Red Mosquito

The love of gardening is a seed once sewn that never dies. - Gertrude Jekyll

I spent a good part of my holiday weekend with yard care projects.

As I was staking the plum tree in my front yard, got a chuckle out of a story from my neighbor: When he was 3 he ate a plum and his dad said if he buried the pit, a tree would grow. So they bury it, and his dad planted a plum tree that night so in the morning there was a tree when he woke up.

96583UP wrote:i also love crocuses

poking their little colorful heads out from the barren greyness of winter

i planted some of these last year. excited to see if there has been any replication when they come up this spring

crocuses are coming up. have about 20. looking great. love the colors

96583UP wrote:put in some of these Camellias today

yes, it's November but i am a mad man (and they are winter hardy)

they can bloom in a variety of white and red variants, on the same plant

this guy blooming already. all sorts of different flowers on the same plant:

- striped white and pink with thick stripes
- some with thin white and red stripes
- some all-light pink
- some all-dark red

all on the same plant

i baited and relocated about 15 squirrels since late last summer. made a noticeable difference. those filthy bastards.

saw two big bunnies running around today preparing to do it

chased them out of their doing chamber

if their numbers increase may need to change the trap from squirrels to bunnies

but they are fluffy

squirrels are satan’s rodent

while here, my wife and I were going to head north to the tulip festival..thats not happening now

Bammer wrote:I spent a good part of my holiday weekend with yard care projects.

As I was staking the plum tree in my front yard, got a chuckle out of a story from my neighbor: When he was 3 he ate a plum and his dad said if he buried the pit, a tree would grow. So they bury it, and his dad planted a plum tree that night so in the morning there was a tree when he woke up.

i had a co-worker who’s family owned a plum farm. made tons of plum brandy

doug rr wrote:while here, my wife and I were going to head north to the tulip festival..thats not happening now

i would have bought more tulips in the fall but they are pricey and the damn squirrels and bunnies were attacking them

i will have more faith this year to plant now that my west virginia hillbilly trapping initiative has been successful

our neighbor has been watering and watching our plants while we're gone..we've had a lot of rain as well so hopefully all is ok

Godspeed, Doug

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Godspeed, Doug

is this thing gonna wipe out heirloom tomato season, ruddo?

the tips of the peonies are beginning to emerge

caught a squirrel today

he was the best-behaved squirrel i have seen. didn't freak out or anything. looked young

i didn't have time to drive him to the relocation spot. plus wondered if the cops would stop me once I got to the park ('I am relocating a squirrel, officer, this counts as an 'essential' task)

so i just let him go free

maybe he will learn not to come back

or maybe he will come back because he can eat free peanut butter

only time will tell

I’m bout to just hire out yard service.

i have a guy do my mowing, spring cleanup, and fall leaf pickup

the flowers are where i do my work

just read 96's posts in this thread for the first time

pretty unreal

and I had never heard of squirrel trapping before

I mean I used to trap them when I was a kid but I would always let them go

I didn't know people trapped them to relocate them etc.

if they were a problem I think I would just shoot them

they are fast, and if you miss there are many things that could go wrong

and if you don't miss, they will haunt your dreams

Dev wrote:just read 96's posts in this thread for the first time

pretty unreal

and I had never heard of squirrel trapping before

I mean I used to trap them when I was a kid but I would always let them go

I didn't know people trapped them to relocate them etc.

if they were a problem I think I would just shoot them

you're such a dick it ain't funny

96583UP wrote:they are fast, and if you miss there are many things that could go wrong

and if you don't miss, they will haunt your dreams

you can borrow my pellet gun

I am glad this thread has been re-booted I mean be-rooted.


I have a big pot and I don't know what to plant in it. Maybe one of you green-ass thumbs can help me.


I guess I'll post a picture of it tomorrow or whenevef else my predictive text thinks is food for the week of October and November to go outside for a minute then come back in and wow that's awesome