Coffee and......May 8, Monday

Archer/Bronson, FL(Zone 8b)

We are continued from here: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/599501/

Have a wonderful day!!!!

south of Grand Rapid, MI(Zone 5a)

4:30am - I'm the first one up!!! No sleep left in me. I've been tossing and turning - thinking about all the stuff I have to do...gardens not tilled, strawberries need weeding, all my pots need new soil, then planting, still have to plant a zillion plants I bought and need to make a trip to get my 10 flats of annuals to ring the beds. No wonder I can't sleep!!

DH didn't get diddaly squat done this weekend. Remember he moves in slow mo and with DS over all weekend, he was busy supervising him...He is slowlyyyyy installing one of our two new doors. He was going to put it up without painting the trim - until I thru a hissy fit...grrrr - using the 2x4 again.

Computer question: I am on dial up at home. This summer we will be camping at a place that has wireless. How do I 'hook' up to it? How do I sign on? Do I have to do something special to the computer?

Carat - good deal on the garden signs. Don't ya just love it when you fall into a deal like that!

IO1 - I go into severe withdrawal with out DG...people think I'm crazy!! It is like best friends who are always there for you! Don't you wonder what we did 'pre' computers!

Defoe - Did you mix your MP with insecticide? And MP really works huh. Did you use any messenger? I have them both, just haven't used them yet. I need to read the packs and see if you have to wait until it is a certain temp outside.

I wish I could start on the laundry, but the washer is close to DH bedroom and I know he wouldn't appreciate all the noise. Dishes are done, so can't do that....still haven't done the crossword in Sun. paper....

Do any of your have one of those flashlights that you crank to work (no batteries) Meijers had them - buy one get one free this week. I thought about picking up a couple- and giving one to DSF for father's day. You crank for 1 min and get 30 min of light. Almost sounds too good to be true. When we grab a flashlight, the batteries are always dead...

Time for the crossword and sudoku..

waukesha, WI(Zone 5a)

Sarv gets the worm this morning! I woke up about 4:30, mostly due to having collapsed into bed at 9:30 and would probably be in bed still except Sammi was into major nuzzling and wouldn't let me be. He wants breakfast!

I'm plenty stiff this morning but no major discomfort, got a couple dozen of daylilies put in and we should be getting rain today and tomorrow so the timing is good. I was amazed at the roots they develped already so they are off to a good start. My plans exceeded my capabilities but I did make a dent in the list.

Good to hear from everyone. Sarv, just make sure your battery is good, you don't need to do anything with your laptop except turn it on. And if you can find a place to plug it in, try to do it because the batteries wear out really fast.

Yeah, I was wondering about Kandyce too, and hope the counseling will help. Poor baby, getting shuffled around like an excess package. Oh, to be so young and so thoughtless.

Maria, I've always used bone meal when planting bulbs, but we haven't had a dog to sniff around it. I haven't used it for other planting, usually just Miracle Gro. I am tempted by the Messenger and Mighty Plant, and might give those a try. Also interested in trying the corn gluten next year. Can it be used on flower beds?

Eager to see photos of WS's home improvements, they should be done soon, yes? And to hear of Darius' progress in house hunting. It's really hard on us when someone is out of touch, isn't it? Elaine must have been having major withdrawals after four days! I know, when I went up to my sister's place on the lake, her DH would let me boot up to read my email, but he'd always stand over my shoulder and remind me he was on dialup and it was long distance and yadda yadda yadda, and that was before I got into DG..... what a pita

Don't know exactly what I'm going to do today, but it will surely not involve bending over. ~~~ at Casey, Molly, Lauri, Bonnie, Kooger, Ann, McCool, Mary, Carat, Bal, Ernie, Oz and anyone I've missed, have a super day.

Sheila

Ottawa, ON(Zone 5a)

Good morning all,

Just a quick check-in. Will give Aqua-fit a miss today. Our lunch-time rehearsal is ON although 12:30 rather than 12 and director says we won't use the full two hours. I hope not. Want to practice a few places but with a work as massive as the Brahms, I worry about overdoing it and making it to the end. It's a long work with very few places to set the instrument down and shake our shoulder and back muscles.

The saving grace may be that the cello piece on the program is using a reduced orchestra; so we will have a LONG intermission - those of us who don't play it. We weren't told until yesterday that half of us weren't playing. Fortunately, I'd only spent maybe 15 minutes practicing it - mostly long quiet notes and a fair number of harmonics which is what I'd spent most of the time on - figuring out where on the instrument to play them. There are a couple of ways of writing harmonics - one is the note to be sounded with no given fingerings - which is what this piece has. The other shows the fingering needed to get the note the composer wants.

For those who don't know about harmonics. it's all physics. The string will vibrate at certain nodes if you touch it very lighty. The spots used most often are the middle of the string which sounds an octave above the open string, the quarter of the string which is two octaves above the open string and the third of the string which is an octave plus a fifth above the open string. Then there are "artificial" harmonics - generally holding down the string with the first finger and touching it lightly with the 4th. Gives a sound two octaves above the fingered note. OK, Physics lesson for today is over. LOL

Won't get much gardening done until after I finish the viola society newsletter later this week. Maybe by then it will have warmed up enough.

Gotta go get breakfast. Don't know if I'll be back today; so have a good one everybody.

Ann

Schroon Lake, NY(Zone 4a)

Ann-interesting lesson on harmonics! isn't it awe inspiring how much there is to KNOW in life? Who even scratches the surface? Makes me wish I knew a lot more! I hope you get a break to get outside. It sure looks nice here (haven't checked the temp yet)

m5- i can't bend too well either! Laughed about your plans exceeding your capabilities! I still have about 200 baby daylilies to make a bed for, plus all the potatoes to plant, then swisschard, lettuces, carrots and all the cool weather crops. I did get another 20 dls in which involved moving all the Siberian Iris out (very tough on the back) and relocating 8 big clumps of phlox.

kooger-glad to hear Kandyce is talking to a counselor, she's been through a lot, especially for a kid her age. I'll keep praying for a good resolution.

sarv- I have a crank flashlight and a crank radio. They work great. I keep the flashlight in my bedroom so I can crank that and then go hunt for all the other flashlights and batteries ! LOL. Kids take all the batteries out for their ipods and gameboys, etc. I haven' t tried using it for hours and hours, but it's handy in an emergency. Probably a good type to leave in a car glove compartment, too, since those are always dead. I have another big battery lantern that also has a radio and a police siren!! That's in case of intruders LOLOL! Or if I need to threaten kids.

I need to doublecheck yesterday's posts. BBL

Rehoboth, MA(Zone 5a)

Morning, Every one, it is a cool one only 45' but it will get warmer, brought my tomato plants inside just in case , but I think they would have survived, the basil was left out and it is ok.

Made a banana bread this morning, have some with your coffee though it is still warm crem cheese is near by

Out do do some more planting

Schroon Lake, NY(Zone 4a)

Mmmmm banana bread.....
Thanks!!

Baker City, OR(Zone 5b)

Good morning. Banana bread and cream cheese, yummy, thanks Maria.

Sunny and cloudy here, it's taking turns, but the wind is blowing. I heard that before I even opened my eyes this morning. I'll be bundling up and going for a ride in another couple of hours anyhow, Patch needs a workout and I have to take Patch and Breezy to the vet's office to have some innoculations and a blood test at 1 o'clock, and then there is garden work.

Ugh, my tea has cooled to lukewarm but I don't want to disturb AmandaPanda who is sleeping like a little kitty angel on my lap after several rounds of being an attack cat. This won't last long, it never does, but I'm trying to encourage this mellow behavior.

Kooger, I'm sure glad Kandyce is willing to get some counceling. She has had so much happen to her in the past year, I'm not surprised that she has some confusion. I do feel bad for your son and their baby, but maybe her life will be back together before long and before the baby is effected emotionally by her behavior. Not really bonding with one person may be overcome by having so many people loving him. It's like having an extended family now.

Molly, did you post a picture of your daylilys in bloom? I do remember one yellow one, maybe the first to bloom, but it must look like a big rainbow by now.

Attack cat is awake and I need to be moving. Have a great day everyone, see you later. ~~~

south of Grand Rapid, MI(Zone 5a)

Back from H/P, a trip to the bank and then onto pickup my new glasses. Man, do they make a difference in driving!! I must have been dangerous!! But I am having trouble using the computer...grrr They are a real narrow from and there is not much to look thru - especially when you have trifocals!! But I'll get used to them..

Oh banana bread- I just love it!! I'll slather mine with butter tho. I makeTerry's recipe from DG - it's made with sour cream and is very moist. Reminds me= I have two bananas that need to be used...

Today and tomorrow are supposed to be in the 70's,so I need to make hay while the sun shines....

Oh, I told my best friend that we weren't going to be able to make her sons wedding in Pennsylvania - it is an 11 hr drive, and having to rent a car, two gals had to take time off from work etc etc. Just was a nightmare...I feel really really bad tho..Hopefully she will understand.

Off to the gardens!

Archer/Bronson, FL(Zone 8b)

Mary,

I have been posting the individual blooms over in the DL forums for what's blooming today.

Here's one still on the camera, called "Whooperee" I love the contrasts in these colors.

There are several that are throwing blooms every day so the group of those hybrids have new blooms and spent ones all at the same time. I am trying not to dead head them as I want to collect as many seeds as possible this year.

Molly
:^)))

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Everson, WA(Zone 8a)

Sorry no time to comment other than bring on the Bannana bread I am playing hookey from work and trying to shake a sinitus thing and just came in from the gh where I had to usher another humming bird out. On the way to the house I noticed one with a bit of feather or lint LOL it has a nest just to the side of the patio door. I guess we will not use that door for a while tho she seems to ignor me when I go by.
This is awesome because we can see her from the door without opening it. I am very observant of the birds and this is the only humming bird nest I have ever see except a couple in Alaska. This may not seem a big deal to those of you who have them on a regular basis but 55 years in this area and 34 in this house this is a first.

Sarvlol airplanes fly everyday I would guess one hour 15 minutes each way lol.

Bannana bread is best plain ,with butter, creamed cheese,cold,hot,and sometimes with a splash of strawberry jam LOL.

If the Hummer sticks I will try to get pictures ok break time is over have a good day all. Ernie

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Whidbey Island, WA(Zone 7b)

I went to the Navy Exchange (same thing as the BX or PX depending on your branch of service) Saturday and rescued 4 pitiful hosta starts. I got all four plants for 75 cents. I brought the poor things home, called my sister and begged for her gallon milk jugs to use as nursery beds for these little babies. I'm hoping they survive and mature. We shall see. They were two of "Cadet Blue" and two of "Albo Marginata". The AM's are so sad looking they have no green on them anywhere, but the root systems looked fine. They were still pliable and looked to have life in them still. I'm including a photo I took this morning of the pitiful Cadet Blue and if any of you have any advice about how to help these poor things along, please feel free to D-mail me as I'm certainly no expert on hostas, though I have fallen deeply in love with them. I have a corner of my front yard all set aside now with hostas, as it's a well shadowed corner, underneath Douglas Firs and a niche of our cedar fencing. What I've planted in there is doing well so far and all have come back through their winter sleep.

I hope everyone has a great day. I'm off to work this afternoon. Wouldn't you know it? The weather this weekend was atrocious, and now the wind has died down, the rain is gone, the sun is out and when I could be out in the yard, I'm stuck at work instead. Never fails, does it? *heavy sigh*

Hugs to all! ~Babs~
*edited for a typo

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Rehoboth, MA(Zone 5a)

In for ashort rest and a boiled egg for lunch, later I'll have a piece of banana bread with a cold glass of milk, no fat, of course.
I am getting tired of havesting all these stones and rocks, have decided I will put some of the annuals in containers and just plunk them in the garden, I did that once before and it looked ok
will take pictures of them when the start to grow.

south of Grand Rapid, MI(Zone 5a)

In for a break (beer and crackers and philly cheese with an olive on top) It is hot here (75 deg and sunny) I've been planting out annuals and my knees are about shot. I have one of those pad things somewhere, but can't seem to put my hands on it.

Ernie- I am a wus- don't fly. My feet stay on terra firma.. and I get car sick. I'm a great one to travel with LOL I love being home, so it is no loss.

Babs - the hostas will spring back - they are tough like daylilies. You'll love them. I'll have to post a pic of my hosta bed. I have some that are huge!!

Maria our local greenhouse does that = their beds always look nice because they can replace the pots. I think it is a smart thing to do!

I hear our local oriole chirping - need to get outside and see if I can find where she/he is making a next. I would love to just once see a hummingbird nest...I've watched where they fly several summers and know which tree, but can't local the nest - but aha, now with these new glasses, I just might find it!! LOL

Rehoboth, MA(Zone 5a)

Well dg lost my post some where in space am too tired do to it all over again it was a pretty long one to respond to most of you, I think I am wearingb myself out digging to planr perennials.
JUst finished a whole quarf of mineral water that's how thirsry I was

Pleasureville, KY(Zone 6a)

Have been MIA most of the day. Went to the hospital to pick up DM, as she was to be released, but they were giving her intraveineous potassium. So visited awhile, came home and have been tied to the phone waiting for a call to come pick her up. I called, and she is not going to get home today. Arrangements have to be made for oxygen at home. So maybe tomorrow, another day tied to the phone!! URR.

Sarv, I have a "shake" flashlight, and it works well. Hey with those new glasses, bet this year you find the hummers nest. Isn't it so weird to get new glasses and find that you haven't been seeing well? Sarv, at least you replied to that wedding. REAL FRIENDS understand things like that.

M5, I didn't want that worm this morning anyway. Sounds like you did enough yesterday to deserve a day off.

Viann, Thanks for the lesson on harmonics. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND a word of it, but now I can say I have had music lessons. I don't know how you know where you are supposed to be on a given day and time. I would have to have a secretary!!.

dmc, if you have any daylily babies that need homes, I am volunteering right now to "foster" several of them.
You had a tough job, digging that phlox and SI. Glad that it is done.

Maria, thanks for the banana bread. Annuals in pots sounds like a good idea.

Mary, AP is so innocent looking, I can't believe her to be an attack cat. LOL. Have a good ride.

Molly, Pretty Lily. I bet it is just a vertible rainbow of color from day to day.

Ernie, having that hummer nest is just awesome. I have never seen one. Please take some pics for us.

Babs, those hostas are tough. Just plop them in the ground and they along with MN will get them going. BTW nice find.

Well gotta go get something to eat, then out to do some gardening that was put on hold today. Had a good chat with McCool this afternoon.

I will check in later.




Millbury, MA(Zone 5a)

Wow, I've almost stunned myself. I actually managed to get most of what I wanted to do accomplished today. DH and I took a ride out to a garden center a couple of towns away to pick up some alfalfa pellets and while we were there, I spotted some organic potting soil (I've been looking for that for ages!) and also picked up some organic fertilizer. We'll probably take another trip there in a few weeks to get some mulch hay too.

The regular basil that I'd started has finally been transferred to peat pots. I hope it survives as it was starting to look pretty haggard and seems to have been targeted by some sort of pest --- maybe spider mites? Lettuce and cauliflower seedlings are finally in the garden and I even put in some lettuce, bunching onion, radish, kale, and flower seeds. We're supposed to get drizzle and rain for the next few days and that sounds excellent for transplants and seeds.

Ernie, you are so lucky to have a hummingbird nest right where you can watch it! I love those little things. They're so gorgeous, tiny, and brazen! I saw a quote somewhere that said "If you could fly backwards at 60 MPH, you wouldn't be afraid of anything either!" I usually see a few every year in the Wegeilia bush or hovering over the nasturtiums or in the jewel weed (Never, of course, in anything that I plant to attract them!)

Maria, thanks for the banana bread. I do like that, but seldom manage to use up the over-ripe bananas to make some. We have a few black bananas in the freezer. Maybe someday I'll get around to it. Glad you've been able to get all those plants in the ground. Your land must look wonderful with all the trees starting to leaf out.

M5, so glad you're fully back with us again. Glad that Sammi employs the "nuzzling" technique to let you know that his breakfast is overdue. We have a "wailer" and my particular cat likes to paw (and eventually claw) at my face. The other one just paces and mews plaintively.

sarv, glad you got the new glasses. I think the last eye doctor I saw was somewhat "off". I have to keep taking my glasses off so I can read or do any kind of close-up work. DH will be eligible for health insurance soon, so I might be able to go back to the eye doctor I went to before this last one. I'd love to be able to wear contact lenses again. The regular glasses annoy me a lot!

Mary, V-ann, dmcd, have read all your posts, just don't have anything really relevant to say right now, but glad that you're keeping in touch.

Molly, checked out your posts in the daylilly forum as well. Kudos to you! I certainly hope that this new venture will be extremely successful.

Bonnie, glad we connected this afternoon. I hope your mother is doing really well by now and will be sent home tomorrow. Hope you did manage to get some rest AND some make-up sleep after all you've gone through (good and bad) the last couple of days.

I'd better get going as I still have to pack, label, and weigh that candle order to get it posted tomorrow. Also still have to pot up those asters (did manage to wash and disinfect all the pots today though). I also have another case of "cook it or lose it". There's some leftover roast beef and gravy in the fridge that I have to do something with before it becomes green and fuzzy. Good night everyone and hope you have sweet dreams (or none at all, which is sometimes even better).



Vegas,NV Filbert, SC(Zone 7b)

Viola, I had to ask DD what harmonics were, and then after she explained I read further and you explained. I have had to ask her a couple other times what a few of the phrases or words you have used meant. I am tone deaf so some of the things still dont make sense but she tries.

Kooger not sure as to what is happening with Kandyce since I was AWOL for a bit but I hope all works out for her.

Yummy, freshly out of the oven banana bread with real butter. One of my all time favorites.

Okay, stupid question of the day, what do the seeds from a daylillie look like and how do I harvest them? I have two that I would love to try and collect some from so I could practice before I move. This week is National Teachers week so tomorrow the office staff and admin are preparing breakfast for the entire staff. We have something special planned for everyday. Considering what some of these teachers go through on a daily basis they have earned it ten fold. I made two quiche dishes that I can reheat and partially fried up 3 pounds of bacon that I will finish it off in the microwave tomorrow. The rest of the stuff we will make there.

Time to get off here and start the bedtime ritual, have to be up an hour early to get to work early. YUCK

Waves and hugs to all. Hope tomorrow brings sunshine for all.

Ottawa, ON(Zone 5a)

Hi All,

In from playing the concert which went quite well. I'm happy to say that if never once crossed my mind that I might not be able to hold the viola up to the end of the Brahms (like the last time we played it 9 years ago). My back was tired, but OK. I attribute it to the aquafit, probably. Maybe also a smaller viola.
Do need to see my massage therapist, but he's fully booked this week. Will skip Weight Watchers tomorrow and go to Aquafit instead.

Babs, keep a good eye on on those Blue Cadet hostas. That's one of the varieties that is most affected by Hosta Virus X. Yours might be fine with TLC, but if they've previously been infected by the virus, you can't do anything except destroy the plant. It might not show up for a year or more.

Molly, enjoyed the pics of the daylilies.

Kooger - here's another praying and hoping that Kandyce is able to work things out with the counsellor. It's a positive sign that she's talking to one.

Bonnie, how is DM doing? I wouldn't say the lesson on harmonics was a music lesson. It was Physics, pure and simple. LOL

dmc - does your wind-up radio also have a flashlight on it? Ours does. Were you affected by the August blackout a few years ago? I was able to keep cranking up that radio and listen to what was going on and even read with all the candles and oil lamp I had burning.

Hi to everyone else.

Have a good night and I'll be back tomorrow.

Ann

Everson, WA(Zone 8a)

Maria in 1902 when I was just young boy the city hall planted Daffiodills and tulips in 3pound coffee cans then dug them up after blooming and gave them away. Then they planted annuals in the holes by the time they died it was time to get the jail prisoneers out to plant the fall bulbs again.

LOL sarve flying is safer than driving with old glasses.

Cool yes we are lucky she has stopped construction for the night me thinks early tomorrow morning she will be busy.Wonder if my old tripod for my 35mm camera will fit LOL really wonder where it is.

Cat if she sticks at it I will get lots of photos of her and her crew .

Babs good luck with your rescue operation you could be a big winner here. I have a weeping birch tree that is just georgous I bought one night at home Base for a fraction of the price it had been offered at all early spring it was on a wagon with a few other types marked survivor sale. The tree and a tiny xmas cactus was about five bucks. They both survived and we still have them Kicking myself I did not buy more lol.

Archer/Bronson, FL(Zone 8b)

Casey,

Please take a look over here about collecting daylily seeds. This article is useful and there are some good photos. http://www.tinkersgardens.com/daylilies/hybridizingdaylilies.asp

In the meantime, I am off to bed. Very tired tonight.

Meet us over here tomorrow: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/600388/



Everson, WA(Zone 8a)

Phone rang so I posted to keep Marias poof from getting my stuff.

I have two Goldens out of three for sase lol. I think it was Andy but Sweet Jenny the little terrorist probably was involved Turned over a plant cart Destroying 24 tomatoes and roughing up two flats of Daddy petunias and 32 pink wave petunias that are flowering .The brats lol when I went to the cart and said who did this grrrrrrr those two took off only Gabby came over to me lol and she is perfect she hurts nothing . Andy then spied something of interest in the garden and raced through the gh into the garden where he ran down a baby rabbit and I guess you know the rest lol good boy now get back to the house . Linda protects those buzzards at the expense of her own flowers .

waukesha, WI(Zone 5a)

Waaahhhhh, I missed the banana bread...! Guess there's a future for those three frozen fossils on the freezer door, maybe tomorrow.

For a day with no real plans, I managed to wound the Laundry Monster, turned one undie item slightly pink from a vat dyed shirt that had never run before, (of course it's not evenly pinked...but who's gonna see it but me?) and made a run to my favorite Italian grocery, plus a couple of other stops. Got some nice fresh mozzarella, their home made Italian sausage, some beautiful fresh veggies, even squeezed in a manicure and still managed to get home before DH.

For dinner, I reheated the frozen leftover crab chowder and made crab cakes out of the rest of the leftover crab from our feast a couple weeks ago, made up some Thai noodles with peanuts, and a salad from the deli. Didn't eat until 7, as there was yet another window/door salesman yapping away. Still pricey. $1750, so it will be plastic on the outside next winter. So, it was a full day after all.

DH crashed early, and is already sound asleep and I'm heading in that direction very shortly.

I'd like to answer to the day lily question too, since I hope to have a good assortment by midsummer.

McCool, I read recently that about 1/3 of glasses have an error in one of the lenses. It affects the degree of correction, and you might have been using them with an error like that, ever since you got them. It happens in the assembly process, they reach into the wrong bin. It's kind of like getting almost the right change.

Speaking of.....I stopped to buy papers on Saturday, the two Sunday editions and the cold tea I bought came to $4.48. The change machine spit out two dimes and two pennies. I picked it up and showed it to the young guy behind the counter and said this isn't right. He looked dumbfounded...checked the total on the register and said, Oh, yeah. OK. And handed me two quarters. LOL I left. And I enjoyed the free tea. I don't want to be around when he graduates from medical school!!!

Dcat, it's good that they are keeping MIL until she is stabilized. What a miserable couple of days, sitting and waiting. Glad you had the RU under your belt, and it happened after instead of before.

Molly, that lily is an eyeful! I'm waiting for the ones you sent me last year to bloom so we can see what they are. So far, they are up about 12 inches, and looking quite healthy.

Keeping an eye out for hummers but not seeing any so far. Would love to see a nest, they must be the size of a thimble. (Explain a thimble to today's youth...LOL ) The finches are going nuts over the thistle seed and driving Sammi crazy, he wants one to play with, and makes all kind of pathetic sounds when he can't get through the window to catch one. He would be lethal outdoors!

~~~`to everyone, too drowsy to ramble on and make any kind of sense. Tomorrow, iron, watch the rain, chase dust bunnies and see what transpires. See you in the morning.

Say good night Gracie...

Sheila

Pleasureville, KY(Zone 6a)

McCool, tried to nap this afternoon, and had 3 phone calls, and 1 visitor, so needless to say, I am still sleep deprived. You did great with accomplishing all you intended. I did not get anything done, except a garden walk that I didn't take this morning. I discovered that the perennial seeds I spread last week are sprouting. I AM NOT GONNA WEED there until I can positively identify some of them. LOL. Glad some of your asters survived.

Kooger, glad to hear that Kandyce is getting counseling. Maybe, after she gets her head on straight, she can resume the relationship, and care for the baby. I surely hope so. No need to burden the baby with adult issues so soon in life.

Carat, after the day lily blooms, remove the spent bloom, but leave the buldging pod looking thing, when it begins to dry up, pretty dry really, pluck that off, and in there will be the seeds. They are usually black, and about the size of a pea. They are sort of shiny looking. I just put them somewhere to completely dry out, then put them in the fridge to stratify. There is a thread that talks about germinating them in peroxide. I will see if I can find that link. I sure hope that you understand this very technical explanation. If not d-mail me, maybe I can make it clearer. LOL

ernie, get that photo equipment set up, and get those pictures. Since I can't see a nest in person, you can give me the next best thing.

Well, I called DM late this afternoon, and they had just told her that she wouldn't be released until they had oxygen delivered to her home. Every time they take the oxygen off, her levels fall. So she will need it at home for awhile. This fall, may have been a blessing in disguise, as her bp was so high that she was about to stroke out. 213/104, when we got her to the hospital. As she had refused to take the fluid pill, they drained 10,000 cc's of fluid from her body. Probably lost 20 pounds or so. Dr. told her that she should make up her mind that she would need to take the fluid pill for the rest of her life. So hope that is warning enough. I had preached to her about the consequences of not taking it, but as with most, don't really get the lesson until you experience the consequences. Today was spent replenishing the potassium that was lost with the fluid removal, as well as restoring electrolyte balance. So with quick response to request for oxygen delivery, she should be home tomorrow. Thanks all for the T & P.

Well, gonna try to get to bed and try to catch up on the sleep lost over the weekend.

Waving at everybody I didn't address personally today, doesn't mean I am not interested, just that I couldn't think of anything relevant. Sure hope 101 re appears tomorrow, miss her.

Well, everybody keep the dreams R rated, and have a restful night.

waukesha, WI(Zone 5a)

Wow, three more posts while I was banging on the keyboard! LOL

waukesha, WI(Zone 5a)

FOUR!! I'm getting off here before any more of you write something!

Pleasureville, KY(Zone 6a)

M5, I would love to see Sammi, pineing after the birds. Bet all the sounds he makes are sounds of frustration, of not being able to get outside.

When I took my garden walk, there were animal tracks in the new perennial bed. Neighbor has cows, and bet that one escaped it's enclosure. Hope that is not a daily thing, as I don't want to have to loose temper. It is so hard to recover it!!

Well good night again, and about those dreams, let's keep them PG instead of R.

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