Anyone else OVERWHELMED??? :-)

LOL @ Molly! I think they *KNOW* they're "lucky to still be here!" That's WHY they're growing so well for you. :-D

Susan...if you'll read backwards in the thread, you'll find that it was ME that hijacked the thread from its original "pitch session". ROTFLOL And I'm loving *every* minute and *every* posted reply. What a GREAT way to make friends!! (You *had* to say "manure", didn't you! :-D)

Oh...and if either you (Molly OR Susan) need someone "up north" to babysit your hostas, I'm available. hehehehe My kids would KILL me if they thought I'd used the "babysit" word for *anything*! (I don't do *cookies* and/or diapers (anymore!))

~julie~

Well, my day was overwhelming. I had to find something to do with the organic fertilizer my dogs got into and ate some of last week. (They are fine, pooped black and had horrendous gas for a few days.)

I made a trip to HD to pick up some soil, mulch and fencing. And of course I couldn't resist the flat of plants they call annuals. 36 dianthus and 1 large multi-colored lantana.

I cleared the roots and amended the soil back in the corner behind the tool shed getting ready for the produce seed coming in soon, threw in some of that fertilizer. I've been trying to kill off the aging runaway aspargus fern that's been growing from the neighbors yard, up the fence and into my yard. The thorns on those viney stems are killers. I put a wire fence up to keep the dogs out of that area.

I had already planted several items along the long fence on the side and I put in the Naked Lady and Asiatic lily bulbs I received at the KY RU in between the other plants. I laid out the mulch and put up the fence (short picket) to try to keep the dogs out. Put some of that stinky fertilizer in all the flower beds, front and back yard. Threw the rest in the trash (It had got wet when the dogs ripped open the bag to eat it.)

I laid the hoses out with a "Y" splitter, watered the new plants and put treatment on all my canna lilies for those dreaded leaf rollers.

I set up 2 new flats in preparation to start some seeds, took a shower, had a plate of food, gave myself a pedicure and now, I have to decide what seeds to start. I'll finish with that tonight and then call it a day.

Geesh, it's only 9:35 p.m.

Molly
:^))))

I cleaned house early on when I found out two sister in laws were coming today. Then watched the Braves and then went out with one of the sil's and got her some plants to take home. A Zebrina red banana, Nancys' Revenge EE, blackie sweet potatoe, a maraquite sweet potatoe, crosomia and a peanut butter plant. Also threw in a few seeds from the Japaneese morning glories. Boy the passion plant bloomed today and she wanted it but I didn't like her that much. Here's the passion.

Georgiaredclay, that is the prettiest passion flower I have ever seen!
Terrie

Thanks Terrie, I got this last year at the Ky roundup from Windsurfer. I brought it home and kept it in the kitchen window all winter and here's another picture when it bloomed in the middle of the winter. I'll try rooting some and if I succeed I'll send you one. I'll have to find out how Wind rooted it. I'll have to find the name. Bad to get old and forgetful. Seems it had more white last year.

Molly, I knew I shouldn't have read this thread before I went to bed...you gave me fuel for NIGHMARES with all that WORK! LOL Girl! You really *must* slow down...or at least save at little of that energy for tomorrow. :-D

Jim, those passion flowers really bring back memories of my Mom and growing up in Oklahoma. There was this "mystery" vine growing on the back fence that everyone thought was poisonous. My mother even helped that belief along...a little. When the fruit ripened, she broke it open and told everyone...."Bad stuff in there." Then she'd take it inside and EAT it! :-O :-D She got caught eating one outdoors on time...and then the gig was up. (She was born and raised in Australia...and Passion Fruit was quite common there. :-)) One of these days, I'll get a greenhouse and I'll be able to grow them too. (I wish! ;-))

Gorgeous picture, too. Are you using a digital camera?

~julie~

Wow Jim, thats great. Even though you didn't give it too her, I bet she thinks you like her plenty with all that you did give her!! I am going to plant the ginger you gave me this morning and I will put the nandina in a pot before I decide where it's going to go. The last time I put one directly into the ground, I killed it.... Or... lets say it died on me, that sounds better :) so I'll try to keep this one alive in the pot first. I showed my husband the beautiful cockscomb flower and he said it was so beautiful, it didn't even look real!

I have been reading all about tissue culture, and this is not at all for the passerby gardening enthusiast. It's really indepth and I will certainly consider doing it in the future. I started reading "Making more Plants" by Ken Druse last night and I came to the realization that tissue culture was on the very last page in the book and I hadn't even done all the things before that, so maybe I'd better calm my full throttle ways and learn to propagate things with rooting hormone before I go out and get a complete chemistry set!!

When I was at Winterberry, Jim Anderson showed me a "parent" conifer he was taking cuttings from and making all these babies in other pots. I thought to myself that was the way to go.... of course it takes some time, but I have more time than money anyway.

Susan McCoy

Susan...you're not a chemist??? LOL Starting at the end of the book is ....uh...(oops!)...a lot like me. ROTFL Oh, my! I hadn't thought about it that way until now. (You'd have know me to understand what I just admitted to!)

Propagation of conifers is a interesting subject. If you get into it, I'd love to ask a few questions.

~julie~

Susan I knew you were interested in the tissue culture Saturday. That might be more work than I want to get into. I'll let you see how it goes and I might follow. You know with winter coming on it might kill some time while waiting for spring.
I'm not knocking the rooting hormone, and I must admit that I do have some, but I seem to have just as much luck without it as I do with it. I think I have this mental capacity to make things root by just thinking about it. LOL NOT I'm just teasing so don't go thinking I'm a fruit cake this morning.

I remember Calalily talked about tissue culture when she did a propagation demonstration at the first DGRU in TN. What I remember most is the need for absolutely sterile conditions for everything. I'll stick with rooting hormone!

Jim...we don't think you're a "fruit cake" ...we *know* you're one! hehehehe

STERILE!!! LOL ...not in *my* house!

~julie~

Darius I remember that also. I was totally in the dark then and after talking to Jim the other day and him explaining it and the big tanks that he sterilized in sitting there before me I had a little better understanding of it. He had big tanks as big as a propane gas tanks. I think 3 of them if I remember. I would really like to go back there in the spring when things are growings instead of going dormant.
Darius didn't I read where you had a lot of shade at the new place? I bough some 6 packs and will save you one of each for next spring if you want them. LMK

Julie I missed the part where you asked about the camera. I didn't ignore you on purpose. It is a digital. Sony mavica 75. I bought it after seeing JoanM postings with her beautiful shots.
Her's is a better model than mine. I started at the low end of the price line and I think she is at the high range. I do like it, being able to go and take a picure and then download it right away.

Julie that is funny about the sterile. All I can say is me too.

Yes, everything has to be absolutely sterile sterile sterile for tissue culture!! I've read all about it and there is no point in doing it if your not going to do through all the steps to be sterile or else you will have spores and gunk growing in the medium instead of the intended tissue. It really isn't a matter of how clean you are either... a clean home isn't "sterile" so there are special vent hoods in which the "procedure" is performed.. Maybe in my future. :)

I have PLENTY for this fall/winter Jim!! Paintin, garden things.. two small boys...a dog and a husband too :)

Julie, I am fortunate to live in a county where I can see all the library's book on their web site and I can also reserve books and have them sent to my local branch. So... I regulary browse the gardening section online and if I'm unfamiliar with the title, I just cross check it on Amazon and read the reviews. Being that UGA is so nearby and there is an incredible horticulture school there, there are lots of great titles from University gardeners there. So... i try to read as much as possible to learn all that I can. I'm the type that reads the directions after I try to put it together, but with gardening, I really do try to stay ahead of making huge mistakes.... Like ordering 500 Tulips that are not supposed to be planted with manure, and these will just have to like it! I am very fortunate to have so much information to learn from, so I will certainly learn hoe to propagate conifers as well as other plants :)

Do yall know about Messenger? Darius told me all about it and I had been using it on the tomatoes and they looked great. I think I will use it on the plants I put in yesterday and today.

Susan

Jim...you have a great little camera there! I started out with a Sony Mavica (actually, I started with a Polaroid but I'm not going there!) probably 5 years ago. I upgraded through the Sony product line with every Christmas bonus until I finally landed on the Sony F717. Lots of mega-pixels, a great lens, and it's user friendly for a fool such as I. :-D I got a great deal on a Nikon Coolpix about a year ago...I thought I needed it for *really* good macro closeups. HA! There *are* differences between the Nikon and the Sony, and the Nikon is better in some cases. But it takes a steady hand to get good pics with the Nikon. So when I want to be certain I get a good shot, I'll grab the Sony every time!

I'd post more pictures here at DG, but I lost my "good" monitor and now I'm working on a stupid LCD screen that I can't calibrate so I'm not sure what quality images I'm uploading, and I sure don't want people blaming my camera for bad color or resolution. :-D

Susan, you can't beat the 'Information Age' for getting and finding resources on any subject. The Internet has changed *everything* so that now anyone can easily research their topics of interest. Now *that's* "overwhelming" :-D Especially for us "older" people. hehehe

I heard about Messenger not long ago. It sure looks interesting, to say the least. If you any information for web sites about using it, I'd like to see.

~julie~

Julie,
The messenger website is in the brug forum. I'll see if I can find it. I've used it a couple of times and believe I've seen a difference in my plants.

here it is:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/451274/

This message was edited Oct 11, 2004 9:40 AM

There is more than one thread about Messenger, I believe. Use the DG search box.

GRC, If there is a GARU in the spring, I will probably attend and your offer of some shade plants is wonderful. So far I haven't put a shovel in the ground to see how rocky it is. I hope to do that this week because I have a couple plants that should go in the ground before winter.

I had to try 4 different spots just to pound in the pole for a bird feeder, but that was by the creek bank where it is noticeably rocky.

Thanks Terrie! (Now...if Dave would STOP playing with the text in these reply boxes, I might be able to SEE when I made a typo!)

Darius...I'll trade you some sand for some of those rocks! :-)

~julie~

Hey, Julie. What do you mean about Dave playing with the text?

Terrie...this morning Dave was changing things around on the DG and all the screen text went berzerk. It was SO tiny that I couldn't see a thing...well almost. I went to the DG forum and found out I wasn't the only one. :-D There were a lot of other 'oldies' with bad eyes who thought we'd lost our glasses.

It's ALL fixed now. (Thanks, Dave! ;-))

~julie~

Julie, this thread is getting long and hard to open on dial-ups. Time for "OVERWHELMED II"??

Your sand with my clay would make wonderful bricks!

I second that Darius!

Thanks everyone for visiting this thread...I've had a blast. And I've REALLY enjoyed all the responses.

Darius and Terrie (and everyone on dialup), I've started the "OVERWHELMED - part two" thread.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/462150/ so we can continue to "complain" (or NOT! :-D) about how much work we made for ourselves this summer.

I hope to see EVERYONE over there!

~julie~