iris lilies
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Midwestern winter weather: Two days ago DH was in Northern Iowa pruning fruit trees on his dad’s farm at 70 degrees F. Then he drove home. ...

Looking through the seed websites yesterday I NEARLY ordered a couple of the hybrid sunflowers that are so charming, but I stopped myself. I stopped...

That would be nice. I’ve never had them naturalized, but I had naturalized Larkspur in my city Gardens and hope to get that established here as well....

I post the links to Obama White House reporting to show the through line from 2010 to now in thin skin controlling White House occupants. Now, we...

I’m cleaning out bookmarks and in doing so ran across these links to articles about the Obama administration and its relationship with the media....

This thread reminds me that I have a list of annuals I really have to get ordered: the euphorbia snow on the mountain at least one kind of...

I remember you are really good with seeds. I am not.I scatter annuals directly into the ground, hoping they will come up, but pretty much leaving...

my smeller dont work so good ��

Ah, I stand corrected about my idea of bicycles in the UK. I’ve been there many times. I just don’t remember bicycles being that big of a presence,...

I don’t know, the David Austin roses are known for their fragrance so this one probably does. Fragrance isn’t that important for me, I’m looking for...

Yes you ARE to be congratulated for not hauling any of their stuff home with you! I have a new, and heavy, dutch oven. I wonder how long I will...

Shut down of critical thinking and persecution of wrong-think by universities of their faculty has been a measurable problem since at least 2014. ...

I know the Institute of museum, and library services as a publishing house. It’s not something the general public ever comes into direct contact...

Kay, I’m sorry to hear about your sister‘s farm and her horses being injured. Here just a few miles from me, Purina Farms had a direct hit from the...

oh sure, I can see that is an extremely low priority for you when considering the problems of the world. I agree with that. Here on this thread,...

You are wrong about gender science not being a big deal. It is at the heart of the debate about scientific free speech and symbolizes all that is...

Sure. I wasn’t terribly concerned about the firing of probationary employees, probation is not a “permanent “ employment status and at my workplace,...

Compulsary education laws are set by the states, not the Feds.

For me, it’s not “science” that I distrust because frankly, I don’t know enough to be able to discount most all “science.” What I sometimes distrust...

St. Louis airport is closed because storms blew out windows in one terminal. There’s a great video of a Southwest Airlines plane flying in front of a...

I bought the bush rose “Silas Marner. “. I wanted a short rosebush with true pink flowers, not apricot – pink. These bushes did not come as short as...

This is a really good question. I would separate science from “education. “ The United States Department of Education is the newest one created....

I can see that changing genetics amoung nearby villages.. But I bet the car made a huge impact because the car came pretty fast after horses. I’m...

St. Louis had some wind. I’m seeing people posting trees toppled and building tops fall in, but don’t worry. I think it’s very spotty from what I...

oh yeah, wish I could get ready for electric outages. I grabbed the big flashlight oops it’s out of batteries. We don’t have backup battery for...

aw, thats nice!

Well, yes I guess. I ordered one rose bush from them, and now they are showing up in my Facebook ads, and that is not an ad I dislike. When I go...

Thanks to you both. I will see how this shakes out the next time Imcharge something to Paypal. Tybee, I have never ordered anything from this...

Old lady gardenng: I was talking to one of my friends who’s really into gardening and we both decided that it’s important to have one bed, one single...

Happy stuff is purging something very big, ugly,and of long standing: a JOB

YES!!!!

yes, I know that, but the those advocating against it in the UK claim it’s a much higher percentage within distinct populations and that causes...

oh, I know media always paints it worse than it is. Putting aside terrorist acts in the UK for a moment (though there is plenty to discuss) there ...

in My Contact there is a record for me but it does not list any address. It lists phone numbers, email address, distribution lists I am on. but I...

How would I know? And you don’t know either, but that won’t stop either one of us from having an opinion. If this legal-resident-but-not-citizen...

Oooo! I like auto fill password, but I had assumed it Would only work with passwords that I have stored. stored. I do not remember it ever...

I have heard great things about this. Isn’t this the one made with public access software that didn’t come from a mega million Animation studio?

Well, see, in my view there is NO government program in existence that is entirely fair. There are winners and losers with each program because the...

I edited my post.

Of course. I write reviews all the time. oh wait, I see this is not really a question.

For conversation’s sake, would you consider me brainwashed if I agreed to a, say, 10% cut in income, assets, or both, in order to make significant...

Someone is being a leeeetle too enthusiastic in relieving modern society of modern words.

the word “gay “isn’t even on the list of forbidden words in the New York Times article.

That’s crazy!

they are discussing WEP over at Mr.Money Mustache forums and someone who sounds knowledgeable says the elimination of WEP will add 1% to the burden...

Yes, that that’s too close. I may bitch and moan about deer hanging around our house, but at least they don’t eat the neighborhood cats.

I skipped the linked article here because it’s by MSN and it’s just a summary of the New York Times article. I found the New York Times article and...

Wow, that’s interesting. There’s two coyotes reported in my old city neighborhood in St. Louis, and that’s as inner city as you can get.

Bae, I know one family who waited around for their family dog to die before they moved to Costa Rica. yeah, the pets are something to consider. ...

I don’t know how to move around investments since I don’t know what I’m reacting to exactly. I will probably sit with my money where it is as I’ve...

we should all be having end of life/quality of life discussions throughout our life anyway.

My FB newsfeed is flowers,, bulldogs, interior design. I have “Friends” who post nothing but politics but I turned off their posts coming into my...

I promise I will come back and read this, and possibly comment. I just haven’t Had time to move the URL to a Pay wall remover.

I am so sorry to hear this TMS. That is a really awful reaction to the infusion.

Someone on another forum who works in the Federal division that manages physical buildings says they are slashing divisions, and emptying buildings...

Oh I don’t know that anyone expects people who truly rely on Amazon to boycott it. I’m sure if you asked echase here she would not want to see...