Comments on: uh oh

By: Djembe Drums

Djembe Drums — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:19:41 +0000

Thanks for this share m8!

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:05:43 +0000

I covered my flax in frost cloth, and it looks crummy! Fully encasing it in R-13 insulation might have been the thing. It’s so hard to justify when we’ve had mostly 50 degree weather all winter. It seems like a couple cold nights should be forgiven!

By: ricki

ricki — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:53:43 +0000

Jo~Ouch! Where is it you are located again?
Grace~The crabby uncle’s companion is Mahonia ‘Arthur Menzies’. When I bought it at an HPSO sale, the cashier giggled and said she always thought of it as Arturio Mendez. It has yet to bloom. The long racemes that were coming on browned up and fell off after our freeze. The specimens at Cistus are a good six feet tall.
Loree~Shucky darns! I was thinking greater diligence would make all the difference. Not so?

By: Loree/danger garden

Loree/danger garden — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:21:09 +0000

Ricki and Grace, my containerized Phormiums look great, the ones in the ground…are slowly fading. I took a few pictures yesterday and will get them up soon.

By: Grace

Grace — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:08:55 +0000

Ditto on the phormiums. And this after the eye sores of last year. Did I learn anything? Hell no. I let it happen again. Even my containerized-under-the-deck-roof ones look pathetic. I’m with you. Yucca is the way to go. I too, thought Loree’s phormiums looked really good.

Is that a Leucothoe next to the crabby uncle in the last photo? Or maybe a Mahonia? It’s fabuloso!

When I saw Joco’s comment about the coming ice age, I panicked for a minute. Now that blood has returned to my brain, I’m going to assume that this person lives, far FAR away from us.

By: joco

joco — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:50:11 +0000

Hiya Ricki,
We learned the hard way last year and this winter have been smacking all the ice-laden trees within our reach religiously after every new snowfall.
And the telephone line carrying this comment to you was shaken up as soon as ice/snow reached 2 inches.
Now I read that we are in for another mini ice-age next week.
Sigh.

By: ricki

ricki — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:51:49 +0000

Thanks, Loree~It was you I was comparing myself to, and coming up short. We will have to compare our results as time goes by.

By: Loree/danger garden

Loree/danger garden — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:48:37 +0000

Don’t beat yourself up about the Flax Ricky. I wrapped and mine are still looking tattered. Mother Nature is a powerful lady.