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[k9helper]

Hello,

Does anyone know of any good and easy to use gardening software programs. I would like to do a long range plan for my yard.

[margypops]

Not really... we will have a nice Sunday meal, when I was a kid in England it was about Church and Jesus and choc Easter eggs ...but I like to see others enjoying this important Christian festival ..

[k9helper]

I hope it takes for you.

So do you do anything for Easter?

[margypops]

Oh you are lucky I have several Palm trees big ones , yours sound more interesting .,my neighbor gave us a tree yesterday I hope it takes, its a quince fruit tree, he didnt get all the roots ,silly man so I hope it will be okay..

[k9helper]

Hi
Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you. I was unable to login. I tried numerous times to get my password reset and had to send 2 e-mails to medhelp directly before it was resolved.

Looking forward to seeing more pics when you get them. I'll try to take some in the summer when things here are blooming. We had more snow this morning...crap. :(

I love trees too. I can't bring myself to cut one,even for a Christmas tree. I have a lot of mature trees on the property. The Blue Spruce in the front yard is about 40ft tall and we put Christmas lights on it for December. I have 3 more pine/fir trees I'm hoping to put lights on eventually. There is a sterile Mulberry tree in the herb/rock garden, a Catalpa and a cedar tree in the back, a sugar maple and an oak at the back and side and many more at the far back of the property...I love trees.

I would like to try planting fruit trees in an espalier pattern at some point too.

[margypops]

oohh I love maple syrup but too sweet for me , I will try to get a long shot so more are in it, and there are 4 Rock garden similar to that one , for amateurs I have to say they look good, we just plant and hope..The front is looking gorgeus all red gerraniums and the roses are coming out.Next house I get I am going to have more land and put in walkways, and rock gardens and will have more trees, I adore Trees.

[k9helper]

Yep that worked.I can see them now. Love the cactus rock garden. I really like the picture of your cat in the sink.

Today didn't work out for cleaning up the perennial beds. Rain,rain and more rain...at least it's not snow. I took the hint that they are not meant to be cleaned out yet and went to my friends sugar bush instead to have maple syrup. YUMMY :)

[margypops]

I think I may have to make you my friend I just realised ..try again  once I have put the request in and you have accepted ..lol

[k9helper]

I couldn't find the picture on your profile page. Maybe i'm not looking in the right spot?

Tomorrow I get brave and take the dead leaves off my perennials and pray we don't get any more snow.If they're brave enough to stick their little heads up i can be brave enough to clean out their beds. lol

[margypops]

I managed to get one up its on my profile page, I took 2 more but they didnt turn out too well ,I have 3 others of these rock gardens with Cactus and all kinds of succulents .a work in progress...

[margypops]

hah I find that aswell my Tweety wants to look /sniff at everything, shes not being very nice to a little black stray that has been coming by .I managed to get a pic of part of my cactus garden I have to now get it onto my profile . we are having hot weather so I have to spray a lot ,its starting to look good ., we lugged the rocks down from underneath a mountain above us ,and have transplanted a lot of cactus ..

[k9helper]

Great. My geranium grow-op seems too be working, at least nothing is dead ....yet. lol
Keeping the cats away from it is a challenge. I can certainly understand the old saying,"curiosity killed the cat", because they won't leave anything new alone. They have to have their noses,faces and then paws into everything. Good thing they're cute. :)

[margypops]

hah Yes I will take a couple they are looking good and are a work in progress, I will see if I can get a couple of pics  up on my profile I am not too tech minded ,I have a tea party on Friday so I need to get some pics up of that aswell.

[k9helper]

I'd love to see a picture of your cactus gardens. Something I will never get to see here.lol

[margypops]

I love that co own ... I thought if I ever got a dog again I would find a dog lover like me , and when they went out of town I could look after their dog and they could do the same for me .well this kitty found us, she doesn't like dogs she chases them  LOL well today I planted some cactus into a new cactus garden.. dont ask me the name of the cactus although I am sure it has a name ..the grass needs cutting again , form a lot more rain we have had .

[k9helper]

We had warm weather here today,around 24C but I'm still afraid to take the leaves off my perennials yet. We could still get snow. I never thought I could actually be excited to start weeding. lol

We have 2 cats and 2 dogs of our own and we co-own 2 more dogs as well. Lots of pet hair,lots of love.

[margypops]

how many pets do you have I have one kitty, first cat I ever had she found us 2 years ago ,yes Its good to go away but good to come home to the familiar ...I have been very busy..weeding .

[k9helper]

Back from Toronto. I am so glad I live in the country. I love to visit cities and see everything but I couldn't be without a garden for too long. :)
We had a great time though. Did some shopping,ate well, looked around,slept in every day-my favorite thing.
The pets missed us,very affectionate when we got back. gotta love that unconditional devotion.lol
Glad to be home.

[margypops]

Have a pleasant time ...

[k9helper]

No he's not a gardener. He does like to cut grass though. For which I give thanks because I hate it. He's fairly tolerant of my gardening obsession except when I start taking more and more of his lawn to turn into flowerbeds. That's when the "Turf" wars start.

Have a good week. I'll be gone for the next 4 days.

[margypops]

They are just so resilient, the red blooms are gorgeus, and all we did was bash the ends , dip that end in Root compound, and into the ground .we noticed they seem to bloom most of the year, however I do not know about the snow ,I put a plastic bag over my cactus if I hear there;s going to be a frost in Winter .Does your dh also like to garden ?

[k9helper]

I'll see your weeding and raise you snow shovelling. lol  I don't much like weeding either. It's just a necessary evil that has to be done to enjoy the rest of the gardening. I'm trying your trick with the geraniums. I also started a few different seeds. My entire dining room table has become a greenhouse. I think I may have spring fever.

[margypops]

oohh yes I am not certain but it may still be too cold to plant.. so keeping them in pots for the min is good, my having success may be due to it not being very cold, and having a lot of rain this year .I have been doing some weeding, thats a lovely job ....not

[k9helper]

LOL not a state ..a province,I live in Ontario, Canada. You're in California? You must get to garden all year.
I bought some geraniums to start indoors today. Went to the shed to get my soil and starter pots,but when I tried to scoop the soil  out of the bag I couldn't ...it was Frozen. I had to bring it in the house to defrost. Defrosting soil sheesh. I can't wait for warmer weather. :)

[margypops]

oh Darn what state are you in ?  I spent most of yesterday in the garden then it got too hot in the afternoon, about 90 here . you will ove the geraniums , the color is wonderful I had it all winter, dont know how they fare in the snow LOL