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2008-04-27T03:55:00.000-05:00

I loved "Lost in Space"! I remembered Penny & Wil...

2007-07-28T18:09:00.000-05:00

I loved "Lost in Space"! I remembered Penny & Will, but I don't remember the chimp. Funny, I usually remember the pets and not the people.

Hi Kathi, Well... I'm not sure. I've never had mil...

2007-07-28T08:28:00.000-05:00

Hi Kathi,

Well... I'm not sure. I've never had milkweed before so I'm in uncharted waters with it. I was thrilled to get the seeds since I really want a good milkweed patch (I have a 3 year old spot of Joe Pye back there too).

I did find two marsh milkweed plants at the local perennial nursery this year, so I planted one at each end of the spot I was planting the seeds and thought that would be the start of the milkweed patch.

Here are the milkweed plants

This is what came up where I planted the seeds

I don't know if there are different types of milkweed, or if the seeds didn't make it and something else is growing there. That's not a plant I know either. I was hoping for some more of the blooms, or for the ones there to get bigger, in case someone would recognize it, but this is how it looks today.

Oh, and I'm soooo frustrated with my butterfly weeds out front. They're tall and green and lovely but I'm starting to see blue flowers! The little plastic tags with the orange flowers are still in place so maybe they didn't read the info. Or maybe Lowe's mistagged their stock :(

I'll be bummed if it's the latter since I'll dig those out. I've only so much space and that spot is saved for *orange* butterfly weed.

I feel like I'm in the gardening Twilight Zone this year.

oh how lovely...thanks! once again, inspirational

2007-07-28T05:41:00.000-05:00

oh how lovely...thanks! once again, inspirational

(jz: please to excuse whilst i highjack your comm...

2007-07-27T18:28:00.000-05:00

(jz: please to excuse whilst i highjack your comments section for a question for maureen. kh)

Maureen:

I never heard - did the milkweed seeds take for you, or was the attempt unsuccessful?

~Kathi

Bloop Bloop? You kill me. Next post subject: Chaka...

2007-07-27T10:57:00.000-05:00

Bloop Bloop? You kill me. Next post subject: Chaka from Land of the Lost?

Insane gardening monkeys of the world, unite!(Also...

2007-07-27T09:16:00.000-05:00

Insane gardening monkeys of the world, unite!

(Also, what Maureen said.)

Loved you garden pictures, Julie. I am also a haph...

2007-07-27T08:45:00.000-05:00

Loved you garden pictures, Julie. I am also a haphazard planter. Mainly because each year I add a few more perennials without being quite clear in the early Spring where I planted what the year before. The end product is that by July I have too much squished together in too tight a space but my oh my the colors are glorious. Now at least I have a name for my chaos...a cottage garden plan...hmmmm...sounds good anyway!

Planted not by an insane monkey, perhaps, but defi...

2007-07-27T08:37:00.000-05:00

Planted not by an insane monkey, perhaps, but definitely a chimp with attitude.

You've opened the gardening door here and I have a question about my salvia. It had a spectacular bloom, which is now all dried up. I'm never sure what I should deadhead and what I shouldn't... if I do this now will I be likely to get more flowers this summer? Will it hurt it for next year? Should I deadhead it now?

Yes, I am a complete amateur. And one who like to learn by doing and asking.

Advice from all you wise blogging women welcome!

-Sara

Your garden is beautiful Julie! I am dying to try...

2007-07-27T05:33:00.000-05:00

Your garden is beautiful Julie! I am dying to try and scatter some wildflower seed at the back of our house along the tree line just to see what might pop up year after year. The "soil," and I use that term loosely, is nothing but hard chert so I'd have to truck in a good bit of topsoil, but oh, to have the garden like you do to look at each day!

I have missed your garden tours. "Classic cottage...

2007-07-27T05:10:00.000-05:00

I have missed your garden tours. "Classic cottage garden?" Is that a nice way of saying "a big messy jumble?" I like that look better than sterile rows of flowers corraled and lined up like they are going to an execution. "Free-spirited" - THAT'S the way I describe your gardens.

~Kathi

I will have to see if our local nurseries have lau...

2007-07-26T21:43:00.000-05:00

I will have to see if our local nurseries have laurentia. I love blue flowers in the mix of all the reds and yellows and pinks, but it is hard to find good blooming blues.

Julie, for me, your post had me hooting. I'm stil...

2007-07-26T20:29:00.000-05:00

Julie, for me, your post had me hooting. I'm still tired from deep belly laughing.

Seriously, I like your garden style - shove it in there and see it grow! My style, exactly.

Beautiful flowers and photos gave me pleasure tonight.

Off again? Dang.

Garden on, Garth! Garden on, Wayne!I'm not worthy!...

2007-07-26T18:40:00.000-05:00

Garden on, Garth! Garden on, Wayne!

I'm not worthy!!!!! :-D