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Post by avax on Jan 8, 2007 5:20:02 GMT -5
I agree Peanutcase's bamboo theme is steal-worthy. I really hate it though when they don't let me take them so sometimes i have to snap the stems and stuff them in my bag.... which just means i leave them in a deep dish plate instead of a vase. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way but this makes me sad. I was hoping to help and heal plants, not really have a thread about snapping, breaking or killing them, regardless if they'll be thrown away later.
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Post by rob on Jan 8, 2007 5:50:05 GMT -5
I really hate it though when they don't let me take them so sometimes i have to snap the stems and stuff them in my bag.... which just means i leave them in a deep dish plate instead of a vase. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way but this makes me sad, and I'm not sure why you're posting this here. I was hoping to help and heal plants, not really have a thread about snapping, breaking or killing them, regardless if they'll be thrown away later. no, these were cut flowers used as entry/table ornaments at conventions. most of them are long stemmed and don't fit in my bag/pockets. thats' the reason for cutting them. either way, if you want to crucify me for destroying flowers, then i will confess to having accidentally crushed hundreds of them playing basketball outside my house (bball bounces wildly off rim into the garden). Theirs deaths however have not been in vain as i have since developed amazing accuracy (75%+) from behind the 3-point line.
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Post by avax on Jan 8, 2007 6:04:50 GMT -5
either way, if you want to crucify me This means chopping wood. You just don't get it, do you?? Nah, I'm not against cut flowers (though I don't like them) as long as the actual plants aren't destroyed.
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Post by Kadude on Jan 13, 2007 3:05:23 GMT -5
I'm sure you didn't mean it that way but this makes me sad, and I'm not sure why you're posting this here. I was hoping to help and heal plants, not really have a thread about snapping, breaking or killing them, regardless if they'll be thrown away later. no, these were cut flowers used as entry/table ornaments at conventions. most of them are long stemmed and don't fit in my bag/pockets. thats' the reason for cutting them. either way, if you want to crucify me for destroying flowers, then i will confess to having accidentally crushed hundreds of them playing basketball outside my house (bball bounces wildly off rim into the garden). Theirs deaths however have not been in vain as i have since developed amazing accuracy (75%+) from behind the 3-point line. we've got a baller, shot-caller in our midst. i too prefer to launch TRAYS or wild turn around fade away jumpers instead of being the post-up man in intramurals or city league games. as for gardening, my family's land demands constant tending to, so on the rare occasion i'm home i'm usually put to work clearing dead trees, chopping down other trees that are threatening the property or any other lower-back aching manual labor. aside from enjoying every moment being outdoors and yielding an axe, chopping down giant peace-loving healthy trees, I do like to see the progess the next spring or summer of cleared fields, flowing flower beds or ripeful gardens, all of which my mother puts maximum use to. anyway, here's a pic from a garden in tokyo. i thought this flower was cool. from my uncle's farm in korea. this tree was like 600 years old. i assume it's a bonzai, but i could most certainly be wrong. he had a couple that were older than this. i tend to like the weathery, knotted trees near the ocean that are old, yet smooth. there's a tree on carmel beach i sit in and read whenever i'm there.
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Post by EA Observer on Jan 13, 2007 10:12:54 GMT -5
My brother's mother-in-law who stayed at his house temporarily grew a nice patch of vegetable garden in his unfenced backyard. One early morning before sunrise a deer came and ate everything she took time and effort to grow as its breakfast. Needless to say, she was p!ssed, and that was the end of her fondness for deer.
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Post by avax on Jan 17, 2007 18:57:50 GMT -5
Today I received a handful of extraordinary christmas cacti. They are now recuperating from severe dehydration. Tonight they will be transplanted into soil (high organic). Removed new jasmine, untangled roots, pruned roots, removed old jasmine in another pot and planted both jasmines together. My front porch needs to be swept. And lo and behold, my orchid plant which I thought mysteriously dead is sprouting buds! It's the strangest thing as it has no root system whatsoever. I guess those kisses helped.
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Post by Mr Hairy on Jan 18, 2007 21:10:03 GMT -5
I eventually need to do some soft landscaping in my little backyard. I don't like the maintenance part of gardening much, I think it's just a chore, but I would like to have a nice garden to relax in. So I'm looking at Australian natives, many of which require little maintenance and watering. I haven't decided which ones yet, but I just found a cracking website that may help with my choices: www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/I'd like to put in a few trees which are food sources for the native bird life like lorikeets,but that wouldn't be practical as they tend to be larger trees, and I don't have that much room. And I might put in a mosquito repelling plant, too.
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Post by avax on Jan 18, 2007 22:10:39 GMT -5
Mr. Hairy, Catnip works great for no mosquitos. Cool site. ____________________ ^ I'm so happy to hear about your orchid, Celtriya. That's great!! Thanks, Saruman. I've never had a plant do that before. I put the stump where its roots are supposed to be over warm rocks and periodically fill the bowl to the rock level with warm water. The stump grazes the water level and I top it up whenever it gets too low. The christmas cacti are taking a long, long time to plump up. I have to restrain myself from touching them for fear of doing more damage. Mantra.. "they will be okay. they will be okay." I feel so powerless but I must have faith in the little buggers.
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Post by Mr Hairy on Jan 19, 2007 1:16:36 GMT -5
Mr. Hairy, Catnip works great for no mosquitos. Cool site. Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out!
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Post by avax on Jan 19, 2007 12:12:21 GMT -5
No probs, Mr.H. Well, I sat down yesterday evening and laid out paper towel, knife, avocado seed on dinner table... And I couldn't do it. I could not pick up the stupid knife and carve the seed, and I had images of the seed growing into a beautiful tree and touching the leaves. I realized it's like a little baby. I went outside, dug in the snow and some of the loose dirt outside our porch and buried the seed. Sorry, hapapeanutwalnutcase.
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Post by Kadude on Jan 19, 2007 13:04:00 GMT -5
i bought these for my lady friend. I think they're orchids. Not sure, it was a snatch and grab job - the flowers that is. She liked them.
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Post by avax on Jan 19, 2007 20:42:55 GMT -5
Kadude,
They're gorgeous. Though if you check back here in time, a little tidbit - you can tell her to gently pluck the anthers of stamens off in the middle of the flower (the small, brown kidney-shaped parts). The flowers last longer.
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Post by Kadude on Jan 21, 2007 14:22:36 GMT -5
Kadude, They're gorgeous. Though if you check back here in time, a little tidbit - you can tell her to gently pluck the anthers of stamens off in the middle of the flower (the small, brown kidney-shaped parts). The flowers last longer. thanks, but they're dead. i spent my time gently plucking something else...HEY-O!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah...not really.
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Post by i move the stars for no one on Jan 21, 2007 14:27:43 GMT -5
and aside from making the flowers last longer,that stuff falls off with the slightest brush and stains horribly. but the flowers are preeeeetty.
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Post by Altan on Jan 22, 2007 9:15:39 GMT -5
I got a plant that's dying right now because of the cold here in Cali. I would like to cultivate more American Gingseng and Japanese Mountain Wasabi eventually. I don't know if anyone is into Chinese Medicinal Mushrooms but I want to cultivate more of that also.
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