I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I planted on,
and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not straight up yet,
one's still half bent over, and one is almost through the dirt, but good
enough for me! I bought an already grown miniature sunflower last year, and
the dogs decided to use it for a chewtoy. My animals(whether it be the dogs
or the chickens or the bunnies or the geese) are not plant friendly. At
least Joxer(my cat) hasn't bothered them. But he doesn't go outside anymore.
Oh he acts like he wants to, and whines/meows by the door for me to let him
out, but once I open the door, he turns and runs back in the house.

"Lilah Morgan" wrote in
link.net:

I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I planted
on, and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not straight
up yet, one's still half bent over, and one is almost through the
dirt, but good enough for me! I bought an already grown miniature
sunflower last year, and the dogs decided to use it for a chewtoy. My
animals(whether it be the dogs or the chickens or the bunnies or the
geese) are not plant friendly. At least Joxer(my cat) hasn't bothered
them. But he doesn't go outside anymore. Oh he acts like he wants to,
and whines/meows by the door for me to let him out, but once I open
the door, he turns and runs back in the house.




Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I carefully
nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a weed-whacker.
I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun when the thing was
still whirring constantly and he had pretty much trimmed everything that
wasn't moving. And then he moved to our murky property line and BANG! my
sunflower was gone before I could scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

On May 7, 6:10 pm, FragileWarrior
wrote:

Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I carefully
nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a weed-whacker.
I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun when the thing was
still whirring constantly and he had pretty much trimmed everything that
wasn't moving. And then he moved to our murky property line and BANG! my
sunflower was gone before I could scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

Oh my, that's about as sad as watching your tomato plant with its
first tomato going down the gopher hole. We have fences here to
deter weed-whackers; I now use wire baskets for the gophers!
I think you just might have to whack his "wacker"!!
So sorry FW.
Emilie

"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
"Lilah Morgan" wrote in
link.net:

I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I planted
on, and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not straight
up yet, one's still half bent over, and one is almost through the
dirt, but good enough for me! I bought an already grown miniature
sunflower last year, and the dogs decided to use it for a chewtoy. My
animals(whether it be the dogs or the chickens or the bunnies or the
geese) are not plant friendly. At least Joxer(my cat) hasn't bothered
them. But he doesn't go outside anymore. Oh he acts like he wants to,
and whines/meows by the door for me to let him out, but once I open
the door, he turns and runs back in the house.




Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I carefully
nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a weed-whacker.
I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun when the thing was
still whirring constantly and he had pretty much trimmed everything that
wasn't moving. And then he moved to our murky property line and BANG! my
sunflower was gone before I could scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

Planted sunflowers in a bad spot/bad soil last year, only a few flowered.
Aphids and other insects ate the plants in general. Couldn't keep enough
water on them due to the severe heat here either.

This year, they're in pots. The aphids are back again though. Some are
nearing a foot in height. Since I'm not going to eat any part of them, am
using bug killer powder on them as of today.

Good fences make good neighbors.
--
Dave

Apathy and denial are close cousins

Awww *hugs * I've been there too. Our neighbors don't do that. They're an
elderly couple not that much older than my mother, and just...well they're
ok to say Hi to now and then, but the guy keeps acting like it's their yard.
At least there's a fence. Last year he had a fit because we had a tarp lying
flat out on the ground, and it was obstructing their view. I guess they
liked looking at the dirt underneath it. I've come to hate doing yardwork
outside while he's out in his yard, because I know he's gonna tell me what I
need to do. Funny thing is, I was weeding out around the lilacs, and he
wanted to know what I was doing, and I told him, and he said he's never seen
them bloom, to which I replied that they bloomed last year. He quit talking
to me then.

In article ,
FragileWarrior wrote:

Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I carefully
nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a weed-whacker.
I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun when the thing was
still whirring constantly and he had pretty much trimmed everything that
wasn't moving. And then he moved to our murky property line and BANG! my
sunflower was gone before I could scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

You would if you could girl. Time to get back up on that horse and get
some seeds into the ground. This time when they come up, put a small
tomato arbor over them and ask your neighbor if he ever thought about
becoming an alto.

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
"Lilah Morgan" wrote in
link.net:

I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I planted
on, and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not straight
up yet, one's still half bent over, and one is almost through the
dirt, but good enough for me! I bought an already grown miniature
sunflower last year, and the dogs decided to use it for a chewtoy. My
animals(whether it be the dogs or the chickens or the bunnies or the
geese) are not plant friendly. At least Joxer(my cat) hasn't bothered
them. But he doesn't go outside anymore. Oh he acts like he wants to,
and whines/meows by the door for me to let him out, but once I open
the door, he turns and runs back in the house.




Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I carefully
nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a weed-whacker.
I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun when the thing was
still whirring constantly and he had pretty much trimmed everything that
wasn't moving. And then he moved to our murky property line and BANG! my
sunflower was gone before I could scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

Mine mowed down 2 Peony bushes when we lived iun Alaska. I wanted to murder
him on he spot.
They cost a fortune here.

Betsy

Peony are expensive? My boss from the cafe I used to work at(she went
through the Master Gardener program the local extension office offers), she
was looking at our yard and this one thing, I didn't know what it was, it
was in the area with the strawberries, tulips/daffodils, and wild roses that
came with the place, and she said it was a peony.

"betsyb" wrote in
:






"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
"Lilah Morgan" wrote in
link.net:

I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I
planted on, and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not
straight up yet, one's still half bent over, and one is almost
through the dirt, but good enough for me! I bought an already grown
miniature sunflower last year, and the dogs decided to use it for a
chewtoy. My animals(whether it be the dogs or the chickens or the
bunnies or the geese) are not plant friendly. At least Joxer(my cat)
hasn't bothered them. But he doesn't go outside anymore. Oh he acts
like he wants to, and whines/meows by the door for me to let him
out, but once I open the door, he turns and runs back in the house.




Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I
carefully nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a
weed-whacker. I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun
when the thing was still whirring constantly and he had pretty much
trimmed everything that wasn't moving. And then he moved to our
murky property line and BANG! my sunflower was gone before I could
scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

Mine mowed down 2 Peony bushes when we lived iun Alaska. I wanted to
murder him on he spot.
They cost a fortune here.

Betsy

My neighbors (other neighbors, not the sunflower slayer) routinely smash
their peonies to bits. They hate them. The guy next to them, a first
time home owner, "weeded" out 12' of old peony bushes without knowing
what they were. He was about to throw them in my fire pit when I rescued
them and replanted them; they are growing in my yard now. As soon as the
foliage dies back, I'm going to get about three dozen red and yellow
tulips from him (he hates them, too) and move them over here. My
neighbors are crazy people. And here they thought *I* was nuts just
because I sometimes graze my horses on my lawn. At least I have flowers
in my yard.

Yes, I paid $45 for each. Alaska inflates prices due to shipping.

--
"God has a plan for me. I don't know what that is, and I'm
not leaving until I find out."



BetsyB



"Lilah Morgan" wrote in message
ink.net...
Peony are expensive? My boss from the cafe I used to work at(she went
through the Master Gardener program the local extension office offers),
she
was looking at our yard and this one thing, I didn't know what it was, it
was in the area with the strawberries, tulips/daffodils, and wild roses
that
came with the place, and she said it was a peony.

--
"God has a plan for me. I don't know what that is, and I'm
not leaving until I find out."



BetsyB



"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
"betsyb" wrote in
:






"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
"Lilah Morgan" wrote in
link.net:

I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I
planted on, and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not
straight up yet, one's still half bent over, and one is almost
through the dirt, but good enough for me! I bought an already grown
miniature sunflower last year, and the dogs decided to use it for a
chewtoy. My animals(whether it be the dogs or the chickens or the
bunnies or the geese) are not plant friendly. At least Joxer(my cat)
hasn't bothered them. But he doesn't go outside anymore. Oh he acts
like he wants to, and whines/meows by the door for me to let him
out, but once I open the door, he turns and runs back in the house.




Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I
carefully nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a
weed-whacker. I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun
when the thing was still whirring constantly and he had pretty much
trimmed everything that wasn't moving. And then he moved to our
murky property line and BANG! my sunflower was gone before I could
scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

Mine mowed down 2 Peony bushes when we lived iun Alaska. I wanted to
murder him on he spot.
They cost a fortune here.

Betsy

My neighbors (other neighbors, not the sunflower slayer) routinely smash
their peonies to bits. They hate them. The guy next to them, a first
time home owner, "weeded" out 12' of old peony bushes without knowing
what they were. He was about to throw them in my fire pit when I rescued
them and replanted them; they are growing in my yard now. As soon as the
foliage dies back, I'm going to get about three dozen red and yellow
tulips from him (he hates them, too) and move them over here. My
neighbors are crazy people. And here they thought *I* was nuts just
because I sometimes graze my horses on my lawn. At least I have flowers
in my yard.


And fertilizer? Heck of a deal..

"betsyb" wrote in
:

My neighbors (other neighbors, not the sunflower slayer) routinely
smash their peonies to bits. They hate them. The guy next to them,
a first time home owner, "weeded" out 12' of old peony bushes without
knowing what they were. He was about to throw them in my fire pit
when I rescued them and replanted them; they are growing in my yard
now. As soon as the foliage dies back, I'm going to get about three
dozen red and yellow tulips from him (he hates them, too) and move
them over here. My neighbors are crazy people. And here they
thought *I* was nuts just because I sometimes graze my horses on my
lawn. At least I have flowers in my yard.


And fertilizer? Heck of a deal..



I have a draft horse. I have enough fertilizer to make this town GREEN.

"betsyb" wrote in message
...
Yes, I paid $45 for each. Alaska inflates prices due to shipping.
BetsyB


hmm that's weird, second time this happened, my post doesn't show up on my
end when I check the newsgroups, but people have replied to it. I feel
better having put a hardware cloth cage thing around the peony now. Should
protect it from the chickens/geese/bunnies/dogs. Not bugs though. I'm
starting to see flying ants everywhere too. And mosquitoes, and bees/yellow
jackets/hornets/wasps(well luckily only one here and there). Need to build
some bird/bat houses. Oh and the thyme has started sprouting too. Does that
mean my thyme's up? :-)

On 5/7/2007 8:30 PM, Dave wrote:
"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
"Lilah Morgan" wrote in
link.net:

I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I planted
on, and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not straight
up yet, one's still half bent over, and one is almost through the
dirt, but good enough for me! I bought an already grown miniature
sunflower last year, and the dogs decided to use it for a chewtoy. My
animals(whether it be the dogs or the chickens or the bunnies or the
geese) are not plant friendly. At least Joxer(my cat) hasn't bothered
them. But he doesn't go outside anymore. Oh he acts like he wants to,
and whines/meows by the door for me to let him out, but once I open
the door, he turns and runs back in the house.



Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I carefully
nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a weed-whacker.
I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun when the thing was
still whirring constantly and he had pretty much trimmed everything that
wasn't moving. And then he moved to our murky property line and BANG! my
sunflower was gone before I could scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

Planted sunflowers in a bad spot/bad soil last year, only a few flowered.
Aphids and other insects ate the plants in general. Couldn't keep enough
water on them due to the severe heat here either.

This year, they're in pots. The aphids are back again though. Some are
nearing a foot in height. Since I'm not going to eat any part of them, am
using bug killer powder on them as of today.

Good fences make good neighbors.

Wow I've never heard of aphids that big. If you can't get them under
control, look at the bright side. They'll probably keep the gophers at bay.

Try 1 TBS Dawn, 1 TBS peanut (or just vegetable) oil, and 1 TBS baking
soda to 1 gallon water. Mix well and spray the plants lightly but well,
especially underside of leaves.

Good luck.

--
Ted
I wasn't born in Texas but
I got back here as soon as I could
(Don't forget to take out the trash)

Consulting:
If you're not a part of the solution,there's
good money to be made in prolonging the problem.

"xPosTech" wrote in message
et...
On 5/7/2007 8:30 PM, Dave wrote:
"FragileWarrior" wrote in message
...
"Lilah Morgan" wrote in
link.net:

I'm so happy. I just glanced at the shelf I have the first 5 I planted
on, and they had all sprouted. Well pretty much, they're not straight
up yet, one's still half bent over, and one is almost through the
dirt, but good enough for me! I bought an already grown miniature
sunflower last year, and the dogs decided to use it for a chewtoy. My
animals(whether it be the dogs or the chickens or the bunnies or the
geese) are not plant friendly. At least Joxer(my cat) hasn't bothered
them. But he doesn't go outside anymore. Oh he acts like he wants to,
and whines/meows by the door for me to let him out, but once I open
the door, he turns and runs back in the house.



Yesterday my neighbor cut down my foot tall sunflower that I carefully
nursed through our late freeze. Never trust a man with a weed-whacker.
I should have realized he was having just TOO much fun when the thing
was
still whirring constantly and he had pretty much trimmed everything that
wasn't moving. And then he moved to our murky property line and BANG!
my
sunflower was gone before I could scream, "STOP!"

Last year I planted about 60 of them. Not one grew.

I give.

Planted sunflowers in a bad spot/bad soil last year, only a few
flowered. Aphids and other insects ate the plants in general. Couldn't
keep enough water on them due to the severe heat here either.

This year, they're in pots. The aphids are back again though. Some are
nearing a foot in height. Since I'm not going to eat any part of them,
am using bug killer powder on them as of today.

Good fences make good neighbors.

Wow I've never heard of aphids that big. If you can't get them under
control, look at the bright side. They'll probably keep the gophers at
bay.

Try 1 TBS Dawn, 1 TBS peanut (or just vegetable) oil, and 1 TBS baking
soda to 1 gallon water. Mix well and spray the plants lightly but well,
especially underside of leaves.

Good luck.

--
Ted
I wasn't born in Texas but
I got back here as soon as I could
(Don't forget to take out the trash)

Consulting:
If you're not a part of the solution,there's
good money to be made in prolonging the problem.