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She is my neice she lives only a few minutes away I love it... I am sure we will do some serious gardening this spring!!

, then it got mold :p ...lol... but it's doing fine now and again growing rapidly

You are too funny ... OK have to go shopping have fun I will be back later

That is so cool!!!
Really...

Yes you are a And she can tell two people and they can tell two people, and so on , and so on ...

I sincerely hope you both keep us posted on
alllllll of your gardening endevor's here..
(and you two get to that garden show and bring
us back some great photos' from that flower Show)

the purple columbine flower is gorgeuos!!!
i love it, i may have to look for some for myself (lol).
penny

if anyone knows how to get the seeds I will be happy to share

You have to wait until it flowers,
then a pod will form, and it will be green..
You have to wait for it to turn brown,
then you can harvest the seeds inside...

*Columbines are one of the easiest flowers to grow, and re~seed prolifically*

Hey thanks!!!! I was sjust out in my yard... ohh the dreams it will be even better than last year... finally cleaning up getting ready for the sprouts yippy!!!

And there are tons of colors of columbines and
theres' pastel one's, bright red, purple, blue and whites, just white, paste yellow.. pinks..
the list goes on and on........

If you do get different colors though, to keep those one's pure, keep them alllll segragated, *far apart from one another* or they will start to give you all sorts of new varieties..

~~~~<which isn't bad either, it's so fun to see new kinds, but it will also change the originals eventually>~~~~~

Have you grown any others besides that one color?

I haven't I try to get one of what I like to try it out first.. If it grows and I like it I buy more Being purple is my favorite color, and the one verity is so pretty I don't think I will put any more of them close to it.. I really like the pink one too..
You have a great yard love the landscaping!!! envy your green house!!

I just ordered 2 purple passion hydrangea's for each side of the stairs

You'd be suprised ...

Are you in zone 5 or 6?
LOL you are funny...I live in a kinda large city
so the yards all seem small to me.(well coming from Oregon)
I was going to make my back porch into my garden room this spring it gets quit a bit of light.Nothin like your green house though!!

I am zone 5...

And I have to be funny, if I don't retain my sense of humor about it all, I'd need a padded room and some white coat people to help me find my room....oh yeahhhhhhhhh!

Yes, coming from my parents house to down town here, I am on a postage stamp....

My greenhouse can be alot of work too, no heater, watching dilagently the weather and weather reports, and how the temps are out side, if it's cloudy, do I open door, do I keep it shut, gotta keep the heat in, if you start stuff early where it's warm during the day but still cold at night,
it is rather time consuming...
sooooooooooo your back room may be just the thing, close by, the house sort heats your porch at night and you're right there, no long trips into the "Back 40" to see how things are doing, same for watering, it's right there..
no haulin' buckets or hose's...
Pro's and Con's to everything!!!!

Yep I understand that.
geepers only 2 weeks left in this winter can't wait!! gotta get those leaves off the flowers before they start to pop though!!
Have ta have ta ... never ends does it
can't wait for the garden show I am hoping to get alot of great ideas!!!

did I mess up my sig line?

yep- it's on there twice

cruuuuud !!!

go figure I am a comp idiot unless it comes to finding a husband LOL

spring, are you trying to take off the one
that's not hooked up???

The one that looks like this??
[IMG]http://www.thegardenhelper.com/springfeaver.gif

If so, I'll edit, just makin' sure that's what you want..
I'll be sneakin' in and out all day, it's finally spring..

I am and always will be terribly guilty of
doing that, I am a bad yackker ...

I love all your pics! Those columbine are awesome, I might get a few of those. And your pond is perfect.

Hey thanks TJ... It is always a work in progress.
When I first moved here 6 years ago there was not even one flower in the yard..Just keep picking away.. what area in Oregon do you live??
I moved frome the central columbia river area.
Btw I am gonna try to retrive the seeds this year I hope it works

BACK YARD DECK .....YOU OUGHT TO LIVEN THAT UP A LITTLE.
PUT 2 HUGE flower POTS IN EACH CORNER AND FILL IT WITH flowers.. mAYBE SHORT MARIGOLDS THEY BUSHY OUT GOOD.

DODGE

Dodge..
I do put 2 pots on each corner usually with ornimental grass marigolds,petunias,and dusty millers in them...I was thinking about getting 2 more for the other side,but it seems to be a high traffic area. Where we bbq and have the fire pit so I was affraid flowers might get burnt.... was however thinking about putting an arch of morning glory right there.. thought it might give it some pow..