I hear you,, I hear you ,,,, just finishing up a bite to eat...

I will give them a drink, as it has been very dry.

Griggs just looks so pitiful, I will have to trust your expertise and not get out there and toss them.

Thanks to you too for encouragement.

Marilyn, I'm a newbie at this (but it is going on my 2nd spring for some of the plants) and I noticed that the only time I've tossed out semps is if they've bloomed and rotted to the ground, or just rotted - but in both cases I check really carefully, because when I first was tossing browned semps I flung it over my shoulder and as it passed my head I saw some babies clinging to the rotten mushy brown plant! Been super careful ever since!! It seems they want to populate! I find this so different from most plants - and exciting, to see them look so straggly and then have something come back!! Anyway, hang in there my friend! After this first winter you too will be an expert!

May it be so, may it be so!!

And it will be so.

I had a note to self to check in with you on the progress of your frostbitten semps. Have they come back????

Marilyn, is that question for Lynn? Mine are doing great, once the rain quit being crazy torrential downpours which is what we were getting in Nov and Dec! But for the past couple of weeks, even if its rained it hasn't been hard rain!
How are your semps doing? Do you still have snow? (I'm assuming yes of course but haven't really looked on a map where you are, I know in CO)
Cheers

Marilyn, they love frost and cold. Just not freezing cold and drying winds at the same time. If they are exposed (no snow cover) and you have wind (but no moisture), they will need a sip of water now and then.
We don't have to worry about the sip of water here in the PNW, with all our rain.

All of those frosty looking semps are doing very well right now. We are starting to slowly warm up, very slowly. The semps are starting to change color.

These would be great pics for the Sempervivum calendar.

I did a semp calendar one year. I loved it. Not sure why I haven't done another one.

Oh, I want one!!! That's a great idea!

They are expensive to make, they are full size and glossy, thick pages for each month.
http://www.zazzle.com/sempervi...

That was over two years ago. Hmmm, have to see what I could do now, so many more photos to choose from now.

You could do one at Cafepress.com and other people can buy them.

Its a great idea, yet I personally need to spend my money on the actual plants
Cheers though!!

valleylynn said:They are expensive to make, they are full size and glossy, thick pages for each month.
http://www.zazzle.com/sempervi...

That was over two years ago. Hmmm, have to see what I could do now, so many more photos to choose from now.

I vote for semp leaves outlined in frost for dec page, please if you are taking suggestions...

Clint just looked at Cafepress.com, they are even more expensive than Zazzle.com.

I'll see about putting one together for next year, on Zazzle, and anyone that wants one can buy it directly from Zazzle.

looks like that is a good site for getting a complete project, price looks OK too.

You could only do better if you print lots 200+

But then you might have to sell them on the street corner to recoup the costs.

Sorry to hear that, Lynn. They used to be cheap.

But how long would I have to stand out on the street corner?

Zazzle used to be slightly cheaper than they are now. Everything has gone up.