As the tulips and crocuses poke their heads out of the ground, the rodents are eating them. Not sure if it's squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks or whatever. Please Help!!!!!!
My tulips are being eaten by rodents as they start to bloom. Are there any proven methods to stop this?
Try planting daffodils, autumn crocuses, or snowdrops instead. To stop them from eating your existing plants try chicken wire, traps, and in the case of moles try some stakes that use sound.
Reply:Place lightweight screening over your bulbs till they start apprearing and then remove the screen.
Reply:Grow roses instead.
Reply:One downside of black pepper and urine is that you have to reapply after a rain, and if it rained overnight, the little critters are off in the morning with your hard work for breakfast.
I have seen mothballs suggested, but I have never tried it.
Chicken wire is probably one of the most effective long term remedies. Use large metal staples used for fencing to secure the chicken wire, then cover with mulch.
Reply:I actually used this in a dog answer a few minutes ago, but it works much better here.
We had problems with squirrels in the tulip beds. I mixed a lot of black pepper in with the top soil. After a few big sneezes, the they went somewhere else!
Reply:Try putting coyote urine around them. The little critters, will stay away, if they think that there is a coyote around.
ada
Monday, November 16, 2009
Is the climate screwed up where you live?
I live in Central New York, one of the snowiest regions anywhere. We usually have several snow storms by Christmas. This year there has only been a little snowfall, the crocuses are coming up and the squirrels are still running around, using up all their hibernation fat. It's like spring here. What's going on that's weird where you live?
Is the climate screwed up where you live?
A wild wind storm just happened in western Washington and it knocked out power for a few days, it had gusts up to 70 mph! Now its about 30 degrees so the people still without power are freezing. We also had about 4 inches snow in November, which is really rare, sometimes there is no snow the whole year! It was the wettest month ever here this November with about 16 inches of rain.
Reply:It has been like summer this weekend.
Atlanta, GA
Reply:i live in florida..its been 79% today...hotter than usual...tomorrow in the 80%...blame it on global warming..of the shuttles going up over the past few weeks
Reply:i'm in Mass. today at the Patroits game it was 59 degrees, totally unheard of. But I'm not complaining...
Reply:its 80 here in north florida we may be going swimming for christmas how strange will our christmas photos look it should be like in the 50s this time of year
Reply:Off? Yes, but I remember in 1987, I believe, when I grew tomatoes in abundance in late November due to an El Nino (sp?)and that's what we had this year. I am in Falmouth on the Cape in MA. Today I just stained my front porch, picnic table, benches and whiskey barrel planters in my lightweight pants and a T-shirt! Up until 3:30 pm!! If anybody said I would be doing that on Dec. 17th, I'd of said they were crazy!!!
Reply:I'm in OK , we had about 4 inches of snow at the beginning of december, and now its like its spring outside. Cold one day, warm the next.
Reply:I'm in Evansville Indiana. It's a week before Christmas and I should be in my winter coat and shielding my face from 30 and 40 degree (F) winds. Instead, I've been in t-shirts for the last three days in 65 degree weather - today it reached 68!!!!!!!!
thank you, global warming. Screwing up our oceans so the seasons aren't moving right.
But then, in Febuary of 2006, we were experiencing 55 degree days (it's usually in the teens - 20's and snowing in february here in here in Southern Indiana). We barely had a winter last year!!!!
Reply:i live in south east tennessee. it's usually in the low 50's this time of year, but today it was 71. i love it!! i know it's probably a sign of how bad the enviroment is, but i'm enjoying it anyway.
Reply:I am in Sydney Australia and the weather is pretty whacky here too. We are in a 1 in 100 year drought through out most of the eastern state of NSW. Last Friday it was cold and like winter again. You never know what the weather is going to do.
Reply:This year in Arizona, we had a record drought - 136 days without rain last winter ending in March. This exceded the previous record by 29 days, an unprecedented increase.
;-)
Reply:i live in texas and one day its 29 degrees and the next its 80
yeah its screwed up
Reply:Yes, it is. It's December and the temperature is 60 degrees.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Reply:I live near Lousiville KY and usually it is pretty cold here if it's not already snowing a little bit, But right now it is in the 50's up to the 60's. Definitly Werid.
Reply:We're having some of the strangest weather in a long time. Stronger storms, more freezing rain, and generally just a more miserable start to the winter than ever before.
Reply:You could say things r gettin' wierder weather-wise here
in central Minnesota; warmer and no rain or snow....
Is the climate screwed up where you live?
A wild wind storm just happened in western Washington and it knocked out power for a few days, it had gusts up to 70 mph! Now its about 30 degrees so the people still without power are freezing. We also had about 4 inches snow in November, which is really rare, sometimes there is no snow the whole year! It was the wettest month ever here this November with about 16 inches of rain.
Reply:It has been like summer this weekend.
Atlanta, GA
Reply:i live in florida..its been 79% today...hotter than usual...tomorrow in the 80%...blame it on global warming..of the shuttles going up over the past few weeks
Reply:i'm in Mass. today at the Patroits game it was 59 degrees, totally unheard of. But I'm not complaining...
Reply:its 80 here in north florida we may be going swimming for christmas how strange will our christmas photos look it should be like in the 50s this time of year
Reply:Off? Yes, but I remember in 1987, I believe, when I grew tomatoes in abundance in late November due to an El Nino (sp?)and that's what we had this year. I am in Falmouth on the Cape in MA. Today I just stained my front porch, picnic table, benches and whiskey barrel planters in my lightweight pants and a T-shirt! Up until 3:30 pm!! If anybody said I would be doing that on Dec. 17th, I'd of said they were crazy!!!
Reply:I'm in OK , we had about 4 inches of snow at the beginning of december, and now its like its spring outside. Cold one day, warm the next.
Reply:I'm in Evansville Indiana. It's a week before Christmas and I should be in my winter coat and shielding my face from 30 and 40 degree (F) winds. Instead, I've been in t-shirts for the last three days in 65 degree weather - today it reached 68!!!!!!!!
thank you, global warming. Screwing up our oceans so the seasons aren't moving right.
But then, in Febuary of 2006, we were experiencing 55 degree days (it's usually in the teens - 20's and snowing in february here in here in Southern Indiana). We barely had a winter last year!!!!
Reply:i live in south east tennessee. it's usually in the low 50's this time of year, but today it was 71. i love it!! i know it's probably a sign of how bad the enviroment is, but i'm enjoying it anyway.
Reply:I am in Sydney Australia and the weather is pretty whacky here too. We are in a 1 in 100 year drought through out most of the eastern state of NSW. Last Friday it was cold and like winter again. You never know what the weather is going to do.
Reply:This year in Arizona, we had a record drought - 136 days without rain last winter ending in March. This exceded the previous record by 29 days, an unprecedented increase.
;-)
Reply:i live in texas and one day its 29 degrees and the next its 80
yeah its screwed up
Reply:Yes, it is. It's December and the temperature is 60 degrees.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Reply:I live near Lousiville KY and usually it is pretty cold here if it's not already snowing a little bit, But right now it is in the 50's up to the 60's. Definitly Werid.
Reply:We're having some of the strangest weather in a long time. Stronger storms, more freezing rain, and generally just a more miserable start to the winter than ever before.
Reply:You could say things r gettin' wierder weather-wise here
in central Minnesota; warmer and no rain or snow....
How can i analyzed tis peom?
Analyze the following Poem according to the style sheet and write in pen.
Do not do the author or the biographical information.
Sonnet -2
Gwendolyn Bennett
Some things are very dear to me
Such things as flowers bathed by rain
Or patterns traced upon the sea
Or crocuses where snow has lain
The iridescence of a gem
The moon’s cool opalescent light
Azaleas and the scent of them
And honey suckles in the night
And many sounds are also dear –
Like winds that sing among the trees
Or crickets calling from the weir
Or Negroes humming melodies
But dearer far than all surmise
Are sudden tear-drops in your eyes
How can i analyzed tis peom?
its really wonderful i like it
Reply:it means to cherish all the little things in life
Reply:homey dissed u
Do not do the author or the biographical information.
Sonnet -2
Gwendolyn Bennett
Some things are very dear to me
Such things as flowers bathed by rain
Or patterns traced upon the sea
Or crocuses where snow has lain
The iridescence of a gem
The moon’s cool opalescent light
Azaleas and the scent of them
And honey suckles in the night
And many sounds are also dear –
Like winds that sing among the trees
Or crickets calling from the weir
Or Negroes humming melodies
But dearer far than all surmise
Are sudden tear-drops in your eyes
How can i analyzed tis peom?
its really wonderful i like it
Reply:it means to cherish all the little things in life
Reply:homey dissed u
Something light before I go to bed. Have fun?
the number of dots for the missing word have no significance
How to become a Poet in one easy lesson
"Spring is here" What beautiful words!
You awaken to the persistent clamour of...........
Bounteous flowers adorn windowsills
Irises, crocuses and fresh ....................
People's faces take on a fresh glow
Cold still lingering with leftover ...............
There's a sweet promise of new life ahead
Now winter dark and the cobwebs have.....
Awakened by the sun and azure-blue skies
The earth yawns, stretches and gently .......
What we are hearing is a passing breeze
Ruffling new leaves on the burgeoning..............
Yes, we know it's Spring, the world's waking up
Ready to refresh those who drink from her...........
Easy-peasy lemon squeezy.
Something light before I go to bed. Have fun?
Birds
Daffodils
Snow
Fled
Sighs
Trees
Cup
I love it...very sweet poem. I like the little fill in the blanks too.
Well, I had "birds" stuck in my head from the first rhyme so, I wrote whippoorwills and then I realized that I should have named a flower so I replaced it with daffodils.
This poem is not at all boring.
Reply:Would you please send some more clues, for I am lacking the breath of your knowledge and lore! lol. Good night, sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite. Do you have that saying over there?
Reply:It's gorgeous!! Thank you for the very sweet thoughts of Spring!
.....You left out the bit about the aching back and sore muscles!
Maybe I will write it!
Reply:Lifting glass in a toast, sleep well!
How to become a Poet in one easy lesson
"Spring is here" What beautiful words!
You awaken to the persistent clamour of...........
Bounteous flowers adorn windowsills
Irises, crocuses and fresh ....................
People's faces take on a fresh glow
Cold still lingering with leftover ...............
There's a sweet promise of new life ahead
Now winter dark and the cobwebs have.....
Awakened by the sun and azure-blue skies
The earth yawns, stretches and gently .......
What we are hearing is a passing breeze
Ruffling new leaves on the burgeoning..............
Yes, we know it's Spring, the world's waking up
Ready to refresh those who drink from her...........
Easy-peasy lemon squeezy.
Something light before I go to bed. Have fun?
Birds
Daffodils
Snow
Fled
Sighs
Trees
Cup
I love it...very sweet poem. I like the little fill in the blanks too.
Well, I had "birds" stuck in my head from the first rhyme so, I wrote whippoorwills and then I realized that I should have named a flower so I replaced it with daffodils.
This poem is not at all boring.
Reply:Would you please send some more clues, for I am lacking the breath of your knowledge and lore! lol. Good night, sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite. Do you have that saying over there?
Reply:It's gorgeous!! Thank you for the very sweet thoughts of Spring!
.....You left out the bit about the aching back and sore muscles!
Maybe I will write it!
Reply:Lifting glass in a toast, sleep well!
Pulling bulbs?
My landlord has finally decided to do some landscaping, but that means I have to pull my bulbs. They are done blooming, but still have very green foliage. Do I just pull and replant into pots, or do I have to cut off foliage and roots and store them? If so, what's the process? I have crocuses, irises, and snowdrops. Thanks.
Pulling bulbs?
If they are still green you can dig them and leave the tops on to dry down. It would be better to plant them but if you can't do that let the tops die and dry then remove them. Put the bulbs into mesh or paper bags after they are dry and store them in a cool dry place until the fall. Plant them before the frost.
**
Reply:They need their green foilage to rebuild their food stores. Wait until the foilage turns brown.
Reply:With all bulbs, you need to wait till the foliage dies back before you dig them if you want to use the bulbs again. If you dig them and cut off the green foliage, they may not flower again, so if you have to move them, put them in pots and try to keep them alive until the foliage dies back naturally.
Snowdrop bulbs are difficult to keep -- they much prefer to stay in the ground, so you may want to transplant them.
Crocuses and irises can be partially dried out and planted in the fall. Keep them over summer in a cool, dry, dark place. Brown paper bags with dry peat works well.
addis
Pulling bulbs?
If they are still green you can dig them and leave the tops on to dry down. It would be better to plant them but if you can't do that let the tops die and dry then remove them. Put the bulbs into mesh or paper bags after they are dry and store them in a cool dry place until the fall. Plant them before the frost.
**
Reply:They need their green foilage to rebuild their food stores. Wait until the foilage turns brown.
Reply:With all bulbs, you need to wait till the foliage dies back before you dig them if you want to use the bulbs again. If you dig them and cut off the green foliage, they may not flower again, so if you have to move them, put them in pots and try to keep them alive until the foliage dies back naturally.
Snowdrop bulbs are difficult to keep -- they much prefer to stay in the ground, so you may want to transplant them.
Crocuses and irises can be partially dried out and planted in the fall. Keep them over summer in a cool, dry, dark place. Brown paper bags with dry peat works well.
addis
Are you glad to see?
all the springtime flowers coming up?All those little crocuses are so pretty,all the pretty yellow %26amp; purple ones.They sure make me feel good.
Are you glad to see?
I haven't seen any yet, but I'll be so happy when I do because to me it means summer is on it's way. I miss the sun %26amp; warm temperatures.
I did hear the birds singing this morning so that was a nice sign of weather to come.
Reply:We are. Thanks %26amp; have a great day. Report It
Reply:I wish!! Some of the snow and cold still is killing them all right now.
Reply:YES! And, hear the birds singing, and, watch the Monarch butterflies, etc!
Spring has sprung! =)
The weather is so much better, but, not tonight.
It is sprinkling lightly.
:-)
Reply:Still snow here...can't wait for the flowers though!
Reply:I love the flowers! I am allergic to them, though. I still love them! I have some in my room. Which explains why I'm feeling so crummy.
Reply:ya, and i also like waking up the birds sinning!
Are you glad to see?
I haven't seen any yet, but I'll be so happy when I do because to me it means summer is on it's way. I miss the sun %26amp; warm temperatures.
I did hear the birds singing this morning so that was a nice sign of weather to come.
Reply:We are. Thanks %26amp; have a great day. Report It
Reply:I wish!! Some of the snow and cold still is killing them all right now.
Reply:YES! And, hear the birds singing, and, watch the Monarch butterflies, etc!
Spring has sprung! =)
The weather is so much better, but, not tonight.
It is sprinkling lightly.
:-)
Reply:Still snow here...can't wait for the flowers though!
Reply:I love the flowers! I am allergic to them, though. I still love them! I have some in my room. Which explains why I'm feeling so crummy.
Reply:ya, and i also like waking up the birds sinning!
Help! what's eating my plant?
Hello. Something's eating my anemones. There are holes in the flowers or they disappear completely and the leaves are being stripped. Wood pigeons, earwigs and slugs might be culprits but I can't tell which one is doing the damage. They've also munched my blue primoses but have left my daffodils and crocuses alone. Would be very grateful if anyone's got any ideas what might be doing the damage.. I'm losing about half of them! Thanks v much. See link below for pic of the damage:
http://www.dropshots.com/nickip#date/200...
Help! what's eating my plant?
caterpillars
Reply:its been very wet so most proberly slugs buy some slug pellets this will help
Reply:Ladybirds or green flies.
Reply:green flies... or maybe othe rkind bugs
Reply:Rabbits ?
http://www.dropshots.com/nickip#date/200...
Help! what's eating my plant?
caterpillars
Reply:its been very wet so most proberly slugs buy some slug pellets this will help
Reply:Ladybirds or green flies.
Reply:green flies... or maybe othe rkind bugs
Reply:Rabbits ?
We love to be British part 2?
6) Mrs. Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue, Boscombe, delighted the audience with her reminiscence of the German prisoner of war who was sent each week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap, but when the crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.'"
(Bournemouth Evening Echo)
We love to be British part 2?
Hahaha - good enough for a python sketch lol
ps it was red g on my non q joke..
Reply:what is your question
Reply:That's brilliant! Wickedly funny!
Reply:ha ha ha funny
(Bournemouth Evening Echo)
We love to be British part 2?
Hahaha - good enough for a python sketch lol
ps it was red g on my non q joke..
Reply:what is your question
Reply:That's brilliant! Wickedly funny!
Reply:ha ha ha funny
I planted some bolbs 3 weeks ago and they have started to sprout?
THEY WERE CROCUSES AND DAFFS
I planted some bolbs 3 weeks ago and they have started to sprout?
thats ok,they will die in winter but come back again in the spring.
Reply:Don't worry. Your bulbs are fine. It could be that how they were handled along the way from the growing field to the store somehow triggered a growth response this time of year. Both the spring bulbs you have listed though are very versatile -- that new sprout growth will die down in winter and you will have nice crocuses and daffodils in the spring.
Reply:As the others have mentioned, your bulbs will be fine. However, there is another thing I would do. The bulbs are using up a lot of stored energy to send up the sprouts and shoots right now, energy they cannot hope to regain through a season of sun and photosynthesis (after all, fall is coming). I would therefore take some fertilizer and apply it to the bulbs (you can useBulb Booster or 10-10-10 would work), to supplement any growth they ARE able to achieve this fall. It does mean your spring show may be a bit lackluster, but next spring's will be even better - so it's all good, as Martha say.
Reply:so whats the question
Reply:Depending on where you live, you may have planted them too soon. It may still be too warm for them to be dormant until spring. They should come back in the early spring though.
Reply:isn't that nice
Reply:Don't worry, they'll come back in the spring.
Reply:You planted then too early, the warm soil made them think it was spring.
Watch for cold weather and protect them to keep them over winter otherwise their flower buds will freeze and they will not bloom.
You can cover them with peat moss or straw.
You may also not have planted them deep enough? Daffs should be down a good 6 or 7 inches and cricus 3 inches. If this is the case, gently dig them up and replant deeper.
Reply:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbO9fm6XZ...
Reply:Very good timing. This is the time of year to plant bulbs, as it will allow them to get a hearty start before winter sets in. You won't get any flowers until next year, but the plants should survive the winter. In spring you will see that they grew only a little more than they would have after the first frost, this is normal as they go dormant when the weather gets colder.
Reply:I am not surprised...
Reply:You meam bulbs? Good for you. Lick the sprouted bulbs you would feel good.
Reply:Good on you
Reply:It is a bit early to plant bulbs in most zones in the US. Mid to late October is best.
Don't worry however. They won't die, unless it is an extremely wet fall, they may rot in the ground. For the most part, they will bloom in the spring.
larry
I planted some bolbs 3 weeks ago and they have started to sprout?
thats ok,they will die in winter but come back again in the spring.
Reply:Don't worry. Your bulbs are fine. It could be that how they were handled along the way from the growing field to the store somehow triggered a growth response this time of year. Both the spring bulbs you have listed though are very versatile -- that new sprout growth will die down in winter and you will have nice crocuses and daffodils in the spring.
Reply:As the others have mentioned, your bulbs will be fine. However, there is another thing I would do. The bulbs are using up a lot of stored energy to send up the sprouts and shoots right now, energy they cannot hope to regain through a season of sun and photosynthesis (after all, fall is coming). I would therefore take some fertilizer and apply it to the bulbs (you can useBulb Booster or 10-10-10 would work), to supplement any growth they ARE able to achieve this fall. It does mean your spring show may be a bit lackluster, but next spring's will be even better - so it's all good, as Martha say.
Reply:so whats the question
Reply:Depending on where you live, you may have planted them too soon. It may still be too warm for them to be dormant until spring. They should come back in the early spring though.
Reply:isn't that nice
Reply:Don't worry, they'll come back in the spring.
Reply:You planted then too early, the warm soil made them think it was spring.
Watch for cold weather and protect them to keep them over winter otherwise their flower buds will freeze and they will not bloom.
You can cover them with peat moss or straw.
You may also not have planted them deep enough? Daffs should be down a good 6 or 7 inches and cricus 3 inches. If this is the case, gently dig them up and replant deeper.
Reply:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbO9fm6XZ...
Reply:Very good timing. This is the time of year to plant bulbs, as it will allow them to get a hearty start before winter sets in. You won't get any flowers until next year, but the plants should survive the winter. In spring you will see that they grew only a little more than they would have after the first frost, this is normal as they go dormant when the weather gets colder.
Reply:I am not surprised...
Reply:You meam bulbs? Good for you. Lick the sprouted bulbs you would feel good.
Reply:Good on you
Reply:It is a bit early to plant bulbs in most zones in the US. Mid to late October is best.
Don't worry however. They won't die, unless it is an extremely wet fall, they may rot in the ground. For the most part, they will bloom in the spring.
larry
Good-morning World, again!?
Well, the magnolia is looking really magnificent this morning as well as the forsythia and camelia both are in full bloom. The crocuses and daffodils are just beginning to fade. It has just gone 7.30am and the sun is shining, the sky is blue, there are some clouds, but only a few!
Good-morning World, again!?
7:30? In the morning? Yuck! About an hour and a half too early for me. And the dogwoods are nearly finsihed, wisteria fading away, honeysuckle just starting to bud, and best of all? Neighbors got their septic fixed!
Reply:Lol. Good morning too! Haha :D
Reply:good morning... bon matin... salamat pagi... guten morgen... and all the others i cannot remember...
Reply:are u a gardener?
Reply:7:30am and you get to enjoy the shining sun, blue sky, and blooming flowers? No Fair! I'm almost done with my morning drive at 7:30 each morning.
Oh, did you need something answered?
Good-morning World, again!?
7:30? In the morning? Yuck! About an hour and a half too early for me. And the dogwoods are nearly finsihed, wisteria fading away, honeysuckle just starting to bud, and best of all? Neighbors got their septic fixed!
Reply:Lol. Good morning too! Haha :D
Reply:good morning... bon matin... salamat pagi... guten morgen... and all the others i cannot remember...
Reply:are u a gardener?
Reply:7:30am and you get to enjoy the shining sun, blue sky, and blooming flowers? No Fair! I'm almost done with my morning drive at 7:30 each morning.
Oh, did you need something answered?
Do you like most recent poetic adventure in the garden?
*****
And the sun warms the path
As the willow buds
Squirrels in the trees, finding love
Time of the mud and the crocuses
Soft ground between toes...squisheses
A walk on what sometimes is firmament
Slips down the granite rock steps
Landing on something less permanent
Flesh and bone, piercing tomes
Ouch! Can you rub me with ointment?
*****
Do you like most recent poetic adventure in the garden?
Ouch...well, there has to be a negative side to spring. It can't be all glorious, life affirming, and bright. Every rose has some thorns. I don't know how many times I've attempted the splits after stepping into slick mud.
Reply:Flesh and bone is all part of the Spring you planted in this poem...yes, ointment of the Mother Earth, mud will heal all. What's with the tomes...you carrying books when you fell into Spring? heheheheheeeeeee Good Morning!
Reply:I'd be delighted to rub you with ointment after your beautiful imagery of early spring. Even the squishy non-firmament has its place; it's better than frozen ground any time.
Reply:The Hornet stings were mildly felt
after being swooped up, carried to the creek
and covered with mud,
BUT more than that the pain was numbed
I was reminded by the left behind Welts.
I never sat in that old pickup again, buried deep in one of our barns.
just my two "sense" recalled. TY
Reply:TD, you made me smile.
Reply:I have a very painful longing for Spring.....Ready for aching muscles from hard work in the garden.
Thanks for reminding me! :-)
Reply:Magical......but, squisheses?
Reply:I shall name this poem, "Squirrels finding love" hehe!
Reply:It is charming I loved it, you feel springy like me. But what about the mole hills surrounded by squisheses meadows?
Feckin squirrels are sooo attention seeking! Leave them out of it next time.
Reply:Ouch can you rub me with ointment is kinda weird to be in a poem no offence but yea i realize that its spring hardworking but still. I LOVE the rest though
And the sun warms the path
As the willow buds
Squirrels in the trees, finding love
Time of the mud and the crocuses
Soft ground between toes...squisheses
A walk on what sometimes is firmament
Slips down the granite rock steps
Landing on something less permanent
Flesh and bone, piercing tomes
Ouch! Can you rub me with ointment?
*****
Do you like most recent poetic adventure in the garden?
Ouch...well, there has to be a negative side to spring. It can't be all glorious, life affirming, and bright. Every rose has some thorns. I don't know how many times I've attempted the splits after stepping into slick mud.
Reply:Flesh and bone is all part of the Spring you planted in this poem...yes, ointment of the Mother Earth, mud will heal all. What's with the tomes...you carrying books when you fell into Spring? heheheheheeeeeee Good Morning!
Reply:I'd be delighted to rub you with ointment after your beautiful imagery of early spring. Even the squishy non-firmament has its place; it's better than frozen ground any time.
Reply:The Hornet stings were mildly felt
after being swooped up, carried to the creek
and covered with mud,
BUT more than that the pain was numbed
I was reminded by the left behind Welts.
I never sat in that old pickup again, buried deep in one of our barns.
just my two "sense" recalled. TY
Reply:TD, you made me smile.
Reply:I have a very painful longing for Spring.....Ready for aching muscles from hard work in the garden.
Thanks for reminding me! :-)
Reply:Magical......but, squisheses?
Reply:I shall name this poem, "Squirrels finding love" hehe!
Reply:It is charming I loved it, you feel springy like me. But what about the mole hills surrounded by squisheses meadows?
Feckin squirrels are sooo attention seeking! Leave them out of it next time.
Reply:Ouch can you rub me with ointment is kinda weird to be in a poem no offence but yea i realize that its spring hardworking but still. I LOVE the rest though
Do you like my new poems about the garden in Suffolk?
*****
Appeasement
There’s a patch in the corner of my garden
Filled with carrots and turnips and rutabaga
Underground goodies, row after row
All planted there for my little blue mole…
*****
Mole’ Sauce
Who dug all these holes
That little blue mole
She’s busy at my bulbs, I see
The Crocuses are yummy
Tulips fill her tummy
Daffodils, Peonies, Begonias
Gooder than cheese and bologna
Dahlias are oniony, she cries
Hyacinths and Hostas are quite mild
Iris and Lily, they all make her silly
Caladiums, they just drive her wild
*****
Do you like my new poems about the garden in Suffolk?
Good job you never mentioned the foxgloves but am partial to white flowered nettles.
I am still flattened from earlier do you want me to throw you some roses you theatrical drama Queen you.
I just have to lie her a bit longer and dream of bobbles of purple Allium, until impatiens gets the better of me Peonie who is waiting to ride me off into the sunset until I'm Begonia.
Reply:Love them!
Reply:Nice work..
Reply:no
Reply:very good you get a star.
Reply:Carfrees.......... Strong words.......softly spoken!
Eloquently built!~
She will be charmed!!!
Reply:Shite. Pure Shite.
Reply:LOL...
Don't serenade the Suffolk mole
Or you'll get a visit from the bucktoothed troll
His pointy head will pierce you through
If on the blue one you try to lay the woo.
Hope this helped,
Keep writing
...Sir.
Reply:When Moley told me she liked flowers, I didn't realize she LIKED flowers. She's eatin' 'em?!?! Omg, I gotta call FedEx and cancel that shipment of live daffodils to Moley as a Christmas present. I had no idea she'd be eating them. Poor little daffies.
Reply:Despite the fact that this has nothing to do with Suffolk... moles aren't blue... they're rodents. People don't plant flowers so the moles can eat them.
Reply:yeah.
Reply:I see ol' TD is feeling very frondly to our resident Mole as he tries to plant one on us by cultivating his sense of wit with his fertile imagination. What else will crop up? Green Acres is the place to be, but I get allergic smelling hay.
Reply:If they're meant for a child audience then you're set. If not, uh....
Appeasement
There’s a patch in the corner of my garden
Filled with carrots and turnips and rutabaga
Underground goodies, row after row
All planted there for my little blue mole…
*****
Mole’ Sauce
Who dug all these holes
That little blue mole
She’s busy at my bulbs, I see
The Crocuses are yummy
Tulips fill her tummy
Daffodils, Peonies, Begonias
Gooder than cheese and bologna
Dahlias are oniony, she cries
Hyacinths and Hostas are quite mild
Iris and Lily, they all make her silly
Caladiums, they just drive her wild
*****
Do you like my new poems about the garden in Suffolk?
Good job you never mentioned the foxgloves but am partial to white flowered nettles.
I am still flattened from earlier do you want me to throw you some roses you theatrical drama Queen you.
I just have to lie her a bit longer and dream of bobbles of purple Allium, until impatiens gets the better of me Peonie who is waiting to ride me off into the sunset until I'm Begonia.
Reply:Love them!
Reply:Nice work..
Reply:no
Reply:very good you get a star.
Reply:Carfrees.......... Strong words.......softly spoken!
Eloquently built!~
She will be charmed!!!
Reply:Shite. Pure Shite.
Reply:LOL...
Don't serenade the Suffolk mole
Or you'll get a visit from the bucktoothed troll
His pointy head will pierce you through
If on the blue one you try to lay the woo.
Hope this helped,
Keep writing
...Sir.
Reply:When Moley told me she liked flowers, I didn't realize she LIKED flowers. She's eatin' 'em?!?! Omg, I gotta call FedEx and cancel that shipment of live daffodils to Moley as a Christmas present. I had no idea she'd be eating them. Poor little daffies.
Reply:Despite the fact that this has nothing to do with Suffolk... moles aren't blue... they're rodents. People don't plant flowers so the moles can eat them.
Reply:yeah.
Reply:I see ol' TD is feeling very frondly to our resident Mole as he tries to plant one on us by cultivating his sense of wit with his fertile imagination. What else will crop up? Green Acres is the place to be, but I get allergic smelling hay.
Reply:If they're meant for a child audience then you're set. If not, uh....
English homework? Correct answer gets 10 points. <3?
As soon as the robins and the crocuses herald the _________ of spring, our personnel department is __________ with a veritable deluge of letters from college students asking about summer employment.
Which of the following letter fits on both blanks..?
A. Interim...Impelled
B. Advent...inundated
C. Prognosis...Rejuvenated
D. Flair...consoled.
I can't decide between two answers.
Please gimme ur suggestions.
-Thanks so much, much appreciated-
[Stay away if you aren't gonna answer this question properly.]
%26lt;3
English homework? Correct answer gets 10 points. %26lt;3?
da anwser iz mos def B trust me my eng teach drillz dis in my head all da time!!!
Reply:The answer is (b) to my knowledge. And plz pick me for best answer %26lt;33
Advent means to begin
Inundate is like... blow away... or overwhelm
Reply:Its B, most definitely
Reply:the answer is b.
Reply:The answer's definitely B.Advent means the start of something.While Inundated is to be overwhelmed.
U're welcome!!!
Reply:B is correct, i am 100% positive
Chemicals
Which of the following letter fits on both blanks..?
A. Interim...Impelled
B. Advent...inundated
C. Prognosis...Rejuvenated
D. Flair...consoled.
I can't decide between two answers.
Please gimme ur suggestions.
-Thanks so much, much appreciated-
[Stay away if you aren't gonna answer this question properly.]
%26lt;3
English homework? Correct answer gets 10 points. %26lt;3?
da anwser iz mos def B trust me my eng teach drillz dis in my head all da time!!!
Reply:The answer is (b) to my knowledge. And plz pick me for best answer %26lt;33
Advent means to begin
Inundate is like... blow away... or overwhelm
Reply:Its B, most definitely
Reply:the answer is b.
Reply:The answer's definitely B.Advent means the start of something.While Inundated is to be overwhelmed.
U're welcome!!!
Reply:B is correct, i am 100% positive
Chemicals
Plants blooming early in UK?
My forsythasia is starting to flower (Northern Ireland) and the spring-flowering crocuses I planted last month are starting to come up. Has anyone else experienced similar goings on?
Plants blooming early in UK?
There are a lot of strange things going on in this area - I have sweetpeas still in bloom together with roses which are still budding and reaching full bloom and this is after icy morning and snow. Will not be surprised to see the next thing the garden can throw at me. Also have birds looking at the nesting boxes so seems the whole spectrum is turning upside down. Enjoy your forsythia it may bloom again next spring.
Reply:mums magnolia as 7 blooms on it .weather damaged but open
Reply:They are in Kent....the garden of England.
Reply:Yer that's really weird I noticed the other day that this bush thingy that is growing out the back were I live has flowers on it,I'm sure it's never had flowers on at this time of year b4
Reply:I have had Helleborus orientalis blooming in August and last month snowdrops were flowering their little hearts out.
Most of the plants are keeping to their normal flowering patterns though.
Reply:Yes, My apple tree is in bloom and my spring bulbs are up already.
Reply:yes, its thanks to Global Warming.................
Reply:My Lavatera "Barnsley" is in full flower! UK Midlands - and we had snow last weekend.
Reply:yes
Reply:Yes, the weather is confusing flowers, shrubs, trees all around the world.
Here in West Texas (USA) our cannas are pushing up out of the soil. They are over a foot tall. Daylilies' leaves are green and growing.
Reply:There are weird things around for sure.... I was stunned to find that a Geranium I have cut back FOUR times this year is flowering yet again! Bizarre. I do hope they don't all wear themselves out :-))
Plants blooming early in UK?
There are a lot of strange things going on in this area - I have sweetpeas still in bloom together with roses which are still budding and reaching full bloom and this is after icy morning and snow. Will not be surprised to see the next thing the garden can throw at me. Also have birds looking at the nesting boxes so seems the whole spectrum is turning upside down. Enjoy your forsythia it may bloom again next spring.
Reply:mums magnolia as 7 blooms on it .weather damaged but open
Reply:They are in Kent....the garden of England.
Reply:Yer that's really weird I noticed the other day that this bush thingy that is growing out the back were I live has flowers on it,I'm sure it's never had flowers on at this time of year b4
Reply:I have had Helleborus orientalis blooming in August and last month snowdrops were flowering their little hearts out.
Most of the plants are keeping to their normal flowering patterns though.
Reply:Yes, My apple tree is in bloom and my spring bulbs are up already.
Reply:yes, its thanks to Global Warming.................
Reply:My Lavatera "Barnsley" is in full flower! UK Midlands - and we had snow last weekend.
Reply:yes
Reply:Yes, the weather is confusing flowers, shrubs, trees all around the world.
Here in West Texas (USA) our cannas are pushing up out of the soil. They are over a foot tall. Daylilies' leaves are green and growing.
Reply:There are weird things around for sure.... I was stunned to find that a Geranium I have cut back FOUR times this year is flowering yet again! Bizarre. I do hope they don't all wear themselves out :-))
How to get rid of slugs by not killing them?
My crocuses buds were eaten by slugs, what can I do without killing them?
How to get rid of slugs by not killing them?
Put them in your neighbor's yard. This works best if you don't actually like the person.
Reply:Place sawdust around your plants snails and slugs do not like crossing it as the saw dust sticks to them and also absorbs its slime . This will deter but not kill these pest.
Reply:You could try scrunched up newspaper and place it around the base and in between the buds. They hide in there! First thing in the morning simple remove the newspaper with the slugs inside. As for not killing them, you might need to think of a suitable home reloaction program.
Reply:Put out a small container of any kind or a very small aluminum pie dish and pour beer into it. The slugs will get into the beer and not your crocuses.
MJ
Reply:PMRA has a very large wealth of info on this topic. To save space, I'm going to refrain from pasting it below. You can see it all by clicking the source below.
Good luck against the slugs!
Reply:do you want a nonviolent way to rid slugs, without destroying your crocuses, in the process, right? Well, you can raise chickens and they can rid your garden of slugs.
How to get rid of slugs by not killing them?
Put them in your neighbor's yard. This works best if you don't actually like the person.
Reply:Place sawdust around your plants snails and slugs do not like crossing it as the saw dust sticks to them and also absorbs its slime . This will deter but not kill these pest.
Reply:You could try scrunched up newspaper and place it around the base and in between the buds. They hide in there! First thing in the morning simple remove the newspaper with the slugs inside. As for not killing them, you might need to think of a suitable home reloaction program.
Reply:Put out a small container of any kind or a very small aluminum pie dish and pour beer into it. The slugs will get into the beer and not your crocuses.
MJ
Reply:PMRA has a very large wealth of info on this topic. To save space, I'm going to refrain from pasting it below. You can see it all by clicking the source below.
Good luck against the slugs!
Reply:do you want a nonviolent way to rid slugs, without destroying your crocuses, in the process, right? Well, you can raise chickens and they can rid your garden of slugs.
I have spring bulbs that spouted before I got them planted (had a warm spell). will they bloom if I plant now?
I bought tulips , crocuses and hyacinths. I put them on my porch and didn't plant them right away. we had a warm spell, and when I went to plant them this weekend, some had already sprouted. I planted them anyway. Will they bloom in the spring? I live in Philadelphia and we really haven't had any very cold weather yet.
I have spring bulbs that spouted before I got them planted (had a warm spell). will they bloom if I plant now?
YES THEY WILL STILL BLOOM, WHEN YOU PLANT THE BULBS IN THE FALL THE ACTUALLY START TO GROW IN THE GROUND, THIS IS HOW THEY GET ESTABLISHED IN THE FALL, MAKE SURE TO WATER THEM WELL SO THAT THEIR ROOTS WILL GROW INTO THE GROUND............GOOD LUCK
Reply:They should be fine if you get them planted ASAP
Reply:Mine always seem to sprout before I get them all planted. I just finished planting 2 weeks ago and some are actually 6 inches tall. It just means the roots are taking nicely. This is normal. Go ahead and plant now and let them get established before the freeze. They'll do great.
Reply:Hi it was 70 degrees in my area yesterday (Missouri). Perfect weather for planting bulbs. Usually the months for planting bulbs are October, November and December. By January the ground is usually frozen and the plants don't really get enough time to chill properly. Your plant should do fine and I wouldn't worry about them doing a little sprouting before the Spring. The weather has been so unseasonably warm here that my rose bushes are still blooming and so are some of my petunias and marigolds!
I have spring bulbs that spouted before I got them planted (had a warm spell). will they bloom if I plant now?
YES THEY WILL STILL BLOOM, WHEN YOU PLANT THE BULBS IN THE FALL THE ACTUALLY START TO GROW IN THE GROUND, THIS IS HOW THEY GET ESTABLISHED IN THE FALL, MAKE SURE TO WATER THEM WELL SO THAT THEIR ROOTS WILL GROW INTO THE GROUND............GOOD LUCK
Reply:They should be fine if you get them planted ASAP
Reply:Mine always seem to sprout before I get them all planted. I just finished planting 2 weeks ago and some are actually 6 inches tall. It just means the roots are taking nicely. This is normal. Go ahead and plant now and let them get established before the freeze. They'll do great.
Reply:Hi it was 70 degrees in my area yesterday (Missouri). Perfect weather for planting bulbs. Usually the months for planting bulbs are October, November and December. By January the ground is usually frozen and the plants don't really get enough time to chill properly. Your plant should do fine and I wouldn't worry about them doing a little sprouting before the Spring. The weather has been so unseasonably warm here that my rose bushes are still blooming and so are some of my petunias and marigolds!
The bulbs I planted in fall are growing early - is this OK?
I live in Kansas City, and our weather has been so mild this year. Trees are budding; grass is growing; and now my blubs (daffodils, crocuses, windflowers, allium, etc) are sprouting. They were even sprouting right before Thanksgiving. I planted according to zone and the directions from the place I bought them, but I'm concerned I'm going to have more green than flower this spring. Any ideas?
The bulbs I planted in fall are growing early - is this OK?
I've been hearing this from many ppl all over. I think the bulb would survive should we finally get a real winter but I don't know if it would still grow and bloom this year as it should. It could very well be that the bulb would grow and bloom then next year given we have a normal winter.
Reply:same delima here in SC..I think if they flower and you have a freeze again, you can forget about them for this year..the peach farmers here are very worried as some trees are blooming now!!
Reply:They say you cannot fool mother nature but this year maybe the exception if some really cold weather comes in. If it remain close to the ground, it maybe ok. If any cold weather comes hopefully it will come before the flower or after the flower and before the fruit. Otherwise, we maybe paying higher prices for fruits and begetables. Or we will have a double growing season. Keep your fingers crossed.
miriam
The bulbs I planted in fall are growing early - is this OK?
I've been hearing this from many ppl all over. I think the bulb would survive should we finally get a real winter but I don't know if it would still grow and bloom this year as it should. It could very well be that the bulb would grow and bloom then next year given we have a normal winter.
Reply:same delima here in SC..I think if they flower and you have a freeze again, you can forget about them for this year..the peach farmers here are very worried as some trees are blooming now!!
Reply:They say you cannot fool mother nature but this year maybe the exception if some really cold weather comes in. If it remain close to the ground, it maybe ok. If any cold weather comes hopefully it will come before the flower or after the flower and before the fruit. Otherwise, we maybe paying higher prices for fruits and begetables. Or we will have a double growing season. Keep your fingers crossed.
miriam
Has the climate gone mad? Today I saw trees dripping in long golden catkins !?
what have you seen that shouldnt be out yet not for another month at least - i dont count crocuses cos you get winter ones, including mini cyclamens and some primroses.
Has the climate gone mad? Today I saw trees dripping in long golden catkins !?
Rapeseed blooming in December?
Reply:yes it has gone mad and its just the start
Reply:No the climate isn't gone mad and i thank u 4 the 2 points
Reply:Well, nothing recently, but I have seen snow in summer ( August) in London,
Funny, as we were on the patio in shorts 5 mins before it came down.
M : )
Reply:tell me about it, my father was out for a walk, and was nearly crushed by a tree
Reply:depends on the species of tree. Garrya flowers (have catkins) in winter. It has very long catkins.
It has been very warm this winter though, my fuschia is still flowering.
Reply:My roses started flowering just before christmas. First time I've seen roses during christmas! Very nice, I should have put christmas lights on them... :-)
Reply:LOL! Essex 5th January 2007
the berberis is in full bloom,
primroses are flowering ,as are violets in our garden ,
we also have a few marigolds out and dafodils in bud .
MY plum tree is in bud ! and Acers in leaf allready .
We will surely get a cold spell ,and this will wipe most of them out ,
%26gt;^,,^%26lt;
Reply:Yes i know what you mean, I've got a couple of blue **** nesting in one of my bird boxes. Its only January 6th!
Reply:Green grass, there should be a few feet of snow right now!
Has the climate gone mad? Today I saw trees dripping in long golden catkins !?
Rapeseed blooming in December?
Reply:yes it has gone mad and its just the start
Reply:No the climate isn't gone mad and i thank u 4 the 2 points
Reply:Well, nothing recently, but I have seen snow in summer ( August) in London,
Funny, as we were on the patio in shorts 5 mins before it came down.
M : )
Reply:tell me about it, my father was out for a walk, and was nearly crushed by a tree
Reply:depends on the species of tree. Garrya flowers (have catkins) in winter. It has very long catkins.
It has been very warm this winter though, my fuschia is still flowering.
Reply:My roses started flowering just before christmas. First time I've seen roses during christmas! Very nice, I should have put christmas lights on them... :-)
Reply:LOL! Essex 5th January 2007
the berberis is in full bloom,
primroses are flowering ,as are violets in our garden ,
we also have a few marigolds out and dafodils in bud .
MY plum tree is in bud ! and Acers in leaf allready .
We will surely get a cold spell ,and this will wipe most of them out ,
%26gt;^,,^%26lt;
Reply:Yes i know what you mean, I've got a couple of blue **** nesting in one of my bird boxes. Its only January 6th!
Reply:Green grass, there should be a few feet of snow right now!
Can you FINISH this acrostic of "SPRING IS IN THE AIR" in the spirit of the poem? (just 4 creative fun!!)
I started it:
Spring is here and my mind focuses
Pansy's, peony's, purple crocuses!
Rolling hills alive with flowers
Indicating God's great powers
No more cold and stormy weather
Gone the coats and boots of leather
In their place are sunny skies
Skimpy skirts up to my thighs!
I
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Can you FINISH this acrostic of "SPRING IS IN THE AIR" in the spirit of the poem? (just 4 creative fun!!)
S pring is here and my mind focuses
P ansies, peonies, purple crocuses!
R olling hills alive with flowers
I ndicating God's great powers
N o more cold and stormy weather
G one are coats and boots of leather
I n their place are sunny skies
S kimpy skirts up to my thighs!
T iny seeds will stir and rise
H eavenward toward azure skies
E very living thing responds
A nd joins in nature's sweetest songs
I ts blueprint is from Heaven's plan
R enewal wrought by God's own hand
Reply:Spring is here and my mind focuses
Pansy's, peony's, purple crocuses!
Rolling hills alive with flowers
Indicating God's great powers
No more cold and stormy weather
Gone the coats and boots of leather
In their place are sunny skies
Skimpy skirts up to my thighs!
Inviting glances;
New romances.
Twilight sighing;
Him lying
Ever so close to me.
And I can finally be
In tune
Right soon.
C. :)
Happy evening, sweets!
Reply:Spring is here and my mind focuses
Pansy's, peony's, purple crocuses!
Rolling hills alive with flowers
Indicating God's great powers
No more cold and stormy weather
Gone the coats and boots of leather
In their place are sunny skies
Skimpy skirts up to my thighs!
I wore them in the winter too
Not that you could see the view
The big fur coat saw to that
He, got a glimpse or two
Exiting times, now lie ahead
As I consider my man to wed
In the middle of the afternoon
Reading vows in the month of June
Reply:(I)ce- cream
(N)o more Winter Coats
(T) elling Spring Stories
(H) ats to be worn
(E)nough of bad weather
(A) lways sunny out
(I) nsane heat
(R)acing to the pool
Spring is here and my mind focuses
Pansy's, peony's, purple crocuses!
Rolling hills alive with flowers
Indicating God's great powers
No more cold and stormy weather
Gone the coats and boots of leather
In their place are sunny skies
Skimpy skirts up to my thighs!
I
N
T
H
E
A
I
R
Can you FINISH this acrostic of "SPRING IS IN THE AIR" in the spirit of the poem? (just 4 creative fun!!)
S pring is here and my mind focuses
P ansies, peonies, purple crocuses!
R olling hills alive with flowers
I ndicating God's great powers
N o more cold and stormy weather
G one are coats and boots of leather
I n their place are sunny skies
S kimpy skirts up to my thighs!
T iny seeds will stir and rise
H eavenward toward azure skies
E very living thing responds
A nd joins in nature's sweetest songs
I ts blueprint is from Heaven's plan
R enewal wrought by God's own hand
Reply:Spring is here and my mind focuses
Pansy's, peony's, purple crocuses!
Rolling hills alive with flowers
Indicating God's great powers
No more cold and stormy weather
Gone the coats and boots of leather
In their place are sunny skies
Skimpy skirts up to my thighs!
Inviting glances;
New romances.
Twilight sighing;
Him lying
Ever so close to me.
And I can finally be
In tune
Right soon.
C. :)
Happy evening, sweets!
Reply:Spring is here and my mind focuses
Pansy's, peony's, purple crocuses!
Rolling hills alive with flowers
Indicating God's great powers
No more cold and stormy weather
Gone the coats and boots of leather
In their place are sunny skies
Skimpy skirts up to my thighs!
I wore them in the winter too
Not that you could see the view
The big fur coat saw to that
He, got a glimpse or two
Exiting times, now lie ahead
As I consider my man to wed
In the middle of the afternoon
Reading vows in the month of June
Reply:(I)ce- cream
(N)o more Winter Coats
(T) elling Spring Stories
(H) ats to be worn
(E)nough of bad weather
(A) lways sunny out
(I) nsane heat
(R)acing to the pool
Do you like my next new poem?
*****
Crocuses are just two months away
Tulips and the Daffodils are not that far behind
In time, we’ll sow the seeds, we’ll feed the trees
Build trellises for vines entwined
And fill the starter trays inside
With herbs and greens and sweet young things
Like paradise,
Spring garden…nice…
*****
Do you like my next new poem?
Visions of springtime, warm blankies, wool socks
Fireplace roaring, and a crispy fried duck
I like your warm poem, It feels like euphoria
But those kinds of visions
Are only brought on by hypothermia..
Reply:How I WISH I'd see just ONE message in a poem of yours!!!!
In this one, I see the garden, Spring, flowers, etc...BUT, I also see the stages of life, bringing children into the world and nurturing them(trellises for vines entwined), 'sowing the seeds' of life's adventures, and, 'in time' feeding the trees with our death(nutrients for those trees). It is the 'starter trays' that we are, all culminating 'like Paradise' in Forever.
You, sir, are one FINE poet!!!
Elysabeth...poemhunter
Reply:Yes, it would be nice, but two months seem like an eternity to me. Wish I had some starter trays.
Reply:Speechless again! I will retort, I just want it to be a good one!
Reply:Not bad at all.
Reply:Very nice!! You have talent!!
Reply:Summer holidays....Yay!!!! =)
---%26gt;i love the feeling and images this poem gave me...
Reply:Oh! it makes me long for the days of Spring right now. I love my Gardens of Flowers and the first sign of Spring.
Beautiful as always- Very,Very Good!
I'm enjoying as usual~
Reply:Aaaaaah....nice images on this cold, grey, weary day...
Reply:Quite bouncy TD *^_^* It's a refreshing write indeed @)~%26gt;~
Reply:Nice one to plant on us and see what kind of replies crop up in your contacts fertile minds. I'd better leaf well enough alone and let you harvest other answers.
Crocuses are just two months away
Tulips and the Daffodils are not that far behind
In time, we’ll sow the seeds, we’ll feed the trees
Build trellises for vines entwined
And fill the starter trays inside
With herbs and greens and sweet young things
Like paradise,
Spring garden…nice…
*****
Do you like my next new poem?
Visions of springtime, warm blankies, wool socks
Fireplace roaring, and a crispy fried duck
I like your warm poem, It feels like euphoria
But those kinds of visions
Are only brought on by hypothermia..
Reply:How I WISH I'd see just ONE message in a poem of yours!!!!
In this one, I see the garden, Spring, flowers, etc...BUT, I also see the stages of life, bringing children into the world and nurturing them(trellises for vines entwined), 'sowing the seeds' of life's adventures, and, 'in time' feeding the trees with our death(nutrients for those trees). It is the 'starter trays' that we are, all culminating 'like Paradise' in Forever.
You, sir, are one FINE poet!!!
Elysabeth...poemhunter
Reply:Yes, it would be nice, but two months seem like an eternity to me. Wish I had some starter trays.
Reply:Speechless again! I will retort, I just want it to be a good one!
Reply:Not bad at all.
Reply:Very nice!! You have talent!!
Reply:Summer holidays....Yay!!!! =)
---%26gt;i love the feeling and images this poem gave me...
Reply:Oh! it makes me long for the days of Spring right now. I love my Gardens of Flowers and the first sign of Spring.
Beautiful as always- Very,Very Good!
I'm enjoying as usual~
Reply:Aaaaaah....nice images on this cold, grey, weary day...
Reply:Quite bouncy TD *^_^* It's a refreshing write indeed @)~%26gt;~
Reply:Nice one to plant on us and see what kind of replies crop up in your contacts fertile minds. I'd better leaf well enough alone and let you harvest other answers.
Replanting spring bulbs? - Ontario?
We moved into a new subdivision house and last fall I had a raised/walled bed made at the front foundation. I planted tulips, crocuses and daffodils. In the meantime the new earth settled much more than expected and the bulbs have been very slow in coming up (but are doing fairly well). I would like to lift them out and put more soil into this raised/walled garden. Can I lift them after the leaves die back and just replant them, or must the bulbs, once lifted, be dried and stored for replanting in the fall?
Replanting spring bulbs? - Ontario?
just replant them after they flower in the fall they will do fine
Reply:Bulbs in good health %26amp; growing conditions can be moved 'in the green', before the foliage dies back. If any are still in flower this will cause them to loose the flower so remove any stems still present and any seed capsules so all energy goes to the bulb. (Under ideal circumstances bulbs get 6 weeks for foliage to turn brown.)
1. Dig out a clump of bulbs gently with a curved nosed spade . Be sure to include a good amount of soil.
2. Dig new hole, enrich with compost, bone meal and an 8-8-8 or 10-10-10 (NPK), fast-release soluble fertilizer (only one tablespoon per square foot).
3. Set bulbs in new hole at the same depth as before.
Tamp down earth with flat side of spade, water well. The leaves will yellow earlier than the leaves of untouched bulbs.
4. If you used bone meal and a fast-release fertilizer, you will want to apply a nitrogen-rich fast-release NPK fertilizer in the spring just as the shoots first emerge from the soil (which would be about 6 weeks prior to bloom).
Narcissus can be lifted and divided or thinned with ease when in flower.
If they put up only a leaf next year just let them mature to yellowing. They need to get back to a larger size and store more carbohydrates before they can flower.
Of all the bulbs, tulips are "heavy feeders" and require fertilization as foliage emerges and again after flowering. Fertilize other bulbs after flowering to support foliage and increase bulb size.
Most bulbous plants, thrive in slightly acid soils (pH 6.0 -6.5)
irene
Replanting spring bulbs? - Ontario?
just replant them after they flower in the fall they will do fine
Reply:Bulbs in good health %26amp; growing conditions can be moved 'in the green', before the foliage dies back. If any are still in flower this will cause them to loose the flower so remove any stems still present and any seed capsules so all energy goes to the bulb. (Under ideal circumstances bulbs get 6 weeks for foliage to turn brown.)
1. Dig out a clump of bulbs gently with a curved nosed spade . Be sure to include a good amount of soil.
2. Dig new hole, enrich with compost, bone meal and an 8-8-8 or 10-10-10 (NPK), fast-release soluble fertilizer (only one tablespoon per square foot).
3. Set bulbs in new hole at the same depth as before.
Tamp down earth with flat side of spade, water well. The leaves will yellow earlier than the leaves of untouched bulbs.
4. If you used bone meal and a fast-release fertilizer, you will want to apply a nitrogen-rich fast-release NPK fertilizer in the spring just as the shoots first emerge from the soil (which would be about 6 weeks prior to bloom).
Narcissus can be lifted and divided or thinned with ease when in flower.
If they put up only a leaf next year just let them mature to yellowing. They need to get back to a larger size and store more carbohydrates before they can flower.
Of all the bulbs, tulips are "heavy feeders" and require fertilization as foliage emerges and again after flowering. Fertilize other bulbs after flowering to support foliage and increase bulb size.
Most bulbous plants, thrive in slightly acid soils (pH 6.0 -6.5)
irene
What mail-order company would you trust most to order perennial bulbs from?
I'm planning to buy crocuses, dutch irises, tulips, oriental lillies, and hyacinths, and I don't want to throw money down the drain with a disreputable company.
What mail-order company would you trust most to order perennial bulbs from?
Bluestone perennials...definately. I've ordered from Michigan Bulb and Brecks and they sent me very poor bulbs. Small and some were shriveled. Ya, they're cheap...but so is the quality.
go with Bluestone and you'll be much better off.
Reply:I second Bluestone Perennials. They are cheaper than the better known outfits, their quality is tops and the service is outstanding. I did a wholesale business with them for years but they also have a retail side. Whatever you do, avoid Michigan Bulb and other mail-order rip-offs that sound so cheap in their ads in the Sunday supplements. Remember, you get what you pay for!
Reply:Burpees is the best,,,but if you dont want to buy through the mail then wait til the growing season is done and all the stores has their bulbs on sale for anywhere from 50% to 80% off they do this so they dont have to store them for the winter,,i have bought all my bulbs this way...
Reply:Brecks, absolutely, especially for the bulbs you've mentioned. They ship at the exact right times to plant them, the plants and bulbs are always large, robust and healthy and I've never had one fail.
Reply:michigan bulb company
Reply:Best go to a good gardening centre where you can pick and buy, then you'll know what sort of quality you are getting.
Reply:michigan bulb company, and burpee
Reply:Wayside Gardens is a good company as well as Burpee.
Reply:blue stone perennials and whites flower farm are two that have used in the past and am pleased with the service and the product
Reply:I don't know a good one, but can steer you away from a bad one. Any thing that comes from Directgardening.com is trash. They also have several different names they use so be careful. Check to see if the one you use is connected to them in any way.
Reply:Burpee
What mail-order company would you trust most to order perennial bulbs from?
Bluestone perennials...definately. I've ordered from Michigan Bulb and Brecks and they sent me very poor bulbs. Small and some were shriveled. Ya, they're cheap...but so is the quality.
go with Bluestone and you'll be much better off.
Reply:I second Bluestone Perennials. They are cheaper than the better known outfits, their quality is tops and the service is outstanding. I did a wholesale business with them for years but they also have a retail side. Whatever you do, avoid Michigan Bulb and other mail-order rip-offs that sound so cheap in their ads in the Sunday supplements. Remember, you get what you pay for!
Reply:Burpees is the best,,,but if you dont want to buy through the mail then wait til the growing season is done and all the stores has their bulbs on sale for anywhere from 50% to 80% off they do this so they dont have to store them for the winter,,i have bought all my bulbs this way...
Reply:Brecks, absolutely, especially for the bulbs you've mentioned. They ship at the exact right times to plant them, the plants and bulbs are always large, robust and healthy and I've never had one fail.
Reply:michigan bulb company
Reply:Best go to a good gardening centre where you can pick and buy, then you'll know what sort of quality you are getting.
Reply:michigan bulb company, and burpee
Reply:Wayside Gardens is a good company as well as Burpee.
Reply:blue stone perennials and whites flower farm are two that have used in the past and am pleased with the service and the product
Reply:I don't know a good one, but can steer you away from a bad one. Any thing that comes from Directgardening.com is trash. They also have several different names they use so be careful. Check to see if the one you use is connected to them in any way.
Reply:Burpee
How do I repot bulbs?
Thanks to some rotten advice from Gardeners' World, I planted a pot of bulbs with three layers: tulips, crocuses, and daffodils. The crocuses and daffodils were meant to come up first, but because of the mild spell, everything's come up together and there's not enough room in the pot. Can I carefully dig out the tulips and pot them somewhere else or is it too late?
How do I repot bulbs?
You should be able to take the whole thing out of the pot, seperate them, and either put them in seperate pots, or into the ground. If you want to pot different types of bulbs in one pot, don't put them in layers, but put each bulb at its appropriate depth in the soil. If you put your bulbs in pots, you can put them in a cool place to slow down growth when you have an unseasonably warm bit of weather, such as in a garage, or on the north side of your home (in the northern hemisphere). It's easiest if you use plastic pots rather than clay pots, as plastic pots are so much lighter and easier to deal with.
Reply:Yes
Reply:yes i heard this advice too and yesterday inbetween snow showers i managed to repot they still look ok this am careful tho dont slice into bulbs
How do I repot bulbs?
You should be able to take the whole thing out of the pot, seperate them, and either put them in seperate pots, or into the ground. If you want to pot different types of bulbs in one pot, don't put them in layers, but put each bulb at its appropriate depth in the soil. If you put your bulbs in pots, you can put them in a cool place to slow down growth when you have an unseasonably warm bit of weather, such as in a garage, or on the north side of your home (in the northern hemisphere). It's easiest if you use plastic pots rather than clay pots, as plastic pots are so much lighter and easier to deal with.
Reply:Yes
Reply:yes i heard this advice too and yesterday inbetween snow showers i managed to repot they still look ok this am careful tho dont slice into bulbs
I am looking for a Pottery with the initials BDC?
I have some china from mother-in-law with BDC written over two linked flowers (crocuses) and the design on the front is orange and yellow crocuses with black and grey leaves - where are they from?
I am looking for a Pottery with the initials BDC?
This could be Bates, Dewsberry and Co who were in Hanley, Stoke on Trent but I regret I know very little about them otherwise except they were in business in 1900 but what has become of them I do not know
Reply:was the most sensible reply! Report It
Reply:bedalay doulton china...very rare and unique...comes from bedlam
Reply:B roken D irty C ups from Stoke on Trent. Eeee duck !
Reply:I have been unable to find these initials among English marks and I have doubts about the above answer as Doulton normally stamp their name on their products.
I am looking for a Pottery with the initials BDC?
This could be Bates, Dewsberry and Co who were in Hanley, Stoke on Trent but I regret I know very little about them otherwise except they were in business in 1900 but what has become of them I do not know
Reply:was the most sensible reply! Report It
Reply:bedalay doulton china...very rare and unique...comes from bedlam
Reply:B roken D irty C ups from Stoke on Trent. Eeee duck !
Reply:I have been unable to find these initials among English marks and I have doubts about the above answer as Doulton normally stamp their name on their products.
Would You Rather Be...?
A: old and very rich -
http://www.brandonsd.mb.ca/crocus/Depart...
Or
B: Young and very poor
Would You Rather Be...?
B: young and poor because no amount of money can buy your youth back.
If I was old and rich, I'd have no use for the money as I'd be dying.
And my kids would'nt get much use out of it until they're older so I'd rather be young and poor, that way I get to see my kids grow up and build my kids bank accounts up.
At the moment though I'd say I'm definatly NOT poor, and I'm very far from being rich, I'm just quite well off.
Reply:b: because you wouldnt have much time to spend it plus being youngs more fun. however if you mean poor like homeless or in an ledc then a
Reply:I was young and very poor, now I'm getting old and still poor :( I think I will opt for the queen and get some surgery.
Reply:A. then i could get 3 early-20 girlfriends and travel the world. then give most to charities and become immortalized with buildings and causes named after me. :)
Reply:A: cuz then i could buy creams and plastic surgery to make me look younger and everybody going to die someday!!!
Reply:Well, I will never be the Queen. However, I am quite old and not very rich and so neither a nor b.
Reply:nice pic of her majesty .
young and poor , still time to make money and spend it.
Reply:Young and extermely rich, but its not an option so I'm going with,
Answer: B
Reply:Middle aged and comfortable.
oops I am.
I must be happy [better remember to remind myself]
Reply:Can I be reasonably well-off and middle-aged?
If not, then youth beats money.
Reply:I want to continue as I am at present.
My only wish is to maintain the present level.
Reply:B: young and very poor
Reply:YOUNG AND POOR
Reply:Old and very rich. When u have money age is not an issue.
Reply:B: Young and very poor ;)
btw... what has the pictire of the queen got to do with the question %26gt;?
Reply:B
Reply:B
Reply:B
Reply:BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!
Reply:B :)
Reply:young and poor like now :-( lol
Reply:old and very rich*
Reply:B.
Reply:B.
Reply:if i could i'd be young and rich, but that's not an option......
B
Reply:b
Reply:young and poor can always make money
Reply:B and then A
Reply:I am B ... yay ....*sobs*
Reply:I've been the one, I'd like the other.
http://www.brandonsd.mb.ca/crocus/Depart...
Or
B: Young and very poor
Would You Rather Be...?
B: young and poor because no amount of money can buy your youth back.
If I was old and rich, I'd have no use for the money as I'd be dying.
And my kids would'nt get much use out of it until they're older so I'd rather be young and poor, that way I get to see my kids grow up and build my kids bank accounts up.
At the moment though I'd say I'm definatly NOT poor, and I'm very far from being rich, I'm just quite well off.
Reply:b: because you wouldnt have much time to spend it plus being youngs more fun. however if you mean poor like homeless or in an ledc then a
Reply:I was young and very poor, now I'm getting old and still poor :( I think I will opt for the queen and get some surgery.
Reply:A. then i could get 3 early-20 girlfriends and travel the world. then give most to charities and become immortalized with buildings and causes named after me. :)
Reply:A: cuz then i could buy creams and plastic surgery to make me look younger and everybody going to die someday!!!
Reply:Well, I will never be the Queen. However, I am quite old and not very rich and so neither a nor b.
Reply:nice pic of her majesty .
young and poor , still time to make money and spend it.
Reply:Young and extermely rich, but its not an option so I'm going with,
Answer: B
Reply:Middle aged and comfortable.
oops I am.
I must be happy [better remember to remind myself]
Reply:Can I be reasonably well-off and middle-aged?
If not, then youth beats money.
Reply:I want to continue as I am at present.
My only wish is to maintain the present level.
Reply:B: young and very poor
Reply:YOUNG AND POOR
Reply:Old and very rich. When u have money age is not an issue.
Reply:B: Young and very poor ;)
btw... what has the pictire of the queen got to do with the question %26gt;?
Reply:B
Reply:B
Reply:B
Reply:BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!
Reply:B :)
Reply:young and poor like now :-( lol
Reply:old and very rich*
Reply:B.
Reply:B.
Reply:if i could i'd be young and rich, but that's not an option......
B
Reply:b
Reply:young and poor can always make money
Reply:B and then A
Reply:I am B ... yay ....*sobs*
Reply:I've been the one, I'd like the other.
Does anyone know what the meaning of this poem is?
Hope is a tattered flag and a dream of time.
Hope is a heartspun word, the rainbow, the shadblow in white
The evening star inviolable over the coal mines,
The shimmer of northern lights across a bitter winter night,
The blue hills beyond the smoke of the steel works,
The birds who go on singing to their mates in peace, war, peace,
The ten-cent crocus bulb blooming in a used-car salesroom,
The horseshoe over the door, the luckpiece in the pocket,
The kiss and the comforting laugh and resolve—
Hope is an echo, hope ties itself yonder, yonder.
The spring grass showing itself where least expected,
The rolling fluff of white clouds on a changeable sky,
The broadcast of strings from Japan, bells from Moscow,
Of the voice of the prime minister of Sweden carried
Across the sea in behalf of a world family of nations
And children singing chorals of the Christ child
And Bach being broadcast from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
And tall skyscrapers practically empty of tenants
And the hands of strong men groping for handholds
And the Salvation Army singing God loves us….
Does anyone know what the meaning of this poem is?
It's that hope is different in the eyes of people that see it.
My hope is not your hope, unless you're Miss America....
Also, the poem is meant to show the vastness of hope, or the amazing concept of hope in the world, by utilizing far away places like Japan, Sweden, and Moscow.
And it does seem that the tone changes to more of a helpless kind of voice.
Reply:Someones interpretation of what hope is
Reply:time marches on.....
life goes on.....
Hope is a heartspun word, the rainbow, the shadblow in white
The evening star inviolable over the coal mines,
The shimmer of northern lights across a bitter winter night,
The blue hills beyond the smoke of the steel works,
The birds who go on singing to their mates in peace, war, peace,
The ten-cent crocus bulb blooming in a used-car salesroom,
The horseshoe over the door, the luckpiece in the pocket,
The kiss and the comforting laugh and resolve—
Hope is an echo, hope ties itself yonder, yonder.
The spring grass showing itself where least expected,
The rolling fluff of white clouds on a changeable sky,
The broadcast of strings from Japan, bells from Moscow,
Of the voice of the prime minister of Sweden carried
Across the sea in behalf of a world family of nations
And children singing chorals of the Christ child
And Bach being broadcast from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
And tall skyscrapers practically empty of tenants
And the hands of strong men groping for handholds
And the Salvation Army singing God loves us….
Does anyone know what the meaning of this poem is?
It's that hope is different in the eyes of people that see it.
My hope is not your hope, unless you're Miss America....
Also, the poem is meant to show the vastness of hope, or the amazing concept of hope in the world, by utilizing far away places like Japan, Sweden, and Moscow.
And it does seem that the tone changes to more of a helpless kind of voice.
Reply:Someones interpretation of what hope is
Reply:time marches on.....
life goes on.....
What are SOME GOOD low maintanance perennials??
*****Are These Flowers Perennials????????????
poppies impatiens foxgloves azaleas tulips crocus iris's???
okay thanxxx, -me
What are SOME GOOD low maintanance perennials??
poppies are self sowing annuals. if you keep the area around them free of weeds they'll come back year after year.
Azaleas are perennials, they'll make a nice hedge, if you keep them trimmed or you can let them go wild and they'll get tall and beautiful (I prefer the untrimmed look)
Foxgloves are biennials. Once you plant them they form a rosette of leaves in the first year, the second year they send up the (lovely!) flower stalk and make seeds. They will self sow like the poppies.
Tulips, crocus and iris all reproduce from bulbs and are perennial. Depending on the area you are in and how well they like where they are planted will determine how fast they will propagate themselves. Tulips are pickier than the other two you mentioned.
Some impatiens are annual, and some are perennial. And there are a lot of impatiens.
As far as low maintenance perennials- There are so so many, much depends on the types of flowers that you like and where you live. In the north, some southern perennials become annuals, so you have to do a bit of research.
Some of my personal favorites:
plants you buy as bulbs: daffodils, iris, lilies, tulips, crocus, hyacinth, gladiolus
they don't require much of anything.
Actually, I could go on and on about my own favorite flowers. Here is a wonderful website that has photos and care information and is kind of an A - Z of perennials and self sowing annuals and biennials.
Reply:Tulips, crocuses and irises are all bulbs so other bulbs like Gladiolas are great low maintenance flowers.
Echanicia, black eyed susans, sweet williams, shasta daisies and other perennials are great in my area. They reseed and come back every year better and better.
Reply:Good low maintenance perrenials-
geranium varieties , bergenia , geum, heuchera
penstemon , astilbe,
(Perennials die down in the winter, regrow spring/summer)
Poppies- annual
impatiens - perennial but not in freezing temperatures
foxgloves -biennial (plant first year, flowers second year, then dies)
azaleas- Shrub ( woody plant ,doesn't die down)
tulip-perennial
crocus- perennial
iris- perrenial
Reply:bulbs ONLY, any thing els is a weed, it will get out of control and youll have to eventually spray it with round up
poppies impatiens foxgloves azaleas tulips crocus iris's???
okay thanxxx, -me
What are SOME GOOD low maintanance perennials??
poppies are self sowing annuals. if you keep the area around them free of weeds they'll come back year after year.
Azaleas are perennials, they'll make a nice hedge, if you keep them trimmed or you can let them go wild and they'll get tall and beautiful (I prefer the untrimmed look)
Foxgloves are biennials. Once you plant them they form a rosette of leaves in the first year, the second year they send up the (lovely!) flower stalk and make seeds. They will self sow like the poppies.
Tulips, crocus and iris all reproduce from bulbs and are perennial. Depending on the area you are in and how well they like where they are planted will determine how fast they will propagate themselves. Tulips are pickier than the other two you mentioned.
Some impatiens are annual, and some are perennial. And there are a lot of impatiens.
As far as low maintenance perennials- There are so so many, much depends on the types of flowers that you like and where you live. In the north, some southern perennials become annuals, so you have to do a bit of research.
Some of my personal favorites:
plants you buy as bulbs: daffodils, iris, lilies, tulips, crocus, hyacinth, gladiolus
they don't require much of anything.
Actually, I could go on and on about my own favorite flowers. Here is a wonderful website that has photos and care information and is kind of an A - Z of perennials and self sowing annuals and biennials.
Reply:Tulips, crocuses and irises are all bulbs so other bulbs like Gladiolas are great low maintenance flowers.
Echanicia, black eyed susans, sweet williams, shasta daisies and other perennials are great in my area. They reseed and come back every year better and better.
Reply:Good low maintenance perrenials-
geranium varieties , bergenia , geum, heuchera
penstemon , astilbe,
(Perennials die down in the winter, regrow spring/summer)
Poppies- annual
impatiens - perennial but not in freezing temperatures
foxgloves -biennial (plant first year, flowers second year, then dies)
azaleas- Shrub ( woody plant ,doesn't die down)
tulip-perennial
crocus- perennial
iris- perrenial
Reply:bulbs ONLY, any thing els is a weed, it will get out of control and youll have to eventually spray it with round up
Replanting bulbs?
I have tulips, crocus, and dafs., that were planted sveral years ago. I am going to do some more landscaping and want to move them elsewhere. Do I just wait until after they bloom, flowers die off, and dig them up? Then replant them again in the fall? Has anybody done this w/success?
Replanting bulbs?
once the green leaf/stem part dies carefully dig them up and replant them in the fall. they should be fine. you should break them up when you take them out as bulbs multiply over the years and can strangle eachother if they get too clustered.
Reply:dig and replant in the fall just be careful when you dig the bulbs out not to nick them
may
Replanting bulbs?
once the green leaf/stem part dies carefully dig them up and replant them in the fall. they should be fine. you should break them up when you take them out as bulbs multiply over the years and can strangle eachother if they get too clustered.
Reply:dig and replant in the fall just be careful when you dig the bulbs out not to nick them
may
Male and Female Showering Habits?
Shower like a woman...
Take off clothing and place it in a sectioned laundry hamper according to lights, darks, whites, man made or natural.
Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If husband seen along the way cover up any exposed flesh and rush to the bathroom.
Look at womanly physique in the mirror and stick out belly. Complain and whine about getting fat.
Get in shower. Look for facecloth, armcloth, loin cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone.
Wash hair once with Cucumber and Lamprey shampoo with 83 added vitamins.Wash hair again with Cucumber and Lamprey shampoo with 83 added vitamins.
Condition hair with cucumber and lamprey conditioner with enhanced natural crocus oil. Leave on hair for 15 minutes.
Wash face with crushed apricot facial scrub for ten minutes until red raw.
Rinse conditioner off hair taking at least 15 minutes to make sure that it's all come off.
Shave armpits and legs. Consider shaving bikini area but decide to get it waxed instead.
Scream loudly when husband flushes toilet and water loses pressure and turns red hot.
Turn off shower.
Squeegee all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mould spots with Tilex. Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of small African country.
Wrap hair in super absorbent second towel.
Check entire body for remotest sign of spots. Attack with nails and or tweezers (if you can find them).
Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. If husband seen, cover up any exposed areas and then rush to bedroom to spend hour and a half getting dressed.
Shower like a man...
Take off clothes while sitting on bed and leave them in a pile.
Walk naked to bathroom. If wife seen, shake knob at her while shouting "Way Hey!!"
Look in mirror and suck in gut to see your manly physique.
Admire size of knob in mirror, scratch bollocks and smell fingers for one last whiff.
Get in shower.
Don't bother to look for wash cloth, don't need one.
Wash face.
Wash armpits.
Laugh at how loud farts sound in the shower.
Wash bollocks and the surrounding area.
Wash ****, leaving hair on soap.
Shampoo hair but do not use conditioner.
Make Mohican hairstyle with shampoo. Pull back curtain to see self in mirror.
Piss in shower.
Rinse off and get out of shower. Fail to notice water on floor because shower curtain outside bath for whole shower time.
Partially dry off.
Look at self in mirror, flex muscles and admire size of knob again.
Leave shower curtain open and wet bath mat on floor.
Leave bathroom light and fan on.
Return to bedroom with towel around waist. If you pass wife, pull off towel, grab knob, go "Yeah baby" and thrust pelvis at her.
Put on yesterday's clothes.
Male and Female Showering Habits?
excellent, remind me never to shower when your about
a star for a star
Reply:Never a truer word spoken!!! hahahaaaaaa
Reply:That is a written description of a video posted onto YouTube. Caught you out!!
Reply:Brilliant and so true. Only a man can walk down the high street with his beer belly hanging over his shorts, bald head gleaming and thinking he is sexy.
Reply:Oh. so true!
"scientia est potentia"
Or "knowledge is power"
Reply:And its so true ....lol
Reply:You've met my husband haven't you?
Reply:Very accurate and extremely funny! Thanks for making me smile!!
**This one is better than the one on youtube. This has added 'extras'
Reply:how true! another star for you!
Reply:lmfao!
that is soo true
Reply:HAHAHAHAHA. . . Thats after making my day!! So god damn true!
Reply:Good!
Reply:lol very funny took me a long time to read but its stil funny xx
Reply:Deserve a star, I actually do some points you mentioned there.
Reply:Hahahahah, have you been viewing me through a web cam you voyeur.
Take off clothing and place it in a sectioned laundry hamper according to lights, darks, whites, man made or natural.
Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If husband seen along the way cover up any exposed flesh and rush to the bathroom.
Look at womanly physique in the mirror and stick out belly. Complain and whine about getting fat.
Get in shower. Look for facecloth, armcloth, loin cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone.
Wash hair once with Cucumber and Lamprey shampoo with 83 added vitamins.Wash hair again with Cucumber and Lamprey shampoo with 83 added vitamins.
Condition hair with cucumber and lamprey conditioner with enhanced natural crocus oil. Leave on hair for 15 minutes.
Wash face with crushed apricot facial scrub for ten minutes until red raw.
Rinse conditioner off hair taking at least 15 minutes to make sure that it's all come off.
Shave armpits and legs. Consider shaving bikini area but decide to get it waxed instead.
Scream loudly when husband flushes toilet and water loses pressure and turns red hot.
Turn off shower.
Squeegee all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mould spots with Tilex. Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of small African country.
Wrap hair in super absorbent second towel.
Check entire body for remotest sign of spots. Attack with nails and or tweezers (if you can find them).
Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head. If husband seen, cover up any exposed areas and then rush to bedroom to spend hour and a half getting dressed.
Shower like a man...
Take off clothes while sitting on bed and leave them in a pile.
Walk naked to bathroom. If wife seen, shake knob at her while shouting "Way Hey!!"
Look in mirror and suck in gut to see your manly physique.
Admire size of knob in mirror, scratch bollocks and smell fingers for one last whiff.
Get in shower.
Don't bother to look for wash cloth, don't need one.
Wash face.
Wash armpits.
Laugh at how loud farts sound in the shower.
Wash bollocks and the surrounding area.
Wash ****, leaving hair on soap.
Shampoo hair but do not use conditioner.
Make Mohican hairstyle with shampoo. Pull back curtain to see self in mirror.
Piss in shower.
Rinse off and get out of shower. Fail to notice water on floor because shower curtain outside bath for whole shower time.
Partially dry off.
Look at self in mirror, flex muscles and admire size of knob again.
Leave shower curtain open and wet bath mat on floor.
Leave bathroom light and fan on.
Return to bedroom with towel around waist. If you pass wife, pull off towel, grab knob, go "Yeah baby" and thrust pelvis at her.
Put on yesterday's clothes.
Male and Female Showering Habits?
excellent, remind me never to shower when your about
a star for a star
Reply:Never a truer word spoken!!! hahahaaaaaa
Reply:That is a written description of a video posted onto YouTube. Caught you out!!
Reply:Brilliant and so true. Only a man can walk down the high street with his beer belly hanging over his shorts, bald head gleaming and thinking he is sexy.
Reply:Oh. so true!
"scientia est potentia"
Or "knowledge is power"
Reply:And its so true ....lol
Reply:You've met my husband haven't you?
Reply:Very accurate and extremely funny! Thanks for making me smile!!
**This one is better than the one on youtube. This has added 'extras'
Reply:how true! another star for you!
Reply:lmfao!
that is soo true
Reply:HAHAHAHAHA. . . Thats after making my day!! So god damn true!
Reply:Good!
Reply:lol very funny took me a long time to read but its stil funny xx
Reply:Deserve a star, I actually do some points you mentioned there.
Reply:Hahahahah, have you been viewing me through a web cam you voyeur.
Manitoba Coin Question??
I have a manitoba coin that has a pic of a buffalo inside a flag on one side and the praire crocus on the other side. Could anyone tell me what the value for this coin is or if there is any significance towards this coin?? Thanks
Manitoba Coin Question??
I can tell you a little bit about it. It is one of a group of commemorative coins. There was one for each of the provinces and they all had the coat of arms on one side (that's the flag with the buffalo) and the provincial flower on the other side. I'm not sure how old they are or what the occasion was being commemorated. You can buy them on E-Bay for 8-10 bucks.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Manitoba,-CANADA-Coa...
I'm afraid that's all I can tell you.
Reply:Not much I can add, except to say it's likely made of bronze, and does not appear to be a product of the government. Still, it's a very nice looking piece.
Here's a link to a piece on eBay that may be like your coin:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1870-1970-MANITOBA-C...
imax theater
Manitoba Coin Question??
I can tell you a little bit about it. It is one of a group of commemorative coins. There was one for each of the provinces and they all had the coat of arms on one side (that's the flag with the buffalo) and the provincial flower on the other side. I'm not sure how old they are or what the occasion was being commemorated. You can buy them on E-Bay for 8-10 bucks.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Manitoba,-CANADA-Coa...
I'm afraid that's all I can tell you.
Reply:Not much I can add, except to say it's likely made of bronze, and does not appear to be a product of the government. Still, it's a very nice looking piece.
Here's a link to a piece on eBay that may be like your coin:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1870-1970-MANITOBA-C...
imax theater
How do I store bulbs until the fall?
I got some crocus bulbs that have flowered like crazy but now that they are done I would like to know how and where to store them so I can plant them come spring.
How do I store bulbs until the fall?
In a paper bag, in a cool dark place.
Reply:Leave them in the ground, if at all possible. If not, wait for the leaves to die back and then move the clump to its new site. If that's still not possible, store in damp vermiculite, sand or sphagnum moss at a temperature of 50-60oF over the summer and replant in the fall.
Reply:refrigerate them...don't freeze them, but just put them in a paper bag (or even a pot with soil is sometimes better) and put them between about 38-45degrees Fahrenheit.
Basically what you want them to do is go dormant so that they think it is Winter, but you want them below the frost line.
Also some bulbs (Tulips etc.) should be treated slightly different then others.
Reply:Leave them in the ground. They need to store up energy for next year to bloom. Digging them up will essentially kill them.
Reply:You don't have to take them up.But if you are going to use that spot for something else then you need to let them dry before storing them to plant again this fall not spring which will be too late.They can be stored in a cool dry place till fall planting.They will actually multiply if left in the ground.They have to have a time of chill in order to bloom next spring that's why the fall planting.The answer above me is essentially correct but if you let them stay til they die back then they will have time replenish their strength.
Reply:We leave ours in the flower bed and don't take them up.
How do I store bulbs until the fall?
In a paper bag, in a cool dark place.
Reply:Leave them in the ground, if at all possible. If not, wait for the leaves to die back and then move the clump to its new site. If that's still not possible, store in damp vermiculite, sand or sphagnum moss at a temperature of 50-60oF over the summer and replant in the fall.
Reply:refrigerate them...don't freeze them, but just put them in a paper bag (or even a pot with soil is sometimes better) and put them between about 38-45degrees Fahrenheit.
Basically what you want them to do is go dormant so that they think it is Winter, but you want them below the frost line.
Also some bulbs (Tulips etc.) should be treated slightly different then others.
Reply:Leave them in the ground. They need to store up energy for next year to bloom. Digging them up will essentially kill them.
Reply:You don't have to take them up.But if you are going to use that spot for something else then you need to let them dry before storing them to plant again this fall not spring which will be too late.They can be stored in a cool dry place till fall planting.They will actually multiply if left in the ground.They have to have a time of chill in order to bloom next spring that's why the fall planting.The answer above me is essentially correct but if you let them stay til they die back then they will have time replenish their strength.
Reply:We leave ours in the flower bed and don't take them up.
Old bulbs found in my cupboard...?
They are Dutch Iris, Rock Garden Allium, Blue Lilies, Crocus, and Glory of the Snow. I am not an experienced gardener, by no means experienced with bulbs but I have them and I know they are at least 1-2 years old. Is there any hope of planting them or reviving them to have blooms this year? Any advice would be great, with lots of details please and thankyou!!
Old bulbs found in my cupboard...?
wouldn't hurt to stick them in the ground. i once had an amaryllis that i left dried up in a pot for a year. stuck it in the ground and 12 years later i'm still propagating and giving them away.
Reply:Go ahead and plant them. They may or may not bloom this year, but this is the way you become and experienced gardener, trial and error. Good luck and hope you have some beautiful plants!
Reply:First, check the bulbs. Are they all dried out? I had some like those that I tried to plant. They never came up.
Supposedly you can try to bring them back out if it if they are not too far gone. I have heard of wraping them in a damp paper towel %26amp; keeping them damp for about 10 days to see if the bulbs plump back up and start to take on roots. I have never tried this myself.
Reply:You might try potting them in moist seedling mix or a loose soil mix and setting them in a warm, sunny window. Keep the soil just moist (never wet or soggy). I am very curious about Blue Lilies. Not sure of your growing area, but Crocus and Glory of the Snow are planted in the fall in my area, for early spring bloom (Eastern Ontario); there are also fall blooming crocus. I was going to get into some detail about their after-care, but a good idea to find out if there is going to be any growth first.
Something I will mention, however is the bulb question. You did say bulbs, so it does make a difference in planting depth.
About crocus, their growing part is referred to as a corm and they are usually planted about 2" deep and 2 - 4 inches apart, however, in your case, you might try them closer to the soil surface, at this time, to prevent rotting.
Dutch Iris are planted 4 - 6" deep and 6" apart; againtry them closer to soil surface for now.
Lilies do not have a protective outer casing, and should not be allowed to dry out, but I'd try them, as well. Usually planted deeper, try close to soil surface.
Allium (Onion and Garlic family) - again, I would try them close to the soil surface.
Glory of the Snow - the same.
I wish you luck with even one of these bulbs. It is very exciting to have anything green surface from the soil. Take care.
Reply:It wouldn't hurt to plant them and find out.
Old bulbs found in my cupboard...?
wouldn't hurt to stick them in the ground. i once had an amaryllis that i left dried up in a pot for a year. stuck it in the ground and 12 years later i'm still propagating and giving them away.
Reply:Go ahead and plant them. They may or may not bloom this year, but this is the way you become and experienced gardener, trial and error. Good luck and hope you have some beautiful plants!
Reply:First, check the bulbs. Are they all dried out? I had some like those that I tried to plant. They never came up.
Supposedly you can try to bring them back out if it if they are not too far gone. I have heard of wraping them in a damp paper towel %26amp; keeping them damp for about 10 days to see if the bulbs plump back up and start to take on roots. I have never tried this myself.
Reply:You might try potting them in moist seedling mix or a loose soil mix and setting them in a warm, sunny window. Keep the soil just moist (never wet or soggy). I am very curious about Blue Lilies. Not sure of your growing area, but Crocus and Glory of the Snow are planted in the fall in my area, for early spring bloom (Eastern Ontario); there are also fall blooming crocus. I was going to get into some detail about their after-care, but a good idea to find out if there is going to be any growth first.
Something I will mention, however is the bulb question. You did say bulbs, so it does make a difference in planting depth.
About crocus, their growing part is referred to as a corm and they are usually planted about 2" deep and 2 - 4 inches apart, however, in your case, you might try them closer to the soil surface, at this time, to prevent rotting.
Dutch Iris are planted 4 - 6" deep and 6" apart; againtry them closer to soil surface for now.
Lilies do not have a protective outer casing, and should not be allowed to dry out, but I'd try them, as well. Usually planted deeper, try close to soil surface.
Allium (Onion and Garlic family) - again, I would try them close to the soil surface.
Glory of the Snow - the same.
I wish you luck with even one of these bulbs. It is very exciting to have anything green surface from the soil. Take care.
Reply:It wouldn't hurt to plant them and find out.
Are you bitchier during winter, than in the summertime?
i'm an evil,awful woman from ,say...eh..pretty much thanksgiving ontil, oh, the crocus start blooming. .
can i just say, i am so sick of myself right about now ,and bored being stuck inside, that i just want to scream.
and the stupid snow melted all crusty, so it's not even any good to go out and play with.
not that i was all that sure that i wanted to go out and play in the cold in the first place, but that's besides the point.
poll: summer or winter?
Are you bitchier during winter, than in the summertime?
I just moved from Chicago to Florida, so it's gonna be summertime YEAR ROUND for me, lol!
Reply:I'm just a ***** all the time...well, that's what I'm told.
Reply:definitely winter... i just hate being stuck inside and being cold all day
Reply:I wouldn't say that, but I am definiately more irritable or tired in the winter. I guess that cold weather can have a big impact on me...especially with it cloudy and rainy so much. It's depressing.
Reply:SUMMERTIME... do you know how hot it gets in the desert!!!
Reply:I am just a ***** all the time...well thats what my family says!!! And hey if your happy with yourself dont change it!! I dont see it as me being a *****, but I see it as....I have worked hard enough, experience enough, and I am very indepentant....so its not that I am a ***** its that I want what I want when I want it and how I want it!!!!
Reply:Probably the winter because I hate cold weather.
Reply:summer and winter, summer is to hotand winter is to cold. sping and fall are just about right
Reply:Definitely nastier in the winter! This year looks to be a *itchfest without end- I think we'll still have snow and cold in April!
Reply:Year round witch with a "bee"...I love fall the best but in Florida it still feels like summer.
Reply:actually, i'm much more confortable in the Fall and Winter than in the Summer heat.
Reply:l try not to be bitchy.
Reply:I'm an equal-opportunity bitcher for all seasons.
Spring.
Edit: I love it when Wil calls me his b*tch and misspells my name.
And I'm not all round. It's hour-glass!
Reply:Summer, so I can go to the beach.
Reply:I concur with 'water melon mama'..
she's a all round b*tch..
but i love her
Reply:Definately! I hate the winter...everything's dead outside...very depressing...
Reply:Winter, hate it!
Reply:summeer
Reply:WINTER !!!!! I hate the damn snow
Reply:i can't stand hot weather but i can't say it makes me bitchy, i just prefer the cooler months. *winter*
Reply:no, i dont have Ac
Reply:my b!tchiness does not discriminate against seasons, it's generally all the time=)
Reply:summer-who wants to go streaking in the winter!
can i just say, i am so sick of myself right about now ,and bored being stuck inside, that i just want to scream.
and the stupid snow melted all crusty, so it's not even any good to go out and play with.
not that i was all that sure that i wanted to go out and play in the cold in the first place, but that's besides the point.
poll: summer or winter?
Are you bitchier during winter, than in the summertime?
I just moved from Chicago to Florida, so it's gonna be summertime YEAR ROUND for me, lol!
Reply:I'm just a ***** all the time...well, that's what I'm told.
Reply:definitely winter... i just hate being stuck inside and being cold all day
Reply:I wouldn't say that, but I am definiately more irritable or tired in the winter. I guess that cold weather can have a big impact on me...especially with it cloudy and rainy so much. It's depressing.
Reply:SUMMERTIME... do you know how hot it gets in the desert!!!
Reply:I am just a ***** all the time...well thats what my family says!!! And hey if your happy with yourself dont change it!! I dont see it as me being a *****, but I see it as....I have worked hard enough, experience enough, and I am very indepentant....so its not that I am a ***** its that I want what I want when I want it and how I want it!!!!
Reply:Probably the winter because I hate cold weather.
Reply:summer and winter, summer is to hotand winter is to cold. sping and fall are just about right
Reply:Definitely nastier in the winter! This year looks to be a *itchfest without end- I think we'll still have snow and cold in April!
Reply:Year round witch with a "bee"...I love fall the best but in Florida it still feels like summer.
Reply:actually, i'm much more confortable in the Fall and Winter than in the Summer heat.
Reply:l try not to be bitchy.
Reply:I'm an equal-opportunity bitcher for all seasons.
Spring.
Edit: I love it when Wil calls me his b*tch and misspells my name.
And I'm not all round. It's hour-glass!
Reply:Summer, so I can go to the beach.
Reply:I concur with 'water melon mama'..
she's a all round b*tch..
but i love her
Reply:Definately! I hate the winter...everything's dead outside...very depressing...
Reply:Winter, hate it!
Reply:summeer
Reply:WINTER !!!!! I hate the damn snow
Reply:i can't stand hot weather but i can't say it makes me bitchy, i just prefer the cooler months. *winter*
Reply:no, i dont have Ac
Reply:my b!tchiness does not discriminate against seasons, it's generally all the time=)
Reply:summer-who wants to go streaking in the winter!
Shower guide for the sexes?
How to Shower Like a Woman
1. Take off fourteen layers of clothing you put on this morning.
2. Walk to bathroom wearing robe and towel on head. If you happen to see boyfriend/husband along the way, ignore juvenile "turban-head" jokes and run to bathroom.
3. Look at womanly physique in the mirror and stick out stomach so as to complain about how fat you're getting.
4. Turn on hot water only.
5. Get in the shower -- once you've found it through all the steam.
6. Look for facecloth, armcloth, legcloth, long loofah, wide loofah, and pumice stone.
7. Wash hair once with Cucumber and Lemon shampoo with 83 added vitamins.
8. Rinse hair.
9. Condition your hair with Cucumber and Lemon conditioner enhanced with natural crocus oil. Leave on hair for fifteen minutes.
10. Wash face with crushed apricot facial scrub for ten minutes until red and raw.
11. Try to wash entire rest of body with Ginger Nut and Java Cake body wash.
12. Complain bitterly when you realize that your boyfriend/husband has once again been EATING your Ginger Nut and Java Cake body wash.
13. Rinse conditioner off hair (this takes at least fifteen minutes as you must make sure that all the conditioner has come off).
14. Debate shaving armpits and legs and decide that you can't be bothered.
15. Scream loudly when your boyfriend/husband flushes the toilet and you get a rush of cold water.
16. Turn hot water on full and rinse off.
17. Dry with a towel the size of a small African country.
How to Shower Like a Man
1. Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile on the floor.
2. Walk to bathroom wearing a towel. If you see your girlfriend/wife along the way, flash her.
3. Look at your manly physique in the mirror and suck in your gut to see if you have pecs. (No.)
4. Turn on the water.
5. Check for pecs again. (Still No.)
6. Get in the shower.
7. Don't bother to look for a washcloth. (You don't use one.)
8. Wash your face.
9. Wash your armpits.
10. Wash your penis and surrounding area.
11. Wash your a**.
12. Shampoo your hair, do not use conditioner.
13. Make a shampoo Mohawk.
14. Open the door and look at yourself in the mirror.
15. Pee.
16. Rinse off and get out of the shower.
17. Return to the bedroom wearing a towel, if you pass your girlfriend/wife, flash her.
Shower guide for the sexes?
Good one hun, though a little naughty. lol
Reply:very funny hun...thats my hubby spot on!!!
Reply:LOL it's true
Reply:LMAO! It's funny because it's true!
Reply:ha ha ha ha thats soooooooooooo true....star.x
Reply:Lol your an expert.
Reply:*****PMSL*****
Reply:Uh, women pee in the shower, too!
Reply:Hey! I don't take that long in the shower! (No matter what my boyfriend says...)
Reply:Lol...very good!!!
Reply:Wow you are an expert on everything. Great list. lol
Reply:Lol lmao.
Reply:So true
Reply:Lmao.....love it, but I'm nothing like that - honest!! :))
Reply:Still laughing at "turban head", "flash her" and "shampoo mohawk."
Reply:You were listening to the radio the other day........... I had a good laugh at that one myself!
Reply:Many thanks I had some concerns I was conducting myself in an unmanly manner. Now I know I have it spot on. i thought maybe there was suppose to be a third flash but could never figure out were it fitted.
Reply:Lmao that really gave me a good chuckle thank you
Reply:16a. Stand at the shower and cut toe nails making sure you leave all the clippings in the bath.
16b. Make sure your pubic hairs have found a new home in the plughole
Reply:good one.
Reply:Damn it, i love to flash as i come out of the shower, pmsl
Reply:Hey Carpy I am not THAT bad. pmsl
Reply:Very funny
Reply:this is adorable.from the description, i am half woman and half man.keep sending these
Reply:oh dear! i seemed to have turned into a man according to that synopsis!
Reply:Yep you got it right.
Reply:how true roflol
ben
1. Take off fourteen layers of clothing you put on this morning.
2. Walk to bathroom wearing robe and towel on head. If you happen to see boyfriend/husband along the way, ignore juvenile "turban-head" jokes and run to bathroom.
3. Look at womanly physique in the mirror and stick out stomach so as to complain about how fat you're getting.
4. Turn on hot water only.
5. Get in the shower -- once you've found it through all the steam.
6. Look for facecloth, armcloth, legcloth, long loofah, wide loofah, and pumice stone.
7. Wash hair once with Cucumber and Lemon shampoo with 83 added vitamins.
8. Rinse hair.
9. Condition your hair with Cucumber and Lemon conditioner enhanced with natural crocus oil. Leave on hair for fifteen minutes.
10. Wash face with crushed apricot facial scrub for ten minutes until red and raw.
11. Try to wash entire rest of body with Ginger Nut and Java Cake body wash.
12. Complain bitterly when you realize that your boyfriend/husband has once again been EATING your Ginger Nut and Java Cake body wash.
13. Rinse conditioner off hair (this takes at least fifteen minutes as you must make sure that all the conditioner has come off).
14. Debate shaving armpits and legs and decide that you can't be bothered.
15. Scream loudly when your boyfriend/husband flushes the toilet and you get a rush of cold water.
16. Turn hot water on full and rinse off.
17. Dry with a towel the size of a small African country.
How to Shower Like a Man
1. Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile on the floor.
2. Walk to bathroom wearing a towel. If you see your girlfriend/wife along the way, flash her.
3. Look at your manly physique in the mirror and suck in your gut to see if you have pecs. (No.)
4. Turn on the water.
5. Check for pecs again. (Still No.)
6. Get in the shower.
7. Don't bother to look for a washcloth. (You don't use one.)
8. Wash your face.
9. Wash your armpits.
10. Wash your penis and surrounding area.
11. Wash your a**.
12. Shampoo your hair, do not use conditioner.
13. Make a shampoo Mohawk.
14. Open the door and look at yourself in the mirror.
15. Pee.
16. Rinse off and get out of the shower.
17. Return to the bedroom wearing a towel, if you pass your girlfriend/wife, flash her.
Shower guide for the sexes?
Good one hun, though a little naughty. lol
Reply:very funny hun...thats my hubby spot on!!!
Reply:LOL it's true
Reply:LMAO! It's funny because it's true!
Reply:ha ha ha ha thats soooooooooooo true....star.x
Reply:Lol your an expert.
Reply:*****PMSL*****
Reply:Uh, women pee in the shower, too!
Reply:Hey! I don't take that long in the shower! (No matter what my boyfriend says...)
Reply:Lol...very good!!!
Reply:Wow you are an expert on everything. Great list. lol
Reply:Lol lmao.
Reply:So true
Reply:Lmao.....love it, but I'm nothing like that - honest!! :))
Reply:Still laughing at "turban head", "flash her" and "shampoo mohawk."
Reply:You were listening to the radio the other day........... I had a good laugh at that one myself!
Reply:Many thanks I had some concerns I was conducting myself in an unmanly manner. Now I know I have it spot on. i thought maybe there was suppose to be a third flash but could never figure out were it fitted.
Reply:Lmao that really gave me a good chuckle thank you
Reply:16a. Stand at the shower and cut toe nails making sure you leave all the clippings in the bath.
16b. Make sure your pubic hairs have found a new home in the plughole
Reply:good one.
Reply:Damn it, i love to flash as i come out of the shower, pmsl
Reply:Hey Carpy I am not THAT bad. pmsl
Reply:Very funny
Reply:this is adorable.from the description, i am half woman and half man.keep sending these
Reply:oh dear! i seemed to have turned into a man according to that synopsis!
Reply:Yep you got it right.
Reply:how true roflol
ben
Window Boxes?
Hi,
Yesterday I purchased daffodil, crocus and tulip bulbs which I plan to put in window boxes the weekend.
Do I just plant them randomly in the boxes or should some be deeper than others and do I put the boxes in my garden shed until spring time?
What about some kind of plant food to put on them?
Not much of a gardner as you can see!
Thanks.
Window Boxes?
I would suggest you plant your bulbs directly in the soil (not a window box), add some bone meal, and water them.
Tulip bulbs are planted deeper than the others you have mentioned. Crocus bulbs are not usually planted deep at all. Daffadils are usually not planted as deep as tulip bulbs either.
An online article on bulbs: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/bulbs/plant...
Reply:they will come up if you plant them roughly twice the height of the bulb.a1"bulb at 2"
to make a really dense display you can plant double
put a layer of bulbs with another layer interspaced
v - v - v
--v----v
Reply:Daffodil and crocus bulbs need to be planted in a hole as deep again as themselves. Tulips need to be planted deeper than this or else they will grow very week and spindly, (you can't really plant them too deep but normally I would say twice as deep as the bulb). Plant them directly into the window boxes and leave them outside, (in all weathers), by next spring you should have some lovely flowers.
I always sprinkly the soil with some general fertiliser and when the bulbs have finished flowering take off their heads and leave them to die back naturally as this will help to feed the bulbs ready for next year.
Reply:Bulbs should be planted at a depth of twice their height - daffs and tulips should be spread about 3 inches apart but croci can be planted two or three together to make a good display (but at least 1 inch from the other bulb types).
Before planting make sure you have some drainage crocks at the bottom then some high quality compost (for food) then some gravel to help drainage and then fill with ordinary potting compost/soil mixture.
Water the bulbs in - they don't usually need to go in a shed to overwinter - they are very hardy.
Yesterday I purchased daffodil, crocus and tulip bulbs which I plan to put in window boxes the weekend.
Do I just plant them randomly in the boxes or should some be deeper than others and do I put the boxes in my garden shed until spring time?
What about some kind of plant food to put on them?
Not much of a gardner as you can see!
Thanks.
Window Boxes?
I would suggest you plant your bulbs directly in the soil (not a window box), add some bone meal, and water them.
Tulip bulbs are planted deeper than the others you have mentioned. Crocus bulbs are not usually planted deep at all. Daffadils are usually not planted as deep as tulip bulbs either.
An online article on bulbs: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/bulbs/plant...
Reply:they will come up if you plant them roughly twice the height of the bulb.a1"bulb at 2"
to make a really dense display you can plant double
put a layer of bulbs with another layer interspaced
v - v - v
--v----v
Reply:Daffodil and crocus bulbs need to be planted in a hole as deep again as themselves. Tulips need to be planted deeper than this or else they will grow very week and spindly, (you can't really plant them too deep but normally I would say twice as deep as the bulb). Plant them directly into the window boxes and leave them outside, (in all weathers), by next spring you should have some lovely flowers.
I always sprinkly the soil with some general fertiliser and when the bulbs have finished flowering take off their heads and leave them to die back naturally as this will help to feed the bulbs ready for next year.
Reply:Bulbs should be planted at a depth of twice their height - daffs and tulips should be spread about 3 inches apart but croci can be planted two or three together to make a good display (but at least 1 inch from the other bulb types).
Before planting make sure you have some drainage crocks at the bottom then some high quality compost (for food) then some gravel to help drainage and then fill with ordinary potting compost/soil mixture.
Water the bulbs in - they don't usually need to go in a shed to overwinter - they are very hardy.
Can someone analyze/interpret this poem please????
"Spring" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
SPRING
To what purpose, April, do you return again?
Beauty is not enough.
You can no longer quiet me with the redness
Of little leaves opening stickily.
I know what I know.
The sun is hot on my neck as I observe
The spikes of the crocus.
The smell of the earth is good.
It is apparent that there is no death.
But what does that signify?
Not only under ground are the brains of men
Eaten by maggots.
Life in itself
Is nothing,
An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.
It is not enough that yearly, down this hill,
April
Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
Can someone analyze/interpret this poem please????
I think it saying "what is the meaning of life". Spring comes over and over again but what is the point. We are going to die anyway so why is all this life starting during spring when it is all going to end.
I think it like that.
Reply:An interpretation I would provide for this poem is that Millay used to enjoy spring, but has experienced a hard time during one spring and now no longer appreciates it. Millay also implies that spring is full of lies because it hides evidence of death underground. As the poem was written in 1921 (post-WWI), it depicts the imagery of the horrors of this war, which was a familiar modernist concern. Altogether Millay could be said to be a bitter being who resents April and Spring, for she seems to think April and Spring represent a fake happiness, with all its bright colors and warmth. This poem really relates to TS Elliot's "Wasteland," and if you read it, it may further your understanding of this poem.
Reply:what I get out of it is that she questions why spring returns again like every thing is new and reborn and beautiful like there isn't any death. it's the same every year that spring comes roaring in with all it's life and beauty like it was the first time. and every year it will pass in to fall and winter but it won't stop it from coming again next year with all it's glory and promises of life. Does that make sense? but hey I could be wrong!
Reply:to me the author was in deep mourning over some kind of tragdedy in her life. She feels awful and the beauty that spring brings in april does nothing for her. I get that she is lost in apathy and depression but deeply she wants to feel the beauty of life but she can't. "i know what i know." Maybe she is mourning her own death, a terminal illness. "it is apparent that there is no death" She drinks a lot and i think the line that say a flight of uncarpeted stairs signifies her being lonley, and the repetitiveness of walking upstairs to bed everynight alone, sad, and drunk...... Thats my interpretation.
Reply:edna st. vincent millay is contrasting the way that every year spring seems to begin again all fresh with the way that people actually get older as the years pass.
when millay says:
It is apparent that there is no death.
she is pointing out that while species can renew themselves indefinitely (little leaves opening stickily ... the spikes of the crocus) individuals die.
millay is also talking specifically about her own feeling that she is aging:
Not only under ground are the brains of men
Eaten by maggots.
millay is resentful that the year is born new again each april, but she is only a year older.
(millay's birthday was in late february - the 22nd - but people with birthdays that fall around spring are often acutely aware of how the year renews itself as they get older).
Reply:My interpretation is that April is the season of rebirth of nature, the blooming of flowers, trees - nature. It looks good, it smells good, and it's alive. But what of the people that were here before? They are dead and buried, and their flesh is rotting underneath this scene of beauty. It doesn't last. The author's life is empty, as she compares it with an empty cup, an unfinished/uncarpeted steps of stairs and she grows old. Soon she will be underneath the ground, but April like an unaware child will still come, oblivious of her passing.
Reply:I like it..
I think it's about hypocrisy. Although things sometimes seem wonderful and beautiful pain and sadness still exist. They are just hidden temporarily by a nice wrapping (Spring). Good and nice things make us forget. They make a mockery of our optimism as the bad things still exist. I don't think crocuses actually have spikes so that could be a false image. It's optimism vs pessimism
Reply:She has always been my favorite poet.
To me it seems she almost always writes of lost love and the reality of life with out it.
She seems to me to fill her works with so many hints of early feminism and slips the knife quietly into some men out of her bitterness, yet she always longs for that missed love. A few personal observations .. Hope they help a little.
In this poem she says .."Not only under ground are the brains of men eaten by maggots. %26lt; above ground also men sometimes lack brains?? %26gt;
She says .. "Beauty is not enough".. " You can not quiet me"%26lt; because she is smart and knows of things ..she is not just beauty and a babbling idiot and wants to be recognized as a female and an intelligent being %26gt;
"April comes like an idiot" %26lt; in feminine form %26gt; "babbling and strewing flowers." %26lt; she resents how superficial and shallow April seems%26lt; aka Beauty, woman, new life%26gt; is.
" Life in itself is nothing... An empty cup" %26lt; without his love?%26gt;
Yet you can't quiet her now %26lt;as a woman%26gt; because she knows what she knows. She is no longer a simple girl..unaware.. she has entered life as an equal to men whose brains are eaten by maggots not only under ground. She can't be quieted and satisfied by just being a pretty little mindless idiot any more.
Sorry this is so disjointed :)
SPRING
To what purpose, April, do you return again?
Beauty is not enough.
You can no longer quiet me with the redness
Of little leaves opening stickily.
I know what I know.
The sun is hot on my neck as I observe
The spikes of the crocus.
The smell of the earth is good.
It is apparent that there is no death.
But what does that signify?
Not only under ground are the brains of men
Eaten by maggots.
Life in itself
Is nothing,
An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.
It is not enough that yearly, down this hill,
April
Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
Can someone analyze/interpret this poem please????
I think it saying "what is the meaning of life". Spring comes over and over again but what is the point. We are going to die anyway so why is all this life starting during spring when it is all going to end.
I think it like that.
Reply:An interpretation I would provide for this poem is that Millay used to enjoy spring, but has experienced a hard time during one spring and now no longer appreciates it. Millay also implies that spring is full of lies because it hides evidence of death underground. As the poem was written in 1921 (post-WWI), it depicts the imagery of the horrors of this war, which was a familiar modernist concern. Altogether Millay could be said to be a bitter being who resents April and Spring, for she seems to think April and Spring represent a fake happiness, with all its bright colors and warmth. This poem really relates to TS Elliot's "Wasteland," and if you read it, it may further your understanding of this poem.
Reply:what I get out of it is that she questions why spring returns again like every thing is new and reborn and beautiful like there isn't any death. it's the same every year that spring comes roaring in with all it's life and beauty like it was the first time. and every year it will pass in to fall and winter but it won't stop it from coming again next year with all it's glory and promises of life. Does that make sense? but hey I could be wrong!
Reply:to me the author was in deep mourning over some kind of tragdedy in her life. She feels awful and the beauty that spring brings in april does nothing for her. I get that she is lost in apathy and depression but deeply she wants to feel the beauty of life but she can't. "i know what i know." Maybe she is mourning her own death, a terminal illness. "it is apparent that there is no death" She drinks a lot and i think the line that say a flight of uncarpeted stairs signifies her being lonley, and the repetitiveness of walking upstairs to bed everynight alone, sad, and drunk...... Thats my interpretation.
Reply:edna st. vincent millay is contrasting the way that every year spring seems to begin again all fresh with the way that people actually get older as the years pass.
when millay says:
It is apparent that there is no death.
she is pointing out that while species can renew themselves indefinitely (little leaves opening stickily ... the spikes of the crocus) individuals die.
millay is also talking specifically about her own feeling that she is aging:
Not only under ground are the brains of men
Eaten by maggots.
millay is resentful that the year is born new again each april, but she is only a year older.
(millay's birthday was in late february - the 22nd - but people with birthdays that fall around spring are often acutely aware of how the year renews itself as they get older).
Reply:My interpretation is that April is the season of rebirth of nature, the blooming of flowers, trees - nature. It looks good, it smells good, and it's alive. But what of the people that were here before? They are dead and buried, and their flesh is rotting underneath this scene of beauty. It doesn't last. The author's life is empty, as she compares it with an empty cup, an unfinished/uncarpeted steps of stairs and she grows old. Soon she will be underneath the ground, but April like an unaware child will still come, oblivious of her passing.
Reply:I like it..
I think it's about hypocrisy. Although things sometimes seem wonderful and beautiful pain and sadness still exist. They are just hidden temporarily by a nice wrapping (Spring). Good and nice things make us forget. They make a mockery of our optimism as the bad things still exist. I don't think crocuses actually have spikes so that could be a false image. It's optimism vs pessimism
Reply:She has always been my favorite poet.
To me it seems she almost always writes of lost love and the reality of life with out it.
She seems to me to fill her works with so many hints of early feminism and slips the knife quietly into some men out of her bitterness, yet she always longs for that missed love. A few personal observations .. Hope they help a little.
In this poem she says .."Not only under ground are the brains of men eaten by maggots. %26lt; above ground also men sometimes lack brains?? %26gt;
She says .. "Beauty is not enough".. " You can not quiet me"%26lt; because she is smart and knows of things ..she is not just beauty and a babbling idiot and wants to be recognized as a female and an intelligent being %26gt;
"April comes like an idiot" %26lt; in feminine form %26gt; "babbling and strewing flowers." %26lt; she resents how superficial and shallow April seems%26lt; aka Beauty, woman, new life%26gt; is.
" Life in itself is nothing... An empty cup" %26lt; without his love?%26gt;
Yet you can't quiet her now %26lt;as a woman%26gt; because she knows what she knows. She is no longer a simple girl..unaware.. she has entered life as an equal to men whose brains are eaten by maggots not only under ground. She can't be quieted and satisfied by just being a pretty little mindless idiot any more.
Sorry this is so disjointed :)
How To Shower Like A Woman:?
How To Shower Like A Woman:
1. Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks.
2. Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see your boyfriend/husband along the way, cover up any exposed flesh and rush to bathroom.
3. Look at your womanly physique in the mirror and stick out your gut so that you can complain and whine even more about how you're getting fat.
4. Get in the shower. Look for facecloth, armcloth, legcloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone.
5. Wash your hair once with Cucumber and Lamfrey shampoo with 83 added vitamins
6. Wash your hair again with Cucumber and Lamfrey shampoo with 83 added vitamins.
7. Condition your hair with Cucumber and Lamfrey conditioner enhanced with natural crocus oil. Leave on hair for fifteen minutes.
8. Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for ten minutes until red raw.
9. Wash entire rest of body with Ginger Nut and Jaffa Cake body wash
10. Rinse conditioner off hair (this takes at least fifteen minutes as you must make sure that it has all come off).
11. Shave armpits and legs. Consider shaving bikini area but decide to get it waxed instead.
12. Scream loudly when your boyfriend/husband flushes the toilet and you lose the water pressure.
13. Turn off shower.
14. Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mold spots with Tilex.
15. Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of a small African country. Wrap hair in super absorbent second towel,
16. Check entire body for the remotest sign of a zit. Attack with nails/tweezers if found.
17. Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head.
18. If you see your boyfriend/husband along the way, cover up any exposed flesh and then rush to bedroom to spend an hour and a half getting dressed.
How To Shower Like A Woman:?
As opposed to us blokes who:
Take clothes off and leave them where they land.
Turn on shower and climb in.
After 2-3 minutes of lathering up with Lynx, rinse and then turn shower off.
Take towel and scrub dry, like we're doing some kind of mad dance.
Walk along landing and hope to god your woman sees you.
Step right back into the clothes you discarded a few minutes ago.
Reply:i like this one, i heard it before, have you read the how to shower like a man one...now THAT is funny
Reply:Very funny. hahahahahahahaha
Reply:Ha Ha! Funny! 10!
Reply:Hilarious and all too true!
Reply:http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...
Reply:And what is wrong with that. Just cos it takes men 2 minutes to shower, and that includes their private bits.
Reply:Jaffa cake body wash? I'd lick myself clean!
Reply:hahahahaha..that is cute, and true in some cases!
Reply:sorry are you on the right site ?this is question and answer.
1. Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks.
2. Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown. If you see your boyfriend/husband along the way, cover up any exposed flesh and rush to bathroom.
3. Look at your womanly physique in the mirror and stick out your gut so that you can complain and whine even more about how you're getting fat.
4. Get in the shower. Look for facecloth, armcloth, legcloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone.
5. Wash your hair once with Cucumber and Lamfrey shampoo with 83 added vitamins
6. Wash your hair again with Cucumber and Lamfrey shampoo with 83 added vitamins.
7. Condition your hair with Cucumber and Lamfrey conditioner enhanced with natural crocus oil. Leave on hair for fifteen minutes.
8. Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for ten minutes until red raw.
9. Wash entire rest of body with Ginger Nut and Jaffa Cake body wash
10. Rinse conditioner off hair (this takes at least fifteen minutes as you must make sure that it has all come off).
11. Shave armpits and legs. Consider shaving bikini area but decide to get it waxed instead.
12. Scream loudly when your boyfriend/husband flushes the toilet and you lose the water pressure.
13. Turn off shower.
14. Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower. Spray mold spots with Tilex.
15. Get out of shower. Dry with towel the size of a small African country. Wrap hair in super absorbent second towel,
16. Check entire body for the remotest sign of a zit. Attack with nails/tweezers if found.
17. Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head.
18. If you see your boyfriend/husband along the way, cover up any exposed flesh and then rush to bedroom to spend an hour and a half getting dressed.
How To Shower Like A Woman:?
As opposed to us blokes who:
Take clothes off and leave them where they land.
Turn on shower and climb in.
After 2-3 minutes of lathering up with Lynx, rinse and then turn shower off.
Take towel and scrub dry, like we're doing some kind of mad dance.
Walk along landing and hope to god your woman sees you.
Step right back into the clothes you discarded a few minutes ago.
Reply:i like this one, i heard it before, have you read the how to shower like a man one...now THAT is funny
Reply:Very funny. hahahahahahahaha
Reply:Ha Ha! Funny! 10!
Reply:Hilarious and all too true!
Reply:http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...
Reply:And what is wrong with that. Just cos it takes men 2 minutes to shower, and that includes their private bits.
Reply:Jaffa cake body wash? I'd lick myself clean!
Reply:hahahahaha..that is cute, and true in some cases!
Reply:sorry are you on the right site ?this is question and answer.
Looking for cousins Belfast, Griffin, Jackson, Falloon, Milligan?
I was in Belfast last month looking for some cousins there. They would be related to the Griffin family, Catherine, Adam, Mary and Rose that lived at 11 Crocus St from 1890-1929. Jackson family from Dromore Co. Down. The Griffin amily was from Ballymena. Also the relatives of Mary and Gerald Falloon and Lena Milligan. I know my grandmotherborn in Belfast) used to go back to Ireland to visit relatives in Ballymena.
Looking for cousins Belfast, Griffin, Jackson, Falloon, Milligan?
Try Belfast public records office also try Linenhall library and give the Belfast register of births deaths and marriages a try hope this helps also try Parrish records for the local Church's.
kick scooter
Looking for cousins Belfast, Griffin, Jackson, Falloon, Milligan?
Try Belfast public records office also try Linenhall library and give the Belfast register of births deaths and marriages a try hope this helps also try Parrish records for the local Church's.
kick scooter
The house I moved into has 9 years of ground cover. How do I convert it to a healthy lawn? Where do I start?
I know nothing NOTHING about yard care. Only that I am not a real fan but that could just be lack of exposure. I love how a finished product looks though. I can't identify anything in the ground cover but onions and dandilions. There's random crocus's and tulips and daffodils in the yard. And it grows soooo fast. Any help would be appreciated.
The house I moved into has 9 years of ground cover. How do I convert it to a healthy lawn? Where do I start?
What kind of ground cover? Blooming plants? woody plants? Is there landscape fabric under the plants?
If it is just weeds, I would start by killing off all the weeds with a weed killer that kills everything. After the stuff is dead, then rototill the whole yard. Rake it smooth, removing the clumps of roots. Yes, it is hard work. If the soil looks poor, add some compost, chicken manure, or something to build it up. Then plant grass, roll it with a roller, and water. Or have a company spray hydroseed.
If it is already grass with some weeds in it, then just use a weed %26amp; feed product until the weeds disappear. A much easier way to go.
Remember that a lawn is a lot of work as well. If it is blooming plants, maybe you could consider leaving it and just weeding out the dead stuff and killing the weeds.
Just remember when you fertilize, give it lots of water or it will burn up.
Your local garden shop should be able to give you some advice as well. Good luck!
Reply:First, there might be a reason that there is groundcover rather than grass. One reason might be poor soil another might be that there was a drainage problem there and groundcover was planted to stop erosion. If you do want to convert it only convert what you are willing to mow. My suggestion would be to create a plan. HGTV has some pre-drawn plans that have plants that live off very little water and come back every year. You might want to check that out.
The house I moved into has 9 years of ground cover. How do I convert it to a healthy lawn? Where do I start?
What kind of ground cover? Blooming plants? woody plants? Is there landscape fabric under the plants?
If it is just weeds, I would start by killing off all the weeds with a weed killer that kills everything. After the stuff is dead, then rototill the whole yard. Rake it smooth, removing the clumps of roots. Yes, it is hard work. If the soil looks poor, add some compost, chicken manure, or something to build it up. Then plant grass, roll it with a roller, and water. Or have a company spray hydroseed.
If it is already grass with some weeds in it, then just use a weed %26amp; feed product until the weeds disappear. A much easier way to go.
Remember that a lawn is a lot of work as well. If it is blooming plants, maybe you could consider leaving it and just weeding out the dead stuff and killing the weeds.
Just remember when you fertilize, give it lots of water or it will burn up.
Your local garden shop should be able to give you some advice as well. Good luck!
Reply:First, there might be a reason that there is groundcover rather than grass. One reason might be poor soil another might be that there was a drainage problem there and groundcover was planted to stop erosion. If you do want to convert it only convert what you are willing to mow. My suggestion would be to create a plan. HGTV has some pre-drawn plans that have plants that live off very little water and come back every year. You might want to check that out.
Need to remove my bulbs from pots so that I can reuse the pots. How do I store the bulbs for reuse next year?
I have daffodils, tulips and crocus, all of which I need to take from the pots where they have been growing. I want to use the pots for summer flowers. Can I store the bulbs to replant next year? How would I store them? Thank you.
Need to remove my bulbs from pots so that I can reuse the pots. How do I store the bulbs for reuse next year?
Store in a cool, dark and dry environment, but make sure the bulbs are dry before you store them, otherwise they may rot.
Paper bag is fine for storage, but not plastic.
Reply:String bag in a dark place in your garden shed.
Reply:im far from alan titchmarsh but my grandma couldnt get enough of gardening and as i recall she put them in a brown paper bag and hung in the shed and they never failed to grow the next time hope this helps.
Reply:Wrap in them in brown paper or newspaper putt them in the dark. This should be OK. Good luck, John.
Reply:put them in the ground and they will come up next year
get some new bulbs for your pots next year
Reply:Place them in a paper bag that has a few holes in it so air can circulate.
Store the bag in a dark, cool place -a basement would be ideal. If you don't have a basement, just be sure not to store them somewhere that can get stagnant, humid or musty -you want to be sure there is good air circulation or they can start to rot.
Plant them in the fall -preferably mid to late Oct. If you plant them too soon %26amp; there is a warm spell, they may be tricked into thinking it is spring %26amp; will start to grow -and may be killed off when the really cold weather hits.
Reply:Don't dig them up too soon.You must allow the foliage of the bulbs to die down naturally, as the bulbs are forming next years flowers during this time.Generally leave the bulbs for two months after flowering. It helps also if the bulbs are fed some fertiliser at this time.When ready lift the bulbs and let them dry out in a shed or greenhouse. Keep them dry. They will need replanting in the autumn for next spring's flowers.I think you are doing it wrong. The wait while the bulbs ripen in late spring delays the planting of the summer flowers and in order to plant the bulbs again you have to shorten the time the summer flowers bloom for.The best solution is this. Providing your pots are pretty deep,at least 6" to 9" plant the bulbs deeply. About 4" at least.They will grow and bloom perfectly at this depth. When they have finished blooming do not dig them up.Plant your summer plants on top of the bulbs.The summer plants will thrive and the bulbs are undisturbed waiting to come up again next year. At the end of the autumn just pull up the remaining stalks etc. of the summer flowers. One word, for this kind of planting where the same compost is in use for a long while, do not use general purpose compost.Use a good soil based compost like John Innes No. 2 and add slow release fertiliser granules twice a year.I find this system works well for me.
Reply:You can dry them out and keep them until autumn till you want to re plant them, you don't have to keep them in a darkened room or shed, just keep them dry. Watch out for squirrels and mice or they will eat them. When you lift them don't cut any of the foliage off the bulbs or they wont flower next year. You could always plant them in the garden and buy new bulbs for next year.
Good luck.
Professional Gardner for 30 odd yrs, and still going.
Reply:they store well in paper bags but i buy fresh for potting each year as they flower better in 1st season- last years do better naturalised in soil or lawn
locally we have a scheme ,run by volunteers, who plant any surplus bulbs on roadside verges- you really feel when spring has arrived round here.
,
Need to remove my bulbs from pots so that I can reuse the pots. How do I store the bulbs for reuse next year?
Store in a cool, dark and dry environment, but make sure the bulbs are dry before you store them, otherwise they may rot.
Paper bag is fine for storage, but not plastic.
Reply:String bag in a dark place in your garden shed.
Reply:im far from alan titchmarsh but my grandma couldnt get enough of gardening and as i recall she put them in a brown paper bag and hung in the shed and they never failed to grow the next time hope this helps.
Reply:Wrap in them in brown paper or newspaper putt them in the dark. This should be OK. Good luck, John.
Reply:put them in the ground and they will come up next year
get some new bulbs for your pots next year
Reply:Place them in a paper bag that has a few holes in it so air can circulate.
Store the bag in a dark, cool place -a basement would be ideal. If you don't have a basement, just be sure not to store them somewhere that can get stagnant, humid or musty -you want to be sure there is good air circulation or they can start to rot.
Plant them in the fall -preferably mid to late Oct. If you plant them too soon %26amp; there is a warm spell, they may be tricked into thinking it is spring %26amp; will start to grow -and may be killed off when the really cold weather hits.
Reply:Don't dig them up too soon.You must allow the foliage of the bulbs to die down naturally, as the bulbs are forming next years flowers during this time.Generally leave the bulbs for two months after flowering. It helps also if the bulbs are fed some fertiliser at this time.When ready lift the bulbs and let them dry out in a shed or greenhouse. Keep them dry. They will need replanting in the autumn for next spring's flowers.I think you are doing it wrong. The wait while the bulbs ripen in late spring delays the planting of the summer flowers and in order to plant the bulbs again you have to shorten the time the summer flowers bloom for.The best solution is this. Providing your pots are pretty deep,at least 6" to 9" plant the bulbs deeply. About 4" at least.They will grow and bloom perfectly at this depth. When they have finished blooming do not dig them up.Plant your summer plants on top of the bulbs.The summer plants will thrive and the bulbs are undisturbed waiting to come up again next year. At the end of the autumn just pull up the remaining stalks etc. of the summer flowers. One word, for this kind of planting where the same compost is in use for a long while, do not use general purpose compost.Use a good soil based compost like John Innes No. 2 and add slow release fertiliser granules twice a year.I find this system works well for me.
Reply:You can dry them out and keep them until autumn till you want to re plant them, you don't have to keep them in a darkened room or shed, just keep them dry. Watch out for squirrels and mice or they will eat them. When you lift them don't cut any of the foliage off the bulbs or they wont flower next year. You could always plant them in the garden and buy new bulbs for next year.
Good luck.
Professional Gardner for 30 odd yrs, and still going.
Reply:they store well in paper bags but i buy fresh for potting each year as they flower better in 1st season- last years do better naturalised in soil or lawn
locally we have a scheme ,run by volunteers, who plant any surplus bulbs on roadside verges- you really feel when spring has arrived round here.
,
Can you replant them?
We've moved to a new home and the crocus are EVERYWHERE, but not where we want them to be. Can I move them to a different location?
Can you replant them?
I presume you wish to move them 'in the green'. Bulbs are easily moved in spring—"in the green". Although those still in flower will probably fade faster than those left in the ground.
1. Dig out a clump of bulbs gently with a transplant spade (extra long spade) . Be sure to include a good amount of soil.
2. Dig new hole, enrich with compost and bone meal.
3. Set bulbs in new hole at the same depth as before. Tamp down earth with flat side of spade, water well.
Reply:Probably if you take big clumps of soil with them, not disturbing the roots very much.
Reply:Yes - wait until their season is over and dig up the complete bulb (usually in the fall) and plant them wherever you want.
Reply:you can but I would wait until they have bloomed-goodluck!
Reply:You definitely want to wait until the season is over and dig up the bulbs and then replant where you want them.
Reply:Yes but wait until they have bloomed, and keep them in bunches.
Can you replant them?
I presume you wish to move them 'in the green'. Bulbs are easily moved in spring—"in the green". Although those still in flower will probably fade faster than those left in the ground.
1. Dig out a clump of bulbs gently with a transplant spade (extra long spade) . Be sure to include a good amount of soil.
2. Dig new hole, enrich with compost and bone meal.
3. Set bulbs in new hole at the same depth as before. Tamp down earth with flat side of spade, water well.
Reply:Probably if you take big clumps of soil with them, not disturbing the roots very much.
Reply:Yes - wait until their season is over and dig up the complete bulb (usually in the fall) and plant them wherever you want.
Reply:you can but I would wait until they have bloomed-goodluck!
Reply:You definitely want to wait until the season is over and dig up the bulbs and then replant where you want them.
Reply:Yes but wait until they have bloomed, and keep them in bunches.
Really Weird E-mail?
I know you're not supposed to open e-mail from strangers, especially when it's in your spam box but it didn't look like it was from a stranger...in fact, the name in the address kinda matches the name of someone I know.
Anyway, I figured it would be safe since AOL doesn't load images or links until you click a button and I opened and got a bunch of weird randomness like this:
"clean You did, brief. sharply averred Ben owe Dollard. I remember thoseStrongly.regret uneven meeting Bloom looped, help unlooped, noded, disnoded.
Miss Douce withdrew complete snow lent her tax satiny arm, reproachful, p In Gerard's fierce rosery tight sleep of government Fetter lane he walks, greyed misspelled She looked fine. Her country crocus smile damage dress she wore, lowcut
striven front effect -- Mr Dollard, fail they murmured low."
It goes on like that for a while...
Anyway, is this spam or just plain weirdness? I'm intrigued...
Really Weird E-mail?
Messages like that are pretty common. What it means is that a spam operation is testing their list of addresses by sending out garbage e-mails to everything on their list. Then they'll note which ones bounced, eliminate them from their list, and keep going until they're left with a mostly-good list of addresses that didn't result in a bounce notice when they sent the test out.
Finally, after they've got the list trimmed down, they'll send their sales pitch out.
Reply:IT IS BOTH THIS IS VERY SUSPICIOUS AND YOU SHOULD FILE A POLICE REPORT OR TELL THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL IN A CRIME THAT MIGHT COME UP ANY WAYS IT IS PROBABLY SPAM AND WEIRD
Reply:congratulations, you now have some spyware, run spybot and adaware and dont open any more of those type emails
Reply:its just a weird email
Reply:it is spam.. I get those, and you were right, it came from a name very similar to that of what was in my address book in yahoo. just mark as spam.
omar
Anyway, I figured it would be safe since AOL doesn't load images or links until you click a button and I opened and got a bunch of weird randomness like this:
"clean You did, brief. sharply averred Ben owe Dollard. I remember thoseStrongly.regret uneven meeting Bloom looped, help unlooped, noded, disnoded.
Miss Douce withdrew complete snow lent her tax satiny arm, reproachful, p In Gerard's fierce rosery tight sleep of government Fetter lane he walks, greyed misspelled She looked fine. Her country crocus smile damage dress she wore, lowcut
striven front effect -- Mr Dollard, fail they murmured low."
It goes on like that for a while...
Anyway, is this spam or just plain weirdness? I'm intrigued...
Really Weird E-mail?
Messages like that are pretty common. What it means is that a spam operation is testing their list of addresses by sending out garbage e-mails to everything on their list. Then they'll note which ones bounced, eliminate them from their list, and keep going until they're left with a mostly-good list of addresses that didn't result in a bounce notice when they sent the test out.
Finally, after they've got the list trimmed down, they'll send their sales pitch out.
Reply:IT IS BOTH THIS IS VERY SUSPICIOUS AND YOU SHOULD FILE A POLICE REPORT OR TELL THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL IN A CRIME THAT MIGHT COME UP ANY WAYS IT IS PROBABLY SPAM AND WEIRD
Reply:congratulations, you now have some spyware, run spybot and adaware and dont open any more of those type emails
Reply:its just a weird email
Reply:it is spam.. I get those, and you were right, it came from a name very similar to that of what was in my address book in yahoo. just mark as spam.
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