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RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:17:24 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Well, While wer're walking around the yard let's see what other interesting things we can find.  I see that the Pampas grass is in full bloom.  These things are nice, but they make such a mess. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 61

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:19:04 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline And what would a true Southern home be without a row of Crape Myrtles. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 62

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:22:04 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline The banana trees aren't doing too well this year.  Made some one year just before a freeze came.  You do know that once they bear bananas that that stalk will rot and die?  Strange plant.  But small ones will spring up the next spring. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 63

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:25:48 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Pecan trees are a peculiar tree also.  One year with fruit, almost no fruit the next year.  This tree is on this year, but the squirrels will get these before the fruit ripens. Them little buggers is a nusiance, but I love to watch them play in the back yard. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 64

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:28:20 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Well, the deer have to eat during those winter months, so let's check on the acorn crop for this year.  Maybe with the recent rains they will fill out. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 65

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:35:48 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Persimmons are also a strange tree.  Seems like their must be  male and female trees.  Some of the trees bloom but never bear any fruit.  The skinnest, scrawniest tree in the yard always bears fruit.  Strange. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 66

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:40:18 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline And what southern boy doesn't have a Catalpha tree growing in the yard.  Instant fish bait.  The Sphinx moth lays eggs on the leaves and they hatch  catapillars that will literally eat every leaf off the tree.  But once the catapillars go into the grount to form pulpas, the tree will grow a new set of leaves.  Dad burn birds done picked ever caltapha worm off my tree. Now I got to wait for a new crop. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 67

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:43:30 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline The Catalpha tree grows long seed pods called beans.  The wind scatters the seed and grows new trees.  This tree was a volunteer that I moved out of the shrubs in front of the house. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 68

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:45:27 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline If you want to attract butterflies then a good shrub to plant is an Abelia. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 69

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:49:24 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Well looks like another thunderstorm is making up, so I'd better get inside.  Thanks for looking .  And thanks to all those who prayed for rain.  Hope that Pat is getting some of this rain up in Carolina.  I'll look and see if I can locate some other interesting plants in the yard if you're interested. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 70

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 12:23:51 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Continuing our walk around the yard, we find the Trumpet Creeper Vine.  Old folks called it cow itch vine , for some reason.  The lots that I bought ajoining my property were covered with this stuff.  Slash and burn, slash and burn, is the only way to control this vine.  However, it does have a nice trumpeted flower. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 71

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 12:29:08 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline I waited too late to get any pictures of the Mimosa tree in bloom.  But the seed pods are begining to turn brown and those husks will be all over the yard.  These trees don't usually live too long.  A lot will die over the winter and won't leaf out in the spring. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 72

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 12:33:33 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline I almost forgot about the Confederate Rose Hibiscus.  Folks around here call them cottonwood.  The buds are putting on and for some strange reason this varity won't begin to bloom until October most years. Hopefully they will bloom early this year. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 73

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 12:38:00 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline My Uncle (now deceased) gave me a couple of plants that he had rooted.  I know this sounds strange, but after the plant blooms and before a hard frost , you cut the limbs up in sections and place them in a bucket of water and leave them during the winter in the bucket of water.  The next spring they will have grown roots and will bud out.  Here's a stick that's ready to transplant. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 74

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 12:40:35 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline My wife likes this Gardenia plant, but not me.  It smells like a Funeral Home to me.  Gives me the willeys. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 75

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 12:43:16 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Here's a better pic of the abelia bush, it has those long slender limbs that bend down with the weight of all those flowers.  It needs plenty of room. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 76

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 12:46:13 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Well, I guess you folks might be getting a little hungry after doing all this walking around the yard so how about some low country boil.  As soon as the shrimp come to the top this is going to be ready to eat.  Grab a bowl.  Wishing all you folks a great Labor day.  And hope you have some great digs. Buster. Attachment (1) < Message edited by logueb -- 8/31/2007 12:52:42 PM > _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 77

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 1:14:59 PM    Georgia Peach   Posts: 84 Joined: 6/3/2007 From: Dallas, Georgia Status: offline I love Mimosa trees & have several in my yard.  In the 10 years at this location, I have had only one die & that was after my husband cut it back.  I blamed him, maybe I was wrong...  I found out recently from a park ranger here in Georgia that Mimosa's are not native plants to Georgia & are actually bad for the native plants & don't do anything for the animals.  That won't make me cut mine down, I love them! (in reply to logueb) Post #: 78

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/31/2007 2:53:01 PM    EndlesDreamer   Posts: 137 Joined: 6/13/2007 From: Blasdell,NY Status: offline This has been one of the most pleasant car rides!  Has anyone ever told you what a great story teller you are? I live in Upstate NY and have never seen plants like yours. As for Scuppernongs/Bullisses, never heard of them, but Im wondering if theres a wine made with them. Had to laugh at your comment about Gardenias, I feel the same way about the smell of roses. (funeral home smell) Ohhh dont get me wrong, still love to get them! As for Harley, I have a Lab/Shep and seeing him you would think hes a tough guy, his bark is worse then his bite, hes a lover. He loves ice in his water too, bites at the ice to get it out of his bowl. Thanks for sharing, and cant wait to see more!  Lisa How do you make southern sweet tea? Looks refreshing! < Message edited by EndlesDreamer -- 8/31/2007 2:57:53 PM > (in reply to Georgia Peach) Post #: 79

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 9/1/2007 12:16:45 AM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2306 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi buster,  i just spent a long time typing  a post and it got wipe out.  love the tour and all the great pictures. so i'll keep  this short thanks,   rhona < Message edited by Trying not to break it -- 9/1/2007 12:19:10 AM > (in reply to logueb) Post #: 80

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