Spring is here

17 years ago

I am going to be brave and take out all my plants tomorrow. I got most of the out of the garage and need to doctor a lot of them some have mealy bugs, some have aphids and some had huge spider webs with spiders racing across them like babies hatched in there. Scarred the crap out of me, lol. Got all the larger ones out in the driveway and cleaned up and going to take all the ones out of the greenhouse and repot them tomorrow and put up the shade cloth. I think they will be better off outside while I am gone. I am having to water twice a day in there even with the windows and doors open. I hope I can save some of the ones that were badly damaged in the greenhouse. My stupid day dreams that stayed sickly all last year looks wonderful. She might want to be a garage plant. I can make it happen for her if she gets ugly outside again, lol. I nearly tossed her last year. Cleaned out both ponds and cleaned the filters. All the koi survived and most of the goldfish. I think the heron had himself a little snack when we were gone one day. I still have so much to do. Clean the fish talk, birdcage, dose all the plants and would like to get a couple things in the ground before we leave that need planting. John is going fishing tomorrow so I will do what I can and he will help me Sunday. I am beat. Got some seeds planted today though and want to do some more of those tomorrow too. Gonna need some alcohol or drugs one tomorrow the way my back feels already, lol. Kylie#### come on down. I have to pot up your trees too, lol.

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threas
17 years ago
Kristy, it sounds like you got a lot done! It was really nice to hear from you yesterday!Yay! I'm getting a piece of my lotus back! I gotta get outside and do some yard work too! Gotta work today. Maybe when I get home I can get out there, beings it will still be light for a few more hrs.
Don't let those spiders getcha!LOL

Theresa
eloise_ca
17 years ago
Wow Kristy, I'm tired out just reading all you did! I hope you are able to accomplish all you want before your trip, but not at the expense of your back. That's the one big pain about trips, you work hard taking off and you work hard when you come back. My small pond was getting lots of algae so I picked up some stuff and might have put in too much (I hate measuring so always guesstimate, LOL!). I found one of the goldfish floating :-(. These are new fish that I just got a few weeks ago as the raccoon(s) got my other fish last year.
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rosepedal
17 years ago
Kristy sounds like you got a lot done..I am happy to hear your brug is happy this year....Spiders ohhh Yucky....Be careful.. I am so envious you got your ponds cleaned out too...Have fun on your trip if I dont get a chance to talk to you before you leave...Barb
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
17 years ago
You sound busy but I bet you enjoyed getting all the plants out. I always feel like I am seeing old friends when they have been locked up in the garage too long :)

I lugged around the plant sprayer and sprayed everything with Neem yesterday and now my neck and shoulder are killing me. It needed to be done though. I don't know what's up with all the aphids this spring but hopefully they are dead now. I am setting up a small pond on the patio on Sunday. Gotta find the pump today and clean up the pond first.

What are some good marginal plants that stay small for a little patio pond that can handle morning shade/slanted sunlight in the afternoon?
fool4flowers
Original Author
17 years ago
I did get a lot done and it looks so much better outside since I moved some of the plants back into the gardens even if they are still in pots, lol. Still have a lot more I need to do and am stressing out about leaving for a week with the dogs all going different places and trying to work out a schedule for Goldie so she isn't by herself the whole week. Lucy is going to help me out with that and drop her off at the shop to spend the day during the week so that will be good for her. It was good talking to you too Theresa I spelled your name wrong on the package, lol. Didn't notice til I was at the post office. I'm so happy it did well and I could send you back a piece since you lost yours. I cleaned out the lotus pond right before I left for work and when that broke off in my hand when I was feeling around in the mud I was just holding it thinking oh my god I have to get ahold of Theresa and send it right now or it will die, lol. John got his lunch late but it was ok, lol. Lenette you can use lemon bacopa, iris, horse tail rush, and dwarf papyrus. Thats what I have in my front pond and it all does well. You can use water hawthorne during the winter for winter blooms but it goes dormant in the summer. Don't think that would be enough light for a dwarf lotus to bloom or water lily maybe a dwarf canna though. I need to find some more water hyacinth for my ponds. Mine didn't survive the winter. Barb its been busy so bad at work I haven't had time or energy to do much else and worrying about other things and my trip so now its getting down to the wire and I am runnng out of steam, lol. Gonna see if I can at least get all the plants in bigger pots and put them in the shade while I'm gone. They have to be watered too much in the greenhouse. I'm going to have to wait til I get back to start any more seeds but the greenhouse will be good for that after I get home. I am supposed to be out there working right now but I'm pooped already. I'll check back in later. I have to at least get some more potting done today and clean up the fried brugs in the greenhouse. Hopefully I will have time to put down some soaker hoses and pick up a timer so Lucy won't have to water much while I'm gone and take up so much of her time. I think from now on me and John are going to have to take seperate vacations,lol. This is too stressful for us to both be gone at once.