Pacific Northwest Gardening: Um...hi...I'm new here..., 1 by outtamygourd

outtamygourd wrote:
Magic is GORGEOUS. Such a sweet, kind face. And NO droolery (dog slobber is not just an accessory anymore...it's also a condiment!) Crikey is a very good boy. He's very sweet and gentle, doesn't lick but sniffs ears, a perfect TDI pooch. DH LOVES visiting, particulary the elementary school reading programs, and Crikey seems to enjoy them as wel. Chile, on the other hand, feels everyone in the world has come to see him and share his world, his drool, his love. He's 133 pounds of love and slobber. The only obedience he knows is to sit for cookies. I tell everyone, he's my first bloodhound...my next will have manners! I have actually seen bloodhounds who are obedience trained and marveled in the fact that it could actually be done.

I haven't seen any huckleberries on the property yet, but don't know what they look like. I've seen about 9 different kinds of blackberries and nettles up the wazoo. I've already planted 3 hydrangeas (Endless Summer...beautiful. They lasted well into the freeze and I had to cut off the remaining blooms) and one red rhody, a couple of bleeding hearts, a ligularia, 3 peacocks orchids, laurentia, and a few bulbs (daffs, tulips, and something else) which were left over from my mom's plantings (they were growing in the nets in her garage so she asked me if I wanted them...duh!). Also planted 2 Ranier cherries and a Fuji apple. Oh yeah, and 10 peony trees which may or may not make it. Thought they would look great along my driveway, but got them from Directgardening.com and they were in terrible condition when I got them. I got 5 different colors and interspersed them thinking it would look really great when they grow up big and strong, but don't know that they're going to grow up at all...we'll see next spring. I nurtured them all summer long but really didn't do much soil prep before sticking them in the ground. Somehow the word "clueless" keeps popping into my head! : < S Anyway... off to sleep land...have to work tomorrow. Dagnabbit...work sure seems to interfere with my life! Thanks for everything tonight...I am really looking forward to everything to come here! Hugs and tummy scratches to the kids!