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Archive through March 29, 2004

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 Aug - Oct: Gardening (ARCHIVES): Archive through March 29, 2004 users admin

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Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ugh, I forgot that I ordered a couple of flats of begonias and some pots of geraniums from the kids at our church. Happy to do that, but now I have to plant all of them! LOL

Conejo
Member

08-23-2002

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yankee, glad to here that you will be planting them in containers and not in flower beds! Good Luck!

Wink, I hope that this year I can finally rid my beds of the morning glories. Last year I was pretty successful at catching them before they flowered and turned to seed.....only time will tell.

Secretsmile
Member

08-19-2002

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, last year was my first year planting morning glories, the seed package said they were annuals in our 'zone'. I wonder if they re-seed mostly in warmer climates or if I'll have more this year.

I have the same question about the reappearing sweet peas, each year my family has to replant them.

We had snow again yesterday, but this morning I poked around in the mulch and I see the start of crocus. I'm so excited!

Yankee, I too was interested in doing one garden in all white flowers, I thought it would look so peaceful, maybe in a back corner garden.

Another garden I have tucked in the back yard near the fence is a shade garden. It's one of my favorites.

Conejo
Member

08-23-2002

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Secretsmile, I don't know what zone you are in, but I live in Ohio and if they went to seed you will probably have some come up.

Some of my crocus are just barely starting to show their heads. On the south side of the garden my daffodils and tulips are up a couple of inches - but they get a lot of sun by the privacy fence and are always the first to bloom (and get froze out).

Secretsmile
Member

08-19-2002

Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 3:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Since I was looking to see if Ohio had the same hardy zone I did I thought I'd post this web site, in case anyone wanted to check their zone.

http://www.garden.org/b2b/zipzone/index.asp

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The snow is almost all gone in my gardens, however there is still ice in there, but I did see some green showing, but it did look like a weed, but hay at least it's green. Can't wait till I can get out there and do something.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Can anyone tell me when it is ok to transplant elephant ears outside. I started it inside during the winter months and do not know when it is safe to transplant it. Thanks

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy, I live in Florida and elephant ears grow like weeds here. They seem to be very hardy...I pull them out and relocate them all the time (even during our "winter") and they do all right. I think if the temp outside is around 60 you should be fine.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 8:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you Cassie so much. I think they are starting to die in the house. The ears are fading in color and turning yellow. I do not have a green thumb and I am worried I may kill them before I can put them outside. I can't find anything on the net about raising them inside and I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Wink
Member

10-06-2000

Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy this site should give you the info you need.

http://www.emilycompost.com/elephant_ear.htm

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Wink this site is GREAT and exactly what I have been looking for.

Cassie
Member

07-15-2000

Friday, March 19, 2004 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy, if the leaves turn brown (which they WILL) just pull them off. Honestly, if you just leave them in the ground and don't even bother watering (as I do) they just grow like weeds. Plop them in somewhere and you'll see :-)

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Friday, March 19, 2004 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ok Cassie, that is what I am going to do! That is my kind of plant.LOL

Secretsmile
Member

08-19-2002

Friday, March 26, 2004 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I HAVE CROCUS!

Today is the first day of spring and Christmas all wrapped in one for me. There are tulip, daffodil, Aluim, and Scilla all sprouting.

Now, is this the time of year I prune certain plants? I read to prune back my rose bushes in the spring to 6 inches, do I wait until after the last frost?

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rub it in, rub it in, Secret. I HAVE SNOW!
Sorry, can't help you on the pruning question. My thumbs are black.
That's why I need some advice. DH came home with a big fern yesterday. We've had ferns before and I managed to kill every one of them. What's the trick to keep them thriving?

Secretsmile
Member

08-19-2002

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I too killed an indoor fern, I think I didn't water it enough and it was in too much sun. I was told they like constantly wet soil and not so much light (this advise was given after it died ofcourse,hehe). If I were you I'd do a google search on the type of fern you have so your doesn't end up like mine! LOL!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
FINALLY. This really, truly, absolutely sucked.

D-Link is still trying to dodge replacing my wireless card by telling me that my "computer doesn't want to be wireless." EXCUSE ME? How dumb do they think i am?

Anyway, I reinstalled my wired card, refound the cables I had set aside for donation and FINALLY was able to get back online.

Still going to make DLink replace the crappy wireless card, though.

I also never realized how much time DH spends on HIS computer playing games and he doesn't/didn't feel the need to share so I could play here. (Go figure )

ANYWAY...I am back. And I have an AWESOME garden going! Pictures coming!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is my interpretation of the fairy house. The rock base was one my dad had found. I moved it without having a reason, and decided that this was perfect. The little standup rock says "Believe" and goes with a "rock" that is in the garden itself.
fairyhouse

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My front entry:
To the left the grapevine; to the right, the cat's claw. Empty spaces are awaiting seedlings. Target transplant date: May 01.

These pictures were taken 3/21/04. The grapevine is now blooming, and the cat's claw is now up to the fourth panel of the trellis.

frontdoor


Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Outside Looking Up
This is the view most of the complex sees. A little sparse now, but soon....

balcony01

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Left of Slider
A view of the seedlings in the (now) dismantled greenhouse as well as 4 of the houseplants (to the left) and several of the hanging apparati

balcony02

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Center and Right Balcony
Most of the floor-bound plants are here. The green bag is the Topsy Turvey. A couple of houseplants, but mostly the outdoor denizens

balcony03

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Monday, March 29, 2004 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, Lk and my main mission right now is to keep a Boston fern (I think)alive.LOL Found this site for Boston Fern Care in case Secret or anyone else is interested. I'll give the Epsom salt thing a shot this week.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Monday, March 29, 2004 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Lumbele. I have to see what type of fern I have.

I must say that as things fill in, I am loving being outside more and more.

Reiki
Member

08-12-2000

Monday, March 29, 2004 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am so happy. My tulip are coming up. Next to daffodils, tulips are one of my favorite flowers because they come so early in spring. I rent an apartment and my tulips are the only things I can plant here. I have them around a tree in the front yard. I've tried planting other things in the front, but the guys who come do the lawn kept cutting them down, so I gave up.

I love to garden and wish I had more chance to do it. Oddly enough, put a plant in a pot and bring it in the house and I'll sure to kill it.