I know, I bet it is beautiful. Next week I'm doing mine. Just getting cuttings, I think.
And mulching.
Charleen
Blooming Brug
Charleen, I think the walking iris is the blue and white one, but to tell you the truth, I'm really not sure. You know how forgetful we old women are. lol..It bloomed once for me right after I got it, and never again, but I think it was because it got shaded out by taller plants. I knew that it was called Apostal plant, but I didn't know why..Neat.
Dee
Dee, where is Elizabeth?????
Not heard a peep all day.
Charleen
I know, I hope everythings ok.
Dee
Didn't she say her family nearly all had the flu??
I hope not. That would expose her too.
Maybe she'll come on sometime soon.
I missed it if she said that.I hope not. My daughters family is all sick with it.
Dee
Ladies
I am here, I had a doctors appointment, everything is fine, I have 2 more Brugs to dig, while I was getting high speed internet, phone & cable installed, I was digging the rest of my Brugs, it was like Christmas today, you girls out did your self on those boxes, I love it, I will send some really nice stuff to both of you Monday, tommorrow, I will finish up with the Brugs, the best way I have found to minimize the mess, I save all my plastic bags fro mulch & MG, then I put the Brugs in them to take them to the basement, less dirt all over the place, also, when you cut the roots you take off almost all the leaves
Elizabeth
Maybe I got it mixed up, I'm good at that.
You got my package???
Darn, why didn't you Dee?? P.O. messing with us.
Oh, Elizabeth I got Dee's pkg. I never knew ther were so many EE. They are gorgeous. Going to put them in pots. Am so excited,
Love them . You all out do yourselves. I love them.
Charleen
Girls
the boxes, were amazing, Dee what did you feed those Cannas, Charlene, that necklace is amazing, do you have an account at ettsy, it's free, to sell home made things, you could sell those, was that an ornament, in with it, I love the box you sent it in, I shouldn't have to buy cannas for a long time, I will make your box just as special, I will be sending it out Monday
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, we were getting worried about you. Glad you are ok.I was about ready to send Elizabeth out on the mule to find ya. Glad you got your boxes ok, Aren't those canna tubers huge?..lol..
It was a bracelet, wasn't it??? You liked green and I wanted you to wear it, I hope you liked it. That is a halloween ornament. Hang it on on of your plants.
I got three of those boxes at the P.O. , they are a good size aren't they. I recycle a lot of boxes I get. Especially the small ones.
I want to hear from Dee when she gets hers>
We missed you today, Elizabeth. Didn't we? Dee.
Elizabeth, I had a lot of manure in that bed, but it wouldn't matter they are always like that..lol If you decide to use them in your pots, just break them apart and put one to a pot...they multiply like rabbits
Dee
the cannas I got were Huemong eous. they were big.
Dee packed a great box too. So proud of my
goody box.
Charleen
Charlene
I can't wait till you & Dee have 6-7 ft Brugs, you'll be saying that darn, Elizabeth got us hooked on these, I thought I was going to have to yell Help, when I dug Harlot & P&C, now DH is complaining because I told him tommorrow he has to help me with NOL, I really don't think I can get that one out by myself, I took a pic of it so you can see how many buds
is on it, before I dig it up, then I will take a pic of it laying on the sidewalk
I love our visiting, when the guy was setting up my internet, I kept asking him can I get on now, it took 3 hours for them to install everything, then the DVR's don't work, they have to bring me 2 more tommorrow
Elizabeth
We were starting to get worried. Good thing we don't list phone# your phone would have been ringing.
Isn't it amazing how fast people can get attached to each other. Even on a forum like this.
To me , it is a good thing.
Charleen
Just remember Elizabeth, if you don't have room or are too tired to plant them..it won't bother me a bit if you want to give them to your daughter. I mean that, sincerely.I just wanted to send you something, because you have been soo good to me and Charleen. Not only have you shared your plants, but you just put up with all our newbieness...how's that for a word?
Dee
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Charlene & dee
I did get a close up of Summer Kisses blooming, & I got a pick to show you the first skirt white & the second skirt kind of green, but then they both turn a beautiful white, then creme color on the third day, I will down load the Pic's in a while
Elizabeth
Elizabeth have you had a DVR before? Do you have one Charleen, Oh I love ours..they sure do ruin ya.
I don't envy having to dig that big bugger out.You'll be done in for the rest of the day.Be careful!
Dee
Gordon told me Elizabeth, you might have a time-release film of a brug.
He is working on putting foam form up for his Brugs. He has been busy.
Charleen
Summer kisses sounds beautiful!
Dee
Charleen, I think he was talking about Gordo...Liz is her name....I think.
Dee
Dee
you are such a sweety, give them to my DD are you kidding, if I did give them to her, I would have to go plant it for her, then go back & dig it up, she really doesn't have the time to garden that I do, her DD always says grandma I wish you could trade yards with me, she has 2 DD's & 1 son, the middle DD will pull weeds like crazy when I do go over to help her, my GS, he likes to eat tomatoes with me from their garden, when I visit in the summer, he's my little buddy
Elizabeth
What's the name of her site, Elizabeth?
Dee
No, I don't have one. I wish we did, I think. Been watching FLN on Direct,
There is nothing on TV. but as long as I got this to run to in the day, I have it made. Love this computor, my
connection to the world of Plants and Friends.
Charleen
I love our puter too, but when I wake up at 3:30 or 4:00 in the morning and you are sleeping in...getting your beauty sleep and I have no one to gab with, I get caught up on my recorded shows, and it takes alot less time, when you can FFthru the commercials, and I love to pause while I go get a cup of hot coffee.Yep, it ruins ya.
Dee
Charlene
when the Brugs are done, I will wear the bracelet, I love it, you do good work girl, I will be honered to wear it, I will be sending your & Dee's instructions for hypertuffa pots, in a minella envelope, so you can be busy next spring making your own pots, I will find out from the lady that I got those from, where to buy shredded fibermesch, that's probably what you didn't put in your pots, that fell apart, you only use a handful, so a bag of it last along time, it makes it stronger, so if you leave it outside after it cures, it last
Elizabeth
Good, they make a pretty good ground cover if it doesn't harden well.
I love concrete, I redid my ponds early this year and (so far) they are
holding water. I am so glad. Got a couple Goldfish in one. I have to keep wire over the top
to keep my dogs out. The will kill the fish. but Got it so I can have both. ^_^
So glad you liked the bracelet. It has copper, so it should help , I wear five that I have made.
Isn't that Terrible???
Charleen
Dee
we have had a DVR for the last 2 years, but we went with another company, to get these
Liz's website I will have to look it up, it's always on BGI, where you can look at the classified adsut I will get that for you, I am not going to tell you what I am sending, I want it to be a complete surprize, but I know you will be happy with it
Brugs I mean, what are you looking for on Liz's site is it seeds
Elizabeth
No,I don't want it for me I think when Gordon told Charleen that Liz had some videos on her site, that is where he was suggesting, I don't know..I might have read it wrong...that's what I get for being nosie, but I always look at his threads, to see all the great shots of his gardens.
I know that we are going to love whatever you send. you won't even give us a hint?....What's it start with? Is it smaller than a mule? Bigger than September?...lol....Just kidding!
Dee
Charlene
I can just see your yard, with the concrete things you make now, when you get these instuctions, your yard will be full. I use a kitty litter bucket to make the ones that you can put bonsi plants in, you rub it with cooking oil, when you use it as a form, then your hypertuffa slids right out, you will need a steel wired brush, & pearlite is better to use if you want a lighter color, like the one I showed you a pic of, vermiculite makes it darker
Elizabeth
It's got to be smaller than a mule, can you iagine the postage. We would have to stand on a streetcorner and take up
collections. Thank you, Dee, we are all "nosey" trying to help each other out. I just thought it would be nice to see a time-leased
picture of a brug opening. You know how we get something in our heads????
Hurry up, next week, huh? Dee.
Maybe, I didn't stir mine enough. I am going to try it again, when I get your instructions.
Can't wait. Wish I could make you all a butterfly and mail it but, I don't know how you wouldget it without it getting broken.
I love making them. Here is pic of them.
Elizabeth if you had two different size plastic flower pots(deep and round), could you like sandwich the hypertuffa in between the two to make pots Like put some in the bottom of the big pot, then set the other pot on that and fill up the sides between the two?
dee
Dee
it's somewhere in between, the mule & september, that crazy thing, I had to put her in the garage for awhile for her own good, she loves to sit on my lap, so I scratch her ears, then she tries to bite me, tommorrow evening I will be all done digging, then, it will take me about an hour to do the clippings, I am going to do it the easy way, I am going to make up all my tags, them clip & put them on, I will be using a big tote with water in it for all the clippings, then when that's done by sunday night I will have everything all labeled then Monday morning I will be ready to ship, they will be some goddies
so it will be like Christmas at your & charlene's house
Charleen I love your butterflies!!! Do you have a mold that you use for those?
Charlene
those are absolutely Georgeous, but they would get broken, the P.O. aren't careful even when you insure something
Elizabeth
In the words of Spongebob Squarepants"I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready"...Dee
did you see them ,girls?
I have made quite a few of these;
plus Turtles and frogs
Charleen
Dee
the Pic I took, the mold was wet sand, I need to find the website, of my friend, that makes them & sells them for a good price, she has one she call big bertha, she leaves it out all year it has mini evergreens in it with fairy's, it's huge, you have to work with the mixture for quite a while before you make that one, I think her mold was a big tote
try Joanday.com see if it comes up
Elizabeth
I love the frogs and turtles. Charleen, I will look it up in the morning, when I don't have you girls to visit with :^)...
Dee