tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post2398003622035062062..comments2024-01-21T11:55:43.853-08:00Comments on Just a girl with a hammer: Come hell or high water . . . oh god, what did I do?Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-75588231659458657572012-11-17T18:18:09.940-08:002012-11-17T18:18:09.940-08:00One of my fav quotes touring through the beautiful...One of my fav quotes touring through the beautiful desert garden at the Huntington was when I over heard a conversation between a couple...she said "I don't really like the look of desert plants" (I have to resist saying "what are you stupid? Why are you here, go away") then as I'm biting my tongue he says (while reading a plant tag) "Agave victoria-regina...well that's just a margarita right there in the ground....." ugh.Loreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-65814665000984155102012-11-17T18:18:08.921-08:002012-11-17T18:18:08.921-08:00Your agaves looks GREAT, (of course everything doe...Your agaves looks GREAT, (of course everything does but I love them especially)Loreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-80503720412429058412012-05-29T22:35:02.042-07:002012-05-29T22:35:02.042-07:00This happened on Thursday. We missed the torrentia...This happened on Thursday. We missed the torrential downpour on Saturday as we were at the coast but everything in the yard was THRASHED. Mulch everywhere! I wish I had seen it.Heatherhttp://www.justagirlwithahammer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-11557248223045204282012-05-29T17:05:57.286-07:002012-05-29T17:05:57.286-07:00Was that Saturday? I hear we broke records for the...Was that Saturday? I hear we broke records for the most rainfall in one hour.Ricki Gradyhttp://www.facebook.com/people/Ricki-Grady/100000918721293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-77004573555280437652012-05-28T12:50:51.092-07:002012-05-28T12:50:51.092-07:00Aw, thanks!Aw, thanks!Heatherhttp://www.justagirlwithahammer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-54013359742333403912012-05-28T12:50:39.820-07:002012-05-28T12:50:39.820-07:00What do you mean it's going to look pretty? It...What do you mean it's going to look pretty? It looks pretty darn fantastic right now!casacaudillhttp://casacaudill.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-19546343716448812902012-05-28T12:46:51.879-07:002012-05-28T12:46:51.879-07:00Thank you! I can't wait to get them mulched. I...Thank you! I can't wait to get them mulched. I have this irrational fear right now that someone will steal them in the night.<br /><br />In related news, I told some non-gardener friends I was planting agaves and they were like, "Oh, are you going to make tequila?" and when I said no they couldn't fathom why I'd plant them. Hello, they're beautiful!Heatherhttp://www.justagirlwithahammer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-9779682422500541422012-05-28T12:34:17.609-07:002012-05-28T12:34:17.609-07:00I have bamboo stakes galore--do you want some?I have bamboo stakes galore--do you want some?Heatherhttp://www.justagirlwithahammer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-82609001186028591292012-05-28T12:34:07.703-07:002012-05-28T12:34:07.703-07:00Wow...that's crazy! I don't know if we got...Wow...that's crazy! I don't know if we got that much rain down here...but on Monday we must have had quite a storm while I was at work, I came home and lots of plants were pretty bashed up. Of course, they are the ones I HOPED wouldn't flop this year...oh well. Guess I'll get some more twine and bamboo stakes this weekend. BTW...I think your front garden is looking fabulous...can't wait to see it all fill in :-)Scott Webernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-15997576770306464202012-05-25T22:53:15.233-07:002012-05-25T22:53:15.233-07:00I was so confused when I moved to Portland and met...I was so confused when I moved to Portland and met people from Milwaukie. <br />Wow, you're a long way from home!<br />No, it's just a suburb of Portland to the south.<br />Oh.<br /><br />Have you heard how we pronounce Aloha? You'll crack up.Heatherhttp://www.justagirlwithahammer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-79064790259731396222012-05-25T20:43:09.556-07:002012-05-25T20:43:09.556-07:00Haha I can't get over the spelling of Milwauki...Haha I can't get over the spelling of Milwaukie...don't you know it's supposed to be Milwaukee? Mother nature was just testing you. Reminding you you'll always need an overflow notch.Robin @ 3 Acres & 3,000 sfhttp://threeacres.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-46120923146447486102012-05-25T16:03:18.331-07:002012-05-25T16:03:18.331-07:00Oh shoot, good question! It's basically rough ...Oh shoot, good question! It's basically rough gravel that people put down for chickens. The chickens eat it to help them digest their food but it works to add drainage to soil.Heatherhttp://www.justagirlwithahammer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-37139213041567300952012-05-25T15:37:10.472-07:002012-05-25T15:37:10.472-07:00what's chicken grit?what's chicken grit?chris millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-92043048126779029942012-05-25T13:43:26.679-07:002012-05-25T13:43:26.679-07:00Thanks, Jane. That technique works really well--I ...Thanks, Jane. That technique works really well--I didn't poke myself once. That's really saying something; I'm very accident prone!Heatherhttp://www.justagirlwithahammer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-83058068910710602112012-05-25T12:53:19.474-07:002012-05-25T12:53:19.474-07:00I love how you just get it done, Heather. The lewi...I love how you just get it done, Heather. The lewisias look really nice with the agaves. And the rain, as inconvenient as it can be at the time, is really great for settling plants in. It's all going to look wonderful in just a few months: I don't know which grasses you have in the rain garden, but I would think you don't have too many for their first year there. You can always heave individual ones out if they get too tall or too thick...<br /><br />BTW, fabulous idea for unpotting agaves; you have saved me many future puncture wounds.Jane / Mulchmaidhttp://mulchmaid.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com