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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: How many have a well in your back yard?Pic

« on: December 12, 2008, 05:36:46 AM »

lorraine, do you have plants growing in it.. if so, what plants did you use??

Myra

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: How many have a well in your back yard?Pic

« on: December 10, 2008, 08:12:33 PM »

Yes the well is just decorative for now and my wish is it will grow plants in the next year.  I did think I would get a few pics of other peoples wells.  I just know they are out there.

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: Sunfire. Registered and named.

« on: December 09, 2008, 08:14:06 PM »

            I am speachless.. the color is so powerfull it is almost painfully to look at  .... course I want one or two    maybe one day

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: Pictures from mike again

« on: December 09, 2008, 08:07:37 PM »

WOW, wow, and Wow... for the flower..... don't no what else to say... it is unbelieveable

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: Why is frogs dying in my pond?? Pic

« on: November 29, 2008, 08:52:24 PM »

perplexed, I did think when I first looked him over that one of his eyes did not look right but later thought it did not look that much different than the other one.... but maybe you are right....

Rick.. I don't really think it would be the cold.  I am in Louisiana.  We have had one real cold spell where it was down to 29 degrees.  These frogs have been in this pond for 3 years and seemed to weather the winters in the past ok. 

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: pic of the day

« on: November 29, 2008, 08:47:18 PM »

Yes, yes.. I need more water lily and pond pics to make though the winter 

Myra

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Terrestrial Gardening / How many have a well in your back yard?Pic

« on: November 29, 2008, 03:45:26 PM »

I would think a number of people would have a well.  I just had one installed today. 

Myra

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Pond Chat / Why is frogs dying in my pond?? Pic

« on: November 29, 2008, 03:42:06 PM »

In less than 2 weeks I have found 2 frogs in the pond dead.  The first one I saw laying on the bottom of the pond on his back dead.  I scooped him up with a net.  He had a small hole in his side with goop squeezed out of it.  I thought it very strange as it is the first frog I have had come up dead in the pond.  Thought maybe some thing bit him.  Today I found another frog dead in the pond. He was floating under a lily pad, but I could see his back legs sticking out from under the pad.  Netted him out but there does not seemed to be any thing wrong with him. No hole. He does appear a little fat but that is the way I like my frogs to be.  Check out the pic and tell me what you think.  I have a number of different kinds of frogs in my pond in the past 3 years but I have never had one die in the pond like this.

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: TurtleMike your kidding!!!

« on: November 28, 2008, 08:08:31 AM »

OH My, oh my... a lily named after me !!! WOW that is special.  And today is my birthday.  Thank you soooooooo much.                  
 And can I get one of the lilies you name Myra?  Do you sell your lilies.  All of the ones I have seen are wonderful.  I have not seen a dud in the bunch.

Myra

Sorry, I just reread you post and edited my post a bit.  I do love the lily in the pic. What is a oderata root?

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Pond Chat / Re: TurtleMike your kidding!!!

« on: November 27, 2008, 06:59:19 AM »

Turtle Mike, what is the name of that lovely lily.... they are all wonderful... thanks for sharing the pics.

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: Lowes Pond Kit with 160 gph SALE... Got them for my lotus...

« on: November 16, 2008, 06:27:02 PM »

Yea !!!! Tinkster !!!  I went to Lowe's and they had several on sale.  I bought one and much to my suprise, I have found a place for it.  Suprise, Suprise

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: Lowes Pond Kit with 160 gph SALE... Got them for my lotus...

« on: November 12, 2008, 06:38:55 AM »

Hey, that is great... I want one but I am not sure where I would put it... I am starting to run out of room..

Myra

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: My first attempt at a water feature/planter bed

« on: November 07, 2008, 04:07:53 PM »

Looks really nice and peaceful   

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: Kat, ? on lily ponds

« on: October 27, 2008, 08:36:13 PM »

And I think I remember you saying you are only keeping hardies in these ponds over the winter.  The temps here in North Louisiana are to be 33 degree for the next 2 nights.  I can not believe this is happening this early in the year.  Thank you for the suggestion of running a pump to move the water around.  Good idea

Myra

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Pond Chat / Kat, ? on lily ponds

« on: October 26, 2008, 07:21:19 PM »

Do you cover your lily ponds in the winter?? If so, do you do that when the temp get at a certain level?  I am thinking of putting a pond heater in mine and covering it with clear plasic but I am not sure when to do this

Myra

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Pond Construction & Filtration / Re: Newbie needing input...photos enclosed

« on: October 04, 2008, 06:30:21 AM »

Wow, what a really neat waterfall... oh, for a hill such as your 

Myra

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: How did this happen??

« on: September 28, 2008, 08:27:16 PM »

Ok, Joyce, I hear what you are saying, but I swear, I pulled up some of the same plant stalks that had been red and transpanted them in the front yard.  I could see if there were some blue and some red but it is all blue flowers. I am just totally stunned.     I am going to try and wait it out to next year and see what it all looks like then. If I still only have the blue I will have to get more of the bee balm as I have been successful in getting it out of the back yard, which was the plan.  Thanks for the infor tho. I can believe the plants that are blooming in the front are the blue mist flower.  A friend of mine that I gave some of the bee blam to is very ok with the blue flowers.  I am just not as happy with them.

Myra

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Terrestrial Gardening / How did this happen??

« on: September 27, 2008, 07:11:51 PM »

I had some bee balm in a flower bed in the back yard and it became invaisive.  I transplanted some of it in a flower bed at the front of the house with less space to become less invaisive. Then I removed that in the back yard intirely. Well, in the back yard the flowers were the red ones in the first pic.  The ones I transpanted into the front bed are the second pic, which is an intirely different flower shape and color. Is there a way to get the flower to return to the red flower???

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: Some lily pics

« on: September 21, 2008, 07:36:33 PM »

That is got to be the best pic of Tina I have ever seen  .. much but that mine 

Myra

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Chit Chat / Re: Lilies before and after pics

« on: September 14, 2008, 08:23:49 PM »

and a few single flowers

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Chit Chat / Re: Lilies before and after pics

« on: September 14, 2008, 08:21:08 PM »

a couple more

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Chit Chat / Lilies before and after pics

« on: September 14, 2008, 08:13:27 PM »

and a few other lilies

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: HELP! Messed up big time! Laugh? or Cry?

« on: September 13, 2008, 10:35:35 AM »

Don't know the answer to your question... but sure sounds like you had a ruff night..   

Myra

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Photo Album / Re: Pond in Olympia, Wa.

« on: September 08, 2008, 07:39:49 PM »

wow..... the colors are so full and blend so well from one to another ..... I continue to dream       what can I do to get a list of the plants....  or what is the yellow plant at the edge of the pond ????

Myra

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Chit Chat / Re: Waiting for the hurricane, AGAIN!

« on: September 08, 2008, 07:29:46 PM »

The last report I saw says Ike will hit the coast at Houston and / or Galvenson .. that would be good for us in Louisiana but not for them...

Myra

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Just spent to much money here

« on: September 06, 2008, 08:59:18 PM »

Yes, LeeAnne, I was also very pleased with my purchases from them.  My plan is to plant land plants in the fall this year so I will have more time in the spring to work with the pond and liles, hopefully.

Myra

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Chit Chat / Re: Yikes! Ike!

« on: September 06, 2008, 08:53:56 PM »

Here in Shreveport, Louisiana Gustav went east of us instead of the projected west of us.  The result was just a good drizzing rain for a couple of days.  The people to the east of us received the floods we were expecting.  But I am saving the sandbags I thought I was going to need then for this next storm coming in.

Myra

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Chit Chat / Re: By popular demand!

« on: September 06, 2008, 08:46:18 PM »

Hey, wish I had a DIY guy to help with projects like that. I just love that kind of stuff... saw a number of things I would like to build or borrow from you ... like a shed for the wood, a potting shed, a lotus pond... humm, so little time ... so much to do....

Myra

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Terrestrial Gardening / Just spent to much money here

« on: September 06, 2008, 06:51:56 AM »

They have lots of stuff for sale... ever thing in the sale is 3.00 each and there are 300 things included on that list.

From: "Santa Rosa Gardens" <sales@santarosagardens.com>

Myra

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Pond Chat / Re: water lily nursery in mexico (guadalajara jalisco)

« on: September 06, 2008, 06:48:18 AM »

Great pics... looks like they know how to do lilies right....

Myra