nobleheart: I try to stay away from bees if i can.

nobleheart: Hey!! where'd ya get my piccie..?? LOL

ScarletRose: your piccie?is that because you are sweet or because you are buzzed?

pretend
http://www.barnesy.org/b3ta/giant_wasp_rodeo_boardsize.jpg
http://www.eden-project.co.uk/images/bee1-s-5140023.jpg

really
http://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/HomeHort/F1Column/2004Articles/Graphics%20Ento/Cic%20vs%20Cic%20Killer%20Wasp.jpg

http://www.vespa-crabro.de/manda.htm

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10330-1553309,00.html

nobleheart: EEEEEEEwwwwwwwww

http://members.tripod.com/usedtobees/bee.gif

http://www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/4512
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PS
foxy,this bee not scary,he is silly

http://www.buzzin.net/images/englishimgs/lightbee9.gif

nobleheart: That sure isn't the Queen lol.

LOL

http://www.geocities.com/queenbeeegaragerock/queen_bee.jpg

biggest pumpkins:
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/gardening/muchAdo/bigpumpkins1998.html
botanical record breakers:
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0601.htm

nobleheart: i tried injecting a pumpkin with milk,suppose to make it grow real big,it died.lol

Foxy Lady: Poor pumpkin. I can see the scene in pumpkin heaven now....
'What happened to you?'
'Halloween. You?'
'Yep, same here. How about you?'
'Well you're not going to believe this but there was this woman with a mad gleam in her eye coming at me with a syringe full of milk....'

Anyone know how to dry out sunflowers properly? I grew some really giant ones this summer and want to harvest the seeds ( the neighbours all want some for next year) Do I cut em down now that they are all drooping or do I wait unti they are all dried up? ANy ideas would be appreciated.

Rose: I've tied a paper bag over the end and when they have finally died off you can then cut the flower head off and all seeds should have been caught in the bag.

skipinnz: That's a kool idea. At what point do you tie the bag on? Most of the seeds are still white. Do I wait until they start to turn black or do they turn black after they come off the flower head? ( total newbie here)

Rose: yeah.. I thought it was an excellent Idea.. whoo hoo..

Foxy Lady: re :
i tried injecting a pumpkin with milk...
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If you inject your pumpkin,this happens:
http://www.prairiefuture.com/gallery/photos/drunk_pumpkin.JPG

Rose: re :
Anyone know how to dry out sunflowers properly?
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you take off all your clothes,stick the wet seeds to your skin all over,then stand out in the sun in the backyard until they dry out.

nobleheart: hahahaha

nobleheart: I heard jumping up and down help speeds the drying time up since you are creating more of an air current.. is this true??

Guess I will try google for an answer to my Q.

Here are some instructions I found for saving sunflower seeds @ : http://ag.arizona.edu/gardening///index.html-
Flowers in the center of the flower disk will have shriveled. The flower head will have begun to droop and the green back-side of the head will have turned yellow. Finally, pull a few seeds out and split them with a knife. The kernel inside should be solid and well-formed.

To harvest, cut the flower head off leaving about one foot of the stem attached. Place the flower head in a paper bag or cheesecloth sack and hang upside down in warm, dry location. The bag will catch any seeds that may fall during drying. When the seeds have dried, they can be easily rubbed from the head."

Lamby: Awesome hun, that's just what i needed to know.. Thanks so much for that! ( will send u some giant seeds thru the winter, these things were the biggest anyone around has seen!)

Rose: You're welcome :o)

HARVEST
You can begin to harvest sunflower seeds as soon as the center flowers turn brown or the backs of the heads turn yellow, to prevent birds from stealing them. Cut them, leaving a piece of stem to hang them in a well ventilated place to finish drying. Cover them with netting, paper sacks with holes or cheesecloth to catch falling seeds as they dry.

They can be allowed to dry on the stalk, but you'll have to cover them this way to keep the birds from eating them all before you can harvest them for yourself!

If you've grown sunflowers for the purpose of feeding birds, you can either leave them in the ground, or harvest the heads as above, then hang them in the yard or garden when they are ready. This method has an advantage in that you can dole out the heads over the winter, instead of seeing the seed all eaten within a few weeks.
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http://extension.missouri.edu/extensioninfonet/article.asp?id=3404

but if you try it my way,let us know if ScarletRose's idea about the arm flapping thingy works.

http://www.newslettersink.com/greetingcards/postcards/007H0300-sunflower.gif

my ICQ#********

Just protectin ya bud.. you really shouldn't give this out on a public board.. you will have a chance of someone stalking ya..

smelly socks: LOL

nobleheart: OMG that is so cute lol.

nobleheart: yes,right,I am too trusting...ty for watching over me

nobleheart: never ever post personal info on a board.

http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/weather.html

does anyone else have a noisy garden,even when no one is in it?
I found these to give you an example:
morning shift
http://www.naturesongs.com/mourndove1.wav
day shift
http://www.naturesongs.com/bumbleb1.wav
night shift
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/Insects/Field%20Cricket/489sl.wav

oh and ,some garden toys:
http://www.gardenfrogsandfriends.com/cricket%20page.htm

nobleheart: you are so kewl!

I like the sounds,but it just my garden is NOT quiet.there is a cemetery across the lane from our house.redtail hawks live in a high tree there.tree frog & cicadas sing in the trees.
and if it gets too quiet at night,there is an old raccoon who sneaks over from the cemetery & livens things up by bangin' around the garbage cans.

nobleheart: wow.. so peaceful sounds.. how nice

http://www.durionursery.com/Iris%20laevigata%20'Royal%20Cartwheel'.JPG

I love iris's....in all colours.

nobleheart: Oh.. that is so prettiful.. you always seem to have some really nice links.. Thankies for sharing.. :)

http://www.cuyamaca.net/OH170/Plant_TNails/Hibiscus_rosa-senensis_Fl_1.JPG

http://www.greenfingers.com.au/services/news/abc_Big_Tomato_Competition/


question "Phenyl"? what

list & links to pics of the official flowers of the US states
http://www.50states.com/flower.htm

for canada's provinces
http://www.members.shaw.ca/kcic1/flowers.html

list of the official flowers of countries

I could not find pic links,but you could cut/paste the names into a search engine.

http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/flowers/pcd17.html
http://www.nzflower.co.nz/national-flowers-country.php

nobleheart: Thanks for the links.

With fall just about here for most of us, cleaning up the garden can be a pain
in the back that is.

Foxy Lady: yes true Foxy Lady,fall mean work,but also harvest,and beautiful fall colours,jumping in a pile of leaves,stuffing leaves up ScarletRose's shirt,fall is also a little philisophical for me,the years end in sight,a time for reflection.

Foxy wasn't here to fix it.. but I was.. ;)

autumn colours
http://sensitivelight.com/autumn/1.jpg
http://www.visitdunkeld.com/img2/Perthshire%20Autumn%20Colours.jpg
http://www.gryffinlodge.ca/images/tm-3-1684-lg.jpg
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Russia/photo37536.htm
http://static.flickr.com/1/730169_8ffded1d83.jpg
http://rene.spika.cz/prague_november/praha_32_w.jpg
http://www.travelwithachallenge.com/Images/Travel_Article_Library/Greece-Meteora/Autumn-Meteora.jpg
http://www.creativeimagestudio.com/IMG_4156_small_autumn_colors.jpg
http://www.derbyarboretum.co.uk/Autumn/Rose_Hill_Way.jpg
http://www.luphen.org.uk/images/2003/2003-10/2003-10-26-173719.jpg
http://www.gorzow.mm.pl/~bebelebe/Autumn%20Colors,%20Inyo%20National%20Forest,%20California.jpg
psst ,one smoochy one
http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0308/images/ljw/Fall%20kiss.jpg

nobleheart: very nice.. I liked the 2nd and 3rd one.. the sunset at the lake.. and even that smoochie one.. :)