Happy 2017! The Perennial Year that was 2016 - in 60 Quotes
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Comments (413)To my gardening friends, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and and an even better New Year. I know I am a bit late in expressing my gratitude, but it's being an emotional roller coaster for me. Much as happened to lower my sprite, but my friends here have help tremendously to make this a great Christmas season for me. I would like to thank the following people who have so graciously shared a part of their garden with me. To Heavenlyfarm, thank you for Miss Jekyll Blue and Clematis seeds. And yes I was surprised. Your thoughtfulness was appreciated. To VA (no alias in card). Thank you for so many seeds. Some of my favorites includes Foxglove mix, Spinach, Bee Balm and Celosa Pink. I will be busier than a bed trying to plant so many seeds. Thanks again. To CH, thanks you for Bonanza Harmony Marigold, Asclepius incarnate (swamp Milkweed and Cassia Alana. You've helped to make this gardener feel so special....See MoreNEWBIE SEED OFFER FOR DECEMBER 2016 - JANUARY 2017 ONLY
Comments (46)VERY INEXPENSIVE SEEDS. It always hurts financially to pay $5 for a packet of a few seeds, plus $5-8 postage if mail order. This seed distribution project of Val's is wonderful. And I want to introduce newbies to an additional source of great quality almost-free seed. There is a seed company called American that is always sold at Walmart and sometimes at dollar or discount stores. I have never understood how this company can make much profit because printing the paper seed packets probably costs more than they charge. Their seed packets are about 30-50 cents each. They only sell open-polinated, but often the best cultivars of the OPs. The seed packets are put out in Ohio in walmart in March, and generally sell out very fast. I buy all my herb seed from American at Walmart, most of my vegetables (other than tomatoes), and some flower seeds. I have bought this seed for many, many years, and have always been very hsppy with my plants. When I read about Val's wonderful project, I thought I would buy American seed next March to contribute. Then I realized that the postage would cost more than the price of seeds. So it would be less expensive for people to buy this seed themselves instead of paying more postage....See More2016 Was An Interesting Year...
Comments (25)The best part of 2016 is my father's and stepbrother's continued cancer-free status. For both of them, it really is miraculous, and I have to think about them often when I start getting down about other aspects of life. I also just recently learned I was selected for a promotion at work that will mean a lot more responsibility. As soon as the paperwork comes through (state agency during the holidays, so . . .) I'll get started with what will be something of an excavation process and the re-righting of a ship. Knowing this new position was about to kick off, I decided to skip the two-week trip back east with DH for the holidays. Planning to skip the trip was prescient on my part, because I just uncovered some infidelity and other shenanigans on my DH's behalf, and I'm also using these weeks to focus on how this changes what I thought my life looked like, and what I want my life to look like in the future. My mom remains a challenge, with mental and emotional issues that lead more and more to her striking out at me. This isn't going to get better before it gets worse, so I'm factoring this in to the whole "what do I want my life to look like" analysis. But I live in a beautiful city in a beautiful state where I have plenty to distract me from the day-to-day. My adorable dogs are healthy and love me unconditionally. I'm financially in good shape and can weather the storm. 2016 I suppose had a theme of "change", for better or for worse. I'm looking to 2017 to offer some sort of resolution....See More2017- The year in 100 quotes
Comments (45)84. “"Build a house!" they said. "It'll be fun!" they said. Ha!” That was me. I may also have been the terrified one (21) AND the one driven to sleeplessness, migraines and an upset stomach (83.) They sure sound like me. It's still not fun. We still haven't started. I'm beginning to think I don't even want a lake house. For this amount of money, we could stay in hotels for weeks at a time, all over the world, for YEARS....See MoreRelated Professionals
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