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  1. karanleaf

    My Holly Hocks in Bloom (lots of Pictures)

    Thanks Ron, I also have Rose of Sharon Just 1 as of now but after some of our building projects are complete I plan to add a couple more. I have clean out my PM box some. Again Thank You I am excited to add to my Hollyhock collection :celebrate :happy_flower Karan :D
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    Seed propogation method?

    Davaroo sounds like you have had the problem of damping off. Try adding some gravel to line the bottom of the trays you have under your seedling cups or containers. If you have a small fan then have it on low circulate air in the area where your seedlings are. It doesn't have to blow directly on...
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    My Holly Hocks in Bloom (lots of Pictures)

    Thanks so much Gang :hugs I am wanting to add some yellow for next year. I don't have any of the double ones. The Black ones come from a friend of ours that has gotten them from her Aunt. So they are generations old. :throw I am just so proud they included us in the family to past them down...
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    My Holly Hocks in Bloom (lots of Pictures)

    In the front along side the road. Have plans to do some transplanting this fall and next spring. Some close ups of these blooms, some are the same as the 1st bed. As soon as the the Black ones Bloom I will post pics of it :woot :happy_flower Karan :D
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    My Holly Hocks in Bloom (lots of Pictures)

    And here is the bed underneath our bedroom window Close up of the blooms This bed is 2 years old. Well 1 of the Hollyhocks is 3 years. Next bed 2 :bee continued ;;;;; :happy_flower Karan :D
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    My Holly Hocks in Bloom (lots of Pictures)

    This year is the best show since I started growing Hollyhocks 4 years ago. There is the most diverse array of colors and petals shapes so far. :celebrate :clap Just waiting for my Black Hollyhocks to bloom,they are close. :coolsun Here is the group in the rhubarb bed the former herb bed, by...
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    Summer season Garden is over

    Oh :ep davaroo you are such an instantiater ;) :rolleyes: :lol: :gig :gig :happy_flower Karan :D
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    Clothespin Bag (Pix)

    Very Cute :love and A wonderful idea :thumbsup Thanks you for sharing :clap :clap :happy_flower Karan :D
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    Help me ID this please?!?

    Kathy I forgot to ask was there anything in the pot before the Blossoming Rhode Island Red Egg Plant?? :D :happy_flower Karan :D
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    Help me ID this please?!?

    Looks like a Rhode Island Red Blossoming egg plant to me :rainbow-sun :gig :gig :lau :lau :lau :gig That is just too precious :love :thumbsup THANKS for Sharing :frow :happy_flower Karan :D
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    Planning an Herbal Tea Garden Any Suggestions?

    Hey Why Not??? Any thing you can contain your mints and herbs in. :clap :thumbsup :happy_flower Karan :D
  12. karanleaf

    Argh! Not the flower it was supposed to be!!!

    :gig :gig :yuckyuck :coolsun :cool: :gig :gig Yeap Veggie is much Hotter Stuff than I am :coolsun :gig :gig :happy_flower Karan :D
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    Argh! Not the flower it was supposed to be!!!

    :ep Oh My Goodness, Sorry they were not what you were told they were. :/ They are very pretty though :D :love Maybe as lesa said you can find a corner or spot they would fit? Like you said by the pond . It would be a shame to waste such pretty blooms. :rainbow-sun But I can see that...
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    Planning an Herbal Tea Garden Any Suggestions?

    Thanks Ann :coolsun Unforntuatly the cranberry has ran a bit so I will have to do some touch ups and sealing it with clear polyurathen (sp?) It is a sample of interior paint so I figured it would not last for as long as the exterior, but I thought it would last longer than 14 hours. But it...
  15. karanleaf

    My garden is...

    Bluesky I am soo sorry that you have had the disappointment. :hugs I am with HiDelight in that you deffinantly have a Good Gardner Additude. All of what we do is a learning leason :watering I have myself learned alot the past year with our greenhouse. I have been gardening for over 35...
  16. karanleaf

    ***Unusual CAKE Recipes!!***

    :P Yummy I think I will try this one with our blackberries that are ready to pick :celebrate Dh and I have a new -old hand crank Ice cream freezer to try out too. :celebrate :happy_flower Karan :D
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    Planning an Herbal Tea Garden Any Suggestions?

    Well it has been very very Hot the past couple of weeks so I have not gotten as much done to the Herbal Tea Garden as I would have liked to. But here is were it is at. I got the color of paint mixed and I have it painted now. Not without spilling about 1/4 of the quart when I was just about...
  18. karanleaf

    Shade Windowbox Suggestions? It's Done!

    Hey :gig :thumbsup it works and they will bloom nicely even through this nasty hot weather , nice thinking :throw They look very pretty there. And No :watering :woot :happy_flower Karan :D
  19. karanleaf

    Why night gardening is dangerous

    Oh Good idea nightshade. I think DH has one somewhere. He doesn't go coon hunting, unless they are after our ducks or chickens. Catalina how is your foot??? I sure hope it is healing well. :hugs :happy_flower Karan :D
  20. karanleaf

    Garden Whipping! - Updated: pg21

    Oh your garden is looking wonderful :clap Your pond is coming along nicely, glad that the fish are comfortable, they get to swim. Your Foxglove is a lovely color and Your Poppies are pretty too, are they Shirley? The veggies look great. :tools :watering Good Work :thumbsup I hate it when...
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