Who...Whom?...ever does the next bingo,I have 21 seed grown episcias and some Optimara minis I will contribute as prizes so I can get some room on my light benches.
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Need clear some room!
Wowza! You know we've all been drooling over those photos.... :-)
Is there going to be an August Bingo? Very generous of you to offer them....
Ummmm - What's a Bingo? Have I been missing out on some really cool fun???
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
RainGazer
Aug 07, 2007
You've been missing out on a ton of fun! We have a Bingo game most months, and the winners get prizes! :o) Do a search for Bingo in the AV forum and read the threads from the last few months. We have a blast! You might think of joining us! :o)
bigred, those sound like fabulous prizes!! I sure hope we have a game this month! ;o)
WOWEE! What a VERY Generous Prize Bigred!! Hope we have an August Bingo!
Glad to have good homes to send them to. I NEED ROOM! What with all the babies from new leaves,shelves will be FULL this winter.
I won't get to paly bingo again until for a while. Sept and Oct.I'll be organizing our second annual fall street carnival so that'll keep me busy.
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Looks like we will be having an August Bingo! Yaaaay!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/757886/
here's the episcias as of about a week ago
Wow !!!!!!! You sure do know how to grow them. LOL They are beautiful Bigred.
Patti
Oh my goodness .... those are Awesome Bigred! I need to learn some of your secrets to growing these plants!
Bigred,Those are wonderful looking plants..an soooo many of them.I wouldn't have the room to grow that many.wait a minute..maybe if I knock out a wall or two..lol..Great growing you do : )
cedarnest,
my problem exactly...LOL
here's the 5 Optimara minis I have to offer for prizes.
Oh .... sooooo pretty!
Yes,they are adorable. I put down leaves so I'll have more plants soon and no room unless I do like cedarnest and knock out some walls.
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I hear ya Bigred. I bet there are bunches of us who would really like to knock down some walls to expand .... just for our plants!
Well,here I am trying to get rid of some plants and I just finished re-potting the rest of my Optimara standards and I'm back to square one.
Here they are and the resulting pots of suckers I couldn't make myself toss in the compost bucket. Where's that sledgehammer?
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hee hee .... I understand completely! Wow! I Love those windows!! My house is so dark .... I would just love to knock out some walls and install floor to ceiling windows in some areas!
that's my unfinished home gym/craftroom/garden club meeting room/party room. Hope we get it finished this fall and winter since the hub's retires in a couple more weeks. He better hurry...honeydew list is getting longer by the day...LOL
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I have an on-going Honey Do List .... waaaay backed up at the moment! Hubby took off Summer A term and didn't teach but he didn't get much done from my list either! I'm hoping when he's off three weeks over the Christmas holidays that a couple of things get marked off the list! LOL.
edited to say: I NEED a room like that one you've got!
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It has 7-3x4 windows(could only get 6 in the pix)facing north. Ideal for av's lots of light no direct sun. I want two shelves running the full length of the windows(apx.25 ftx 2 shelves)...THEN...MAYBE..I'll have enough room for all my av's...?...NAH!...LOL
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really should proof before I hit send
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a4x8 picture window that faces out on what will be my butterfly garden next year
and french doors on the other end
I think one of my favorite thing about that room with all its windows is that "ground level" is right at the base of the window... what a view!
Are you thinking about 2 shelves running across the windows at about the height of the 2 shelves on the stand in your first photo? You could probably put a pretty wide shelf at windowsill level, and then a narrower one higher up... probably you don't want to block that view too much, but how wonderful to have an eye-level shelf for displaying whichever plants are in full bloom!
I love that room!
yes,you have a front row seat on watching birds,butterflies,hummers and others,palying in the flowers. I tried putting feeds on the walls outside the windows but all the activity inside the room scared off the birds. There is a birdbath right outside the windows though but a little further out from the windows so as not to scare the birds.
I think I want the bottm shelf below the bottom of the window so I can still open the windows w/o having to move plants to get to the latches and the top shelf right at the metal part that divides the two parts of the window so the plants are above your line of veiw.
That's a good idea... I've got some AVs on a shelf at about that height (actually a bench that runs below my family room windows, behind the couch), and the light there seems really good for them. Putting the second shelf between the upper and lower panes makes sense also, since your view is already divided there... I guess the room is taller than I think, if that's above eye level. I can't wait to see that space with more plants! :-)
Oh, I WANT a room like that! It is soooo nice Bigred! I would hang curtain rods and have hanging baskets of plants all across the rods! Oh, I envy you that huge room! I sure hope you will post pic's when you get it all set up with the shelves!
Looks like we have an August Bingo going! Come on over and join the fun!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/757886/#top
I would love to have a room like that! Makes ya just want to stretch out!
Awesome room Bigred. What is the name of your episcias you have in the photo you posted?
Patti
Patti,
No names. Seed grown from Faded Jade. Found pods on plant 2 yrs ago after it had been summering on the porch w/ Silver Skies and Srawberrt Patch so don't know "who da baby daddy"..LOL
Well those naughty episcias..lol..can't take your eye off of em' for a minute huh ....Summer night,moonlit porch,who could blame em?
LOL That is awesome Bigred. I just got my first episcias a few weeks ago from PJ on ebay, and I have fallen head over heels in love with them. I can see why everyone is so crazy over them.
Patti
aww...the birds and the bees...LOL
Patti,
I have a very long list of episcia"gotta haves" but until my room is finished.I don't have any more room.
I am so happy for you. I bet you can't wait to fill it, and watch that list of your get shorter and shorter. Enjoy!
Patti
:) LOL Bigred ....That is too cute! Hope you take a picture when the babies grow up! Whoever the Daddy is, I'm sure those little ones are gonna be Beautiful!
don't know how I missed this wonderful thread...................wow , Bigred..................beautiful and so is the new room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bigred... hhmmmm... might have to do some trading down the road! Getting quite a collection myself of the episcia varieties. I... think.... I might... be... addicted to them!!!
I was thinking up names for your babies...
Strawberry Jade
Faded Skies
Silver Jade
Faded Silver Patches
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rose...LOL
Great room and I would love to have one like it. Window space is at a premium here.