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This is what my lilies are up to in my back yard.

http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn144/kwgrid/?action=view&current=2b5ad23e.pbw

Question: Is it better to do a couple of pics at a time for dialup folks?

When you're posting links, you can post as many as you like. When posting pics themselves...we try limit to three per post.

By the way, thanks for asking.

Signed.....the dial up gal

Hmmm, it won't load in for me but yet shows the URL tag. Cr@ppy dial up. Gonna try see if I can direct post it so I can see it.



Sorry, got it loaded up now. It was a slideshow , that's why the trouble. very beautiful lily's...especially loving the orange one.

Rats! I thought I said it was a slideshow. No, you didn't, Kalar.

So sorry. I 'meant' to say that.... sigh.... These 'senior moments' are turning into minutes...could be hours for all I know.

The orange stripey one is my favorite, too. Gotta tag where those are so when I thin that bed out, I can make another one with just those...hopefully.

All of the Day lilies are in the same bed. They're under a mid-size dark purple Crepe Myrtle tree. I'll get a pic the whole vignet. :wink:

Sure would be pretty if the lilies and the Crepe Myrtle all bloomed at the same. The lilies are about done when the tree blooms about the end of June, 1st of July and blooms for about 90 days. It's dark purple when I give it a shot of Miracle Gro All-purpose plant food every few weeks.

I bought a mixed bag if lily bulbs last week, still haven't planted them yet. I'd love to see your pic of the full bed of them.

I practiced doing video clips with my new camera and walked around the lily bed to get a shot of all of them as proof that I didn't grab those pics from some website somewhere. It takes a long time to load those to Photobucket. I'll have to wait and do that tomorrow. (Reminds me of Scarlet O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind". "I can't think about that right now. I'll think about that tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day."

I can't upload video pics. My dial up is so cr@ppy....I hope we get high speed aound here soon.

Oh, that is lovely. I have been trying to come up with a plan for a lily bed...maybe I'll steal that idea

I have extra flagstone rock I could use...

A flagstone lily bed. What a great idea!! That would be gorgeous!

I had dialup for 2 years up until 6 months ago. I didn't do much online so it didn't matter much. AT&T made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Not all 'bundles' are bad. The ones that don't 'expire' after 'x' amount of time are the best. :wink:

Hughesnet has a satellite high speed. It's supposedly available everywhere and all you have to have is a clear view of the southern sky. (Their words.) However, I'm sure it would be similar to DirectTv which is satellite. On stormy days forget it. But it's not usually unavailable for too long. If we ever have a storm front that moves in and sits, no tv. With Hughesnet there would be no t.v. and no computer. But it might be great if that's the only thing available.

very nice. i like it! and for satellite, it depends on where you are and how much it is. it was over $500 for installation here. not worth it. i stayed with dialup until the phone co went to dsl (i'm on a telephone coop, boonies here too )

$500!! Good grief, Charlie Brown!!

I didn't know there were still places in the world that had telephone coops!! Can I move there? Is there somewhere I can pitch a tent?

sure, you can camp on the middle 2 acres. i live on five. the front two i actually "live" on, the middle two just sit there, and the back acre is wetlands.

[quote=Jiffymouse sure, you can camp on the middle 2 acres. i live on five. the front two i actually "live" on, the middle two just sit there, and the back acre is wetlands. [/quote]

Oh my goodness!! How fabulous is that?!! My little piece of ground isn't even 1/2 an acre. But it's all I can handle and sometimes I can't even do that. I do all my mowing, yard work, house maintenance, etc. If I moved out there and lived in a tent, I could just pull up enough grass to keep a circle around it, be able to see snakes or other varmints coming ahead of time, build a little rock circle for fire, etc. Lovely. I wouldn't have the neighbors looking askance at me if the grass got kinda high.

i don't even try to keep a full acre clear. and we don't mow but about once a month. the neighbors can't see so why should i care!

Exactly! As my grandmother use to say "I am much of your opinion." :wink:

Not to keep a 'visiting' thread going too long but I have to tell ya this little story. My area is part country, part suburban. Several years ago when I still working and had been sick for a while, the yard was neglected. The grass got to be about a foot high. A day or so later when I was talking with my neighbor he said he had some visitors one day and they asked who had that house for sale. Of course he told them it wasn't for sale and what made them think it was and they said it was because it was a cute house but the grass was all grown up. He laughed and laughed. He came by later that day with his riding lawnmower and mowed it for me. :ding: (He's just a friend. I've known him my entire life. )

cute

So your whole place is a little off the beaten path? Sounds really nice. I'm sure as with most things, it has its own particular downside. But if you're happy, that's all that matters.

Catchya later, gator!!

I have to get a lawnmower. I don't have so much grass; but, I do have a bunch of weeds and they grow very fast. Next year I'll work on the seed and weed or whatever that stuff is called. I've never had a lawn to take care of before. That's going to be a big job. Especially on a slope.

installation was free, at first they wanted a ton to install but when no one took it they dropped the price, they had it here for about 4 years and I just now took it, they offered a package deal, high speed and free long distance

good morning-yep I too have just been on high speed for a bit----like the man said--they made me an offer I could not refuse.----it is thru the phone company--DSL, free long-distance, all the bells & whistles that go with it, and a mid-ranged cable package---so for the same money i was paying before I get the DSL and a better cable package---(I had the free phone---with teh girls living away like the did, it made my phone bill cheaper.)

teh catch??/ I had to say I would take it for 18 months---but they have a monopoly on service here so I figure whats the diff--well I think the diff is the price will come down---oh well---such is life.

be careful with the slope. perhaps you might want to consider getting the 'lawn' cut by someone---if you do not have a lot of area perhaps it would be worth it not to have to worry about it???

Reckon a self-propelled mower would make that slope easier? I guess it depends how steep the slope is and how much exercise you want to get. My sister had a self-propelled mower one time and it was a bear to deal with on ground that wasn't smooth because it was so heavy and there are areas in her yard that are really bumpy.

I have just a regular little lawnmower that you can't even adjust the cutting height on. It's a lot lighter and more maneuverable. I can get close enough to go around things and not have to weedeat. I may have to mow a day or two sooner because I can't cut the grass really low, but at least it doesn't wear me out so bad and it doesn't tear the ground up.

I'm thinking of a manual. I can never pull the rope on the other kinds. And then I'll mow across the slope rather than trying to go up or down. And your right, my yard is all lumps and bumps now. Many of them are rocks, big and small rocks. As soon as I can afford it most of the front yard will be flower beds with little to no grass at all. But it's going to take time to compost enough to get it there. Right now I'm 4 tons and 400 lbs into it and still have at least another 8 tons to go. And that's a bunch of compost lol.

I've heard that it's better not to mow real close to the ground because if you let the grass stay taller it's easier for it to choke out the weeds. That's just what I've heard. I think I mentioned somewhere that this is my first lawn.

BTW, if you plan to 'grass' your area and depending on where you live, St. Augustine is gorgeous and it gets so tightly packed that weeds can't grow....well, except in very early spring before the Augustine gets up good. But after that, no weeds. And when the weather gets really warm, it slows down and you don't have to mow as often.

I live behind where I grew up at my Grandmother's and her yard is full of St. Augustine. No money to buy Augustine sod (it comes in sod at the nursery) so I cut a bunch of patches once in a while and stuck them around my yard (new construction and they put down Bermuda grass which I don't like). The grass from her yard also started creeping into mine. It took years since I only put pieces here and there but now it's 99% covered front and back and is very pretty. I love its dark green color and it's soft underfoot when it thickens up. And it'll choke out just about everything once it's thick. I love it. And I only fertilize it with Augustine fertilizer every few years and it seems to do fine. If a body wants to cover an area really quick, then this is not the grass to get unless you can afford to sod the whole area. :wink:

If you get a manual, then Augustine is not for you. Once it thickens up, you'll never get a manual through it if it gets any growth on it at all before you mow. Parts of my yard are so thick that I have to lean into my mower to get through it. Needless to say, that part of my yard doesn't have a single weed in it even before the Augustine comes back up in spring.

While you're in transition to your flower beds, you might consider Bermuda gras. I'm thinking it would be easier to mow with a manual. Just a thought.