@michele-b thank you Sweet Michele I am doing wonderful and I got herbs and flowers today . I talked to them and told them I would take care of them as I do my son. I could feel there welcoming energy! I am grateful for all of y'all ?
@michele-b Michele, the description you gave of your garden is making me so hungry! But i have never heard of Logan berries or Marionberries. What do they taste like?
p.s.- glad you liked the song ?
Well, I am still going on (do I need an ' off ' button? ?)... just wanted to tell you how much I like all those lemony things too. The lemon verbena is so awesome and makes a nice refreshing skin splash when it's hot.... lemon balm is another one that is dear to my heart. I once got about five flats of it and planted it all over the place... lemon Divine!
And yes, the celebrated little Meyer lemons ... the same thing happened to me Claire. I always wanted to grow one, and tried planting a two year old tree in with about seven kinds oregano... it grew one little lemon... and died. They are sensitive, lols. ?
Maybe one day it would be worth another attempt?
And then there is lemon thyme, lemon basil, lemon-scented geraniums, lilies, mint..............it's heaven?
All garden herbs can keep a secret except thyme. Only thyme will tell.
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(Here's a little secret ... thyme waits for no one, but you can eat the little flowers. Good on sweet baby cucumbers ?)
Jeanne, I see your energy resonating alot with Barbara Kingsolver's... she has a distinct Pisces/Aries/Sagittarius aura, as maybe you do as well?
I can see why you love her writings so .... ?
(I will for certain look up 'Animal Vegetable Mineral')
Claire and Journey,
LOL! So true! My dad didn't drink, ever, but it was the perfect excuse to come inside, make himself a giant glass of Country Time powdered lemonade with enough ice to supply a polar bear for a year, and spent the next five hours "recuperating", as my mother would say, in front of the TV, until dinnertime. A few times he got so hot and red she was worried he was going to have a stroke.
Stargazer, I love snapdragons, and I know the exact color you are talking about. It is mesmerizing. I haven't been able to find it this year-I wanted to plant a couple more-I can't find the salmon color either. The yellow is gorgeous. I hate it when snaps are listed as annuals. If you just leave them alone, even if you don't bother to trim them, they come back beautifully the next year. Hearty little devils, too. They sprout in rock crevices and among the weeds even without water.
I wish one or all of you lived close by so you could see my lawn and advise me. As I mentioned, I'd like to get rid of a big portion of it. Having said that, my husband and I don't enjoy the upkeep of gardening -- we're getting old, cranky, both have bad allergies and I get overheated very easily. (@polarberry, after working outside I kind of look like you father when he was “recuperating.”) Plus there are only so many weeds I can pull without cursing, and my husband's approach to weeds is cutting them down with a weed wacker. So I'd be looking for something very low-maintenance.
@claire, I know nothing about native grasses here in Virginia, but if they require minimal upkeep, that's an attractive idea.
@unk-p, I love your suggestion of how to easily convert lawn/weeds into planting beds! Last week I temporarily lost my mind and consulted with a neighbor's landscaper about getting rid of our weedy lawn and having it resodded. He said "to ensure that these weeds won't come back, I first apply two separate treatments of Roundup over the entire lawn, then dig it all up and resod." Did he really say two treatments of Roundup over the ENTIRE lawn? First of all, I didn't think they still use that crap. Second, at that moment I understood that the coronavirus wasn't going to kill me; the Roundup would. Not to mention all the dogs, cats, and other critters we have around here.
@unk-p, I’ve been thinking about the significance of your presence in this world. I believe part of your life’s purpose is to shake things up -- with a touch of humor, of course. ?
I wish they would stop selling Roundup. I am always amazed at the number of people I see buying it.