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Comments (11)Thank you all for your comments about my "senior attitude" I was pleased that so many agreed with me regardless if you are a senior or not. The world is a crazy place now so i would like to tell congress stop making life more difficult and go plant roses!!! My barefoot roses in the containers are loaded with buds and several, Mardi Gras and French Lace are ready to open and share their color for us. I check up on them every morning when I have coffee with my dogs on the porch. Maggie and jake are 2 Shitz Zoe rescue dogs who know when I say "Lets go and check out the roses"--they both run to the door and shake their fluffy little tails and can't wait until we go out. (Could it possibly be they know there is a cookie waiting out there for them and it not the roses themselves that attract them?) Living in a senior condo development built around a 40 year old golf course is not so bad. I get to garden the things that I want, like roses and nasturtiums, and not have to worry about who will mow the grass and clip the shrubs. I will take pictures of my lovely ladies when they are all blooming. I just have to figure how to add the pictures. In my next post I will include the names of these newly planted lovelies. Most are floribundas. I wish you all either a good planting week or at least a peaceful time checking out rose books and planning your garden so you will be ready when spring finally arrives in your area. Judith...See MoreNew gardener - need diagnosis (pics)
Comments (7)First, you citrus needs more water. Any time citrus leaves curl up on the edges like that, it's water related. The winds we've had lately dry the leaves and soil out faster, so you have to keep an eye on it. I'd soak them really well for a few days, then get back to normal watering. This is the dry season, so the air is dry as well. Citrus are notorious for needing lots of water in the winter, especially if they're in pots. Now is a good time to put them into the ground. Citrus that has just been transplanted will lose leaves. It's just the way it is. They aren't going to die as long as you keep them watered. Raspberries go dormant in the winter. That may be the problem. It's actually getting to be winter, and even though we don't get that cold, plants that need a dormancy cycle will still go dormant. Your gardenia is being eaten by something. Gardenias do best in morning sun and afternoon shade, to keep them from getting lanky. If it gets watered when the afternoon sun is hitting the leaves, that can cause the white spots as well. Put a cup of epsom salts around it. That should help some, but you need to spray it for whatever is eating it. You have an avocado coming up in that pot. It's not unusual for them to put out more than one shoot. When they get larger, just cut back the ones you don't want....See MoreIt's January 2011! How is your build progressing?
Comments (38)Hi all -- bit of a newbie here. We have gotten our approvals from 3 village boards re: architectural and coastal review and environmental control (a fancy name for the tree police). We're waiting for our architect to finish our plans for submission to the building dept. I need the bldg inspector to sign off on the trees I've marked for removal which were previously approved. Unfortunately, every time I make an appointment to meet him at the site, we get a blizzard!! We're tentatively scheduled for this morning, but as of 10:30 a.m., I haven't heard from him. Whoa-ho, athensmomof3 -- if I'd seen your plan before now, I'd be having a serious redesign conversation with my architect. I absolutely LOVE that house!! How many square feet, and if you'd care to share, what do you think it's going to cost to build? We haven't gotten bids for anything other than tree removal, and even that is only one bid (snow keeping everyone offsite for now). I keep worrying that I won't be able to afford to build the house I've spent all these months planning and getting approvals for. long sign ... another sleepless night looming .......See MoreIt's September-- How is your build progressing?
Comments (64)For those who saw my message in the other thread about granite, tomorrow is our re-install day for the island...in ONE SLAB. We'll see how it goes. Otherwise, we're coming to an end soon. Still waiting on new info on our first floor tile (pull out all of it and replace with new? get matching color code tiles? who knows!) and they're still working on grout issues in the master. But the remainder of our appliances are due tomorrow, too (damaged upon arrival last week...sheesh), then it's inspection after inspection. I have been very lax on pictures lately, but will try to get updated tomorrow. Kitchen is mostly what has happened since last pictures, so I will try to post this weekend. Everyone has such beautiful houses and property. It's been a lot of fun watching all the houses go up. We might be in our new place the first week of October...fingers crossed. Closing on our old house was today and it was a fiasco. Can't believe how rude some agents are. I wanted to smack the buyer's agent so bad, I had to actually leave the closing before everything was completed. DH had to bring final papers outside to the car for me to sign! But at least we are sold and don't have to carry two houses...just have to live in temporary digs for a couple of weeks. Good luck everyone!...See MoreJ Inhof
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