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  1. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    When your head is always in the clouds, as mine is, it's important to keep your feet on the ground......I need to have something to keep me grounded! (LOL)
  2. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    10,000 feet? 13,000 feet? Dawn, I'm TERRIFIED of heights. I can go in an airplane but I can't ever sit by the window. I consider it a heroic accomplishment if I can change a light bulb by standing on a step ladder. And I had to FORCE myself to stand on the step stool to hang the hummingbird...
  3. plantlover

    Who Grows Berries/Fruit

    Thanks, Dor! Dor, we are MUCH dryer than you are. We haven't had measurable rain in so long, I can't remember when I saw it last! If you are considering a Meyer Lemon tree, before you buy one of theirs, investigate the dwarf varieties, because you could grow that in a pot. I think I've seen...
  4. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    Dawn, I grew up in Chicago. They've had so much snow this year, they hardly know what to do with it. I remember winters like that. Then I lived in Iowa for 22 years, and even though I lived in a major university town, it was rural by comparison to a big city. We got tons of snow and cold there...
  5. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    Warm up, Dawn? It was 75 here today! Don't just wish you lived in a warmer climate?
  6. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    What a warm welcome! Bob, thank you for the warm welcome! This really does seem like a friendly place. The set up is quite simple and easy to navigate. You are right -- people CAN belong to different sites, and maybe I was wrong in the past for thinking they shouldn't. Different sites have...
  7. plantlover

    Who Grows Berries/Fruit

    Holy cow! Thanks, Dawn! That information is great! If you ever get the chance to taste an Ambrosia apple, seize the opportunity! It's my all time favorite apple now! It's beautiful looking and heavenly delicious. I'll have to get the recipe for that pie/tart that my mother makes with those...
  8. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    Treva, I think this is a rough time for a lot of people. I know it doesn't change the reality for any of us, but somehow, at least for me, when I hear that others are going through a difficult time, it helps me realize that I'm not alone in my plight, and that hopefully, the tides will turn for...
  9. plantlover

    Who Grows Berries/Fruit

    Randy, the Japanese also cultivate the mulberry for paper making. I'm not sure whether Kozo is a separate variety or whether they use one type of mulberry for multiple purposes. The fibers are quite long, and to make the paper, they have to be broken down. When I was in graduate school, I took a...
  10. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    We love you, Treva! Treva, no one could ever think that you care! We can feel it in your writing, and in everything you do. We all know that this economic crisis is hitting each of us in someway, however different it may be. Somehow, we just have to find the strength to weather through the...
  11. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    Dawn, you are so sweet! If you and Gloria keep this up, my head may get so large, it will burst. Seriously though, thank you both for your support! I love you dearly for it! Getting to have my special friends wherever I go is a wonderful thought, and I wouldn't have it any other way. As for...
  12. plantlover

    Who Grows Berries/Fruit

    Oh Dawn! Are those Italian plums you have the prune plums? My mother loves those. Every fall, she goes on a search to find them in one of the higher end grocery stores. She makes a kind of tart/pie with them. The recipe is quite old. I think it was passed down from an old family friend. The...
  13. plantlover

    Brug blooms to new height

    I wasn't familiar with brugs until some folks here and elsewhere introduced me to them! Boy are they spectacular! The flowers are so perfect. Dor, that Frosty Pink is beautiful. The color is really lovely!!!!!!!! Great growing everyone!
  14. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    I'm blushing, Gloria! Gloria, the way I see it, the more gardeners I can meet, the better. That means there are more people I can trade with and share my small bounty with, and it's always wonderful to get to know other gardeners. I ROCK? You're the first person who has ever told me that! I...
  15. plantlover

    Welcome Members from GH

    I feel a red carpet under my feet! Thanks, Gloria! Thanks to you, too, Swindy! Dawn, you haven't been displaced. I think your browser is causing your problems on GH. :eek: You should be able to read PM's there, though. I wish I could tell you when it will be fixed, but I honestly have no...
  16. plantlover

    ABC Flower Game

    I guess we start over again. A = Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile)
  17. plantlover

    Pictures of your past gardens to get us through the winter

    Wow, y'all! I'm drooling................It's time to plant! That dang ground hog didn't see his shadow, and we've got 6 more weeks of winter! Oh hell!
  18. plantlover

    Brug blooms to new height

    GardenBear, no, you couldn't leave them in the ground! They aren't hardy in zones colder than 8. Zone 7 is pushing it. You could grow them in pots though, and grow them as a house plant you bring outside. That's pretty much what I do -- and I live in zone 8. I just don't have the room...
  19. plantlover

    What kinds of herbs will you grow this year?

    Lynn, make sure that if you're going to grow tarragon, you only grow the French variety. French tarragon has an anise like flavor, but anything else is bitter.
  20. plantlover

    What kinds of herbs will you grow this year?

    I've got some lavender I just started from seed. If I could do it, I'd love to have some shallots, and nothing compares to French tarragon....Genovese Basil is great, too....I'll have to find some seeds for that. I like all sorts of mixed basil varieties. As for mint and chives, I wouldn't grow...


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