Plant Propagation part XXVIII based on my own experience

Evelyn has been with Jeanette and JB on the health end of things. The gum infection re-appeared as well I have been dealing with a lot of pain from fibromyalgia, so this week was not so productive. Dealing with the pain and inactivity then produce depression, so that is why I have not been chiming in so much. Also I could not even keep up with you all this week. I have a lot to do as well, and I am doing as little as possible these days, I am sorry to say. Hopefully next week will be better. Today is our 15th year anniversary, (and 22 years together). I can't believe he put up with me for that long. We were going to go out for the day, but I did not feel like going anywhere.

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It's time to check out when the strange feeling comes on Dave.

Happy Anniversary Ev. I am sorry. Fibro is something that causes lots of emptiness and thoughts of sadness and emptiness. I understand and I worked with people for many years with it. Sorry your fibro is acting up, especially today.

morning:
Evelyn: you take all the time you need. I don't know the difference in the FM atacks vsmy back crap but I am sure its really bad. I know with all the pain meds I take I see a psyciatryst to keep the depression in check. I take 2 different antidepressants but one is aimed at the neuropathy with a side effect of antidepression is cymbalta . I do know with FM you deal with neuropathy similar to that of mine.
happy anniversary. I hope you are able toenjoy each other for your celibration. as for him putting up with you we all have our quirks that make us special. Kim often says the same thing about putting up with the baggage that has croped its silly little heas up and I say the same thing. she deals with my crap as i do hers its what make a strong marrage that and lots of comunication
evelyn get out enjoy the sunshine if possible even if it is cold I know I am planning to do that myself.

remember to smile ...it makes people think you are upto something
Dave

Good morning everyone,

Tony stayed home yesterday as he cold was bad. He's back today and says he's feeling much better.

Evelyn, check out the possibility of eating/applying coconut oil for your gums. There's also a cleaning that some people are doing with oil that is supposed to help overall but especially with any problemin the mouth. Can't think what it's called but you could probably find it easity through Google. I know Amason had a couple of books on it. Mr brain isn't fully awake yet. I'm no help on fibro except to offer my sympathy for pain - I do understand that.

I've been mostly cleaning up the sewing room the last couple of days as I wore myself out in my outdoor plant room on Wednesday. When my legs are recovered I'll be ready to plant some seeds. Meanwhile, I misplaced two pattern pieces. Have searched high and low and can't find them. This does happen and I've learned to take the opportunity to clean and straighten while I condier alternative ways to deal with the lost pattern pieces. They still haven't turned up but my sewing room is much neater.

Our mornings are still chilly. I usually wake up warm enough because the dogs are snuggles up next to me. Better than central heating I think, at least in this climate. I would ot deal well with the snow and cold that some of you are enduring. I remember February as being what seemed like the longest, worst month.

To reind you that spring really is coming I'll tell you that I have a desert rose blooming. Also alloes. If I hake it into town I need to get more birdseed as there seem to be bird conventions going on here. I think the convene on their way north and catch up on each other.

It's early and still chlly so I'm going to go turn on the propane heater in my sewing room and see if the pattern pieces have come out of hiding.

Thanks to all of you for being here. We seem to b able to help get each other through the rough spots.

hugs, katie

Evelyn, so sorry you can't go out and celebrate. I am especially sorry for your aches and pains. I understand the fybro is very bad. My sister had/has it.

Dave, are you on Cymbalta? I don't like the sounds of those side effects. I suppose all meds have side effects of some kind. But only you can determine which is worse, and what meds work the best for you. I sure hate to see you go around with your head in the clouds and swimming. That is really not a good way to live, but you know which is worse. I feel so bad for you all.

Katie, you were working on 3 nighties at the same time, did you pin those pieces to the fabric and fold it up with them in it? I know you probably have already thought of that and looked there, but look again.

Isn't it nice to have it all straightened up tho? That is what looking for lost things does for you. I always find that if I can't find something, I start taking care of EVERYTHING, and then I find the lost item.

Dave, I just ordered some stuff from Burpee that they sent me an ad for that is suppose to be the wonderful elixer that will make the plants grow and produce twice as much. A seaweed based product. Can't remember the name, but I have some houseplants to try it on when it gets here. Will let you know how it does.

Have a good weekend you all.

Dave, here is the growth activator I am buying from Burpees. Have you had any experience with it?

SEA MAGIC ORGANIC GROWTH ACTIVATOR

Hi Everyone,
Today was absolutely gorgeous and I wanted to be playing in the dirt so badly. Hubby got me a couple of bags of potting soil, so maybe I can soak some seeds and seed some trays on monday. I tried to work in the studio this afternoon and I made a pair of earrings and a bracelet and decided I don't like either. I think I need to work on some different designs and see what comes up. I hate it when I make things with my silver and then decide not to use them. Maybe i can work the links into a different pattern or something. ( I probably should have used copper or brass to start with and then made it with the silver.) Oh well, at least i am doing something today rather than sitting on my behind.
Hope everybody is warm and happy. Evelyn I am sorry you are hurting so badly.
I will talk to ya later.
Linda

Linda would love to see pictures of your jewelery when you make it. Do you sell it? If so where do you advertise it?

None of us will be elegable for health insurance again after this thread. You guys are a crack up. It sounded like my first thread I got into at DG, that was eventually closed down. Too many of us on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds and the clashing started to stack up one day and it got ugly apparently. I got on one day and it was just gone. All my friends from there are on cubits now. I don't go there often but just to see them.

Morning ,
Dave, you are first, I use this little heater all the time. It is light, safe and inexpensive. $49.00. I keep two in the greenhouse from Fall until Spring. Sometimes I only have one on. I keep one at each end of the GH. They are easy on the electric bill also.

http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/category/portable-outdoor-heaters

Portable Electric Heater, 120V The Brand name is Dayton.
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This portable heater is perfect for small greenhouses where gas heat is not available. Although small, this unit generates 5,120 BTU and will heat up to 120 SF of space. Two speed settings with built-in thermostat and safety overheat protection.

Jen, I bet the sea magic is plain old Fish emul. and will stink just as much. LOL
Lesson No. 1.
For the rest of you:
Welcome to anxiety/depression/stress forum......we guarantee to heal your ills, maybe not immediately, but eventually, if you live long enough. The lesson for today is one that makes me very happy. It has to do with EATING.In one of my favorite books on the subject "Coping with Anxiety" by Edmund Bourne PH D, explains how low blood sugar can affect your anxiety. Stress can cause a rapid depletion of blood sugar.You then experience confusion, anxiety,spaciness and tremulousness because your brain is not getting enough sugar and a secondary stress response occurs. When blood sugar falls too low, your adrenal glands kick in and release adrenaline and cortisol, which causes you to feel more anxious and aroused. etc. etc. etc.
This is no doubt why I was unable to control my BP during the CT procedure. You need to fast for 4 hours prior to the test. So, I am in a no win situation. LOL I need to eat. Diet has so much to do with your anxiety level. That will be the next lesson. Ho HO HO.

Now, back to the GH, I am really at a loss to know why my Holiday Cactus in the GH are such a sad looking color. The one type is loosing all its green and turning a pinkish yellow. Need to start to research that. I thought it was lack of sun, but they do not need sun. I think it is too hot................not sure...........maybe too wet..........oh well. Something else to stress about.

Off I go to get my chores done. My Jeep man came and picked up my jeep at 8 a.m. to fix the door handles. For some reason since they painted it the handles are not working properly. He is correcting that problem I hope.

The oil thing I mentioned to Evelyn is called oil pulling. Wonder if it cures depression.

Besides not finding the pattern pieces - i might have folded them up in one of the many pieces of cloth I moved around or, more likely, the dogs ate them. They did chew up the book I'd been reading. And I hit some button on my TV and now all I get is snow. And I have a headache. At least I have aspirin.

At least Amiga is still recovering. Eating the food I've made for her and peeing and pooping. She pulled out one of her stichesbut is overall recovering. She is a dog that DAna rescued and when they opened her up for the surgery there were lots of old adhesions, origin unknown. She is really a sweetie and I hope her recovery continues. I have more food to take to her today. I'm the Canine Caterer.

I found a product online that may help with the pain of the bone spur in my right heel. It's really bad unless I completely stay off it and that's hard to do.

I got some seeds planted yesterday. I'm working on my list of what I need to get when I'm in Ca. next month. If it's not written down I'm not likely to remember.

It's quite chilly here this morning. I woke up at 2am and couldn't get back to sleep for more than an hour which might have something to do with my low mood this morning.

REmember the old line "Ceer up, things could be worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse."

hugs from your grumpy friend, katie

LOL, Dawn you are probably right about the insurance. And, yes, if it gets nasty they will shut it off. I have seen that happen too. However, so far with this group we have pretty much enough "mellow" or something that I doubt that will happen.

You are probably right about the Sea Magic or whatever JB, but if so, that is ok 'cause I haven't used enough of that lately either.

I looked at that site for heaters and they don't show brands. How in the world do you find a specific one?

I found your stress information very informative JB. Bob has lost 20 lbs without trying to because of the stress over closing his mom's estate issues. I read it to him and told him he needs more sugar. But, he certainly can stand to lose the weight too. Catch 22.

Well, quit worrying about that dog Katie. You have enough to do of your own.

Well I am here for a moment.

Now is the time to sow our winter vegetables. Going to do that this week.

Have a big valentine lunch at a very nice restaurant on Monday. Annual event given by one of our young, beautiful, rich neighbors. I am one of two older women. All the others are tall, thin and dressed to kill. I always feel old the first 10 minutes but then I get over it.

Dawn, without my meds I would be a mess. I did not garden for over 1 year, sat at my desk and stared at the clock on my desk, slept on my couch and referred my customers to other loan officers telling them my laptop was broken. Food made me nauseous and I lost 65 pounds. My office thought I had cancer. My doctor kept telling me I needed to eat something at 2pm because I had low blood sugar. You see depression and high anxiety for me was hard to diagnose because I was such a strong, over-bearing, barracuda woman. Mother to my clients and staff. Barracuda to my competition. I try to control my actions and the majority of time I am successful. But you push the wrong button, you are in big time trouble.

On DG, I will now just back off because that is easy to do.

Sorry about that but someone the other day we should get off our meds and get a life. Well I forgot to take my meds to Texas for Vern's brother memorial. After the third day, I felt terrible. I wanted to crawl out of my skin. I will never be without my meds.

I am going to dig in the dirt and pull up a whole lot of fig vine. Have a great day. I will check in later. Mother Winter...

Sharon - I was a lot like that before I started taking pain meds and upped my anti-depressants. I was in so much pain and so depressed that I was barely able to get out of bed. My functioning was at an all-time low. I finally gat honest with my doctor and have been on meds most of the time since. Last year was still difficult because the torn tendon kept me from being very active. People who say "get off the meds" are often seriously depressed themselves and are trying to handle it be being self-rightous with others. There are lots of that type in AA - "soberer than thou."

I've been doing some clean up and am going to wash some dishes then plant some more seeds.

By the way, I have simply left threads where that "holier than thou" atitude starts rearing it's ugly head. I'm not here to help others see the errors of their ways; I've got too many of my own to cope with.

Everyone have a happy Sunday.

hugs, katie

Jen, you would have to Google Dayton Heaters. If you have a preference that is what I do. In this case I do not have a preference, I just take what they have. They have always been Dayton the past two years. Companies buy and sell out so I just go with the flow.

You can also get too much sugar so be sure he does not overdo it. That book is well worth the money. It discusses alot of good stuff and has some good info. It is a small book too.

Later, Must sew sleepy huts for the birds. JB

BTW, the weather sucks. We are to be having a warm up. Well, the wind is blowing and it feels like below freezing. The sun that was to be shining is not, so who knows. It snowed yesterday in the little town up the road. My daughter called me from there and told me. There is no justice, I swear. I hate this.

I have hypoglycemia too. Was diagnosed at 16. That probably does explain a lot of my stress too. There were days when I worked at NASA, that everything I typed was wrong, I had to repeat things over and over and I seemed to chase my tail. Then I could not understand the most routine of instructions to make a work order and the stress would sky rocket. I talk fast and then I was talking so fast that I made everyone else stress too.

Not every day is like this but if I am waiting for a doctor appointment for refills of my anxiety meds and I am weaning them. I get wierd. My friends at Dave's always know and say see your doctor, or are you on your meds, did you go off. I can't either. I am not functioning well in the working world if I go off them. I am already hyper enough. When people comment. I feel like I just want to bawl, then I realize, well it is that obvious and fix it. I think I need a different one now, but most have weight gain as a side effect so I don't want to rock the boat, so I suffer and muttle on.

I can't imagine what your electricity bills are like running the heaters all the time along with the other Winter utilities in a cold place.

Wish I was there to take off some of Sharon's dug up and cast off plants. lol

When I have mentioned that I got off of all my narcotic pain meds, sleeping pills and alprazolam, I never suggested that anyone else here should do the same. Everyone has to do what is necessary for their own comfort and sanity. Sometimes the pain is excruciating which in turn sends me into depression. I usually can wait it out, but I do take Tylenol and enteric coated aspirin, which does help. It was the fact that I fell down our 12 step staircase twice and some other falls that made me decide that I was just taking too many meds, though I never took more than prescribed. I am still suffering from those falls as many things got hurt but hard to diagnose. I do not like to fall down, period. The last one was coming out of our garage/basement when I tripped on a shoelace and fell face flat onto the concrete. Right then, I though I had died. I still remember the trauma of it, but fortunately some things went numb.

We all have health issues here and we are all individuals that need to handle things in their own way. I did handle it one way for many years and it seemed right at the time, and it may have been, since I had 4 operations in the last 5 years. I did not mean to make it into a sermon, as I was just sharing my experience. I would still take heavier medication if I needed it as I am not threatened by it any more.

I hope that you understand. You are all very special and we have different experiences. I just did not want to have any more falls. I wanted something for anxiety when I had to have my lip sewn up after that last fall, and the doctor did not give me anything. He almost did not sew my lip. I am sure he wanted to sew it to the other one...LOL!!

OK - Sew my lips shut now....

I did not think Sharon was referring to anyone on this thread. I sure wasn't. I've gone through stuff on a couple of other threads and I'm just happy I found this one as everyone here seems able to talk about their own experiences, not trying to preach to anyone else.

I took some food over for Amiga this morning. Dana wasn't there and Tom was working so I had a private visit with Amiga. She is still recovering. She seemed happy to see me and I know she will enjoy the food.

I've started a loaf of Hawiian bread in my bread machine. It has pineapple and bananas and lemon zest in it. Yum yum.

The day has gone by quickly. While I haven't found the missing pattern pieces I did find a length of cloth that has been missing for two or three years. Story of my life. Lose one thing, find another, move on a little.

hugs, katie

I did not think anyone was preaching to anyone, just talking about me.

Amiga is on the mend which is fantastic.
What took you to Mexico Katie, if you don't mind me asking? Will I see you on HGTV House Hunters International?

I had to get some more of my peroxide to ward off the moss on my seeds. I put too much diaper lining in some of the cups, to try instead of the regular polymer crystals, but it is too dence and maybe the seeds aren't getting enough light. Some germinated but honestly, I don't know how it will turn out, it is still too cold for them. I have thought they would not germinate in the past, and when I went to toss them, I saw little green heads, way after the 9-20 days they were supposed to germinate in. I guess the cold is a factor too. So I will hang on to hope.

My California Poppies are up, and lettuce too. A few of the Petunias popped up. I am trying the diaper stuff in my propagator to see if I can get the Hyacynth beans to germinate.

It is an experiment to try it instead of jiffy pots. People here told me about diaper lining instead of gel crystals, I am giving it a shot. Tried in som planters last year and they were fine.

That hawaain bread sounds yummy!

I agree with your assessment of the medication Evelyn. That kind of injury could be fatal.

Have you tried any of the FM meds? Massage and Warm pool therapy was one of the best treatments for FM sysmptoms. I know I used to run a business treating the FM patients. On my own and at the Chiros that I worked with.

Evelyn, I was not referring to anyone on this thread. And I let it all hang out. Oh well, now you know about "The Barracuda".

I fought the creepy fig vine and the vine won. I only got 20% of the bed even half way done. the roots are deep and very large in diameter. Some are bigger than 2 inches. I could not believe it. No wonder everything else in the bed is having problems. I will get my two laborer for three days instead of two. The next three days we are going to be in the 70s and then back to highs of mid 50s.

I have California poppies showing all over the front landscape. I just leave them where I want them and thin out where I do not want them. Also columbines are showing.

Dawn, I will put together a care package for you.

Where is Jnette, Lee, Linda and Dave.

Katie, I am curious also. How did you end up in Mexico. I had several older clients, Realtors, that retired and moved to Mexico.

I have an retired Chase employee friend who was the manager of the Tuscon, Arizona office. She has sold her home in Tucson and moved to their vacation home in Mexico.

I am winter sowing my seeds. Only difference they will be sown directly into the ground. time of year to plant beans, peas, lettuce, broccoli, spinach and such.

I will see you all tomorrow. I am going to lurk for a little while longer and then go to bed around 9. I need a good night sleep. I actually had sweat running off the end of my nose because I was working so hard. Sharon.

Dawn, I have never heard of using diaper lining for plants. Tell me about it.hips and gaucomali

We went to my sisters for dinner today. Tamales, enchiladas, refried beans, and the salsa, chips and gaucomali. I am sure I didn't spell that right, but my spellcheck didn't have it either so I don't feel so bad. lol

Also margaritas. It all was so good. I am stuffed. Brought some home for tomorrow. She and her s/o are heading for Mexico for a week Thursday.

The lining of the diapers has the polymer in it, to abosorb urine. So the cheap generic Rite Aid diapers have crystals in them, plus cotton, so I guess they are cheaper than buying the small bags. I don't think it is that cheap, compared to the large 5 lb bag you bought. I'm guessing.

Sharon thank you, a care package for me. Yippie.

Morning:

Katie did your missing pieces get to close to the heater????/ just kidding i couldn't help it... please forgive me

JB: Are you getting enough air exchange in the greenhouse? there is a gas that builds up and cause all kinds of issues but its mostly due to open flame heaters but is also an issue in enclosed trailers that plants are shipped in. you may be correct on the too wet. alot of times an issue is related to a an issue that a lot of different things can cause. my other thought is if maybe the cold outside out did the heaters and it got a bit chilly. I usually notice the blueish color on cacti that got a bit chilled. I know it sounds impossable with 2 heaters going but in the middle of the knight maybe one or both shut off for a little bit and they did not get the message untill the cold was on the cacti. just some thoughts

I got my Becks Bulbs catalog the other day and they are giving away $25.00 yes its a give away not the 25.00 off 50.00 order. I thought I might mention it so everyone can take advantage of the cupon and get the catalog in. its still got another month before it expires. I will let you allknow the # on my cupon after I order. I am afraid its a numbered system as the cupon has a barcode on it. otherwise i would post it now.

Ok on the medical conditions and meds front. I think we all care what happens to one another and thats why we chat about it that and we don't have much to say about plants as we are bored out of our freakin sculls. fortunately no one has gotten ugly about it and i hope to keep it that way.
currently I have been on the same medications for over 18 months and they work so I don't try to rock the boat. I had my last steriod shot on friday so its going to be another year b4 the next one.
a couple of weeks ago I did get into a wierd sleep pattern so I took a sleeping pill and managed to fall asleep while standing we know what that means ...yep fell on my butt.... nothing happened than god. I have started tiying a robe sash to my arm on nights I do have sleep issues so it keeps me down. problem solved ...i think ...lol

we are suposed to be in the upper 50's today and yet we still have snow and wouldn't you know it most of my nursery is tucked in under the blanket of snow. normally I wouldn't stress about it too much but I have 2 market place orders and yep you guessed it they are under the snow bank. wednesday we are suposed to be close to if not into the 70's... what a jump.
the weather guy told a story from 1920's where we went from 6 degrees to 90 in 6 days in the month of february. no wonder all the school kids get so many colds.....

I got out and opended the greenhouse earlier. i have my mist running on it now. Its funny how everyone managed to survive the cold blast. I have about 20 to 30 flats of urc's I stuck the middle of January... you might remember me mentioning it. It looks like I am even getting new growth on some of the creeping phlox. I pulled a few up and still no root action but the tops look great. I was so afraid I had lost all of them to the cold.
last wednesday i took a midnight muncy run with Kim to the store the night we were suposed to get the last 4 to 10 inch's of snow and we got like 4out of it. well she spotted the single light bulb in the green house. she asked if I really thought that it made a difference with it being so close to zero outside. she did not seem too impressed at the quote of the degree difference a light bulb will give. I think its like 10 degrees. I had to humbley had to agree .... however with the way the urc's did over the record cold & snow spell I have to believe it does some good or everyone would be popsiscles.
Now the plan is to have heat cables in the greenhouse as well as my outside holding beds for next winter. my understanding is that it will allow a lot of additional root growth even in the coldest months. I am also thinking of doing coldframes for the beds so I can sell from them early in the spring. it seems the folks in the lower states are getting really antsy. both my orders were from zone 8 or higher. I really hate to miss any sales especially because I could have filled them had I been set up better.
I do have to remind myself that I am on my 3rd year here so set up does take time.

Could someone please send me a pic of poppy foliage???? i planted some seeds in a couple of area's and I have some growing plants but i don't recognize the foliage. i also have some sprouted plants in my nw corner bed that I would normally pull as a weed but I want to make sure they are not something i forgot about or want to have in the flower beds.
believe it or not I have blooms on my sky blue scaboisa.... I was shocked.

sorry for the long winded post.
JB Thank you for the leed on heaters as i want to have one in the gh some time in the near future.

Dave

I have written at least four posts in the last few days and they all disappear just about the time I am finished. Then I get angry and just leave the forum.

This happened again. I hate computers. I will talk tomorrow if I can. JB

I've got the bug that hit tony. He had a relapse and didn't come in today. I went to town and did errands. Also delivered elmons and grapefruit to several friends. Gave my friends Manual and Arraly (farmers/store owners) four big yellow lemons and he gave me angerines and oranges. We've had the chilly/hot weather like Dave mentioned and are getting the flus to prove it. I need to get better for my trip to Ca.

I slept all afternoon and will go back to bed after I feed the dogs. I did manage to get their dinner in the crock pot before I crashed.

Also did some serious clean up in the kitchen/living room/bedroom this morning. I'm really tired of everything floating around as we work on getting parts of the house finished. However, security for the dogs and things like roofs and winndows and doors, as well as maintaining the yard and plants, have had priority over cosmetic stuff. I do hope we can get theis last wall/corner of the kitchen done soon.

But no more today. Time for orange juice and vitamin c.

later, gang.

hugs, katie

Dave, what if you gave your urcs a shot of michorrizae? Would that maybe give them a little encouragement in the root growth area? Just a thought. I have a brug like one I sent you that I have had planted for some time but don't think it has roots even tho the top is leafing out big time. I'm thinking of doing that with it.

I have 3 other cuttings I finally had to cut the bottoms off 'cause they were rotting and had not rooted. So, maybe I will just plant them and see what happens. Maybe mix some of that in the soil. I have both some water soluble and some to mix with the soil.

Have you ever ordered from a company called Ball for petunias? There is a new black one this year. Looks spectacular. Also black striped with yellow and another black striped one with another color.

My Brug definitely has roots I jiggled them around a couple of months ago and felt the little ones tearing so I won't be doing that again.

Katie is letting it remain a secret as to why she is there. Mystery woman. lol

Ok here is a pix of poppy foliage.

Maybe this is better for foliage.

Look how pretty this is. I live by the poppy reserve. Most pictures of mass Poppys are taken here.

Yellow ones too.

Low pixals. I think it was 4 megapixal camera. Still pretty all things considered.

Very pretty Dawn. How long do they bloom?

THE WEATHER HERE IS A MESS AGAIN TODAY! It got cold again, and the wind is gusting big time. I had to go for bloodwork today and on the way home I called my neighbor to meet me for breakfast. We met and had a nice visit. She raises como sheep and does a nice wool business. This has been a difficult winter for her and her son, who is a single man in his 40s living with her. No he is not gay, just different. Very Very intelligent and quiet. She told me she had such depression this year she was a mess. She then went on that cruise, and now she is back and all she does is cook and eat. LOL..She said she has her freezers full, and is still cooking. She gained 4 lbs last month. She is 72 and absolutely hysterical. Has more money than she knows what to do with but is so tight she screeches.And you would never know it by looking at her. She is always trying to find a bargain. She founded a school for children with disabilities and problems and just retired this year, therefore she is having a problem staying busy and trying not to get involved in the school anymore. Her son runs it now. I love her. She is so funny and a pleasure to be with. My only friend left who is not sick or in a nursing home.

I was going to work in the GH but the wind is so strong I will not be able to open any vents and it is too hot in there to stay for any length of time. I turned the heat off but the sun is very warm when it is out. I will be back. Need to get some things done. JB
We all seem to have problems, but on different levels. HA!

Morning everyone:
Jeanette you must be psycic. I was thinking the same thing. I just need to break out my injector. An injector is a piece of equipment that draws from a consentrated slurry of what you want to mix in the water as its applied. I will most likely do it next week when its time to water them again.

dawn thank you for the pics of poppy foliage. its totally different than what i have growing. one of them looks somewhat like scabosia and the other is kinda strange too. I am going to let them grow out and bloom to see if the need to be moved or pulled out. Being a circle It wont be too tough to pull.

well we are going to be in the 60's for the next 7 days so I should be able to get some stuff done.

Everyone stay dry and warm.
Dave

Here is the only thing that may save my sanity. Tell me you can see them too.
Daffodils are coming up. Much of the two feet of snow melted yesterday and today I see these little heads coming up in the field.

They are small, but I swear they are there. Aren't they? LOL

Something green is there.

I have the flu. Dozing off and on. Miserable but not in pain.

Tony had a gall bladder attack Sunday and ended up in the hostpital because he had run out of medicine. He was back today and did the dishes. That always helps me to feel better. I'm such a simple soul.

Story of how I got to Mexico later.

hugs, katie

Hellnzn11
The petunias you referred to are fantastic!! I grew one of each last year. Was nosing around the nursery late summer and found them They are called Black Velvet,Pinstripe, and Phantom. I have been planning my containers ( in my head) around using these petunias.
I think Ball is wholesale? I just got a Parks cataloge and they have them. I'm hoping to find them local. They do no set seed. Darn. I did try to take cuttings but the last poor cutting croaked in January.

black velvet
http://www.newgardenplants.com/productdetails.aspx?prodID=482&gclid=CJPA3KL7iqcCFQcKbAodOymCfQ

Pinstripe
http://www.jungseed.com/dp.asp?pID=09310&c=18&p=Pinstripe+Petunia

Phantom
http://www.burpee.com/flowers/petunias/petunia-phantom-prod001521.html

personally i like pretty much picaso petunia

http://www.newgardenplants.com/productdetails.aspx?prodID=437&gclid=CNTTvf_7iqcCFQRubAodvDdlgQ

and thats saying a lot because I usually HATE petunia's... they get too many caterpillars and then the plants go into stress and spidermites attack ..... I will say I did manage to keep one flower bed on a golf course in good shape attacking the little buggers asap is the key. I prefer to treat insead of pretreat. we have enough chemicals in the water tables as it is.

and yes Ball is wholesale they are a huge company they sell everything from bare root seeds, urc's rc's plugs just about name it they have it but I "BELIEVE" you have to go through a broker. but I found what you wanted so that solves that ... I think .... or does it ????