Connie and Erin, how upsetting, both those losses have to be among the hardest.
Take care of your peoples. That's the trite but true message I get, love the people you love while they are here for you to love them.
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
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Burrell - Mar 06, 2011 5:39:02 am PST #16840 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Strix - Mar 06, 2011 5:46:52 am PST #16841 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
T says she's just in shock right now, working on Xanax and blankness. They cremated her on Friday.
Ugh.
I need to buy a rake and some more lawn bags. I am a total noob when it come to gardening, but by god, this year, my yard will not be a brown hole of despair.
Does anyone know when it's the proper time of year to lay grass seed or till? Do I need to start adding nutrients or plant cocaine down or something? Any sites for absolute idiots at gardening who live in the Midwest? I have a Zone, right? I MUST KNOW MY ZONE!
Not this weekend, but next, I am going to start some plants in containers inside. I know I want an herbal planter -- I will start some basil, and some mint, sage, cilantro, catnip, and thyme. I would also like to get a rosemary thing -- bush? Stalk? Plant? They smell so good.
Ginger - Mar 06, 2011 6:15:32 am PST #16842 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The cooperative extension service to the rescue! Aren't you in Kansas? [link] I think you're around 6B [link]
Zenkitty - Mar 06, 2011 6:32:44 am PST #16843 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
There must be such a resource for western Virginia, too. I need it. I am such a shitty gardener, you'd think I could fertilize with my mere presence.
Ginger - Mar 06, 2011 6:44:39 am PST #16844 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think every state has an extension service. Here's Virginia: [link] In addition to the publications, there's probably a local extension agent you can call.
WindSparrow - Mar 06, 2011 7:01:41 am PST #16845 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Just in case anyone else wants to find a local coop extention, here is a map, click on your state to find more local offices: [link]
smonster - Mar 06, 2011 7:22:36 am PST #16846 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Connie and Erin, those are terribly sad things. And so scary, how quickly a loved one can just be gone.
lcat - Mar 06, 2011 7:24:09 am PST #16847 of 30000
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
Since there seems to be a gardening theme this morning, I need some advice about container gardening in the Pacific Northwest. I did quite a bit in Texas but this is my first spring in Oregon and I'm not sure what grows well, particularly here on the coast where the sunshine is brilliant but sporadic. Any suggestions?
smonster - Mar 06, 2011 7:25:36 am PST #16848 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I am not too hungover. Crashed at a friend's house last night, and am medicating wih coffee and food. We ended up at some guy's house and I talked to this dude for a couple of hours. Need to go home and start being productive, but it's a cool rainy day and I so wish I could just nap and be lazy.
Calli - Mar 06, 2011 7:27:58 am PST #16849 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've gotten a lot of good advice for local gardening by asking people at the nearby botanical gardens and at a nursery (a stand-alone nursery, not a Lowes or other big box add-on--although those are useful, too, for other things). Gardeners generally love to talk gardening, and they'll tell you things like, "Delphiniums don't tend to do well around here, and no one knows why. Still, that's $8 you might want to put toward something else." (I tried it anyway. The delphinium didn't do well.)