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Across the Fence:  SUNFLOWERS .. 'POPPIN'  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 04:10:54 AM
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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
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
1310 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:52:06 AM
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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
Country Girl trapped in the city! |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
703 Posts |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
1310 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 07:30:44 AM
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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
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city! |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 10:15:28 AM
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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
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 10:18:37 AM
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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.
Marly |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2355 Posts
Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
2355 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 07:30:31 AM
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You sun flowers are very pretty all my died from the heat. Karen
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10 http://farmgirlingastyle.blogspot.com/ |
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 09:34:39 AM
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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
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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Back Home Again
True Blue Farmgirl
584 Posts
Audrey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA
584 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 8:11:18 PM
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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
~ Side by side or miles apart....dear friends are always close to the heart ~ |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 12:27:32 AM
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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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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 12:33:37 AM
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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
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:05:00 AM
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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.
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:09:32 AM
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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
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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AuntPammy
True Blue Farmgirl
488 Posts
Pamila
williamstown
wv
USA
488 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:20:20 AM
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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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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Jul 31 2008 : 05:42:45 AM
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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?
True Friends * KENTUCKY FRANNIE
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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