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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, March 23, 2026 - 12:51 pm 
RN Oh jeez, you're right. I just watched a video where the guy planted what were supposed to be the fancy bright hosta seeds, and they grew into aloe.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - 1:17 am
I bought seeds for different plants and no success.
I saw ads for the hosta seeds.. And they claimed quite a few colors but featured the blue.
I resisted.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - 7:06 am
I'm sorry, Naja. There seems to be a lot of that on the internet these days. One particular scam is the monkey face orchid. And on Facebook, there's an account that posts the most amazing looking plants. I follow that account, even though all the photos are fake (but they look so real) only because I enjoy looking at them and to get the creative juices going for my garden.
To me, hostas are something that you're better off buying as a plant instead of starting as seeds, and then dividing them as they grow babies. Lavender is another one to buy the plant. Seeds could take years to grow a decent size plant. I believe growers take cuttings and start new plants from them.
Here's a blog of someone starting host's from seeds. I think you should still try them just for fun and see what happens.
they%20still%20held%20their%20own!,Growing Hostas From Seed
And as an aside. This morning I went out on the back deck (29°) and in a shady corner against the house, I have a really beautiful shallow container that I have miniature hostess and miniature irises in. And I've decorated with a little pathway in the middle. Well, even though there soil was frozen, those damn squirrels dug it up! I have exposed roots sticking straight up in the air and I can't do anything til it warms up outside and the soil unfreezes. And I have these plants in a container on the deck so the deer can't eat them. Grrr...
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - 11:25 am
RN Well, 10 bucks and a lesson learned.
RN I smile so much when I watch this video. Then I keep singing the song all day haha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqwq4AgMiik
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - 1:05 pm
RN, you guys should try to catch a show of Roberta's Unique Gardens on QVC. I learn so much about the plants. They do talk about how most of the plants they ship have been growing for awhile and not just barely started.
I find it fascinating and very imformative. Of course I would love some of them but I only have my balcony, LOL.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - 1:33 pm
I just checked her out. She's selling a 4.5 inch perennial (an agastache) for $30. I can buy one at my job for $6 and get a 20% work discount. And our store is the expensive store in town.
I can't afford her. Lol!
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Dipo
Member
04-22-2002
| Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - 1:57 pm
RN, LOL, I know she is expensive but I have learned alot about the plants when they do the presentations. And they have really pretty things too
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 6:36 am
RN We’re in the midst, maybe the beginning stages, of getting our pool and patio area ready for spring and summer. Mrs Mack now has time and yesterday we went plant shopping. She came across a line of pots…..we use a lot of pots because of a low retaining wall behind our pool….she likes better than the talavera pots we have used for 20+ years. The talavera pots will be handed down to son who can use them around his pool and patio. Anyhow, bought a few new pots and got them home. Realized we wanted to switch out more so off to the nursery to get the rest.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 11:08 am
TVCH Pool party at Mack’s house this summer!! ☺️
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 11:27 am
RN I am so happy not to have a pool to care and pay for anymore. 32 years was enough!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 12:17 pm
RN I couldn't believe it. Every Wednesday I have a dog drop off at 7:40 AM. I get up around 4:30 or 5 am everyday. After Tucker was dropped off. I sat on the couch and rested my eyes. Next thing I know I was waking up at 12:47 PM! That was one hell of a nap. Thank heaven for doggie doors. LOL
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 2:29 pm
Yay, for power naps! And we'll behaved doggies.  
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 2:55 pm
RN I know! Lucky it was Tucker.
RN This is at least the third time in the short time I've lived here that someone has been taken away in an ambulance from that house across the street. The other times were at night. A bunch of guys rent the house. There's a firetruck all the way to the left out of camera shot, too.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 3:17 pm
RN The "supposed" hosta seeds showed up. I'll plant a few on a pot and see what happens.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 6:50 pm
RN is that the house the cops finally ended up going to when they woke you up in the middle of the night?
Good luck with the seeds!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, March 26, 2026 - 2:37 am
RN Grooch, yes, that's the same house!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 26, 2026 - 1:42 pm
Well that should keep life interesting...
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, March 27, 2026 - 4:44 pm
RN Guess what this became after I blended it just now. I haven't had this since Yolanda lived here summer 2024.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Friday, March 27, 2026 - 10:14 pm
Something from Sonic? Never been to one, so I am clueless..
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Friday, March 27, 2026 - 10:43 pm
A Shirley Temple?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, March 28, 2026 - 5:55 am
RN haha.... It's a pina colada! Pineapple chunks in the bottom, then ice cream, pina colada mix, Rum, and a few maraschino cherries to make it pink.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, March 28, 2026 - 6:10 am
I swear I was going to guess that, but I figured I was wrong. Lol!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Saturday, March 28, 2026 - 9:29 pm
Missed by a hair, Grooch.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, March 30, 2026 - 6:42 am
RN Tomorrow starts my 7 dog week. Yikes. And for 8 hours on Wednesday it will be 8 dogs. (I'm including mine)
That's not even the hardest part. It's supposed to rain for something like 5 days starting tomorrow! I will be living in mud for a week.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, March 30, 2026 - 9:59 am
RN Holy smokes, it's not even April yet and look and my May dog schedule. Not a single day off. I'm not complaining! I need to save a bunch to finish getting this house into shape.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, March 30, 2026 - 11:58 am
Naja, I've been meaning to ask. How do you wash your dog blankets and not end up with hair all over inside the washing machine?
I figure if anyone would know, you would.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, March 30, 2026 - 12:17 pm
RN I don't really do anything special. It's a front loader and the hair gathers right in front in the little groove and I just pull it out in one little glob.
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