GARDENING: Because we Love To - Page 3

**Ophelia** · 05-13-2007, 09:43 AM

^Thats nice.

**eliza'snumber1fan** · 06-04-2007, 08:26 AM

haha, you thought id forgot? they should get twice as big as this( well thats the plan)anyway

enjoy

**MSFixR** · 06-04-2007, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eliza'snumber1fan

haha, you thought id forgot? they should get twice as big as this( well thats the plan)anyway

enjoy

That's very nice, Simon. I like petunias also. They are easy to grow and take little care. I have the planters on the front porch filled with them. Unfortunately I have no way of getting a picture of them from my camera obscura onto the internet.

**MissyO** · 11-11-2007, 02:13 AM

So how'd everyone's crops turn out?

**MSFixR** · 11-11-2007, 08:12 AM

My tomatoes turned out just peachy since I remembered to put the chicken wire fence around them when I planted them. Rabbits ate my hollyhocks this year, probably because them couldn't get to the tomatoes. I replanted about half the iris since I had lost them due to overwatering. If anyone in the US is interested, this site has a very extensive selection: http://www.schreinersgardens.com/

**Plastic Flute** · 11-13-2007, 05:08 PM

I have a bumper crop of basil. im going to makes tons of Pesto. I sorta failed with my 1st time garden . I got too excited and planted way to much in the area. My carrots looked like old man toes. But they were tasty. Loved my cherry tomatoes. The rabbits ate my corn . My stringbeans were way to stringy. My lettuce kicked azz.

**Ophelia** · 11-13-2007, 06:07 PM

we are not allowed to water anything due to the drought.

I will take pics of the lake water reservior in our area, its almost dried up. I'm moving to Jersey, Flute - clean out your guest room and start cooking.

**Plastic Flute** · 11-14-2007, 09:56 AM

lets eat out.

**Ophelia** · 11-14-2007, 11:25 AM

deal.

**MSFixR** · 11-08-2008, 09:24 PM

There was a thread some time ago in which people were going to post pictures of their gardens. I can't seem to find it so I'm going to post the following pictures here.

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These are obviously not pictures of my garden. We have been having a very colorful fall. The first picture is that of a sugar maple I had planted in the circle at the end of our cul-de-sac. The original tree, a fir, was mistakenly cut down and I thought it would be nice to replace it with a more colorful tree. A neighbor and I paid for this one after the subdivision dragged their feet too long.

The second photo is of the two sugar maples I had planted in front of my house. The only on the left was planted first; the one on the right was planted a year later and on the same day as the one in the circle. Notice the difference in size even though the one on my property lost its leader in a windstorm - it is roughly twice the size of the one in the circle. Other than an occasional watering, I have done nothing to the one in the circle. The one on my property gets nutrients from lawn fertilizer and regular watering and I keep the lower branches trimmed so as to gain access underneath the tree to cut the grass. Also the transition from normal leaf color to fall color has been delayed by the plentiful supply of food and water.

**Plastic Flute** · 11-09-2008, 12:20 AM

Just beautiful Fix. Next spring i will post myJjack in the Pulpit

**MissyO** · 11-11-2008, 09:56 PM

Beautiful Fix. Autumn leaves are so gorgeous.

My guys are all growing well, and being increased by the week. I've got a forest in my house.

**MSFixR** · 11-14-2008, 09:25 AM

The Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) is a plant indigenous to various parts of southern Africa, and in particular South Africa. This specific species has great importance in the perfume industry. Its cultivars have a wide variety of smells, including rose, citrus, mint, coconut and nutmeg, as well as various fruits.

**Plastic Flute** · 11-14-2008, 06:18 PM

I do not believe that flower smells like all that stuff .

**Jocasta** · 11-14-2008, 06:46 PM

The maples are lovely, Fix. I planted a couple last year and they looked stunning about 2 weeks ago, vivid red, just wow but I forgot to take pictures. Now they're just bare branches (more like twigs to be honest) but still, they'll look nice with some white Christmas lights on next month.

**MSFixR** · 11-16-2008, 12:04 PM

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The average, mature tree can have up to 200,000 leaves all of which eventually end up on the ground and need to be picked up less they smother the grass.

**MissyO** · 11-21-2008, 11:31 PM

^ I need me ten of those, then. I hate grass!

**Ophelia** · 11-25-2008, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissyO

I hate grass!

Party pooper.

**MSFixR** · 11-25-2008, 06:15 PM

What's with the flaming fleur-de-lis, Op.?

**Ophelia** · 11-25-2008, 06:16 PM

It's kewl, yo.

11-16-2008, 12:04 PM	#56 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 10,215 My Profile	One Week Later . The average, mature tree can have up to 200,000 leaves all of which eventually end up on the ground and need to be picked up less they smother the grass.

05-13-2007, 09:43 AM	#41 (permalink)
Ophelia Josh's Loin Warmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,316 My Profile	^Thats nice.

06-04-2007, 08:26 AM	#42 (permalink)
eliza'snumber1fan moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,309 My Profile	haha, you thought id forgot? they should get twice as big as this( well thats the plan)anyway enjoy

11-11-2007, 02:13 AM	#44 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,213 My Profile	So how'd everyone's crops turn out?

11-11-2007, 08:12 AM	#45 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 10,215 My Profile	My tomatoes turned out just peachy since I remembered to put the chicken wire fence around them when I planted them. Rabbits ate my hollyhocks this year, probably because them couldn't get to the tomatoes. I replanted about half the iris since I had lost them due to overwatering. If anyone in the US is interested, this site has a very extensive selection: http://www.schreinersgardens.com/

11-13-2007, 05:08 PM	#46 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 14,322 My Profile	I have a bumper crop of basil. im going to makes tons of Pesto. I sorta failed with my 1st time garden . I got too excited and planted way to much in the area. My carrots looked like old man toes. But they were tasty. Loved my cherry tomatoes. The rabbits ate my corn . My stringbeans were way to stringy. My lettuce kicked azz.

11-13-2007, 06:07 PM	#47 (permalink)
Ophelia Josh's Loin Warmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,316 My Profile	we are not allowed to water anything due to the drought. I will take pics of the lake water reservior in our area, its almost dried up. I'm moving to Jersey, Flute - clean out your guest room and start cooking.

11-14-2007, 09:56 AM	#48 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 14,322 My Profile	lets eat out.

11-14-2007, 11:25 AM	#49 (permalink)
Ophelia Josh's Loin Warmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,316 My Profile	deal.

11-08-2008, 09:24 PM	#50 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 10,215 My Profile	There was a thread some time ago in which people were going to post pictures of their gardens. I can't seem to find it so I'm going to post the following pictures here. . These are obviously not pictures of my garden. We have been having a very colorful fall. The first picture is that of a sugar maple I had planted in the circle at the end of our cul-de-sac. The original tree, a fir, was mistakenly cut down and I thought it would be nice to replace it with a more colorful tree. A neighbor and I paid for this one after the subdivision dragged their feet too long. The second photo is of the two sugar maples I had planted in front of my house. The only on the left was planted first; the one on the right was planted a year later and on the same day as the one in the circle. Notice the difference in size even though the one on my property lost its leader in a windstorm - it is roughly twice the size of the one in the circle. Other than an occasional watering, I have done nothing to the one in the circle. The one on my property gets nutrients from lawn fertilizer and regular watering and I keep the lower branches trimmed so as to gain access underneath the tree to cut the grass. Also the transition from normal leaf color to fall color has been delayed by the plentiful supply of food and water.

11-09-2008, 12:20 AM	#51 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 14,322 My Profile	Just beautiful Fix. Next spring i will post myJjack in the Pulpit

11-11-2008, 09:56 PM	#52 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,213 My Profile	Beautiful Fix. Autumn leaves are so gorgeous. My guys are all growing well, and being increased by the week. I've got a forest in my house.

11-14-2008, 09:25 AM	#53 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 10,215 My Profile	The Rose Geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) is a plant indigenous to various parts of southern Africa, and in particular South Africa. This specific species has great importance in the perfume industry. Its cultivars have a wide variety of smells, including rose, citrus, mint, coconut and nutmeg, as well as various fruits.

11-14-2008, 06:18 PM	#54 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 14,322 My Profile	I do not believe that flower smells like all that stuff .

11-14-2008, 06:46 PM	#55 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 19,171 My Profile	The maples are lovely, Fix. I planted a couple last year and they looked stunning about 2 weeks ago, vivid red, just wow but I forgot to take pictures. Now they're just bare branches (more like twigs to be honest) but still, they'll look nice with some white Christmas lights on next month.

11-21-2008, 11:31 PM	#57 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,213 My Profile	^ I need me ten of those, then. I hate grass!

11-25-2008, 06:15 PM	#59 (permalink)
MSFixR Moderate Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 5 Posts: 10,215 My Profile	What's with the flaming fleur-de-lis, Op.?

11-25-2008, 06:16 PM	#60 (permalink)
Ophelia Josh's Loin Warmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,316 My Profile	It's kewl, yo.