She's about to...63... Summer is here and it is stil HOT!!!!

I hear ya Joyce, but after 75 years of dealing with me and my Dad she is ready for something easy. :0)

Happ, sorry about the bugs. Sounds like some kind of aphid maybe?

Hey Faye, sure you did not have too much damage from the storm?

happ lol you got that right, and Angels are not easy and and take a lot of work. LOL even that doesn't make them do right.
Nita, tell Mom I agree!
Love & Hugs

Thank God, no storm damage here.

It is a cucumber beetle I finally remembered the name of the bug that is eating the brugs blooms.

My Mom use to tell me nothing good came easy.....and as a kid I would roll my eyes and off I would go, mumbling under my breath...rofl.

Here are a few of my Blooms from this morning & here is a Link as to the start of my new Plant house this is my Bath House for them :) we started today just have to put up the side walls , then we also got in the new Window :)
Here is a link to where i'm keeping a daily log for what we get done each day .

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a129/skohler1949/2011%20PLANT%20HOUSE/


INSIGNIA

Faye this one is one you had marked K HARRIS OR SERENDIPITY
can you tell witch one it is by this picture.

Sue, sure wish I had your brother down here. Love the new places he is building for you!

Susie, me too.. lucky girl..


Faye, will be cutting your hibiscus back to ship it, just plant it in a pot and treat it like a brug..

I been picking worms off all mine, I am so sick of this heat , no rain and this summer.. come on fall!
Poor you, Linda, I can't imagine your heat down there..
Joyce, I have those things ( bugs) I get them squish them and send them to the fish pond..
all the succulents are doing weird things, this one has "threads" now and they are red..

Faye, your hibiscus is in this mess somewhere..

I took a ton of cuttings of vines tonight from the arbor, hope they take.. lookie what is blooming, finally, I havn't had these flowers bloom or smelled them since I lived in california..

more of the basement garden as it takes shape, a few come in each night, as it is the same outside as it is inside, I don't like bringing them in when it is 100 outside and 73 inside, I found it makes their leaves drop ..
this ginger has improved since I brough it in..

most of the EE's have dissappeard outside, I am hoping they will show back up when it cools down a bit..

Debra, sounds like your Sister is healing nicely! She will be back to doing more active things before she knows it!

Debra I'm so glad your Sis is improving and I pray she will continue to have a speedy recovery. Now quote:
Faye, your hibiscus is in this mess somewhere.. Ouch! I couldn't find her/him but looking forward to giving it a lot of love.(hope I don't love it to death) I really want tropical Hibiscus thanks to jax. (loved her's to death)
Debra, if the lavender bloom has seeds, please put me on her seed list.
A plant house! Wow, now we all will have something else to add to our wish list. Thanks for sharing from beginning. I'll keep watching your progress.
Susie your Angel is beautiful, makes me so green. The single bloom is SERENDIPITY. K. Harris Pink is all pink. I don't think I will have healthy cuttings of either this Fall.
Love & Hugs y'all

Oh Suzie, you are going to be in 7th heaven, I love my garden room, and it is a great escape from life in the winter time, the same as the garden in the summer. I don't have water in mine yet, but have a rain barrel that I fill from the dehumidifier, I have to run the dehumidifer nonstop in the winter time because the plants turn my room into a rain forest! You might have the same problem with yours. Come to think of it those brugs sure cost alot...rofl. I am sure your brother is thankful to have you to take care of your Dad and enjoys helping you in return, that's what families should do.

i JUST POSTED A FEW MORE PICTURES OF WHAT WE GOT DONE TODAY :) ooops cap was on so sorry .
Today was one of those days that you think you can whip right through & Seems as every thing we went to do we had another job to do before we could do that one One after another :) so the day was slow but we did get a few more PLUG INS Put in & One wall to The Bath house Put up :) we was hopping that my Nephew would be here to help put up the ceiling but he couldn't make it .

so hope to get at it tomorrow :) Jim;s GD Zoey was here with us today & she had a great time with us I thought i had taken a movie of her lifting 2x4's & stacking them in a pile but it didn't turn out .
they had the most fun feeding the turkeys cat food :)))

well a couple more forums to visit then to my mail then to the shower :))) have a great evening .

Oh fay I'm loving these Brugs YARD SALE YELLOW Is about ready to open with in the next couple of days :)))
so excited :)) well back in the morning .

YARD SALE YELLOW IS OPEN THIS MORNING :) SO PRETTY.
coffee in hand & stew made for lunch :) been up since 3 am so on the way outside before my body quits on me .
have a great day all .

susie

Ah the much touted Yard Sale Yellow. Thought I would never see one. Thanks for posting Susie. Mine bit the dust to the mites. Been a rough brug year for a lot of us.

Love the turkeys and love that building.

Susie, that is so pretty! Glad your getting yours to bloom! Now why have you been up since 3??? Sounds like a nap is in order for you later today!

gorgeous, Susie! Gosh, I think my YSY either went back to Faye, or bit the dust.. one of the two..

Susie sounds like you have a rare brug there girl.... ;) Feel sad for you all that lost yours ;( especially a brug as pretty as that.

Hey all 2 Pm Done for the day it is getting very hot out there I'm whipped as is Jim we got up 5 sheets of seiling OSB Boards He is so clever hardly any lifting ZIP ZIP ZIP :) those up only 8 more sheets to go another day :) & After Lunch we POPPED In The west window within 20 Mins ZIP ZIP ZIP :) HEHE .

Now I Have to wash & Change & Take daddy over to Hopefully get a Cortizone shot for his arm so he can get some sleep . he is up every night from 2 am till breakfast then lays in his chair & doses . so i called his doctor & have to have him there by 3:30 pm .

yes i love my BRUGS My 1st year with this many Was so affraid of Killing then but they survived :)
well gotta get dad over to his apt before he changes his mind back later .

Susie thanks for letting us see what Yard Sale Yellow looks like. Mites and heat were so bad that the few blooms I had were nothing to really get excited about. LOL could be becasuse those girls never did listen to me and keep their clothes on. Blooms on naked limbs , not a pretty sight.

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Here is what it looks like tonight but it is still about 80 + out there & all were wilting so i watered a bit then when the sun starts to go down I Will take my coffee out & Enjoy the aroma of all . That is my treat for the evening :)
I See I (MSP) CEILING Sorry bout that but I'm sure you all know what I Meant :)

Also I;m sure I Will have lotsa cuttings to go around for whom ever wants . I found a GRASSHOPPER On My Leaves today
he was munching away well I cannot kill them so i took him to the wood pile WAYYYYYYYYYYY Out back & Told him to stay :)
LOOK At ALL THE BUDS Yet to BLOOM :)

Faye all my Blooms that are tagged K Harris is Pink & White :) so you say there is one that is all pink & One that is all white ???
I think i just ready on THE OTHER SITE maybe I Read it wrong if so forgive me I have been deprived of sleep for the last 2 nights .

well Phone call chat again soon .
susie

Susie your deck must be beautiful and smell like heaven....so pretty,

very pretty, which way are they facing? I can't tell.. gee, I remember my first year growing brugs, they bloomed all over the place all year, this year is just a bust.

I am so glad and proud of you that you got some blooming..
this is at Bonnie's house, ( another DG'r who is MIA atm...)

That is a pretty.

All Mine are on the Northside of my House I Had them all out front SOUTHSIDE begining of summer & they all looked sickly
& Just would not grow , Brought them out on the deck had them in full sun same thing but put them up next to the house they just turned green & Started Popping then i started feeding twice a week also . I have a few yet that don't have any buds yet but still putting the food to them :)

I Should have plenty to share this fall . yes my deck smells heavenly out there this morning even :)
Here are a few pictures of my back porch its wet out there we had rain this morning about 5 am.

Northwest side

North east

All that can be said Susie is WOW!

Here is my shrimp plant anyone tell me can these be rooted by a cutting ???

Oh & Yard sale is open wider this morning well off to get more insulation up on the wall today so you all have a great day .
susie

I double that WOW! You must have a huge porch?

ITS ABOUT 8X 20WITH A 6X6 L On the northeast end of it so ya my brother goes crazy as long as i'm paying for it . but at lease I Know it is built strong :)
just got back from the vets & His daughter saw my facebook pictures of my brugs & wanted to know if she could come see them tonight
so she & Barb are going to be out here this evening to give them a sniff :)))
so off to get the deck washed :) just a few Poo Spots from Frankie & Dolly :) back to chat later

your deck reminds me of Bonnie's Deck up in Northern part of Kansas, ( where it is cooler) it looks awsome Susie, I am showing it to hubby, but he said we can't make the weather the same here as it is up there.. *sigh*

You Rock, Susie.. ( is it okay to say I am jealous?)

Please do not be Jealous I Have problem's with Many other things like MILDEW cannot stay ahead of it on the deck between rain & Heat .
this just happens to be a good year weeds also .
can anyone tell me the type of vine this is the flowers only bloom in the evening but they are only about an inch wide 2 inches long .
it was way to hot to work outside today , so spent most the day getting caught up inside :) .

Just got daddy to bed & he is sleeping better for doc gave me a pill for him to take the pain out of his arm so he can sleep & we have an apt for next friday with a specialist for his arm .
well you all have a great evening .
susie

lavender moon vine.. If you got seeds from me there were some of those in all the bags I sent out.

Debra, What happened to it? LOL honestly caught myself whinning, LOL I don't have that pretty thing!

well faye, if you feel like baby sitting one thru winter, i will send you a bottom root with leaves, and it will go crazy outside come spring.. i keep mine inside every winter with the white moon vine and stictocardia and baby woodrose. if they have light and a pole, they will climb and bloom..