April Fools

Top 8. Apr 2, 2003 4:49 PM

» Gay_Klok - Re: April First Photo: FIesta Time!

In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:

On the top and at the left is a white, shrubby [hanging down] plant that I do not recognize. I also do not grow the white forsythia - and have never seen it to my knowledge. Sounds like a good bonsoi subject

-- posted by Gay_Klok

Top 9. Apr 3, 2003 10:37 AM

» Cottage_Garden - Re: Re: April First Photo: FIesta Time!

In response to message posted by Gay_Klok:

I have rearranged the page so the photo and text are more together. The photo is of the Abeliophyllum and it has several different common names including white forsythia.

Is this better?

-- posted by Cottage_Garden

Top 10. Apr 5, 2003 5:14 AM

» Cottage_Garden - April 3 Photo

In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:

I bet you grow these!

-- posted by Cottage_Garden

Top 11. Apr 6, 2003 11:43 AM

» Cottage_Garden - April 4 photo pussy willow

April 4 -- Pussy Willow

I do have more photos and am keeping current with that but I am running behind on making the pages to show them. smile I am very busy in the garden this week!

-- posted by Cottage_Garden

Top 12. Apr 6, 2003 2:26 PM

» Howie - Busy in the garden?

In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:

With all the rain, ice storms and snow the only activity in my garden is the sound of deer munching on the tulips.

-- posted by Howie

Top 13. Apr 6, 2003 8:14 PM

» Cottage_Garden - Re: Busy in the garden? SNOW!!!!!!!!

In response to message posted by Howie:

Did you get that foot of it the other day? I kinda thought you probably did.

Well, you are not alone, not quite.

I am glad I saw the cherry blossoms in Washington yesterday and a lot of flowering trees down in Maryland today -- they might get freezing rain tonight.

We, lucky devils that we are, might get snow and sleet and freezing rain tonight and tomorrow.

And what do you think I had to pot up this morning because they were sprouting in the baggies?? Sure, Hostas and Cannas. And where do you think they are spending the night tonight?

That's right, in my kitchen.

All I dunno six eight ten flats -- I kept the most cold tolerant stuff on the glass porch, brought the rest inside. By the time you add the annuals I couldn't resist last week and have been trying to acclimate. Oh yeah, and Natalie's herb seedlings in the basement under lights.

COme on SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!

rotfl otherwise I'd be in tears

-- posted by Cottage_Garden

Top 14. Apr 7, 2003 10:30 AM

» Howie - Re: Re: Busy in the garden? SNOW!!!!!!!!

In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:

<img src="http://www.suite101.com/files/topics/319/files/BlueEntoloma3.jpg" width="100" height="130" alt="Blue Entoloma, at Lake Matheson, New Zealand, 3,266 bytes" border=”2” align="left">We had more ice the other day than snow. The flag that was attached to the facia became coated with ice and the strong wind that accompanied it tore the heavy cast aluminum flag bracket in half. That was not as bad as those people that lost parts of their houses to the storm. However, according to the weather report, this afternoon and night will make up for the lack of snow with a vengeance.
I envy you your trip to see cherry blossoms. Our trip was to a nursery where I acquired, among other things, a Abutilon striatum thompsonii . It is a variegata and in full bloom.

-- posted by Howie

Top 15. Apr 7, 2003 10:39 AM

» Cottage_Garden - Re: Re: Re: Busy in the garden? SNOW!!!!!!!!

In response to message posted by Howie:
At the moment as I look out the window over the white lawn and rooftop it could be Christmas Eve here -- except for the daffodils looping over through the fresh carpet of snow.

How could that name that sweet alyssum "Carpet of Snow" -- using the s word like that, it's not a good name for a plant AT ALL!

-- posted by Cottage_Garden

Top 16. Apr 9, 2003 12:49 PM

» Cottage_Garden - April 4b POtting UP Seedlings in Shorts

In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:

April 4b -- Potting Up Seedlings

-- posted by Cottage_Garden