BAP -- ENABLING ALERT

`Stair stepped edges` is esp problematic in weaving , the more so since i usually weave cloth , not tapestries. Color changes aren`t such a big problem , because i have excercized Meters and Meters of color changes, and don`t hesitate to make samplers , until i get THE effect i want. I learned to use various thicknesses of threads , and `mixtures` of different colored threads, to achieve color changes . If you will email me, i can send you some samples of my works which aren`t on my site. In some work i achieve color my best color changes , by mixing techniques. I am also very kin on Piling Xst of various colors one on top of the others. While i make my own `pictures`. I learn from looking and absorbing [ sometimes with a magnifying glass ] at all kinds of art works. mirjam

Giggle!

Would you like me to look up which one it was? Yes? You *need* more stash - especially if you're stitching again, it means your stash is dwindling as you stitch!

Sue

Cheryl -

Changing the subject here (It's still enabling, just enabling of a different sort!): When's a good time to plant daylilies? I have a spot on a hill in mind, near the house foundation. Any suggestions for where to order some, and how to decide which ones? Can I just plant amid the pachysandra that's there now, or will I have to yank that?

We have a few of the everyday orange ones in the back yard (which, come to think of it, are among the ever-present pachysandra), so I'd like to do something different, and probably something with a different timing.

Where to begin?

thanks, Sue

Here's the chart for sale. I'm trying very hard not to look because I already have a copy of the painting so why would I need the chart. Right???? lol

I'm not Cheryl, but if I were looking, I would start here:

I can send you some fans mid-summer, but they won't bloom until next year. You could start with a few things and then go look at the display gardens near you when they hit their season to get a better idea of what you like. I have about 80 different types at this point, some I got from Cheryl, some I bought at auction (see if your local chapter does this), some I got from daylily farms close by. Best to buy within your region, IMO.Elizabeth

Oh wow!!!!!!

Gill

Talk to me off line in a day or two -

Hi Sue:

Daylilies (hemerocalis) are really, really forgiving. You can plant them just about any time of the year. I've planted spring, summer and fall. I used to go to the garden centre when they were selling off perennials at the end of the season - pop them into a spot and there you go.

I've also divided and transplanted daylilies in June and in August with no apparent problems.

I love them for their colours (everything except pure white and a true blue), sizes (8" to 40"), ability to tolerate a wide variety of soils, reblooming in some varieties, and even scent in a few.

I've got some waiting right now in pots until the frost is out of the ground. These are ones from my old garden which I dug up before we moved. My only worry here is that my ground is mostly shale, and it will be a question as to whether or not I can actually dig holes large enough in which to plant them.

MargW

You could always make a raised bed - don't know how much a load of dirt would go for near you, but the effort to make the raised bed would be much less than digging holes in rocks

C

Thanks, Cheryl

I've been contemplating doing that. In fact, since one of the sides of our lot slopes quite steeply way from the house, I'm even thinking of terracing. Just have to find out how much the local landscaping company will charge since it would be too large a job for us to do ourselves.

We missed the 25 cm of snow they got north of us yesterday. It's going to be about 4 C here today, so I really getting impatient to get out and get working.

MargW

Try:

and click on Fine Arts. They have 'The Kiss' in two options, both the full portrait, and just the lovers' heads. I've never seen one of their fine arts charts stitched, but I've been impressed by the finished pieces I have seen. There are a couple on display at out local LNS, and they're fantastic.

Louisa

I still have snow on some of my beds!

I'll have to decline your offer to share your work. I'm sure it's beautiful but right now, I'm fighting a stomach thing whilst trying to complete some projects.

Serves you right for leaving the bedroom window open... Bruce

Splort!

I knew there was a reason why I shouldn't be eating lunch at my computer. Now I'm going to have to clean the keyboard and the screen.

MargW

You and me both

Cheryl Wishing the day was over!

I know you will all hate me for this, but I have tried daylilies in a bed I had here in central Florida. They tried valiantly, but eventually succumbed to the heat. Of course the bed was backed by the white shingles of the house and faced south.

Now Jim is having the Taj Mahal built ( superduper two storied workshop. Bottom level storage, top level acessed from the house the radios,computer/electronic lab.)

There is a blank wall, facing south/southwest. I am playing with the idea of putting a raised bed in. Maybe to start with daylilies, but eventually beans etc. I really don't know; I love growing things but down here the heat kills all. Especially since we are gone in the worst five monthes of hell, known as SUMMER.

I so wish I could live north, and grow things I know!! sigh!!

Gillian

That's the problem with many of the perennials, they need a cold, or at the very least a cooler period, to thrive. I know that peonies, for example, do not work in the south.

I did find this site

gives some perennials that thrive in Florida. And seems to be a pretty definitive book on Florida perennials, if you can find it at a local bookstore. MargW