Your Favourite Tropicals to grow?????

Yah, but the plant is HIGHLY toxic and poisionous. Hope you don’t have small children …

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

last year i grew 1 plant of the red verriety. i’f your concerned about the toxicity of seeds, cut the flowers off. On our farm we have free range fowl who constantly get into the garden, they’ve not had any problems round the plant, and it holds onto it’s seeds well into the post frost season. At my work we grew the tall green ones, that was interesting. first year working with them and planted about 4 times tomany in the space we alotted for them, looked great for about 2 months, byu the end of the summer there was sky scrapers hehe.
Sib ;)

My seeds for the red and green ( zanbiensis ) arrived last week from the ebay seller who is based in New Brunswick. Looking forward to planting these things, in the yard to see how high they can go.

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

congrats :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I’ve been growing castors (my pet name for the plant) for years now every year – I bought my 1st set of seeds from ebay, too and ever since I’ve had overproduction of beans – keep giving them out to all neighbours. They are wonderful and grow so fast. No animal ever touched them (cats, dogs, squirrels). I’ve sent them to my Mom in Poland then she “castorized” her entire neighbourhood. Last summer, however, they failed to grow – they miniaturized themselves. I guess I need to buy a fresh batch off ebay !
In late February I usually soak the beans for 24 hours then put them in soil in styro cups, bag them and forget them for few weeks; they take off like crazy !

-- tropicals lover - Katherine, Ontario, Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Nanumi….you’ve been quiet for a while now, how are your plants doing? My castors are going nuts indoors right now, they can’t wait to get outside

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

My cannas that I started indoors, are going nuts right now, a good head start before it’s safe to put them in the ground

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

awesome

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Great write up.I used to grow them a few years back and then got away from it.Now you got me wondering where I can grow them again.(lol)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

I have about 8 plants going right now indoors, and they are of 3 cultivars, all of them are over 1ft tall right now. They shall be going out May 24

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Will be nice to have some pictures!

-- poisoncontrol, there is to much poison in the world: let's eradicate it!

For someone that has just joined, you aren’t asking much are you? Did you even introduce yourself, bother to put your zone in your signature?

When you have done all that and posted pics of your garden, if you have one at all, then you can start asking for pictures. Howz that

Pictures are only going to people on my pm list from now on. I guess you can call it “postcontrol”

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

i am sorry if I have offended you, that wasn’t my intent. Was just being curious
We just moved here!
Got in the house last week, have plenty of beds but no way of knowing what anything is! And I am looking for some ideas.
I thought that was the point of being on this site.
If I am wrong about it, I will just go for another site where I will be able to make comments, jokes without being worried about being attacked!
Again, sorry if I stepped on your toes! Was not my intent!

-- poisoncontrol, there is to much poison in the world: let's eradicate it!

Bullseye, take it easy now.

You can’t just shoot at everything that moves in the night.

Why are we getting so edgy here?

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

Poiosn control

I am sorry you got attacked as soon as you came on the forum

Of course this is what the forum is for, for newbies to learn new things about gardening and us older fellas to help If I can

If you are a new gardener, you hardly would have pic yet. You just moved into a new place??. Your gardens will take some time to establish . It took me a long time a few seasons in fact

I don’t think posting pic on here consitutes being gardner or I didn’t see any rules that said so

This is just my 3rd day here and I see all this attacking

I hope we are all going to settle down and just relax and enjoy ourselves

Stick around, everything will be ok

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Thank you for your kind words Bunting!
We do have some gardens here, already established but I do not know anything about plants, so I will need a lot of help!

Again, Bullseye, I am so sorry, did not realize you would be upset.
And I would like to apologize to everybody else for the fact that because of me, without meaning to, you will not be able to see the pictures of Bulleyes work.

-- poisoncontrol, there is to much poison in the world: let's eradicate it!

things have been a little touchy around here. So the wounds are still fresh.. be patient and empathetic.

• click on their name/photo and go to their home page.
• Then you get look at their blogs and the projects which will be packed full of photos.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Poisoncontrol … we would LOVE to help you with your new home and gardens!!! Lots of experience and knowledge here … and the good Lord Himself knows; we are not bashful about sharing that love of gardening nor our knowledge. :-)

It will be fun to hear from you as your yard/gardens begin to sprout and bloom. Heck, all of us are excited cuz all of our gardens are coming to life … so the “gardening buzz” is about to truly begin … hang on to that sun bonnet or baseball cap … hahahahaha!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Bob….please don’t tell me to take it easy! I am sick of yahoos coming on here, and making a bee-line for threads that are controversial to make their 1st post, who does that really without an alterior motive?

In an ideal world, you will introduce yourself by telling us all about yourself, and then go through the archives to see what has been said in the past. I was once a newbie here, and I sure as h3ll didn’t do some of the cr4p am getting

Anyway….enough of all this malarkey. Looking forward to planting my new purchases from an hour ago. I went for some colour this time around to neutralize all the green I have. Got 2 Hosta plants ( sum and substance that gets big and something Regal ) and some other coloured plants, 12 in total.

Today happens to be customer appreciation day at the place, so there was a lot of discount :-)

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Bullsyes

I think you are making a whole lot of something that isn’t

You seem pretty jumpy on here. Why?? No one is attacking you that I can see.

For Pete’s sake relax then maybe we can and have the fun and learn some gardening that was intended

Relax

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Bullseye .. is your store close to your work or close to your home?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Bunting…..you are in no position to talk, when I need your opinion, I’ll ask or not. Well of course you can’t see, since you’ve only been on here for 2days with 34 posts.

Debbie….it’s close to my work, and I have been nipping over there at lunch time, even driving past Nanumi’s house :-) She hasn’t been on for a while, I wonder if she is ok?

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

thought maybe there was a customer appreciation I was missing out on! haha

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

(incorrect forum)

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Bullseye, it’s too bad you’re not posting pics… I always took a stance that this forum is about sharing information on gardening, and maybe showing off a little on our accomplishments.

I think we can all recognize that the world is not ideal, so if folks don’t follow a certain protocol by introducing themselves, why is that such a big deal? This site is an evolution from LJ, which has a very common mantra about projects: “no pictures, didn’t happen.” In such a visual hobbyset as woodworking, gardening, and home renovating, pictures are a necessity to help get a point across, help to ask and answer questions, etc.

So why purposely exclude the other members of this site from what you know? C’mon and share with us…

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

So, if I understand all of this is No pictures, didn’t happen
So I guess you folk out there who do not have a camera, you better run and buy one!!
As we are Thomases and do not believe what you say!!

thanks D for clearing this for me. I really did not think it was that way!
I post pictures because I really enjoy sharing what I do (and I am darn proud of what I do), and hearing GranT oooo’s and aaaa’s.
And I love to see what others are doing so I can oooooo and aaaaaaaaaa as well as learn something!

By the way, I am almost sorry by the sarcasm! Not quite!
But it is not everybody who can afford a camera! So does it mean they cannot come to this site?

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Think you got this all wrong Damocles. Anyway there are some people on here recently, that seem to have signed up just for “Trolling” purposes.

I don’t really care if people don’t share their photos, but what I have a problem with is these people asking to see other people’s photos, when they can’t be bothered to post theirs or even flippin’ put in their signature where they are located.

Take my comments as you wish

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Continuing to alienate each member of this forum will make you the pariah, not the martyr. Immediately jumping on newbies is not the way to engender a feeling of welcome here.

One of the most refreshing things about this particular forum is that there are no official Admins or Mods. Yes, there are our beloved creators who pour their heart and soul into the design and upkeep of this forum, and there is Debbie, who seems to not need sleep at all, but what you don’t see are by-lines under user profiles “Moderator” or “Admin Manager”. The point? This is supposed to be a hobby-based website where people meet to share ideas and experiences. I do care whether people share their pictures, but I’m not going to be a prick about it and accuse people of ulterior motives if they don’t post anything about themselves.

This is an anonymous webforum, just like 99% of the other web forums online. To presume that all posters here are going to be completely forthcoming with their personal information such as location/zone/etc. is a bit over the top. About not posting pics, well, Eklectic is right on with her point: if somebody doesn’t have a camera, does it mean they can’t post on this site? It’s taken me over a week to post my pics of my first bloomers, and it’s taken you less than that time to ostracize new members of this board.

The statement “take my comments as you wish” is as arrogant as it is flip. If you don’t care, then why the invectives and polemics when someone questions you? FWIW, I do care how you react to this…it is what makes me human.

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Damocles…..thanks for calling me a “Prick”. Well of course everything you spouted there is bollocks, am not going to get into a melee’ with you over this matter!

The people you are trying to stand up for, I know from elsewhere, hence the reason I say some of the things in my posts. Don’t bother replying to my posts, just stay out of my way going forward alright?

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

LMAO! I hope you can find peace in your gardens…

I am done with this topic, my piece being said, however don’t think that I’m going to avoid you in all your meanderings around this forum. If we bump into each other again, take it in the spirit given, and try not to be such a bully, OK?

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

I guess nincompoops need a way to get their kicks, and being a w4nker just comes naturaal for them.

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Thought I would show a bit

This is from my bedroom balcony. I have 2 vegie beds in here plus an herb garden. To the left , you can’t see if apples trees and grape vines/ I love red and blue potatoes and I want to do another bed for them. I have no idea what kind of seed to buy tho

See my clothesline, We can do that in a rural area. lol,lol

See ahead are honey suckle trees. On the other side of them is a park like area I am making. Adding a bit each year

http://photobucket.com/albums/v469/Butterfly0/PICT0036.jpg

The little park ends with a huge hosta bed and park benches where I sit and dream

http://.photobucket.com/albums/v469/Butterfly0/PICT0036.jpg

http://.photobucket.com/albums/v469/Butterfly0/PICT0234.jpg

http://.photobucket.com/albums/v469/Butterfly0/PICT0234.jpg

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

It is not allowing me to edit or save changes

why does one pic post and the others don’t??

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

be sure to put an exclamation mark at either end of the address

and the last three photos have a period after the HTML

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Thanks

That is weird. I never had to before anywhere else

I see 2 pic not open

Sighing !!! oh hum shouldn’t they be htt:

Darn the park I am making is not showing

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Beautiful back yard
that’s funny re: clothesline.

Clotheslines and chickens – the talk of the “town” these days!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Lovely gardens Bunting. I see your veggie patch …. everything looks so lush

and healthy. Enjoying your pics.

b.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

DebbieP

I don’t even see HTML in my posts. lol,lol

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Ms DbbieP

I put explanation mark at the end of each addy, but didn’t work

chickens big talk of the town in Halifax too. Crazy

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

I’ve had that happen.

when all else fails, go to Martin’s tutorial video and watch how he embeds a photo.. much easier than trying to find the “creative coding” :) (errors)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Bunting … what a beautiful yard!!!! Can see why you love being out there!!! Thanks for sharing …

I do so enjoy seeing everyone’s gardens; almost like we are traveling from “tender to tender” sharing that love of gardening. Marvelous … :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

thanks

this is just a small part of the yard

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Well then I look forward to seeing the “rest” ... snap away … hahahaha!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

GarndmaT

It seems I am not posting pic right for you to see them

I have a fav winter scene but…

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

It appears that you have quite a forest behind your pics, Bunting. Nice

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

I am surrounded by elms, maple, birch and pines Blooz

Sorry I keep spelling your name wrong

If it comes up sometimes as booze, you will know why, lol,lol

I do catch myself and correct it, sorry

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

I am saying hello everyone

This was last Nov 2007

I went to the ocean at 5 pm to watch the hurricane come in. I thought the surf would be stronger. I was disappointed

The storm didn’t blow in til about midnite. Then it came in wild and powerful, about 200km an hour

See the little piece of land gutting out in the water? I used to climb up there a few years ago and watch the world go by

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-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

This is the little park I was trying to post

This area is about 3/4 acre.

I have lots of little gardens in this area more to the left. Needs a lot of work this summer

Maybe it is sinking in how to post pics here now, I hope

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/Butterfly0/PICT0239.jpg

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

ooooh lovely little area. NICE!!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I suspect I am puttig pic in the wrong place
Is there a particular place for pic?

I use this pic for a card one time

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/Butterfly0/april222005snow-1.jpg

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Omg … so many simply beautiful shots. From your lovely ocean, gardens of eve to your beautiful snow scene with those tiny, tiny birds. Lovely indeed! Thank you for posting, Bunting.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Back to the tropicals, can’t wait for my hardy hibiscus to come up again

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b