Lucky you Trond!! I'm still shoveling snow as it slides off the roof scaring me & cats to death!! Although I must say there is a definite something in the air that makes it feel as though spring just might be sneaking up on us here. And Cohan, is there any benifit to using melted snow for watering your houseplants? It would be good to have a use for it all besides working up sweats while shoveling! ;)
Lucky you Trond!! I'm still shoveling snow as it slides off the roof scaring me & cats to death!! Although I must say there is a definite something in the air that makes it feel as though spring just might be sneaking up on us here. And Cohan, is there any benifit to using melted snow for watering your houseplants? It would be good to have a use for it all besides working up sweats while shoveling! ;)
Amy-- most tapwater is not good for plants, towns and most well water generally have very hard water which is said to not be appreciated by most plants: there has been a controversial movement in cactus and succulent circles to acidify tap water (through adding vinegar or more sophisticated additives) with reportedly excellent results.. My well water is more complicated--presumably having some of those hard water minerals, but also having sulphur, which if I remember correctly, is too acid, in any case, plants do not do well watered for any length of time with this water, and it would be costly using brita filters for all my indoor watering ;D so it's rainwater in the few months we have rain, and melted snow the rest, and the times between (spring and fall can be tricky depending on weather) I have to resort to the brita!
I am glad I don't need to bother about the water! Here, as almost in all Norway, open lakewater is used as communal water reservoirs. This kind of water do contain very small amounts of Ca and Mg if any as the bedrock usually is acidic. As a result the water is very soft. I used a well before I got communal water and the problem was not the hardness but the amount of iron. We couldn't wash cloths as it always got a brownish hue and rusty spots. But I think the plants liked it!
Amy-- most tapwater is not good for plants, towns and most well water generally have very hard water which is said to not be appreciated by most plants: there has been a controversial movement in cactus and succulent circles to acidify tap water (through adding vinegar or more sophisticated additives) with reportedly excellent results.. My well water is more complicated--presumably having some of those hard water minerals, but also having sulphur, which if I remember correctly, is too acid, in any case, plants do not do well watered for any length of time with this water, and it would be costly using brita filters for all my indoor watering ;D so it's rainwater in the few months we have rain, and melted snow the rest, and the times between (spring and fall can be tricky depending on weather) I have to resort to the brita!
Cohan,
Have you thought about setting up some sort of sand or reed filtration bed to naturally filter your water? Might be cheaper in the long run than the brita, and if you choose the right sort of bog plants for the reed bed you could add something beautiful to the garden as well? The water it filters could then be used to spring and autumn watering of the rest of your garden?
It's pretty hard to beat rainwater... it's soft, neutral and free! We collect it off the roof of the house and garage in a system of troughs, 500 gallons in total, to use for the greenhouse watering and the waterlily/tropical fish ponds in there, and for general watering outdoors. Fortunately, though, we have no need to melt snow! ;D
Cohan, have you ever looked into "shocking" your well, that is, periodic cleaning with a bleach solution to kill the sulfur-reducing bacteria which tend to grow on the sandpoint or the screen? (I have never lived in a place that has its own well, but having worked on quite a few water wells (for industrial usage of nonpotable water), annual bleaching of wells is good/standard practice in the hydrogeology world). Anyway, just a thought that could be looked into, if it's of interest.
Paul, good idea! Though the brita is mostly for drinking/cooking water--our water is not unsafe, and my mom uses it as is, but since we are not used to it (I used it when I was growing up from 9-18), we use the brita.. I don't often use it for plants, only if snow has run out and there has not been any rain, which can happen in spring, since we usually do not gain rain until later in May, but I try to stockpile snow towards the end--its not as though I need hundreds of gallons for houseplants :) Outside it is fine to use the tapwater for watering, as it gets leached out by rain--anyway, I avoid watering as much as possible outdoors--I would certainly hope not to often water any permanent in-ground plantings! Veggies and pots are another matter, and I do use rainwater for pots outside as much as possible, but that's just summer--spring and fall are freezing times, not watering times ;D
Lori, that's interesting, (sounds expensive/technical=expensive) haven't heard of that, but this well has had sulphur from the time it was drilled in the mid-70's, so I don't think its an issue of build-up..
Trond--apparently (so I have read in discussions of acidifying water, I have no personal knowledge in this field) in North America at least, municipalities make the water harder, whatever the original source of the water, for the sake of not corroding pipes etc....
Municipalities make the water higher in pH, to reduce corrosion in pipes. They don't make the water harder. In fact many around me employ a system that removes iron (and magnesium, I think).
Lori, that's interesting, (sounds expensive/technical=expensive) haven't heard of that, but this well has had sulphur from the time it was drilled in the mid-70's, so I don't think its an issue of build-up..
No, not expensive or technical... it's standard practice, as I mentioned, for water wells, potable or otherwise. Here is some info for home wells: http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/wwg411
If it hasn't been done in 40 years, well, it just might be timely... ;D (And the reason I mention it is because an accumulation of sulphur-reducing bacteria in the well is the usual cause for H2S-smelling water... and the bacteria start accumulating immediately after the well has been drilled.)
Lori, that's interesting, (sounds expensive/technical=expensive) haven't heard of that, but this well has had sulphur from the time it was drilled in the mid-70's, so I don't think its an issue of build-up..
No, not expensive or technical... it's standard practice, as I mentioned, for water wells, potable or otherwise. Here is some info for home wells: http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/wwg411
If it hasn't been done in 40 years, well, it just might be timely... ;D
(NB. Hardness comes from calcium and magnesium.)
tks, Lori, I'll take a look.. of course, I wasn't here for 25 of those 38 years, so anything might have been done in that time! Just never heard of it ;D And the sulphur was in this well from day 1, as opposed to 1/2 mile down the road at the main farm --where I grew up prior to moving here, and my grandparents and their children lived since the '40s, where there was never any sulphur in the water; When we first moved here, we used to carry drinking water over from there, along with milk, and had veg gardens there for a long time (still not much good here for veg gardens--a few hard won small beds compared to field sized spaces we had there...lol)
Well, being pretty stupid about Lewisia myself, and really unobservant to boot, it was more like it was threatening to bloom itself to death that year (2009)... although it did come back again in 2010. Here's what it looked like towards the end of bloom the previous year (June 20, 2008)... still with green leaves, so who knows?
I'm getting down to the dregs of the photos of my miserable plantings... and spring is nowhere in sight yet here... so let's see some of your images, folks! Aethionema lepidioides:
Salix chaenomeloides is beginning a nice show of catkins with 2 feet of snow still on the ground. A few hours in warm water and they are in perfect form. Featured at my friend's wedding today...
Salix chaenomeloides is beginning a nice show of catkins with 2 feet of snow still on the ground. A few hours in warm water and they are in perfect form. Featured at my friend's wedding today...
Don't tease us Rick, show us photos (of the Salix that is, not necessarily the wedding ;D).
Well spring is only a fantasy here too, but I'll post a few saxifrage pictures I took at the WWSW in Victoria last weekend. I make no guarantees about the correctness of the names.
Gee, it's nice to think that spring is a reality somewhere, Todd! ;D Great to see those photos. It is also an acute reminder that I don't have any of that sort of Saxifrage. Were those plants on display or for sale?
Hoy wrote:
Lori, the English word dreg is actually a Norse word "dregg" and still in use today - a very useful and necessary item onboard (= anchor) ;)
Very interesting, Trond, and it's funny that it essentially fits with the English usage of the word... something drug up from the bottom! ;D I suspect, strictly speaking, that the English word probably relates to sediment at the bottom of a vessel of some sort (such as in a bottle of red wine, for example) but the applicability is eerily similar.
Hello Dave! Nice dwarf Campanula. How are things down there? Still earthquakes?
My daughter and her class are heading for New Zealand in two weeks for a month's stay. I believe they are to visit Christchurch too if that is feasible.
Although at this end of the South Island things are fairly quiet ,i understand Christchurch is still receiving aftershocks and in the North Island ,Wellington ,(the capital city of NZ), there has been a quake in the last day or so which registered over 4.
Visiting Christchurch is feasible i guess --however the roads in some parts of the city are a mess, travel is slow and the central area remains cordoned off.
Lori, the saxes were on display. There was not much offerings by vendors....I was hoping Roger barlow would be there but alas, he wasn't. I picked up a couple of Hepatica nobilis, Beesia deltophylla, Epimedium washenense, Ypsilandra tibetica, Salix repens 'Boyd's pendulous', Salix breviserata, Podophyllum veitchii X pleianthum and Adiantum venustum.
Wow! Nope, I have never seen this.. Summons all sorts of fantasy images--As if those plants are doing something dramatic when no one is looking, and they are just sitting still while humans are around ;D
Fascinating! For people visiting the link, be sure and read through the posted comments below the article, some educated alternate explanations of what might be going on.
Just back from a hortgeeking adventure to Pine Knot Farm, JC Raulston Arboretum & Plant Delight Nursery during the open house and what a fantastic breath of spring it was! I also came away with a cart full of treasures!
Just back from a hortgeeking adventure to Pine Knot Farm, JC Raulston Arboretum & Plant Delight Nursery during the open house and what a fantastic breath of spring it was! I also came away with a cart full of treasures!
AmyO Brunswick, GA (temporarily)
Oh my oh my! :o :o :o What a splendid photo display, starting with such a gorgeous silvery Cyclamen coum, and Edgeworthia, an elegant shrub I have always wanted to grow. The photo progression from silver to gold and back to silver is most pleasing and refreshing. Lucky you on a spring plant tour :D
We had two days where it reached 50 F just to tease us, and I saw my first snowdrops in one south-facing sunny spot where the snow receded, but tonight we plummet back into the deep freeze, and with 12-18" icepack still engulfing most the ground, spring is still a ways off here.
Amy, what Epimedium plants did you buy? If those are "eppies" from Plant Delights, I know they carry a very good selection, including some of their own hybrids.
Oh yes it was an expensive trip but a dream trip I've been planning for a very long time! Mark, the Epimediums are....'Flamingo Dancer' & x youngianum 'Tamabotan'. They had a really extensive selection and it was so hard to choose! Rick, The Trillium underwoodii are amazing! I had to really restrain myself from buying more, which would have meant less of the other goodies! I'm planning a repeat trip next spring as I won't fly down here anymore...too stressful and aggravating! AmyO Vermont, zone 4-5
We went for a holiday at our cabin, looking forward to some nice skiing: Our cabin is located in the upper tree belt, 950m
We couldn't open the front door, the key broke and the door was stuck. Had to use the backdoor. We soon discovered why: Sewage problems! Frozen sewer down the line. Not our stuff, we haven't been there for months!
Three days digging (not soil!) and washing. We went home crossing the mountains. Not that much snow, have seen more at this time of the year. We met wind and snowdrift - not much to see of the road! It is always kiters at the plateau of Hardangervidda
Down from the mountain we have to go through tunnels and down the steep valley of Måbødalen.
That is a marvel, Trond! Just not a good one..... Actually, its interesting to me that even at the 'cabin' you have community plumbing! Out here, its every property for itself, no public water or sewage until you go into a town...
Judging by the road, it looks quite warm in the mountains, when its cold here, there is no wetness on the road...
Trond, the snow around your cabin is about the same amount that is around here at the moment. We managed two mild days earlier in the week (9C) but now its back cold, damp and raw (-5 C).
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cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 02/28/2011 - 11:50amLol--Nope! But I can, and do, pick the snowflakes and use it to water my houseplants (after it melts and reaches room temperature!) ;D
Amy Olmsted
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 02/28/2011 - 2:07pmLucky you Trond!! I'm still shoveling snow as it slides off the roof scaring me & cats to death!! Although I must say there is a definite something in the air that makes it feel as though spring just might be sneaking up on us here.
And Cohan, is there any benifit to using melted snow for watering your houseplants? It would be good to have a use for it all besides working up sweats while shoveling! ;)
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 02/28/2011 - 11:14pmAmy-- most tapwater is not good for plants, towns and most well water generally have very hard water which is said to not be appreciated by most plants: there has been a controversial movement in cactus and succulent circles to acidify tap water (through adding vinegar or more sophisticated additives) with reportedly excellent results..
My well water is more complicated--presumably having some of those hard water minerals, but also having sulphur, which if I remember correctly, is too acid, in any case, plants do not do well watered for any length of time with this water, and it would be costly using brita filters for all my indoor watering ;D so it's rainwater in the few months we have rain, and melted snow the rest, and the times between (spring and fall can be tricky depending on weather) I have to resort to the brita!
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 1:06amI am glad I don't need to bother about the water! Here, as almost in all Norway, open lakewater is used as communal water reservoirs. This kind of water do contain very small amounts of Ca and Mg if any as the bedrock usually is acidic. As a result the water is very soft.
I used a well before I got communal water and the problem was not the hardness but the amount of iron. We couldn't wash cloths as it always got a brownish hue and rusty spots. But I think the plants liked it!
Paul T (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 3:52amCohan,
Have you thought about setting up some sort of sand or reed filtration bed to naturally filter your water? Might be cheaper in the long run than the brita, and if you choose the right sort of bog plants for the reed bed you could add something beautiful to the garden as well? The water it filters could then be used to spring and autumn watering of the rest of your garden?
Just a thought anyway. :-\
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 5:14amIt's pretty hard to beat rainwater... it's soft, neutral and free! We collect it off the roof of the house and garage in a system of troughs, 500 gallons in total, to use for the greenhouse watering and the waterlily/tropical fish ponds in there, and for general watering outdoors. Fortunately, though, we have no need to melt snow! ;D
Cohan, have you ever looked into "shocking" your well, that is, periodic cleaning with a bleach solution to kill the sulfur-reducing bacteria which tend to grow on the sandpoint or the screen? (I have never lived in a place that has its own well, but having worked on quite a few water wells (for industrial usage of nonpotable water), annual bleaching of wells is good/standard practice in the hydrogeology world). Anyway, just a thought that could be looked into, if it's of interest.
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 5:28amOne for today... near-vertical bedding on Mt. Lipsett in Kananaskis. The plants are in their subdued fall tones in this photo.
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:43amPaul, good idea! Though the brita is mostly for drinking/cooking water--our water is not unsafe, and my mom uses it as is, but since we are not used to it (I used it when I was growing up from 9-18), we use the brita.. I don't often use it for plants, only if snow has run out and there has not been any rain, which can happen in spring, since we usually do not gain rain until later in May, but I try to stockpile snow towards the end--its not as though I need hundreds of gallons for houseplants :) Outside it is fine to use the tapwater for watering, as it gets leached out by rain--anyway, I avoid watering as much as possible outdoors--I would certainly hope not to often water any permanent in-ground plantings! Veggies and pots are another matter, and I do use rainwater for pots outside as much as possible, but that's just summer--spring and fall are freezing times, not watering times ;D
Lori, that's interesting, (sounds expensive/technical=expensive) haven't heard of that, but this well has had sulphur from the time it was drilled in the mid-70's, so I don't think its an issue of build-up..
Trond--apparently (so I have read in discussions of acidifying water, I have no personal knowledge in this field) in North America at least, municipalities make the water harder, whatever the original source of the water, for the sake of not corroding pipes etc....
Amy Olmsted
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 11:29amWell then...here I go out to collect snow to water seedlings & houseplants! thanks for the good advice... :D
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 7:21pmJust a correction of a slip of the mind:
Municipalities make the water higher in pH, to reduce corrosion in pipes. They don't make the water harder. In fact many around me employ a system that removes iron (and magnesium, I think).
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:05pmNo, not expensive or technical... it's standard practice, as I mentioned, for water wells, potable or otherwise. Here is some info for home wells:
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/wwg411
If it hasn't been done in 40 years, well, it just might be timely... ;D (And the reason I mention it is because an accumulation of sulphur-reducing bacteria in the well is the usual cause for H2S-smelling water... and the bacteria start accumulating immediately after the well has been drilled.)
(NB. Hardness comes from calcium and magnesium.)
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:21pmtks, Lori, I'll take a look.. of course, I wasn't here for 25 of those 38 years, so anything might have been done in that time! Just never heard of it ;D And the sulphur was in this well from day 1, as opposed to 1/2 mile down the road at the main farm --where I grew up prior to moving here, and my grandparents and their children lived since the '40s, where there was never any sulphur in the water; When we first moved here, we used to carry drinking water over from there, along with milk, and had veg gardens there for a long time (still not much good here for veg gardens--a few hard won small beds compared to field sized spaces we had there...lol)
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:25pmA plant for today... Lewisia longipetala, in bud and in bloom:
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:54pmReally nice plant in a great genus, and lots of less grown cool genera/species in this family, too...
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 6:37amLori, your Lewisia longipetala blooms after the foliage recedes? I'm pretty stupid when it comes to Lewisia. I didn't know that any lewisia did that.
Very cute!
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 7:27pmWell, being pretty stupid about Lewisia myself, and really unobservant to boot, it was more like it was threatening to bloom itself to death that year (2009)... although it did come back again in 2010.
Here's what it looked like towards the end of bloom the previous year (June 20, 2008)... still with green leaves, so who knows?
The same Lewisia longipetala in 2008:
Mark McDonough
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 7:34pmLori, a desirable little Lewisia, with or without leaves!
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 7:47pmI'm getting down to the dregs of the photos of my miserable plantings... and spring is nowhere in sight yet here... so let's see some of your images, folks!
Aethionema lepidioides:
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:11pmThat's hardly a dregful photo, Lori! Love it!
Salix chaenomeloides is beginning a nice show of catkins with 2 feet of snow still on the ground. A few hours in warm water and they are in perfect form. Featured at my friend's wedding today...
Mark McDonough
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:21pmDon't tease us Rick, show us photos (of the Salix that is, not necessarily the wedding ;D).
Paul T (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:45pmLori,
Definitely not a dreg!! Definitely not!!
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:46pmLori, the English word dreg is actually a Norse word "dregg" and still in use today - a very useful and necessary item onboard (= anchor) ;)
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 03/03/2011 - 5:16pmWell spring is only a fantasy here too, but I'll post a few saxifrage pictures I took at the WWSW in Victoria last weekend. I make no guarantees about the correctness of the names.
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 03/03/2011 - 8:31pmGee, it's nice to think that spring is a reality somewhere, Todd! ;D Great to see those photos. It is also an acute reminder that I don't have any of that sort of Saxifrage. Were those plants on display or for sale?
Very interesting, Trond, and it's funny that it essentially fits with the English usage of the word... something drug up from the bottom! ;D I suspect, strictly speaking, that the English word probably relates to sediment at the bottom of a vessel of some sort (such as in a bottle of red wine, for example) but the applicability is eerily similar.
Toole (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 03/04/2011 - 12:46amCampanula Maie Blyth --originated in Maie's garden in the township of Timaru ,New Zealand.
I have a couple of plants --one in a trough and this one in a pot --both do well in a sunny spot planted in free draining mix.
Cheers Dave.
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 03/04/2011 - 1:27amHello Dave!
Nice dwarf Campanula. How are things down there? Still earthquakes?
My daughter and her class are heading for New Zealand in two weeks for a month's stay. I believe they are to visit Christchurch too if that is feasible.
Toole (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 03/04/2011 - 2:02amHello Hoy
Although at this end of the South Island things are fairly quiet ,i understand Christchurch is still receiving aftershocks and in the North Island ,Wellington ,(the capital city of NZ), there has been a quake in the last day or so which registered over 4.
Visiting Christchurch is feasible i guess --however the roads in some parts of the city are a mess, travel is slow and the central area remains cordoned off.
Dave.
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 03/04/2011 - 3:11amThat is one attractive campanula!
Lori, the saxes were on display. There was not much offerings by vendors....I was hoping Roger barlow would be there but alas, he wasn't. I picked up a couple of Hepatica nobilis, Beesia deltophylla, Epimedium washenense, Ypsilandra tibetica, Salix repens 'Boyd's pendulous', Salix breviserata, Podophyllum veitchii X pleianthum and Adiantum venustum.
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Fri, 03/04/2011 - 5:37amTodd, even if you couldn't buy the saxes I think that you got some nice plants!
I am waiting for my saxes to flower but it is still some weeks to, anyway I have no saxes like those :-[
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:38amHere is a link to quite an amazing phenomenon: http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2011/02/grimmia_ovalis_tentative_...
Has anyone ever seen this anywhere?
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 03/06/2011 - 11:23amWow! Nope, I have never seen this.. Summons all sorts of fantasy images--As if those plants are doing something dramatic when no one is looking, and they are just sitting still while humans are around ;D
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 03/06/2011 - 11:26am;D ;D
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 03/06/2011 - 12:17pmCreeping moss! What next? But I know why it creeps - much easier to feed on the algae or whatever it is that grows there :o :o
Mark McDonough
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 03/06/2011 - 2:48pmFascinating! For people visiting the link, be sure and read through the posted comments below the article, some educated alternate explanations of what might be going on.
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Sun, 03/06/2011 - 3:16pmI think I've seen that creeping moss in Newfoundland! ...those trying to find some shelter from all our wind! ;D
Meanwhile, my Cyclamen pseudibericum is blooming quite nicely in my basement window.
Paul T (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 03/07/2011 - 12:52amTodd,
That is a breathtaking picture of the Cyclamen. You can just about reach out and touch it. :o
Amy Olmsted
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 03/07/2011 - 4:57pmJust back from a hortgeeking adventure to Pine Knot Farm, JC Raulston Arboretum & Plant Delight Nursery during the open house and what a fantastic breath of spring it was! I also came away with a cart full of treasures!
AmyO
Brunswick, GA (temporarily)
Mark McDonough
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 03/07/2011 - 5:10pmOh my oh my! :o :o :o What a splendid photo display, starting with such a gorgeous silvery Cyclamen coum, and Edgeworthia, an elegant shrub I have always wanted to grow. The photo progression from silver to gold and back to silver is most pleasing and refreshing. Lucky you on a spring plant tour :D
We had two days where it reached 50 F just to tease us, and I saw my first snowdrops in one south-facing sunny spot where the snow receded, but tonight we plummet back into the deep freeze, and with 12-18" icepack still engulfing most the ground, spring is still a ways off here.
Todd: great Cyclamen shot, so dramatic.
Amy Olmsted
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 03/07/2011 - 5:59pmI got away from Vermont just in the nick of time! My husband sent a pic of the storm and he said we were getting 2 feet! All I can say is WHEW!! :o ;D
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 03/07/2011 - 7:15pmGorgeous campanula, Dave - those open-faced types made it here a couple of years ago, though not that variety... beautiful!
Terrific shot, Todd!
"Hortgeeking" - I'll have to remember that! ;D
Looks like you did verrrryy well there, Amy!
Richard T. Rodich
Re: Image of the day
Mon, 03/07/2011 - 9:30pmGreat photos, Amy!
And I thought I had a fairly nice form of Trillium sessile - until I saw that T. underwoodii! Wow!
Mark McDonough
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/08/2011 - 10:48amAmy, what Epimedium plants did you buy? If those are "eppies" from Plant Delights, I know they carry a very good selection, including some of their own hybrids.
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/08/2011 - 12:48pmMy wallet had been very slim had I visited those places! You have found some tidbits, Amy ;D
Amy Olmsted
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/08/2011 - 3:20pmOh yes it was an expensive trip but a dream trip I've been planning for a very long time!
Mark, the Epimediums are....'Flamingo Dancer' & x youngianum 'Tamabotan'. They had a really extensive selection and it was so hard to choose!
Rick, The Trillium underwoodii are amazing! I had to really restrain myself from buying more, which would have meant less of the other goodies!
I'm planning a repeat trip next spring as I won't fly down here anymore...too stressful and aggravating!
AmyO
Vermont, zone 4-5
Lori S. (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Tue, 03/08/2011 - 9:11pmAhh, thoughts of summer...
And little marvels in bloom (Townsendia parryi, I think)...
And exhilarating views that lead one on and on...
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/09/2011 - 10:57am"SIGH" :-*
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/09/2011 - 10:59amThe real marvel is that the snow will melt one day! (I think..)
Trond Hoy
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/09/2011 - 12:26pmHere is a contrast to Lori's nice little marvel!
We went for a holiday at our cabin, looking forward to some nice skiing:
Our cabin is located in the upper tree belt, 950m
We couldn't open the front door, the key broke and the door was stuck. Had to use the backdoor.
We soon discovered why: Sewage problems! Frozen sewer down the line. Not our stuff, we haven't been there for months!
Three days digging (not soil!) and washing.
We went home crossing the mountains. Not that much snow, have seen more at this time of the year. We met wind and snowdrift - not much to see of the road!
It is always kiters at the plateau of Hardangervidda
Down from the mountain we have to go through tunnels and down the steep valley of Måbødalen.
cohan (not verified)
Re: Image of the day
Wed, 03/09/2011 - 2:08pmThat is a marvel, Trond! Just not a good one.....
Actually, its interesting to me that even at the 'cabin' you have community plumbing! Out here, its every property for itself, no public water or sewage until you go into a town...
Judging by the road, it looks quite warm in the mountains, when its cold here, there is no wetness on the road...
Todd Boland
Re: Image of the day
Thu, 03/10/2011 - 3:05amTrond, the snow around your cabin is about the same amount that is around here at the moment. We managed two mild days earlier in the week (9C) but now its back cold, damp and raw (-5 C).
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