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Art161 · 26 April 2011, 07:24 AM

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Lisa · 26 April 2011, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Art161

HM I sometimes use HM to alert people that there is a Hidden Message. But not always.

I see.

Thought maybe it meant "Hi, Mireyna."

SKG · 27 April 2011, 01:07 AM

hey ladies ;)

abigsecret · 27 April 2011, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by SKG

hey ladies ;)

Hi

What's your name ?

Lisa · 27 April 2011, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by abigsecret

Hi

What's your name ?

Escayjee?

figbo · 27 April 2011, 03:56 AM

Here Myreina,latest on my son's rugrat!

Lisa · 27 April 2011, 05:21 AM

Aw - that little guy is so cute! That last pic slays me!

abigsecret · 27 April 2011, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisa

Aw - that little guy is so cute! That last pic slays me!

x2

he's so adorable!

Lion · 27 April 2011, 05:56 AM

X3
He is really cute...and it's fun because they go until they drop!!!

abigsecret · 27 April 2011, 06:08 AM

Here are my peanuts...

Lion · 27 April 2011, 08:24 AM

Mireyna, they are adorable...I just want to hug them and spoil them. Have you received Ileana's baby book yet???

abigsecret · 27 April 2011, 12:39 PM

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Mireyna, they are adorable...I just want to hug them and spoil them. Have you received Ileana's baby book yet???

Thanks, Leo

No, I haven't received the book yet

Lion · 27 April 2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by abigsecret

Thanks, Leo

No, I haven't received the book yet

Well...maybe by the time she's in high school you'll get it!!!

Lisa · 27 April 2011, 01:44 PM

Darling kids, M. I think they look like little versions of you and your hubby.

figbo · 27 April 2011, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisa

Darling kids, M. I think they look like little versions of you and your hubby.

Don't they?I think they look more like her,just my thought.

abigsecret · 27 April 2011, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by figbo

Don't they?I think they look more like her,just my thought.

That's because they're white with blue eyes!

The rest of the features are my hubby's, I think!

Lion · 27 April 2011, 08:40 PM

Mireyna, anytime you want a babysitter who would love to take care of them and spoil them...let me know!!!

That goes for you too Lisa!!!

Lisa · 27 April 2011, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by abigsecret

That's because they're white with blue eyes!

The rest of the features are my hubby's, I think!

Eh, I disagree with Raf - I think your little guy absolutely looks like your husband.

Lisa · 28 April 2011, 02:00 PM

Leo - I've got a few pics of the flowerbeds for you. The dianthus really took off this year - each has about tripled in size from when it was planted 2 years ago. Behind them are some geraniums - impulse buy because I liked the salmon color. There are three of them in this bed.

Remember how the hailstorm tore up the hostas and they grew back in all green? Well, they came back variegated this year, just like you thought they would. The caladiums haven't emerged yet, but there should be some coming up between hostas soon. I replanted the bulbs a few weeks ago.

Purple coral bell. It looked puny and sick all winter, but came back nicely.

Peonies getting ready to bloom. I've propped up those heavy blooms with twigs.

Hydrangea - can't wait for those huge blue blooms. I've gotten started applying the mulch to this area and have a ways to go. Bought 6 more bags of it today.

More hostas. The bare area behind them will soon be filled with a giant elephant ear. I overwintered the bulbs in the basement and they survived just fine.

More dianthus. June colored her hair to match. Behind her is the white peony, also propped up with twigs. I think those look more natural than the big metal cages.

Along the east side of the house - this is where I dug up all the (*@#$& monkey grass and put in a butterfly garden last week. There's parsley, fennel, butterfly bush, salvia, and my memory escapes me on the others. Petunias too, mostly for color. I put in moneywort for groundcover but I'm also going to add a covering of black mulch to tidy it up. That's a project for tomorrow!

Along the south side - this is where 5 of the climbing roses have been planted. I'm hoping to get them off to a good start - along with the other baby plants there. The little white ones are dusty miller and some white dianthus. It's pretty skimpy looking now.

Leah checking out the Westerland climbing rose.

A girl and her bunny. The iris plants were dug from my mom's house last week. She has tons of them that were originally planted about 40 years ago. I tried to get a bunch in every color she had; pale lavender, purple, peach and yellow.

What do you think? Did I do all right?

figbo · 29 April 2011, 01:11 AM

Beautiful garden,beautiful daughter,Lisa!

Rockrolex · 29 April 2011, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by figbo

Beautiful garden,beautiful daughter,Lisa!

I second Raf's comments, Lisa. The rabbit is kinda cute also.

Lisa · 29 April 2011, 02:10 AM

Thank you, Raf and Ed. Now that baby Violet is getting old enough to entertain herself some (she'll be 4 this June) I have more time to dig in the dirt. It's also too early for mosquitoes and blazing heat - this is the best time of year.

chicfarmer1 · 29 April 2011, 03:01 AM

Hi folks, just chiming in with praise for Lisa's beautiful gardens (and lovely girl, and bunny). As a gardener/farmer, these are very inspiring! I love the meticulous approach you have, and also the way the brickwork makes everything look especially pretty. I find that's true at our place, too.

My perennials are just starting to show up, after the snowdrops, crocuses, and daffodils. I'm looking forward to our showy stand of Siberian iris, due soon.

Food crop wise, the garlic is looking good. That's all that's up now. Pretty soon I can get the early lettuces in.

Cheers,
J

Art 1 · 29 April 2011, 06:34 AM

Nice pics, all.

Lisa · 29 April 2011, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chicfarmer1

Hi folks, just chiming in with praise for Lisa's beautiful gardens (and lovely girl, and bunny). As a gardener/farmer, these are very inspiring! I love the meticulous approach you have, and also the way the brickwork makes everything look especially pretty. I find that's true at our place, too.

My perennials are just starting to show up, after the snowdrops, crocuses, and daffodils. I'm looking forward to our showy stand of Siberian iris, due soon.

Food crop wise, the garlic is looking good. That's all that's up now. Pretty soon I can get the early lettuces in.

Cheers,
J

Hey, J - thanks so much for the kind words. I'm learning as I go - but it's really been fun - and good exercise, too.

The bunny provides lots of compost, and no kidding - it has really made a difference in the health and growth of our plants!

Tell me more about what kind of gardening and farming you do. I'm guessing you're farther north, since your perennials are just starting up. Hope you'll share some pics.

My parents were avid gardeners (both farm kids during the Depression) and I grew up on home-grown veggies and fruits. We even had a chicken for fresh eggs. We'd sell cantaloupes every summer to boost our college funds. I used to hate having to get up early during summer vacation to snap green beans or shell black-eyed peas, or help Mom stuff jars or juice apples... but looking back, I realize how lucky I was.

Art161 · 29 April 2011, 01:50 PM

Bunny compost?

If you want compost, try panda poo.

Lisa · 29 April 2011, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Art161

Bunny compost?

If you want compost, try panda poo.

Send it over!

Wonder if I'd get similar results by feeding bamboo to the rabbit?

chicfarmer1 · 29 April 2011, 10:38 PM

Lisa, I agree on getting that compost enriched. I have a small flock of sheep, so that's what we use.

I'm a hobby farmer really, so I get to play around with animals and gardening. (Some of the acreage is in productive row crops farmed on contract.) There's a wetland we manage, and woods and a creek. I do a large vegetable garden and lots of flowers. Yep, late gardens work best here.
A few snaps from recent years. In one from late summer, you can see the lower soybean field turned golden.

Lisa · 29 April 2011, 10:53 PM

Just breathtaking! Those iris are stunning. Is that lavender in the top right pic?

Your photos remind me of the farmland in NE Oklahoma, where my dad grew up. That old barn is too cool - is it yours? How many acres do you have?

What a great place to live. Now, if you tell me you live in an old farmhouse, and that there's a fishing pond, I'll fall over.

More piccies, please!?

chicfarmer1 · 29 April 2011, 11:12 PM

Thank you. It's a special environment that nurtures me every day. Yes, that old barn is our property, but not much in use. We use the one and other outbuildings near the house.

The lavender looking pic is actually a perennial salvia, and in that pic there are nasturtiums and brussels sprouts (the tall things toward the back in the frame).

Yep, a very old farmhouse (1860s), with a wetland and a creek, in fact. A few more snaps for ambience. If you have the chance to come through Ohio, let me know and I'll fix us something nice to sip on the porch.

The funny guy is a snapping turtle who winds up in the yard every year on the way to the wetland.

26 April 2011, 07:24 AM	#8611
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27 April 2011, 05:56 AM	#8619
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	X3 He is really cute...and it's fun because they go until they drop!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

27 April 2011, 06:08 AM	#8620
abigsecret "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Real Name: Mireyna Location: s o t r Watch: your back! Posts: 2,282	Here are my peanuts... __________________ #6267 He who knows no foreign language does not know his own.-Goethe

27 April 2011, 08:24 AM	#8621
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Mireyna, they are adorable...I just want to hug them and spoil them. Have you received Ileana's baby book yet??? __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

27 April 2011, 08:40 PM	#8627
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Mireyna, anytime you want a babysitter who would love to take care of them and spoil them...let me know!!! That goes for you too Lisa!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

27 April 2011, 01:07 AM	#8613
SKG Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Australija Watch: Daytona Posts: 30	hey ladies ;)

27 April 2011, 05:21 AM	#8617
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	Aw - that little guy is so cute! That last pic slays me!

27 April 2011, 01:44 PM	#8624
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	Darling kids, M. I think they look like little versions of you and your hubby.

28 April 2011, 02:00 PM	#8629
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	Leo - I've got a few pics of the flowerbeds for you. The dianthus really took off this year - each has about tripled in size from when it was planted 2 years ago. Behind them are some geraniums - impulse buy because I liked the salmon color. There are three of them in this bed. Remember how the hailstorm tore up the hostas and they grew back in all green? Well, they came back variegated this year, just like you thought they would. The caladiums haven't emerged yet, but there should be some coming up between hostas soon. I replanted the bulbs a few weeks ago. Purple coral bell. It looked puny and sick all winter, but came back nicely. Peonies getting ready to bloom. I've propped up those heavy blooms with twigs. Hydrangea - can't wait for those huge blue blooms. I've gotten started applying the mulch to this area and have a ways to go. Bought 6 more bags of it today. More hostas. The bare area behind them will soon be filled with a giant elephant ear. I overwintered the bulbs in the basement and they survived just fine. More dianthus. June colored her hair to match. Behind her is the white peony, also propped up with twigs. I think those look more natural than the big metal cages. Along the east side of the house - this is where I dug up all the (*@#$& monkey grass and put in a butterfly garden last week. There's parsley, fennel, butterfly bush, salvia, and my memory escapes me on the others. Petunias too, mostly for color. I put in moneywort for groundcover but I'm also going to add a covering of black mulch to tidy it up. That's a project for tomorrow! Along the south side - this is where 5 of the climbing roses have been planted. I'm hoping to get them off to a good start - along with the other baby plants there. The little white ones are dusty miller and some white dianthus. It's pretty skimpy looking now. Leah checking out the Westerland climbing rose. A girl and her bunny. The iris plants were dug from my mom's house last week. She has tons of them that were originally planted about 40 years ago. I tried to get a bunch in every color she had; pale lavender, purple, peach and yellow. What do you think? Did I do all right?

29 April 2011, 01:11 AM	#8630
figbo "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: El Raf-O Location: florida Watch: tt GMT2c,Omega Posts: 19,687	Beautiful garden,beautiful daughter,Lisa! __________________ member # 9862 Best bartender in the world!! Last of the Bastid Tossers p club member #9

29 April 2011, 02:10 AM	#8632
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	Thank you, Raf and Ed. Now that baby Violet is getting old enough to entertain herself some (she'll be 4 this June) I have more time to dig in the dirt. It's also too early for mosquitoes and blazing heat - this is the best time of year.

29 April 2011, 03:01 AM	#8633
chicfarmer1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Real Name: J Location: USA Midwest Watch: Midsize Datejust Posts: 2,611	Hi folks, just chiming in with praise for Lisa's beautiful gardens (and lovely girl, and bunny). As a gardener/farmer, these are very inspiring! I love the meticulous approach you have, and also the way the brickwork makes everything look especially pretty. I find that's true at our place, too. My perennials are just starting to show up, after the snowdrops, crocuses, and daffodils. I'm looking forward to our showy stand of Siberian iris, due soon. Food crop wise, the garlic is looking good. That's all that's up now. Pretty soon I can get the early lettuces in. Cheers, J

29 April 2011, 06:34 AM	#8634
Art 1 Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Florida, Canada Watch: Rol/Seik/Tud/Omega Posts: 30,244	Nice pics, all.

29 April 2011, 01:50 PM	#8636
Art161 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Real Name: Art Location: San Francisco Watch: Sundial Posts: 2,266	Bunny compost? If you want compost, try panda poo. __________________ Rolex SS Oyster Perpetual no date, TT Datejust Member #13992 HM Power to the Superlative Panda, officially certified! HMPanda eats, shoots and leaves. Rolexers do it with perpetual movements.

29 April 2011, 10:53 PM	#8639
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	Just breathtaking! Those iris are stunning. Is that lavender in the top right pic? Your photos remind me of the farmland in NE Oklahoma, where my dad grew up. That old barn is too cool - is it yours? How many acres do you have? What a great place to live. Now, if you tell me you live in an old farmhouse, and that there's a fishing pond, I'll fall over. More piccies, please!?

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