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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 09:43:55 AM
There are thousands of daylilies and even more weeds.....so many beds, so little time.....
Now is one of those times I wish I had had more children! ;) I used to bribe my poor ds to help me in the backyard when he was little. But he's too old and makes more money than I do anyhow...:D
 
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I've been off since last Thursday working mostly on weeding. I told my poor boss today, that I came back to work just to get a day of rest...just sit in one place and suck up some air conditioning! LOL!
Anybody want to come on down to Kentucky and help weed????? PLEASE???
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 1:12:43 PM
Haha! I agree! We can be Master Weeders!
I was watering my lawn this morning and realized I am really just watering the weeds! *sigh*
Alee
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 11:52:57 AM
Sounds good, Alee. Maybe we could get designated as "Master Weeders"! ;)
Carol Sue-I can post some pics of the daylilies that went to your house if you remind me of their names. I remember Condilla and I think maybe Midnight Magic?
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 08:16:29 AM
Oh my gosh Janice! It sounds like my fights with the common mallow, stranglevine, foxglove and other nasties that are in my yard and garden! We can be weeding experts together!!
Alee
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 05:58:28 AM
Alee - When my dh has time and can get out to the farm, he will run a tiller between the rows for me. But in some of the beds, the weeds got ahead of us so fast(too much rain too early), that I have to dig them up. Last week, we had some rain, so I was able to pull out a lot of them, without digging. But the chicory was so tall and rooted that I had to dig them out. It took several days just to clear out one bed. Three down, five to go! :O
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| Alee |
Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 05:46:37 AM
Janice- Do you get to use tools to weed (like a hoe) or do you have to get down and do all the hard work yourself?
Alee
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 05:21:06 AM
Carol Sue - If you ever see one you have a particular love for, you better tell me.....and if you PROMISE not to overdo your gardening again.....I'll ship it(them) out to you. And I mean a for real promise! Which ones do you have now? I can post pics of them(can't remember exactly) for you.
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 5:43:00 PM
Ohhhh I gotta go look on the garden gate and check it out......
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 12:25:48 PM
Come on over any time, Wilma! You'd be surprised how rare it is to find someone who does know how to weed! HAHA! I posted some new daylily pics in the Garden Gate thread and there's one I think you need! :D
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 12:22:22 PM
How about getting it together Janice a farm working would be fun and I sure know how to weed
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 10:16:08 AM
Oh, frannie, wouldn't that be 'the bees knees' for sure! Someone who wanted some chicory.....I could give them a wagonload(or three). I know it can be used as a coffee substitute(Euell Gibbons-Stalking the Wild Asparagus) I just don't seem to have the time to figure out anything besides chunking it out of the way of my daylilies. I need a crew of helpers.....maybe a partner or two(besides my dh, of course-the poor guy is working extra at his other job as it is.)
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| frannie |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 09:11:51 AM
so chickory is an herb, have you looked it up to see if it is useful and if you could also market it in some ways. my research shows it is a coffee substitute, can be used in salads, etc. and that it attracts some bugs, that might otherwise be eating on your "good plants" maybe you could post about chickory and see if any of our farmgirls know more about its uses.
my daughter works for a grocery broker who specializes in local grown, organic and sustainable ag produce and he buys from local small farmers, maybe there is someone in your area who would love to have a supply of chickory to sell.
yea....i know i'm a dreammer,,,,,but i'm not the only one. ....oh, john lennon already said this.
love
frannie in texas
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 06:35:16 AM
Julie - thanks for thinking of me. But knee deep in pigweed...I'd almost take that over head high in chicory! LOL! :O
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'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| paradiseplantation |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 06:02:31 AM
Ooh! Janice, if I didn't have such a long week ahead of me weeding myself, it would be worth the trip to help you weed, just to be among all those beautiful lilies! I'll at least think about you while I'm knee-deep in all that pigweed in my garden!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 05:18:23 AM
Jess - We'd LOVE any info you can send our way. We are complete IDIOTS about selling/marketing or any help we might be able to get. We don't grow tobacco, because the Land Co. guy took the rights(don't know how that works). He does rent the barn from us every year, though.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 8:06:30 PM
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a larger bunch of daylillies. I helped a couple of farmers with my old job to start daylilly businesses with some grant money. It is really amazing how much people will pay for a rare variety of a daylilly (say like $50+).
Let me know if you ever need any info on marketing and selling them. I think I may have some of my stuff and I can get the contact info for those farmers. Also, I can hook you up with some information if you guys have grown tobacco in the past. You could get some $$ for your farm to expand with your beekeeping and daylilies. :)
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| junkjunkie |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 4:02:46 PM
You have a gorgeous piece of property and personally, I would just let the flowers have their natural progression, like wildflowers. I wouldn't bother too much with weeding or deadheading, as it looks really beautiful... and you have the land to pull it off. Anyway, to me, it looks like well maintained garden. Much nicer than mine...and I try to deadhead and weed every day. Great views!
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| lilyblossom |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:44:37 PM
Janice, I'll come help you weed if you will come on down to western KY and help me pull the mint out of the creek.
Donna...true blue KY farmgirl, farmgirl #86 |
| pinkroses |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:43:29 PM
Love your flowers.
that barn looks like our family barn on the farm we are moving to
It is a really old barn
Love your pictures. pinkroses
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:25:48 PM
when I saw the picture of your barn and all of those flowers I thought to myself..oh what fun to just walk through the rows of them with camera in hand ..LOL oh my..yes I definitely would love to see the new varieties come Spring next year. I found a variety a while back that is a peachish color with a green throaght..it grows rather tall..I'd say the stem gets about waist high..I don't know the variety, nor did the man that I got it from.
but it is rather unique.
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| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:25:16 PM
Janice, stunning girl, just stunning. What weeds, the blooms are too beautiful to look at to see weeds for pete's sake.
I love your barn too. Yep, go to work to rest, isn't that like after you take a vacation. Dh always said he went back to work to rest from the vacation....lol
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| Txfarmgal |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 2:01:37 PM
it's beautiful!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 1:25:03 PM
I've been taking a lot of pics of individual blooms with my new camera this summer, Tina. Hopefully, I'll have a decent spreadsheet for you to look at next spring, when you're in your new place. :D
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| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 12:47:50 PM
oh my..love all those daylilies!! love em, love em, love em!
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| iloveprims |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 11:53:43 AM
I love the flowers and sure wish I lived closer I would surely come down and help you.
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:41:38 AM
Heather - Come over any time! I'll set some sun tea out on the trailer ledge!
Frannie - That's a philosophy I can live with for sure. ;)
Ann - Hmmm...that would be a dream situation....someone who knew flowers helping me weed....
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