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Hello Anna, I envy you seeing the heads of the daffodils so soon, I’ll need at least another month depending on the weather. So instead I’m plotting yet another flower bed and an herb bed in the back yard. I’ll at least get buried pots…. they do like to roam…… David

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Hya david, Even when you plant mints in burried pots they roam I have tried that,they are so *strongminded* But they will do less and you can *correct* them more easily Today I saw my furst snowdrops as well Anna

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Well, that’s ok for the mints, I like to dry them and use them in tea during the winter. Oh, after my post I happened to look at my daffodils and darn if they weren’t peeking up at me through the mulch, just a bit of green announcing their presence. Thanks for giving me the moment to look. Spring will come!!!!! David

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Maybe we can send seeds to each other of some varieties of plants from our own plants in the fall. They might grow, and they might not, but it would be fun!

What a great idea Liz, I doubt I will have seeds this year, but I will have hundreds of bulbs from iris that have been busy dividing for a hundred years. Yikes I don’t want to clean out those beds! : ) Jess Ebay:JVincentGallery Online Shop: http://www.rubylane.com/shops/junqueslr

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This is silly, but to me it is like Christmas when I dig bulbs and find lots of divisions. Still, digging hundreds of Iris bulbs sounds pretty daunting! Yikes! Take care, Liz Maybe we can send seeds to each other of some varieties of plants from our own plants in the fall. They might grow, and they might not, but it would be fun! What a great idea Liz, I doubt I will have seeds this year, but I will have hundreds of bulbs from iris that have been busy dividing for a hundred years. Yikes I don’t want to clean out those beds! : ) Jess Ebay:JVincentGallery Online Shop: http://www.rubylane.com/shops/junqueslr

– There is always music amongst the trees in the garden but our minds must be very still to hear it.

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Me too. My favorite is chocolate mint. It has a peppermint pattie smell. Yum. My daffodil bulbs are in the ground under a huge pile of snow…sigh. Still, the snow is a good blanket for them. Gotta think positively! Take care, Liz Well, that’s ok for the mints, I like to dry them and use them in tea during the winter. Oh, after my post I happened to look at my daffodils and darn if they weren’t peeking up at me through the mulch, just a bit of green announcing their presence. Thanks for giving me the moment to look. Spring will come!!!!! David

– There is always music amongst the trees in the garden but our minds must be very still to hear it.

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SEE ???? Thats how easy it is lol Anna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Humans beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their god-given right to be stupid." Dean Koontz, Seize the Night

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Oh good, Robin. I’m so glad to meet someone who is as ignorant about gardening as I am. My mother had beautiful flower gardens, and my father actually grew vegetables and made a living doing it (along with the chickens) for a long time. For various reasons, I have never been able to have a garden of my own. Now I finally have a small fenced back yard where we want a sort of wild English garden. It has to be really low maintenance because I can’t bend my knees very well. I’m excited about it, but don’t have a clue in the world how to get started. I know if I have the same luck as I do with house plants, it won’t have a chance. : ) Dear Dot, You are a perfect candidate for a wildflower garden. Many nurseries sell flower mixtures, sometimes they come in canisters or seed mats. It is usually a blend of many flowers, some annuals, some perennials, many of which will self seed every year. I am sure you could find a English garden mixture. All you have to do is prepare the soil, by slightly raking it so as to make the ground soft, sprinkle the mixture on. The key is to water every single day. The first year it may not look the way you envisioned it would, but you will see that every year it gets fuller and more beautiful. These types of gardens are low maintenance and basically you are letting nature do what it please )) Where I live, the town has wildflower gardens on the side of the highways, they are stunning looking in the summer. Here are some links, you might be able to find a place on the internet that sells these wildflower mixtures. http://www.google.com/search?q=seeds+for+english+garden&btnG=Google+S… I just got this catalog and they sell all kinds of wildflower mixtures. www.wildseedfarms.com It is important that you buy mixtures or seeds that can grow in your part of the country. Take care Jackie

Wow! Jackie, thanks so much! I can’t wait to get started! Love, Dot

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I like the golden yellows very much and I dunnot have on ( strange huh? )

The butterfly bushes with the spiked flowers are called "Buddleia Davidii". The golden-yellow are called "Buddleia Globosa". The flowers are not spiked on this bush, they are like clusters and very dainty. I had a hard time finding this bush here, but I have two now I find the fragrance from the Butterfly bush intoxicating at times, it makes my whole yard smell so beautiful. And lupines well they are great

I love Lupines, I love all flowers. Jackie ~*~Where flowers bloom so does hope~*~

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Maybe we can send seeds to each other of some varieties of plants from our own plants in the fall. They might grow, and they might not, but it would be fun!

Dear Liz, I would love to be a part of this ) I have alot of plants in my garden that I can gather seeds from. Jackie ~*~The Earth Laughs in Flowers~*~

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Ok all you green thumbs….I can’t get a thing to grow. Oklahoma is hard to learn in too! I want more than anything to have white gardenia’s But I have seeds for Moon Flowers and Morning Glories so white would be blooming all the time….however I have no idea how the hell to do this! I can imagine me out there digging away and planting all the seeds…then a huge spring storm washing all the seeds away!

Dear Robin, Start your seeds indoors, then you transplant them when they are a few inches tall. This will give them a good chance of surviving once in the ground. They sell peat moss cups that you can start your seeds in, then they can go right into the ground when it is time to plant the seedlings. I use plastic drinking cups to start mine. If you want to add some color being everything is white, they sell different color morning glories, I especially like the classic blue color. I love Moon flowers, you will not believe how fragrant they are at night. With the Morning Glory seeds, make sure to prick the hull slightly( I usually prick one end off), then soak in water overnight, if you don`t do this, they will not sprout. Take care Jackie Moonflowers aglow along the lattice walls; a candlelit porch.

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Oh good, Robin. I’m so glad to meet someone who is as ignorant about gardening as I am. My mother had beautiful flower gardens, and my father actually grew vegetables and made a living doing it (along with the chickens) for a long time. For various reasons, I have never been able to have a garden of my own. Now I finally have a small fenced back yard where we want a sort of wild English garden. It has to be really low maintenance because I can’t bend my knees very well. I’m excited about it, but don’t have a clue in the world how to get started. I know if I have the same luck as I do with house plants, it won’t have a chance. : )

Dear Dot, You are a perfect candidate for a wildflower garden. Many nurseries sell flower mixtures, sometimes they come in canisters or seed mats. It is usually a blend of many flowers, some annuals, some perennials, many of which will self seed every year. I am sure you could find a English garden mixture. All you have to do is prepare the soil, by slightly raking it so as to make the ground soft, sprinkle the mixture on. The key is to water every single day. The first year it may not look the way you envisioned it would, but you will see that every year it gets fuller and more beautiful. These types of gardens are low maintenance and basically you are letting nature do what it please )) Where I live, the town has wildflower gardens on the side of the highways, they are stunning looking in the summer. Here are some links, you might be able to find a place on the internet that sells these wildflower mixtures. http://www.google.com/search?q=seeds+for+english+garden&btnG=Google+S… I just got this catalog and they sell all kinds of wildflower mixtures. www.wildseedfarms.com It is important that you buy mixtures or seeds that can grow in your part of the country. Take care Jackie

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Nono miss Robin thats defitnetly not the way to do it You dunnot plant seeds lol You plant plants Just make a part off the garden nice and fluffy put the seeds on your seeding *bed* Maybe put some white sand over it Keep it moist and you will see. Kiss Anna It’s all greek to me….LOL Would you like for me to try to explain the disciplinary procedures in the state penetentiaries for you…that I can do with much pomp and flair, but to make a seeding *bed* just makes me think of my first wedding where the birdseeds began to actually grow under the floor mat of our jeep after moisture got in…that’s the last thing I got to grow and it was by pure accident! Robin Humans beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their god-given right to be stupid." Dean Koontz, Seize the Night Oh good, Robin. I’m so glad to meet someone who is as ignorant about gardening as I am. My mother had beautiful flower gardens, and my father actually grew vegetables and made a living doing it (along with the chickens) for a long time. For various reasons, I have never been able to have a garden of my own. Now I finally have a small fenced back yard where we want a sort of wild English garden. It has to be really low maintenance because I can’t bend my knees very well. I’m excited about it, but don’t have a clue in the world how to get started. I know if I have the same luck as I do with house plants, it won’t have a chance. : ) Dot p.s. – I want to talk to my plants, but I don’t know what sex they are. Should I just call them all "Pat?"

YOU YOU Pat will do allright LMAO Anna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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Lizzie, I worked in the garden today ( the first day this year ) I had to prune the caryopteris and the butterflybushes. It was mild weather and working my way trough the garden I saw the *green heads* of the daphodils,spring is coming. It was nice and the garden smelled spicey,you know the smell of old leaves. And you know what ? One off the rosebushes ( we call it the applerose,the eglantier ) had a bud,poor thing I cut it of and it is in my grandmothers liqueurglass. Can you see it? I hope you can work the garden soon again,it is so relaxing Maybe I send you some piccies off my garden some time Hug Anna

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I worked in the garden today ( the first day this year ) I had to prune the caryopteris and the butterflybushes. It was mild weather and working my way trough the garden I saw the *green heads* of the daphodils,spring is coming. It was nice and the garden smelled spicey,you know the smell of old leaves. And you know what ? One off the rosebushes ( we call it the applerose,the eglantier ) had a bud,poor thing I cut it of and it is in my grandmothers liqueurglass. Can you see it? I hope you can work the garden soon again,it is so relaxing Maybe I send you some piccies off my garden some time

Dear Anna, You are so lucky to be able to work in your garden. My garden has been covered by snow for weeks now. I probably won`t be able to do any work in it for another two months. Butterfly bushes are one of my favorites, I have 11 of them in assorted colors ranging from deep purples to golden-yellows. Mine are always adorned with beautiful butterflies during the summer. My sister-in-law went to New Zealand in October and she brought me back some seeds, so I will have Lupines in my garden this summer from New Zealand I am glad you had a nice day Jackie

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I worked in the garden today ( the first day this year ) I had to prune the caryopteris and the butterflybushes. It was mild weather and working my way trough the garden I saw the *green heads* of the daphodils,spring is coming. It was nice and the garden smelled spicey,you know the smell of old leaves. And you know what ? One off the rosebushes ( we call it the applerose,the eglantier ) had a bud,poor thing I cut it of and it is in my grandmothers liqueurglass. Can you see it? I hope you can work the garden soon again,it is so relaxing Maybe I send you some piccies off my garden some time Dear Anna, You are so lucky to be able to work in your garden. My garden has been covered by snow for weeks now. I probably won`t be able to do any work in it for another two months. Butterfly bushes are one of my favorites, I have 11 of them in assorted colors ranging from deep purples to golden-yellows. Mine are always adorned with beautiful butterflies during the summer. My sister-in-law went to New Zealand in October and she brought me back some seeds, so I will have Lupines in my garden this summer from New Zealand I am glad you had a nice day Jackie

I like the golden yellows very much and I dunnot have on ( strange huh? ) And lupines well they are great Kiss Anna

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That sounds so wonderful…being able to do stuff outside. We have about a foot of snow right now and much more winter to go. I start some of my seedlings in the greenhouse about the third week in February, and can plant cold crop seeds like spinach, lettuce, peas outside in April. Our last heavy frost is usually sometime in early May, so I can plant most things by the middle of May. You have a rose bud…sigh…I am so envious! Yes, it is best to have it inside where the frost cannot destroy it before it even gets a chance to open. Perhaps we can all share our gardens this summer on a website. I would not mind hosting it….I have the space. I ususally put one up anyway for my gardening friend in Massachusetts. My property is not anything for a magazine, just a simple rural back yard, but I love it. Take care, Liz – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Lizzie, I worked in the garden today ( the first day this year ) I had to prune the caryopteris and the butterflybushes. It was mild weather and working my way trough the garden I saw the *green heads* of the daphodils,spring is coming. It was nice and the garden smelled spicey,you know the smell of old leaves. And you know what ? One off the rosebushes ( we call it the applerose,the eglantier ) had a bud,poor thing I cut it of and it is in my grandmothers liqueurglass. Can you see it? I hope you can work the garden soon again,it is so relaxing Maybe I send you some piccies off my garden some time Hug Anna

– There is always music amongst the trees in the garden but our minds must be very still to hear it.

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Maybe we can send seeds to each other of some varieties of plants from our own plants in the fall. They might grow, and they might not, but it would be fun! Take care, Liz – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I worked in the garden today ( the first day this year ) I had to prune the caryopteris and the butterflybushes. It was mild weather and working my way trough the garden I saw the *green heads* of the daphodils,spring is coming. It was nice and the garden smelled spicey,you know the smell of old leaves. And you know what ? One off the rosebushes ( we call it the applerose,the eglantier ) had a bud,poor thing I cut it of and it is in my grandmothers liqueurglass. Can you see it? I hope you can work the garden soon again,it is so relaxing Maybe I send you some piccies off my garden some time Dear Anna, You are so lucky to be able to work in your garden. My garden has been covered by snow for weeks now. I probably won`t be able to do any work in it for another two months. Butterfly bushes are one of my favorites, I have 11 of them in assorted colors ranging from deep purples to golden-yellows. Mine are always adorned with beautiful butterflies during the summer. My sister-in-law went to New Zealand in October and she brought me back some seeds, so I will have Lupines in my garden this summer from New Zealand I am glad you had a nice day Jackie I like the golden yellows very much and I dunnot have on ( strange huh? ) And lupines well they are great Kiss Anna

– There is always music amongst the trees in the garden but our minds must be very still to hear it.

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Maybe we can send seeds to each other of some varieties of plants from our own plants in the fall. They might grow, and they might not, but it would be fun! Take care, Liz

Yes I would like that very much,I allready have pieces off my garden named after people:) I have a tiny spot where i grow plants my Granny liked I even have an old agenda with gardenplans from my grandfather. Then i could call a piece Jackies garden And Lizzies garden Hugs Anna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I worked in the garden today ( the first day this year ) I had to prune the caryopteris and the butterflybushes. It was mild weather and working my way trough the garden I saw the *green heads* of the daphodils,spring is coming. It was nice and the garden smelled spicey,you know the smell of old leaves. And you know what ? One off the rosebushes ( we call it the applerose,the eglantier ) had a bud,poor thing I cut it of and it is in my grandmothers liqueurglass. Can you see it? I hope you can work the garden soon again,it is so relaxing Maybe I send you some piccies off my garden some time Dear Anna, You are so lucky to be able to work in your garden. My garden has been covered by snow for weeks now. I probably won`t be able to do any work in it for another two months. Butterfly bushes are one of my favorites, I have 11 of them in assorted colors ranging from deep purples to golden-yellows. Mine are always adorned with beautiful butterflies during the summer. My sister-in-law went to New Zealand in October and she brought me back some seeds, so I will have Lupines in my garden this summer from New Zealand I am glad you had a nice day Jackie I like the golden yellows very much and I dunnot have on ( strange huh? ) And lupines well they are great Kiss Anna — There is always music amongst the trees in the garden but our minds must be very still to hear it.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Nono miss Robin thats defitnetly not the way to do it You dunnot plant seeds lol You plant plants Just make a part off the garden nice and fluffy put the seeds on your seeding *bed* Maybe put some white sand over it Keep it moist and you will see. Kiss Anna It’s all greek to me….LOL Would you like for me to try to explain the disciplinary procedures in the state penetentiaries for you…that I can do with much pomp and flair, but to make a seeding *bed* just makes me think of my first wedding where the birdseeds began to actually grow under the floor mat of our jeep after moisture got in…that’s the last thing I got to grow and it was by pure accident! Robin Humans beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their god-given right to be stupid." Dean Koontz, Seize the Night

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Nono miss Robin thats defitnetly not the way to do it You dunnot plant seeds lol You plant plants Just make a part off the garden nice and fluffy put the seeds on your seeding *bed* Maybe put some white sand over it Keep it moist and you will see. Kiss Anna

It’s all greek to me….LOL Would you like for me to try to explain the disciplinary procedures in the state penetentiaries for you…that I can do with much pomp and flair, but to make a seeding *bed* just makes me think of my first wedding where the birdseeds began to actually grow under the floor mat of our jeep after moisture got in…that’s the last thing I got to grow and it was by pure accident! Robin Humans beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their god-given right to be stupid." Dean Koontz, Seize the Night

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – That sounds so wonderful…being able to do stuff outside. We have about a foot of snow right now and much more winter to go. I start some of my seedlings in the greenhouse about the third week in February, and can plant cold crop seeds like spinach, lettuce, peas outside in April. Our last heavy frost is usually sometime in early May, so I can plant most things by the middle of May. You have a rose bud…sigh…I am so envious! Yes, it is best to have it inside where the frost cannot destroy it before it even gets a chance to open. Perhaps we can all share our gardens this summer on a website. I would not mind hosting it….I have the space. I ususally put one up anyway for my gardening friend in Massachusetts. My property is not anything for a magazine, just a simple rural back yard, but I love it. Take care, Liz

You would do that I like the idea very much. I dunnot have a big garden myself,but that is the challenge I also grow things in the house in little boxes and plant them in may outside I love annuals Hug Anna – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Lizzie, I worked in the garden today ( the first day this year ) I had to prune the caryopteris and the butterflybushes. It was mild weather and working my way trough the garden I saw the *green heads* of the daphodils,spring is coming. It was nice and the garden smelled spicey,you know the smell of old leaves. And you know what ? One off the rosebushes ( we call it the applerose,the eglantier ) had a bud,poor thing I cut it of and it is in my grandmothers liqueurglass. Can you see it? I hope you can work the garden soon again,it is so relaxing Maybe I send you some piccies off my garden some time Hug Anna — There is always music amongst the trees in the garden but our minds must be very still to hear it.

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