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Comments (14)A lady at work (hospital) has a swap every spring. She just had one but I couldn't go. She has beautiful yard/gardens. She just puts a flyer up at work and also mentions it (word of mouth). She asks that everyone bring a salad and a plant to swap. It is pretty neat, the salad idea, becoz it keeps from being a heavy meal, and there are lots of salads to try. She also had door prizes, just little gifts, I won a handmade stepping stone. Another swap I went to had some door prizes too - gardening books. I would even love to get old copies of gardening magazines, I just love to read them but they are so expensive at the checkout. I would love to have a swap. I wonder if that garden area by MSU could be used if it got to be a big event. It looks like an Asian garden right near the Northvillage housing area on 82. Easy to find but very sunny....See MoreMississippi/Louisiana Gardeners, let us know you're ok.
Comments (24)Dogpooponshoes, glad to hear you're ok. Only area of US 90 I've been able to get to so far is by the Bay St Louis/Pass Christian bridge. Of course the bridge is gone. And looks like pretty much every thing for 3 blocks in from the bay is gone or nearly. I'm up in Diamondhead. Fortunately above the storm surge. Am making a futile attempt to protect what's left of the garden from the roofers, fence people, tree cutters. They survived the storm but many are not expected to survive the recovery. (I have a small prince sago, the tree cutter ran over it with a large bucket truck. Survived that. And I'm not sure what the fence people did to it. But it looks a lot worse now. (And I'm not sure where to find another one. Will wait to see if it sends up new growth next spring. Guess I was lucky enough and far enough alone to begin thinking of what to do with the garde. (Replace the magnolia with a few mature palms perhaps. And spend some time going through the Pensacola nurseries this weekend. I did drive down Beatline. The Beatline nursery. The building looked ok. But everything was dead. The oaks weren't the only ones to take a hit. The pines along I-10 look about dead. As you pointed out. There was pretty much of a drought after Katrina. So there wasn't anyting to wash the salt out. Judging from the high water mark on the Kiln/Waveland interchange. The area was covered by about 15 feet of gulf water. Here is a link that might be useful: Mississippi coast...See Moreroses and care in NE Mississippi
Comments (1)Hi Louisianagal, I hope you went and re-posted this question over on the regular rose forum or that you will. That forum is very busy and you will get some good responses. I can't help but find it funny when you mention dealing with roses in colder temps. Come up here! lol. The winter temps in Tupelo aren't going to have an effect on the roses you can grow. You have to come a little more north for that to start happening. If you were successful with keeping the roses healthy in Louisiana, you should do just fine in Mississippi: ) Good luck with your new garden, Remy...See MoreAny Louisiana/Mississippi homeowners using Ipe?
Comments (0)I printed out a number of threads from the forum for dh to read. Piqued his curiosity and he then called to speak with salesmen at East Teak and Advantage Trim & Lumber. We received a sample board last week and really like the way the stuff looks and feels. Would love to find someone in the area who's used it. Anyone out there?...See Moremsmitoagain
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