Willows Greenhouse

And I did find the pictures of my friend

I don't like them eating my plants, but I am fascinated by the big ones

I think slug races are in our future. We can keep stables of them and breed for swiftness.

Racing silks & agility courses...Tracking Marigolds...Fly-ball? Actually, Fly-bait.

Drug testing.

For who, Judi? Those that keep them, or the slug-athletes? =:0)
(I'm so glad i wasn't ingesting a beverage when I read your post...)

all right you slugaholics..........

Oh my goodness those things get big, Willow you better make sure you have that wonderful new building bolted down good as from the looks of them, they could very well carry your building off.


Janet

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Welcome Meadow...if you really miss slugs I can send you a can of slug chowder I have been saving!!

thanks but no thanks Azornia....

I don't know if I could garden if those things were in my garden....

Janet

Janet - they are merely hungry.
Plus they provide upper-body exercise: Slug-flinging off a garden trowel should be an Olympic Event.
Thank God they don't fly on their own.

I throw mine out into the street.

yes I do that as well. At least the asphalt helps keep them warm...

you mean yall don't like to watch what happens after salt has been applied.....rofl......

Olympic event for sure.... I can see it now who ever can sling the farthest wins.......


Janet

I've done the salt. It is awful messy.

I can't be cruel even to a slug & prefer to just garden around them. Part of my philosophy that gardening shouldn't be a struggle.

Willow, how about a cymbidium orchid for your tall vase on the stand? (This is the first time I've ever had 4 scapes bloom at once -- lovin' it!)

That is so beautiful. I don't do well with orchids though. Would that do well outside? Wonder if the deer would eat it?

I have a piece of grass I have to move and I'm thinking of putting that in there until it grows a bit. It is a bright orange bladed thing.

Willow, in my experience, cymbidiums are the easiest of the orchids (though none of them is that difficult, fear not) ... deer, I don't know, but orchids ALL do well outside in the summer. I once lost one out in the back & it languished on its side somewhere in the grass & was ready to bloom once I found it in the fall!

I can imagine a Castor Bean plant in that pot on the stand. Or something with big dramatic leaves if the Castor plant would be dangerous to your critters. Go for the drama!

Hmmmm ... castor beans get 6 feet tall & wide. I'd go strictly vertical. That isn't a huge pot.

Also, castor beans need so much sun, fertilizer & water ... they'd be punier than a coleus plant in Willow's pot.

Here is my slug picture, finally. Doesn't look like it could destroy an entire flat of marigold seedlings in a single night does it? Ah contraire.

It's amazing how much damage these little creatures can do in a short time!

Yes. I think it's those tiny little ones that you can't see that are the worst. You know, when you come out in the morning and there's more slug than plant. Fortunately, I really see most of those in spring. I had thought they were babies, but I've been told that they are actually just a different kind of slug. Does anybody know?

I brought a small potted aloe with me back in August, and all my cuttings & plants from the old house went on the back deck that night when they got unpacked.

In the morning, the blue & white pot that I thought held the aloe was empty. EMPTY! I kept poking through all the other plants, looking for it, wondering whether I had lost my mind.

Those are the dreaded SharkSlugs, Kathy.

Heh heh. LANDshark slugs from the PNW?

Kathy, we cross posted.... PNW Land sharks..... I like it! ^_^

Julie, considering that you live smack dab in the middle of the rainforest, I think you need more arms and sticks.

So is the shed construction finished, Patricia and are you ready to get it really dirty? :-)

Don't mind hijacking. Dean will be here tomorrow with the fake windows. The rain barrel came but it is way to big to put by the GS. The copper chain is also way big. Not sure how we will handle that. I have moved in but not arranged in the GS. Ruth and I worked out for 4 hours today. Got the bishops weed covered with paper, dirt and cardboard. Got another area weeded. It's getting there. I'm finding plants to share if anyone wants them. Plus all the seedlings.

PARTY THREAD!!! PARTY THREAD!!!

The party thread is started.

This is the cardboard covering the bishops weed. Need to get more bags of dirt.

And the bit behind the pond was covered with BW. Either covered with paper and dirt or pulled out by the roots. It will probably be coming up for a few more years.

Willow, I'm so sorry for taking your wonderful thread off topic, please forgive.

now back to you, I love, love love your pond. How special it is. Do I spy a golf course in the background?

How deep is your pond?

Janet

Janet, Never be sorry for taking a thread off topic in this forum! It happens quite often and we are all guilty. Besides, some of the best topics come about that way!

Willow, An idea for your pot for a year or two... a small contorted tree? I have a small (for now) contorted lartch (Laris kaempferi "Diana") in one of my planters on my deck, and it is just wonderful with draping flowers (I used million bells last year) as an accent.
Am really looking forward to seeing the Greenshed in person and finally getting a chance to meet you!

No problem. We can discuss anything.
The pond is shallow, 12-15". The small one is deeper.
Yes, that's the 12th hole at the Alderbrook golf course.

I'm looking forward to meeting you also RJ. And a lot of the others.

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Julie - be careful with Diana. She grows fast. I have her in a pot on my deck (I call her my Dr. Seuss tree) and she has to be 8 feet tall after just a couple of years. I MUST find a way to get her off the deck, out of the pot and put her in a permanent spot this year. :-)

what about a harry Lauder walking stick tree. I love the contorted limbs of this one....

Glad to hear no one is upset about me getting carried away with other topics here.

Janet

Janet - We tend to not be uptight about these things, so buckle up & enjoy the ride. =:0)
It's similar to being on a ride at an amusement park - you never know what's around the next turn in this corner of DG.
Seriously, when we have these get-togethers, it's a 10-way conversation, with rapid-fire change of topic followed by intermittant periods of extreme hyperfocusing. It doesn't matter if you forget what you were talking about - someone else will bring the conversation back to where you jumped off.

Willow's GS has offered a view of her world. Going to visit her will complete that view. I wish it were possible for you to attend, Janet.
Watching this come to fruition has been fun. And knowing how much enjoyment Willow will get out of it makes it multi-dimensionally entertaining. The saga continues...