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Wouldn't ya know it.......Lupines
Comments (14)I have always had lupins. They look nice next to the irises. Mine have always been planted in full sun. Mine have all reverted to the pinks and purples. Time to start some new seeds. The main thing I like about them is that you can find seedlings anywhere in the garden and when it pops up beside something it looks really nice with it's a very nice surprise, especially when it's a combo you wouldn't have thought of! I find it very easy to just winter sow them. Marg...See MoreIf I didn't have Hosta, I wouldn't have much left...
Comments (15)Thanks, Ludi; chin is still up :) I'm still excited and optomistic, I'm just a little peeved that this bull**** weather has wreaked havok on my gardens! But what can I really be angry at, nature? It's just the way it is sometimes, and thankfully not too often. I'm just waiting for dawn so I can go out and do some gardening ha ha ha seriously I don't work for a few days, and the idea that this may have actually been the last below-freezing night until later in the year has me too wired to sleep! I'm gonna go survey the damage, clean up some and site some Hostas! Still have to plant 'Elegans' among others ;P Have a great day everyone, talk to ya later! Don B....See Morelabeling 'invasives' at plant swaps, etc.
Comments (10)Agreed. Take lily-of-the-valley. You may have it coming through the sidewalk. I've got maybe 10 plants, and they've been sloooowly multiplying for about 5 years. Most people don't find sweet woodruff invasive. It's a ground cover, it spreads slowly. At my house, the dog's been spreading the seed around on her feet in the springtime, and I now have large quantities in three beds. Meanwhile, my sister-in-law can't get it to grow. Things that are invasive for me I label so at swaps. That doesn't mean it will be that way elsewhere. Some people consider money plant invasive because it reseeds. Well, this year I have no money plant, and haven't been overrun in previous years.Obedient plant is invasive, but I plant it under a huge willow and I don't have a problem with it....See MoreDid you ever have a 'friend' who wouldn't go away?
Comments (19)I'm going through that right now. She's a neighbor which makes it worse. This woman calls me every day on the phone expecting to chat for an hour or two or three. My handset has a speaker so I just let her talk away while I clean the house. Nothing I hate more than a person who talks AT me instead of TO me. Have you met people like that? You start to appreciate there is an art to conversation when you meet people who don't understand that it should be TWO WAY! She talks, I listen. I have no sympathy for her problems because she's so self-serving. Has no interest in my life. Day after day she calls mostly to repeat what she said the day before. She lives alone. Talking on the phone is her favorite pasttime whereas when I'm bored I turn on the TV or get on the internet. When I tried to ween her off of me by not answering the phone she started calling at odd hours like 10pm or 9am in an effort to catch me. She would even show up at my door if I didn't answer the phone after a couple days. I can't not ever answer her calls or she'll think I've died or something so now I "return her phonecall" with an email. She hates email because she can't monopolize the conversation and you're in control. That's what I recommend you try. Don't answer her phone call, instead reply by email so you're still being polite. With a properly scripted email you can impart a message without being overtly rude. Doesn't require brutal honesty. The shorter the response the quicker she'll realize you aren't interested in her. If I'm not home when my neighbor calls she'll have a conversation with MY ANSWERING MACHINE! She doesn't just leave a message she will talk until the machine cuts her off. DH laughs that even the machine can't listen to her for very long. She's the only person who has ever run the time out on my machine. A couple of times she's run the battery down on my handset because she's talked so long. I thought we had been disconnected but a slow walk to the other end of my house to pick up another receiver revealed that we hadn't. I just wanted to call her back to explain I didn't hang up on her when I realized we hadn't been disconnected. She was still talking! Completely unaware that there was no one on the other end. Didn't matter a bit to her. LOL The problem comes when people are too dense to pick up on "social queues". Those are the ones we all loathe because they force you to act in a way you'd rather not ...rude, curt, or the bearer or the silent treatment. But when polite hints fail you do what you gotta do!...See MoreRamona_NY
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