Some questions and a few pictures

Hi All you brug addicted people...:)
It has been a long winter but i am back in the swing of gardening.. Yeahhhh

I have over wintered some brugs and I took a few pictures of them to share. It was real close to sunset so the lighing is kind of weird. But you will get the idea. We recently had alot of wind and it was a little rough on the poor little guys but do these look normal? Also a piture of my stray Mr. Kitty he visits for the free food:)

And my question is... can i use murphys oil soap to keep the bugs off my brugs? I know there are several things listed on the recipe thread but most of it seems a bit above my head...

Ok, enough for my first post of the season....

Huggers to all
Mercy

Mr stray kitty...he thinks he is King

seedlings that have not been put out into the horrible wind
( thank god)

Kitty girl said she wouldnt move till i put her picture up too...SHE ISssss QUEEN

My biggest seedling

One more of my new improved Hosta bed

Great pictures. I can't answer your question about the Murphy's Oil soap since I've never used it. Hope someone can come in and give you all kinds of advice.

Brugie,
Hope your doing fine! These are some of the ones root dug up from your place. :) Since most got butched by root. HA HA HA...I think i did an ok job keeping them alive.....

I hope to come visit sometime to meet you in person.

Mercy

Other then the Tornado winds we have had and the pouring rain,LOL! They look Great! Sorry about the Prune job!!

Would love to have you come up...anytime. I'm always up for company.

Nice pic's Mercy, I love your kitty babies :)

Everything looks great xvMercy. I love your curving pathway. I would love to have flat land for pathways. Kitties cute too.

Liz,I sure wish you were across town like Xv is!!

They all look great. I would give the top ones a dose of fertilizer to get them woken up from winter. Your seedling look great.
You kitties are so cute! And you front yard is great. I wish I had so much land.

Welcome back Mercy, glad to see you here!

Having a large yard is great but...makes for a lot of decision making about where to put what...i have alot of established beds but nothing to exciting...yet. Since i have come here i realized i didnt know much about gardening and i am pretty much a run of the mill gardener...but thanks to everyone here i am learning and have gotton a ton of great ideas and information.... every year i get a little braver about spreading my gardener wings. I will have to get my new pond in progress pictures up....and keep all of you updated on that too :)
it is great to be back ..you guys are great

this is looking down from my glassed in sunporch onto the new pond area

this is from the ground looking up to the area...the black iron will somehow be a part of this plan???? I have several pieces of it...

this pond will be much bigger and have a doubled sided waterfall ( hubby's idea)...Not sure what i will do with the ugly walls yet..not sure if i can get anykind of vines to grow there. I have no real plans i just started digging...it gets about half and half sun/shade throughout the day....

Oh my! Those iron pieces could stay right where they are. What a lovely scenario you could create with those (such as two small pedestals with two large ferns or hostas -- like an old New Orleans French Quarter setting). I hope you keep the pics coming. It looks great!

Jean

Yes, it does look great! Love your kitties too.

What fun you will have. I am now so envious! So empty just waiting!