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[Imp]

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So I guess I'll be waiting for plants to show up. and then start looking at getting into Seattle.

Sling...
The Raspberries do have little thorns on them. Not bad but if sticking things are off the list, they are up for grabs. I also have a gooseberry (Poorman's) with wickedly nasty thorns.

Russ

 

[Chickielady]

So I had to call my Mexican friend & tell hs wife that the ducks have a rrived.
She speaks little to NO English.
So I went on the web site 'Spainish to English" translation...and typed in what I wanted translated & got my answer...then I told her on the phone:

Los Patos estain aqui` !

She got the message !

Avery useful tool:

http://www.spanishdict.com/translation

I am glad their language uses our alphabet.
Trying to write down things to Cambodians has proved impossible...................

 

[justbugged]

Quote: Jennifer; In the pictures that you posted most of the birds looked like roos. This has been the year of the roo. The percentage of roos to hens has been rather lopsided, and leaning heavily towards roo's. I'm not sure why this has been true, but I have watching my own and other people's hatches, and it has been the way it's worked out this year.

 

[Chickielady]

Trying to explain to the Mexicans that these ducks do not quack, but mewl like kittens:

No quack pero hacer mewl riundo como un gatito.

There is one drake and two hens:

Un drake (drac-kee) y dos gallinas.

Learning every day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Majombaszo]

Have you seen any seedling Red Cedars ?
I want a few of those !!!

I may have but I wouldn't know one if I saw it. Our neighbor (if the guy that lives a mile and a half away is still a neighbor) is a plant encyclopedia. I've asked him to come lable the trees for me like you'd see in a botanical garden but I think he thinks I'm joking. A friend came to visit from LA and kept asking me "what kind of tree is that, what kind of tree is that...?" and my answer every time was "a green and brown one"

 

[justbugged]

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Great! Let me know when you would like to come over. I'm home during the afternoons, as well as on most weekends. If you don't have a large vehicle to transport it, we could prune the limbs back (I've cut the two that I planted behind the garage down to short stumps, and they will grow 6 feet in a season, easily) or I can drive it over in my van.

Jennifer

I have a van and have actually dug up and moved one of these before a couple years ago. I pruned it way back before digging it up, but I think that I didn't dig up enough roots or didn't water it enough, or didn't prepare the hole enough because it didn't survive. It was transplanted in spring/summer. I think fall transplants work out better for me. AND my front yard is all freshly tilled and ready for planting. I could come up Tuesday or Thursday during school hours. Send me a message...
It could be that amending the soil in the hole could have been the problem. Butterfly bushes, are more like weeds, and grow best under fairly adverse conditions. I have one that needs to leave, and I have never bothered to water, or feed it. I have had to prune it repeatedly, because it's too near the sidewalk. I would need help getting it dug out. I also have Forsythia bushes that need new homes. Once again it is something that I would need a lot of help getting dug up and out. I want to put the Aronia berry bushes in the spot where the Forsythia is located.

 

[JennS]

Quote: Jennifer; In the pictures that you posted most of the birds looked like roos. This has been the year of the roo. The percentage of roos to hens has been rather lopsided, and leaning heavily towards roo's. I'm not sure why this has been true, but I have watching my own and other people's hatches, and it has been the way it's worked out this year.

I have a bad feeling that you're right. :-( We'll see how they turn out. If they're mostly roos, that means I get to pick out a couple more nice birds in the spring.

I going to keep my fingers crossed that Jerk is a pullet. Jerk is my favorite for carrying around the house, and her feathers are so soft and pettable.

Jennifer

 

[JennS]

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Sorry, but it's been claimed already. I've got to go poke around behind the garage and see if there is anything odd to dig up. I don't know why, but all sorts of weird evergreens and shrubs pop up back there. And if anyone wants big leaf maples, I can get you hundreds!!!

Jennifer

 

[JennS]

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Our back yard had a beautiful red bud tree in the back yard when we moved in 8 years ago. Last winter, it split in a storm. It turned out to be rotten all the way down to the ground. I don't think they hold up to winds very well.

Jennifer

 

[justbugged]

Quote: I just looked up both of these trees, and varieties of both will live happily in the PNW. I used the Sunset's Western Gardener book to look it up. I have never had a problem using the book, but I have heard that others don't like the book. I can't remember why they don't like it, but for what I need it has everything I usually need to know. If I need more information, I just continue on to Google for any more information.