tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post2209737298399281794..comments2023-09-06T01:58:37.292-06:00Comments on Sweet Home and Garden Chicago: GARDEN BLOGGERS' BLOOM DAY-APRIL 15Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-36422155393102671722008-04-21T19:03:00.000-06:002008-04-21T19:03:00.000-06:00That plant in the pot hole is funny! I had a poppy...That plant in the pot hole is funny! I had a poppy plant growing out of a crack in my driveway, I kept watering it but one of my cats laid on it and smashed it, at least I got to see it flower before it's demise (I pulled it up).Garrett Sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14419033988391051032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-17180744349864550662008-04-18T04:59:00.000-06:002008-04-18T04:59:00.000-06:00Only in Chicago, Rosemarie. Funny that the scilla...Only in Chicago, Rosemarie. Funny that the scilla sea grows abundantly in my neighbor's yard and she doesn't like it. Isn't this always the case?Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-70176424286846288212008-04-17T20:00:00.000-06:002008-04-17T20:00:00.000-06:00Is that a plant coming out of a pothole?? Only in ...Is that a plant coming out of a pothole?? Only in Chicago....<BR/><BR/>Someone in my neighborhood has a sea of scilla and it looks amazing. They're too far to blow their seedlings my way unfortunately. I'll have to post a photo tomorrow.Rosemariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18286254322888159442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-79267423670350650582008-04-17T17:54:00.000-06:002008-04-17T17:54:00.000-06:00Hi Tallis,The scilla is a tiny bulb planted in the...Hi Tallis,<BR/><BR/>The scilla is a tiny bulb planted in the Fall. It comes up before the grass gets too tall and then dies back to the ground. It doesn't harm the grass at all.<BR/><BR/>If you want to reduce your lawn and you entertain a lot why not dig out a good portion of it and install a ground-level deck with a shade arbor above it ?<BR/><BR/>Other Chicago bloggers are : Mr. McGregor's Daughter, Rosemarie's Garden, My Skinny Garden, Mr. Brown Thumb and Garden Girl. You'll find them listed on my blogroll on the sidebar.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-88279287161981338242008-04-15T22:00:00.000-06:002008-04-15T22:00:00.000-06:00Hi Dee,Glad the photo tickled your funny bone. Sp...Hi Dee,<BR/><BR/>Glad the photo tickled your funny bone. Spring-like weather starts here tomorrow !Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-15844833727527044032008-04-15T21:59:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:59:00.000-06:00Thanks, Eva. Snow? S-h-h-h don't say that nasty ...Thanks, Eva. Snow? S-h-h-h don't say that nasty word :)Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-57566977600114032942008-04-15T21:58:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:58:00.000-06:00You're welcome, Carol. No one's more patient that...You're welcome, Carol. No one's more patient that us gardeners, unless it's a Chicago Cubs fan : )Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-12724982835655488452008-04-15T21:57:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:57:00.000-06:00Thanks for visiting, Lin. You'll be happy to know ...Thanks for visiting, Lin. You'll be happy to know that we'll feel like Southern Cal tomorrow.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-38803778573112840082008-04-15T21:56:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:56:00.000-06:00Hi Nancy J. Bond,Thanks for your nice comments. I...Hi Nancy J. Bond,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your nice comments. I hope that Spring pays you a visit as well.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-80831318522586086912008-04-15T21:53:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:53:00.000-06:00Hi MMD,I love my little baby crabapple. It's leav...Hi MMD,<BR/><BR/>I love my little baby crabapple. It's leaves are a pretty purple which makes it all the more awesome.<BR/><BR/>I think I planted more than 75 scilla but those darn squirrels dug up a lot of them. It'll be another year or two before they colonize .Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-64275994678926231352008-04-15T21:51:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:51:00.000-06:00Hi Cinj,My daughter's in-laws live in Rhinelander ...Hi Cinj,<BR/><BR/>My daughter's in-laws live in Rhinelander and I've visited your lovely town. I do know how COLD it is up there . I sure hope it doesn't take another month before you have warm weather.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-55484640252707039112008-04-15T21:49:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:49:00.000-06:00Those nasty little rodents, I mean, squirrels dug ...Those nasty little rodents, I mean, squirrels dug up half of the scilla, Annie. Do you think they replanted them elsewhere ?<BR/><BR/>I think I'll put some cayenne pepper all around the lawn to discourage them.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-20920391700265193592008-04-15T21:47:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:47:00.000-06:00Hello Allison, transplant from Chicago and thanks ...Hello Allison, transplant from Chicago and thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>The blooms will really be popping after tomorrow's high of 73 !Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-53604580941831574872008-04-15T21:45:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:45:00.000-06:00Yes, Ki, February was just about the snowiest in a...Yes, Ki, February was just about the snowiest in a long, long time. Soon it will be a distant memory I hope.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-87203279196536251372008-04-15T21:44:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:44:00.000-06:00Hope you didn't get any frost or freeze damage wit...Hope you didn't get any frost or freeze damage with those low temps, Pam. Spring's been mighty slow in coming this year but it is most welcome. <BR/><BR/>Tomorrow will be 73 and I know I'll see a lot of Chicagoans walking around in a stupor.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-53106567866652854262008-04-15T21:41:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:41:00.000-06:00Yes, indeed, Layanee. As a matter of fact it was ...Yes, indeed, Layanee. As a matter of fact it was so nice today that my daffodils decided to bloom. I wish I could send some sunshine your way : )Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-75382389215786396882008-04-15T21:40:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:40:00.000-06:00Hi Jodi,We gripe and complain and then become asha...Hi Jodi,<BR/><BR/>We gripe and complain and then become ashamed of ourselves when we remember that our Canadian friends have it much worse.<BR/><BR/>Once day soon we'll be seeking the coolness of the shade.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-71402671738598434372008-04-15T21:38:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:38:00.000-06:00Hi Robin,After posting the Bloom Day photos I see ...Hi Robin,<BR/><BR/>After posting the Bloom Day photos I see that my daffodils bloomed. Murphy's law I guess. Oh well. This week should show a lot of changes as the warm weather finally arrives.Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-2471955250207241922008-04-15T21:36:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:36:00.000-06:00Thanks, Mo. I'm a monkey, too. We are clever and ...Thanks, Mo. I'm a monkey, too. We are clever and cute : )Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-7605384503854466972008-04-15T21:35:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:35:00.000-06:00Thank, Frances. I tried to bring some of that Te...Thank, Frances. I tried to bring some of that Tennessee Spring with me when I passed there in February but it flew right out the window : )Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-59754522873691049342008-04-15T21:33:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:33:00.000-06:00Hi Rose,Sorry to hear about your shocks, but it do...Hi Rose,<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear about your shocks, but it doesn't surprise me. Spring arrives tomorrow :)Sweet Home and Garden Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026451200405491815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-6895168753740241752008-04-15T21:21:00.000-06:002008-04-15T21:21:00.000-06:00I'm interested in the scilla you planted in the gr...I'm interested in the scilla you planted in the grass-- can you talk a little about how this works? Does it interweave with turf grass, eventually smothers it out-- just adds some color, or some other rationale? We are in the process of converting our tiny urban front yard from the scraggliest grass clumps ever to a "mini-prairie" as i like to call it based on a design as well as plants and seeds from the Natural Garden in St. Charles. However, the back yard is mostly turfgrass and it's not doing too great. <BR/><BR/>I'd like to switch over to buffalo grass or something that would require less water and fertilizer but i don't want to have to dig out the current grass, seed and then wait 3 years-- we use our backyard all summer for bbqs, parties, bubbles, etc. Any ideas you have on the topic would be great!<BR/><BR/>Also, don't know if you have other Chicago garden blogs to point me/others to-- i'm having a hard time finding things specific to our area.Tallis Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903013820862544950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-6465954639358149622008-04-15T19:58:00.000-06:002008-04-15T19:58:00.000-06:00Oh my goodness . . . that first photo has me truly...Oh my goodness . . . that first photo has me truly LOL! So creative you are. Sorry your spring is so late.~~DeeThe Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640870056010190961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-11601318486493111842008-04-15T19:17:00.000-06:002008-04-15T19:17:00.000-06:00If it is true that good things come to those who w...If it is true that good things come to those who wait, those of us waiting for our spring blooms ought to have a real show in another week or so! Is anyone more patient than a gardener?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for joining in for bloom day again!<BR/><BR/>Carol, May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516540452021706712.post-63914222676108961882008-04-15T16:58:00.000-06:002008-04-15T16:58:00.000-06:00I love spring, and I enjoyed your pictures.We, unf...I love spring, and I enjoyed your pictures.<BR/><BR/>We, unfortunately, had snow this morning! Two inches covered the ground when I left for work. It was so depressing I got myself a large cup of cocoa once I got to work! ;-)Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091095507746436222noreply@blogger.com