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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: Water hyacinths

« on: February 06, 2015, 11:23:30 AM »

Hi Bob_A,
Hello, I am Patricia (Tootsie)   I would love to share some of your water Hyacinths   It's VERY COLD N SNOWY HERE IN MICHIGAN!, but as the temps start to get warm?, if you have more of them, ( it is brrrrr, so bitter cold still   So please let me know perhaps in spring/summer, I can pay you by using a post office voucher, if that is alright with you?
Thank You,
Patricia, aka Tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: 3 buds/1 stem Rhonda Kay

« on: August 06, 2013, 02:37:43 PM »

wow, 3 buds, so exciting

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Pond Chat / Re: Star of Siam

« on: August 06, 2013, 02:27:44 PM »

Boy, I'll second that, Sue

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Pond Chat / Re: Some of my ponds this year.

« on: July 29, 2013, 11:58:34 AM »

Oh Vickie, I think I am Heaven!!!!  What Beautiful, Wonderful Pictures!! I don't know how many I scrolled up and down to take in all of the beauty of, well, EVERYTHING:)  Lots of effort and hard work for you to have such Beauty   Think I will just sell this house and find one around where you live   If it's alright with you, may I click and save all those pretty pictures? Thank You so very Much for sharing   Oh and your orange fish, what name are they?  I lost all my Koi along time ago Also ordered some pretty Koi from that Fosters and Smith, had them ship, twice now all Beautiful  Koi were dead!!  Not enough oxygen in the bags ;(

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Clumped 'Mouse'

« on: July 08, 2013, 02:02:47 PM »

Helloooo,
I think your Mickey Mouse plant is very pretty, also love the white trim around the green
Patricia/Tootsie

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Koi Corner / Re: blue koi <3

« on: December 06, 2012, 02:09:24 PM »

WOW, took more than several times to get here, glad I kept on trying   I have seen the blue Koi and they are WONDERFUL The darn  herons have just about cleaned out all but a few fish   I spend so many hours walking around the pond while pulling weeds,   There is a place not too many miles away that is called KOI SAFE, I can't wait to take a short drive to see all the beauties this man has                            Thank You Lynn for all the Beautiful Pictures
                Patricia

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Chit Chat / Re: Product of our labor

« on: August 08, 2012, 11:48:39 AM »

I agree with Annette Zone 5/6 here just not enough sun and growing time   I have tried the Heirloom seeds, Moon & Stars Watermelon in the greenhouse! The last try one got about the sz. of a big baseball,  at least I tried,
tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: couple of lilies

« on: July 29, 2012, 07:39:59 AM »

Oh Vickie, You take the most wonderful pictures
tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: N. immutabilis in Canada

« on: July 02, 2012, 02:19:45 PM »

Oh My, how beautiful she is And any shade of lavender is a favorite of mine!  It's over 90 degrees here and 110 in the greenhouse, ack  This lady would make a wonderful picture in a frame
Patricia

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Pond Chat / Re: Some lilies must really love the heat

« on: June 26, 2012, 07:10:11 AM »

Sue, those pictures are wonderful   How do you keep the water in your tanks so clear?  I too was wondering  if in the picture  that structure would be your greenhouse ?  I have been invaded with MICE in mine   They are everywhere, tons of those darn things!  I finally put out the mice traps and decon, closed the doors, ugh
Tootsie

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Multi Blue Clematis

« on: June 23, 2012, 06:43:18 PM »

Hi Sean,
That Multi Blue Clematis you have is just amazing   I think I could reach out and grab that flower, LOL
Tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: I miss going to chat room

« on: June 23, 2012, 03:49:59 AM »

Hi Sue,
I just sent you a messg.
Tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: My bog pond

« on: June 13, 2012, 04:27:16 PM »

Well, it's looking pretty good to me :)How do you keep it moist? just watering them all the time?
Inquiring minds want to know, LOL
Tootsie/Patricia

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Pond Chat / Re: Look at what I won at a drawing

« on: June 10, 2012, 11:09:59 AM »

Very pretty and a steady hand
Tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: One month later ....

« on: June 04, 2012, 11:50:58 AM »

Kat, before I forget again, on your web site you used to have the directions on how to make a floating  Styrofoam holder for plants in the pond   I have looked several times, just don't see that one on your web? I would love to know just how you made those?
Thanks,
Tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: One month later ....

« on: June 04, 2012, 11:45:05 AM »

The secret is revealed, Thanks Kat

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Pond Chat / Re: One month later ....

« on: June 04, 2012, 10:25:22 AM »

Hi Kat,
How do you keep the skeeters and their larvae out of your containers?
tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: I feel so defeated :-(

« on: May 23, 2012, 08:06:11 AM »

I know that defeated feeling ;(  Many people will tell you  thats what heron's do!  Last year I was standing at the shallow end of my pond when an officer from fish and wild game walked up to me.   As we walked and talked about pond fish I glanced around only to see a heron standing about 5 ft. away, just standing there like a statue   I just kept my eye on him, my mind was going nuts just thinking of many ways to let the heron know it would not end well . I wish the darn herons would eat all the bullheads and minnows! The pond measures  150 X 80 ft., so trying to put up nets  is out:( What gets me  after the herons have  their belly full, they then poke holes in and kill the rest of our wonderful fin kids ;( I am so sorry to learn of your Mother passing .
Tootsie

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Chit Chat / Re: Most disturbing movie scene

« on: May 15, 2012, 10:29:25 AM »

Oh Boyyyyyy,
I watched that movie too!  Yes the drowning part made my toes curl, YIKES! Since then I have watched it a few more times, LOL I have to say it still is a good movie to watch, now and again   Has anyone watched the movie, Tombstone? geezzzzzzzz, I have watched it so many times I think the DVD is getting tired  :(My second loved movie is, Practical Magic, yep, I just love that one too , And sad to say, I NEED TO FIND ANOTHER OF IT, SOON, LOL
 

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Pond Chat / Re: Wiring

« on: April 28, 2012, 04:54:32 AM »

Awwwww, what a proud MOM and a WONDERFUL SON
Tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: I think this might be my biggest Trickett bloom, ever....

« on: April 15, 2012, 09:39:54 AM »

Oh Yes, WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AND ELEGANT .....AND,  IS ALSO MY FAVORITE COLOR   
Tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: Why grow lotuses?

« on: April 09, 2012, 09:29:26 AM »

I have put lotus seeds in a vice, sued a sharp thin saw blade to make the slit.  Put them in a tall wide container only to have the them start growing   Then came time to transfer them on a huge tub with clay I dug from my pond Not sure what happened?? did just decided to die
Tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: Why grow lotuses?

« on: April 04, 2012, 12:49:53 PM »

OHHHHHHH, that collage of Lotus are both  breath taking and BEAUTIFUL , Matherfish Another sweet ponder here, sent me 2 lotus that bloomed last summer, so pretty   The lady down the road and her son let the two huge horses " accidentally" out of her  barn   They took off very fast, jumped into my all around fenced in panels, jumped back over the other end, AND BOTH OF THEM SMASHED INTO AND OUT OF THE SMALL KIDDY POOL I HAD THEM IN (((((((((((( 
And So  Is Life, RATS

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Pond Chat / Re: three at once

« on: March 31, 2012, 03:15:12 PM »

Just love those three beauties They are also my favorite color
Tootsie

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Baby Chicks!

« on: March 22, 2012, 11:20:21 AM »

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO, they are just too cute   Guess I have never seen them before?  AWWW, oh geez I don't  believe they are for sale anywhere around the tri-cities here:( AND, you have them growing in a cool teapot   At the pond house I found an old kinda used to be white, baby potty, with a handle, LOL  It was hidden under the wood porch in the green leaves and grasses    Thank You so much for the Picture
Tootsie

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: New loquat bearing fruit

« on: March 22, 2012, 06:28:52 AM »

Lucky You, Jerry   I bet they are yummy

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Baby Chicks!

« on: March 22, 2012, 06:26:31 AM »

AWWW, those are so cool   I expected to see lil baby peeps, LOL  I am finally able to see a few of mine too. no more snow or cold blustery winds, 

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Pond Chat / Re: It won't be long...

« on: January 14, 2012, 02:54:19 PM »

Oh, Yes, Yes, looking at all the green plants in your pond   Can't wait to see them pop with the pretty blooms Also, our winter so far has only snowed a few times just to make the roads slick and frozen   I have had to use the auger to dig more holes in the pond   There are no big koi, or for that matter any small ones There are none since a few years ago the pond was frozen a few feet.  Then the temps warmed, the  pond became slushy, and all of the large Koi decided to play follow the leader   They all came up then when the temps dropped, it froze up All were dead   We were away helping my elderly Mother!  I put the threads of yarn around the shoe box, tied it up and put some in the shallow part of the pond.  Then a few days later I put the yard in the kiddie pool, after a few weeks I saw the dreaded heron peeking into the kiddie pool!! I hurried up outside, put my hand in and sure enough, I saw little ??? multi color  fish under the pads of some waterlilies   Now to see what they look like in the late spring
Tootsie
 

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Pond Chat / Re: No GH blues

« on: December 03, 2011, 07:58:19 AM »

Very pretty blooms   They sure brightened my day!  I had to stay with my Mother almost all summer, as she is ill   I just got back here and of course all the pond lilies and lotus are frozen in the kiddie pools    I took some pictures of them this summer   Then, I was trying to take a picture of my little puppy,AND MY CAMERA FELL RIGHT INTO THE DOGS WATER BOWL I had quickly picked it out.  Opened it up and tried to get the moisture out. I hope there are some  good pictures in it??
tootsie

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Pond Chat / Re: Captain Jack Sparrow VS Moby Dick

« on: August 24, 2011, 05:28:48 AM »

Awwww, what a sweetie   I  will just have  to move back down to SE Michigan to see some of those pretty Koi    Darn herons just make ya wanna cry All I have left are Koi pictures.
tootsie