New Bees 05/06/11 friends - new and old...Come on in...

I use peatmoss too, in my bogs. Oh I love the Louisiana iris, this is my first year and I am hooked. Now I need a yellow one to go with the ones I have. Hope the ones I got grow so I can share ....

Me too! I'm drooling!

You told me you LOVED and you were hooked on bearded irises RRM.

i guess i fibbed, ILOVE THEM ALL!!! There that should cover them all, in case I love something else.☺☺☺ You are right Mekos..Aren't I terrible????

Ain't we ALL? LOL But it sure is FUN!

Thanks for the info. What is CPS?

Carnivorous plants.

Don't do it Crit! STAY AWAY from the CPs!! I spent somewhere near a million dollars on CPs and killed them all. LOL

lol enid! I bought a VFT a couple months ago and had it out when we were having a rain shower, when it started to HAIL! Broke off what few tiny leaves/mouths it had. I still have it, waiting to see if it will regrow. Years ago I had a larger one, don't know whatever happened to it. That was 30 yrs ago.

Well we're back on the Hudson River again, this time near Poughkepsie above NYC. This computer is awful, probably older than my Lincoln. I really need to buy a new laptop for trips. We're working through today, traveling to Albany and North Country Sunday, then home Tuesday or Wednesday. Area is beautiul this time of year around Hudson, we're near Washington Irving's "Sleepy Hollow" and " Rip Van Winkle's Bridge". Yes, they are real places right here in Hudson Valley.

I'll be back in a couple of days

Al

Sounds like a lot of fun ,Al. Be careful and take lots of pictures. You know I'll never get to see those places otherwise.
Look what I got blooming today. My Tango lily!

So pretty mekos.

Have a good time al, be sure to share pictures!

Crit, don't listen to Enid. She kills everything that can't run away..... Jest sayin.....
Enid, I need another one of them vicks plants like you gave me afore Christmas, mine died.
:^| My brgandy hollyhock in bloom.

Mine died too - I do need to go to the greenhouse and see if they have it again this year! I really liked that plant; gave some to the neighbor too, hers died...must not be a very good liver!

Here is my walking Iris today. It finally decided to add more than 1 or 2 blooms at a time.

That's cool. I didn't know that critter existed until this spring!

Each flower will make a new plant at the end so I am gonna try to root a few for friends and iffin yall want one let me know and remind me in a month or so when they are ready.

Yes, I would. Will try to remember to remind you. Thx

Hi peeps! Mekos, that Tango Lily is to die for. Wowzer!

hi everyone im fenished with gsrden show was sure alot of work, im give out will take ne a while to rest up so i can get caught up with my stuff. if i ever do.hope you all have a good day,bill planted the pond iris for me threw one on top of a water lily said he would get the rake and make it go down he can reach it not me friend gave it to me those things grow 5or6 feet tall they will be pretty out in the pond.gona take me a little nap talk later love nettir

Hi Nettie, how did you do in the garden show? Hope it went well for you. Rest up and come back and tell us all about it. I wanna hear about them pond Iris. I'm all ears now.
Thanks Kelly. It was opened more today and looked prettier.

Better view I think...
Edited to say NO this one is blurry. Sorry.

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Beautiful!! I wonder if I can grow them here...

Gorsh Kelly, you don't have any lilies at all? No Tiger lilies either?

Nope - Daylilies and Rain Lilys are it. Not sure what else will grow here;o)

Blooming today Kelly..........Try some Bearded Irises ;-)

beem to church to listen io parker sing not half bad im sure he will get brtter in time . bill still has to fix the water iris im sure he will get it done, ill see ro it love nettie

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Sweet Mit!! I could live in that field of Iris;o)

mekos i placed second in two classies large orental and one tiny little thing will show pictures as soon as grand daughter brings camera out and puts it in the puter i forgot to take myme, the little one almost made me crazy.it is so hard to find plant material small enough to do an arrangement with. i would grow my owne but you just can/t find anything sny where, im fine with the second place wins love nettie

got to get off puter lots of lightimg talk later love and hugs nettie,

storm went away hope it stays away, nothing around here likes thunder or lighting. not even me the dogs have to be held.

mekos a friend gave me those pond iris they sell for 15.00 a piece she says they make more real fast they sure get tall. i think they will be pretty in the pond.they sure won.t hurt anything. it has alot of water lily they are whitr and smell so good. ilike to watch the frogs play on the lily pads they are so funny.

mitt your iris are lovely and all neat wish i could say that of myne. they are all strung out from stem to stern maybee some day but not any time soon. you do such a good job with yours. love nettie

Thank you Nettie.

Mitt, those Iris are just amazing! I'd love to go lie down in the middle and just breath it is. They smell so good and the colors are breath taking! Thank you so much for those you sent me last year.
That is wonderful to get second place Nettie, I bet it was beautiful.
I have a bad head cold this morning with watery eyes and sore throat and stuffy sinus head and coughing so I am off to bed again. Will check back in later but wishing you all a great day!

norning all got through to joplin all my family are ok damage to roofs and windows but no one hurt . some times my days go from bad to worse i pray this one stays on track.i am glad no one was hurt hate it for the loss of life need to pray for the familys who lost love ones. love nettie

Thank God Nettie, they are ok. I saw on the news where tornados tore through a hospital area and drug people out the windows in Joplin.
So sorry for those people. Prayers go out to them and families.

Wow - You folks are making the national news, a total mess in Joplin. Hope everybody is okay still. My Army days took me through that area some 45 years ago.

We're back home again after working and touring the Hudson area a few days. I didn't get a chance to fly because of mechanical problems with the planes and weather wasn't that great anyway. We may make one more trip through that area in mid June if things work out.

We did tour Washington Irving's home on the lower Hudson. He was well known author, statesman, and international traveler in the 1800-1850 era. Irving wrote the classics "Legends of Sleepy Hollow", "Headless Horseman", and "Rip Van Winkle" series of short stories, among many others. He lived fairly modestly in a smaller "cottage" type home and farm off the Hudson river as compared to the many huge mansions owned by the filthy rich there. He was a great entertainer, though, and had many important visitors to his retreat in the woods. I've got a few pictures to show later of the beautiful grounds and area.

Al

This is the little second place baby, miniture arrangement.this is the wrong picture nettie

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This is the second place in the large oriental.