hmm, the only american beauty i know is a red rose. i'll do some looking around too.

Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

Jim Dandy: I'm so glad he's not greedy!~



As much as I love potatoes, I should try growing some next year.

Foxy Lady: LOL, I got one lone green pepper growing. All my cherry tomatoes disappeared. Guess the critters got them.

ok, I think I remember reading about this a couple of years ago and I'm just too dang lazy to try and look back.

My roses have the leaves getting big black splotches and turning yellow and then all falling off. At one point, one bush has NO leaves left, although they do seem to be growing back.

Any easy solutions or home remedies for them?

Bernice: ooo that sounds good!

Foxy Lady: I planted 2 tomato plants this year. Hopefully, the weather wont be a bad here in Texas as last year.

LOL, it feels like summer hit North Texas!

My roses out back are on overload with blooming. I never got around to pruning them, and I guess they are rejoicing. lol

The FDA said late Friday that the outbreak had been linked to bagged spinach products distributed by Natural Selection Foods, based in San Juan Bautista, California. The company has agreed to recall its bagged spinach products and has stopped shipping them.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,213891,00.html

*edited to fix the link.  Whenever there are commas in a link, it cannot be posted unless one uses the rich editor (unless someone else knows a trick I don't know)  ;)

Foxy Lady is Lady,

but WatfordFC is sweet lady.


(running away very fast!!!!)

plaintiger: help out a Florida girl here. What's done to winterize a sprinkler system?

I just thought I'd point out that in Dallas at 9:32 p.m., it is 89 F outside!!!!!

WatfordFC: how about Epiphytic Bromeliads?


http://www.bsi.org/

We got a heat wave here in North Texas. S'psed to be in upper 80's today.

Roses by eriisa


Little focus issue but hey, it was a camera phone! lol

Foxy Lady: LOL!

Foxy Lady: but think of all the fun you'll have! You can go on walkabouts, chase the kangeroos, and keep saying 'G'day!'

and there is no SNOW!

LOL!!!!

I wouldn't mind some TULIPS. hehehe

I thought about asking for seeds anyway, but thought it might be a joke instead. lol

nobleheart: ummmmm the image didnt come up for me of what you are planting.

ScarletRose: LOL. men never droop around me!... but that's getting off topic.

I took a peek this morning, they are looking pretty nice. Maybe 1/2 inch tall..... lets see if I can remember... blue lake beans, collards, scallions, broccoli... oh and carrots!


Now my roses are leafing out very nicely. I still haven't added anything to their soil yet.

oh they were sitting outside in a partly sunny area. They just kinda drooped a little. I forgot to check on them all today, so I'll look tomorrow and give a report.

LOL

I had to laugh today at the seedlings. What I did is took egg cartons and put them in large ziploc bags to give the greehouse effect. I took the collard seedlings out of the bag today and let them sit out.


they did not appreciate my generosity at all.

Foxy Lady: I expect pretty soon. Its just some veggie seeds that I tossed in egg cartons to start em. I was surprised that the germinated so fast, its only been 2 or 3 days.

I got seedlings! I got seedlings! woo hoo!

my oak trees went from bare limbs to buds everywhere in one week! I'm glad I trim my rose bushes last weekend, but I think they need it again already! I'm never tough enough and really cut back.

They said that Texas will not have the wildflowers that we usually have because of the lack of rain and warm weather.

ugh, its now 85 inside.

I am NOT turning on the a/c!!! <repeating over and over>
I am NOT turning on the a/c!!! <repeating over and over>
I am NOT turning on the a/c!!! <repeating over and over>
I am NOT turning on the a/c!!! <repeating over and over>
I am NOT turning on the a/c!!! <repeating over and over>

that's it. A cold shower is coming! (and not for the usual reasons!)


Glad I could help, plaintiger!

ummm, I do believe that is a degree sign. LOL!!!!

Dolittle: 85 F outside, 83 F inside.

I am NOT turning on the a/c!!! <repeating over and over>



ROFL

*blowing north VERY hard*

I'm in the mood. Its just getting the time!

Its going to be in the 80's today. I got a couple of spikey rose bushes to trim!!!!

I have so many plans for the yard now that I'm working at home.

I think I'm going out this weekend to cut back the roses etc etc. Do ya'll think I should do the coffee ground thing in Dallas (zone 8) or should the soil be ok? When I met Jim 2 years ago, they were blooming like crazy! But I didn't notice a lot last year.

I think I'm also going to take a small plot and plant some veggies. I'm just dying for some collard greens!

So then, cannot a front originate in the artic while INSIDE Canada???

Seriously, the weathermen in Texas call it an artic front from Canada. Now refresh my memory. Is not parts of Canada north of the ARTIC circle????

nobleheart: Cause the artic blasts have to get past you to get to us!!!!

LOL, I am a bit more south

http://www.geocities.com/eriisa/king-coleus-baby.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/eriisa/king-coleus.JPG

now, Any one wanna see a pic of my coleus? I can take one and post it somewhere. Its amazing how they survived a tree falling on them. Except for the fact that they were 2 feet tall and now are about 6 inches, you'd never know! lol

Thanks Foxy. I just didn't think it was my place, even tho I could have.

hugs all around!

We all have bad days. I think on the whole, everone gets along with each other in here. That's why I like reading in here.

Peace quiet and harmony.

Saps and all. (lol! sorry, I couldn't resist!!!!)

what??? Foxy, you expect me to work?????? lol

My guess is that someone posted and deleted their own post.

Bernice, take a look at this link. Is this it?

http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=plant_profile.cgi&symbol=ROST

I found it by accident while surfing last night. I've really enjoyed it so far. The people on the forums are friendly and helpful.

Maybe you all already know this site... I just found it.

http://www.gardenweb.com/

yep, Dallas' high today is 66.

cariad: LOL! I would have put out a call if I wasn't out of the way!!!

I finally got everything cut up today and cleaned out. Tomorrow I'll get those poor broken stalks replanted well. Simply ran out of time.

Well, there went my newly planted coleuses... colei? lol

A thunderstorm came through and dropped a tree right on them. But I won't moan and complain, cause 6 inches more, and the tree would have been in the house!!!!

Here's Dallas weather for you. We hit our high of 95 by 11am yesterday, but then some storms came through in the afternoon, so we hit our low of 75 at 3pm.

*shakes head*