Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Dear Kathleen, I'm very sorry to hear about your mother-in-law's passing but she is now in a better place and not suffering. Now to answer your question about my garden. I have just planted about 150 new plants this year. I have planted about 75 new helichyrsum (both italicum & angustofolia) as well as about 15 new rose bushes and about 40 to 50 melissa plants along with basil, comfrey, cilantro, thyme, tomatoes and other herbs & vegetables. Our weather here in North Texas for the past week has been in the mid-70's to 85 degrees last Saturday. Tomorrow and Wednesday we go back to the 40's and by Friday we're up into the 70's again. Spring in Texas you never know what type of weather you will be having next. I also planted some more rosemary and lavender with marigolds and other flowers to attract the bees and butterflys. I will be harvesting roses by the middle of April until the end of May and then comes the helichrysum during the month of June. Surprisingly after many trials and errors in growing heli I have found that it grows well here in North Texas. I now have some plants that are going on 5 years old. Melissa just keeps coming back and doing her thing while the violet leaves just appear when they are good and ready and the weather is right for them. Your garden sound and smells wonderful from your description. I wish I was there to smell the lemon neroli. Is your lemon neroli tree a special type of tree or just a regular lemon tree type that grows where you live? Take care and have a wonderful week! I'm enjoying getting out and working with the earth, too. Rhavda Emison Scents of Success (http://www.scentsofsuccess.com Texas Grown - USA Made Rose Oil & Other Aromatherapy Products Rose, Helichrysum, Oak Moss, Melissa, & Other Aged Herbal Oils > >doth your garden grow? > >Well, for those of you who are six feet under the latest snow storm, you >just might hate me, but I thought I'd share me garden with you. > >Lilacs are blooming. Unfortunately, this being California, the fragrance is >rather underwhelming, but they're a pretty pink color and they DO smell. >Just ate my one and only ripe Orange of me Orange tree yesterday. It was >lovely. I'll never get another if the moving plans hold. My oak tree, >planted most likely by a squirrel is doing well, it's putting out it's very >first leaves for the year. The Honey suckle is blooming as well, smells >luscious. The lemon tree is also just a bust with buds. Another week and >I'll be in Lemon Neroli Nervana. Unfortunately, while we do have a FEW ripe >lemons, most won't be ready to eat until after we are gone from here. We >even mowed the lawn for the first time here. My Budlia Bush is starting to >do it's yearly mad dash of growing befor putting out buds and the irises >are all up and looking to put up buds. The glads.. some are up over a foot >tall and others have not yet put in an appearance. The late peach tree is >just about finished blooming and the spring blooming fake cherry tree has >finished is wildly pink dance. > >And there's how MY garden is doing... how's yours? > >Cheers! >Kathleen Petrides >The Woobey Queen >The Warming Touch, Therapeutic Pillows >http://www.woobeyworld.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 We're still pretty frozen here in Indiana...well, hanging at about 40 degrees... I have a few crocus in bloom but that's it. Just seeing that tiny bit of color is so exciting though!! I have sprouts up..my roses, hedge roses and pussy willows made it through another winter! I have a bunch of seedlings started in the house of all types of herbs and veggies. I have tons of bulbs up next door that need to be thinned (I have no experience with that, any advice??) Oh honeysuckle, my friend and my foe...it is wonderful, but here it tries to take over the world. It's a constant battle to keep it in check. I have a row along the back of my flower bed in the front. It was here when we bought the place. We have some fruit trees Kathleen but no oranges and lemons. We have plums, apples, strawberries, a type of kiwi, figs, etc... My big project this year is to get some herb beds going (expand on the little we have now). while I wait for the coldness to go away I'm trying to be careful and research what plants need what, who needs a container and so forth. I'm SO not a methodical person. In the past I've expected just to throw it in dirt and let it happen but clearly they need more attention. My honey planted a BUNCH of trees this year. I couldn't even tell you what all he put over there. I know he chose many shrubs and trees based on berries for birds and squirrels, and ones with various colors of foliage. It will be quite colorful in a few years I expect. Just a few more weeks and I can get out there... Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hate is a strong word, Kathleen, but you do stir some deep emotion as I look out my window at our frozen lake and gently wafting snowflakes : ( My garden grows ...but not yet. Allana in blustery Nova Scotia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 In a message dated 3/15/2005 8:24:55 AM Central Standard Time, cjpearce writes: Here is my garden, little frozen dog poops are starting to surface as the top layers of snow are starting to melt. Think i like the clean snow covered version better..lol Carol, thanks for the BIG laugh I got from reading this today. You started my day off with a smile....LOL Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 It's not! We are burried under lots of snow and still really cold! Steph > > > doth your garden grow? > > Well, for those of you who are six feet under the latest snow storm, you > just might hate me, but I thought I'd share me garden with you. > > Lilacs are blooming. Unfortunately, this being California, the fragrance > is > rather underwhelming, but they're a pretty pink color and they DO smell. > Just ate my one and only ripe Orange of me Orange tree yesterday. It was > lovely. I'll never get another if the moving plans hold. My oak tree, > planted most likely by a squirrel is doing well, it's putting out it's > very > first leaves for the year. The Honey suckle is blooming as well, smells > luscious. The lemon tree is also just a bust with buds. Another week and > I'll be in Lemon Neroli Nervana. Unfortunately, while we do have a FEW > ripe > lemons, most won't be ready to eat until after we are gone from here. We > even mowed the lawn for the first time here. My Budlia Bush is starting to > do it's yearly mad dash of growing befor putting out buds and the irises > are all up and looking to put up buds. The glads.. some are up over a foot > tall and others have not yet put in an appearance. The late peach tree is > just about finished blooming and the spring blooming fake cherry tree has > finished is wildly pink dance. > > And there's how MY garden is doing... how's yours? > > Cheers! > Kathleen Petrides > The Woobey Queen > The Warming Touch, Therapeutic Pillows > http://www.woobeyworld.com > > > > > > Step By Step Instructions On Making Rose Petal Preserves: > http://www.av-at.com/stuff/rosejam.html > > To adjust your group settings (i.e. go no mail) see the following link: > /join > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Kathleen: Well you at least made me feel like Spring had sprung. We are in the middle of a snow storm in Northwest Texas and are expecting about 9-10 inches. Last Saturday it was 84 degrees so many of my plants are budding out, only to be set back by this. I am getting anxious as I have 6,000 lavender plants arriving soon for planting. The distiller is on the way, and my rosemary has been cut back just waiting to be distilled. Keep sending Sunshine this way! Rhavda where are you located? I am in Hereford. Cindy Whitaker www.windmillsoaps.com Beautifully Designed & Gentle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Here is my garden, little frozen dog poops are starting to surface as the top layers of snow are starting to melt. Think i like the clean snow covered version better..lol So all of my attention has been focused these past two weeks on spring cleaning the home, and tonight I pick up four birds for the bird cage that I bought 8 years ago, and finally dusted off, lol... I'm also doing 5 on line courses, to help with the web site, and spent 10.5 hours with my daughter in emergency last weekend, thought she was having an appendix problem, turned out to be a viral infection.. Damn those viruses, lol... This morning we go shopping for bird food...Hope everyone on the list is well and those in Canada with kids are enjoying March Break ( is the American equivalent this week?). Anyhoo... happy spring people.. Carol > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Carol, I'm so sick of winter but your message sure made me laugh. Still have snow on the ground and not a Spring day in site. I have a new pup and I wish I could get her to poop outside. Never had this problem with pups in the past. Do you think there is a essential oil for that???? Maybe Butch will have a solution! Kat : Here is my garden, little frozen dog poops are starting to surface as the top layers of snow are starting to melt. Think i like the clean snow covered version better..lol Carol, thanks for the BIG laugh I got from reading this today. You started my day off with a smile....LOL Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Dear Kathleen, Thanks for the tour, now I REALLY want to do a spring trip to California! We are thinking about taking the ancient but serviceable motor home, affectionately known as " The Thing " , out that way. I need to smell some sea air too, the ultimate aromatherapy. We have traveled the glorious Oregon and Washington coast but never got further South than the redwood country in Northern Cal. As for the garden: crocuses and snowdrops and primroses and those tiny baby irises and the little yellow thingies, aconites. All in full bloom in a sheltered spot in front of the home. Planted mesclun mix in unheated greenhouse, and some multiplier onions. Not doing starter veggie plants this year because we might want to go away for a spell. Snow still lingering in patches in shady spots, but mainly gone, which is very early. Some years we don't see bare ground till April. Carol, my friend Beth used to have three big dogs and your words brought home vivid memories of her lawn first thing in spring. NOT a pretty smell, lol. Winter here really ended January 17, when the snow turned to rain. Crazy! Who knows what's normal anymore. Enjoying the slow leisurely approach to garden season, no panic. Just tidying up, looking at the perennial beds and deciding what will be moved where. Some people can plan this on paper but my brain glazes over at the thought. I need to stand and stare at it leaning on a shovel. Moving some Echinacea from herb bed to the flower border. It is gorgeous and drough resistant and blooms when most perennials are done, and it likes me. Taking down the eyesore of an old broken down fence where the bottom garden used to be, and getting some holes ready for a plantation of sea buckthorn. Looking at the broken-down fence of the top garden and dreading having to fix it. Wishing I lived with one of those handy men who enjoyed constructive putterings, instead of one who really does not care if I garden or not. I love digging but hate the infrastructure work of gardening. You know, fences, trellises, support for the raspberries, that sort of thing. Enough, enough.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Well, I'm glad to have made some smiles today..as much as I am sick to death of looking at snow, I just hate to see when it melts and all the garbage starts to surface. Wish it could melt all that stuff with it, so I wouldn't have some kids pop cans and potato snack bags looting the lawn. Can't wait until late May, when everyone is outside planting little flowers, and all the lawn are nice and neat and the grass is freshly cut... Bring on summer! Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 > > Woobey Queen [WoobeyQueen] > doth your garden grow? <snipped> Here goes ... weeds a plenty, trying to weed like mad to keep up *lol* Pineapple sage has really taken off the past few weeks. Last year it started out as one little sprig, today it is a few feet tall and around, in bloom now too. Spearmint is popping up everywhere, and I mean everywhere *lol* .... I've been trying to control it in the back where it is in a bad place for containment, but what I did dig up to clear space for other stuff I put in a little contained area in the front entryway that needs something that will grown like mad. I got 4 varieties of grapes planted this past weekend. This coming weekend I will plant my blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries ... Tomatoes are going in the ground this weekend too. I've got two starter heirloom plants and I'll get some more. Also, its a bit late but I'll try to start a few from seed and see what happens. I got my beets planted late, but they are popping now too. I really want the chioggia beets to grow :-D I planted brussel sprouts and celery greens a few weeks ago. The are slowly starting to grow. I cut the roses back to nothing and they are all sprouting new leaves and buds ... I have a couple of new bushes to plant too. Rosemary is beginning to grow again and get bushy. I planted 3 rosemary plants by the front entrance to become hedges, they'll grow to about 5'x5' evergreens here. Caladium bulbs are coming up again. Dunno what happened to my daffodils and tulips though .... I noticed that some other bulbs are coming up too, like some kind of lily that I have here, and gladiolus Carolina jasmine isn't blooming yet but it should be soon. I have some HUGE wild growing bush of some kind of smelly white flowers that is about to bloom, dunno if its a jasmine or gardenia or what, but it smells really sweet when it does bloom ... My rose geranium is filling out nicely that I've trimmed it some .. I still have to send Anya a cutting from it. I thought I'd have enough last time, but I only made a few small cuts (didn't want to take too much at once) and now that it has started growing again from the initial pruning I can cut it more and get that out for you Anya <grinz> I've got onions planted, have to get the next round going. Gotta get some lettuce going too ... There is more going on, but that is the start of it. Once I get more weeding done I can begin to get more of my garden going on. I really had to spend last year seeing what this climate is like and deal with what the last folks here left. Now I know, and now I can move forward a lot more this year and work towards having the garden I really want :-D *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://www.alittleolfactory.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 good lord, I'm jealous. But at least I know who to ask now. I started an herb garden last year or so, the first year just had spearmint, lemon balm, rosemary and such, last year added catnip on the end corner(for kitty) lavender, st johns wart, (iris bulbs, found at grandma's house and couldn't let em go) so I planted them in the garden, a huge rose bush, (for looks and it was my grand ma's) oregano, basil and jewelweed, (which didn't grow). Well, now what the heck do I do, I have a bunch of old growth from last years herbs, should I cut that away? plus it's all woody and hard, ouch~ the lavender and rosemary is fine, but mainly the spearmint, (I'm thinking of trying to dig it all up). Also, just to let ya'll know why theres a great big, ol bushy, sticky rose hedge bush in my garden, my grandmother passed away 10 years ago and she had a beautiful yard, so I dug up all the flowers & bulbs, and got poison ivy so bad I swear DD & I almost died. WeI swelled up and couldn't breathe, and had to go to the hospital and get shots, it was a pia~ But i have faithfully planted a piece of her rose bush for 9 years and couldn't get it to root, last year we sold the old place (to put up a parking lot) and I tried one last time and took a few pieces and tried to plant them, well they all died but one~ I was so excited~ This old rose bush had been handed down for generations. We always wore a rose from it on Mothers Day to church~So that's why theres a big, old bushy, sticky rose hedge bush in my herb garden, cause grandma taught me to garden~ But back to the story, what do I do with all this old growth? Thanks Sindy - Here goes ... weeds a plenty, trying to weed like mad to keep up *lol* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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