Thursday #204 - Makin' a Virtual Garden

[Blue_Frog]

Well, its a cold and rainy day, and no one has opened the bar yet ...

*retrieves the lockpick kit*

There, the bar is open! And since its cold and dreary today, i've started planning what kind of plants I might like to put outside this year, I thought that it might be a nice touch to add some around the bar .... maybe a nice rooftop patio garden or some such?

Anyone have any recommendations?

[sparks19]

Well, its a cold and rainy day, and no one has opened the bar yet ...

*retrieves the lockpick kit*

There, the bar is open! And since its cold and dreary today, i've started planning what kind of plants I might like to put outside this year, I thought that it might be a nice touch to add some around the bar .... maybe a nice rooftop patio garden or some such?

Anyone have any recommendations?

Well I certainly LOVE to have plants and flowers around... but I cannot be trusted with their care.

I am a plant murderer lol. I just CANNOT keep any plants alive.... I don't understand it. I am certainly missing the green in my thumb. My HUSBAND knows more about plants and keeping them alive than I do LOL

[Blue_Frog]

Well I certainly LOVE to have plants and flowers around... but I cannot be trusted with their care.

I am a plant murderer lol. I just CANNOT keep any plants alive.... I don't understand it. I am certainly missing the green in my thumb. My HUSBAND knows more about plants and keeping them alive than I do LOL

*lol* i hear ya -- get your hubby to bring you home some cut flowers then - if they die after a while you dont feel quite so bad

I'm quite a lot better with the outdoor variety than the indoor variety -- i think i'll start up some sunflowers since they're so cheery

*looking through online flower/seed/bulb catalogs*

/also getting a glass-o-scotch since its cold and icky.

[Killearn Kitties]

What a lovely idea - sunflowers round the hot tub outside. They are among my favourites. Some nice tubs by the door too, perhaps? Any nice trailing plants in your seed catalogue? I got some lovely lemon and apricot busy lizzies last year. They would tone in nicely with the sunflowers.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I could zoom up to Lake Windermere and "borrow" some of their plastic daffodils

[cassiesmom]

I "overwintered" my geraniums from last year. It was a total fluke - I brought them inside on a chilly day last fall, and there they've stayed. One has grown like it was on steroids, and the other two are still alive They cost a whopping $1 apiece from the supermarket. I'll move them outside as soon as the nights are warmer. I hope the supermarket will sell them again this year because I would like one more to fill the window box. I have a balcony that faces south, so nothing thrives except plants that tolerate total sun.

I'd like a pet garden like Edwina's Secretary has, with fresh catnip for my cat. Add a pot of grass next to the catnip and I will have one very happy cat. Another pot next to that with dill and/or basil and I will be one very happy person.

[smokey the elder]

Geraniums are virtually indestructable! Caladiums do really well in hanging baskets with their colorful leaves. I have four dozen deep red glads I was supposed to plant last week, but we got a snow and sleet storm!

[gini]

Good morning everyone (well, at least it is still morning here). Your comment about some plastic flowers reminds me of a friend's neighbor.

I commented that she had such beautiful flowers all around her home - they really looked healthy and pretty. Then a few weeks later I went to visit and I noticed that all of the lovely "blue" flowers she had in her gardens, had been replaced with "pink" flowers. I couldn't understand why she would take the other ones out - they were looking so good.

Turns out all of them are plastic - and she changes them according to her mood.

Plants and flowers here at Thursdays? That's a great idea - and somehow sunflowers seem just the right type for us.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I have a idea! Let's plant pansies.....then after while....when it is time to replace them....we can freeze them in ice cubes and have them in our drinks this summer!

Cassiesmom...I had some geraniums for years in Chicago. Every fall I would cut them way back, cover the pot and put it in the basement AWAY from the furnace. Set them back in a sunny window about this time of year. By May they were gorgeous!

So a martini with a pansy ice cube floating...oh what to call it!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Plants start crying and run from the room if they see me comining. I am only allowed to take their pictures not care for them.

You may want a few tomato plants!!! Vine ripened tomatoes are the best!!!

[Blue_Frog]

I have a idea! Let's plant pansies.....then after while....when it is time to replace them....we can freeze them in ice cubes and have them in our drinks this summer!

Cassiesmom...I had some geraniums for years in Chicago. Every fall I would cut them way back, cover the pot and put it in the basement AWAY from the furnace. Set them back in a sunny window about this time of year. By May they were gorgeous!

So a martini with a pansy ice cube floating...oh what to call it!

Love that idea -- they'd look fancy in a big bowl of some kind of punch too

Hmm... we need a lemon tree too for wedges, and maybe some beans we can pickle to add to Caesars ... hmmm lots of ideas


/ hands ES a fancy Martini a la Pansy Icecube
/ refilling scotch, its going to be a long day -again- at work.


Edit: to fix some terrible bad spelling. Aparently "Huk'd on fonix werked fore me!" didn't really work...

[Edwina's Secretary]

You may want a few tomato plants!!! Vine ripened tomatoes are the best!!!

Planning Bloody Marys with homemade tomato juice! What a great idea MOFF!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Planning Bloody Marys with homemade tomato juice! What a great idea MOFF!

Glad I could help!!!

Oh, and some lime trees to go with the lemon ones: for lemonade and limeades, of course!!!

OH, Mario wants a cherry tree too!!!

[Karen]

Certainly planting catnip, but far away from anything more delicate ... The ground up here is still well snow-covered except for the two spots in the front that get the sun, flowers being a far-away concept at this point!

But certainly next fall we'll plant a mess of daffodils. There's nothing that says "spring" like teh smell o' daffidowndillies! And lilac bushes for May ...

And fruit trees and plants ...

[Logan]

Daffodils are the BEST, aren't they, Karen? Ours have already come and gone. I guess being in the south has its advantages. It is spring, and we're loving it!!!!

Logan