signs of their leaves unfurling .....

The tadpoles have hatched ....

Javed · 04-25-2010, 05:14 AM

FlorenceArt · 04-25-2010, 05:19 AM

He's so cute! Did you plant it yourself of was it brought by little birdies?

GeoffC · 04-25-2010, 05:20 AM

does he water all the plants ? or just those he choses to .... ?

Javed · 04-25-2010, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

He's so cute!

Yes, he has magic eyes.

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

does he water all the plants ? or just those he choses to .... ?

As his role as one of the caretakers, I let him water what he likes.

Javed · 04-25-2010, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Did you plant it yourself of was it brought by little birdies?

Magically appeared.

WT Sharpe · 04-25-2010, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

my transplants into the garden seem to be doing well and my directly seeded stuff (some of it) is peeking out! I have blossoms on 3 tomato plants as well!!!!

Why is it that so many of your posts turn me on?

Verencat · 04-25-2010, 09:30 AM

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An evil mastermind bent on the destruction of my strawberry patch. My nemesis! Professor Moriarty to my Holmes! The Joker to my Batman! The feathered fiend of destruction! A blue jay who stares me in the eye daily with a countenance full of "What in the name of Hades are you doing in my garden, puny human?"

Don't talk to me about scarecrows. Scarecrows are worthless against a beast who has the unmitigated gall to fly down and steal strawberries from the very row in which I'm busy pulling weeds!

I'm thinking of taking out a professional hit on him. Where's Hawkman when you need him?

You could easily covers the strawberry plants with a net.Here, the link is in French, but the picture should give you an idea. It works well, my parents have been succesfully using this trick for a couple years now.

GeoffC · 04-25-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Verencat

You could easily covers the strawberry plants with a net.Here, the link is in French, but the picture should give you an idea. It works well, my parents have been succesfully using this trick for a couple years now.

does it keep you off, then ?

WT Sharpe · 04-25-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Verencat

You could easily covers the strawberry plants with a net.Here, the link is in French, but the picture should give you an idea. It works well, my parents have been succesfully using this trick for a couple years now.

Thanks. I don't speak French, but you've given me an idea!

kennyc · 04-25-2010, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Thanks. I don't speak French, but you've given me an idea!

How about this??

WT Sharpe · 04-25-2010, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

How about this??

Oh my! Better give that woman what she wants!

04-25-2010, 04:29 AM	#288
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	Last year a contractor transformed my garden in two lawns. With the idea that the little one could enjoy it without dangers and obstacles. So everything went, except the 3 fruit trees and a huge claerodendron trycotomum. Bye bye. I saved this little beauty. There was a full carpet under the c.t. And now only this tiny thing that has just blossomed. I feel it like a thank you kiss. There is a little story with it. Once upon a time. Some years ago, an old friend, from the times of high school, called me,after ages of silence. We were friends when we were kids. I went to see them in their beautiful property on the hills on the south side of the Po valley. They inherited a fortune from her uncle and got this far out place. 2 hours drive. I went to see them a couple of time and once he gave me a big vase of periwinkles, which I planted and called them with his name, Floriano. I do this with the cuttings I collected in my trips. Madame Garbaille is series of tamaias that I keep in the house as they do not stand our winters (I got them from our landlady in the Landes). Than the idiot, a chief medical internist in a big hospital that when she inherited he left to become a country gentleman. And that was not the idiocy, actually it was a smart move. The idiot got a terminal cancer and in a couple of years of hard headed struggle he went. I went to see him several times because he called me and he liked to smoke my cigarettes (Camels without filter) like when we were kids. So in that little periwinkle for me there is little of my friend. When I see her I always say. Stupid, look what you did.

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	does he water all the plants ? or just those he choses to .... ?