The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

Hey y'all my dh sprayed a wasp with raid and the wind blew the spray on my banana tree. I tried poured water over the leaves to try and wash it off. Do y'all think it will die?
I told him not to but he did it any ways. It upset me to think he may have killed it.

 

[microchick]

I have a banana tree. I would hope it wouldn't hurt it especially if you washed the leafs off right away. Mine's pretty durable. The biggest challenge I have with it is trying to start the suckers that come up around the main stem. Haven't had success yet.

A bit punchy this morning.With DH out of commission with his sutures for at least a week, I'm in charge of taking paralyzed doggo out to do his business in the middle of the night when the urge hits him. This morning it was 4AM. Forgot how peaceful and pretty it is outside that time of the morning but man that bed felt good when I crawled back into it.

I have to admit I never get over to the gallery section either. Only so much you can do and I'd rather be here at the Home in what time I have.

 

[chrisb01]

Good morning troops.. Wishing you all a hell of a day..

 

[chrisb01]

functional alcaholics .... work aholics....

Great grandpa married his cousin first when she committed suicide he married My Great grandma... He had a twelve year old daugher and a ten year old son Grandma was fourteen....

He used to beat the mules till they went down on their knees... Grandma would go out and gently tell him to stop... and he would....

He was a tea totler...

deb

Interesting guy there Deb.. Alcohol can make people do strange things.. Tho it doesn't excuse the bad deeds, everyone is responsible for their own actions..

I'm a mellow drinker, to be sure.. I love to laugh and tell jokes, especially when I'm tipsy, but I remain respectful and PG.. Haven't had anything to drink in over two weeks, and probably won't for another one.. My little sis is coming to visit from NY.. She doesn't drink, so I give her the respect of not drinking when I'm with her..

I wonder how it would of ended up had I met great grampa.. Especially if I saw him beating a mule.. I just couldn't stand by and watch..

The good thing is you turned out to be such a sweet girl..

 

[chrisb01]

I have a banana tree. I would hope it wouldn't hurt it especially if you washed the leafs off right away. Mine's pretty durable. The biggest challenge I have with it is trying to start the suckers that come up around the main stem. Haven't had success yet.

A bit punchy this morning.With DH out of commission with his sutures for at least a week, I'm in charge of taking paralyzed doggo out to do his business in the middle of the night when the urge hits him. This morning it was 4AM. Forgot how peaceful and pretty it is outside that time of the morning but man that bed felt good when I crawled back into it.

I have to admit I never get over to the gallery section either. Only so much you can do and I'd rather be here at the Home in what time I have.

You can clean those banana leaves and make them look beautiful.. I love big leave plants.. I have a couple of giant elephant ears - same problem tho, I have to keep ripping up the offshoots, SMH.. But some leaves can reach five feet in length.. I have a lot of caladiums too, love their colors..

I know exactly what you mean about the peacefulness of the morning.. I have sat out there, on occasion, with coffee or tea, I enjoy peace and quiet whenever I can..

 

[chrisb01]

You are not odd Alaskan, you are unique. It's all in the wording.

Right, exactly.. Thanks Diva, now I know I'm not weird, but 'unique'

 

[microchick]

You can clean those banana leaves and make them look beautiful.. I love big leave plants.. I have a couple of giant elephant ears - same problem tho, I have to keep ripping up the offshoots, SMH.. But some leaves can reach five feet in length.. I have a lot of caladiums too, love their colors..

I know exactly what you mean about the peacefulness of the morning.. I have sat out there, on occasion, with coffee or tea, I enjoy peace and quiet whenever I can..

I have the giant elephant ears also. Lost the majority of them this year. Planted in large pots as I always do and they rotted in the soil. They were about 4 years old so maybe they just got tired of living.

In the past they have been almost 6 ft in height. I have one inside now trying to coax it out of dormancy. Very frustrating as I love them to pieces. I did have Calla lily bulbs sprout using the same potting mix so I don't know what happened with the elephant ears. Also planted cannas this year. Two of 6 sprouted. Must be something in our soil. I need to find the time to break out the soil analyzer kit and try to figure out the problem.

 

[pennyJo1960]

morning all I know our first year here neighbor used roundup on their drive
killed my garden right off everything died within a day told his wife we are good no more roundup, they are good folks

 

[sourland]

Right, exactly.. Thanks Diva, now I know I'm not weird, but 'unique'

It's already been determined that 'Al's' 'unique' is indeed 'weird'. I like to hang with him so as to make myself appear normal/nonweird by comparison.

 

[drumstick diva]

Thanks Sour, no wonder so many friends(?) used to surround me.