Be careful what you wish for...
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Comments (2)Thank you for the reply and link.....I feel better now! Maybe if I see any more little ones I will hold off on feeding them...lol...See MoreBe careful What you wish for
Comments (6)Thanks, Lucille. I wish it were my house, but it is a rental apartment that I have taken over, pretty much. The Julia is own root. The minis are but they seem okay. Black magic is not, but Morden Blush may be, I can't remember, actually. She has been in the ground 3 years, maybe four. She was bare root but I totally can't remember a graft or not. I'm not thrilled with the composters, they belong to another person in the apartment and were there before I started digging up the yard. I do my best to mask them but it's pretty hard to hide big composters in a small yard. The cars I am praying, are going to be okay. Seems like (hopefully) much of the weight of the main branch is being held up by what remains of the Dogwood and the fireplace. Hopefully. The fireplace was empty space for so long, total shade till this year. Trees were removed and fell, so it became sun space. I built it into a planter this summer. Talk about hard work! I cut all the wood to fit in the spaces around the existing rock and cement. I did my best and in is pretty tight and has not lost any soil at all. It is pretty rustic, but I built it with wood lying around and spent zero dollars in doing it. Didn't even have to buy screws. Good thing, too, cause the budget for the transformation was Zero dollars! :) There is enough drainage that it shouldn't freeze and split, hopefully, but I will be covering most of the top in the winter, I think. I planted it w/ passion flowers and various annuals this summer cause it was late in the season, but I would love to put a rose climber in there somehow. Two days ago, I was considering starting a thread to see if my newly identified Pat Austin rose could live in there. I figure she nods, so being high up like that may be pretty and work for her so we can see her blooms....See MoreHow Do You Gauge When It's Time to Stop?
Comments (10)Hi, Sue. Mine are seed sown about 3 or 4 years ago and they continue to self-sow each year. They probably don't get as big as those in Florida, but can get to 4' tall and as wide and are lovely plants. I grew S. alata one year but it is much too large for my little home garden, and it did not set seed before the frost got it. The bicapsularis blooms earlier and has sufficient time to set seed before our first frost date. I like the S. alata but it just is out of proportion for the yard. I also grow S. hebecarpa and Partridge Pea which the butterflies use, too, and both are hardy, coming back from the roots every year. The Wild Senna hebecarpa gets pretty ratty looking this time of year for me, and the Xmas Cassia picks up the slack. Wild Senna and Partridge Pea look good from late spring thru mid-summer. Sandy and others may have experience with other Sennas they can discuss with you. Be happy to share seeds - I always have loads!...See MoreBe careful what you wish for. (Long)
Comments (20)Thanks all for the words and the phone calls. We are drying out now. Sunday brought more rain but only floding the garden so we could start on the basement. It is a good time to clean out old crap. It was either stay postive or start crying. We were very lucky, others just a few miles from me have had to evacuate and are still under water. Theh rains are the results of tropical storm Lowell, from Mexico then backed by Ike. MEN! Jessy, the overbred carp are in the pond and I spent the morning cleaning that out. I have skimmed out 6 pack plastic, water bottles, construction junk and two muck buckets of landscape mulch. Filters are going full force to clean the water now and I can see the fish again. Ocean? The only water I want to see right now is a hot shower. Dinner is out tonight, although I "cooked" the last two. We were just too tired to get cleaned up and dress to go out, even for take out. Frozen leftovers are wonderful. One glass of wine and I was out. Tricia, we live on a flood plain here so even if the insurance were to cover a claim, there is a good chance they would just drop us or move us to the high risk category. Since all appliances are running and nothing of great value needs to be tossed, we are good. And since I work for the "Good Hands" folks, I know the drill. They will play the game now, was it rain water or "seepage".... Going for a shower and a burger out now. Thaks everyone. ANd Dad said thanks for the compliments....See More
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3 months agolast modified: 3 months agoChar suggested photos, so I cleared the design wall and hung all the UFO's. I'm glad I did. I see now why she didn't finish them. I didn't have the best light for photos, so the colors look muted.
The Dresden Plates are apparently from 2 or 3 different quilts, as the size varies as does the color schemes. (Her County Fair Blue ribbon quilt is a Dresden plate (soft greens and yellows), so these might have been her first few attempts to find something she liked.
One of the machine applique group didn't make it. There was one more block, but it's not here. There are no matching fabrics for the green. I suppose you could make a small throw if you sashed it. It's a quilt as you go, so I would have to learn a new skill. One block is too small to use, as well.
This is the Grandmother's Flower Garden group. I just don't like the colors. They don't work well together in my humble opinion.
This one I may finish. It doesn't look like her usual color choices, and is a little simpler than her usual work. It doesn't show her usual attention to quality. At this point, I am not sure she made this. I see the 4 odd blocks, which may be why this was never finished.As I said, my lighting is terrible, so, the colors don't show well. It's a navy blue 30's print. There is an extra block which indicates this may have started out to be an Irish Chain. I could use the extra block to fix those four oddball blocks. At this point, I'm ambivalent.
What this had done for me is to remember all the UFO's I have. That might be a better use for my time.bkay
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