Ken, you sure do have some beautiful fowl! I would be happy if I could just talk my hubby into some Buff Orpington chickens.He says he doesn't want any *#%* chickens...lol....goofy city boy.You know if I had something that I could turn into a chicken coop,I'd probably have them anyway..lol
Elizabeth, it snowed most of the day here yesterday to, then again this morning, and it warmed up a little tonight and started raining for a little while..Crazy weather!
Debra,That's great about the service berries, congrats! I think my Sting Ray rotted on me, again.This is the second year in a row that I lost it during the winter. I love that one, but I think I'm gonna give up on it.I am cutting back on Brugs this year, too. Last year, it took me two hours to water just the brugs and I neglected alot of other plants.I am going to keep mostly doubles and a few of my favorite singles...definately Painted Lady and Apricot Moonflower. I love those 2.
Crit, I would love to see that video, but I'm on dail up...takes about an hour to get a video on you tube.We have a rat terrier. Aren't they a smart dog? Our Mollie does everything, but talk.... I tell everyone that she's not really a dog...she's just our homely kid...lol. Stay warm!
Dee
Velvet Rose Brugmansia
I would leave them in and let them get a good root ball. I have two Dolas.
The Cherubs for everyone are huge; here is a picture of one for Elizabeth and one for Retta.
ah debra,that is so nice to see my brug before i even get it,how wonderful.
dee,if you have cuttings(would like to try again),i would love to have some.
well its all of 13 high today.
spring spring,hurry spring.
retta
Retta, I plan on sharing with you and
crit, and everyone else here, if I have anything that they want, but these are all the folks that shared with me, so they probably have everything that I have. My brugs are dormant in the basement, so it will be a while, before I know who made it tthru the winter. I wish I had room in the plant room to bring them up early and get them started, but it is overflowing, since I set up the two seed starting tables.When it warms up a bit, I am going to put the brugs out on the front closed in porch, but there is no heat out there.
Your brugs are looking good, Debra!
Dee
I got a new puppy. His name is Kaluah. Got him from Mekos. She brought him to me. We had the nicest visit together yesterday. I love meeting our gardening friends.
Hello, Dee. Been so long since we saw you. Hugs.
Charleen, now, that is one precious pup! He is adorable.what is he, mini pin, chi?, or what?.Looks like you are spoiling him silly, which is how it should be! I know, I haven't been on much at all this winter.At first it was just the slow connection that had me aggravated, then DH has been in and out of the hospital in Indy. But things are looking up now, and I know there are sunny days ahead. I missed everyone, sooooo much. I just love talking to y'all!
Dee
Good afternoon everyone
Crit, I love the video of your GD, she sure is a pretty Girl, looks like she was having a ball till she fell
Ken, there are 2 people that owe me a pot of coffee, I bet the Packers by 5 & they won by 6, so I will make my friends
pay up, at half time they had scored 21 points, so I went too bed, then saw the final score this morning on the news
that is a Beautiful Bird you have there
Retta, I think everyone on here will share with you
Debra, Thank you, I love Cherub, those are good looking plants
Dee, I had too take my cats too the vet at 7 am, they are there now getting fixed, I didn't believe what it ended up costing
they had too have the rabbies shot & a flea treatment, so the final bill was $170.00, I am glad I only have 3, I will get you that photo of all 3 of them as soon as they feel better, I can pick them up after 4pm today
Charlene, it's great meeting fellow gardeners, what a beautifull puppy you have there
52 days till Spring, this weekend it is going too be 47 degrees, if they don't change the forecast
Elizabeth
charleen,what a handsome little chi.mine is sure growing,8.1lbs.had his rabies last thurs.next trip to the vet will be in april for nuturing.hes going to really love me that day.lol
the cats are really pretty elizabeth,and vet bills are expensive.
and i know u all will share with me in the spring,i just don't want you all to forget about me,lol
well i guess thats it.
hugs to all
retta
DeeS,
One of my Rat Terriers is named Polly. Pistol is the old one and is 16 yrs old. She went blind a month or so ago. About a week ago we rescued a 6 month purebred Rat Terrier from PAWS. He is terrific. His name is Bowzer.
Love that Puppy, and glad you got to met Mekos, Charleen, I love meeting my net gardening buddies alot! I have met some face to face, and a few on the phone, and hope to see everyone someday. That is in my Bucket List.
My mom had a rat terrior named ginger she was a good mouser. My grand ma and grandpa had two chiwawas, smokie and snow ball. My beagle is not feeling well. I hope he is just suffering from winter blues like me, we are getting up to 6 more inches of snow tommorrow. Had to bring in some winter sowing pots, since it is getting down to minus temps the next few nights. That was just a couple of brugs, Eliabeth. I have a whole room full and keep findng others I forgot I had stuck in rooting pots. *sigh* I can't wait to send these out.
You have to bring in ws jugs? I just set mine out a couple days ago.
Yes, RT's are great mousers and snakers. They were bred, in England I believer, to go down varmit holes and retrieve them. I have moles, voles, or some kind of digging critter that leaves mounds in my garden. If they find a hole 'opening', like if I stepped on a hill and it collapsed, they are right on top of it!!!!!
Good Morning everyone
well I picked up my cats from the vet, they are now fixed it's a good thing, that I only had 3, no more kittens for me, I have too pick momma cat up some wet cat food, that spoiled Girl isn't eating the meow mix, after I got them home, I got them out of the carrier, they walked like they were drunk, the boy cat got around just fine, in 10 days I have too take them back
the Girls too get out their stiches
Debra, I can't wait too get that Cherub, Monday it's suppose too be 53 degrees, but that temp won't last, we'll probably get a foot of snow by Wednesday, tonight it will be 10 degrees, but Hey it's 51 days till Spring Yippee
Crit, How's your weather, the total snowfall that we've had is 31.7 inches, brrrrr
Elizabeth
hello everyone,it's minus 8 here,high today is 4.with a promise of being in the 40's on sunday.sure hope the weather man is right.and i hope and pray for no more snow or freezing weather.
elizabeth,i'm with you,can't wait for mine either,cherub.
lost a niece the other day,she was 65.her mother is in nursing home ,recouping from a fall that resulted in a fractured hip.she already broke it and it was mending.
here is something to maybe cheer us up.
LIVE-like heaven begins tomarrow
Dance-like no one is watching
SING-like no one is listening
LOVE-like you"ve never been hurt before
hugs to all
retta
Retta
I am sorry you lost you're niece, it will be really nice too get a warm up, it's suppose too be 50 degrees here Sunday, but tonight it will be 10 degrees, I like Sunday's temp better, I like your cheer up message, have a great day, stay warm
Hugs
Elizabeth
Retta, Im so sorry to hear of the loss of your niece, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Karen
Blessings sent your way, Retta...
Charleen
Retta, you are in our thoughts and prayers, I hope you are staying warm, it is really cold here and I bet a lot colder there..
Here is another Brug I have for you, Retta.. it was one of my very first brugs given to me here on DG, Monster White. You will LOVE it.
thank all of you for your thoughts,i really appreciate it.
debra,thank you again,can't wait to get them.
our weather starts warming up here,during the day,this week.
will be in the fortys by this wkend.boy ,i sure hope the weather man knows what hes talking about.
i must be doing something right with the brug i have,it lost all its leaves,so i withheld the water,thinking i was probably over watering it,put it up on the north window shelf and it is getting new growth.i'm going to leave it there until i can start putting them out on the porch and then in the yard.but going to leave it in the container.
hugs to all
retta
Good Morning Everyone
finally my cats are acting normal, I was worried about them the first couple days, but they have snapped out of it
it's minus 8 here this morning, feels like 0, I just got the newspaper off the front porch, when I opened the door that artic air hit me, I hope the weather man knows what he's talking about also Retta, 49 days till Spring, I know we're all so ready for some warm weather
Debra, I just love your Basement GH, it looks so bright & cheery
Karen, I hope you're warm & toasty, our weather is the same
Elizabeth
temp here -9 this morning. 40 miles north where they had over 2 feet of snow it was -27 ..... AIR TEMP. -35 wind chill. Setting lots of long standing records from the 1920's. Terrible. BUT......... the rest of the story.......... forecasting 68 on Wednesday!!!!!!! WOW
31 degrees and we had a little blanket of snow this morning. But it is melting pretty fast. Maybe Spring is just around the corner, I sure hope so.
Good Morning to you all.....
-31* air temp in green country this morning. Thursday .... 72*!!!
we set a 29 yr old record low of -29 last night. I can't wait to see if it killed all the dang mealey worm and cabbage loper eggs out there. Hubby says you know how mother nature is, they prolly went deep enough to live. I hope every dang bug out there is frozen solid. There, I feel better now....
On the other hand, I sure hope my snow berry bush survived.
Oklahoma set all kinds of town and state records that were set back in the 1920's! We are going to be 70 Wednesday and 72 on Thursday. Go figure!
crit,ur lucky.we will be in the 40s and 50s next week. ;)
retta
Think I would rather stay in the 40's and 50's. Don't want things thinking spring is here, because I'm sure it IS NOT, and getting frozen from another storm. We have peach and pecan orchards around here. If they bud out and it freezes too late, it ruins their crops..... AND their incomes!
Good Morning everyone
Here are some photo's of Rosalla X Peanut, finally I get too smell Brug Blooms, I wish we had smell a vision, it smells
Spicy, with it's back ground this year the Bloom should color up
Elizabeth
another one
now a photo of the Kitten's so Dee can see how much they have grown, this is Max our only boy cat
Elizabeth
This is Princess, she's my Baby
Elizabeth
Max kept moving on me his photo is Blurry, it's 42 days till Spring, I think everyone has Record low Temps this year, the first month after having foam insulation my utitility bill is going down, I am amazed because we have had such cold weather
also I just got 2 more replacement widow's installed, 6 more & the whole house is done Yippee, have a great day, stay
warm
Elizabeth
very pretty brug,and such lovely cats, elizabeth.thought you had three?
i'm the only female in this household.i'm out numbered.lol
retta
ps,elizabeth,glad you are getting your house done.wish i could get mine finished.
Retta, Good afternoon, I do have 3 cats, Momma & her son & daughter, I posted Momma cat September earlier but here
she is again, I hope you get your house finished, there's still a lot we have too do here, it just takes time
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, your babies are just beautiful, and have grown sooo much, since fall! Glad they are all doing better. Sure wish we had smell a vision too. My nostrils could use a summer fix!..lol...It is supposed to warm up here by the weekend. I hope it melts off this layer of ice.Our driveway is treacherous...the snow blower won't even touch it :o(.
Finally got my brug cuttings potted up.They are a little droopy right now, but I'm sure they will stop pouting soon.
Retta, sooo sorry to read of the loss of your niece.
Dee
Our new baby Bowser. He's 6 months old. Rat Terrier. We rescued him from PAWS. Breeder had emergency and had to take his momma and her litter to them. He's quite the pill!
My puppy is looking good this morning too. Love you all's babies.
Good Morning Everyone
Dee, it's good too see you, that's the only Brug I have Blooming right now, if the weather has it right, it will be a great warm
up, we sure could use the break from the cold, 47 days till Spring
Crit, he's so cute, I miss having a dog
Charlene, what a cutie, that puppy would'nt be spoiled would it? the Sun is out this morning, I love it
Elizabeth
What cute babies you all have!
Yes, it's a beautiful day. supposed to get in 50's.
Gorgeous day. Thanks , we love our furbabies...
Thanks! Just took my little Pistol, the blind 16 year old, to the vet because it looked like she had run into something and one eye was all red. Turns out she has a 'melting ulcer' on it and there really isn't any treatment for it, along with glaucoma. The other eye has a little spot on it. They only real thing they can do is remove the eye (the ulcer could eventually cause the eye to erupt) and put a shot in the other one to kill the cells, but it might shrivel the eye too. The other choice, as the vet put it, is to relieve her of her pain and suffering. The surgery will be about $450 and I worry about the anesthetic at her age. I hope the ointment she gave me reduces it and makes it do better. The thought of putting her down just breaks my heart. She has been through a lot with me in the last 16 years, but she has also had a good long life. Besides her eyes, she is fine. I'm just praying for the right thing.
Thanks, I needed to see this in writing. I know I will get an answer on what I need to do.
