tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post2929791910634424328..comments2024-02-28T17:42:05.365-05:00Comments on Outside Clyde: Clandestine Garden MomentsChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-46412752770865695222009-04-24T17:07:00.000-05:002009-04-24T17:07:00.000-05:00Really Vera. What a thing to come home to. Now off...Really Vera. What a thing to come home to. Now off you go. I don't get many of those thank goodness.<br /><br />Frances, I have spotted the very first signs of the Jacks emerging here. Another day of warm sun and then an afternoon shower.Perfect.Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-30089697055280863762009-04-24T14:45:00.000-05:002009-04-24T14:45:00.000-05:00Hi Christopher, I was getting ready to comment and...Hi Christopher, I was getting ready to comment and scrolled down reading the others, when Vera's showed up! Gack, as Our Friend Ben would say! HA Anyway, I love the red roof rafters so much, what an excellent idea. Glad to hear you are having the warmth too. It is making everything zoom into summer it seems. I posted some photos of the Black Jack today. He is quite the handsome dude. :-)<br Franceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-33766535865246371862009-04-24T06:59:00.000-05:002009-04-24T06:59:00.000-05:00Chuck, these apple trees are already way beyond ke...Chuck, these apple trees are already way beyond keeping small enough to pluck fruit from the uppermost branches. I have noticed in some orchards they keep them short and well contained though.<br /><br />These species tulips are from central asia to the mediterranean so the cold snow won't bother most of them. Hybridizing often weakens plants durability at the expense of flowers and what tulips Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-46784551835896276792009-04-23T23:24:00.000-05:002009-04-23T23:24:00.000-05:00Goodness that was a lot of work. It all is looking...Goodness that was a lot of work. It all is looking great. Uncle Ernie I see is approving.<br />Hope you had time after #4. It's nice to have work but also nice to be home taking care of business.<br />Is it true that it takes 7 yrs for an apple tree to do anything good? I heard the first yr. pull all off--second yr. pull 1/2 off. Third yr. have it all.lolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-73046474169247914062009-04-23T23:03:00.000-05:002009-04-23T23:03:00.000-05:00Loling at you and your squiggly lines seen from ai...Loling at you and your squiggly lines seen from airplanes!<br /><br />It wasn't me (I?) who made the suggestion about keeping the apple trees small, was it? Because I do feel that way, very much. A fruit tree, esp a deciduous fruit tree, should never be so tall that the gardener cannot reach the upper-most fruit hanging from its branches. Call it a dogma. <br /><br />About that tulip, I must chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.com