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  1. 03-22-2007, 11:47 AM #1
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    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.
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  2. 03-22-2007, 11:51 AM #2
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    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!
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  3. 03-22-2007, 11:55 AM #3
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    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!
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    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!!!
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  5. 03-22-2007, 12:40 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces

    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!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
    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!!!
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    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 ...
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    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!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by momoffuzzyfaces


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

    Yup ...

    Till your Durn Dawgs decide THEY like the taste of fresh, home-grown, 'Matoes!

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    Lilly was a master at picking tomatoes. I wish she was still right here to "pick" to her heart's content.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Logan
    Lilly was a master at picking tomatoes. I wish she was still right here to "pick" to her heart's content.

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    My old dog Holly used to eat veggies from the garden too -- she was really gentle about it and would pick raspberries off the bushes without damaging them, pick and eat the beans without breaking the stems -- quality dog she was
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    That's exactly how Lilly was, Blue Frog. She was ever so gentle in her "picking", but we still hated it when she picked our neighbor's tomatoes, when we weren't looking! I think our neighbor and our family would rather have her picking tomatoes to her heart's content, than have her gone.
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  13. 03-22-2007, 12:11 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by 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!
    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...
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