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8:56 am
October 7, 2008
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nancee
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My very dear friend is moving into a new home, but she is digging up thousands of great perennials to move with her. Yesterday she invited me over to join her digging party. I came home with a van full of iris, hostas, mums, and starts of things I don't even know what they are. Anyone have suggestions as to how to sort these out? I had just started new beds myself this spring, so have places for things, but I know I'm going to end up with tall stuff in front of short stuff and will be re-planting next year. Oh well, I guess I'll just have a smorgasbord of flowers next year, and be surprised with what God sends me. Then we'll deal with shuffling them around at that time. Sounds like some fun days ahead. Love my flowers, but for some reason dear husband is not as enthusiastic. I guess it was something I said about needing some help digging. Oh, the togetherness we'll share today!!
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12:08 pm
October 7, 2008
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Miss Dana
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Oh Nancee, how exciting!! And you have mature perennials too! I used to volunteer as a master gardener with our extention agency. I, too, planted a hodge-podge of perennials. After the the first couple of years I learned more about their 'manners'. The Obedient Plant was anything BUT! The lamb's ear was so fuzzy and sweet and the cosmos really love to grow tall and sway.
What an adventure!! Are you going to use those little identifying stakes? Were there any peonies in the mix? You know those are the most fretful things! They seem to think you need mushroom compost, should transplant only under a new moon, when the hummingbirds have flown south and two doors down is having spaghetti for dinner!
I'm seriously jealous!
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11:21 pm
October 7, 2008
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nancee
Banty
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Okay, okay, I know I have this conversation under the wrong topic, but give me another chance, as I'm a “newbie”. I think I have posted it “In the Barn”, where you want to talk about animals and such, and I'm rattling on about transplanting flora. Well let me see, will it make you feel better if I tell you that this spring I fertilized my beds with “donkey doo”? A little dab will doo ya too, apply too much and you can burn things up. Thankfully I surely judged that pretty well because I ended up with big strong plants and blossoms. Okay, now that I've mentioned that donkey and his contribution to my gardens, I want to tell……….
Miss Dana thanks for responding to my topic. I got lots of planting done today until rain put an end to my venture. Hope to start in again tomorrow. We were so dry, I don't look for it to be too muddy. No peonies in this bunch, but I do have two to move. And I appreciate the advice and will definately check the moon and will try to convince the neighbors down the street to have spaghetti for dinner. That was funny !!
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12:01 am
October 8, 2008
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GeorgiaZ
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I love perennials! I hate having to plant and replant every year. YUK, I just want to do it once and watch it get bigger and prettier every year. I am hoping to have some trees cut out this year. I love the shade but I have huge pecan trees and some of the limbs are dying and need to come down before they do it on their own. I am wanting to downsize on my flower beds too. When my home was the tea room, I built really fancy swirly flower beds around everything. It was so pretty but so very much work. Now I want a few and more grass room. So it is time to get some gone so it is more manageable.
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7:41 am
October 8, 2008
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Miss Dana
Big Chicken
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Ha! I had the hardest time finding this topic again!! This was the ONE place I didn't think to look!
Georgia, pecan trees….how long do they keep producing? Some out at the pasture seem to have retired and yet, some are dropping nuts like crazy. Peaches go about 13 years…was always sad when they stopped producing.
Do yall have pictures of any gardens you've made? (oooOh, this thread could end up with perennial talk, pecan advice, garden photos….hahahaha!!)
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8:04 am
October 8, 2008
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GeorgiaZ
Big Chicken
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I have pecan trees in my yard that I know are older than 45 years, I remember swinging from them in my earliest memories. And they still put out every year. I know it takes many years for them to start, like over 5 yrs. They are very slow growing, but the branches break like twigs in a good storm. I also have a 100 year old oak tree in my yard that I dearly love, it is huge and still going strong. If my yard were prettier, not enough water this summer, I would take pics. maybe I will later.
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