DJ'S FALL ROUND ROBIN SEED SWAP 2012 PT 7

So Cute Shirley Our little zoney just has to take over the conversation :( well its rainy & Foggy here
& I have to go into town so ya all have a great day back later .

I received the robin yesterday, had grand kids all day. Will go through it today and get it back in the mail tomorrow. I will send Susie the DC#.

Yippee! Me next. I have my seeds ready to go and can't wait to dig through the box. I've got to go dig the soil out of the garden shed and haul it inside to defrost so I can do my winter sowing, maybe I'll luck out and they'll have some defrosted available in town tomorrow instead. Next year I'll store it in the basement. Already got the lights going in the basement to start tomatoes for the hoop house, so maybe I can sneak some perennials under there too...

Ok friends - I need some suggestions please. Susie - if you want me to take this to my own thread, I will by all means.

My friend (since 1979) passed last night from a fierce infection that grabbed her Friday morning. I want to plant a tree at the high school in her memory. She was 4'11" tall, beautiful, stubborn and a ginger. Need a zone 4b tree - please share your ideas.

Mt Ash http://home.howstuffworks.com/mountain-ash-tree.htm

for it is compact / Colorful & great for Birds But then maybe not so well in a school yard With kids .
will think on it & Get back with ya all tomorrow . I also Like my Dogwood .

We have decided on a sugar maple because the red they turn in the fall :)
Thank you :)

good choice , well it is a very foggy morning again well always something going on lots to do right here today so off to get it done .guess i will start with laundry :) So you all have a safe fun day .
Back about Lunch .

Michelle,
Thanks for thinking of me. So far this month has not been good for me, with my sister dying on Jan 13 and than my nieces husband Jan 27th. And I'm having my first shoulder surgery tomorrow morning in Lexington. I'll be laid up for a couple of weeks, but hope to be back on the road after that. I have a partime job helping some friends take care of their grandmother. Not much work, just can't be left alone for safety sake. But I'm getting pd $60. a day to keep her company and I need that money to pay the bills my sister paid. I'm hoping to be ready to garden in 12 weeks. AFter my one shoulder heals than we set up and do the other shoulder.

Patti and Tessa, the Robin has been a long time coming. Hope you both enjoy it!

Steph, I'm so sorry, hon. A sugar maple sounds beautiful, we have a couple that just glow in Fall. My suggestion would have been a Japanese Maple since they provide color too and are short, like your friend was.

I'll be thinking about you tomorrow, Marti, and in days and weeks to come.

Keep your chin up Steph. Know it's hard at a time like this. Planting a tree in her memory is a beautiful way to honor her!!

Hope all goes well for you tomorrow and hope for a speedy recovery also Marti!

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Hey all! Lost the thread for a while. Saving my spot

Well, the Dr gave me bad news. He says I will actualy be laid up for 16 -18 weeks
thru the end of June. No gardening this yr. DARN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's great, Patti. I still believe this is the best Robin ever!

Marti, is there anyone close by who can help you or grow plants from some of your seeds? I know how much you were looking forward to a veggie garden.
Not the same thing as having a plot, but wonder if you would be able to grow a few veggies in containers.

Hi, all.
Finally got a chance to stop by again...
Marti, I'll be praying that your shoulder heals quickly :) Do take care of yourself!
Steph, my thoughts and prayers are with you. That's really neat that you can plant the tree in honor of your friend.
Haven't got my other seed packets out yet, but hope to do so soon... Been very busy this week. Finally took some time out to water my plants today. Been long enough without rain that I figured I better get them watered. And got to enjoy the sun while taking care of them :)
Funny, while watering my plants, I was thinking that I'll have to start getting some seeds planted once it's February... And then I remembered that tomorrow is the beginning of February! Where did this month go! LOL
Michelle

FOTV,
I had planned on growing mt veggies in containers this yr. But with sissy passing and now surgery, don't know how I will manage to put it together. I have a good source fot the tires I was going to use, but now have to figure out how to afford the planter mix. The agricultural Extenion of UK University put out a pamfelt on container gardening and how to use tires towers to grow in. I want to build planter boxes, but need to save money for the wood, so will try the tire tower. Found a source for veggies that are breed to be in containers and I had ordered a few to try.

Marti you do not need allot of soil you can Put STRAW --Spagrum Moss-- Leaves -- Grass clippings- food scrapes in your Boxes or where you want your garden sprinkle seeds & watch them grow .

well do you think the GROUND HOG Will See his shadow tomorrow ???
maybe somewhere :)

well I'm Sure Patti will let us know when the robin lands :) ya all have a great day
I'm going to pay in seeds today :))) back later

I was so excited yesterday when I saw a package hanging from the mailbox. To my disappointment just a package from Grandma for my boys, they were much more excited than I was =). I'll be looking for it today. Off to a conference today about market gardening, looking forward to meeting more gardeners in my area! Hoping that ground hog decides to stay out and Spring is on its way...I'm getting antsy to start planting.

deejay, what I've been doing in the front yard is putting down cardboard boxes and than covering them with leaves, decomposted woodchips and thowing in a little peat moss and a few bags of topsoil. Figured I'd do about the same in the tires.

you will tire of the tires trust me Just keep to your natural raised beds or just in the ground Less hassel .
but everyone has their own ways .

my problem is I need the beds raised enough that I do not have to bend over much or get down on the ground due to a spinal injury and damage to both knees. I just cant get down on the ground.

Tracking says it was delivered yesterday. Have fun Tessa!

An acquaintance of ours is wheelchair bound and she uses the straw bale method on tabletops to grow her flowers and veggies. Her tables are just cinder blocks stacked to make four corners and old doors or scrap wood laid on top of them to make her 'tables'. By having a custom height, she's able to maneuver her chair close to or even slightly under the tables and has an eye level view of her plants. Would something like this work for you, Marti? Or anybody else who's more comfortable sitting instead of standing and bending while gardening.

you can get old doors for $2-$3 Here @ our Habitat store & the cinder block are not all that exspensive
sure maybe you can find someone to bring them in for you & Set them up you can even plant in Buckets
by just adding straw & a little soil in the buckets .

Just a slow relaxing day here watching Movies with Zoey Boy the cartoons out these days
Nothing like the ones we used to watch way back when Mighty Mouse was the hero .

her folks will be home soon then Maybe I can watch some real Movies :)))
ya all have a great weekend back tomorrow .

FOTV that sounds interesting I'll have to give that a try also

My son & his girlfriend built a raised garden for her grandmother (90 years old at the time) so she did not have to give up her love of gardening when she became dependent on a wheel chair.. It was a little high at first (as can see in pic) so they cut the legs off to make it lower for her.. She was absolutely thrilled to be able to still grow her tomatoes & green peppers!!

For now I'm just dreaming!!

We all have dreams Marti even I have to slow down cannot do as much As i have done in the pass, Not only cost but also Body & Mind so your now alone . we just have to do with what we have on hand .

I'm going to Plan simple this summer !!!! well !!!! My plan is To Be simple but time will tell , as you all Know it depends on Health & Weather :)

Awake most the night & Noww i have to go feed & Water my Molly Duck so you all have a great day .
will try to get back in later .

Seed robin safely arrived on Friday. I've gone through and picked out some goodies. This robin is twice the size of last years! I think we are all too generous and put twice the amount in that we take, not room for too much more in the box. She will be back in the air on Monday and headed to Colorado.

ty Tes that is Good to hear :) Heads up Kathy :)))) Better get more Light stands Up :))

Oh boy, Kathy... Can't wait to see what you end up with!

lol...she's probably out buying lumber and lights.

Lol... Planting shrubs?! Between snowflakes... Lol

She is some hard worker!

lol, Fruity!!! How did you know I was thinking about that yesterday, can you read my mind?!! So many of the things I've already started this season will be new to me.....Am really looking forward to all the varieties of foxglove, I'm going growing, and may try tricking the biennials into bloom this season. Hope, hope, hope!!!

I have a question, anyone out there in z7-9 ever grown Dierama (Angels Fishing Rod or wand flower) yet? I've got some that I am growing from seed, I will try a few in the garden to see if they might overwinter in z6, but would love some feedback from anyone who's grown them. I'm guessing they won't bloom til year 2. Book says they can be overwintered in a warm greenhouse...

Yup, looking forward to seeing that box....gosh I may have to look at some veggies too! And some annuals!!! (vines, zinnias, cleome, stocks and maybe some Amaranthus....Yup still got room to start a few goodies.

Susie, will be working on that plan some more today, let's see if I can get it finished before that box arrives...Have Garden Club on Tuesday, and will try to get a copy for myself also when I'm at the library. Also remember, I have a box coming for you this spring, part of your Christmas present I didn't tell you about!!!! Suprise!!! (Had to make sure some of my babies would grow before I said anything....lol. Now you have even mor to look forward to this spring!!!!

LOL, Pam!!! We don't even have any snow on the ground at the moment! Please send all extras here to me!!!!!!!
Was out last week with the tower sprinkler in the back and my tractor sprinkler in the main garden...I want SNOW!!!!! Mountain are getting blasted, last week one ski area got 48" in 48hrs. Yikes....I'm ready to be snowed in for a few days...just let me make one trip to the grocery store first..lol....

LOL, how bad is this, had to take a pix of the snow, think I'll put it in my dreams tonight!!!

LOL Kathy You Know how i just LOVE Your Surprises :))) wish I could send you some of this Snow
here is Molly Duck just last week Tuesday & Then it has snowed everyday since then about an inch a day
Light snow each day pretty but very Boring .

well I'm going to go play , ya all have a great eve

How cute is Miss Molly!

We got sprinkles yesterday, melted almost as soon as it hit the ground.

This was my first year growing angels fishing rods, they did bloom toward the end of summer, but lost them all in the freeze. hoping they come back but have more seeds just in case. they are so pretty
kc