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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 8:48 pm
Goodbye, my beautiful home. I'm going to miss you.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 9:00 pm
I love you!
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Sunday, May 16, 2004 - 5:39 am
I love you, too.
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Heyltslori
Member
09-15-2001
| Sunday, May 16, 2004 - 8:56 am
Awww...I love you three!
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 5:34 am
Very nice pictures Twinkie, very nice house also, I would miss a house like that also, good luck with your new place. I love the Reimbrant tulips, they are my favorite tulip.
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 7:34 am
Thanks for sharing your pictures Twinkie. It looks like a great old house. Eggie, my neighbor has a tree like yours, but I never knew what kind of tree it was! Thank you! It is so pretty when it is in bloom, but you're right, it is so messy! We use the little shell like things that fall in the winter as eyes and buttons on our snowmen (when we actually get snow!). 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 8:50 am
Whoooo Weeeee! I never visited in here before. Sure is nice! Love all the flowers and trees. And Twinkie, your home looks as if it's on the historical list. It is, indeed, a great house. But I know that wherever you land will feel your magical touch and enjoy a transformation. Best of luck, Sweetie!
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Scootersmom
Member
08-10-2002
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 5:16 pm
Twinks Beautiful pics.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 8:58 am
Oh Oh I need help. I set my DH on fire last night and not in a good way. I planted my vegetable garden and even though I sport a brown thumb it is doing great. Since my DH loves hot spicy foods I planted 10 yes count them 10 Jalapeno Pepper plants. I have peppers coming out of my ears. Last night we had mexican so I gave him 2 perfect looking jalapeno peppers on his plate. He took one bite and it almost killed him. The poor man looked like a cartoon charactor. I noticed a slight stinging to my hands when I picked them but I thought that was a good thing. wrong. How can I mild down these peppers? Any suggestions?
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Cancunkid
Member
10-01-2003
| Monday, May 24, 2004 - 2:03 pm
May be too late for cooling down any peppers on the plants already but I always heard water water water. My father always grew Jalapeno peppers and they were pretty mild but he watered them almost daily. Personally I won't grow anything hotter than anaheims myself because I am the worst for watering things.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, May 28, 2004 - 4:26 pm
WOW look at this whole area I never knew existed here lol. Yankee (or anyone else!) do you any suggestions for growing Clematis? A few years ago I saw a drop dead gorgous variety (Multi-Blue) on an Amish Farm in PA. It took a few years of hunting through nurseries and web sites to find it in...of all places...BJ's. So I have 4 I've been growing indoors that I'm about to put outside on cast iron pyramids I bought at the Boston Flower Show just for this purpose. I would LOVE any suggestions as yours are gorgous! I've been trying to get the garden in shape, and it's sadly looking like this frigid winter cost me a lot of plants. I finally had the flower bed on my patio in great shape with numerous varieties of Hydrandgea, Roses and filled in with various perennials. Thank goodness the Hydrandgea's seem to have made it but so far no life on the roses and at least half of the perennials . I'm hoping a few come back, but it's becoming more of a longshot every day.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 4:41 pm
Hey, Lurknomore -- That clematis unfortunately wasn't mine. I took a photo of it when I was walking with my puppy. It is gorgeous, though, isn't it? Hope you have good luck with yours. For me, my deck is coming along very nicely. Just today I planted a few more things -- and it's looking very good!!! My lavender plants are beautiful and loving it where they are, and my passionflower vine successfully wintered over and the first flower bloomed two days ago!!! Just today, I bought some more heliotrope because I just love the smell; planted some dill, lemon thyme and lemon verbena; and planted some lovely ivy geraniums in the base of my red acer maple. Hope everyone is enjoying their spring gardening!
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 6:00 pm
Hi Lurknomore,clematis are actually pretty easy to grow. Main things to keep in mind are they like the sun, 6 hours of sun is best. However the roots don't like the sun, it is best to keep the root part shaded. They also like their space, they don't like to be crowded. I'm going to post a link that has all kinds of good information on clematis, hopefully that can answer all your questions. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1247.html
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 8:11 am
Thanks! Ya know I actually wondered that when I reread your post Yankee, but hoped I had it right the first time. Great link Jagger thanks! Now I'm scared where I want to put them won't get enough sun, but if I put them in the sunniest part of the yard they won't be visible unless I go visit them lol. What's a girl to do?! As for spacing, I have 4 multi-blue, so I was thinking 2 per cast iron pyramid (if I ever figure out where to put em lol), one on each side. Does that sound about right? I just really want to get them in SOON. And they are forecasting another week of rain here. ACK!
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 8:15 am
My husband just built me my first raised-garden for growing vegetables. I would appreciate any tips if anyone has any. The research I have done on them differs greatly and I am confused. We built the frame 12ins tall and placed a couple of inches of rock for drainage, then a mixture of topsoil, miracle grow potting soil and regular potting soil to the top. I planted my veggies and then put about 3ins. of fine mulch around all of them. I have watered them very well everyday since I planted them three days ago. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 3:27 pm
Kristy it sounds like you are doing everything right so far, the only thing I would have done differently is mix a little manure in with them when I planted them. But that is no problem, just make sure you give them a little bit of miracle grow liquid fertilizer about every 10 days to 2 weeks and you should have some great veggies. Keep watering them daily for a few weeks until you are sure they have taken hold and start to grow, than just water as needed. You said you used a fine mulch, what kind of a mulch? I usally just use grass clippings around my plants. This year I am going to try to build a small greenhouse around some of my tomato and pepper plants, never tried it before so I have no clue how it will work. Right now I'm not even too sure how I'm going to build the darn thing.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 4:54 pm
Took some photos of my deck/plants this afternoon. Hope you don't mind if I post some here. One of my hanging planters with a happy lavender behind it:

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 4:55 pm
Here's a photo of the happy happy lavender:

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 4:58 pm
This is a little corner nook. On the bakers rack are my succulents collection, as well as some herbs. The vine is my passionflower vine (which surprisingly overwintered and bloomed its first blossom three days ago. Lots of buds so I'm excited!):

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 4:59 pm
Here is another view of my hanging planters

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 5:00 pm
And I'll post a photo of the view from my deck, so you can see, while we're in the city, I'm quite close to the water, too. Don't know if anyone will care, but pls humor me!! I love hanging out my deck, if you haven't noticed.

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 5:03 pm
OK, and this isn't gardening related either, but I just had outdoor cushions made for my new teak bench, and here they are!

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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 5:06 pm
Gorgeous, Yankee, gorgeous. I'd never leave home!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 5:07 pm
Last picture. On my upstairs bedroom balcony, there is one odd-shaped, narrow area off of the bigger seating area -- I am filling that little nook area with flowers. Here's how it looks today:

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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 - 5:08 pm
Thanks, HP. I feel a little self-conscious posting all these photos, but I really love my little oasis in the city. And having grown up on a big farm, working with plants is in my blood, so I spend a lot of my free time puttering around with my plants and/or just hanging out and enjoying them!
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