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Hello.
I ran across my very special magazine "The English Garden", recommended by you, Garden Artist. Thank you so much!

My subscription ended in December, but it is still a pleasure to look over these.
Better than therapy, and easier than the actual gardening work, I can still dream.

Wondering where and when I can plant some daffodils in a hurry for my neighbor to see. My March 2022 magazine has tulips galore, and jonquils.
Maybe the English call daffodils tulips? I don't know.

What I do know is the daffodil is a bulb, not a seed. So, somewhere, somehow, the daffodil is ready to bloom in the spring. I just have to get my hands on some now.
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My Japanese magnolia in my front yard is full of buds. My favorite tree is the live oak tree. We have really beautiful live oaks in City Park and Audubon Park. My second favorite are magnolia trees.
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Spring is here said the bumble bee,
How do you know said the old oak tree,
I just saw a daffodil
Dancing with a fairy on a windy hill.
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We still have snow on the ground from that endless December to January pattern. Getting more snow tonight and tomorrow. We won't have our last snow until late April or May.

It is probably too late to plant daffodils in socal. I think the bulbs need a minimum of something like six weeks in the cold winter ground.
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Lovely warmer, not warm day here, good for getting outdoors and pruning away lots of frozen limbs and plants. Planted some bulbs for blooms in late spring. And having thoughts of the originator of this thread, Garden Artist, noting she hasn’t been around in a while. GA, hope all is well and coming up roses in your life and garden
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Going to our botanical gardens today with hubby and friends. Hoping to see many beautiful flowers in bloom!

Getting lunch afterwards! Beautiful day here, high in the upper 70’s!
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Need -that sounds perfect!
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Too soon to start the garden here in Michigan. Hoping for an early spring. I have had a garden for years & we also have chickens on our homestead. I can tomatoes, jams, jellies & pickled veggies. I freeze the rest. I also have an herb garden that I dry and store for use through the winter. I have made handmade soaps for 24 years. I use lavender buds, rosemary, mint, basil & ground sage in my soaps. We live in an area where other people vacation. I sell my soaps at a little shop in town.
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Azaleas are blooming everywhere now. So pretty!

I like easy gardening, such as tending to our hanging ferns on patio and porch. Planting flowers in pots near front door and on patio.

My husband does the planting in front and back yard.
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My annual effort at tulips has largely been thwarted by the hunger of the area deer. Just when they were coming up and almost blooming, many of them were bitten off clean and became deer snacks. The ones closest to the house are now in bloom and beautiful. Hope the deer are happy☹️
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Daughter,

Tulips are so pretty!
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Gardening is good for us in every aspect. Something about the soil that gives us a needed boost. If anxiety or just stress of life is a real problem for you get outside and build a water garden, a small water feature. Just the sound of trickling water gives us peace of heart. Get a bird feeder and watch the birds. I could watch them all day. In your small water feature add a goldfish. !!!!! Look and enjoy
all the beauty around us god has carefully planned to hold us in awe. Thank you for listening to me go on and on!!!!!😂❤️
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I should have covered my plumbago for our last freeze. I had a lot of dead branches that needed trimming.

I’m hoping that I didn’t prune the branches too far back and hoping that it will bloom it’s heart out like it usually does every year.

We certainly don’t have a lot of weather below freezing, so I usually don’t have to cover my plants in the garden.

I love the blue flowers on a plumbago plant. It seems to attract a lot of butterflies which I enjoy seeing while sitting on my patio.
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I am thinking about getting new furniture for my patio. I have a really nice cypress swing that I had custom built for my husband years ago as a Father’s Day gift.

I have a table and chairs that I usually sit at with my cup of coffee in the morning.

I am thinking about a rocking chair that I saw not long ago. The only time I ever used a rocking chair was when my girls were young. Not sure why I am desiring to rock again but I just might go buy a couple of rocking chairs. I’m getting old! LOL 😆
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I scored a second-hand glass topped table and eight metal chairs with rubber webbing. So I gleefully bought colourful fabric and stuffing to make cushions... over a year ago... and it’s still sitting next to my sewing machine. <sigh> Must get motivated!

We have a balcony off a wall of windows. I’ve got soil and cocoa fibre pots to start Morning Glory seeds (bright pink and blue). I hope they’ll cover the railing if I put a big square planter at each end.
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Thinking of GardenArtist. Hope all is well with her.🐍🐍🍅🍅🌺🌺🌽🌽🌿🌿

Still too cold here most of the time to think about getting anything done.⛄⛄❄❄
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Ana,

You should complete your project. Sounds like it will be great when it is finished.

I hate to say it but my daughter did the same thing recently. She found two great patio chairs at the thrift shop. She keeps saying that she needs cushions for them. She has yet to make or buy the cushions.

Sometimes, we procrastinate!
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Yeah, I think about GA too, Glad. I hope that she is doing well.
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Gladimhere, we still have snow too. The perfect time to spring clean and sew. Because the moment it’s warm enough to work outdoors, I’m out the door!
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I just finished watching The Gardener on Amazon Prime.

What a spectacular garden and documentary on Francis Cabot’s life in Quebec. Twenty acres of gardens that are Just stunningly beautiful!
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My cyclamen are doing wonderfully on my porch. I just watered them. It’s a nice day here today.

I love the deep pink color! I like planting in pots. It’s a lot easier for me to do. My husband does the planting in the yard.
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Should have gone for my walk this morning, seems like we have entered the April showers phase of spring. Oh well, I suppose the robins are happy.
I spotted a couple of yellow crocus in the middle of my back yard courtesy of the squirrels, now if only the sun would come out so they open up.
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I wonder if GardenArtist will return to check up on us.😟😟😼😼
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Glad,

I think of GA every time I post on her thread. I hope that she is doing well.

At one point in time, her dream was to retire in France!
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So, I was just chatting with my daughter a minute ago. She said that bees are getting into her apartment.

Bees and other insects are active during the Spring season.

Her friend says that if she takes original scent Irish Spring soap and rubs it inside of her door the bees will stay away. Anyone ever heard of this?

I looked online and saw that people use Irish Spring for deer repellent. Hmmmm, interesting…
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I've been reading about using various brands of soap as pest repellents since before the internet🤷🏻‍♀I wouldn't hold my breath but it's easy enough to try .
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cw.

She said that she is going to try it because her playful pup is trying to eat the bees!

Irish Spring has a very strong scent. Maybe that is how it works.

It reminds me of the Avon product, Skin So Soft that is supposed to repel mosquitoes.

I will tell you a trial and error story about using ordinary products. When my daughter was a teenager she wanted this cheap necklace from a trendy store that caters to teens. She bought it with her money from her part time job.

Well, her neck turned this funky color. Honestly, she looked like she hadn’t been washing her neck! LOL 😆

I told her to please wash her neck. She said that she was washing it.

I tried and she tried scrubbing her neck with a wash cloth. Nothing! Her neck was stained this ugly dark from the cheap necklace. I guess that it was an allergic reaction to the metal.

Anyway, I searched online to see if I could find help. I ran into a UK article that said Fairy dishwashing liquid would remove discoloration of skin from cheap jewelry.

I thought that I would try Dawn dishwashing liquid because our stores don’t sell Fairy and I have Dawn in my kitchen. The Dawn did get the ugly stain off of my daughter’s neck.

I have heard that Fairy dishwashing liquid is better than Dawn. I believe that it may now be sold on Amazon. I should try it out to see how good it cleans. It’s supposed to be a great multi purpose cleanser.
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Is daughter sure the bees are getting in through the door? Has she looked around to see if there is a hive somewhere? Is it a bumble bee or a wasp? Wasps are crazy here this time of year!
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We’ve definitely used Irish Spring for the deer, along with a fertilizer called Milorganite that stinks mightily. Between the two I like to think we have less plants being eaten
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Bees can set up hives inside of walls - they can get pretty large.
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