tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post347687864133580155..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Hurry Up Season Has Officially BegunCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-83633326777448269002007-04-25T05:47:00.000-04:002007-04-25T05:47:00.000-04:00Kathy... But a six pack divided in half, is an odd...<B>Kathy</B>... But a six pack divided in half, is an odd number. I hate it when you have to drag flats in and out at night due to cold temperatures!<BR/><B>Muum</B>... Thanks for the comment, it sounds like you never had spring!<BR/><B>OldRoses</B>... And it is raining here now, so I'll be weeding again by the end of the week.<BR/><B>Gary</B>... Fortunately, we have a few more weeks until that Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-38920020538040988892007-04-24T21:49:00.000-04:002007-04-24T21:49:00.000-04:00There are a lot of really bored people in this wor...There are a lot of really bored people in this world. If only they could discover gardening.....<BR/><BR/>By the way, hurry-up season is long gone here in Southeast Texas. We're about to enter too-hot-for-cool-weather-annuals season. It should be here in only a couple of weeks or so.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104981732733112853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-57860247342945230852007-04-24T19:26:00.000-04:002007-04-24T19:26:00.000-04:00Got another one for you: the best time to weed is...Got another one for you: the best time to weed is after it rains. You won't have to fight to get them out of the ground and you'll get all the roots, especially important with dandelions. So you know what I was doing after the Nor'Easter last week, right?????OldRoseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10307114475443602351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-17368656487971295592007-04-24T11:08:00.000-04:002007-04-24T11:08:00.000-04:00great advice all around, it does seem like spring ...great advice all around, it does seem like spring zips by we had snow last week and they are forecasting 80's by the weekend. And I move so slowly!!!!!Muumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181825725581583635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-19744773667060610552007-04-24T07:54:00.000-04:002007-04-24T07:54:00.000-04:00Conflicting garden advice used to really bother me...Conflicting garden advice used to really bother me, especially the one about planting in odd numbers when the garden center (or Bluestone Perennials) sells the plants in 6-packs. I have a friend who decorates the outside of her house every year with double-flowered pink impatiens. (I use the word decorate because she is not a gardener; she just likes her house to look pretty.) She follows your Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106962533729909868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-7195428410742843992007-04-24T04:29:00.000-04:002007-04-24T04:29:00.000-04:00Pam/digging... I've always dreamed of using a reel...<B>Pam/digging</B>... I've always dreamed of using a reel mower, but my lawn is too big for that right now. Someday...<BR/><B>LostRoses</B>... I also have a long list of "really ought to" tasks in my garden!<BR/><B>Alyssa</B>... Garden centers around here have those giant magnets, too! I take a specific route home so I can pass by one small garden center everyday. I've watched it go from snow Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-56637955596398864822007-04-24T03:28:00.000-04:002007-04-24T03:28:00.000-04:00Hi Carol, The garden renovation is fantastic. Ca...Hi Carol, The garden renovation is fantastic. Can't wait to see it by the end of summer! I agree totally with all you recommend. I've let weeds grow because they looked so "interesting" when young and turned into rampant self-sowers when they got older. Am still pulling them out! Also, sometimes I won't take the route that the garden center is on in fear of the giant magnet that always Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806756079227306837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-65452565286086640412007-04-24T00:48:00.000-04:002007-04-24T00:48:00.000-04:00Somebody out there right now is buying the only fl...Somebody out there right now is buying the only flat of Verbena bonariensis the garden center got in, and I wanted it! Oh, and you've reminded me I really ought to get rid of the old peony stalks. I know I saw lots of new growth when I was mowing Sunday, but didnt' have time to do anything about it. On the other hand, maybe the new growth will cover up the old stalks....LostRoseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06586462466899344347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-42083108132269161002007-04-24T00:47:00.000-04:002007-04-24T00:47:00.000-04:00You've mowed more times than I have already! I gue...You've mowed more times than I have already! I guess my new Zoysia lawnette is slow-growing compared to yours. Just as well since I'm using a Pam-powered reel mower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-34795250658101928942007-04-23T23:14:00.000-04:002007-04-23T23:14:00.000-04:00Susan... Have you ever lived where it gets really ...<B>Susan</B>... Have you ever lived where it gets really cold? Believe me, there are a lot of plants we can't grow up here.<BR/><B>Robin</B>... You are making me all twittery as I have not had time to step foot into a garden center yet. You're buying all my plants, I just know it! :-)Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-12027283847173235792007-04-23T22:40:00.000-04:002007-04-23T22:40:00.000-04:00Carol, I'm in that hurry up mode now, I don't like...Carol, I'm in that hurry up mode now, I don't like the heat and try to get as much done in the spring as possible. Today I had so much to do, I didn't know where to start. I also went back to the store and bought my favorite color impatiens for fear that I wouldn't find them later. I definitely can identify with your post today.Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-322245246992360582007-04-23T22:29:00.000-04:002007-04-23T22:29:00.000-04:00Carol — Peonies are one of those plants that Texas...Carol — Peonies are one of those plants that Texas gardeners can only dream of. Sometimes I think I would take on months of cold and snow to grow peonies.<BR/><BR/>— Susan from South of the RiverSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582646420350461950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-40591018148850880282007-04-23T22:19:00.000-04:002007-04-23T22:19:00.000-04:00Blackswamp_Girl... I see what you mean about the c...<B>Blackswamp_Girl</B>... I see what you mean about the conflict. Buy now, I say, then I say wait! See, gardening in the spring can be so contradictory at times. <BR/><B>Jenny</B>... Welcome to gardening! "Hurry Up Season" will be gone before we know, so we have to enjoy it while we can. 'Cause then it gets hot...Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-12534349325759456182007-04-23T22:14:00.001-04:002007-04-23T22:14:00.001-04:00I'm just starting out gardening this year, and fee...I'm just starting out gardening this year, and feeling "hurry up season" starting myself. Reading your blog the past few weeks has been great for keeping my enthusiasm up and helping me learn some of the very large number of things I'm going to need to know. Happy spring!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-55382775694553694542007-04-23T22:14:00.000-04:002007-04-23T22:14:00.000-04:00Hmm... something in the first list conflicts with ...Hmm... something in the first list conflicts with something in the second list... *grin*<BR/><BR/>I can't believe you have peony buds already, by the way. My peonies are still just 6 inches of red fingers reaching out of the ground!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.com