Foxy Lady: well, unless they're entrusted to the care of Ms. WatfordFC, evidently...

plaintiger: Those plants just never seem to die.

Foxy Lady: heehee...that's what i've always called them too...and people with whom i've discussed them...that's really what they are. :)

Mousetrap: yikes!

Mousetrap: Those spider plants just keep growing.I've made 2 more hanging plants from the babies.Thats what i call them

plaintiger: that has grown to 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide and I have to battle to get in there and when I do it says "Feed Me" and won,t let me out untill I agree!

Foxy Lady: yes Ma'am - spider plants. the hanging plants with the cascading leaves and the tendrils that send off more little spiders...they can reach from the ceiling to the floor, kind of like weeping willows for the indoors. :)

plaintiger: It's plants were talking about right?

Mousetrap: lol...i think it's just sitting there looking at them that's calming...not the caring-for-them part.

Mousetrap: Calming ?? lol all they ever caused me was grief lmao

WatfordFC:
I have had spider plants for years and grown others off them, they are supposed to have a calming influence, don,t think it ever worked on me though lol!

WatfordFC: Welcome aboard

Foxy Lady: My dad game me a streptacarcus (sp), that is on its way out now too

Would ust like to say Thank you Foxy for making me a moderator on this board, thank you again Foxy.

WatfordFC: Oh you'll learn,you got a green thumb if ya can't kill a plant.I have a spider plant that just keeps growing.

hmmm, im afraid that i havent got green fingers, but wish i did, i can even kill a spider plant lol

Dolittle: Depending on where you live Do.My sister is in Fla and has a huge Gardenia bush that was a plant once.If you get winters forget it.

May you all get served breakfast in bed.

happy Mommy's day, Mommies!

Foxy Lady: yep, same here Ma'am - or it was the same here during the day (it's nighty-night now). we were supposed to have rain...well, in the afternoon, and it did cloud up and sprinkle just a teensy bit - misting, really - very briefly after dark. but i went shooting with a photography group today and it was sunny and beautiful the whole while!

What is the difference between a gardenia plant and gardenia bush? I received a plant for Mother's Day and wondered if I should plant it outdoors!

Foxy Lady:

You are right...today we had a surprise visit of the sun. I was able to plant up some things in my mother-in-law's garden in between showers. Lucky!
And she loved it. I pulled out 3 overgrown rose bushes and transplanted them for her to another area. Then I put in 3 trellises with clematis, along with blue salvia, rose pentas, tricolor sweet potatoe vine, pink shades gazania and white sweet alyssum. It's going to be very pretty for her all summer

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies!

plaintiger: We were supposed to get more rain,the sun is out and its 62.

ajtgirl: Raining accross the pond too!

ajtgirl: same here, Ma'am - what the Fox said. but that's to be expected...the three of us aren't all that far from one another.

evidently we're expecting T-storms tomorrow...and i'm supposed to go shooting (cameras, that is) with a bunch of people down on the south shore. hmm...

ajtgirl: We've had some rain,not too much tho.

Just in time for Mother's day and planting season, those of us in the northeast are looking forward to over a week of rain.
I really dislike gardening in the rain...but, the plants actually love it. In fact, optimum conditions for planting anything is during cloudy weather. There is less shock to the plant when the skies are grey.

yes Ma'am. *raises glass to the end of May*

plaintiger: Our days are warming up but not safe to plant yet,the end of May is warmer.

Foxy Lady: i do indeed. crazy! i'm glad we're having warmer weather down here!

i was walking around Central Park and the city all day (well, okay, for about five hours) in a t-shirt and i was comfortable. so nice...

plaintiger: You see what are nites are running,frost and all.

Foxy Lady: yes Ma'am - thank You Ma'am. :)

i have Utica in my menu bar weather thingy too.

plaintiger: I'll send ya our forcast,like i have before.

Foxy Lady: yeep! been warmer than that down here!

ajtgirl: We did get the garden tilled today,a load of topsoil added.Got the peatmoss,and pearlite in.Hopefuly we can get the compost tilled in tomorrow its ripe. Were too early to plant anything been running in the 30's and 40's nites.

Mousetrap: Thanks for the advice i'll be sure to make sure its done outside.

ajtgirl:I planted brassicas, mainly brussels and a last lot of lettuce and some tomatoes in the hot house. I want a couple of good frost next month.

I broke my own rule because the weather has been mild
I have planted verbena, begonias, osteospermum, diascia, geraniums, lobelia, ageratum, nierembergia, scavoela, alyssum, browalia, coleous and dusty miller.

I don't forcee another freeze here in NY and the plants have been hardened off enough they should be ready.

Yet to plant: Gazanias, madevilla, wave petunias
They're a little more tender

So how does your garden grow?

ajtgirl: hmm. i found it enchanting when i was about 32...

plaintiger:

My grandpaents took me to the NY Worlds Fair in 1964, and Disney had an exhibit of It's a Small World... with the boats and singing figures from all over the world. It was so enchanting when I was 8 and my grandmother loved it too!

We were all so innocent and secure back then...I guess

ajtgirl: wow...how cool. :)

i've never been to disneyworld, so i couldn't tell You. i should go. i really enjoyed disneyland the three or so times i went.

*sings* iiiiit's a small world aaaaafter all! iiiiit's a small world aaaaafter all! iiiiit's a small world aaaaafter all! it's a small, small worrrrrrlllld!

When I was at Disneyworld 10 years ago they had a tour through a gigantic greenhouse where everything was growing in water. I wonder if it's still there.

Foxy Lady: If you do make sure they pour the growing medium into the base in a well ventrulated area, preferbly outside, it is very dusty as you pour it out.

Mousetrap: Hey i may get my oldest one of those greenhouses.I saw a TV program where they had tomatoe plants growing in water.It amazed me how big they were.

Toys R Us great store

Mousetrap: neither am i, really - i'm a member of a lot more than i'm active in.

okay, we're officially . but i'd love to hear about Your sea monsters, Ma'am! PM me?

plaintiger: Lol no I,m not, I am not really very active in fellowships.

Mousetrap: i do, i do!

but this is not the board for it.

hmm...are You a member of Ms. Foxy's CoffeeHouse, Ms. Mouse? we can talk about anything in there! :)

plaintiger: Okey dokey!
I don,t supposed you wanna hear about my sea monsters do you lol!

ooh, and here's some more information on hydroponics that looks very interesting. :)

Mousetrap: awww, You got it at Toys-R-Us! :D how cuuuuute! =)

please keep us posted, Ms. Mouse! sounds fun!

"book of destructions." heeheehee! =)