Eriisa: nice coleus,I like them.
these are not mine,but this is what I grow here:
http://www.beddingplants.com.au/downloads/PORTULACA.JPG
http://www.wsu.edu/~lohr/wcl/peony.jpg
http://www.sycamoreisland.org/gallery/gallery5/wildflower34.jpg
http://brooklyncameraclub.org/v-web/gallery/albums/album124/DSC4565_Yellow_daylily.jpg

can any of you members have any outside strawberry plants? I just moved and I have some growing outside should I cover them with Straw for the winter? I life in the north west?

amandalove: I live up North and we don't cover our strawberry plants at all. Just let em do their thing. Are they still producing strawberries at this time of year?

amandalove: I live in Central NY where it snows,blows and freezes......We do nothing except fertilize in the fall.

Rose: How's your weather? Were getting lots of rain 9 days straight,today with high winds.

Foxy Lady: Same here. Unreal the rain in the last few days and the wind is pretty bad too. We set up our halloween decorations friday and luckily all are in tact just rather soggy..

Rose: I bet we get snow by Halloween we have before when the weather is like this.

amandalove:I'd leave the stawberries alone and when they start to flower next spring then place straw around and under them to prevent bugs eating them, thats if the birds leave you any.

Rose: hi yes i saw some on the plants in september when we looked at the house

Foxy Lady: wow we were lucky this year to get the rain we got which after 9 years of drought it was good produced a pretty Fall was cold for awhile but warm this week

skipinnz: some neighbors said that straw about 4"" deep over the plants do help since our winters can be pretty cold. thanks tho for answering.

amandalove: It sure has been raining here about every other day were getting soaked.


Send some over here Girl friend

I though my fellow garden gnomes would find this interesting:

celeb treehuggers

http://www.treehugger.com/files/celebrities/index.php

http://www.gardenguides.com/articles/fragfoliage.htm
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/shrubs/2002043952014567.html
http://www.canadiangardening.com/howto/ideas_fragrant_foliage.shtml

I don't know about any body else but our weather is in the 30's.Our fall is cutting short and we could see Snow soon.Oh what a horrid thought.

Well we woke up to snow nothing big it's gone already.

Foxy Lady: oh my lucky lady i know you dont think so lol but i love snow maybe ill try to talk hubby into moving to your neck of the woods lol

spicieangel: C'mon up to New York State we have all kinds of winter sports.I love it here and the 4 seasons and the snow.Just hate the high oil bills.

this isnt gardening but.....???

has anybody had personal experience in losing someone thru death?

what have or has been done to console and comfort pets???

My wee Bear (shih-tzu) is pining (sp) for Vern...will not go outside...pee'd on the mat in the night and is generally got a sad hang-dog look.

Im sorry Foxy, but gardening, pets, digging holes, and crap on the lawn seems like it all fits in...*:)*

BerniceC: It can sometimes help to put in their basket an item of clothing which would have Vern's scent on it. An old jumper or something. It might make him feel a bit happier.

Theres some quite good advice on this page too;

http://netscape.petplace.com/Articles/artShow.asp?artID=4085

Good luck with him.

BerniceC: No problem Bernice pets also go thru a mourning period.Harley has a good idea about using some clothing of Verns.
Please feel free to post.

Who has that perfect water solution to keep Christmas Trees from Dying out?? ..

I have heard about the lemonade mixture but, it doesn't seem to help mine.. does someone else know a better mix?

ScarletRose: If they still have their roots attached they can take up water, and then be planted out after the festive season.

ScarletRose: My husband always re-cuts the tree after we get it home and gets it in a big pail of water.We never put it up too early the heat drys it out.SR we tried all the tricks even the aspirin but constant watering works best for us.Reason for re-cutting is the sap runs to the bottom and reseals itself.

ScarletRose: The recutting helps a lot, also there is a product some places sell called Prolong which seems to help...

Thankies for all the suggestions.. every year I dread getting that real tree only to having to get a new one a week before Christmas... due to the first one drying out so much..

Either that.. or I wait till a week before to get a tree..

I know its not quite the same Scarlet but there are some beautiful artificial trees these days. And they last for years.

harley: I ended up buying an artifical one last year.. it is 7 foot tall.. but, I still enjoy the smells of a real one.. who knows.. maybe I will just buy some fresh garland or something..

ScarletRose: They sell a Pine scented spray you can spray the tree with.We usually put ours up about a week before,this year with the baby all over i'm thinking of putting the tree in the play pen.Safety reasons for the tree mind you.Nahhhh i'm worried about the pine needles and her grabbing at the tree.We did this with Gabrielle and it worked out well.

Foxy when my twins were little I'd put my tree near a wall, then get cotton or string, and in 4 or 5 places tie it around the middle of the tree so you can't see it and pit in to the wall behind. It stopped the tree falling on them if they pulled it.

harley: thanks Harley I will try the article of clothing and see what happens....he pooped twice last night...once on a mat that I was able to wash (I put him outside, first time ever at night) and he got up this morning when I let him in and he pooped on the carpet :(

Thankfully I have a good cleaner and there arent any stains.

BerniceC: Aww the poor thing. It might just be a phase, its probably just him being sad thats making him do it. He'll be confused about why he isn't around now, and he'll also be picking up on your sorrow. Its a bad time for you both.

harley: I have just given him a shirt with a tissue in the pocket that I found in the bedroom..it was going to be washed before I dispose of his clothing and he seems to be sleeping happily, but we will wait and see. It doesn't seem to be bothering the cat altho he has gotten more smoochy with me LOLOL....He was Verns cat.

BerniceC: Cats are much more adaptable than dogs, and I think they understand more too. Dogs are very loyal and stress more with changes. They also pick up on their owners feelings more than cats.

harley: Twins oh my thats double trouble .....Were also afraid she'll pick at the pine needles everything goes in mouth now.

Foxy Lady: Way more than double the trouble!! I never had to worry about pine needles, I always had an artificial tree. But I remember from when I was a kid those things get everywhere! Theres no play pen in the world will keep pine needles in!

harley: Well i sure hope it keeps her out.Were getting sleet oh no that'll be frozen for sure tonite.

Ohhhhh No were getting snow with big white flakes and before Halloween wow.
Thanks Wilma!!!!!!!

http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/halloween/gardenflags.htm

http://www.ironages.com/halloween.htm

http://www.rehmancustomflags.com/halloween.html

ScarletRose: jose quervo and grinadine and oj but it only works if you drink it first..........lol merryyyy christmas!!!!!!! just teasin ya scarlet but really skipinniz had the best reply.

amandalove: Not too far away is the holidays.

nobleheart: Nice links.

saw this on the dicovery channel..thought it was interesting,so I looked it up,the rarest tree,a living fossil:
http://www.wollemipine.com/
http://www.rbgsyd.gov.au/information_about_plants/wollemi_pine
http://images.google.com/images?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=wollemi%20pine&spell=1&sa=N&tab=wi

when 1st discovered,they were fenced & locked in,fearing tree poachers.
thought to be priceless.
now,it is thought the best way to protect them,was to breed them & sell them to promote there spread.
arboretums & botanical gardens can even order them now:
http://www.wollemipine.com/order.php

nobleheart: what a beautiful tree, thank you for sharing :)

the wollemi pine is australian from memory and was discovered (rediscovered by a group)
the find was kept secret for years until the propogated and started to grow them for distribution within australia.....I havent read the links but would assume they arent available yet to overseas....only within australia?

i have just looked for stockists in our area and there isnt any but WhisperzQ would be able to buy it readily if he had the $55 hahahah

nobleheart: Nice to see since were expecting snow lol........A blast coming down from Canada is going to hit us good so the weather channel says.

nobleheart: Bud.. good to see ya.. I was wonderin if you were ever going to get back..

Love the tree.. are ya bringing me one for Christmas??

Foxy Lady: re:
nobleheart: Nice to see since were expecting snow lol........A blast coming down from Canada is going to hit us good so the weather channel says.
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commentary:
why is it canadian weathermen(correctly say the cold snowy weather is coming from the arctic.
and
why is it USA weathermen(incorrectly say the cold snowy weather is coming from the canada.
off all people,shouldn't the US weather men have some idea of were it comes from & dont they know that we get it too?
PS foxy,I am not wanting the snow..yuck to snow.
we have had nothing but cold rain so far.

ScarletRose: mmm.a tree for christmas...mmm...doubt they would let me ho ho ho across the border with a big real tree..but I willl start tomthink of something clever as an alternative.

nobleheart: We got SNOW about 8 inches.Guess it's here to stay and the temp is 27
out brrrrrrrr.