Comments on: Winter Blacks http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html Gardening isn't a hobby, it is an obsession Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:06:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rees Cowden http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1895 Rees Cowden Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:12:26 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html#comment-1895 Hi Hanna, I feel for you Northerners, I really do. I’m in Sunny Florida and enjoyed a wonderful weekend out harvesting some Cypress seedlings for a bonsai project but.....now I’ve got the flu too......Waaaaaaaa. Rees Cowden Hi Hanna,
I feel for you Northerners, I really do. I’m in Sunny Florida and enjoyed a wonderful weekend out harvesting some Cypress seedlings for a bonsai project but…..now I’ve got the flu too……Waaaaaaaa.
Rees Cowden

]]> By: Corinna http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1891 Corinna Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:41:14 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html#comment-1891 Thanks for cheering me up. The Winter Blacks were just creeping in when I read your post, and it did me good that you spoke out your feelings so directly. Well, only a few weeks to go and we'll all be digging in the soil with both arms again. (Sometimes when I pet our dog, one of her feet touches my nose filling it with that delicious scent of wet grass and dark soil -- spring is near!) Thanks for cheering me up. The Winter Blacks were just creeping in when I read your post, and it did me good that you spoke out your feelings so directly. Well, only a few weeks to go and we’ll all be digging in the soil with both arms again. (Sometimes when I pet our dog, one of her feet touches my nose filling it with that delicious scent of wet grass and dark soil — spring is near!)

]]> By: lintys http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1890 lintys Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:55:09 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html#comment-1890 Like Jim said, "I feel your pain!" Like Jim said, “I feel your pain!”

]]> By: Hanna http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1878 Hanna Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:52:58 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html#comment-1878 Donnie Murrin - I hope you are feeling better! I will second the vote for Guinness and the Jameson’s to help the winter move along! John H - I am looking forward to that day too! Here's to daylilies and tomatoes and the warm days that bring them. Sandy - Brrr... Too cold. You are right, Spring will come someday (just not soon enough). Crystal - Got to love those little irises. They bring so much cheer so early in the year. I am jealous of you. Kylee - You go! We need to shake up the gardening world a little more. Cynthia - Now, the Orchid Show is something I think I will go see. I do have to say, Cynthia, you guys run a world class operation at the Botanical Gardens and I never miss your garden show in the spring. I am a bit jaded by the Home & Garden Show at the IX Center. I went 2 years ago, and yes, there were a few (and I stress few) landscaping projects. But the show was dominated by ASOTV garbage booths. I spent the whole show very bitter and thinking "I paid around $20 dollars (ticket and parking) for this?!?!? I could have stayed at home and watched late night telivision for free." Especially after I had the chance to go to the food show this past year. I walked away from that thinking "Wow! I <i>only</i> paid around $20 for all of this. What a deal!" The Home & Garden Show needs to offer a whole lot more for the visitors than they do. Right now, they are running a high priced ticket flea market and I will not be swayed to say any differently. Donnie Murrin – I hope you are feeling better! I will second the vote for Guinness and the Jameson’s to help the winter move along!

John H – I am looking forward to that day too! Here’s to daylilies and tomatoes and the warm days that bring them.

Sandy – Brrr… Too cold. You are right, Spring will come someday (just not soon enough).

Crystal – Got to love those little irises. They bring so much cheer so early in the year. I am jealous of you.

Kylee – You go! We need to shake up the gardening world a little more.

Cynthia – Now, the Orchid Show is something I think I will go see. I do have to say, Cynthia, you guys run a world class operation at the Botanical Gardens and I never miss your garden show in the spring.

I am a bit jaded by the Home & Garden Show at the IX Center. I went 2 years ago, and yes, there were a few (and I stress few) landscaping projects. But the show was dominated by ASOTV garbage booths. I spent the whole show very bitter and thinking “I paid around $20 dollars (ticket and parking) for this?!?!? I could have stayed at home and watched late night telivision for free.”

Especially after I had the chance to go to the food show this past year. I walked away from that thinking “Wow! I only paid around $20 for all of this. What a deal!”

The Home & Garden Show needs to offer a whole lot more for the visitors than they do. Right now, they are running a high priced ticket flea market and I will not be swayed to say any differently.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1876 Cynthia Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:24:50 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2008/02/winter-blacks.html#comment-1876 Winter does not have to be so devoid of color. If you had suggested to others to visit the home and garden show, you would have found that the gardens there are not created by home depot managers, but instead are the products of some of the more well known landscaping companies in Cleveland. Some were actually quite nice. There were also gardening seminars by local experts that were very well received. You should visit the Cleveland Botanical Garden www.cbgarden.org where the Orchid Mania show is on display until March 9. You'll definitely get a reprise from winter there. Winter does not have to be so devoid of color. If you had suggested to others to visit the home and garden show, you would have found that the gardens there are not created by home depot managers, but instead are the products of some of the more well known landscaping companies in Cleveland. Some were actually quite nice. There were also gardening seminars by local experts that were very well received. You should visit the Cleveland Botanical Garden http://www.cbgarden.org where the Orchid Mania show is on display until March 9. You’ll definitely get a reprise from winter there.

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