New Bees 8/23/10 friends - new and old...Come in

mekos - I had tons of pics of that slipper flower I wanted IDed too until my 'puter crashed and I lost them... It grows wild in the streams and wet areas in Maine. Robin should know what it is!

I got it IDed as Jewelweed, and the red is Lobelia, and the purple is Ironweed-vernonia. I love the yellow/red ones. They are just so cute. They are hardy here and growing everywhere around our pond area with the others and some white flowering stuff.? and the early clematis, white wild stuff.There is a lot of stuff really pretty out there but it been too hot for me to go out there that much and today I went walking and looked at all the flowers and took some pictures. :0)

Jewelweed it is!

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1431

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=jewelweed+photo&ei=utf-8&fr=chr-yie8
Did you know it is a natural cure for poison Ivy?

Very cool! I don't think we have poison ivy here...

al your floor is beautiful you have worked so hard keep it up you do good work. nettie

mekos parker and i are going to roast marsh mallows sat, he has called me twice this day to make sure im ready may get grandpaw to do a small fire down below the rock garden or may use the candle lighter it works real good im the only one who will do that with him love that kid nettie

Bless you Nettie! What a wonderful way to make memories! That will be something that he will remember forever and it sounds like great fun!

I agree. Sounds like you have a great relationship with Parker and I'd say you both are very lucky to have each other, really blessed. Have FUN! :0)

Okay - Here's one for you folks. I've been told that a certain research scientist actually managed to breed himself into his own creation, the popular New Jersey strain of tomatoes. Evident in the photo below (using a little imagination) you can see a silhouette of his two arms, two legs, and a head. I have noticed similar images in several of my Rutgers tomatoes when sliced crossways, so I know it's not just a fluke in this particular one.

I know you girls think I'm crazy about this, maybe the poly fumes are getting to me. I'm not quite into therapy over this just yet, but I may be getting close. Please tell me that I'm not completely nuts.

Al

If you're nuts Al then so am I cuz I see your little person too;o)

well thank you all our temps have droped some. im a little up set ive lost one of my bib roses don.t know what went wrong but ill take it out in the spring i think it was the hot air not much i can do about that just a bad year i guess.im going to loose my banks rose anyone have one they would start me one one from it mark is going to be upset with me he bought that for me for my birthday i love him but he just won,t understand im not gona tell him right away he even helped dig the bed for it. im probly going to be in trouble for a while he will get over it, it was kinda puny when it came in the mail. i should have known it was not in good shape. love nettie

al i can see him he should have had a hair cut before he did the tomato thing looks like he stuck his finger in a light plug. he probly didn.t think about being sliced and diced bless his little body love and hugs nettie,

oh my im going to bed talk latrer love and hugs nettie.

yep, I see it. Nettie's right he needs a haircut but I can see him too.

You folks are a lot more understanding than the people in the Tomato Forum. They all thought I was nuts from the start when I posted the same thing there. Some folks really took me too seriously, I guess you guys know me better.

Al

LOL Yep, we all just love ya Al. He sure is a cute lil o feller! I agree with Nettie, I think he's having a bad hair day!

Forgot to tell you Nettie, we got rain today and suppose to again tomorrow. YIPPIE!
Got to try and fill my rain barrels again. They sure was dried up.

al tell those nay sayers you have some real full bodied pasta sauce, some people just don,t get it love nettie

mekos so glad you are gettiing rain. hope you get all you need. love nettie

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I got rain now!! Yea!!! I'm am so glad.

I hope it comes your way too Nettie! Suppose to be here all day tomorrow too. Looking goon now for all the ground plants and the rain barrels. Good Charleen. This is a slow soaking in rain and soo cool outside. Only getting to low 70's today and tomorrow. I really am enjoying it. Hugs everyone!

Isn't it wonderful, Mekos? Rain at last. So glad.

I know, I was getting worried it wasn't going to happen in time to save my bog garden.
Poor thing was drying up and plants sinking down into the bottom of the pot! I got to take some star grass out because it is taking over in there but it is looking 100% better already since the rain started.

meko have you herd anything from enid ihope she gets to see the little tomato man. she would like him.poor little man. pew im going to bed love and hugs to all.

She was working on her fragrance packages last couple weeks. She is trying to get them ready for Christmas sales. Candles and fragrance beads and such. They smell sooooo Goooood!

This message was edited Sep 27, 2010 8:37 AM

And here are more. She has a web site you can go to and look and if you see something you like either order there or call her for an order. She really is busy right now

My Birdseed Bandit. He's also my cherry tomato bandit, my sunflower bandit, and my summer squash bandit. He's been eating a real healthy diet this year! Fun to watch though, he's quite an acrobat.

Al

Haha, Cute Al. He seems to be enjoying himself!

Hi peeps!

Mekos, I got my little Charley packet from Lori (smells great!!) but can't find where you all are on the other site so I can thank her and Charley;o) Can you d-mail me the link to the latest thread over there?

Cute bandit, Al - we really don't have problems here with those guys but I remember in Maine they were the biggest bird feeder robbers, them and the blue jays - lol...

I'll send you an e-mail Kelly. We can't post that info around here even in mail. Watch your e-mail box.

Thanks buddy - I'll check it when I get home from work today. Can't check e-mail at work;o0

Hey Everybody!!

I have some MAJOR news to deliver to you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!




You're not going to believe this..



I still don't believe it myself.....


Take Your Time...



Read It Slow...



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WE BOUGHT A NURSERY!!!!!!

You crazy girl! Good for you!

Details?

Here are a few pics..

This is the outside of the main grow house..

Geez....Maybe you could hire us all to come over and work for ya's. Okay - so I'm only good at tomatoes and sunflowers but I could help.

Al

Inside the main greenhouse..

The inside of the main greenhouse..

You should have rented me your little house so I could help you out with it. Congratulations girl! Good fortune sure is shining down on you guys!

Sorry my internet is acting up...

There are 2 shade houses