Hi,

Please goto alt.binaries.pictures.gardens

I posted a few photos of my ranunculi garden. They look great and I hope one
day to fill my garden with them 100%.

I tried growing some from seed but I think i buried them too deep.

Wylie Wilde Hi,

Please goto alt.binaries.pictures.gardens

I posted a few photos of my ranunculi garden. They look great and I hope one
day to fill my garden with them 100%.

I tried growing some from seed but I think i buried them too deep.

im sorry wylie i couldnt get to see your gardens i tried copying and pasting the addy u put here but no luck . i would really love to see your gardens do u have another link of sorts that might work. thanks sockiescat.

Hello sockiescat.

The alt.binaries.pictures.gardens is available in the news section of
Outlook Express.

But since you asked so nicely I posted them up on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58692404@N00/

If you have further problems viewing them- just post them here.

Wylie Wilde Hello sockiescat.

The alt.binaries.pictures.gardens is available in the news section of
Outlook Express.

But since you asked so nicely I posted them up on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58692404@N00/

If you have further problems viewing them- just post them here.


hi Wylie Wilde.
thank you so much for posting your pics so that i could see them i dont use outlook express so no wonder i couldnt find how to view them lol.
your rununculi garden is beautiful i just love all the colours they are great
it looks like your garden covers a good sized area. what a beautiful way to enhance a slope .
i also like the pic of the car that u have there it looks like a great car. thanks again for being so kind as to share. sockiescat.

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:47:54 +0000
sockiescat wrote:

]
] Wylie Wilde Hello sockiescat.
]
] The alt.binaries.pictures.gardens is available in the news section of
] Outlook Express.
]
] But since you asked so nicely I posted them up on
] http://tinyurl.com/d645p
]
] If you have further problems viewing them- just post them here.
]
]
] hi Wylie Wilde.
] thank you so much for posting your pics so that i could see them i dont
] use outlook express so no wonder i couldnt find how to view them lol.
] your rununculi garden is beautiful i just love all the colours they are
] great
] it looks like your garden covers a good sized area. what a beautiful
] way to enhance a slope .
] i also like the pic of the car that u have there it looks like a great
] car. thanks again for being so kind as to share.
] sockiescat.
]

I like the KG a lot too. That wouldn't be enough to prompt a reply,
but... Just like to point out that many news servers -- e.g. the one
I use at new.individual.net -- don't carry the binary feeds. This is
for obvious reasons related to child abuse. So posting pictures to
binary groups may limit distribution quite a bit. Why not just use
one of the many sites that allow picture posting?

On a related note not everyone uses outlook or outlook express.
There are better options. I for one like sylpheed as a news reader,
which is also available for windows if your circumstances force you
to use it.

-E
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Emery Davis
You can reply to ecom
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Emery Davis wrote:
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:47:54 +0000
sockiescat wrote:

]
] Wylie Wilde Hello sockiescat.
]
] The alt.binaries.pictures.gardens is available in the news
section of ] Outlook Express.
]
] But since you asked so nicely I posted them up on
] http://tinyurl.com/d645p
]
] If you have further problems viewing them- just post them
here.
]
]
] hi Wylie Wilde.
] thank you so much for posting your pics so that i could see
them
i dont ] use outlook express so no wonder i couldnt find how to
view them lol. ] your rununculi garden is beautiful i just love
all
the colours they are ] great
] it looks like your garden covers a good sized area. what a
beautiful ] way to enhance a slope .
] i also like the pic of the car that u have there it looks
like a
great ] car. thanks again for being so kind as to share.

] sockiescat.
]

I like the KG a lot too. That wouldn't be enough to prompt a
reply,
but... Just like to point out that many news servers -- e.g.
the
one
I use at new.individual.net -- don't carry the binary feeds.
This
is for obvious reasons related to child abuse. So posting
pictures
to binary groups may limit distribution quite a bit. Why not
just
use
one of the many sites that allow picture posting?

On a related note not everyone uses outlook or outlook express.
There are better options. I for one like sylpheed as a news
reader,
which is also available for windows if your circumstances force
you
to use it.

-E

Binary news groups have nothing to do with child abuse.

If one finds kiddie porn anywhere it is their duty to report it
to the proper authorities.

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

"Emery Davis" wrote in message
...
for obvious reasons related to child abuse. So posting pictures to
binary groups may limit distribution quite a bit. Why not just use
one of the many sites that allow picture posting?

On a related note not everyone uses outlook or outlook express.

Hello Emery,

glad you like the Karmen Ghia- I should point out that its not mine- sadly
I saw it at a carshow.
One other thing- which other newssite allows you to post pictures?

I know you can post pictures here on rec.gardens- but i don't want to be
flamed!

"sockiescat" wrote in message
...
But since you asked so nicely I posted them up on
http://tinyurl.com/d645p
hi Wylie Wilde.
thank you so much for posting your pics so that i could see them i dont
use outlook express so no wonder i couldnt find how to view them lol.
your rununculi garden is beautiful i just love all the colours they are
great
it looks like your garden covers a good sized area. what a beautiful
way to enhance a slope .
i also like the pic of the car that u have there it looks like a great
car. thanks again for being so kind as to share.
sockiescat.

Hello sockiescat,

You're welcome. I found that ranunculies love well drained soil- so planting
them on a slope makes an excellent idea. I've been growing ranunculies in my
garden ever since 1999. They are a lot of work- but the effort is
well-rewarded. I got the idea after watching a computer game video clip from
Final Fantasy8 where they featured similar flowers. its my dream to one day
cover my entire garden- including the boring grass strip with ranunculies.

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:32:39 GMT
"Travis" wrote:

[]
] Binary news groups have nothing to do with child abuse.
]

Of course you're entitled to your opinion, but in this case many
others disagree. In any case there is no arguing with the fact
that many of us can't see posts to binary newsgroups.

] If one finds kiddie porn anywhere it is their duty to report it
] to the proper authorities.
]

Naturally. And presumably some have done so, and that is
why some authorities discourage or forbid access to binary
newsgroups.

My intent is not to take this into an off topic flame-fest, simply
to point out that some or many can't see the binary news groups.

-E

--
Emery Davis
You can reply to ecom
by removing the well known companies

Wylie, do you lift your ranunculus every year? In my climate (zone 5-6) they
usually die over the winter, unless it's unually mild. I think that in
Coastal California they might be perennial, because they seem to like
moderate temperatures year round, with a fairly long dry spell in summer.
Where I live, I generally have to guess when the best time to plant them is.
Too early and a frost will kill the tender new shoots. Too late and the hot
weather will do them in before they even get a chance to bloom. I think I
have had the best luck planting them between April 15th and May 1st - but I
stupidly have never maintained a written record. One year, I did lift the
roots after the tops died down, and some of them had gotten pretty big
compared to what I bought in the mesh bags. However, it was a fair amount of
work to lift them, clean them, dry them and store them.
"Wylie Wilde" wrote in message Hello sockiescat,

You're welcome. I found that ranunculies love well drained soil- so
planting them on a slope makes an excellent idea. I've been growing
ranunculies in my garden ever since 1999. They are a lot of work- but the
effort is well-rewarded. I got the idea after watching a computer game
video clip from Final Fantasy8 where they featured similar flowers. its my
dream to one day cover my entire garden- including the boring grass strip
with ranunculies.

Emery Davis wrote:
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:32:39 GMT
"Travis" wrote:

[]
] Binary news groups have nothing to do with child abuse.
]

Of course you're entitled to your opinion, but in this case
many
others disagree. In any case there is no arguing with the fact
that many of us can't see posts to binary newsgroups.

] If one finds kiddie porn anywhere it is their duty to report
it
] to the proper authorities.
]

Naturally. And presumably some have done so, and that is
why some authorities discourage or forbid access to binary
newsgroups.

My intent is not to take this into an off topic flame-fest,
simply
to point out that some or many can't see the binary news
groups.

-E

ISP's that don't carry binary groups don't for financial reasons.
It takes a lot of expensive hardware to carry binary groups and
have any realistic retention.

Subscribing to a NSP to see groups like
alt.binaries.pictures.gardens costs very little and I have never
seen kiddie porn in that group.

--

Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:50:33 GMT
"Wylie Wilde" wrote:

] "Emery Davis" wrote in message
] ...
] for obvious reasons related to child abuse. So posting pictures to
] binary groups may limit distribution quite a bit. Why not just use
] one of the many sites that allow picture posting?
]
] On a related note not everyone uses outlook or outlook express.
]
] Hello Emery,
]
] glad you like the Karmen Ghia- I should point out that its not mine- sadly
] I saw it at a carshow.

Sorry to hear it. But we must have dreams... Oddly enough my
wife hates KGs, so it's unlikely I'll ever have one.

] One other thing- which other newssite allows you to post pictures?
]

I don't off hand as I have no need of that service, but googling for
"free picture post" turns up a bunch including the flickr site used
in this thread.

] I know you can post pictures here on rec.gardens- but i don't want to be
] flamed!

Fair enough, but actually many (myself included) couldn't see them
even if you did attach them to a r.g post. My server strips off
any binary attachment.

-E

--
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You can reply to ecom
by removing the well known companies

h ello presley,

I sometimes lift the ranunculus out of the ground but it is a FAIR amount of
work!!!! It takes quite a lot of organizing and
planning of the flower beds too.

OK, I'll tell you how I do it.

First off- try and buy the ranunculus corms? tubers in late Spring/early
Summer- when the shops are having massive discounts on the Winter/Spring
bulbs and tubers.

I try and buy packs where they sell 80 or 100 small ranunculus corms for
US$3. Or US$3 for a more mature pack of 20 -30.

Over here in Melbourne, I plant them in autumn.

I have heard that some people try and stick them in the fridge with the
vegetables (2 to 5C) for a few days to simulate Winter conditions- then when
you plant them - they think its the start of Spring and you get a nice
Winter bloom. (Our Autumns tend to be warm 10- 20C).

We don't have much frost here in Melbourne- not in my area anyhow. Its quite
rare for our Winter to get below zero... except for our mountains and
coastal regions. Surburbs and Melbourne city is usually about 5C but we get
a lot of cold wind which makes it feel like the Antartic.

Fertilizers... best ones to use would be the seaweed spray stuff- or the
black yucky seaweed mix that you can pour into a watering can and water
them. Ranunculus seem to love the stuff.

You should cut the flowers regularly- for display in your homes- apparently
one good corm can produce twenty flowers in on season.

If I can- I lift the ranunculus in Summer when they finish flowering and to
allow the seeds to dry on the stalks.

But owing to the need for tidiness - and good gracious the roses and dahlias
need attention in Summer/late Spring- I cut back the raunculus or pull them
out

Why. If I don't- many of them will get wet in the ground when I water the
dahlias and roses - and rot.

I keep the uprooted combs in a dry place- minus the dried out stalks of
course. Then plant them again + reinforcements from the nursery shop next
Winter.

Cheers!

WW

P.S. This year I'm leaving the ranunculus in the ground cos I'm working
overseas and my mother is now running my - scratch that- her garden and
claims to know more than me and so is running things HER WAY... or rather
THE ONLY WAY.


"presley" wrote in message
...
Wylie, do you lift your ranunculus every year? In my climate (zone 5-6)
they usually die over the winter, unless it's unually mild. I think that
in Coastal California they might be perennial, because they seem to like
moderate temperatures year round, with a fairly long dry spell in summer.
Where I live, I generally have to guess when the best time to plant them
is. Too early and a frost will kill the tender new shoots. Too late and
the hot weather will do them in before they even get a chance to bloom. I
think I have had the best luck planting them between April 15th and May
1st - but I stupidly have never maintained a written record. One year, I
did lift the roots after the tops died down, and some of them had gotten
pretty big compared to what I bought in the mesh bags. However, it was a
fair amount of work to lift them, clean them, dry them and store them.
"Wylie Wilde" wrote in message Hello sockiescat,

You're welcome. I found that ranunculies love well drained soil- so
planting them on a slope makes an excellent idea. I've been growing
ranunculies in my garden ever since 1999. They are a lot of work- but the
effort is well-rewarded. I got the idea after watching a computer game
video clip from Final Fantasy8 where they featured similar flowers. its
my dream to one day cover my entire garden- including the boring grass
strip with ranunculies.

Hi there Presley,

Just another 2nd quick note.

Our Autumn here is in April and May too! And that's the season I plant the
raunculies into the ground over here!

To aid in planting- do it en mass- and not individually. So ie you rake and
dig up the sections of garden- remember they only need about 10 cm of
(loose) soil. Then you sit the ranunculus corms - legs down into the ground.
When you finish - cover it up again with the top soil and mulch.

Its a good way to also clean up your garden a bit and remove all the dead
Summer leaves and growth.

ANother way is to dig trenches and plant them- but the 1st suggestion is
better.

Because the ranunculus look great - en-masse. Prepare the best spots for
them: sunny (East facing)- slope or well elevated or drained sections of the
garden to plant them. I used to plant my ranunculus out in the backyard- but
hardly anyone- even me- saw them.

So now I plant them right in the front. And only in two sections.

Cheers,

YM





think I have had the best luck planting them between April 15th and May
1st - but I stupidly have never maintained a written record. One year, I
did lift the roots after the tops died down, and some of them had gotten
pretty big compared to what I bought in the mesh bags. However, it was a
fair amount of work to lift them, clean them, dry them and store them.
"Wylie Wilde" wrote in message Hello sockiescat,

You're welcome. I found that ranunculies love well drained soil- so
planting them on a slope makes an excellent idea. I've been growing
ranunculies in my garden ever since 1999. They are a lot of work- but
the
effort is well-rewarded. I got the idea after watching a computer game
video clip from Final Fantasy8 where they featured similar flowers. its
my dream to one day cover my entire garden- including the boring grass
strip with ranunculies.