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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 04:10:54 AM
OH GOSH GURLFRENZ! i woke up this morning .. and a dozen or more SUNFLOWERS had popped their pretty yellow heads in full bloom! seems they decided to come out from under the covers overnight!
took some pics .. will post 'em soon! how are YOUR sunflower gardens growin'? xo
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 11:23:22 PM
surely no need to send anything sweetie .. i'm hoping these will still be 'viable' by spring. (i have used two year old seeds and had them come up!) but to be real safe .. i'll make sure you get some 2008 autumn ones too!
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 8:16:58 PM
Thanks ever so Frannie!! Your a Dear! Let me know if I can send ya something from New Mexico!!!...........i don't pack cactus though ;) !!!!
Until Later,
Audrey
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 7:15:30 PM
audrey .. i think i'd wait until springtime .. but i have a bunch of last year's crop packaged up for you .. on it's way tomorrow! xo
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 08:50:08 AM
Frannie.....Albuquerque is more like Colorado then Arizona!!! We are
actually a mile high like Colorado and have all four seasons including the
SNOWSTORMS!!! ....however, the snow is not quite as bad as Colorado.
Will send my addy in an email now and thanks again Frannie!
Until Later,
Audrey
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:42:45 AM
oh pam .. what a cute story! dooooo take a photo of 'the lone ranger'!
i'm sooo glad we don't seem to have 'squirrels' here .. i think the 'coyotes' in the woods must keep them at bay!
i always have plenty for the birds to eat .. and plenty left over too!
is Mr. Nibbles your one and only .. or does he have lots of cousins that live nearby too?
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| AuntPammy |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:20:20 AM
Frannie those flowers are just beautiful! I planted several this year and our "pet" squirrel, Mr.Nibbles Alot, ate every last one of them. I was so sad because they are my favorite flower as well. And don't cha know that Mr.Nibbles must have dropped one of the seeds because one perfect flower appeared in the bean patch. She's all alone but is so pretty to look at!
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:09:32 AM
jenny .. how does that sunflower house work for you? i have a darling book all about planting them.
BUT .. i got so excited when i saw one in person at a roadside garden shoppe .. took the grandes into it .. and LORDY! it was FULL OF BEEEEEZ!!!! we left quickly!
i don't have as many as in that field .. but i also don't have TONS of bees either! hmmmm .. i might just get that book out for next spring and plan a fun 'sunflower' maze or walking path .. or house!
i have some of the branching kind too .. but mostly the 'big-guns' .. i plant ZILLIONS of seeds to get just this many plants. i swear, i think i'd have hank dig up the yard just' to plant sunflowers! xo
ohhh .. audrey .. mine go into september and october .. but they start 'leanin' big time by then! i would love to cut them for bouquets .. but i BUY those .. cuz' i can't stand to cut mine! xo
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:06:08 AM
oh gurlz .. these are the 'children' of seeds from my childhood best friend's momma .. from North Carolina!
thanks annika .. i'm going to try some 'red' ones next spring .. will have to BUY those though!
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:05:00 AM
audrey .. i plant mine in the spring (after frost) .. but isn't it pretty hot year round where you are? send me your addy .. and i'll get some to you NOW .. and remind me when i 'announce' they are ready .. and i'll send you some then too. try BOTH seasons and see what happens.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 12:33:37 AM
Mone are blooming now too..mostly the multibranching kind with alot of small ones..the plants must be 9 feet tall though....I love it. They are all the ones that just came up in the garden volunteer from last year's fallen seeds. I never plow over a sunflower plant. The girls and I put a stake in the ground near them in the spring when they are tiny so we don't forget they are there until they are bigger. My big ones arn't up more than a foot tall yet. I planted them by seed...they are part of the kid's sunflower house..which we planted late..but they are growing and healthy looking in spite of the heat...so I hope they will bloom in a few weeks...they need to grow really fast now!!
I loved your pictures!
Jenny in Utah
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Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 12:27:32 AM
Oh Frannie they are lovely! I planted a few sunlowers for the first time this year. They aren't as big as yours yet and the flower hasn't bloomed but they are well on their way!
Chelsey
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 8:16:27 PM
I love sunflowers too! Those are lovely!
Annika
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 8:11:18 PM
Hmmmm I am not sure Frannie.....I think I would plant them in the Spring. When did you plant yours in Kentucky? I might call and see what one of the plant nurseries say. Do yours last through October? I'm trying to remember when the "bird seed" ones starting coming up and how long they lasted but gotta say for the life of me...... I can't remember!!! I'll email my addy and whenver it is convenient for you to mail is fine with me.......I can plant them now or wait till Spring!
The FUN part will be, if and when they do come up, I'll post pictures so you can see "Your Friendship Flowers" all the way out here in my New Mexico Garden!!!
Until Later,
Audrey
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 12:15:27 PM
audrey darlin' .. is it toooo late to plant them in new mexico now? if not .. e-mail me your addy .. i have some from last year's harvest and i'm pretty sure they are still good! xo, frannie
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 09:34:39 AM
Haven't posted in a while! Seems life just gets really busy all at once! Out of town company ... Sewing (still trying to get ready for some of the shows for the Holidays)..... Work (Mine is random depending on the movies filming in town, Gosh I am really retired from regular full time teaching, this is just a part timey job but definately fun!!! and busy with just other STUFF! I have missed all of you Farmgirl Sisters! Good to be here Chatting!!
Would love love love some "seeds" Frannie! I had some beautiful sunflowers last year and the year before that happened from seeds that dropped from one of our bird feeders but none this year!! I Too Love Sunflowers! and I would love having seeds from a Friend .... makes it even more precious and enjoyable!!! Soooo if you are going to send some out, please include me! Would be glad to pay for the postage Frannie, just let me know!
I'll be in and out of Chatting, but am always here in Spirit!
Until Later,
Audrey
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 07:30:31 AM
You sun flowers are very pretty all my died from the heat. Karen
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 06:29:55 AM
i'm gonna' go TIE UP our sunflowers that are along the fence .. a coupla' of them are starting to DROOP too.
gurlz .. don't forget .. this autumn .. if you want some 'seeds' .. be sure to e-mail me! i'll post when they are 'ready'. xo
True Friends * Frannie
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 10:18:37 AM
That sure is a beautiful site. We planted sunflowers here and there, and they are all drooping now. I believe it's from the Louisiana heat, and we need rain. Thanks for posting such beautiful pictures.
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 10:15:28 AM
ohhhhhhhhh diana darlin' .. you keep 'em .. i remember their 'reign of terror' in our maryland home! they sure can be funny sometimes though! they will go to ALL lengths to get at food!
lordy! we even had one IN the house in the middle of the night in maryland .. i heard something and got up to investigate .. it was DARK .. and he leaped from a tall cupboard to the fireplace mantle to the kitchen doorway and into the dining room .. faster than i could even see him clearly .. i thought he was a RAT!
i started screaming at the top of my lungs:
RAT!! RAT!! RAT!!!
and hank appears in the doorway .. butt-neked .. with a fireplace poker in his hands!
HA! poor little thing .. i think we scared him more than he scared us!
True Friends * Frannie
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| dkelewae |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 07:30:44 AM
Frannie-I'd be happy to send you squirrels! We had a bumper crop of babies this year and they've terrorized my bird feeders, hummingbird feeders, tomatoes, sunflowers and dug up some of my flowers.
Diana
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St. Peters MO
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:53:44 AM
i RARELY see squirrels here! i put out squirrel feeders with corn .. but they didn't come get it! i think i actually don't want to encourage them though .. so i stopped!
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:53:43 AM
Frannie -
Your sunflowers are beautiful! Sunny gifts!
Ann
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:52:10 AM
SO FAR .. this is the biggest one!
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| dkelewae |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:52:06 AM
Ooooh very pretty! I had some sunflowers come up this year from seeds that were in my one birdfeeder. They looked so pretty til the yard rats ravaged them for the seeds :(
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:51:07 AM
these grow by the barn
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