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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 09:43:55 AM
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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???
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 09:47:32 AM
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Janice- If I was closer, I would come help you. I used to have to pop the heads off the dead flowers in the garden and I had the fun task of cutting back and separiting Iris bulbs each year. Your garden sure is perty though!!! I will meet you in the middle if you bring some sweet tea and some good stories!!! : )
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 09:53:44 AM
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I can sure appreciate the work involved Janice, but your place is stunningly beautiful.
Di on VI
Farmgirl Sister #73 |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 09:55:32 AM
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Oh gosh Janice I have been so much in love with my lilies but they couldnt compare with yours, I dont have a lot of weed problem with mine I put down the black plastic or landscaping fab then covered that with rotten sawdust then some mulch. The farm is beautiful
Farm Girl #96
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:10:19 AM
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I agree! Your lilies are beautiful! Maybe until you get it all under control you could buy a bunch of mulch to put around all your lilies? It might slow the weeds down until you could pull more?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:11:38 AM
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Janice,
Now those pictures make my lilies look like a rather small bunch. Well I guess the word should be tiny. What a pretty picture!! Just keep in mind that God made weeds too, so he might feel bad if you took them all away.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
703 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:20:43 AM
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Janice - so beautiful!!!!
Locally, when someone goes thru the MSU Extension office to obtain their Master Gardener credit, they also have to put in 40 volunteer hours every year to maintain their credentials. One girl told me that she got it approved to help me out at the farmer's market, selling cut flowers and potted herbs, but I'm wondering if it would work for weeding too. Just managing my 100x40ft flower bed is a chore - with you going between 2 houses and work - Have more kids :) or try the local extension office!
Ann
Forrester Farm
http://picasaweb.google.com/FORRESTERFARM/FORRESTERFARMWEDDINGS |
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
2701 Posts
Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
2701 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:24:56 AM
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I think the flowers are beautiful. Oh, how I wish that I had a backyard like that.
Farmgirl #170
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:38:38 AM
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Your lilies are just beautiful! How nice it must be to look out on them, and just ignore the weeds! Actually, I only see the flowers in your lovely photos.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:41:38 AM
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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....
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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iloveprims
True Blue Farmgirl
154 Posts
TRACY
Phillipsburg
NJ
USA
154 Posts |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 1:25:03 PM
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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
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
585 Posts |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
4033 Posts
Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:25:16 PM
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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
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
www.Quitemoments.blogspot.com |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:25:48 PM
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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.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:43:29 PM
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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
www.ohkayteagirl2.blogspot.com |
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lilyblossom
True Blue Farmgirl
416 Posts
Donna
Evansville
IN
USA
416 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 3:44:37 PM
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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 |
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 4:02:46 PM
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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!
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 8:06:30 PM
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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. :)
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
Be sure to visit my blog & Crafty Clipart for some of my photographs:
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 05:18:23 AM
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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?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 06:02:31 AM
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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!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 06:35:16 AM
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Julie - thanks for thinking of me. But knee deep in pigweed...I'd almost take that over head high in chicory! LOL! :O
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
2246 Posts |
Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 09:11:51 AM
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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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