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Comment on Why do we blog? by Carlisle Hashim

Carlisle Hashim — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:10:52 +0000

This am when i got up to write my post i saw in the stats this url and randomly hit on it. We are already talking. When I started my blog I don’t think I had ever read another blog, well seriously there were maybe two. i didn’t want to hear another’s blabbering. I just wanted to share a world of the beauty of flowers, vases and places, a world that links every minute. Yes, I wanted to make money and kept saying to my family that it’s going to happen within 2 years as I had read. I think the monetary support is necessary especially when it has been very nerve wracking to go so many times a day to my stats to see if now there could be a monetary link justified. The past 40 days (not coincidental) I allowed myself to check in early in the am when i posted and about 10 at night. The temptation was always there but i just had to give it away. It was making me stretched.
So now I feel a certain soulmate feeling meeting you this morning and would like to know if we could be linked, something I only asked once before when I first started out and the question was not even answered. Instead, I found another way to be linked, through strangers’ eyes of beauty. Carlisle

Comment on How Many pairs of (Gardening) Gloves does a Girl Need? by pomona belvedere

pomona belvedere — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:32:13 +0000

I have given up on garden gloves–I just make up salves and lotions using good quantities lanolin, beeswax, cocoa butter, and shea butter–all good for “garden hands”. Gloves seem like a good idea, but it always feels like gardening secondhand (excuse the pun).

Comment on Note to Self - by Sunita

Sunita — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:26:26 +0000

Karen, you really have a lot of patience! As for myself, I still have seed packets dating back to the 1990’s. (They found seeds in the pyramids dating back thousands of years , so I’m not too bad!)
I’m running out of sunny places with no rock under the soil : (
Containers and pots are totally a lesson in despair in a garden where a frisky (read uncontrollable) puppy is running wild. I wish I had a greenhouse like you!

Comment on Shopping Mistake? by Louise

Louise — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:06:49 +0000

This article is really interesting, I have a garden full of ivy, rather a pest, but the wildlife loves it. As for Lythrum Salicaria, I have one called Robert which is a lovely shade of cerise. I have mine in a large pot and it looks lovely through the summer months, I keep the soil moist. There are no signs of mine self-seeding around the garden, and I have had it for years. Hope this helps. x

Comment on Moving my blog by Louise

Louise — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:59:44 +0000

I shall definitely try to find you at your new home. x

Comment on Note to Self - by emma t

emma t — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:58:31 +0000

ha ha ha – well done! That really is a lot of little plants!

Comment on Artist’s Garden Comic – Issue 5 by Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:55:16 +0000

Holy @#$% that is a great poem. And yes, I love the cat head on the dog body.

{giggle} – Thanks Mr. McG Daughter
Karen

Comment on Artist’s Garden Comic – Issue 5 by themanicgardener

themanicgardener — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:21:37 +0000

That was hilarious. And just think–should you ever be in need of extra income (or the desire to lead a double life), you can always become a cartoonist.
–Kate

Hi Kate – thanks for visiting – so glad that you enjoyed it – and I will keep your suggestion in mind (Although I think I am a bit slow – so I would not have a big enough output )
Karen

Comment on Shopping Mistake? by Arabella Sock

Arabella Sock — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:20:34 +0000

Hi Karen

I’ve grown one for a couple of years which I bought at the Tatton show. It is really pretty, flowers late (September) and has just dropped its last leaves which turned a lovely red. It
hasn’t invaded anywhere in my garden (yet) although it is on dryish chalk. Come to think of it I did move it into a pot last winter as I wanted to put something else where it was planted – and then I spent this summer wondering what the hell I had put in the pot and why. I eventually moved it back into the border but it doesn’t look anything much until it flowers.

Phew Arabella – you have set my mind at ease a little bit – I had visions of it taking over the whole neighborhood – like Japanese Knotweed is trying to do here about.
Thanks for letting me know your experience it is pretty – that’s what I thought when I saw it in the garden center a little while ago.
Karen

Comment on Moving my blog by Yolanda Elizabet

Yolanda Elizabet — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:58:18 +0000

Thanks for the warning, I will change your URL because I don’t want to lose your lovely blog, Karen.

Thanks Yolanda Elizabet – much appreciated.
Karen