tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post1022375371065894190..comments2023-08-10T04:48:09.538-04:00Comments on The Garden Faerie: Mish-Mash Memorial MondayMonica the Garden Faeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-71310227064588465772009-06-01T16:07:43.447-04:002009-06-01T16:07:43.447-04:00Great Mish-Mash Memorial post, Monica ... lots of ...Great Mish-Mash Memorial post, Monica ... lots of good stuff going on ... Jack in the pulpit, a favorite. Thought of you at SF over the weekend ~ I'm sure you have many wonderful memories.joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-60598389610405770902009-06-01T10:25:30.685-04:002009-06-01T10:25:30.685-04:00Hi Monica - great post and covering so many things...Hi Monica - great post and covering so many things too!<br />Hope you had a good time in Chicago and the teas arrives safe and sound!<br />Love the drawings btw:)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-73921753453149092232009-05-27T22:16:07.049-04:002009-05-27T22:16:07.049-04:00I'm so jealous that you got red hot pokers! I have...I'm so jealous that you got red hot pokers! I have tried to grow them twice and both times they have failed to come back.<br /><br />That yellow iris is awesome. <br /><br />MrBrownThumb @ Chicago GardenChicago Gardenhttp://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-garden/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-30999945967189539312009-05-27T16:01:31.139-04:002009-05-27T16:01:31.139-04:00Hi Monica....lovely gifts from fellow bloggers.......Hi Monica....lovely gifts from fellow bloggers....don't you just love PPPP, I am still trying to find a source here (and I will)....<br /><br />You have some beautiful blooms, the bearded iris are gorgeous. I was never keen on them, until I started blogging, I have planted some in the garden, so fingers crossed they will bloom soon....<br /><br />You tea is packaged and will be posted to you tomorrow or Friday....should take around seven - ten days to get to you.....<br /><br />Love the drawing.....made me smile....so sweet......Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802468583972118464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-51210327707800446312009-05-27T09:28:21.564-04:002009-05-27T09:28:21.564-04:00Monica, I'll be watching to see if the V. Bluebell...Monica, I'll be watching to see if the V. Bluebells make it next Spring! Gail is a very generous gardener. Last Winter she shared seeds from several of her plants! I'm excited to see them prosper. I don't know Randy, but if he's that nice... he'd be great to visit. :-) Happy Day! (I know everyone at Spring Fling will enjoy themselves. I'll be watching for pictures. I couldn't work it out.)Shady Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-77606175262151802012009-05-27T09:23:20.000-04:002009-05-27T09:23:20.000-04:00Monica: Yes gardeners do make the best blogging fr...Monica: Yes gardeners do make the best blogging friends! In fact that is how I met YOU!<br />I met a lovely German blogger named MOnica....another one..and when I visited her in Germany last summer she took me to <br />~YOUR home town~..the city of roses..oh gosh I forget the name....and then you saw that post where I showed and told and that's how we became blogger friends!!<br />Don't you think this is a small world?!! <br />LOve your plants friend!!<br />How nice is that ..mailing plants..they would NOT get past Canada customs if mailed here!<br />Mish Mash Monday is a great idea!!Naturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-56711368696945739352009-05-27T01:47:02.492-04:002009-05-27T01:47:02.492-04:00You certainly are mishing and mashing a lot lately...You certainly are mishing and mashing a lot lately.<br /><br />You got a PPPP? Grrrrrrr, green now!<br /><br />Now that is what I call an upstanding squirrel. ;-)<br /><br />Fiona is georgous, I hope you have done better with her, nickname wise.<br /><br />Gaaaaaaa, a redhot poker, liking the amsonia much better.<br /><br />It's great how we garden bloggers have formed a very friendly and informal community, isn't it?<br /><br />Have fun at the Spring Fling!<br /><br />See, I can do mish-mash too in a comment.Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-35493688249053714392009-05-26T21:36:00.898-04:002009-05-26T21:36:00.898-04:00I will never be a gardener, but I enjoy learning f...I will never be a gardener, but I enjoy learning from you and other gardener bloggers....<br />Michelle From <A HREF="http://ramblingwoods.com" REL="nofollow"> Rambling Woods </A>Rambling Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080120317890707767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-14369868043426816202009-05-26T09:57:53.432-04:002009-05-26T09:57:53.432-04:00Jan,
I've only ever shipped dormant plants, so I w...Jan,<br />I've only ever shipped dormant plants, so I was quite amazed how well the plants looked when they arrived. I did cut off the blooms, which were drooping and didn't perk back up, so the energy can go into the roots. There's always next year for blooms.<br /><br />Gail,<br />I've planted PPPP and penstemon X; their foliage looks happy and perky. My friends will water them while I'm gone. Looking forward to meeting you, too!<br /><br />Cinj,<br />No, Fiona doesn't attack my ankles or anything else. She's much more into mental warfare! ;-)<br /><br />Sweet Bay,<br />I actually think the squirrel's stance is more like, "Yeah, so? Of course I'm bipedal!" But I love squirrels, so they don't want to fight with me! ;-)<br /><br />Bek,<br />Es ist immer so interessant bei Dir zu lernen wie alle Pflanzen auch deutsch heißen, besonderes "seidiger Hartriegel" finde ich so exotisch-hoerend! :) Das Baby kommt ja bald in die Welt, oder?<br /><br />Esther,<br />I admit I'm quite pleased with my drawing. It's not bad for someone who can't draw! I did enjoy doing it as well and never would have done it without inspiration from you.<br /><br />Tina,<br />I wish you were coming to SF, too! Maybe if I make it to TN one day (and there's lots of reasons to!) we can meet then.<br /><br />Anna,<br />I love how plants remind me of the person from whom I got them!<br /><br />Birgit,<br />Ich liebe Eichhörnchen! Es gibt eine kleine Chance (haengt an meiner Mutter ab) dass ich mich diesem Herbst in Hamburg finden koennte!<br /><br />Peri,<br />(I know you're Racquel but I think of you as Peri still!). The plants seem in excellent health and it was so exciting getting unexpected plants. (Well, I knew they were coming, but I didn't demand them or anything. Hmmm, I wonder what would happen if kidnappers demanded rare exotic plants as ransom?)<br /><br />Jimmy and Wade,<br />There are different species of Jacks; I know they are winter hardy to zone 3, but I don't know if they need cold to grow. Gail (in Nashville) mentioned them growing in TN, but not sure about southern AL.<br /><br />Frances,<br />Thank you for appreciating my art. Clearly, you are a connoisseur. The squirrel looking more fun than angry in the larger shot I reduced. (I get along with squirrels just fine.) Looking forward to SF!!!<br /><br />Randy,<br />Nandina is coming inside, along with the Pineys, for the foreseeable winters. (I just lost something else that was mulched and zone 6, so...). I've heard a lot of great thins about Asheville. I'm sure you went to Biltmore?<br /><br />Phoenix,<br />Wow, a real artist likes my drawing! :) I do like how I'm reminded of friends through my garden plants!<br /><br />Rose,<br />I'm looking forward to meeting you (and Beckie) too! My two bestest gardening friends will look after James and Fiona, of course! And another (non-gardening, non-cat) friend is driving me to the bus station and picking me up from the train station. Friends are good! :)<br /><br />~MonicaMonica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-75026865938413482152009-05-26T09:41:27.109-04:002009-05-26T09:41:27.109-04:00Hi Monica, you have way more blooming than we do h...Hi Monica, you have way more blooming than we do here. <br /><br />I can't be sure from the photos but your tree doesn't look at all like a crabapple. Crabapples seldom get over 15-18 feet tall and tend to spread horizontally. They don't look like crabapple leaves either. Sorry, I can't guess what you have there. Wait til it fruits then you'll know;)<br /><br />Gail's PPP is becoming famous far and wide. She shared a couple starts with me. The stuff is tough, something I love in a plant;)<br />MarnieRoses and Lilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-36103844495335398322009-05-26T09:16:08.112-04:002009-05-26T09:16:08.112-04:00Happy Memorial Day (belated), Monica! I agree blo...Happy Memorial Day (belated), Monica! I agree blogging friends are the best--what great gifts you've received! Looking forward to seeing PPPP in your Michigan garden. But most of all, I'm really looking forward to this weekend and getting to meet you in person! <br /><br />BTW, who's going to look after James and Fiona while you're gone??Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-66070921920959355722009-05-26T06:15:40.560-04:002009-05-26T06:15:40.560-04:00I love the drawing, Monica and the way you have co...I love the drawing, Monica and the way you have collaged the text over it!<br /><br />I so agree about gardening friends - there is a wonderful camaraderie. I remember when I had my first garden years ago, friends kept turning up with crates of cuttings and divisions and I was able to plant up the whole garden from virtually nothing!! I still treasure these plants and their descendants, which I've taken with me through several moves and they remind me of the friends who gave them.Phoenix C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13852678924557075302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-17135420840209168352009-05-25T21:22:39.321-04:002009-05-25T21:22:39.321-04:00Monica,
I'm glad everything arrived okay! Your dra...Monica,<br />I'm glad everything arrived okay! Your drawing is wonderful! BTW I'm in a Hotel in Asheville getting WIFI from another one. LOL I really think that nandina will survive your winters with mulch. Though I have been wrong before. :-)-- RandyRandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03840964031964028578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-3693550555922920172009-05-25T19:32:06.349-04:002009-05-25T19:32:06.349-04:00Hi Monica, wonderful mish mash and math, so that c...Hi Monica, wonderful mish mash and math, so that could be MMMMM! Yummy and/or noogie! I thought your art was wonderful too. Fiona is such a beauty, I look forward to hearing her names. What a sassy squirrel!<br />FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-28827246055245209462009-05-25T17:31:29.943-04:002009-05-25T17:31:29.943-04:00Monica, Thanks for the wonderful MMM Post. I laug...Monica, Thanks for the wonderful MMM Post. I laughed out loud at the one of the squirrel. He/she looks so content just sitting there waiting for you to snap a picture. The plants are beautiful as usual. Do you know if the "Jack in the Pulpit" will survive in south Alabama?<br />Thanks againJimmy and Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277052043996893844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-49931233503927662172009-05-25T16:52:09.850-04:002009-05-25T16:52:09.850-04:00The Mish Mash Monday posts are always entertaining...The Mish Mash Monday posts are always entertaining Monica. But this week you had me smiling the entire time. :) You are so right, crayon is definitely your medium. You are a better artist than me that's the truth. Great plants that Randy & Gail shared with you! They are so generous & I wish you the best of luck with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-21103128831490486672009-05-25T16:42:21.679-04:002009-05-25T16:42:21.679-04:00A Squirrel! What a nice visitor, Monica. Bei uns h...A Squirrel! What a nice visitor, Monica. Bei uns heißen sie "Eichhörnchen". Ich mag sie sehr. Fiona mag ich auch. Du hast süße Katzen und Du liebst sie sicher sehr. Schön blüht es in Deinem Garten. Die Iris gefallen mir außerordentlich gut.<br />LG BirgitGarden Cats + Craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255411841606861502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-43239054938861254432009-05-25T15:27:59.714-04:002009-05-25T15:27:59.714-04:00Once again I really enjoyed your ' Mish- Mash Mond...Once again I really enjoyed your ' Mish- Mash Monday' post Monica. It's great to receive plants from fellow gardeners - it adds even more to the pleasure of growing them :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-45427970315045331412009-05-25T11:14:04.665-04:002009-05-25T11:14:04.665-04:00Gardeners just are the best folks! Your plants arr...Gardeners just are the best folks! Your plants arrived beautifully and I know you'll have lots of enjoyment from them. I bet you are getting very excited for SF so close. I wish you all lots of fun!!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-70169180645657817362009-05-25T11:02:45.129-04:002009-05-25T11:02:45.129-04:00Congratulations Monica.
Your picture is wonderful...Congratulations Monica.<br /><br />Your picture is wonderful and colourful and cheerful - and to the point.<br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed doing it too!<br /><br />EstherEsther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-1119377985123092982009-05-25T10:53:53.164-04:002009-05-25T10:53:53.164-04:00Die Flockenblume (centaurea) hat mir als Kind scho...Die Flockenblume (centaurea) hat mir als Kind schon immer sehr gut gefallen. Muss ich jetzt auch unbedingt auf die Wunschliste setzen. Der red twig dogwood gefaellt mir auch gut - er steht bei mir im Vordergarten. Erst gestern ist mir aufgefallen, wieviel er jetzt im Fruehling gewachsen ist. Auch ich habe ihn relativ klein gekauft.<br />LG, BekBekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353543632009072686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-33610870040272320972009-05-25T10:28:55.239-04:002009-05-25T10:28:55.239-04:00You're going to love PPPP and Penstemon X! They sh...You're going to love PPPP and Penstemon X! They should be in every garden.<br /><br />The picture of the squirrel is hilarious. He looks like he's ready for a fight.<br /><br />Your Fiona is precious -- reminds me a lot of our Prissy.sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-19029657656317662512009-05-25T10:19:03.644-04:002009-05-25T10:19:03.644-04:00Does Fiona ferociously attack your ankles when you...Does Fiona ferociously attack your ankles when you walk by her hiding spot by any chance?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09582157624382487302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-40487697052262164202009-05-25T09:16:14.787-04:002009-05-25T09:16:14.787-04:00Dear Monica...What do you mean you can't draw; I s...Dear Monica...What do you mean you can't draw; I spotted the PPPP immediately;) The Jack In The Pulpit is one of my favorite wildflowers~~ what a dramatic and unusual flower. Blogging friends are the best...and I can't wait to meet you in person, too! We are all going to have great fun. Thanks for the shout out! gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814396908744491265.post-37617367545507272492009-05-25T08:24:20.195-04:002009-05-25T08:24:20.195-04:00Wow, what a post! Really great Monica! I enjoyed i...Wow, what a post! Really great Monica! I enjoyed it tremendously! You covered the spectrum...and more;-) I really need to do a MMM post myself...but today I'm not sure if I have time; perhaps a MMT will do?? Have a wonderful Memorial Day in relaxation and remembrance;-) PS I am really wondering how people send all of these plants through the mail without having them wilt!?Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844013803699228989noreply@blogger.com