tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post8085534714386481295..comments2024-03-19T07:05:39.186-05:00Comments on In the Garden: Gardener of the Monthtinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-38154403340599028952008-02-08T21:24:00.000-06:002008-02-08T21:24:00.000-06:00yes, of course we miss you mom! love you too!yes, of course we miss you mom! love you too!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-52014053203429581602008-02-07T21:38:00.000-06:002008-02-07T21:38:00.000-06:00No bells going off in my head about something to r...No bells going off in my head about something to ramble about. But tks for missing me! I love you too.Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-82961809286014258782008-02-07T20:52:00.000-06:002008-02-07T20:52:00.000-06:00yes, we get very loud peepers, in fact that is how...yes, we get very loud peepers, in fact that is how we found the one in our pool, was doing the mating call! Imagine....right inside a pink noodle.<BR/>Mom has been quiet, wonder whatzz up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-41842188587683703562008-02-07T18:50:00.000-06:002008-02-07T18:50:00.000-06:00lola, seeds a coming soonest. i think they all sho...lola, seeds a coming soonest. i think they all should excel down there in sunny florida.<BR/><BR/>dawn with peaches, seeds a coming including all the nasty's (nasturtiums) i have. toads and frogs are good in a pond but can get too loud. have you had that problem?<BR/><BR/>skeeter, tell the saint just one word-ew! yes, a whole new meaning to kissing a toad. keep on those bees.<BR/><BR/>mom, you tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-7918410225881143782008-02-07T18:48:00.000-06:002008-02-07T18:48:00.000-06:00Too funny!I did not know about the frog licking/ki...Too funny!<BR/>I did not know about the frog licking/kissing, makes one wonder about fairy tales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-79125227221669750992008-02-07T18:22:00.000-06:002008-02-07T18:22:00.000-06:00I have to bring the frogs or toads inside at times...I have to bring the frogs or toads inside at times to appease my little fur balls. I dont let the cats hurt the frogs. They just watch it jump around a bit and then sniff where the little wet creatures have been. Keeps the girls occupied and out of our hair for a while! LOL... One time the tree frog jumped up and landed on Sheba’s back side. She was turning in circles trying to get a look at the Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-34776339973395563492008-02-07T10:59:00.000-06:002008-02-07T10:59:00.000-06:00Skeeter, you knew frogs emit a nasty tasting sweat...Skeeter, you knew frogs emit a nasty tasting sweat when they feel threatened, didn't you? Both my dog and calico cat found that out the hard way. My dog gets preoccupied when he spys them jumpping, last year one toad got into the office while we were meeting and my dog paced back and forth to it until everyone figured it out and then we lost it. Hystercial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-13029668860236749702008-02-07T10:52:00.000-06:002008-02-07T10:52:00.000-06:00The wood that the bees were in WAS treated so that...The wood that the bees were in WAS treated so that does not faze them at all! I will keep a close eye on them and keep the shed sprayed with bug killer this year! I usually spray the shed and it works to keep all creepy crawlies out so maybe it will work for the bees too. I hate to kill anything but I fear spiders and bees. Got stung by a wasp while clipping the hedge one time, OUCH…. <BR/><BR/>Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-73511093721836612652008-02-07T08:49:00.000-06:002008-02-07T08:49:00.000-06:00Hi Guys,Tina, I would love some nasturtiums, I pla...Hi Guys,<BR/>Tina, I would love some nasturtiums, I planted them in a wash bucket and had so many, they covered the ground, gave me seeds for the following year. I think something trailing will look nice from the flower boxes.<BR/>I don't know about all frogs but I had some sold to me for the aquamium and when I tried to feed the Oscars, the frogs ate the feeders whole! Tried everything even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-33102073027156518382008-02-06T23:17:00.000-06:002008-02-06T23:17:00.000-06:00Don't really dislike the little frogs, just don't ...Don't really dislike the little frogs, just don't pay any attention to them really. Roaches is my pet peeve. But I guess all God's creatures great & small have a purpose here. We just have to learn to live with them.<BR/>Would love some seeds. The more the better. Must check my new bed out by flag pole. Newspaper,grass clippings then good dirt sandwiched over & over.<BR/>Sorry, didn't mean to Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167298790872032154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-76357006133719172722008-02-06T22:26:00.000-06:002008-02-06T22:26:00.000-06:00i cannot believe i write so much each time. i am r...i cannot believe i write so much each time. i am really embarrassed.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-54895050368617745902008-02-06T22:25:00.000-06:002008-02-06T22:25:00.000-06:00hi all, quiet night in the weather department toni...hi all, quiet night in the weather department tonight. cj is sleeping. she got her first taste of a kitty tonight. the kitty was surprised cj wanted to play back. keep in mind orkin is bigger than the pup and can even take bj if need be. no harm done and it was SO cute! now i know the deal between cats and dogs. all cj wanted to do was sniff her butt and play and the cat wasn't having any of it.<tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-71848876069045034872008-02-06T20:57:00.000-06:002008-02-06T20:57:00.000-06:00Hi all,Glad you all are ok from the storm. A lot f...Hi all,<BR/>Glad you all are ok from the storm. A lot farther south didn't fair so good. So sad. I seem to remember we didn't have weather like that when I was a kid. Never heard of tornadoes. I think tornado alley has moved east from ok. They still have a few but not like before. I don't know which is worse, hurricane or tornado. Of course hurricanes can cause the other. Flooding is another Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167298790872032154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-12221336784013421662008-02-06T19:26:00.000-06:002008-02-06T19:26:00.000-06:00Dawn, don't you remmeber the tree frog that came f...Dawn, don't you remmeber the tree frog that came from FL in Nana and Baba's RV one year? It stayed in the trailer all summer, went back to FL and came back to Maine. Never left the RV. Stayed on one of the windows. Would walk around some at times. I did'nt even know they lived that long!Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-41281792840628576152008-02-06T19:01:00.000-06:002008-02-06T19:01:00.000-06:00Hi GuysI'm glad cj is home and the others are hold...Hi Guys<BR/>I'm glad cj is home and the others are holding their own. Won't be long now you will know for sure (maybe tom.) if they will be able to come home.<BR/>Washed and set up all my terra cotta pots today, they will be getting new tenants in the form of succulents, love them, cat proof.<BR/>I look out my pictue window and imagine the flower boxes on my small deck holding nursteriums (SP) orAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-45849202024856653622008-02-06T15:54:00.000-06:002008-02-06T15:54:00.000-06:00Tina, I know what you mean about the thunderstorms...Tina, I know what you mean about the thunderstorms. When I was in GA we got them almost like clockwork every afternoon....and I mean it poured hard, hard hard. There were a few places you learned to avoid when the stom was going on cause water would be to your running board in car. Then it was so hot after the storm in half an hour you never would believe there had been any rain for a month!<Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-48925924490977011962008-02-06T15:45:00.000-06:002008-02-06T15:45:00.000-06:00That is too funny Omalley the upside down bulbs! T...That is too funny Omalley the upside down bulbs! The other day I found some bulbs in the shed that I had no idea what they were! Found them in a tray high upon a shelf that I had forgotten about! Funny. After thinking, I believe I dug them out of the planter up by the road and they are daffodils! They are now in the ground but not sure they will amount to anything. We all do silly stuff in the Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-9922105168972283682008-02-06T15:23:00.000-06:002008-02-06T15:23:00.000-06:00that plant next to hanna is pampas grass. it is a ...that plant next to hanna is pampas grass. it is a beautiful grass. i can never recommend it though because it has died in my garden two years. that is its limit for me. hanna has had good luck and it is actually supposed to be hardy here. just make sure you put it in FULL sun and really good drainage.<BR/><BR/>lots of people plant bulbs upside down! it really is easy to do. at least your family tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-92217995368871812312008-02-06T14:43:00.000-06:002008-02-06T14:43:00.000-06:00Yay Tina!I am so glad one of your babies is at hom...Yay Tina!<BR/><BR/>I am so glad one of your babies is at home. Maybe you can tuck her under the covers with you tonight to keep her from being lonesome. Haha...we always start out saying our dogs will never sleep on the bed with us. Needless to say I am a sucker and always give in.<BR/><BR/>I love your post. How sweet that she did indeed remember you and share. I love the plant beside her in the O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426711985263607788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-79710453038136511822008-02-06T12:25:00.000-06:002008-02-06T12:25:00.000-06:00hi everyone. so glad you all survived with no dama...hi everyone. so glad you all survived with no damage. twigs and sticks we can handle, trees, no. there are ALOT of downed trees. be careful when driving.<BR/><BR/>dawn with peaches, that was our one and only accumulated snowfall last week. it looks like alot but it isn't. i just thought it great the blooms showed so well. if anyone has bulbs coming up, don't worry about them freezing. they will tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-80913008831622975832008-02-06T10:41:00.000-06:002008-02-06T10:41:00.000-06:00Tina I just read on pet blog that you are going to...Tina I just read on pet blog that you are going to pick up CJ!! Great! Great! great! You had said maybe Friday CJ would come home so he perked up quicker than expected so here's hoping Bruiser and Baby do the same!Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-68925607692744668302008-02-06T10:24:00.000-06:002008-02-06T10:24:00.000-06:00Glad you all got thru the terrible storms down the...Glad you all got thru the terrible storms down there folks. The news on tv today is terrible. So many deaths. Sorry folks but I will take my Maine winters anyday over the humid, stormy weather down south. We do have nice springs and falls and great summers and rarely do we have a storm realated death. I don't know Tina about snow days being built into schedule in GA but I do know when I Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-86929805404021972282008-02-06T09:52:00.000-06:002008-02-06T09:52:00.000-06:00We got though the storms alright, I'm glad you all...We got though the storms alright, I'm glad you all did the same!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00524456191483377274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-34518526304416627662008-02-06T09:34:00.000-06:002008-02-06T09:34:00.000-06:00Jean, I looked up the cat tunnel you mentioned a w...Jean, I looked up the cat tunnel you mentioned a while back. Cute idea but my babies do not go out at all. They sit in the open windows of the house where they are safe and happy. We have too many wild animals such as fox and coyotes that could harm them even in this nice tunnel... Thanks for thinking about us though!<BR/><BR/>My wheel barrel awaits me...Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-32033900130432143802008-02-06T09:10:00.000-06:002008-02-06T09:10:00.000-06:00Ops, forgot to mention nice story on your Gardner ...Ops, forgot to mention nice story on your Gardner of the month! A nice person to remember her promise to you...Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.com