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African Violet Roots
Here are some photos of african violet roots since we never see them in the photos. The first plants are all in 3 oz. drink cups and are about 5-1/2". Witch Doctor is a bit smaller. They have all been getting too much light but we're looking at the roots :) It has been suggested that Optimaras, variegated ones, etc. are different.
Optimara Texas in Solo Cup. I potted this one up. It had some fertilizer salts in the center which I cleaned off with a q-tip.
Photo of root system of Optimara Texas:
Small plant of Witch Doctor, mosaic variegated, in solo cup. This one is smaller and the roots are not as developed. I'm leaving it in the cup for awhile.
Witch Doctor's root system:
Private Dancer, a variegated plant in a solo cup. This was grown from a leaf started on 1/21.
Private Dancer's root system. It's hard to see, but the roots have begun to circle the bottom (there are arrows). This could have been repotted earlier.
Although African violets are comparatively shallow rooted plants, they still have a healthy root system and the roots go to the bottom of the solo cups.
Finally here are the roots on some plantlets. The first is a variegated plantlet and the mother leaf has died (I think it's Ramblin' Amethyst). The second is also variegated but the mother leaves are still attached. I took these off for the demonstration. The third are two Russians. The mother leaf was snapped off and the plantlets have stopped growing.
Here are the plantlets. Ramblin' Amethyst, although small, has a good root system. The variegated Fredette has a very good root system. The two Russian babies have hardly any roots, but they should make it. They will need to be treated more like suckers than rooted plants.
I saved the Fredette leaves just in case.
Beautiful Photos, Diana
It is interesting to see what good healthy roots look like. African Violets are not shallow rooted, now that I see the pictures, but are proportional to the top growth, much like any other plant.
Usually, with other houseplants, I repot big and let the plants grow into the pots. With AV's it seemed settled wisdom to pot small and let the plant outgrow the pot.
Very nice job illustrating a facet of AV culture!
Thanks, Karin. I wasted 2 Bounties :).
I'm glad the photos helped. Of course, African violets are still relatively shallow compared to many other houseplants. Still when the roots of a standard African violet are circling the solo cup and the top looks okay (no damage or problems going on), I say it's time to pot up (more like past time).
Funnily enough AVs are just plants. They just don't have roots like snake plant which will break the pot when it needs a new one.
Now that is the standard size pot for a semimini so you would just return it to the same size pot. A mini shouldn't be in a pot that big in the first place.
You might fool with a small trailer in your saucer. Some are small enough to keep domed.
I didn't "cherry pick" plants for the photos. I was aiming for a variety of hybridizers, including variegated ones. I pulled Witch Doctor to show one that wasn't as far along. I knew I wasn't potting it up yet. That's what they look like all the time.
A solo cup is still only about 2" deep (a little more but it's not going to be filled the entire way). O. Texas looks dry, BTW. When I repot and that happens (which it shouldn't, but it does), I keep a little spray bottle of water handy to wet the rootball.
It's those plantlets on leaves that tend to fool me at times. No roots or 5 instead of the one large one I thought was there.
I hope KeO sees it (and doesn't have nightmares about roots, lol).
Lucky, the 1/3 is given as a rule of thumb, it refers to the width, however, I think it refers to the depth as well as the height. The smallest and most shallow I have used is a small condiment cup. They work very well for very small plant lets that have come from leaves or suckers. Now, there are plastic saucers you can get in a plant store at times that are quite tall. They are very thin plastic.
You can also use those Keurig style coffee cups if you know of anyone who uses those machines, ask them to save the cups for you.
I am sticking to my belief that a clay saucer is going to be too shallow and not the right material. Unless you are going to watch very closely and as soon as the plant begins to grow, move it to a solo cup. But then that means a lot of unnecessary moving of the plant. Of course, others suggest you try it out and find out for yourself if it works or not.
I have used cardboard seed trays I got at the hardware/plant store. They did not work. The leaves and small plants dried out too quickly. The plastic seed trays,on the other hand, work great.
I have looked at egg cartons and thought the styrofoam ones might work well.
The roots are like hairs on your head. There are just a few of them per the proportion of leaves, and they are quite delicate. It is because of this root system that AVs are thought to be hard to raise.
Optimara have different roots,stronger and thicker and longer, but even those plants can't take too much repotting.
More of my plants die from repotting than from anything else.
At first, I tired using all sorts of materials that were not meant for raising violets, such as tea cups, or plastic containers that were too wide. Reading this forum and getting advice from others, once I started doing what was best for the plants, using the right size and height of pot, the plants
did well.
Because it takes nearly a year to go from a plucked leaf
to a blooming plant, with all the hovering and concern, why not just start out with what the plant will thrive in from the get-go!
The plants need monitoring. The red one that I am so proud of has another that I moved out of the dome and into a window a few months ago. It is very unhappy. The leaves
got dull and the crown got miniscule. Now, I have to research throughout this forum to find out what caused that. Perhaps the low light. I hope, nothing more sinister. When a plant is thriving, it is hard to realize how sensitive it really can be if its environment is changed, even a little.
Diana, Very nice photo essay! Thank you for taking the time to do that. This is a post to clip for future reference.
I just moved two plants from 2 1/2" to 3". Their leaf span was wide but their roots were small. I don't have anything between 3 and 4 at this time. I moved them because it has been a year and they are not blooming. Sticking to the proportion of 1/3, a 4 inch would be too large.
By the way, the Jean Pierre Croteau you advised I move
to a 4" pot, I did. It is doing fine. It is now blooming.
This brings up a question, I might have to do research. I understand that plants bloom from the crown, under the crown leaves only. So if I were to pinch off the blooms,
would the plant never again bloom from that leaf, but only from the new crown leaves that are growing out? I decided to leave the blooms on. I might not show it, after all. And just bring plants to sell for the club instead. It is hard to juggle both, and the show has a theme that many are struggling to come up with ideas. I am thinking just to have a great display and sales area instead with colorful signs of AV.
I will post my signs when they are finished for Karin's artistic input, if you are also reading this,Karin.
Best to all, Happy and PeacefulSunday, Joanne
I don't think that can be right about the blossoms, Joanne. If so, disbudding for show wouldn't work. I've never paid much attention, but I can't keep Fantasy Girl disbudded long enough to try to get it to grow a little. It just wants to bloom.
Yes, Karin has the artistic eye :).
Quit flattering me or my head will blow up ;-p
I read somewhere that potential bloom count relies on several factors, including how many peduncles can grow out of a leaf axil. (Hope i have my plant parts straight) So depending on the variety of violet, even with disbudding, there are a number of buds left from which more bloom stems will grow....
Diana and Karen, Thanks for the advice. I looked up Fantasy Girl, it is very pretty. Does yours have that much fantasy as on the Bluebird Greenhouse website photo?
Karin, From reading older posts, Witch Doc does not have a good reputation for being easy to grow or remain consistent.
With the genie in your house that causes so much sporting, you might be in for a wild ride with Witch Doctor. Joanne
This post was edited by fortyseven on Mon, Aug 4, 14 at 2:11
It's supposed to be about the roots :D
However, I would most certainly recommend O. Texas and Private Dancer. I don't know what's been up with that O. Texas baby and the fertilizer salts. I don't remember that issue before.
Witch Doctor is probably the only plant I might grow even if it didn't bloom but I like the blossoms too. I've read the negatives but the blossoms stand up fine for me and it appears that plant was taken off the leaf around mid-May. The leaves are dark green and silver when grown properly. I like the name too. I once commented on O. Robinson having names like Toxic Hazardous Waste Dump and now I seem to have Ma's Butterfly Garden and Ma's Winter Moon. What is Witch Doctor supposed to do? I had a little pot full of Witch Doctors but I guess I only kept one.
Fantasy Girl (218) 05/10/1952 (R. Behnke/H. Cox) Single lavender/blue or purple fantasy. Serrated girl foliage. Standard
I can't get it out of a 3" pot but if you like the blossoms, I'd say mine looks better than the one on Bluebird. The foliage is different - large(ish) flat light green scalloped leaves that lay flat and almost look like they have a white edge. I haven't been able to get a decent photo and it's a heavy bloomer. I got mine from Cedar Creek(?) Rollins anyway some years ago. Hardly anyone carries it or wants it.


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Pour the tamari over your tempeh and let it marinate. For the sauce mix together 4 tbls tamari, 4 tbls kecap manis and 1/4 cup good tomato sauce. Now the chilli paste, puree the chillies in a blender then add curry powder and a couple of tbls of oil and water as needed. Heat your wok and stir fry the paste over a high heat until the oil starts to separate. Put the paste in a bowl and set aside.
Now boil the potato until tender. Cool then peel and dice into 2cm cubes. Set aside. Cook your noodles now then set aside. Heat your wok again and add 3 tbls camelia oil. Drain the tamari off your tempeh (reserve for later use) and cook until golden on both sides. Drain on absorbent paper then set aside. To the same pan (you may need a little more oil) add the prawns and stir fry quickly until just pink. Remove and set aside. Heat the wok again and add 2 tbls oil. Throw in the shallots, garlic and ginger and toss for a few seconds then add the chilli paste. Stir fry for a minute or so then add the veggies including the potato. It will start to smell really nice now. Add the noodles and the sauce and toss around to combine, then throw in the prawns and tempeh and continue stir frying for another minute or so. Create a well in the centre by pushing everything up along the sides of the wok. Add a little more oil then crack in the eggs. Quickly scramble them then mix in with the other ingredients.
Lastly add the sprouts and lime juice and toss until combined. Garnish with lime wedges, coriander leaves, spring onions and chilies.
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I'm trying to implement a simple DNS SRV query by using
res_query. My code for the res_query part is following:
char* target;
short* port;
union {
HEADER hdr;
u_char buf[1024];
} response;
ns_msg handle;
ns_rr rr;
u_char buf[256], *p;
int t, len, priority, weight;
if ((len = res_query(query, C_IN, ns_t_srv, (u_char *)&response, sizeof(response))) <0 ) {
cout << "res_query returned -1, no answer" << endl;
return 0;
This is just a part of the code, but I guess there's all the required things to do the
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I have been growing hens and chicks for the past couple of years. I don't know which ones I have but I think they're great. I have noticed that on some of the plants the leaves on the outside will at times turn yellow, become almost kind of spongy in appearance and die. Is this too much water? Too much exposure? Bad soil? I want them to be green and healthy and those odd looking leaves are most vexing.
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Wow, I'm really surprised at how many views this is getting! Thank you everyone for reading!
I recently made a boost converter (for those unfamiliar with them, they effectively boost the voltage up to a useable amount) to make a USB Ipod charger using 2 AA batteries.
Now that that was done and over, tested tried and true, I decided I wanted to make something a little more snazzy!
Behold, the wireless ipod charger!
Uses all 12 volts of 6 (2 in parallel for each cell) lithium batteries!
Draws under 3 amps all the time!
Perfect for kids parties!
Now in 5 new flavors!
I've searched around on this website, and noticed that almost all of the instructables on here with wireless power seem to lack a proper explanation about how to build one; Or, when they did build one, they used an inefficient method of doing so...
This transmitter works fantastic, and can run on pretty much any voltage above 12 volts, and below 24! It's also extremely efficient (little power lost) and, it generates almost no interference. (one wireless power instructable used a square wave in the primary; Square waves have a lot of harmonics, and can cause havoc on computer systems, radios, and other sensitive electronics)
I've come to solve all of these problems!
It's 18k and 18k on the top side, and 12k and 12k on the bottom side ;-)
Hello can you give me the steps of the circuit and the value of the components thanks
One drawback to wireless chargers is that they don't achieve great distances. I'm not sure what the maximum distance is for this project, but 4 inches sounds about right.
Great project!Thumbs Up! :)
I have just made this circuit and I ran into a problem.When I connected the circuit to the power supply the wires melted. Any ideea on why that happend?
hey thanks I MADE IT and won prize also ,I am still working on improving efficiency and range. HEARTLY THANKS TO INSTRUCTABLE.
Congrats to this success! :)
Please let us know what you changed in your optimising and what the performance-change was.
how can i simulate wireless power circuit please help me ..............
how can in simulate the circuit of transmitter and receiving circuit
about how much does this cost to make total?
a vital information is missing from this project...WHAT IS THE INDUCTANCE VALUE OF THE 3 X 3 CENTER TAP COIL....
you said the coil oscillates at 50khz
I think you can always replace the usb cable? since USB generally tend to be 5V I dont see any reason why you should not be able to?
i made it and its working.....i got 9v without using the 7805...i just wish i can increase the range of transmission
Hi, can u help me to troubleshoot my circuit.
ok whats the issue
Hi, my circuit is not working, i have used 2.2uf capacitor mkp similar type. I dont have cro to troubleshoot.
in which node have to check the square wave output at transmitter.
what is the resonant frequency
Hey! What's diameter of the primary and secondary coils? I made those circuits, but I have only 0.7 A on the receiver.
can make to laptop wireless charger..?
bcoz i want to do final project for IT Networking can anyone help me
I dont know why but i cant get it to work. the first Mosfet gets just hot and I dont even get anything to the master coils : /
can i take 2 1n4007 diodes instead of the uf4007? I bought 1 instead of 2 of the uf4007's and I cant buy one more. Then i had to pay 5.4 shipping fee for 1 3 cent diode :/
Looks simple and smart.
Gone make this for charge my divinglight.
Hello i wanted to build a wireless charger to charge a 9V battery..... plz help me yar... thanx
i live in iran and i make this boards but didn't work at the first i can't find the self :
1 : self is very important ? if i didn't install board not work ?
2: my mosftets has very high temp it is normal ?
would you please help me ASAP
when i coonect the transmitter coil to transmitter then the o/p voltage indicated by voltmeter is zero!
if i remove coil, then it shows 21V AC at the transmitter o/p.
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'Just add water'
First, let me declare that I am really enjoying these cooler temperatures!
Last April I bought some Iris rhizomes at the Fullerton Arboretum 'Green Scene' (Mary Frances, and Carol's Yellow). I stored them in the bag during the summer. In August we left on vacation, during which time the temperatures rose to 100 here and the house probably turned into an oven. I kept them in the bag for the rest of the summer.
Last Thursday (1 week ago today) when it was still too hot to do any real gardening, I thought I'd better at least put them into some damp potting soil. One of them looked shriveled, one looked pretty tiny, and the other two seemed OK, but I put all 4 in a wide shallow bowl of moistened cactus mix, set the bowl in a cool spot beneath some plants in the shade on the north side of the house -- and hoped for the best.
Today, ALL FOUR BULBS have green leaves of various sizes. The first ones emerged on Monday or Tuesday (I'm a data geek and wish I recorded the actual days). One of them is just a tiny nub, while others are 2-3 inches tall already! In the next week or two, I'll transfer each one to its own pot before the roots become too entangled, and set them out in the garden later this month.
I was doing the happy dance this morning. My husband said 'Just add water'!.
It's starting to feel like Fall and I'm starting to get in the groove again.
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Anyways, this is only the first half. The second half, which I'll post later, is pretty much nothing but explicit content. This half is safe though.
Natural Instincts
In an 11th grade classroom, in the middle of lunch, Falena, a raven-haired girl, and Catalie, a short brown-haired girl, sat in their desks arguing. Next to them sat their golden-haired friend Fiamma, who was trying her best to keep up with them.
It was Falena's turn to speak: "It's not! Love is nothing as scientific as that."
"How is it not?" asked Catalie. "When you look at it logically, it only makes sense that love is really just a natural animal instinct. We've created it as extra incentive to procreate, and it also gives the parents an emotional bond that gets them to stick together to help their child grow."
"Fally's right, Catie!" interjected Fiamma again. "Love is something magical. You can't just look at it as something that's... that's... calculated and... made for convenience!"
"But it is! Even animals experience love just for those benefits," insisted Catalie.
"No way! Animals can't love! You think fishes and sharks are capable of love?" retorted Falena.
The argument had been going for about five minutes now. Catalie was pushing that love was not as romantic as everyone was making it out to be, and was little more than just a bunch of chemicals in the brain. Falena pushed that it was something more than that, while Fia exclaimed something about love being the answer.
"Some animals can; mammals definitely can. What about cats and dogs? Dogs can love, right? Dogs can even love humans," argued Catalie.
"They don't love humans romantically, though," shot back Falena.
"But they can love in some form. That they can love humans proves that they may be capable of loving each other."
"But that's still a different love. Having one kind doesn't prove they can definitely have the other."
"No, Catie has a point," interjected Fia. "Kitties are really cute when they get like that and start purring and...!" Fia seemed to be falling deeper and deeper into her imagination.
"W...what?" started Falena.
"See, even Fia agrees," boasted Catalie.
"Fia! Don't give up so easily!" encouraged Falena.
"But kitties..."
"Okay, so maybe animals can feel love too," gave in Falena, "but what about homosexual love?"
"What about it?" asked Catalie.
"Animals can't experience it, right? Humans do, it's still romantic love, and it doesn't serve to encourage reproduction or to help raise their child, because they can't even have one. The fact that homosexual love has no correlation with your scientific view of love proves that love is more than just a natural instinct!"
"Animals can be homosexual. But that doesn't matter; homosexuality is just nature's blunder. It isn't supposed to exist. The fact that homosexuals can't reproduce suggests that it's supposed to die off with them."
"It suggests, but there's no proof that homosexuality is genetic."
"Okay, then it's a social blunder. In any case, it isn't supposed to exist, and if it isn't supposed to exist, it can't say anything against real love as an instinctual mechanic."
At that statement, Falena was taken back a bit. That love of the same sex wasn't real...
"Who says homo love isn't real love?" interjected Fia. "Love is love no matter who it's between. I can definitely love a girl and still call it love!"
"Yeah! Good one, Fia! Well said!" encouraged Falena, for more reasons than one.
"Then what is love to you? Falena?" asked Catalie.
"It's... ah..." Falena looked at Fiamma for a moment, and noticed how expectantly she was looking at her. Falena wasn't much of a romantic, but even she knew that love, whatever it was, couldn't be anything as simple as some evolved natural instinct.
"You don't know? You spent this time arguing about something you don't know yourself?" coaxed Catalie. It looked like she was starting to get serious, and less polite, like a beast getting ready to pound on its prey.
"Fally?" said Fia, looking notably less expectant, a look that pierced Falena and tightened her chest.
Fia. Lovely, adorable, idiotic Fia. It seemed to Falena that the only reason she engaged in this argument was for Fia's honor, in a sense; so that Falena could, for once, act like her knight in shining armor, defending her naďve little perception of love. Falena just wanted to be Fia's gallant hero, even though Falena was a woman. Even though they were both women, and Fia probably wasn't that kind of a woman. Falena knew this, but could help herself from hoping anyways, that maybe, just maybe...
Falena had known for years that she was in love with Fia. It was more than just her bright attitude, her friendly demeanor, or any of that. Falena had more than once... lusted for her... Wanted to touch and bask in her. To her, Fia seemed like a bright golden flame, and Falena was a dirty, ugly moth, endlessly drawn to it. Forever damned to never touch it...
"...It's a feeling of deep longing," she said, consciously keeping herself from looking at Fia, "and of deep respect. It's more than just pining to be with them, it's more than just some chemicals in your head. I think..." Falena paused here to actually think. "...It's the desperate desire for your loved one to be as happy as possible, even if it means hurting yourself. And if hurting yourself doesn't go against natural instinct, then what does?"
The bell rang, and suddenly lunch was over.
Class started.
"Put on your visors, everyone," said the teacher.
Falena, Fia, and Catalie each reached to the side of their desks and pulled up a small, plastic tiara, and placed it on their heads.
"Today we'll take a look at biology in Africa, aren't you excited? Okay, everyone ready? ...Jacking in."
Falena's senses were overtaken by the visor, and suddenly she found herself in an open, yellow, African prairie.
It seemed to be afternoon here. Cold wind caressed her legs, and the lowering sun forced her to cover her eyes and look away. Smell, touch, and taste existed here too, so Falena opened her hand, composed a copy of her sushi roll in it, and gobbled it up. Sadly, virtual food could do nothing to satisfy real hunger, so satiety here only lasted until she jacked out.
One by one her fellow classmates joined her in this landscape, and before long they had moved together into their usual social groups. Fia and Catalie were both here with her. Catalie, although a year older than them, was taking this course over again.
"Let's get to it," said the teacher. "Today we'll be looking at the African lion, the only cat on this planet known to be a social animal, meaning it lives in packs, or 'prides' as we call them. To show you how they hunt and distribute their food, here I have programmed one... two... HEY!"
A few feet behind the teacher were two lions – a male and a female – screwing. The scene uncannily reminded Falena of the famous Circle of Life: since the lions happened to be humping only feet away from a dead wildebeest getting torn apart by their cubs. It was surprisingly deep for such a stupid, dirty joke.
"Who did this!?" roared the teacher as the class laughed and a group of boys began pushing each other. "I will have you suspended- Farfalle, was it you??"
"Now that I think of it," said Catalie, looking away from the scene, disinterested. "You've ever wondered what it's like?"
"Huh? What is?" asked Falena.
"Sex. You've wondered, right?"
"Actually, is there even anyone you two like?"
Falena immediately froze stiff and unnaturally turned her head to look Fia – completely against her will.
Fia's reaction... She was looking right back at Falena, blushing.
"Yes? No?" continued Catalie, before sighing. "How lonely. Well, at least the lions seem to be enjoying themselves."
After classes, closing in on midnight at home, Falena was surfing the web.
Surfing the web, however, had become more like swimming an ocean. Falena, her mind and body within that warm ocean, jetted through it, passing links and images like they were billboards on a street with no ground or sky. She could easily skim pages she had visited, bookmarks she had made, websites she was interested in, and, when she wasn't focused, websites she had only heard about. Right now drowsiness was beginning to overcome her, and Fia's reaction in class today, and her silence throughout the rest of it, was heavy on her mind. After blinking twice like there was something in her eye, she glanced upon a certain website for the first time: TheSexCafe.
At the moment, the image representing it was a billboard, constantly scrolling down as more people posted on it, asking for a partner to spend some time with. But Falena wasn't interested. She only glanced at it, and then looked away – and immediately looked back. A username had caught her attention, and she drew the image closer for better inspection.
"GoldenKitteh69 is waiting for a partner," it read.
"It couldn't be... Fia?" she said aloud in cyberspace, and her words echoed around her.
It was unlikely... No, practically impossible! Fia just wasn't that kind of girl... Although... she was unnaturally curious. It was part of her charm.
Falena had to make sure. She put a hand into the image and suddenly the image began to ripple apart at her touch and expand into a window big enough for her entire body to fit through. Falena dove in, headfirst, into TheSexCafe.
The first room was the lobby, but she didn't stay long. What looked like a handsome young man had already moved next to the board wall and had GoldenKitteh69's invitation hovering over his hand. It had expanded from a long horizontal image into a more square-like image with much more text, possibly with more info on GoldenKitteh69. He spoke, his voice gruff, old, loud, and nothing like the young avatar he was using. "Oh, I like her, chehehehh," he said. Dribble sounded like it was oozing from the man's mouth, but his avatar looked absolutely pristine.
Suddenly a second image hovered above the invitation, it said: "Accepted."
"Oh hell no you don't!" Falena's avatar said, and with barely a thought, hacked him.
"W-what the-!" was the man's last words before his spirit was tackled out of the avatar, and pulled into a black hole.
And now, Falena was in possession of his avatar, and GoldenKitteh69's invitation.
And there was only one way to find out if Fia was its owner...


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Favorite planter you found for free
Hi all.
I have been walking around lately, and thanks to my new gardening hobby, everything I see is a potential planter. I am keeping my eye out for an old tub to fill with lovely flowers. How about you? Tell me about the clever things you've planted in, I want ideas and you guys are always bursting with info!
I also saw a picture posted on this site where someone planted flowers in the seat of an old wooden chair. The effect was charming and beautiful. Very rustic.
I have an old orange and green seed spreader from Sears & Roebuck that sits in one of the corners of my house. The holes are too small for soil to escape but big enough to drain efficiently. I'm quite proud of it. Have also enjoyed seeing people place various potted flowers in a Radio Flyer Wagon. Rustic Charm.
Is everyone so different really . Some of you had some great ideas back on page '8'maybe some snob moved in and took over or you just lost your orginal direction dig deep may still be able to find a little human escence ,get in touch with your inner self, relearn what you did know,try to regain the artist in your selves .When you become able to create again youll become less of a critic or critical of others-just trying to help you see how to find enjoyment in the simple joys of life.You do it your way but please live and let live and dont try to ruin a great thing for others.
Everyone cruises our neighborhood the night before the clean-up just to see what's out there - well, I found in almost mint condition a 1930's square wash tub on the stand (original '30's green paint) and with drain hose still attached. For the past few years it has been filled to overflowing with petunias. And in the thrift store I found a red metal tool carrier about 8" x 24" for $1 - also filled with petunias. It is newer from one of the box hardware stores. It is almost rusted out - may be one more summer. Piegirl
Beautiful,wonderful-I can only imagine how georgous they will be after you do your thing and plant them up real purrty please put them some where we can see them if ever we do get the chance to drive by.Dont hide them away in some dark back yard corner make a statement to the world''Im not just another SHEEPLY-Im a person and Ido it my own way.Oh YES AFTER THEIR ALL PURRTFIED PLEASE POST PICTURES
Again what I meant to say was :''I am not another sheepal or may be sheepel-one who closely follows the pattern layed down by ''THE BUROGCY or THE POWERS THAT BE""dictate. Dont take me wrong I am a loyal true blue American but Im also just me
My big stone urn planter which is 4 feet wide. I will post a pic on garden junk because I can't figure out how to put in optional link URL> Everytime I type in url it says error rejected...I so rejected here......LOL Great comments Nancy!!!You rock girl!!
For a long time I had intended to make a planter out of the broken transmission block from my caravan. Somewhere along the line though, one of my kids did away with it. I guess they didn't find the humor in it like I did. Then again, the post mentioned favorite planter found for free. That one was about $1,600.00. Maybe it's a good thing they did get rid of it!
Almost free (from flea market) : huge copper hand-crafted umbrella holders, rather old (1950s?) German blue hand-painted ceramic jars, one semi-circular trash can with s few series of holes in it. Giving up on the small containers, keeping a look-out for big stunners..
I planted a hydrangea in a #6 crock when I moved. It looked fabulous for awhile til it rained and filled up with water. Didn't have time to drill the holes and was potting up every container I could to move plants. I love it for a planter. Would it take away from the antique value too much to drill the holes or is there another way of using it to plant something big in and still have drainage without drilling it?
Fun thread, and I have another perfect offering. Last summer my husband, at my request, dug up an old rusted iron tube surrounding the valves of a buried gas tank, then, instead of carting this 70-pound monster away left it lying. "I'm going to" has been his answer all these months. Then exactly when he finally reluctantly agreed to get to it--about three weeks ago--I had an epiphany--would Martha Stewart throw this away? Almost 3' tall, totally rusted, twisted and bent with welds torn apart and holes eaten through? Actually, I have a feeling she might, but I'm going to fill it with soil, plant it, and make it the scupture at the center of my herb garden. Or something. A totally personal vision that makes my husband wish he'd gotten rid of it while he could, but it's going to be fun presiding over its transformation into "art."
I have old boots planted and when my boss told me she was taking a pair of her husand's old worn out boots to the thrift store, I said, "Boots??? I can plant boots!" Her husband nearly died, but she gave them to me and they are planted with ivy geraniums and look great!
My daughter lives outside Nashville and her DH hauled home an old abandoned water trough that had holes in the bottom. We put stones in the bottom for ballast and put it out by the barn. It looks great planted with petunias, etc.
a clean, white, undamaged wicker baby basinette. I have bulbs planted in it. basically just a large oval white basket on legs. found it abandoned in a parking lot. at HD in fact!!
I have 2 of the fiberglass laundry tubs. One is used as a planter/table. The other one has lead a different life-I made a 2x4 bottom with wheels(took the long legs off first), and used it to hold the weight set that boys/men seem to buy and never use-and the weights are always in the way. He moved out, took the weights but not the tub, almost threw it out! Now I will set the tub in the ground to the rim as a small pond, with 2 bird baths stacked above it, and then have a gallon milk jug in the tree to slowly drip down and have a mini cascade for the birds. Hope you understand how this is going to work. Worse that can happen, I pull it out next years and fill it back in with soil.
In my neighborhood, all the houses were built with little brick flower boxes somewhere near the front of the house. Mine is now my herb garden but it has been about five different gardens in six years.. will be a different one once the annual herbs run out. I am thinking a miniature "park"... or maybe it is time for a full-time cactus garden... or some more flowers..
This is hilarious reading!
My Mom just gave me an old ceramic bucket that used to be her grandmother's. The bottom is rusted away, so I set a potted plant in it.
I also have 2 wooden trellis' from someone's trash pile. I haven't had a chance to use them yet, but I like them.
Put tape over where you want the holes to be before you drill so the pieces don't go flying around. I've drilled holes in clay pots before, and it helps.
By the side of the road on garbage day I found an rusty old round rim "thing" with a rusted out bottom but intact sides, about 2.5 feet in diameter. I filled it with gravel and soil and planted Sempervivum and Lewisia in it and also in five upright hexagonal clay pipes I got for free from a relative.
I found one of those copper three tiered wire mesh fruit
baskets, lined it with moss, and planted it with succulents
and a christmas cacti. It's hanging in my grapefruit
tree with some wire bird cages that I planted in the same
manner. Very cute. Sorry, don't have a digital camera(yet)
When we bought our home and property, it came with 2 old beds from pick up trucks and an old nissan truck without the hood and engine. I've planted asparagus in the 2 beds which is great because the gophers don't get it, and change the vegetables in the full truck every year. In the cab of the truck I grew cherry tomatoes in an earth box last year. It's like a little green house in there. The plant needs trimming but most of it is still alive. I'm going to trim and feed it and see how early I can get tomatoes from it.


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Does anyone know of anything I can do for joint stiffness? I don't just have it in the morning - although it is horrible then too - but I have it all day, every day - any time my joints rest for as little as five minutes, I have to "break" them free again. And it's all my joints with my hands and feet being the worst. If I drive or sit for five minutes I can barely walk when I try to get up....
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((LupyLisa ))). I try to reply to your post but when I hit the reply button , nothing happens. It will only let me post a new discussion . It may be doing that to others as well. If it continues, I will post a new discussion so that it can be fixed. Hope you are feeling well!!!! View Thread
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Does anyone have trouble with horizontal nail bulges/ridges? These go from side to side - not nail bed to tip. I just noticed both my thumbs have this large bulge under them...weird. Didn't know if it was a lupus kind of thing. It's not a line but like a hump. You can see and feel it.
Just another weird lupus thing?
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One of my first symptoms was hair loss. Sometimes, with treatment the hair will grow back. Hopefully, if she can get the lupus under control the loss will stop and the hair will start growing again.
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Sorry you are in so much pain! Is it pain on breathing or do you have a lot of coughing with it ? -- if so, you really need to see a physician to rule out pneumonia or pleurisy and to be treated if it is.
If it's just pain in the ribs and not associated with coughing and so on, you could have costachondritis - which is a inflammation of the of the cartilage around the ribs...
Either way, it just plain sucks and I hope you get some relief soon. I've had both in the past and they are no fun!!
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Have your cousin contact the Lupus Foundation of America as they have local chapters/meetings in all areas. I have a lupus friend who lives in Florida and I know she has attended meetings where she lives.
Also, have her come here to ask questions and just whine if she needs to. We all have been in her shoes.
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My real desire for it to end is my carpal tunnel issue has reared it's ugly head and I have been up every night for the past week in excruiciating pain with my arm packed in ice. I've tried wearing the splint thing - seems to make it worse then helps. The vicodin doesn't help....I have a appt. with my doc. on Monday morning to see what might need to be done. I know resting it will help but I have 30 or more layers of cake that need iced this next week, so resting is not a option!
Oh well, such is life.
Hope everyone has a pain free weekend!
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