tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post1488746206609773072..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Plant IdeasCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-12627657291217176992007-01-18T17:34:00.000-05:002007-01-18T17:34:00.000-05:00I agree totally with Annie in Austin. With the dig...I agree totally with Annie in Austin. With the digital camera you can see instantly where you need changes, additions, etc. I believe it's helping to turn many gardeners more toward garden designers. This combined with blogging is making the hobby far more enjoyable to many. I think it's the reason that so many new people are joing the gardening ranks.<br /><br />Very interesting question.Diana LaMarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324428666401187803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-75845094371484096462007-01-18T12:51:00.000-05:002007-01-18T12:51:00.000-05:00The idea of a lawn. A lot of gardeners are either ...The idea of a lawn. A lot of gardeners are either reducing the size of their lawn or getting rid of it entirely. In the fifties the lawn was queen/king. Having a golf course lawn was next to godliness and what everyone wanted with just a few planting just at the periphery of the house. I just keep buying more plants and slowly dig up more lawn which in my mind is taking up valuable space! Also a Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-69720327133791105082007-01-18T12:15:00.000-05:002007-01-18T12:15:00.000-05:00When I was young I remember a relative's husband w...When I was young I remember a relative's husband was working on the common tomatoe, trying to make it bigger, tastier, more meaty. Don't quote me on this but I think he was a resercher for Eli Lilly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-30022685712398655932007-01-18T08:10:00.000-05:002007-01-18T08:10:00.000-05:00The next big idea? Well, if I knew that, I'd be a ...The next big idea? Well, if I knew that, I'd be a zillionair! lol. But what about people taking on the challenge of doing their own landscaping? It's become a huge DIY thing. <br /><br />If you do something you don't like (cause you neglected to use that nifty design software-which is something I personaly think has changed the way people garden) rip it out and try something else. After all, DIY Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527514833267869251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-23765206131884829462007-01-18T03:02:00.000-05:002007-01-18T03:02:00.000-05:00How about blogging -- hasn't everyone learned at l...How about blogging -- hasn't everyone learned at least one thing from someone else's gardening blog? How about the internet -- being able to google and find out just about anything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-50949975533804862702007-01-18T02:00:00.000-05:002007-01-18T02:00:00.000-05:00And Carol, as Mr. Brown Thumb suggested in one of ...And Carol, as Mr. Brown Thumb suggested in one of his bloggings, the Garden Journal is dead. This blogging thing makes things more fun and interactive. And adding the photos literally minutes after taking them. What is this world coming to??? :) Gardenmommagardenmomma (Chris)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13105634230438958487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-24513420600588529922007-01-18T00:49:00.000-05:002007-01-18T00:49:00.000-05:00This is an idea about an idea - maybe something i...This is an idea about an idea - maybe something is already changing the way some of us garden - using digital cameras. <br />When you no longer wait for and squint at a 4 X 6 print but take photos that are immediately visible and amazingly expandable on your computer screen, it changes the way you see the garden - the details, for sure, but you also notice the shapes, relative sizes, what's in Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-81755798640928407182007-01-17T21:15:00.000-05:002007-01-17T21:15:00.000-05:00Well, Carol, I don't know about the blue rose. I k...Well, Carol, I don't know about the blue rose. I know they strive for a yellow impatien, too. One thing I am darn sure of-<br />Bears in Miami, BABY!!!<br />If you say the Colts are going, that's fine, we don't care who we beat once we get there!!<br /><br />I did have a rose named Outta the Blue. It smelled heavenly but struggled and didn't do as well as my other roses so I shovel pruned it!Sissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03714196104526604635noreply@blogger.com