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Sep 12, 2018 1:05 PM CST
Name: Casey
North Carolina (Zone 7b)
Joshua and Barbara - your kitties are beautiful! I have a thing for gingers and torties. Such great personalities. Joshua, I miss mine too. We loss both in the last year. Need time to mourn before adopting.

Evelyn - Any chance I could borrow Shorty for a while to help with the grasshopper population here? Maybe she's can help with the cricket population too!

Frank - I agree, Thor and Trix are gorgeous! And so is that viburnum. Wow!
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Sep 12, 2018 1:27 PM CST
Name: Frank Richards
Clinton, Michigan (Zone 5b)

Hydrangeas Peonies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Master Level
AndreaD said:Aussie doodles. I'm curious - do they have the herding instinct of an Aussie? Handsome dogs, by the way.


Yes indeed, they have the herding instinct.
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Sep 12, 2018 3:47 PM CST
Name: Robin
Melbourne, Australia (Zone 10b)
Region: Australia Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Seed Starter
Thor, Trix, Kitty Kat and Ginger Lovey dubby
I love the photo of Kitty Kat on the motor bike Thumbs up
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Sep 12, 2018 5:17 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Evelyn
Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a)
Irises Region: Ukraine Garden Procrastinator Bee Lover Butterflies Plant and/or Seed Trader
Region: California Cat Lover Deer Bulbs Foliage Fan Annuals
frankrichards16 said:Thor & Trix, aussiedoodles.
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Frank ~ By the way, is that your back yard? Wow!
"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson
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Sep 13, 2018 6:14 AM CST
Name: Frank Richards
Clinton, Michigan (Zone 5b)

Hydrangeas Peonies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Master Level
@evelyninthegarden

yes, thanks. its the east side.

Here are photos of the north (right photo) and south yard,

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Sep 13, 2018 7:21 AM CST
Name: daphne
san diego county, ca (Zone 10a)
Vermiculture Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
very lovely, frank.
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Sep 13, 2018 9:42 AM CST
Name: Barbara
Northern CA (Zone 9a)
Region: California Cat Lover Dog Lover Irises Enjoys or suffers hot summers
I think so too!
• “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous
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Sep 13, 2018 10:48 AM CST
Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b)
Irises Region: Ukraine
Frank, Wow, that's gorgeous!
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Sep 13, 2018 11:12 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Evelyn
Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a)
Irises Region: Ukraine Garden Procrastinator Bee Lover Butterflies Plant and/or Seed Trader
Region: California Cat Lover Deer Bulbs Foliage Fan Annuals
AndreaD said:Frank, Wow, that's gorgeous!


I agree I agree I agree Lovey dubby
"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson
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Sep 13, 2018 12:04 PM CST
Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b)
Irises Region: Ukraine
You must have a lot of acreage, Frank.
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Sep 13, 2018 12:17 PM CST
Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly"
South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b)
"The mountains are calling..."
Region: California Daylilies Irises Vegetable Grower Moon Gardener Dog Lover
Bookworm Garden Photography Birds Pollen collector Garden Procrastinator Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Lovely property Frank, and lots of lovely animals! Lovey dubby
Evaluating an iris seedling, hopefully for rebloom
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Sep 13, 2018 3:00 PM CST
Name: Frank Richards
Clinton, Michigan (Zone 5b)

Hydrangeas Peonies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Master Level
I have ~2 acres in the middle of a 30 acre farm field. Next year I am converting the 30 acres of farm field to native grasses and wild flowers as part of the USDAs CRP program to support wildlife restoration. For the past years I have rented the 30 acres out to a local farmer.
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Sep 13, 2018 3:07 PM CST
Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly"
South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b)
"The mountains are calling..."
Region: California Daylilies Irises Vegetable Grower Moon Gardener Dog Lover
Bookworm Garden Photography Birds Pollen collector Garden Procrastinator Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Good job, Frank! Thumbs up
Evaluating an iris seedling, hopefully for rebloom
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Sep 13, 2018 6:29 PM CST
Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b)
Irises Region: Ukraine
That sounds lovely, Frank. Good for you.
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Sep 13, 2018 7:17 PM CST
Name: Jan Wax
Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a)
I'm a semi-retired studio potter.
Irises Hummingbirder Hellebores Organic Gardener Dog Lover Daylilies
Region: Ukraine Region: California Dahlias Garden Art Cat Lover Vegetable Grower
Let's hear it for wildlife restoration! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!

Good for you, Frank!
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Sep 14, 2018 2:27 AM CST
Name: Lilli
Lundby, Denmark, EU
Irises Roses Bulbs Hellebores Foliage Fan Cottage Gardener
Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Seed Starter Winter Sowing Bee Lover Dog Lover Region: Europe
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice!
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Oct 22, 2018 9:49 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Evelyn
Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a)
Irises Region: Ukraine Garden Procrastinator Bee Lover Butterflies Plant and/or Seed Trader
Region: California Cat Lover Deer Bulbs Foliage Fan Annuals
"Shorty update!"

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Most of the time I do not let her into the fenced garden area, but soon enough she will climb over the fence. She is like a tiger. Very quick and agile. She climbs up trees with no fear. We have had to barracade the gates, as she could get under them. I cannot get any work done while she is playing with all the plants. Some of the irises are not yet that well-rooted, so havoc could easily ensue. Before she would circle the fence several times until she found a way to get in. She is methodical and clever. The loose part of the fence has been secured. When she gets older, she will be welcome in the garden. There was a dead gopher on the doorstep the other day! Yay! Hurray!
"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson
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Oct 22, 2018 10:45 PM CST
Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b)
Irises Region: Ukraine
Good for Shorty for bagging the gopher. I'm a little surprised that she could kill a gopher - I think of them as being a bit large for young cat to take on. Yay for Shorty!
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Oct 22, 2018 11:51 PM CST
Name: Robin
Melbourne, Australia (Zone 10b)
Region: Australia Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Seed Starter
Well done Shorty Hurray!
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Oct 23, 2018 12:10 AM CST
Name: Barbara
Northern CA (Zone 9a)
Region: California Cat Lover Dog Lover Irises Enjoys or suffers hot summers
I agree
• “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous

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