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What is a japanese garden
I have a garden,I live in Quebec so I imagine mine is a 'Quebec garden', a garden or a style not to be ignored given the history of this land and the people.This is not a "green and pleasant land" and the old guys made of it what they could.There is no aesthetic precedent. Japanese peasants were in the same boat, they had nothing material either. I live where the brutal extraction of life from the land is a severe emphasis on the difference between working with the land and something I can't get my head around.
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What is a Japanese Garden.
Well answering this is quit simple to me now that I have collected rocks of Japanese styles for the past 3 years on and off. For during that interum of on and off collecting periods I was sometimes over enthusiastic with my finds and wanting to share. Having an empty belly after such hunting excursions ? Of course ! Stop at a Japanese or even an Asian establishment of some sort that serves food and show the owner o remployees the rock. Not Boulders haha. Ok.. I admit once or wtice I lugged to the front door a boulder : ) I knew better than that most often so it was Just a palm sized rock that fits in ones pocket.
Blank stares.
This is not Japanese.
That is old Japan and no one likes these things anymore . Its forgotten art.
Doesnt look like a dragon or mountian. " Hands me back the stone "
This is a mountian but it looks like bad one .
"That is a Dragon but it is Japanese looking", so tells me the Chinese Man and vice versa from the Japanese man , " This is a dragon but it is Chinese looking and not suiseki to boot. Maybe not even a dragon. Looks like Amercian dragon, fantasy. Fake looking. you dont have have good eye. Look at this painting on the wall. that is Japanese . " I look and think to myself well it's not my fault that one person tells me its Chinese Dragon then Japanese then fantasy american and maybe nothing at all !! haha.No worries. Listen and learn. Everyone has diffeent perspectives and this opens my mind to see more and more.
Why you show me this ?
Not interested in rocks. This is business.I am busy. Owner keeps working as a cue for me to leave. I do so shamed for even asking to look at the rock. I must be nuts for even having asked. And as I walk back to my car I'm too embarrased to go back after realizing I never ordered soem take out at least. I was hungry too. What is a Japanese Rock then ? Maybe its not the rock but knowing the way to go about things. Does This lead to what is a Japanese Garden? Not the Garden per say but how you go about the manners , socail practices , niceties , rules , common senses of a culture , what is expected and not expected in the given environments each style of garden offers ? This makes sense now that I am learning what is right way and wrong way about showing my rock to just anyone becuase I was excited at my find and wanted some recognition input from a culturaly relevent person.
Since I was very hungry most of times I didnt argue the points of a stone once I got blank stares or the cues of " Not Interested " This made me oly more stubborn !! I tried my best to find a better Japanese related form in the next rock hunting expidition for I wanted to make the Japanese restaurant people to say ," YES THAT IS A JAPANESE ROCK" I ate in silence after showing my rocks . Sombering mood. Reality hits home. I'm alone with my Japanese Hobby among Japanese and or Asians at thier place of business. What an idiot I felt like.
I was at an Italian Deli recently and saw an Asian with salt and pepper hair working the counter. Now knowing not to bother strangers anymore based upon my own pre conceived stereotypes and assuptions ..educated guesses.. I kinda stepped side to side like a lil kid perusing the cold cuts and salads as if I was undecided on my choice of food . I was simply undecided if I should as him questions related to my hobby.There were 3 other men workiong the counter. Looked like two were from Latin America. And I didnt see an Italian guy in sight who would like most bosses object to his help carrying on a lengthy conversation about Art of all things.you know..just in case this guy knew and we did talk ..haha.. I;ve had that happen to me. I SooooOOooooo wanted to ask this Asian man of what culture , country region his backround was of . And follow up with if he ever experienced any type of rock artforms from his childhood or of late with fiends familly etc.
Well. I felt like I shouldnt ask so I just ordered my food.
Following week I was there again and the place was empty but for two employees . Was late near closing time .I had my girlfriend with me whome I asked of her opinion about my quirky out of the blue nature of bothering people about my likes and hobbies.If I remember correctly she told me to go for it. MY memory is no tto be trusted : ) Sometimes I recall what I wanted..not what I didnt want to hear. The Asian fellow was there . I walked out calmly fro mthe Deli and ran across the parking lot to my car and pocketed one of the rocks I found . Simple question I asked. "Do you know this rock to be of an Asian artfrom ? I found it in a river and call this a Suiseki Rock."
The Gentleman looked at the rock and we spoke. I asked him of his backround. He is Korean. He told me the Korean name for collecting what in Japan is called a Suiseki stone. I know it ended in Sek He was very happy to meet me . And I him. It was short and sweet . I took it for granted he knew what is a Japanese Garden . What Asian gardens using stones are and thier easthetics and qualities . My illogical reasoning for this assumption is that I believe Suiseki is a fine arts form that requires talents at times judging percieving any fine artfrom? this man saw things in the rock that I too saw and I feel that this artfrom is a talent for me. I'm good at it . I havent found many things in life I can say I was naturaly good at. And this fellow saw everything I saw. So I felt if we both spoke about topics on my likes of Kare San Sui dryscapes he and I would click..and converse even go as far as push eachother to see what the other doesnt..hence learn together. I really liked how sharp he was. Quick eyed and precise.Gut feelings. I'm not talking about the erudite , historical and factual laws rules of what is a Japanese Garden. I am talking about something more like carles Darwin saying its in the genes. Like how a sheep farmer acquires awesome herd through his inate ability to judge the Conformation of bones muscles and eyes hair etc. A Talent. Pick out the best sheep in the herd when dozens of dozens farmers couldnt. Visual talent. I think this Korean gentleman and myself share the roots , basic begginings of understanding if we have a talent for SEEING what these related artforms are eventhough we dont know the rules per say..Both being novices.
One day while I was colleting stones in a stream I asked permission from a homewoner to collect rocks in the stream running through his yard. I spot check always for permission every 6 or so houses to get an overal consenses of the friendliness of that stream. Too many people upset I'll choose another stream. Well He was very rude to me. And the only one to be so out of a dozen homes. he Said with an emphatic manner " No". I was very happy eventhough he was rude because I knew someone there collected rocks also. They werent as good as suiseki stones.Not in my opinion. " ( Brings up that question - "what is a Japanese Garden"? "What is a Suiseki Stone" ?) They were more of a Gaudier feel and seemed to be disordered , many rocks of different hardnesses soem soft others hard ,rough smooth .. and many looking like just any old rock. Admiring a chunk of pink rose quartz fratured in all faces into rough forms. Nothing noble or elegant such as the rivers curretns polishing this rock , forming it into a shape that represents something the human mind can conjur up in this infinate universe..Its just a chunk of pink rock . More like a rock you would collect for 6th grade science class or boy scouts project. To classify it as Quartz , Pink Quartz , Silicate, how its formed, Hardness and give it a number added to a Geology Homework assignment.
What was precise about the artfrom this person followed was its balence in stance. The stone was set in a position to bely its logical sense of how to balence something using common sense . It was precariously stood. Looked as if a Magician swirled his finger turning the rock into a dancefull poetic stance so aristocratic , elegant and full of confidence. tieing that magical prowess of finger spinning the rock into position standing there the unseen forces steady for all time. A rock that looked gaudy in color of refracted light , rough with fractured faces as if from a quarry but poetic in how it stood as if it was never meant to stand for more than a mere seceond. Delicate movements suspended in time . Kinetic energy. 40 pounds of solid material looking like a fleeting moment of a pink cherry blossom touching the ground the istant of contact ..time stopped to witness this exacting moment in time when a light delicate obect touches ground after dancing and twirling. Ballerinas toe. Theatre. How an actor or dancer becomes an inanimate object fluttering .So much so that one onlooking tears a silent applaud. Isnt this what can b elt while walking in a Japanese Garden ? to feel a moment..all those cliches of a pink cherry blossom falling.
This person was an artist of balence and form.
I knew exactly why he said NO !! haha. Those were his rocks in that stream and I was competition in the traditions of Asian artforms using such found object materials.
Well I went upstream a mile and worked for 10 hours that whole mile crwling examining each rock. I found 3 really average but very good suiseki stone forms. when I stood up stretching backpack full of practice stones I didnt know where I was really. I cut through some yards to the road and followed my way up stream . I passed a man sittign at the end of a driveway. It was the man who said NO HAHA . Oi Vey. I collected rocks through his property by accident becuiase I never looked up to see if I was in his backyard. Well to be honest I didnt really know where his backyard was. I had only knocked on the front door not knowing where his backyard went or what to expect. I even crwled under a bridge that had two asain objects nearby . I could see the tops of them only as I looked up on my crawling in cold water. I thought .Wow. Very sweet and encouraging to see such items. I smiled not connecting the dots I might be in his backyard haha. Not funny really. It is now tho : ) ::smiling ::
I stopped and asked the man who looked like a Grandfather waiting for a grandchilds school bus .I was nervous for he was adament no collecting rocks from his part of the stream half a day earlier. And wasnt talkative at the door . He said I could come over and talk. Was only 10 feet between the bench he sat on and the road I tread . I opened my backpack and one by one showed him the rocks. He knew Suiseki !! really good. I mean he explained proportions of traingles in nature..mountians..the diffeences of Chinese aspects and Japanese. He even complimented 2 stones as good ones. Next thing I know his wife I believe was there and a small boy. they came over probably becuase I was a stranger talking to this man all alone. I felt like it was that. The GRandfather spoke in Chinese to his wife and introduced me to the boy his Grandson . I was told the home was owned by His Chinese son whome married an American woman both whome are working and this is thier child . The GRanfather explaiend the rocks I found to the boy and the boy ran to the backyard coming back with his rocks he found and pointing to rocks his father found stood up dotting property here and there. I gave the child the rocks the GRandfather deemed as good ones . And without pause the boy handed me his recent best find and said for me to keep it. Everyone was smiling .The Schoolbus arrived dropping of the other grandchild and I knew our time was up. I offered the rest of my rocks to the grandfather . This was a great day. He said No , No. for me to keep them . They are nice...and I said No , no for him to keep them and let his son see what I found .His Son is the one who he wa protecting interests earlier when I aske permission to collect rocks. And He was so protective that when we first met at the door he wouldnt even tell me what style of rock collecting and denied any knowings of the artforms. Asked me to leave more or less and a good day.
I walked the mile I had hikes downstream up the rest of the road and aother half mile down another road to where I had parked that morning. I had nothing in my backpack.Sitting there in the truck eady to pull out of the parking lot . "Should I go home"? I thought to myself. Hmmm. there was one rock in the stream on another property . A boulder. 100 pounds. Deep in a ravine. Reminded me of ancient Indias cliff carvings of Buddha in recessed cave. Scenes of religion carved into tall oval alcoves. I figured one stone I should take home at least . Why not ask him if I can have it.
I drive intothe driveway of a cottage with a weedy unkempt property about an acre . I mean really neglected. House was too. And no one answered the knock on the door for a long time. I was bummed . I wouldnt take the stone without permission. Looking around I saw dozens upon dozens of Japanese Maples all over the perimeter of the yard. So many !! saplings ..old ones maybe 20 years planted. then the door opened. We talked. He liked plants trees and rocks like myself and I find he is sick with stomach cancer retired and weak. He looked sick old and weak. Also looked young. Perhaps 55 years old. Juxtapositions.
But his eyes became abright. He showed me rocks he found and trees he planted pointng to them as I walked over admiring. I was blunt and explained your rocks are about admiring color like purple shales in milky white quartz while mine was about seeing particular forms in such rocks like mountians or shapes of animals . He said," Really ? Hmmm show me" Quickly I found a ew examples and showed him what rocks felt Japanese of artfrom. I went to town teaching everything I knew.
He asked what I do for a living and I found myself a lil calm and didnt know how to say I was kinda well.. lingering. I garden some and help out familly as a laberor is what I told him. He said I could be really good at Japanese Gardens and if I persued this at all , if I have men working for my familly to to the work and if I could get soem jobs. I said No I dont really have that now. So he offered some clean up work on his property . Boy was it messy. I declinded but said some time at end of fall or winter perhaps I could help him..clean up front yard. We left it at that.
But what fun he had and I talking about our interests.Before I left I did share I was building a Japanese style garden for free for an organization. He then said could my Japaese Maples be used in that garden ? Would you like some ? Oh Boy !! I was undecided and the more quiet I was the more convincing he was and I leapt at the offer and said thanku ! Yes . For all of the materials I am using in the garden has a theme...found objects , nothing bought. recylcing old stones shrubs plants into a theme of local materials only ...within a region like towns or county.
This spring he is giving me many Japanese Maples. And I also was tald to take as many rocks as I like from the stream. I took 3 rocks . what hard work. Was down in a ravine very steep.
What is a Japanese Garden ?
Experiences and Memories . Those Maples if and when I get them into the list of other materials I'm saving to meld a Japanese garden together .. I want to make sure they represent Him . I 'll know how this will be when the materials come together one day and hopefully I meet him this spring . He also tok my adress that day and sent me a book on NY Rare Wildflowers . Typing this I think that will be his theme for the garden. Legaly using indigenous plants into the garden following the English sense of Arts and rafts movement of local materials only . Plants like Beech Drops or Indian Pipe , those translucent pearly white / pink monotropic flowers . They nod in a noble manner like that of M.C Eschers etching of Jetta , His wife holding a Narcissus..Daffodil flower. Love ? Bueaty ? Lil Sandness ? She looks so calm and composed holding that flower. the "perfect amount of cheer" I was told by a friend whome shared this MC Escher work with me. Beech Drops are solid white and planted ( They have a symbiotic relationship with soils bacteria ? that feeds off of rotting roots and supplies this wildflower with nitrogen ) Reminds me of this mans stomach cancer ...and his life experiences. He explained how he might die soon within a year .Its a tough thing to fight. He was blunt and didnt make me feel uncomfortable listenng. I was listening to a serious man talking . His generosity might stem from his fate and he saw his Japanese Maples being recycled into the Japanese style Garden I'm dreaming of as ftting to the care and love he has had for them. The Beech drops symbiotic relationship with death , decay and its nodding flower head that rises upwards after pollination I believe then becomes jet black of stem and flower. Monochromatic inkpaintings of Sung Dynasty that I love..Zen gardens ..I'll figure out that "aware" balence ...that blend of subtle undercurrents of lifes experience and the seasons that flow into the 4 seasons . And hopefully this gentleman will win his fight against cancer to see it. I'm so slow. Wont be makin gthis garden for some years to come. Its a mindscape - dreamscape for now. All in my mind.
What is a Japanese Garden ?
Method of recording ones life experiences and for the next person who works upon it and so forth untill that spot.that garden tells a story as long as the Illiad and times of Homer , Greece . Not many things stick around . Gardens come and go. So do buildings . Memories too.
I think Inkognitos Barren Canadian expanses . Zone 2 or 3 : ) ?
This is the conclusion. I could stereotype his region as being conducive to the minimalism of fruegal zen garden scapes . I could talk and talk about what I see in photos of books as befitting his regions easthetics much like Frank Lloyd Wright created homes to fit the region he worked .Prairie style etc. But what I think is a Japanese Garden is the experiences recorded into those materials and passing those memories on to someone as to why you planted that tree or stone . Maybe for the birth of a grandchild or son daughter..maybe in the passing of a loved one , maybe for the fact the object took on a form illustratively easily recognisable as a ship or bridge to explain a poem your paretns read to you as a child.. Its about memories , stories and life.
Not Titles and styles. Those some and go with fashion and fad .
Yes. Too many things to think about. Magic is ? If you love this artform..thinking doesnt become tiring ..becomes relaxing and is an endless way to have a passion - hobby .
My Italian grandfather sat there gazing upon his vegetable garden for hours in the morning or evening. I know for a fact there wasnt much in that garden as one would place as an artform such as an Edo Period Stroll Garden. But one thing I do believe ? both my GRandfather and his vegetable garden and that Aristocrat whome walked his Edo Period Stroll garden thought of memories and the future . Relaxed and both gardens became a tool to do so. Utilitiarian or for posteritys sake. That is the essence of What is a Garden to Me.
anything else is just another brick in the wall ::Singing Pink Floyd now ::
I think there are alot of gardens that are exactly
that..bricks in a wall..another number.. No story to tell.
Some time ago I was reading about ferns of a Time Life book series .
When I came across the Maiden Hair Fern its description was more colorfull than the other ferns.There was added an ole Germanic Fairy tale about this ferns European counterpart . I love the American maidenhair ferns here on my deeply shaded rocky ravines.
The tale went something like this. A beautiful women , a maiden of long flowing silvery blonde hair . Her lover who turns into a wolf ( perhaps a jealous wolf ) and she runs from him through the deep forest . He chases after and she leaps from a precipice out into mid air falling falling falling down the cliff face her hair flowingly memorable .
What a lasting image , huh.
Where she fell upwelled a spring and around this spring grew the maidens hair fern.
How many fairy tales can we attribute to the naming of plants and trees or vice versa ?
The reason I ask this is perhaps as children we are lacking in this knowledge here in the New World for the past lets say 50 years or so. I can imagine 100 or 150 or 200 years ago enough people knew of the nymphs, fairies, pixies and associated plants lores myths legends . So that by telling a story using the gardens materials one diesnt need to plant for posterities sake dozens upon dozens of ornamentals thrown off the back of a truck ( in thier case a horse and wagon ) . Your limits are reached according to the fruegality of materials needed to convey the story you want to visually tell.In doing so the gardens take on more empty space and a love of objects and plants that fulfill your minds eye. Problem is doing this in such a tastefull manner as it fulfills the minds eye of people who dont know the meanings of the objects and plants. Who dont know the stories and poems or religious parables etc. Its for these people who dont have a clue what things mean that the garden may look too sparse , odd , incomplete .
With this knowledge of telling stories doesn't it change how one arranges their plantings when designing a garden ?
This is a good question to ask of ones self for when one thinks of "What is a Japanese Garden" I think its akin to a tragic end of oral traditions and literary sharings of plant names , allegories , metaphors and such . And a good example is to rephrase the question and try to comprehend Inkognitos Question like this , " What is the American Garden "
I'm sure if you delved into what is a Black Forest Germanic Garden ? you might find the plantings in such villages have some sense of the names of the plants having a story and the way the plants are arranged have some resemblance to an order due to their names. I sure don't know myself. I'm only immagining what might be . This is why I love Japanese Gardens of any in the world. I dont have to guess if there is a story there to be read. I KNOW there is one . Just a matter of reading it. That is why Edzerd and Yama San express themselves here over and over conveying the meanings of materials and how they are arranged so that we can have lots of fun reading gardens , enjoying them and sharing . Not about having noses raised up hight all snooty like the sterotype of some haughty professors . These gardens are treasures. Only if I could find a pirate who stuck some famous gardens with the best story lines into a treasure chest hidden on some pacific island !! Oh Joy : ) See ? Having an asortment of items such as unique rocks , carved rocks , story books paintings , recycled objects
Immagine a mother reading her child books about fairy tales and the author used the names of many plants as part of the story itself. And this child learned the names of such plants as Maiden hair fern. I could only assume by planting maiden hair ferns with this child his / her immagination would be expanded. Planting them at the mouth of an artesian well pipe , where the excess water exits . Or to plant them at the base of a stone wall having above spilling water over its edge down the wall into a small pool of water. The process of creating a garden according to a story line begins . For each chapter of such a book lets assume there is one naming of a plant and a story to its name. One chapter a week read . One plant a week arranged in a garden so the child can see the illustrations of the book now in reality .
To purchase such a book made of the finest materials for a child. The bindings , paper , all uniquely special. Perhaps expensive. But priceless in how a child feels the book as the story unfolds. To experience hands on learning planting and arranging those plants according to the names related to fairy tales. One such year during those informative years. One season even. That mind will learn of its own accord how to judge quality , fine materials , artistry . I think its these kids that become the picky adults who look for finer and finer , well crafted books furniture and garden materials . Like a head start on learning what is Wabi Sabi and realting that to New England Shaker churches and its well oiled polished clean lines of wood working.
What happens is the basis for learning "What is a Japanese Garden" unfolds intuitively.
No longer are Japanese Gardens confusingly complex mysteries. And no longer are those gardens now model making such as copying a Blockprint image modeling its landscape like a topographer models the lay of the land for a developer using papper a cad then clay on a table.
A one to one model of something in nature isnt what I consider part of answering " What is a Japanese Garden "
Hopefully the mind evolves from childhood to adulthood so that one understands abstract thoughts , surrealism, mindscapes , metaphors allegories , emotions feelings , understanding how just a pool of water a foot in size with a single Maidens hair fern adjacent and a tall 4 foot rock that has the qualities of a suiseki stone mimicking the perilous heights of a cliff . A few dwarf colorado spruces behind growing on a hilly mound of soil .
Then finding a plant that represents a name like Wolfs tongue haha. I dunno. But minimalism works .
what season did she leap from the cliff in the Fairy tale ? If early spring , planting snowdrop bulbs follwing the path she tread in fright and opening the Colorado spruce grove to demonstrate a path within the forest letting light down through what will form as a canopy , moss beneath. spring flowers growing along the path.
Thats it. Done.
A tall cliff style rock
A pool of water
Mound of soils planted with Half a dozen small drawf spruces
handfull of paper white minature flowering bulbs for the spring
A trio of Maidens hair fern
And a good book about The Maiden and her lover turning into a wolf chasing her off a cliff of a deep evergreen forest.
Is this an American Garden ?
Is this a Japanese Garden ?
Perhaps what is to be asked is is the styles of Japanese Gardens that I am talking about the Bardic traditions of Gardening. Story tellers who weave with glee anything you give them.
I loved when I read about the Golden Age of Hein Aristocratic Gardens where the placing of plants could be a jest , joke or even insult on your dinner guest . Hidden remarks by knowing the wordings of plants . HA fuuuuuuuuuuuny
Like this ?
Pesident No Name's portriat has been painted of him standing upon the lush green grass of his country home columbine flowers blooming before him. The presidents country estate gardener seeing this painting so admired the painters choice of flowers, planted a slew of columbine flowers before his master bedroom windows . The wife scratching her head at the odd choice and thier emcumbents invited over for dinner laughing having heard of why the painter chose Columbine flowers .
A Japanese Garden to me is taking everything in life you can and mixing it together . Only part that is needed to be followed is the formula, code of what each style , tradition era of gardens exhist. Edo period , Kare San Sui, Tsubo etc. They are the maps tools to help you choose how long of a story you want to tell acordin to the limited or freedom of space you own to design within.
I'd choose a Tsubo sized very small garden to explain the story of the Maiden Hair fern. Perfect for a novice like myself who doesnt build anything ..I just like to talk about them. However I dont like to study . So my thoughts are mostly gut instinct.
I dont proof read so I needed to re -word this paragraph
((((This is a good question to ask of ones self for when one thinks of "What is a Japanese Garden" I think its akin to a tragic end of oral traditions and literary sharings of plant names , allegories , metaphors and such . And a good example is to rephrase the question and try to comprehend Inkognitos Question like this , " What is the American Garden ")))
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This is a good question to ask of ones self for when one thinks of "What is a Japanese Garden" I think answering this question is difficult becuase we are experiencing a tragic end of oral traditions and literary sharings of plant names , allegories , metaphors and such . And a good example is to rephrase the question and try to comprehend Inkognitos Question like this , " What is the American Garden "
Ramblings : )
At the moment I think the American Garden is a hodge podge of ornamentals reflecting the basic ones used in cemetaries for the past 200 years ..hence the roots of american garden ornamentals in such places as cemetaries.. but instead of growing these plants around cemetary stones ? we did this around the exposed foundations of cinderblock and now poured concrete foundations. Add to this expensive pavers for walkways and driveways we match the cost of installing such luxeries with doubling tripling the samount of ornamentals used along the walkway to the front door then around the foundation.
Not much of a story told . More like common sense grabbing of plants out of a nursery , into the back of a truck..toss them out and arrange them crowded to match the pricey cost of the house , walkway and drive or pool.
If this is the mentality that I believe I grew up with and assume many other like myself grew up around also, then its probably what we are doing when trying to design build a Japanese Garden for ourselves. Hard to break old habits. I see alot of people trying to break these habits by building thier Japanese gardens in the backyard but the same sense of overcrowded plantings ensues and no other story told other than " This is a meandering river and there is a pond "
In order to break my old habits slowly over the past three years I have adopted a Japanese Related artfrom called Suiseki. through this I am understanding how to tell a story using rocks as a form of accounting but on a much smaller scale than Garden stones Bonsia might be another 3 years from now.
Learning Noh theatre might be when I am much older 15 years from now.
To build a Japanese Garden without learning these other related artform . I might as well purchase a coffe table book with big fancy photographs of famous gardens and try to copy them . Problem is those gardens are of temples and castles and well off business men or extremely well paid artists who build thier trophy garden. In trying to understand these extremely expensive gardens in context to my pocket I became discouraged quickly. So now I am learning other related artforms to attain an educated eye therefore selecting high quality materials cheaply over long period of time and assembling these telling a story on a smaller scale ...small space.
I'm not a copy cat at heart. Japanese Gardening is wonderfull becuase it enables those who wish not to copy others have the freedom to express the very Question asked here > " What is a Japanese Garden "
Its evolving . A Cornucopia of Japans ablity to adapt change barrow . Has many many periods , styles , eras .
What is a Japanese Garden ? Its a garden that reflects each individual persons desires . Place to be free from stagnation. Doesnt make us copy cats and if you are poor you can aquire materials from nature that rival those created by mans hand. And if you live in an urban setting you can use recycled metals irons , steels bars and old quarried stones from demolishion yards . Once again free materials for the poor person. Yet the story those materials may tell ? The potentiality to express your intelligence..your mind.. no matter how desolate , bleak and poor your surroundings may be. From Urban jungle in deterioration to Desert emtiness of Artic freezes or Sun baked terraines. .its limitless..and that garden can be fit for a King or Emperor. Made of mud , metal and concrete..its possible.
what is a Japanese Garden ?
you tell me What garden can do what a Japanese Garden can..to be so flexible as to fit in any zone , any climate , any terraine , any era . Japanese Gardens are the modern chameleons capable of adopting so much in this era of inter and intra cultural exchanges . A true Cornucopia .
This is my thought processes of the American - Japanese style garden.
Free thinking and accessible to all.
Last mental note : ) however this doesnt apply to anyone teaching others what is a Japanese Garden if they learned the traditions and rules , teachings from Japan while visiting or living there or meeting a Japanese Gardener abroad elsewhere. My sharring these writtings is an attempt to express "What Is A Japanese Garden " doing for me.
Ask not what a Japanese Garden is. Ask what a Japanese Garden does to help you.
Japanese Gardens help me as an individual. No other garden has helped me like so.
what is a garden ? nourishment for humanity.
we are all in the same boat.


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Breakfast for dinner is a trend with a new name
Maybe it's time for brunch to make way for brinner.
The "brunch" concept has been around since the 1890s, when British college students came up with the word for having a later Sunday breakfast after Saturday drinking binges.
But brinner is another idea: Eating breakfast foods for dinner because you love them.
It must be a real word. It's in the Urban Dictionary, and it's turning up on the food-trend lists, part of a larger movement toward eating what you want, when you want it: Breakfast for dinner, pizza for breakfast, eggs on pizza for dinner.
You can't look around the food-blog world without seeing new uses for waffle irons: Stuffing waffles, made with leftover Thanksgiving dressing. Pizza waffles, using a waffle iron to reheat pizza slices. French toast waffles, mac-and-cheese waffles. It's enough to make Mrs. Butterworth's head spin.
There are even reports of breakfast-for-dinner wedding buffets, with omelet and pancake bars served with mimosas and Bloody Mary's — and not just for morning weddings.
Lindsay Landis, a Nashville food blogger (Love & Olive Oil) wrote the cookbook "Breakfast for Dinner" with her husband, Taylor Hackbarth. Landis has fond memories of her own childhood, when her father would whip out breakfast for dinner.
"He could barely do a frozen pizza," she says. "But he could do scrambled eggs. Whenever Mom was out of town, that's what he did."
What makes breakfast for dinner different from a bowl of cereal eaten over the sink? "It requires a little more time and organization," Chapel Hill, N.C., cooking instructor Caitlin Burke says. "And more substantial, heavier dishes fit better at the end of the day."
Landis picks savoriness, doing things that might involve eggs but don't necessarily involve maple syrup, like Shakshuka, a Middle Eastern dish of eggs poached in a rich tomato base.
"You've always got eggs in the (refrigerator)," she says. "We tried to take it a little beyond that."
Yield: 3 to 4 servings.
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and chopped
2 mild chile peppers, such as Anaheims, seeded and diced
1 hot chile pepper, such as jalapeno, seeded and diced
1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
½ cup vegetable or chicken broth
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 to 8 medium or large eggs
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
¼ cup crumbled feta cheese
Pita bread or crusty bread
1 Heat the oil in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and chile peppers and cook until the onion is softened and just beginning to brown, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add tomatoes with their juice, broth, cumin, paprika, oregano, salt and pepper. Lower the heat and simmer 20 to 22 minutes, or until thickened. Stir occasionally so it doesn't stick.
2 Make indentations in the sauce with the back of a spoon and crack an egg into each. Cover and cook for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the whites are set and yolks are thick but still runny. Sprinkle with the parsley and feta and serve with warm bread.
From "Breakfast for Dinner," by Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth (Quirk, 2013).
Yield: 4 servings.
1 cup white whole wheat flour (or ½ cup each all-purpose and whole wheat flour)
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 large eggs
1 cup nonfat or reduced-fat milk
½ cup part-skim ricotta cheese
½ teaspoon vanilla
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons butter, divided, if needed
Warm Blueberry Compote (see recipe) or maple syrup
1 Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add the eggs, milk, ricotta, vanilla and lemon zest. (Grate the zest directly into the bowl to catch the oils from the lemon.) Whisk everything together but don't overmix. The batter should be a little lumpy.
2 Heat a large skillet or griddle over medium heat. Add ½ teaspoon butter and swirl it around until melted. (If you're using a nonstick skillet or griddle, you may not need butter.) Add about ¼ cup batter and let it spread. Add more pancakes if there's room.
3 Cook until there are bubbles all over the top of the pancakes, particularly around the edges, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip and cook the other side 30 seconds to a minute, until beginning to brown. Transfer to a plate. (Place in a warm oven until they're all done if desired.) Continue to cook, adjusting the heat and adding more butter to the pan as needed.
4 Serve warm with butter and Blueberry Compote or maple syrup.
Source: Adapted from "The Can't Cook Book," by Jessica Seinfield (Atria, 2013).
Yield: About 4 servings.
2 cups frozen blueberries (or a blend of blueberries, raspberries and blackberries)
Juice of a whole lemon
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 Place the frozen berries in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the lemon juice, sugar and cinnamon. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, stirring, about 10 minutes, until heated through. Serve warm. Can be made ahead, refrigerated and reheated when needed.
If your breakfast dinner is an adult occasion, a spoonful of this will fit right in. It's fabulous on pancakes or waffles, on a grilled cheese sandwich, or spooned over runny cheese to serve with crackers.
Yield: About 2 cups.
1 pound bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces
1 large yellow onion, peeled and chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup cold brewed coffee
½ cup cider vinegar
½ cup orange juice
¼ cup maple syrup
2 tablespoons light brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup bourbon
1 Heat a large skillet or pot with a lid over medium-high heat. Cook bacon until it starts to brown but is still chewy, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and spread on a paper towel-lined plate. Drain all but about 2 tablespoons bacon fat.
2 Reduce heat to medium. Add the onions and garlic and cook until the onion is softened, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently so the garlic doesn't burn. Return bacon to the skillet and add the coffee, vinegar, orange juice, maple syrup, brown sugar, orange zest, ginger and pepper. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes.
3 Transfer mixture to a food processor and pulse briefly until finely chopped. Return to pan and cook 15 minutes longer, stirring occasionally. (If it gets too dry and paste-like, add a ¼ cup of water.)
4 Add the bourbon and simmer 15 to 30 minutes, until thick, syrupy and dark in color. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Refrigerate up to 3 to 4 weeks in an airtight container.
From "Breakfast for Dinner," by Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth (Quirk, 2013).
Yield: 4 servings.
1 tablespoon butter, plus more for the bowls
¼ large onion, diced
1 russet (baking) potato, baked, cooled and cut in cubes
Salt and pepper to taste
5 eggs, beaten
½ cup half-and-half
3 plum tomatoes, cored and diced
2 green onions, chopped
½ pound breakfast sausage, browned and crumbled
½ cup each grated Monterey Jack and sharp cheddar (or 1 cup grated cheese mix)
1 Butter 4 ovenproof bowls or ramekins. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2 Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and potatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are warmed through and the onions are a little softened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
3 Whisk together the eggs and half-and-half in a mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Combine the tomatoes and green onions in a small bowl and set aside.
4 Assemble by placing potatoes, sausage, a little of the cheese, a quarter of the egg mixture and some of the tomato mixture in each ramekin. Top with a little more cheese.
P5 lace the ramekins on a baking sheet and place in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until the eggs are just set. Watch carefully and make sure the eggs don't brown and overcook.
Adapted from "The Pioneer Woman Cooks," by Ree Drummond (William Morrow, 2009).
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The suburban ranch-style home in Ohio where humor writer Erma Bombeck launched her nationally syndicated column has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Several hundred motorcycle-riding employees at Nationwide Insurance invited other Ohio bikers downtown Wednesday. It was the second year the Columbus-based company has participated in National Ride to Work Day.
Police barricaded a block of Nationwide Blvd. as motorcycles began lining the street. Columbus patrol officer Doug Shaw rode up on his city owned Harley Davidson, though he says he left the Honda Gold Wing he owns at home.
"Big rains today, big rains," Shaw said.
"But you're riding now?"
"I have to now," he said.
The threat of rain did not stop several hundred Nationwide employees from celebrating Ride to Work Day which occurs the 3rd Wednesday in July. John Holtzclaw, who manages the company library, owns two Hondas and helped organize the event.
"Motorcyclists come in all flavors, all types of motorcycles," Holtzclaw says. "So this is one of those rare events where you get people who ride cruisers, they ride Harleys, they ride sport bikes, scooters, they all get together and participate and have a good time."
Nationwide has begun insuring recreational vehicles, including motorcycles, something Holtzclaw says has come in handy.
"I had a little get-off last fall. Anyway, it was covered."
Russ Dempsey owns a Yamaha R1, a sport bike with a top speed of around 175 miles per hour. Dempsey, an assistant general counsel, says he enjoys it as much on a country road as he does on the race track.
"It doesn't look very comfortable but if you pick a curvy road it just feels right at home. And the miles just click away," Demsey says.
An organizer predicted some 200 employees might participate this year. Last year the event drew about 1,000 bikers from around Central Ohio. Nationwide executive secretary Beth McCord says she's never ridden a motorcycle but she spent some time Wednesday looking.
"It's not for me but for those who enjoy it, I think it's great," McCord said.
Steve Kosman, a systems analyst for Nationwide Financial, owns a 96 Harley Sportster. He says there's a bit of snobbery among some riders. But it's something that Ride to Work Day might help to break down.
"Sport bike riders won't wave to cruiser riders; cruiser riders snub the sport bikes," Kosman says. "You know I think if you're on two wheels and you enjoy riding the open road, then everybody should just wave to each other and leave the pretension at home."Systems engineer Charles Askew says there are other barriers that will have to be broken through. He says he hasn't convinced his future wife that he should buy a motorcycle.
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Well, I looked but didn't find a pre-existing thread, so here goes....
I bought a PPS nickel-plated & ported brass barrel from Stainless Steel. The USPS took their time getting it here, but all the while during my "It's not here yet" PMs, he kept his cool and was going to Fight Da Man (USPA) to find out if it went to the dead mail drop in ATL. Thankfully it showed up, in excellent condition as he said. Many thanks!:clapping:
I'm having a similar "where is it?" problem, only he appears to have lied about when/if he shipped the item.
Hopefully it will be resolved.
I advise all MCB members to withhold dealings until he straightens this out.
I will update/revise my feedback when the deal is complete, I certainly don't want to damage someone's rep over a misunderstanding, if somehow that is what happened.
Same issue here, he has lied about when item was shipped, waiting to recieve item, have filed complaint with paypal
Well, I got another round of BS designed to delay me, no record at Fedex of the package he claims he sent.
Looks like we got a scammer here.
All I'll say is I'm not surprised
and his Former screenname for him is McPumper
you guy's realize you just made 5 posts in a feedback thread?..lol.. Ill delete this one once I think ya'll saw it..
Why delete it? It adds so much, and it ups your post count so you'll look important.
I should have posted this a long time ago, but I had a similar experiance. Got a KP3, and he lied about a lot of things and only until I filed a claim did I recieve my missing items. He also doesn't seem too bright as he put my SCREEN NAME for the shipping info.
I HIGHLY RECCOMEND you file a stop payment with whoever you paid with or file a paypal claim IMMEDIATELY
This guy lives right off Route 80 in north Jersey, and he's right on my way to visit my family. I'll be stopping to see him really soon, so if anyone needs anything let me know.
he, sorry.. didnt read your posts.. this is negative feedback ehh? god I feel less intelegent now..
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Xichu in Guanajuato (region) is a city in Mexico - about 150 mi (or 241 km) North-West of Mexico City, the country's capital city.
Local time in Xichu is now 09:16 PM (Monday). The local timezone is named "America / Mexico City" with an UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your mobility, these bigger places might be interesting for you: Puebla, Pachuca, La Joya, Joyas de Mirasol, El Capadero or El Membrillo. While being here, you might want to check out San Diego de las Pitayas, Calabazas, La Pila, Xichu, Puerta Pilon and Derramaderos as well. We know of 3 airports close to Xichu. The clostest airport we found is Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (IATA: QRO) with a distance of 56 mi (or 89.7 km) South of the city centre of Xichu.
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what product gives you the best suntan?
As an avid sun worshipper acquiring a good tan is pretty important to me. What do you use when sunbathing (outdoors) to get and keep that perfect tan? My best success comes from coconut oil which I make myself mixed in with cocoabutter. Any thoughts? Cheers. KL.
Skin cancer alert !!!!!!!!!! also wrinkle prevention, you won't be young forever, plan ahead................
I can tell you guys/gals are young; 20"s max, or I might be wrong.
You'll still get a nice light tan wearing sunblock; it will take longer but you will be protecting your skin. Roasting and toasting your skin with the above mentioned products gives you no protection from the harm that suntanning can cause.
I know I'm being a drag for mentioning this but I can't help it; the bad effects of the sun are cumulative, they will show up when you don't want it.
There are so many options nowadays for a tanned look without the damage.
ok, now you can tell me to mind my business or be mad at me, lol......
You are absolutely right. It's important to protect your skin from the sun. If you want a tan, go with a self tanner or spray on tan. When you are out in the sun, use a broad spectrum sunscreen to protect your skin. Here's a site with more information on the importance of sunscreen.
Here is a link that might be useful: Sunscreen Resource Center
Take a well meaning tip from someone who has had several basal cell cancer's removed. I am very fair, red-blond hair and burned as a child growing up in the 1950's on a farm. The last cancer was on the tip of my nose and when removed left a nickel sized hole that needed 14 stitches, three inside and 11 from the nose tip to the bridge. (That was the only time I was glad my nose was on the larger size! He didn't need to do a skin graft from behind the ear.) I thank my Dr. every day that I look in the mirror because his skill left me with no scar. But I now get a full skin check once a year. All that childhood burning with no protection will be haunting me the rest of my life. Getting tan is just not worth it.
St Tropez is a very good sun-less tanner. I can add my own skin cancer stories. I've had two melanoma's and also have scars all over from having additional "suspicious" moles removed. I was also an avid sun worshipper. Olive skin and dark hair and eyes, so forget what you hear about blonds and redheads being the only ones would need to worry about skin cancer. Would I have never sunbathed if I had been told of these dangers when I was young? Truthfully, I would still have desired that golden tan but I like to think that I would have used a good sunscreen and just built up a lighter tan gradually.
I know this isn't what you want to read but please think about it.
Just a couple other thougths here...
but are tans even "in" right now? I mean everyone wants a healhty glow to them, but I'm just not seeing a lot of deep dark tans. I thought that look was sort of out.
And, really, this is true...the people that always had that dark tan look when younger look at least 10 years older than everyone else now. I can't believe the wrinkles on their faces...they could compete with my mom. I can't be the only one that notices the premature wrinkles. It's really sort of scary.
Tanning now will not only make you look prematurely old when you are in your 40s, but as others have said, it is NOT worth the risk of skin cancer. With the hole in the ozone layer, the risk is even higher now than in the "olden days" when I was young.
Well-meaning friends are always lecturing me because I have a glowing tan all year long- but the truth is, I never go out in the sun without total protection. I use L'Oreal's bronzer and it looks very natural, so I always have a tan, but skip the dangers of real sunning. This time of year it goes on sale, so I stock up for the winter months.


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These aren't diseases related to sanitation (cholera has become rare in developed nations because of proper plumbing). These are diseases that come from social contact which we actually have more of these days with crowded cities and compulsory education.
I believe he is thought to have hypertrichosis. It's the same condition that causes some humans to grow dense hair all over their bodies.
virginity is a societal construct, but a first time is still a stressful situation with or without the "purity" spectre. They don't call it "getting intimate" for no reason.
mmm… yes. This is good. We like this. Bring Us more of this, Buzzfeed. You shall be handsomely rewarded from Our fortunes.
in all honesty my ideal guy would be bisexual (I'm a straight girl). Even just him recounting past male-male encounters would be completely arousing for me.
I think it's telling that most people who cry "apartheid" as soon as the hear "Israel" have never set foot in the country. The Jewish Israelis and the Arab Israelis that I saw during my last visit lived peacefully side by side. They did business with each other. Employed one another. Women were allowed to do as they pleased and there was no more racial tension on the average sidewalk there than there is in the US.
Hunting down the one Chinese restaurant in the county that is open on Christmas Day. I will not let my ancestral tradition die!
Daleks are not robots. They are living, mutant creatures inside a cybernetic armor shell. Cyborgs are not robots. K-9 is a robot. So that part is accurate.
He isn't Chilean. He's Spanish and practices in Chile. Spain is a fully developed European country (if currently economically unstable). Also, it's quite small minded to assume that Chile has low standards based (I assume) on the fact that it's in South America. Chile is quite developed and prosperous, not just for South America. Not to mention that the economy in Chile is, at the moment, far better than in Spain. Also, it takes seven years of schooling and two years of internship to become a fully fledged medical doctor in Chile, this is comparable to much of Western Europe.
I would actually feel really awkward being examined by a OB that I found sexually attractive, Also, the moment you become his patient all chance of a social relationship is immediately removed from the situation. So, all in all, I do not want to be his patient. But I wouldn't mind meeting him at a bar.
I could watch the gig in #9 forever
not homemade candy corn. it's a bit on the difficult side but tastes fantastic.
you bet your tuchus we do.
Same here. Somethings are sacred (literally) and co-opting them for secular pop culture is gross and disrespectful.
it's a shofar. The animal from which the horn is taken depends entirely on which community of Jews you're looking at. Long, twisting shofars originated with Yemenite Jews whereas bulls' horn shofars are found in Israel and in Eastern Europe. The big ones are popular in the US because they are quite awesome to look at, but smaller ones are easier to use.
I totally posted the same quote just now. Drunk Ted and a pineapple. Yes indeed
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I'm looking for a specific Baby Lock Embroidery design collection called "Grandma's Samplers." I bought the collection (used) from a store, and discovered later that it was missing the first of the three floppy disks with the designs. The store contacted Baby Lock, and the collection is no longer available from them. I was wondering if anyone might have the collection, and be willing to share the designs from the first disk with me? Thanks so much for any help you can give me.


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America (where I live) was founded on Puritan and Protestant ideals of redemption. You became good by redeeming your time, work, money, basically everything. Everything had a purpose or it was sloth and wasteful.
That isn't as predominant as it once was but it still does have a strong thread in many families and, to be honest, I have learned great lessons from one such family about that, and it has made me a much better person.
But, it defeats the purpose of having a 'purpose driven' life to only pay attention to what you are SURE is bound up in your purpose, in your effort to achieve something.
Steve Jobs of Apple tells the story of his deciding on a whim to take a Calligraphy course. He had no idea why, just sounded fun. He knew it didn't have any connection to whatever goals he had in life (he didn't have many at that time) but he just wanted to do so he did.
He credits that course with being one of the essential elements to him making the Mac the graphic designer's favorite computer. It brought in fonts and design ability that had not been contemplated by prior computer makers. He was just enjoying wasting his time taking that course. But it was not wasted time.
How do you enjoy wasting time?
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Amaryllis blossoms broke off - now what?
I got an Amaryllis plant for Christmas that just bloomed, but I guess the blossoms were just heavy enough to where it broke off. I planted it in the soil thinking that might save the blossoms, but not being experienced with this plant, I don't know what to do or what to expect. Will it blossom again, or will this kill the plant? How do I handle this? Please help! I really want to keep this plant alive and going because it is so beautiful and I'd also like to learn more about care and feeding of this beautiful plant. Thanks!
Sally, don't ya just hate it when that happens? Same thing happened to me yesterday... a gust of gravity and snap! - the whole scape broke right off. I did just what Cindee suggested and put it in a vase with some greens I had. Many folks do grow these for cut flowers (including our own Noni) so it'll be just fine. Treat it right and you'll get another bloom or perhaps several next year. Good luck! Alana From 2010/2011 season
Actually, Sally, this is what I got from Cindee's and e36yellowm3's idea:
- put the broken stalk in a vase with water, just like you would with a flower, for display. The blooming stalk could last a few more days;
- plant the bulb in a pot with good potting mix and take care of it properly. The bulb might grow and re-bloom for many years to come. (I must further read as many notes on this forum as possible on how to plant & care for a bulb after blooming.)
Hope that helps you.
Sally - I read this just today - very good advice here:
Gardener and author Jill M. Nicolaus writes:
Each year, I purchase several new amaryllis bulbs. Growing them on from year to year is far more rewarding to me than composting them each January and buying them anew the following November or December. I'm especially happy to have a more expensive, rare variety or a particular favorite do well and bloom again for me the following year.
After the bloom has faded, the flower stalk can be cut off near the top of the bulb. Be careful of the leaves as you make the cut, and don't worry about the juicy sap that may run out of the cut stalk.
Treat your amaryllis as you would any houseplant, with regular water and fertilizer. Amaryllis plants like sun, the brighter the better, especially in winter. If you tuck it in a dim corner, it may survive, but more sun means better growth and better bloom next year.
When late spring temperatures are above 50F at night, you can move your amaryllis outside. Many people simply move pot and all into a sunny spot. That works as long as you remember that it likes to be watered regularly.
I find it's easier to take care of my amaryllis plants if I plant them out into the garden. They get plenty of sun in the bed by my deck. To simplify watering, I run a soaker hose between the bulbs. If you plant them in the ground, follow the same guidelines as for planting in pots, leaving the upper 1/3 of the bulb exposed above the soil line.
The more water, sun and food your amaryllis plants get during the spring and summer, the more leaves they will grow. The more leaves they grow, the more photosynthesis occurs to feed the bulb, and the larger the bulb will grow. The larger the bulb grows, the more flower stalks it will put up the next time it blooms. I've heard that for every 3 to 5 leaves an amaryllis plant grows, the bulb will put up one additional flower stalk the following year.
Amaryllis plants are tender and must be lifted in fall, before a hard freeze kills the bulb. How early you lift them depends on whether you are trying to time their bloom. For holiday flowers, you'll be digging bulbs in mid-August. I often pot up new bulbs in time for holiday blooms and enjoy my older amaryllises later in the winter, simply because I don't think of lifting them at the height of summer.
Here's a way to calculate the dates involved. Mark the approximate "bloom by" date you want on the calendar, remembering that you might have to be flexible. Count back the approximately eight weeks it will take for a potted bulb to start blooming, and mark the date you should pot up the bulb. Count back an additional eight weeks of dormant resting time, and mark a date to dig the bulb (or remove it from its pot).
When you dig up the bulb, brush or wash most of the dirt off the roots, and let them dry. Cut the foliage off about an inch above the top of the bulb. Put the bulb in a cool, dark place with good air circulation until it's time to pot it up. Often, the bulb will start sprouting the tip of a flower stalk to tell you it's ready to go.
If you're content to let your plant bloom when it will, there's no need to put the amaryllis bulb through an official dormant period. You can let the foliage remain on the bulb when you dig it up, or you can simply bring a potted plant back inside in fall. By doing so, you may encourage your amaryllis to bloom more than once each year!
Some of my older bulbs have produced offsets, which can be potted up separately or grown on with the mother bulb until they reach blooming size. I've also grown a few amaryllis plants from seed, an exercise in patience, as they can take 3 to 5 years to bloom for the first time. Over the years, my collection of amaryllises has gradually increased. This year, I dug 28 bulbs out of my "tropicals" bed by the deck!
I don't make any particular effort to put mine through a dormant period. I find that some of the leaves get damaged or lost, while the foliage on other plants stays healthy and full. So some of the amaryllis bulbs that I pot up end up going dormant to some extent, and others don't. Sometimes I pot them up right away, other times the bulbs may sit around for several weeks after I dig them up.
All the potted bulbs go on a sunny shelf in my basement. Every so often, a couple of them will start putting up bloom stalks, and I'll bring them upstairs to enjoy their flowers. With so many amaryllis bulbs doing their thing at different times, I know I'll have spectacular blooms to enjoy all winter long.
Author: Jill M. Nicolaus.
OH...an extra hint on the extending the life of your "cut" amaryllis....turn the stem upside down and fill the hollow stem with water. THEN...put your finger over the end to trap the water inside the stem and lower it into the vase. If you give the vase/stem fresh water every 3-4 days, you can really extend the life of your blooms. I've taken blooms to ripe seed pods that way!
Good luck!
WOW beautiful Floral Arrangement, Alana!
Great advice everyone...however...I wonder if SallyB423 even heard us....
Thanks Cindee and Donna! Yes, that's one of the scapes on my Cherry Nymph. It was strange because I had it staked up and it suddenly started growing too aggressively / quickly toward the sun, and snapped right off at the stake ring. That sure is one heavy bloom, but it's gorgeous! And still lasting in the vase too. I needed a little red to perk up those Christmas tree bottom boughs anyway though.
I have three amaryllis bulbs. I repotted them together. Let them in the dark after they dropped their blossoms last year. Watered infrequently.....bulbs have dried up so I peeled off the dead layers. What did I do wrong? I had a third of the bulb above the soil. Can I save them?
Oh Sheri, You've been a very bad girl..You always have to let an amaryllis grow leaves for months and months after the flowers fade..they need lots of light and lots of sun and sufficient water just enough so they don't rot...
I don't know without looking at them whether they are salvageable.. but give it a try..at this point you've got nothing to loose..Good Luck..
How did you care for your cut scapes? I try my best right now with a scape I received from my husband and after 10 days it has reduced to half (20 cm) and the seed pod is only 1 cm wide.
Do I have to put it under lights? I added to the water 3% sugar and some chlorine to keep the water clean... though in half a day it becomes blurred. Should I change it right away when it blurrs?
silly questions I know... but
Thank you!
I wouldn't add anything....are you filling the scape with water and putting your finger over the end to prevent the bubble. Too much bleach and you're doomed! JUST USE PLAIN WATER and change it every 3 days.
Some scapes are just programmed to fail...and if it does, welcome to our club!!
Hello everyone,
I have a question about scapes that are done blooming: do I cut them at the base or do I leave everything as is and let them wither naturally? Does leaving them in any way emaciate the bulb? Why I'm asking is I stumbled across a comment somewhere that not removing the scapes lets the nutrients(?) in the scape be somehow used and recycled by the bulb so they don't go wasted. I did remove the seedpods, though, so I have now 2 huge flowerless/seedless scapes sticking out of the bulb, they are still perfectly fresh as I removed the old flowers/pods just a couple of days ago. The bulb is actively sprouting new leaves.
Thank you.
Hi Parodise,
Personally, I think it is a matter of choice. If you've got an established bulb (one with roots) then I don't see any harm in cutting the stem if it's a matter of aesthetics.
On the other hand if you have a new bulb with little or no rooting it might be wise to let the stem whither naturally, as they say, so say that any nutrients present in the stem will transfer back to the bulb itself. Personally I don't think it makes that much difference but it certainly does make the bulb look better for the few weeks it may take for the stem to whither. There are different opinions on this. Most often I just cut the stem after the seedpods (if any) have ripened. or sometimes I cut the stem in half so it doesn't look so obvious that a dead stem has been left on. The choice is yours!
Donna, thanks a lot for your help! This bulb I'm talking about is one I purchased recently and it's sitting in coconut coir, basically all under the surface in a small pot. My gut tells me it's not really a big bulb and it has just seen 2 huge scapes ( 4 flowers on each) through blooming. I have to go easy on watering and fertilizing as the medium tends to retain water for too long and I'm not sure what the root situation is like. So, judging by what I guessed and what you said, the stash of nutrients in the stems might come in handy... I guess I'll just leave them on for the time being.
BTW, below is the flower of that bulb. Does anyone have any idea what the hybrid name might be? It's really rather deep dark red. Bought it at a local florist's, not a supermarket, and the tag had a really dark, "Carmen"-like flower in the picture...
Thanks again!
I think you might be right. I googled it and this gardenweb's pic is the exact same flower as mine, even the notch on the petal is same as what my second scape's flowers had, the darker stripe pattern is also identical!!!
Yours is a gorgeous color - certainly much darker than mine, but very close to what I saw in my plant's tag!
Do you have any idea if growing conditions, i.e. light/soil/fertilizer/temperature can affect the color of the blooms?
Thank you so much!
Your flower is very beautiful! But!! I would repot this bulb immediately. The bulb should not be covered in wet coir of all things..it will rot! And I'll bet it's in a plastic pot too?? You can mix the coir with perlite and sand or some other potting soil that will drain and dry out. Only bury the bulb an inch or so in the soil. Coir stays much too wet and the bulb should be more or less sitting on top of the soil at the very least and you must have a drainage hole. You don't want to loose your beautiful bulb to rot...
I thought exactly the same... But I'm afraid to touch the bulb while the second scape is finishing blooming... I realize I'm walking on eggshells here and am extra careful not to overwater - choose only spells with a few sunny and warm days in a row for watering. You are right - the pot is plastic and small and I have the scapes leaning against the window - otherwise the plant would topple... I did remove the upper layer of coir to open the bulb a bit. So far so good... As soon as the last flowers wither I will repot it.
you give me hope for the next year! I will need to give my bulb the best conditions possible and help it reestablish its natural biological cycle so it gets much more sun when it blooms and, hopefully, turns out darker next time around. Might take another year, though, before I see any new blooms...
Sometimes you get better blooms after the first blooming cycle. The bulb will have settled in and give you it's best. A few years ago we had a pretty cold winter. My bulbs spend the winter in a greenhouse, where the temperature never (hopefully) gets below 45F. That next spring, the colors were very vivid...absolutely spectacular. Many of us felt that the colder winter may have played a role.


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Know the candidatesPublished 10:11am Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Updated 12:11pm Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Polls report that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are neck and neck in the race to the White House. And that those who are still undecided may determine who our next president will be. If you are informed about the philosophies of the Republicans and Democrats today, it should not be hard to decide which candidate would best govern our country.
ln the past, the Republicans were the party of "Self-reliance, Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps, Start Your Own Business, Work Hard and You Will Succeed." Now they are the party of billionaires Grover Norquist. the Koch Brothers and other incredibly wealthy Republican business tycoons who give billions to ensure that Republicans will influence the government to their advantage.
Do Americans want to return to the Dark Ages when Feudalism ruled the world? Feudal Lords owned all the land while serfs struggled to stay alive. We are now heading in the same direction with the top one percent owning the majority of the wealth of the nation, while many middle and working class citizens, as well as thousands of unemployed barely survive.
Do we really want to return to the Gilded Age of the 1800s and 90s, when millions of people, including children, worked twelve or more hours a day six or seven days a week just to stay alive while those who owned the mines, mills and factories where they worked lived like kings?
David Stockman, Budget Director for Ronald Reagan. wrote an article in the current Newsweek (October 22, 2012) revealing how Mitt Romney made millions buying viable businesses, borrowing against their assets forcing them into bankruptcy. Then selling the remnants, tiring the employees and reaping enormous profits. By so doing he eliminated thousands of jobs, netting hundreds of millions for himself and others at Bain Capital.
If Romney were to win it would be a backward step for our Country. Under Barack Obama.
America is making steady progress toward fiscal soundness. But because of the enormous debt that George W. Bush built up by invading Iraq and lowering taxes at the same time, when he should have raised taxes to pay for the war in Iraq, it will take patience and sacrifice to win back a thriving economy.
Do not let Romney and his super wealthy cronies destroy your way of life. He is not a job-creator as he claims, but a destroyer of American assets and values. He does not represent The American way of life, symbolized by the tide that raises all boats.
The strategies that made millions for Romney and Bain Capital pulled the rug right out from under millions of American workers and the companies they work for. Milt Romney should NOT be President of the United States. Vote for Barack Obama on sixth and help return America to a sound economy in which all can thrive.
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