Wow, I can't believe I've missed this much yakking, lol. I'm busier than I thought. We just finished Rooster's birthday party and now I'm down to collecting seeds and cleaning. This year our first frost starts the same day as the swap. Somehow I don't think any of my plants are going to make it that long. I know for a solid 2 weeks I've felt fall coming. Not little by little but enough of a difference that we won't be warm come November this year. I like it though. I need some snow this year to kill all these pesky little bugs.
Joolie, my planner for the next year is always started in July. By then, I pretty much know what I like and what I never will plant again. So the plans for the next year begin. I plan it all by hand in sections. I have some gardens long or wide enough that require it. I also take a copious amount of pictures during the season and at the end so that I remember spacing. It's really a long process for me. I guess it helps starting early because I really get crunched on my time. This year I wasn't able to garden as usual so everything really turned out to be seed beds for the swap. And not all of that turned out the way I wanted but what can you do?
Elena, Bob Ross had a brown afro. He was a white gentlemen that was very soft spoken with a large brown afro. I always got tickled with his hair. I think that is what most people would remember about him physically. Artistically, Dnd is spot on about him. It was like magic the way he painted. I remember him doing these trees and making this entire landscape come to life and wishing I had inherited my mothers skill for painting. I do to this day, lol. Instead, I garden. That became my canvas since I didn't have the skill to paint.:) Oh and I also think you are talking about P. Allen Smith. Has his own website too. I've read it before and can't say that he said anything worth bookmarking although people speak highly of his gardening skills and advice.
I have always thought of Queen Anne's Lace as a weed in a prairie setting and as a pretty annual in a garden. Weird. Maybe it's a control issue for me. But the story about someone's parents asking why they were growing a weed made me laugh. A couple of years ago I decided to grow something I've never tried before and never seen in a garden. Well as the months wore on, this thing never blossomed. Finally I was standing on the corner trying to decide if I wanted to pull it and this man drove up and asked me, why are you growing those weeds in all those pretty plants? LOL. Lesson learned.
Well, I'm off to see what other seeds I can scare up for the swap. I'm not quite done yet. Everything is just in bits and pieces this year. I took the Master Elite Bronze zinnias down because they are not what they are supposed to be. I talked with Swallowtail and this is just a quirk I guess. The zinnias are supposed to be 10 inches tall. They grew to 3 foot bushes. The bloom spread was 5-6". They are pretty for sure, but I was worried that someone would be mad about this. They are great zinnias, I'll plant them again but I don't think they will be the 10 inch zinnias they should be. I did send swallowtail pictures for height, color and bloom size. Color is what it is supposed to be. If anyone still wants these and knows they are probably going to be the 3 ft height instead of 10 inches I will put them back up. Just let me know.
