RickCorey said:When someone kept asking me for a photo, I sent one of Fabio ... but they caught me in the act.
The last picture of myself that I liked was from High School! That was approximatrely from the Paleolithic era.
RickCorey said:For some reason, for a moment, I thought the thread title was "Abducting fellow PNW gardeners".
Glad to see I was wrong.
Embarassed to admit that it sounded interesting!
Hi zuzu
When I saw Rhodies, I knew we must have somewhat similar climates. Right where I am, at least, Pacific Giant Delphiniums seem extra-happy. I have one growing so tall that I have to reach UP to c ut off a flower spike at the base.
These pics are from her first year, not full growth yet. And I broke down and included a photo of myself with a friend.
>> I'm particularly prone to S.A.D. and I crave constant sunlight
You might like our summers: long clear mild days and short cool nights. But 8 months per year, the Sun is hardly ever seen. "Mommy, whats that round yellow thing in the sky?"
RickCorey said:>> you grow those from seed RC.
Yup! First I lost many trays of seedlings to slugs. But they don't seem to eat the adult. I am SO lucky that thye colors were so nice. Especially with the sun BEHIND it, it's like pastel stained glass.
Delphinium Pacific Giant = Delphinium elatum
OP heirloom Perennial
from Botanical Interests #1014, but out of stock.
One cool thing about it - the seeds are super-easy to collec t and they clean themselves. They grow in cup-like capsules that point upwards. You know they are ready when they rattle if you tap the branch. Then just position a big box or tray under them. TIP the flower spike over to just POUR them out of the cups. The seeds are perfectly clean just as they pour out of the capsules.
>> Just a friend, Rick? You must have spent a lot of time together because the resemblance is striking!
I guess we grew more alike over time. I DID look a lot cuter in High School:
tracerracer said:Hi, I'm brand new here........... I am a 'determined' gardener, I think is the best description for me ;) ...... I live in SW OR about 80+ miles north of the CA border...... God's country, in my opinion............. We have been here since 2003, and have never looked back ( we moved from an area that we lived there long enough to see it SNOW EVERY month of the yr
) ................. I don't have nearly as much ground as I've had in the past, but that's ok, it's big enough for me... We have started raisin' Dorper hair sheep ( the BEST meat) ........ And have recently added our first LDG pup, Txiki Txiki (say 'Cheeky Cheeky', it means tiny baby in Basque ) She is 1/2 Spanish Mastiff, 1/4 Maremma and 1/4 Anatolian Shepard.... She is just 3 1/2 months and weighs 40 lbs
( Gonna be a big girl)..... We plan on gettin' her a 'partner' in this next yr ..( also have my Boo, my 10 yr old Schipperke and a few barn cats) ..........
I have a long suffering husband and 2 children, my baby just started college this yr..... Needless to say, it is a yr of 'adjustment' for me, I've been blessed to be a 'hands on' Mom for 24 yrs .................... My garden, in spite of my determination to 'branch out' tends to run heavy on maters ( I am Tracy, and I am a tomato addict ) I like what I see here and look forward to exploring some more
to ATP! 
Marilyn said:
Hi Tracy,
I transferred some of my acorns to you so that you can get some badges! In my tree mail I sent to you I explained how to get them.
Marilyn
I have 'badged up' ( one 'missing' would be hair sheep 
( and why don't we have a 'wink' smiley? ;) ) Then I would be 'complete' (see, prefect opportunity a 'wink' right here ) I have to say, this is turning into one of my favorite boards...... Thank you who put this together.......... I am more and more 'inspired' to 'add in' flora and fauna to my 'food garden' ( companion planting, here I come 
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BjBloomers said:I guess us No. CA folks get to squeeze into this forum, thank-x for sharing! :). I'm way North in CA about 150 miles south of the Oregon border in the mtns. West of Redding. Mostly Z7 some 7B. Its very cold here in the winter and we have a pretty short growing season. I do have a greenhouse to help get an earlier start in spring and to over winter tender plants. I used to be immersed in Brugs. Found they don't like to bloom for me until they are back into the GH. So been attempting to phase them out. By the looks of the Brug Forum, I don't have anything that special any more. There are some real beauties out there. At one time I had 150 plants. A little excessive but they start so easily and no one up here really knows what they are so getting rid of them wasn't so easy. I will keep a few that will bloom out in my yard, but they are just too large for me to be lugging around anymore. I have been focusing more on Perennials for my yard the last couple of years We ( DH & I) moved to our 4 acres of bare land in 99 and lived in a 35' 5th wheel while we built our home. Took 2 years from start to finish. We did most of it ourselves. 1st place I have ever landscaped from scratch. Not as easy as I had imagined. I had re-done many structured yards, made them my own. This is an on going project. I have a lot of shade, part shade, some deep shade along a stream, not very much full sun. Deer are big pests here as well as gophers. I have a dog that keeps the deer at bay, she would like to wrangle the gophers as well but I discourage this as she digs holes large enough to bury a VW Bug in! I wage a gopher war every spring into summer. They usually win but I give 'er heck! I belong to our local garden Club and they have great plant sales 2 Xs a year. My car stops at all nurseries! And I swap plants and seeds with friends.
"""" One can never have too many plants!""""""
I dabble in a bit of garden art, willow trellis, gates chairs, some mosaics, stepping stones, bowling balls, & pots. I'll post some pics soon as they are on my other computer, not hooked up to the internet any longer.
You live in some beautiful country 'down there' .................. My thoughts EXACTLY 
, now if I could just convince my husband.......... I have tried for years to 'do away' with our grass lawn and replace with lower maintenance 'steppable' plants ......... THAT is an ongoing project fer me .............. sigh............................
Mickey Mickey. Nice to meet you. I know we have a wonderful forum here at ATP for Brugmansia 
to ATP! I live semi close to you ~ I am North ~ near Wilsonville. Sorry to say I have never grown Brugmansias.... 
I attempt to grow a ecclectic array of things tho I hope you find this website as joyful, wonderful, entertaining, friendly, helpful, and just plain informative as I have. It is nice to meet you. RickCorey said:Toni, if you set your "Location" to a town or Zipcode, the ATP Member Map will let nearby members find you more easily.
http://garden.org/users/member...
Toni said:Tracy -i didnt know you live near Galesville dam area! I remember when everyone was fighting to not have the dam put in. I used to live down near there. What a small world
I don't know how to put my zip code in-i will try when I get home tonight and use my lap top
) There are still those that curse the day that dam went in.......... And from what I understand, you have to be careful and not eat too many fish, the mercury levels are pretty dang high .............................
