Edna, I've been thinking the same thing. We haven't heard from her for quite awhile. Has anyone heard from her? Steven's missing in action too as are a few more. I hope all is well with them and we hear from them soon, even if it's just to let us know they are O.K.
Life can throw all of us some unexpected curves at times and although most of us don't know each other personally we have become a close knit group or family as far as I'm concerned.

Annette

I didn't want to post in Nancy's inquiry so it will stay at the top, does anyone have Lorna's email address? Maybe they could contact her to say hi from all of us and tell her she is missed. A

Sorry I don't have her addy. She IS missed!
The last I recall hearing from her was her post on Dec.4th asking us to petition Mr. Obama.

Hope all is well and that we hear from her (and many other missing friends) soon.

Patti

Oh yeah! I forgot about the tree sap post recently! Well Lorna, we are thinking of you!!!

I answered an email from her the other day but haven't heard back from her yet. I do hope all is well with her. The last email I had from her was Christmas Eve. Hopefully she is just busy and we will hear from her soon.

FlowerLady

I'm happy you emailed her Flower. I hope you hear something soon. I'm a bit worried.

Lorna and I are good friends and we write one another regularly. I just heard from her two days ago.
I know that she had a busy Christmas and that since then she has been busy working in her garden and is planning and planting for the coming season.

I worry about her sometimes too, but as far as I know, she is okay.

I will relay your messages to her.

~Annie

Thank you everybody! It is nice to be remembered. I have been busy. The older I get the faster time seems to escape from me and the less I seem to have accomplished day by day.

A few days ago I planted wildflower seeds sent by Annie. One of the two new large areas I have slowly been clearing for the past several months will be primarily dedicated to wildflowers, bird house and spoon gourds. I decided I should pot my baby hazelnut trees, rather than put them in the ground as they are fragile.

I have hyacinths, paperwhites and tulips in bowls or vases with marbles and water. There is a potted amaryllis (in coir and soil) as well. The paperwhites grew FAST, and began to bloom this week. I should have a nice succession of indoor flowers to tide me over until spring.

I made a couple of leaf collecting expeditions. My two compost bins are full, so I used a free-standing wire dog kennel to create a third compost bin. I have a goal to seriously up the ante on compost production this year. It looks like I am going to make my goal.

I have been trading for heritage produce seeds with folks across the country. I have seeds for just about anything you could imagine. Some people decided to volunteer me for a giant pumpkin growing contest which begins this spring. I was gifted with two unexpected seeds for 500 pound pumpkins. These seeds can be pricey; giant pumpkin seeds can go for as much as $400 a seed! If I do manage to grow a giant pumpkin, at this point in time, I have no idea how I could get it to a legitimate weighing station.

I'll be fencing the other newly cleared area this winter with a combination of hog wire and chicken wire. I realized there is a good place to cut a gate in existing fencing, so that I can easily access this new area yet keep my garden raiding dogs out of it. I'm in for a lot of work!

I still have arugula and mustard spinach in the garden. Some kale seedlings are piddling along. I recently planted head cabbage and rainbow chard seeds. This has been a mild winter, and they just might sprout. I've cloched a few kale seedlings to see if those might grow faster than the unprotected ones.

Happy New Year to everybody, may all of your gardens flourish!
Regards,
Lorna

All sorts of things were running through my head ...

Has she reverted back to nature? living like a wild woman with her pack in the desert!

Or has she been attacked by rabbits who have rallied a poise against the dogs?

Has she built a sweat lodge TeePee and praying to the clouds for rain! chanting .. hi-ya-ha-ha-oy-a-ha-ha.

You have been busy. I'm happy your safe and sound. Happy New Year.

Edna

Soooooo glad to hear from you Lorna, I love hearing what's up in your neck of the woods. What mischief the dogs have been up to and how your garden's doing. There's still a fair amount of snow covering my garden but I'm beginning to see a patch or two of lawn showing through in the front. I still have to get my gardening fix through this forum as it will be awhile before I can even find my garden, the snow is still covering it. A most unusual winter for us this year.
A very happy New Year to you Lorna, one filled with all sorts of good things.

Annette