Oh My Goodness, that is confussing..
Thanks for trying to explain it to me..
Round Robin with a Twist Part 3
I did not think that long especially as fast as Tazzy sent it on.. maybe it will have winds helping it along...
I'm totally stunned that it's moving along so quickly! You guys are terrific!
Ok,NOW I'm starting to get EXCITED! Only 2 more till the reverse gets to me.
I was trying to be cool and aloof...but I can't stand it. Feels like a nest of robins in my stomach!
Gail
You guys are a hoot!!! I'm so glad you are having so much fun!!
Judy
Well I been hanging bird boxes all over the yard so thought it might help it fly faster for everyone Ha Ha. Having fun!!
Carolyn
Now Tazzy is master at shipping fast . Do you have lessons for that I stay so far behind I can't find what I am behind on, LOL But since I have a long wait here I may be so lucky and get some of this years new seed . Some Blessing with this Robin.
Hey, Carolyn! I resemble that remark!
~* Robin
I just love the "Flate Rate Box" flower and Jill's Echinacea 'Art's Pride' on the box. I was an Orange Meadowbrite Echinacea for Halloween last year.
ROTLFMBO!!! What a hoot!! I don't think I realized I was doodling a particular cultivar! That's a FABULOUS costume, Amy!
Ooops now I mixed up my Robins . . . that is what I get for being in four
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okay heres a pic of the reverse robin.
will go out on monday as my post office is closed tommorow.
theres even an owl pack in this one
The Reverse Robin is looking good!! :-)
Mitch, I'm confused.... "3rd robin?" "lots of problems??" There are 2 robins on this thread, and both seem to be going along without problems.
Thanks, Jill. Sometime I need to throw a halloween party for gardeners, though. It was rather lost on folks, but I was quite proud of it. I am already planning this year's costume!
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Oh Amy! Be a Black - Bat Faced Tacca! That'll get 'em. Let them know that it's a Real Plant!
~* Robin
Hmmm... Good idea, Robin!
THE OWL IS SO PRETTY...
I think since I am near the end of the original round Robin I will put all my seeds in the Reverse Round Robin so that more people will have access to them. Does that make sense?
Gail
Goldi i am farther then you on the original so maybe you should hold a few so i have some when it gets to me. HEHE
hubby saw the box tonight and had to explain 3 times. last time he said oh i get it you send all your seeds and get to keep the little box. NOT!!!
lol gotta love them.
OK Imzadi,I will put in some just for you.I'll probably have harvested all my seeds for the summer by then anyways so you'll get TONS!!
tazzy, you mailed it on the 7th. GREAT that means I should get it next week, if Raven_Locks gets it on Mon. or Tues. already told my mailman to toot the horn when it arrives lol.
Doris
Please let me know via email through Daves Garden when the package is mailed to me.
If it is the postal service I can guesstimate when they get here, if UPS I never know when they are coming.
I have to open the gate for the carrier since the front yard has been fenced.
I may not see the notice here and miss the message.
Hi All,
I'm sorry I haven't participated in this thread too much, been flat on my back for the most part of a month or so, I hop on the puter for a couple minutes at a time but the pain gets to me and I have to lay down again, but I wanted to let you know the box got here on Sat. and I will mail it out this afternoon. I'm so glad that I got to be part of this robin!!! And, thank you Tazzy!!!
Ok, I'm off, I will post the conf. # later today...
Raven
Hope your back gets better Raven!
okay the reverse robin is on its way to Wenny( farmerpickle)
left here with 200 seed packs in it.
the delivery confirmation is 0304 1560 0006 2078 7517 should be in alpharetta by wensday at the latest is its only a day to mail to atlanta and its not that far from there.
it costed $4.95 to send it.
Thank you Kathys999, I hope so too, this is absolutely the PITS!!!
Ok, mailed off the box yesterday so it should get to kareoke on Wed.
I didn;t add any prettiness to the outside of the box because it was so beautiful I figured anything I would add would detract... :O)
Here is the tracking # 0304 1070 0001 8481 9558
This is so much fun, I can't wait for the backward robin to get here!
Raven
Thank you Raven, I will let you know as soon as it arrives.
I know what a bad back is like so I hope you get to feeling better very soom.
Doris
Holy moses, you guys are quick.....
I have updated the map should you be so interested :)
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=7029956&uid=954926
Mindy
Mindy, thanks again for doing the map. It's fun to follow the flight paths on it -- gives a real idea of just how far these seeds are traveling!
Raven, hope you're up & about and feeling fine soon!!
That is so cool, Mindy. Thank you for all your work and dedication to this project.
~Nut4Spuds
IT'S HERE I will look all through it tonight and mail it to Windy in the morning, right now I am goona have fun
Only two more people to go before it gets to ME! Whoo HOOO!! LOL
Ooooooh! Flowers for Ladybugs! If someone gets that before the box comes to me, please let me know what kind of seeds they are. I need those Ladybugs to eat the aphids and whiteflies - grrrr!
How exciting, it's almost here! And WAY ahead of schedule! Whoopee!
The packets look like the larger garden packets, so maybe there will be plenty to go around...
there should be plenty, I am putting in far more than I plan to take out.
I possess one of those "Ladybug Garden" packets from American Meadows http://davesgarden.com/gwd/c/68/. It is comprised of five different seed varieties:
Lupinus perennis ~ Perennial Lupine
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/72868/index.html
Linum rubrum grandiflorum ~ Scarlet Flax
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/228/index.html
Gypsophila elegans ~ Baby's Breath
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/75681/index.html
Centaurea cyanus ~ Blue Cornflower
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/186/index.html
and Crimson Clover.
Donna, who's having fun watching ya'll have fun :)
P.S. Edited to note that the flowers may all be seen on the American Meadows website.
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Every fall our house is covered with ladybugs looking to hibernate. They come in through the cracks in and around the doors and windows and go up to the ceiling and hang out in clusters, until I sweep them back outdoors. Then in the spring? I don't know where they go, but I don't see hundreds of them on my plants. I wish they would stick around during the growing season.
I got my tiller that my husband promised me for my birthday this year on the 3rd of April. He kept looking around and getting brochures. Now it is in the garage waiting to be used. I used some round-up today to prepare for my sunflower bed. I can hardly wait to make another flower bed or two or three.
Windy, I read somewhere recently (wish I could remember where!) that the ladybugs that invade houses in fall are not the same as our garden ladybugs but are some other species. My SIL has trouble with them too, and she says the easiest thing is to vacuum them up.
Congrats on your new tiller!! What did you get? My neighbor has a large one he's willing to loan out, but it's so big it would just toss me around the yard.
I got the Mantis and love it. It's very lightweight and easy to hande. Watch out for the assembly insrtuctions, though, they instruct you to put the handle on backwards - good way to lose yout toes!!!
Thanks for info Donna! It just so happens I have quite a few of those seeds and can start planting them ASAP! Ain't it neat having friends in the garden???
Bob bought me a 6 hp one from Lowe's. I believe it is the same as the neighbor man has. He lent it out to another neighbor once and even tilled my little vegetable garden plot one year. Very nice man. Mine has a reverse gear so I can pull it backwards, but it is not for tilling in the reverse gear. Just for moving it instead of turning it all the time.
We had rented one also a couple of years ago, so I am a little bit better than no experience, yet know just enough to probably get by. LOL I am just afraid I might wreck it.
The Mantis would probably work for me after I used the tiller a few years. The parts that I want to grow things in are just too compacted to use a Mantis. Sigh. They look so user friendly though.
I did vacuum them a few times and hosed them off the house. I think they may be mating also and have pheromones attracting them to each other.