tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post7859686943879380257..comments2023-09-22T06:09:26.601-05:00Comments on Pat and Jim's Gardening Adventure: we got pumpkins, we got pumpkinsJim Groblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18027723131261970051noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-91688793150001957212010-05-03T18:35:45.301-05:002010-05-03T18:35:45.301-05:00Your Hosta sure are beautiful Jim. Sorry about the...Your Hosta sure are beautiful Jim. Sorry about the rabbits. We used to have several a few years ago that would strip the leaves off the oriental lilies. With the increased hawk population around here, squirrels now seem a bit more dominant.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160202493785166930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-52675858905299788812010-05-02T07:01:35.929-05:002010-05-02T07:01:35.929-05:00I think that's so cool that you have an inadve...I think that's so cool that you have an inadvertent pumpkin patch!! I can't wait to see it grow!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269569412638759360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-29620908787483504982010-04-30T19:45:44.516-05:002010-04-30T19:45:44.516-05:00Jim, it is so exciting to see your garden truly co...Jim, it is so exciting to see your garden truly coming alive -- now that your passion (400 hostas is a passion) are finally poking their heads above ground. I can hear the excitement in your writing. :)<br /><br />Those pumpkins are something else! I love that story, and I definitely hope you leave them to wander in the flower bed. I never heard of rabbits eating pumpkin seedlings -- although they can do a lot of damage otherwise!Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454557080455458675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-3823550811942924182010-04-30T10:25:43.499-05:002010-04-30T10:25:43.499-05:00I am just thinking of several nice cuss words for ...I am just thinking of several nice cuss words for those deer. <br /><br />Your Hosta looks extremely healthy and LUSH.Chloe mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265196480664185330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-9684996235198852832010-04-29T23:06:40.456-05:002010-04-29T23:06:40.456-05:00Your hosta's look great. I now have two large ...Your hosta's look great. I now have two large ones. I will see how they progress. The pumpkins are gonna be cool! Can't wait to see how they do.The Redneck Rosarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902924388734499150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-68739952437625768232010-04-29T17:19:13.953-05:002010-04-29T17:19:13.953-05:00Eileen, I'll give all the help you want. I als...Eileen, I'll give all the help you want. I also am horrible with names.<br /><br />Gippslandgardener, I might have a borfer line obsession, but I can grow hosta. Everything else is a crap shoot.<br /><br />Kyna, With Neil Young and Crazy horse blasting.<br /><br />Lona, The vinca minor only grows around the edges of the hosta patch because Pat and I bury it every year<br /><br />Leavesnbloom, There are something like a bazillion types of hosta. Is there anything that slugs don't eat.<br /><br />Wiz, Two words. Soapy water.<br /><br />Floridagirl, I would be really bummed out without my hosta.<br /><br />Jean, Geez, when I saw the pumpkin plants growing, I ran over to my neighbor to show her our pumpkin patch. I did not mention it was an accident.<br /><br />Noelle, Surprises like this makes gardening so special for me.<br /><br />Muhammad Khabbab, It is a pleasure to meet you.Jim Groblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027723131261970051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-26172817894882317402010-04-29T15:40:25.963-05:002010-04-29T15:40:25.963-05:00How come your hostas (hostae?) don't get slug ...How come your hostas (hostae?) don't get slug damage?Is the Wizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761353128112632116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-3377803071670813092010-04-29T12:56:02.501-05:002010-04-29T12:56:02.501-05:00I do love Hosta.....one thing that I cannot grow h...I do love Hosta.....one thing that I cannot grow here in the desert. That is way cool about your pumpkin seedlings. I love surprises like that in the garden :-)Noelle Johnson https://www.blogger.com/profile/12198931083102476324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-64025443581827114302010-04-29T12:30:02.451-05:002010-04-29T12:30:02.451-05:00i have never seen such beautiful foliage. and yes ...i have never seen such beautiful foliage. and yes the pictures on your sidebar of butterflies and bees are very pretty as well.Muhammad khabbabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248882335224914970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-17939247794350285042010-04-29T11:52:13.505-05:002010-04-29T11:52:13.505-05:00Jim 400 hosta's thats amazing. I honesty did n...Jim 400 hosta's thats amazing. I honesty did not think there were as many varieties - you know what you might even be growing the national collection there! <br /><br />Oh thats terrible about the deer - I hope succeed in defeating them. But its great about the pumkin - just make sure there are no big slugs about as they might prefer your pumkin to a hosta leaf. I know that I grew them from seed once and the slugs and snails ate the lot. <br /><br />Those pumkins will love that rich soil of yours.Rosie Nixon Fluertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851979959739600135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-26095913632042973212010-04-29T10:30:27.807-05:002010-04-29T10:30:27.807-05:00Hey, not everyone gets a free pumpkin patch.Now th...Hey, not everyone gets a free pumpkin patch.Now that will be an experience for you.<br />Your hostas are beginning to look so good. The one in the tile planter looks so nice. <br /> I see you have vinca minor vines the evergreen variety growing where the deer nibbled the hosta.I hope it does not take over your hostas but left alone in years to come I am afraid it will choke them out.Lonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-6859074189900619862010-04-29T09:12:49.054-05:002010-04-29T09:12:49.054-05:00Jim, I am reminded of the year I was 10, when my f...Jim, I am reminded of the year I was 10, when my father seeded the front lawn of our new house in late October, just about the time so local rowdies smashed pumpkins in the street as part of Halloween hijinks. The following summer, we had pumpkins growing in the front lawn! My father was so proud of those pumpkins, you would have thought he planted them on purpose. -JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-81315688189580324812010-04-29T08:00:28.612-05:002010-04-29T08:00:28.612-05:00I agree...you can't have too many hostas! The...I agree...you can't have too many hostas! They are such wonderful plants. I miss my old collection, but I enjoy visiting your blog to see your hosta garden.Floridagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357453320897720393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-40135854459833506342010-04-29T06:01:52.691-05:002010-04-29T06:01:52.691-05:00I think I'm partial to Shirley (that's my ...I think I'm partial to Shirley (that's my mum's name) :)<br /><br />And I got a huge laugh when I got an image in my head of you chasing deer down in your Aztec. In my imagination, you've got your head out the window and you're yelling LOLKynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-13274869659457746952010-04-28T21:38:08.408-05:002010-04-28T21:38:08.408-05:00Hi Jim, I'm very excited for you about the pum...Hi Jim, I'm very excited for you about the pumpkins sprouting and I'm looking forward to seeing how they progress. <br />By the way, I think 400 has to be an obsession in anyone's books, but what's the point of a hobby if you can't immerse yourself in it? :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-68778310924997888542010-04-28T20:52:33.425-05:002010-04-28T20:52:33.425-05:00Hey Jim, you are going to have to help me with the...Hey Jim, you are going to have to help me with the Hosta. I love Hosta, but I am not great at remembering their names.<br /><br />EileenGatsbys Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04228978705943696143noreply@blogger.com