14dabucs's Blog

I can't wait for spring and summer fishing hiking swimming oh yaaaaaa.

I love this blog! My kinda thing. And I love kathymc's joyful girl! 14, we can talk plants all day. You have lamb's ear in one of your pots, the fuzzy whitish leaves. It blooms purple spikes in spring. I had a lot of that in the ground at old house. We're also getting things started at new house, so you and I can chat. I'm willing to share perennial cuttings with anyone once I get some going. I took many cuttings/starts from the old house but not all made it. Enough did, though. And I need all the starts I can get, both of perennials and shrubs/trees.

Chives, I have a clump of those and use them all season. They're good year round except in the dead of winter. Snip and freeze in ice cubes for year-round use.

14, you have to tell me how you get photos here. Everyone seems to be able to do this, but I haven't had any luck. Someone said you can pull photos from the ones on your blog, but it didn't work for me. I got one here through photobucket, once, and not where I wanted it. Can you shed insight on that?

I love your photos! We have new strawberries, too, but the birds didn't bother them much. Maybe Janis has some advice on that.

Bub's tree is a great idea! We've done that and also given trees for gifts when someone dies. You have a great start and things look good! Perennials will look better each year.

Oh crap! Let me get that stuff!

Thank you! I'll keep this info and try it when I have time or want to add just a photo to one of my blogs when appropriate.

Someone stole part of one of my photos, so whether I post any more photos depends on how the web team handles this situation.

My perennials will need a couple years to grow bigger, for the most part, and then some can be divided. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with most of the property, so it will be slow. The folks who moved into our last house emailed me to say that all their friends said it looks like Missouri Botanical Garden when they come over, and they never know what will come up or bloom from week to week. I planted too much there, so I'll try to plan things here a little better. I didn't bring any of the problem plants with me, or the invasive ones.

I also want to know what kind of seeds grew that cute black and white puppy? (grin)

Sharon, I was tremendously overwhelmed once I really started thinking about what to do with an empty yard. We ended up paying a girl from Frisella's $150 for a blueprint of what to do. The work, with labor and materials would have been about $6,000. Instead, we've done it all ourselves and it's a lot more satisfying. She included things I wanted (had to had to have some mock orange bushes, and my husband insisted on Snowball Vibernum), and she left us plenty of options to do with as we wished. Best $150 I ever spent.

I'm a bit overwhelmed, too, trying to think of what would look nice in the long run, allowing for growth of large trees that are small now. We put in the trees first, the anchors, and then some shrubs. Could use more, but they also need room to grow, as they will if they survive. There was no landscaping here, so really a blank canvas.

wacky, let us know what grows at your house. Fun to be surprised!