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Nancy Rizer (May 07, 2008)
Love you site! Found it while looking for a white flowering plant given to me 3 yrs ago and did'nt know what it was. It seeds itself and blooms the 2nd yr. The leaves look like a geranium. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and beautiful photos! |
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Michael Dutton (April 27, 2008)
shame you are on the other side of the big pond i would love to visit all the best michael |
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AL and MARY (April 25, 2008)
A great site, very informative. The wife and I discovered the Jack in the Pulpit "ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM" 8 years ago when walking through the woods. Just one plant has produced hundreds in our semi shaded garden using plain wood mulch and some compost thrown in. We use plant markers with the Latin names which fascinate visitors and friends. You site is now in our favorites for future reference. |
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Patrick Schoepple (April 25, 2008)
My Wife and I were surprised and delighted to see someone who lives close to us (SW A-town)has the same interest and passion for gardening. Hope to make your plant sale. Our garden expands more every year, and this year we have dedicated our expansion to host/nectar plants to attract butterflies. |
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Raquel gonzà lez tejerina (April 23, 2008)
Estoy buscando informaciòn sobre el sauce salix matsudana "Tortuosa" puès para este invierno un grupo de docentes en mi ciudad implantarà estas especies en un paseo que se llamarà "Paseo del maestro" y justamente estarà n ubicados cerca del monumento al primer docente del distrito.Me agradò mucho lo encontrado en estas pà ginas para el cuidado de las especies.Gracias |
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Bill H Pittsburgh, PA (April 20, 2008)
Thank you for taking the time to do this. Pittsburgh is a bit of a drive, but I'd like to make it to your sale.
Beautiful. |
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Beverly De (April 13, 2008)
Your site is delightful. The amount of work this must take is mind-boggling, but it shows your passion for plants and gardening. I wish I could come to your plant sale, but Texas is a long way from Allentown. You have wonderful gardens and an encyclopedically informative site. Thank you. |
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Melissa Merriman (April 10, 2008)
Hi,I happened upon your site looking for information on erigeron speciousus(flea bane)and found your site. I love that you have great pictures of your plants and great info too. I think its wonderful that you have made your own site and that you do a plant sale each year, I hope to get to that point someday! I am a horticulture student in Omaha, Nebraska and we try to do a plant exchange each year among the students.
Thanks,
Melissa, Omaha, NE |
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Kim Stevens, Wilton, NH (April 10, 2008)
Hi I like your renovation of your rock garden. How inspiring! Do you have any small spring bulbs in there? They would be a great addition. My crocus are blooming that I got from colorblends. There bulbs are simply amazing. We do a fund raiser for Crotched Mountain every year. I am so glad that I found your site. |
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Kim Stevens, Wilton, NH (April 09, 2008)
Thank you for the great photos. We are doing a plant sale at Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center in Greenfield, NH. It is wonderful to have the latin names to put on the tags. Kim |
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TechnoNana (April 06, 2008)
Love you site! I live in Midwest USA but I think our climate is similar except we may usually be a bit drier. Not this year with all the flooding. We live on a hill so no problem for us tho.
I will definitely be back. I want to read all your entries. |
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Avalon (April 02, 2008)
I'm inspired to make a site too! I live in California. In Sacramento. The land of impossible growth. :) I have a garden... kind of. Thanks. Ill pot a link to my site thats gonna form.......
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C Crowley (March 31, 2008)
Your gardens are beautiful- I'm envious!! I'm in southern Maine, zone 5, where it was snowing today... where is spring?! I am hoping to do a whiskey barrel water garden this year, & plan to put a few guppies in to eat the skeeters. We are lucky enough to have a couple vernal ponds on our property, which support wood frogs & salamanders as well as dragonflies & fairy shrimp. I'm working at the gardens, but it's slow going with bony New England woods to work with. Thanks for your great website! |
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Marie from Essex, Ontario (March 30, 2008)
We moved from the city to 26 acres out in the country there has not been much gardening done. Looking for tips on how to get started. I love flowers and vegetables. |
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Steph from Swampscott, MA (March 28, 2008)
Love, love, love your site! |
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Cathy (March 27, 2008)
I'm so happy to have found your wonderful website with its wealth of information. Thank you for sharing your expertise in such an organized way. As a relatively new gardener of 3 years and now growing about 300 varieties, my husband thought I was crazy until I showed him your site...Thanks for making me feel so normal about my obsession with gardening. Heh, you'll be at 1000 varieties in no time - just start lots of seeds, and make friends with other obsessive gardeners in your area! |
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Deirdre Rahn (March 27, 2008)
I started hobby gardening a few years back. I have about 5 acres of gardening space surrounding our home in the Hamburg,PA area. It has been a struggle to connect with local gardeners but I just found your site and it has been an excellent resource. Thank you so much.Great to hear from you, Deirdre. Gardening on five acres would be another thing altogether! My half-acre keeps me plenty busy :-) |
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Vernette (March 24, 2008)
As a new home owner, I'm looking forward to "playing in the dirt" with a veggie garden and lots of flowers. I came across your site hoping to find a Lehigh Valley Garden Club. I welcome e-mail from anyone who may be interested in garden partnering or simply to provide advice since I'm a newbie gardener - PALady4JC at yahoo dot com. Thanks for the great website!
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Jean Keer (March 24, 2008)
We have several gardens of Cranesbill Geraniums in our yard and would like to get more, especially ones that are more tolerant of strong sunlight. I have one area where the current ones seem to die out during the heat and strong sun of July and August. Looking forward to your plant sale, was looking for a local site for geraniums.
Will bookmark your site - Thank You. |
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Ruth Marie, South Carolina (March 23, 2008)
Your site is amazing! I've bookmarked it so that I can return. There is so much to learn and reading on your site is like having a "mini-course" in gardening! Thank you for taking the time to share with the world! |
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bev,cincinnati,ohio (March 23, 2008)
love your site!!!! |
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Scott--Ontario, Canada (March 19, 2008)
Wonderful site! The pictures are surreal and the comments along with them are inspiring. Keep up the great work! |
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christy (March 11, 2008)
Thank you for producing and maintaining such a beautiful resource. I'm glad I found you and I will be back. |
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Sue (March 09, 2008)
ROb- I googled chaenomeles Toyo-Nishiki and got your web site. Thanks for sharing your garden. Allentown is certainly prolific. I will tell my Allentown friend about you!! - Rachel Stone Kennel. Sue |
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Gerd Oellermann, Ulm/Deutschland (March 01, 2008)
Schön, dass es Ihre Seite gibt. Sie hat mir sehr geholfen. Danke vielmals! Gerd www.taglilie.net
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Doreen Hunter, U.K>February 2008 (February 29, 2008)
I've been over three hours on your informative, fantastic website, initially looking for a low-growing geranium to fill a small gap. Good job I'm retired! |
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LeAnne Krause - Slatedale,PA (February 26, 2008)
Hey Rob and Amy! Great site tons of info Beautiful pictures
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AK, Ontario, Canada (February 23, 2008)
Well organized website and every link works!! (I want a website like that) |
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Annette Weber (January 17, 2008)
Am so glad I found you. |
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Corinne Applegate, Hainesport, NJ (January 08, 2008)
I was looking up Talinum paniculatum and I found your lane. I can't believe that you have all those plants in that area that are on your list. I thought I was a plantaholic but you beat me to the title. Great website. It's my second time on it. Thanks for all your hard work. |
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Lisa in Denmark (January 07, 2008)
Just wanted to thank you for such a helpful website. I am a transplanted american who has just purchased a 70 year old house in Denmark and am having a heck of a time identifying what is coming up in my garden. Not to mention if I identify it...then understanding how to take care of it. Your search tools and information is great! Thanks!
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Dr. Clemencia Cagan (January 03, 2008)
I loved flowers a lot! Hope to have a garden like yours soon!!! |
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Beth Seemann (December 29, 2007)
Great looking garden pictures! |
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Joan from Niagara Falls, Canada (December 27, 2007)
My daughter from Wintrop, WA, told me about your site -- I have enjoyed my walk through your garden this evening - great variety of plants - great pictures of wildlife! Can't wait for spring! |
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Rose Rairie (December 19, 2007)
Love your website. Actually stumbled on it while searching for seed starting supplies. I will visit often. |
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LeAnn Oakes (December 18, 2007)
Rob, I am a horticulture student who absolutely loves your website. I have refered to it many, many times for the excellent pictures and information you provide. The only thing better than visiting your website would be to visit your gardens!! Keep up the great work! |
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Tammy (December 01, 2007)
Hello Rob, Lovely gardens, I will be doing my first year sale at home spring 2008, I fell in love with perennials a few years ago, hobby got out of control so I started setting up at farmers markets, quite fun. Love growing from seeds and cuttings, my veggie garden is now a filled with 6000 pots of perennials. My windows are lined with baggies of seeds in coffee filters, I think by the end of January my basement will be filled with seedlings. I love the space savings of your baggie method, I used 72 ct. plug trays and hated that some plug are empty, extra step but looking forward to all plugs filled with the slower grower. Thank you for this wonderful site. My kids have even taken an interest, one (16 year old) sold enough plants for gas money for a few months and the other (20 decided that she wanted some extra cash) glad we have 6 acres it may be filled with pots in the next year. Your info here is such a time saver with perennial growing. Thank you! |
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constant (November 26, 2007)
Hi Rob, is indeed nice! If I could ask for some advice will be great!:) I think is only one problem: I`m from Romania! |
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Dianne Valentine (November 03, 2007)
Hi Rob,Just discovered your site..it is FANTASTIC and your pictures are FABULOUS. THANK YOU. I will certainly consult your site for info before I start searching through book after book...what a time saver. I am learning SO much! |
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Ramonita B Wade (November 01, 2007)
Enjoy your site very much. It is very informative and easy to follow as I know nothing and am new at this |
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Flossye Turner (October 29, 2007)
I am looking for Armoracia rusticana 'Varigata' Seeds.
Thank you for any ideas on seads.
Flossye Turner |
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Ivancica, Daisy (October 29, 2007)
thanks for jour nice pictures, I will put You on my favorites, have a nice day |
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Marry Baars (October 23, 2007)
nice website, nice story, love from The Netherlands, we collect everything about Eryngiums, we have 23 different ones and 3 Cirsiums, most of them from Holland and U.K. Regards Marry and Martien BaarsWow, 23 eryngiums! I've got a ways to go... |
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Ankianka (October 21, 2007)
Hi there! What a lovely garden you have. I am a swedish gardenfreak who was searching the web for some pictures of Germander. And I just stumbled into your website. I will be back, I shall tell all of my garden friends first. |
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Wanda Gaines (October 16, 2007)
I am a new Master Gardener in Alabama. Thanks for the great plant descriptions, which I use to figure out what my "gift" plants are! Beautiful site, and thanks for the many pictures. |
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Leeann Redman (October 15, 2007)
I love it.
What an awesome website in so many way!
Very impressive.
Love your pictures & sharing of information.
I am wondering did you set the website up your self or did you have some one do it for you?
To Your Success, Health & Happiness
Leeann Redman |
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Venus (October 05, 2007)
I was just checking out your site and looking up some spiders. Thanks for the help. I have a big one out on my deck and well I dont like them. I just wanted to know what is was. thanks for the help. |
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Mahmood Al-Yousif (Bahrain) (October 01, 2007)
Inspirational!
While we live several timezones apart, I share your love of gardening. I am a pre-novice, to use your words, as I have only been involved in it for the last couple of years and the learning angle is still quite steep though very enjoyable yet frustrating.
Having your site and reading your experiences and details of the plants you share with us certainly adds an impetus for me to continue with my learning experience.
Well done and thank you and Amy for your generosity in sharing this valuable information. I hope that through my starter site I could reach the same level as you have so far.
Best regards
Mahmood Al-Yousif in Bahrain (Mahmood's blog) |
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nicole marillier (france) (September 29, 2007)
Hello, I "met" you onsearching photos of Aster latériflius Lady in Black, I am just at the beginning of the discovery of your garden, and I already discovered I have something in common with you : my lawn is not the most beautifull and does shrink every year ....
Thank you for sharing your garden love , I'll sure be back very often !!! |
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Angela Hedgepeth (September 22, 2007)
Thanks for the pictures. I'm trying to identify a bug that loves my rudebeckia that is about the size of a lightening bug but has yellow and black stripes. They have even been ontop of each other on the blooms. Are they good or bad? AngelaI can't identify your bug, but in general I'd say that if you can't see a bug doing damage, it's better to leave them be and contribute to your garden's biological diversity! |
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BeBe Fort Worth Texas (September 17, 2007)
There was a link to this site in Gardenbuddies - a fabulous place to visit. I'm glad to know about the sawfly larva. Put one in a bucket of water as it didn't look like a caterpilar to me. I butterfly garden but don't support flys or tomato hornworms. After reading some of these entries can't wait to spend time looking at the rest of your site. |
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Janet Copeland (September 10, 2007)
Hello, I accidently found your web site while searching for information about my new plant Blue Fortuna Agastache. I am a just beginning my gardening projects. When I "stumbled" upon your website I was overwhelmed by all the information and at the same time thankful that I now have somewhere to check to see how I'm doing. I am bookmarking it and am sure I will be visiting often. Thank you so much for sharing. You certainly have put your heart and soul into your gardening. I am so happy I found your site. I'll keep in touch. I am approximately three miles from the Florida border. I moved here from Atlanta 9 years ago and I feel like I am in a tropical paradise. I am fortunate enough to have a well-established orange tree and lemon tree. Beautiful old camilias, pecan trees and magnolias are on our property. It's a gardener's dream. I feel an obligation to learn about all these beautiful trees and plants and to maintain them. AND along the way I am finding out how much I love gardening. |
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Dolores from Newcastle, California (August 31, 2007)
Hello, I was trying to find out more about Flax-Linum and came across your website. I certainly wish I could have been at your plant sale as I love them. Where are you located? My guess is back east based on your garden journal. Delightful pictures and commentary.We garden in the Lehigh Valley. |
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Anne Cox, Toledo Ohio (August 30, 2007)
What gloriously beautiful eye candy after a day weeding, weed-whacking and mowing! Thank you for the injection of endorphins! |
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Sue (August 28, 2007)
I found your website a while ago while living in Florida. I bookmarked the page, and have just now come across it again, and am so glad I did. Your site is a very valuable one in my opinion and the time and effort you have put into it is great. I now live in Chester County in PA and will be visiting your site frequently to get lots of ideas. Thanks. |
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Anna Mollerstrom (August 25, 2007)
Hi, A very good homesite with very good plants pictures and describing - a pity it is in US, I should need your plants in Europe!
Have god all garden years!
With sunny greetings from Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Steve C (August 16, 2007)
This is all INCREDIBLE!!! I can't believe how exhaustively thorough and creative this gardening specialist is!
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Eyja (August 10, 2007)
Hi Rob. Thanke you for all the great informations and very helpful web site.
Best regards and greetings from Iceland. |
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mars_248@hotmail.com (July 29, 2007)
Hoi Rob,
Al surfend op het web naar ideeën om m\'n tuin in te richten, kwam ik via Google images, uit op jouw site. Geweldig!! Wat een moeite om (bijna) al je planten te fotograferen en op het net te zetten. Zoals je merkt heeft ook Nederland er iets aan!! Ik ben een pas beginnend tuinier(ster), maar door je site krijg ik er steeds meer zin in (vooral de pagina\'s met schaduw planten en die met de planten die het eerste jaar al bloeien (om de moed erin te houden...) Hartstikke bedankt vanuit Noord Brabant, Nederland ! Groetjes, Mars |
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Longxiao Gao (July 28, 2007)
Hi,here is from China, a Chinese Website of myself www.gaolongxiao.com which is about Henan's wild ornamental plants. I was moved by your webpages and your lovely plants. I love them absolutely, although I cannot swim freely in it with the help of my poor Englisn and my dictionary. Thanks !
Welcome to China and visit Her pretty plants.
Longxiao Gao
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Mike The Fishmonger (July 28, 2007)
Lately, I've been searching for info on a few plants I've picked up at garden clubs sales and the like. Time and again, your pages are the most useful and attractive pages I find. Just wanted to say thanks for the amazing amount of work you've put into this, and thanks for sharing your plant knowledge with the internet! |
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Sandra Hill (July 28, 2007)
Very nice, very helpful website. Kudos to you!! |
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Barb J (July 22, 2007)
Rob, I visited your garden a year or so ago during the Parkland Garden Tour and had linked to your site, but lost it when my last computer crashed. Doing a search for a couple of plants I picked up at Dries in Macungie I regained your link. thanks! It's nice to know what works and doesn't in the LV. I'm trying that elusive eryngium alpinum. I was also trying to see if arisarum proboscideum can be anywhere near my walnuts. Sounds like that might not work either! |
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Tazuko (July 20, 2007)
What a fabulous site you've uproaded !!
So am I an impatient gardener.
I really treasure your `Quick-blooming perennials'page .
Thank you so much
Tazuko from Japan |
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Bjørg in Norway (July 20, 2007)
I was looking for a Campanula, and your web site was ther. Nice to read some of Your blog, Very good ! |
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Chuck Narrow (July 19, 2007)
It's nice to a web site with so much info on Geraniums. The close ups of the leaf structure is especially interesting. Now how about a page with pictures of the flowers.Well, I do have a bunch of small close-ups of the flowers towards the bottom of that page. |
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Gail .. from the UK (July 19, 2007)
Hi Rob, just come across your web site, it`s really nicly set out and easy to read. |
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Barbara near Chicago (July 14, 2007)
My first Scabiosa seed sprouted yesterday in a baggy! It is such a relief to not have to watch barren peat pots anymore. It's so depressing when nothing happens in them. Thanks for describing your methods for germination. I'm a happy gal now and have such plans for my garden... |
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M. Schneider, Stavanger Norway (July 12, 2007)
Inviting layout, Exquisite and inspiring pictures! A garden becomes a delightful, never ending university once you start observing the symbiosis of plants with insects. I just started an insect-friendly garden here in Stavanger where the bumblebees and hedgehogs rule, and there is a long road ahead for me so thanks for the good ideas!!I love hedgehogs! If only they'd live in America... |
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Rob skelton (July 12, 2007)
I am enjoying your site. I recently came to appreciate the Geraniums and have been collecting different varieties. A friend has done some hybridizing with them and has given me a good start. I am in north west Pa. and grow vegtables and perennials for market. my concentration is on Siberian, Ensata & louisiana iris along with liliul, Geraniums and primula. Really battling the dry weather and critters this season. |
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Elizabeth Clarkson (July 08, 2007)
Hi Rob, what a wonderful garden you have! I'm not even sure how I got to your website. I was searching for information on a Codonopsis molla that I picked up by mistake, I was reaching for a blue corydalis and got distracted, didn't realize what I had bought until I got it home. I'm sure it is an Asian Bellflower, it is very similar in leaf to your codonopsis. Although I recently became a master gardener, I wasn't having much luck until I found your site. I garden in Tottenham, Ontario a little bit north of Toronto, so many of your plants will grow here as well. I'll be adding you to my favorites! |
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Lenore Figueroa (July 01, 2007)
I reside in Queens New York. My backyard is full of Enchanters Nightshade. They mentioned that it usually visited by Syrphid flies. Your web site has been most helpful in my being able to identify these flies. Thank You |
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José uit Nederland (June 28, 2007)
Hallo Rob,
Afgelopen jaar ging het ruilen helemaal verkeerd, jammer.
Toch wil ik je even laten weten dat de Teucrium Hircanicum prachtig staat te schitteren in de tuin.
Nog bedankt voor de zaden.
Ik heb ook al andere mensen enthousiast gemaakt voor de 'baggy methode' van Deno, reuze enthousiast zijn ze.
Ik verwijs ze dan ook altijd naar jouw site, mag wel hé ?
Groetjes,
José
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Reda (June 26, 2007)
Love yoy web site. It helped me give the plant I have been looking for a name, perilla shiso, beefseake mint. I will put you on my favorites. Thanks, Reda in Texas |
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Lynn Schibeci (June 26, 2007)
Hello, Rob. I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a long way from PA when it comes to gardening, for sure! Your website nevertheless has lots of information that's relevant to me here, and I really appreciate all the work you've done to put it together. |
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Allen Boatman-Horticulture Instructor (June 22, 2007)
I appreciate your information and photos on Solanum pyracanthos. It helped me a great deal.
Allen |
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Judy Eastman (June 19, 2007)
Thanks for the weather reports all these years. I know little about gardening and hope you will keep this up. |
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Monica irish (June 19, 2007)
Hello, my mother is from Hazelton, many relatives still in the area, beautiful part of PA.love Jim Thorpe thank you for your interesting site. |
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Linda (June 18, 2007)
I was so pleased to find your site and the information on Carex Morrowii (mine is Silver Sceptre). It has been looking a bit worse for wear the past couple of years and I wasn't sure if I should be cutting it back or not. Thanks for your pictures and commments. |
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Sarah (June 13, 2007)
Could you share a bit more of your approach to soil and amendments? Only compost, or additional fertilizers, enzymes, etc? (Ready about Chippy too!) I loved looking at the 'wildlife', AKA bugs, so what else do you do to manage? For example, what about beetles that want to destroy roses and lilies? I imagine you are pretty busy... REALLY busy!... but any info would be appreciated. Daily, weekly, and monthly rituals?! THANKS! Wonderful website.Yeah, I've been meaning to write about my approach to gardening, chemicals, etc. for some time. Never quite find time to do it... I use very little synthetic fertilizer (just a bit on the lawn once in a while), but a fair amount of compost. Nothing fancier than that. While I'm not fundamentally opposed to using pesticides, I rarely use them - I aim for a balanced ecosystem (too bad that Japanese beetles aren't part of the food chain). |
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gregorinimargarita@hotmail.com (May 30, 2007)
maravilloso no se puede cree. soy de argentina y aca no hay tanta variedad de palntas
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Penny (May 28, 2007)
I'm taking plant ID classes, and your photos and info are INVALUABLE!!! I can't thank you enough for your multiple photos and close ups of leaves. I have learned a lot about plants I've never heard of from your site, since of course looking at one plant leads to another.... |
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Dianne (May 26, 2007)
Thanks, I have a master plan for my barren yard and don't know some of the plants listed by my designer. Your site has been greatly appreciated actually showing me some up close specimans and your successes. Inspirational and educational, Thanks. |
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maureen gannon (May 24, 2007)
I found your info on thalictrum very interesting. I did not know there were any dwarf varieties! You noted that you have not had the yellow variety self-sow in your garden. I had mine for three years and then boom..........seedlings everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!! This year alone I have dug up about 25 2-year plants and have several seedlings starting anew from last years seeds!Wow - I've had that happen with other plants (the delayed-onset self-seeding, that is), including amsonia tabernaemontana - but not with T. flavum, which has been in our garden for about 8 years now. |
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Ewan d-m (May 16, 2007)
hello to all at this lovely garden website.
My name is Ewan and im a horticulture student from Toronto canada, now living in Hamilton Ontario.
I just wanted to say how beautiful all your plants are and what a great collection you have.
my garden is very similar as i have many different variety's and cultivars of the same species and just alot of interesting stuff.
My garden is about 120ft by 40ft and the zone im in fluctuates between 6a and 7a. I live at the base of the hamilton mountain and being in a micro climate is great as i like to gamble with soft perennials and other plants that aren't supposed to grow here. I didn't even know Eastern Canada had zone 7 climate! Learn something new every day :-) |
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Michele S (May 14, 2007)
Thank you so much for putting this excellent site together! I just found it, quite by accident, and was very surprised to find out I am your neighbor (Whitehall).
I only wish I would have found this site a couple weeks sooner so I could have attended the plant sale! |
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Mary Carr Ollman (May 13, 2007)
Rob,
For the fifth year now I've greatly enjoyed coming to your plant sale, and have sent friends also. Being greedy, I only send very good friends with whom I'd like to share this find. Plants, shrubs and trees that I have purchased in past years are just flourishing.
MaryMary, the flourishing part is to your credit - I just get them off to a good start! |
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danny grantham (May 07, 2007)
Nice site and info. I was looking for info on growing Esperanza-Yellow Bells from seed. |
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Flavio V Gallegos (May 06, 2007)
Very good site that I found useful. |
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Cindy Kerr (May 04, 2007)
This is my first visit here, enjoying the view of your lovely landscaping. |
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Kim Fallon (May 04, 2007)
Wonderful website, Rob. I am thinking about moving into the world of perennials (i'm usually an annual only person) and your site is a wealth of information for a beginner. Thank you. I hope to make your sale tomorrow. |
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Robin Mazakas (May 02, 2007)
I love your site. It is so interesting to see all the lovly varieties of plants and flowers. You seem to defiantly love playing in your garden. The pictures speak volumes. |
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cookie (April 27, 2007)
In all the years of plant Googling I have been doing online, this is the first time I came across your site. I don't know how I missed it. You have done a fantastic job of cataloging and describing plants. I have spent a couple of hours visiting here. I look forward to trading some seeds this fall! |
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mary davis (April 24, 2007)
i enjoy your gardens and plsnts and to purchase plants from you ,very healthy plants |
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elaine Kurtz (April 20, 2007)
I was hoping to to find out about Parkland Garden Club activities. I thought this was the way they put them on line I lost my hardcopy. Sorry this site was not that I thought
Elaine KurtThis is not a general site for the Parkland Garden Club, but you can find a bit of information about their garden tour on this page. |
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Rachel (April 18, 2007)
My gardening conditions are about as different from yours as could possibly be - I live near Jerusalem, Israel - (My garden is about the size of your vegetable patch, we don't get rain half the year and we have strong winds from the west every afternoon!!), but your site with its wonderful closeup pictures, maps and info is an inspiration all the same. |
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Mollym (April 17, 2007)
Terrific site -- I found it searching for the (current) family of Veronica, and have bookmarked in my "science" folder as well as "Garden." It's that good. |
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Natalie Parker (April 15, 2007)
I have a mostly shady area along the back of my yard that is well over 100 feet long. We are finally replacing the poison ivy back there with some shade loving plants. TIME AFTER TIME, google has sent me links to your plants to explain the various plants that I'm considering. My only regret is that I'm now tempted to drive from NC to your plant sale! :) Thanks for a lovely site that inspires and enlightens. What a treasure to have on my quick links. |
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susan lucas (April 12, 2007)
Found your site while trying to find out about a plant a friend had given me Enjoyed look and will come back again. |
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Bernadette B (April 10, 2007)
I'm from N.B. Canada, zone 4. Thanks for such a simple way to inform people about plants. It's really easy to navigate here. I love your site.
I will bookmark this place for future references. |
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Mariann Hessing (April 08, 2007)
Happy Easter! I love your site - love the pictures. I am an avid gardener here in the Cheaspeake Bay western shore. Thank you fro such a lovely place to visit. |
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Barbara Campbell (April 06, 2007)
Rob, I always enjoy reading your website. I will let the garden club know the date of your plant sale. Thanks for mentioning us on your site we have gotten a few members because they found us through you.
Barbara Campbell
Parkland Garden Club |
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Mari (April 05, 2007)
Hi Rob. Happy Easter! Nice to know you added more amsonias. All lovely pictures(You made me envious!! Mine are still too small to have a flower.) Like your site very much as I can see the whole plant. I'll come back to check on more photos. Ciao! |
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courtney (April 02, 2007)
I'm glad to hear how you start your seedlings. I germinate mine in Ziploc freezer bags from Sam's--they have the white strips on them. Having a shortage always of plastic pots, I have started seedlings in tin cans and put them in my window(I got this from the Amish who do the same thing). Gardening should be a delightful experience, not an expensive one! |
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John Dunbar (April 01, 2007)
I found your site after when doing a search for carex morrowii 'Ice Dance', very good information. I will be back as we have recently built and are establishing new landscaping. We live on the opposite side of the continent (southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia) but just about the same climate zone, we are actually in zone 7. It is great to get first hand info from someone who is actually a real gardener. I am really tired of looking at the care instructions that come with the plants I buy, "Plant in rich, moist, well-drained soil in sun to partial shade". Anybody can grow anything under those conditions!! |
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Katy (March 29, 2007)
I like your site very much! Lot´s of nice ideas, will come back often I think! |
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Nancy Ryan (March 29, 2007)
My goodness! You sure do a lot of work on this site! And how wonderful of you to share this all with us! You and your family should be very proud! I enjoy your site so much! It gives me ideas for my yard! So thank-you very much for sharing this gift with us! |
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Margaret Gentile (March 28, 2007)
This was like a trip to my favorite garden center. Browse, dally, go back to the parts that were my favorites! Thanks!That's a nice compliment, Margaret - thanks! Come back anytime. |
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Danielle Gerdsen (March 26, 2007)
I like that you have pic's with the flowers it is easyer for me to pick wat i want!!!! |
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Fraidson Luz (March 25, 2007)
Fantastic!!! |
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Gentil (March 23, 2007)
You have a verry nice site . Greetzzz from Belgium . Annick and Gentil.
(http://users.telenet.be/annigenti) |
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Carla Nelson (March 17, 2007)
Enjoy your website. It's so helpful and informative. Just to let you know, I've included info about it on my website: www.fairygoodthymes.com If you care to check it out the small article is on the 4th page of the site (sources, events, recipes, etc. - in a feature called Sharey-Fairy.Why, thanks Carla! I'm honored to be featured on your page. Fairy enthusiasts, do check out Carla's site linked above. |
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Brian Simpson (March 11, 2007)
Hello Rob - or should I say g'day mate! I was searching the web for a dewcription of the plant "Jewel of Opar / Flame Flower" and I happened on your site. I enjoyed looking at your photos. It's autumn here down-under although we still had temperatures of 37 degrees on last Saturday and expect the hot weather to continue for a few weeks yet - it makes gardening difficult. We have water restrictions in force at the moment and although I'm (we're) not into gardening as much as you, we still like a little colour by planting annuals. We live in Grange, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. Thanks for the lovely photos of your family garden.
Best Regards, Brian and Mary.Thanks for writing - hope you get some rainy relief from the hot soon! |
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iambloomin (March 09, 2007)
found your site lookin for info and Thalictrum delavayi 'HEWITT'S DOUBLE'.
Kool site..I APPRECIATE your style. Im a prairie gardener in rural central Illinios z5. Wind is the culprit here as well as clay soil. On what was a l/2 acre of lawn, I've enjoyed creating raised beds...the lawn continues to shrink. THANX for sharing :^) |
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donna dohm/Fernley,NV (February 27, 2007)
found your website by accident. just wanted to tell you that it is one of the best I have ever come across. Thanks for all the great information. oh yea, love your pond, wish mine was as big as yours. |
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William Brown (February 25, 2007)
Very informative site without being so technical. I'm in 8b & always like to try new plants but realize that you must stick to zonal restrictions, somewhat.
We've had alyssum blooming all winter even though we dropped into the mid 20's several times.It has always been a tough plant & so easy to grow. Very glad to have found your site! |
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Dianne Power (February 24, 2007)
Your web site is fantastic, informative, and very inspiring. Thanks |
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Asparagus Gardener (February 22, 2007)
I have enjoyed your site very much. There is a lot of really good gardening information there. I have bookmarked your site so I can find my way back. Aspargus Gardener |
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Mary Beth, Michigan (February 15, 2007)
Just had to let you know how much I like the Premier Pgx. It is the best mix I have ever used. It is so wettable, does not dry out as quickly as so many other brands do, and the texture is just right. Every time I make up a batch I am so glad that I tracked this brand down. Will never use anything else again! Thanks,Rob! |
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dan jones lancaster, ohio (February 12, 2007)
I enjoyed reading your journal. I think I'll try the baggy method for bergenia that I would like to get started. I've tried other methods for starting it and have not had any luck. |
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Jackie from Illinois (February 06, 2007)
I am from a small rural community, am 54 years old, and a housewife for 25 years. Been starting seeds at home for as long as I can remember, and am always looking for the cheapest, most effictient way to start as many seeds as possible. The fact is, when you start seeds at home, you can mail order any hybrid that you want, not having to buy what they grow at local nurseries. The bottom line: anyone can do this, seeds need growing medium, water,and light. You are very much like me. I found your site by searching for seed starting supplies and you made me realize that others improvise like I do. You come as close as I have ever seen to being committed to not spending all that money at nurserys for the plants that you want (need) and to be willing to work a little for plants that are actually better and healthier than nursery-bought. I have a huge vegetable garden and many flower beds to fill, and start all applicable seeds under regular shop lights like you only they are set up differently and in different areas of the house. Over the years, I have accumulated about 35 two-bulb shop light fixtures, 6 of which suspended on hooks with chains on the bottom of an old kitchen table will light up 10 standard flats. Others are set up in my dirt floor cellar where the furnace keeps things warm and there is more room. (The electric company loves me.) I buy professional 3-ft.sqare potting soil bales at my local nurseryin Feb. of each year and use it to start seeds, then add Osmocote to the potting mix when transplanting the seedlings into cell packs. Whole packets of seeds are started in labelled flats (1 1/2" tall cut-out bottoms of milk jugs), filled with soil in a warm area where the lights are kept close to the soil to speed germination, then after the seedlings are big enough to handle, I transplant them into the 36-cell packs (I used to use 72-cell packs but the seedlings get root bound too quickly) which push right under the table of lights. The cells packs are set in flats with holes and that is set in a flat without holes to protect my floor and watering is a controlled process done with a watering can. When spring is almost here, since I don't have a greenhouse, I put up a temporary one on the south side of my house using wire arches and painter's 3 mil plastic sheeting and the colder weather things can go outside to harden and that makes room for the warm weather seedlings in the house and basement. People give me their used plastic cells packs, trays, pots, etc. and yes, I wash all in a bleach solution every fall. For people visiting your website for advice or for fun, you may want to have a chapter II to mention the time commitment involved in starting seeds, watering every day, dealing with dampening off fungus, the black gnats, getting outdoor beds ready, actual transplanting of new plants, weed problems, sun-shade needs of different plants, best way to fertilize, and after seed-starting things that make starting your own seeds so worth all the trouble. I would also like to hear how you deal with that incessant twang of spring fever in January and February before it is time to start the seeds. I enjoyed your website. Would like to hear more from a no-nonsense, down to earth person like you.Yep, it sure takes time, and a commitment to keeping up with things. As for that January twang - I start on my seed activities in October (for seeds that need cold treatments), and continue at a slow pace through December. But the activity picks up in January, and by now (early February), I have five shoplights going to provide lights to the seedlings that have made their appearance. As usual, I'll run out of space under the lights by sometime in March... |
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Rina B (January 24, 2007)
Thanks!! When I wrote in the google bar for seed starting supply list I was expecting to get a lot of companies. I got them but you as well!!!! Exactly what I needed. Someone to tell you hey, this is what I use and this is what works for me. Thank again. |
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natuurmanjak !!!!!! (Guido) (January 17, 2007)
Dear garden friends you have a beautiful garden, flowers and plant its almost same as here, I bring out you a virtual visit, of Belgium!!!!! I greet you there in Canada Guido (natuurmanjak)(http://natuurmanjak.skynetblogs.be) |
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Carolyn (January 17, 2007)
All I can say is awesome, am relly learning a lot here and Thanks to the menber of Dave's Garden for placing your link up. Might be stuck here for a couple days LOL I'm in South Carolina and as they say your never to old to learn something. |
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Elouise-Anna Evelyn Chauch (January 16, 2007)
I wonder if there are any picture of lavender's life cycle on this website. Lavender are so cool and as Barbara said, lovely and fun. it could be made into so many things from soap to tea!it is absolutely amasing!please answer if able
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Barbara (January 15, 2007)
Absolutely lovely and fun. |
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Evad (January 12, 2007)
Bob, AWESOME site, we love it, nice work thanks for the ideas. Found you by a search on "Google" for plants... Someday our garden will be that complete. |
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JoAnn (January 12, 2007)
Found your site through a link at Dave's Garden and was delighted to find you are located in Allentown, PA! We lived in Bethlehem and I worked at Hechinger's (when it was still there)for many years until we moved to the deep south 5 years ago. Our kids still live in Bethlehem and Stockertown. Your site is very informative and a very useful tool I'm sure I'll be using often.Hi JoAnn- I remember Hechingers! It disappeared soon after I moved to the area... |
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Carl (January 08, 2007)
Excellent website for the beginning gardner. |
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betty from Washington (January 07, 2007)
Hey Rob ,Gosh I used to hate gardening, my husband loves it and always wants us to try stuff in the garden but i never really cared till i saw this site , it's so amzing all the discriptons and things , tell you the truth we also made love in the garden , i've always said no before but it was the best ever, so glad you made this site love bets |
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Loretta DeMarco (January 02, 2007)
Great site Rob. I've found lots of helpful information. |
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Julie Evans (November 28, 2006)
I had a quick look with Rhys, he was looking for max in the pictures, we found him.
Absolutely stunning, I am sure it so beautiful in the summer, I will have to bookmark this in my favourites to get some ideas.
Max would love it if Rhys could come see for himself some day! |
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Linda, SW Washington (November 28, 2006)
I happened onto your site looking for a pic. of Arabis alpina to verify a pic. I took of one in my own garden. I was so supprised to find such a large display of plant pictures. When I'm just browsing, I'll be back to look at more of your pages. I really like what I've seen so far.....and can't wait to see what the pond will look like next summer. |
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Peter Willis from Sutton Coldfield, England. (November 28, 2006)
Found your great website while doing a search for the spelling of Eremurus ‘Cleopatra' Very good photographs and layout. I shall certainly be coming back for more advice. Ten out of ten, keep it up! |
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Karen, Newark, Ohio (November 24, 2006)
So excited to find out about your baggie method. I have a limited budget and was agonizing over seed starting supply costs. I hope you will be writing a book, soon, that includes all of your wonderful advice...it is some of the best I have read. |
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Sandy Strehlou (November 20, 2006)
Nice site and great resource for the rest of us. And thanks for the nice photos. I try to catalog the plants in my garden and am always looking for photos. I don't publish them anywhere but in my own plant log. Thanks again. |
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Dorothy Burns (November 13, 2006)
Dear Rob, What a pleasure your website is! I copied it all down when I got some of your bulbs of tulip linifolia at our Rock Garden Society meeting in Ithaca last Saturday, Nov. 11. I'm afraid deer will eat them in my garden and am giving them to a friend who has a totally fenced garden and I wanted her to see what she's getting. I'll be enjoying you from time to time now that I know about you. Many thanks, Dorothy |
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tony cadman (November 06, 2006)
great site, nice working garden. I use your site in my horticultral course, and really useful it has been. Thanks |
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Carolyn, Napa, California (October 21, 2006)
Your web site is now one of my new favorites. Although we garden in vastly different climate types (I'm in USDA 9, Mediteranean-type), we grow many of the same plants. Your web site is friendly and practical, and I'd love to have you and your family as neighbors. You and your wife are giving your children a great gardening legacy.
p.s. I also like the baggy method.
A few plants in our garden originated from seed collected on our honeymoon, which took us to SF, Napa Valley, and the Mendocino Coast. Amy still wishes we could grow pampas grass as a perennial :-) |
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Michelle, Vancouver BC (October 19, 2006)
Excellent, I've been confused by all the different seed germination products, trays, warmers etc. out there and wanted to know what a beginner (like myself) should get. I'm going to try your baggie method and turn an area of the garage to my own seeding station! Thanks for all the photos of your work area too -- they're very helpful.
Cheers. |
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Roy Scholten, Norway (October 08, 2006)
Helllo, looks like a nice garden ..... Iwas linked by google to your site, when i waqs trying to find out something of my cotula hispida, and i sticked around. I think we have about the same klimat as here, så lots of the same plants in use...nice, keep gardening.... |
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Sunny (September 10, 2006)
Rob, just wanted to drop you and Amy a note to say "thanks!" for this wonderful site. As a novice gardener reader, I find that you state things in easy to understand verbiage, which is much appreciated :) You're bookmarked! Thanks again for the time and effort you put into the site.
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Susan (August 30, 2006)
I love your page! I am a new gardener, and still live in an apartment, so I do container gardening. I recently had surgery so I was a bit neglectful....coupled with the 100+ degree weather here in south TX, my little herbs have all but died. Your gardens are wonderful. I hope to explore your site further and can't wait to have some land of my own to plant a lovely garden. Thanks for the site! |
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Sue Manning (August 21, 2006)
Loved your site, I already sent you a message but wanted to sign your guestbook as well. I will share your site with my gardening friends here in Minnesota! |
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Pam Roberts (August 06, 2006)
I'm happy to have found this site. Your generosity in sharing this information is truly refreshing. This website must have taken you forever to build but its the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks, Rob. |
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Ingrid Coney (August 02, 2006)
What great pictures! And so much useful information. A refreshingly pleasant experience to visit this website. |
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r w (July 31, 2006)
your garden, gardening skills, writing and photography are simply grand. Thank you
so much for sharing them. And the practical info much appreciated. Best regards in everything. Best regards, R W |
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Alex in Ontario (July 27, 2006)
Your site is delightful, Rob. Very interesting, useful and with wonderful photographs. Definitely a site to "bookmark" under "Gardening" - a site I shall return to many times. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. |
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kelly dehoff (July 23, 2006)
i was searching for a plant encyclopedia to help me find out what kind of houseplant someone gave me, when i happened upon this very nice site. |
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Lyn Godbolt from England (July 19, 2006)
Here I was getting all excited for a plant sale,but not only has it passed by ;but I am in the wrong Country!!! oh well.... Its still great reading and the photos are wonderful,thank you.I was only looking on google for a plant photo and stumbled upon your site by accident.Our weather isn't as good as yours(well apart from the heatwave we are experiencing at the moment) but you do seem to grow lots of the plants that we can grow here. |
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Nancy of NE Pennsylvania (July 18, 2006)
Outstanding! Thank you for sharing your journal pages, for providing valuable information, for each and every beautiful photograph, and for all the helpful resources and links. It has inspired me to expand existing flowerbeds and to plan new ones. I have marked your website for my many future return visits. |
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jacque (July 16, 2006)
have you ever grown mukdenia rossii [aceriphyllum] it seems like a interesting plant Ifound out a little about it ,but all the sights I have looked at are not on the east coast I garden in NY can get really cold.we have simular growing conditions though you are a little warmer. |
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Víctor Azofeifa. (July 15, 2006)
Nice web site. I`m from Costa Rica. I love the gardening specially and a huge kind of plants. The heirloms varities and seed saver, it impassions me . In these days i´m growing Hollyhocks which are very common in my town. Very Useful to know how many time i can keep my seeds. |
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Linda in Rhode Island (July 08, 2006)
Just spent 2 hours breezing through your site! It was great fun. I may even venture into starting some seeds with your experience to reference next spring. Have added you to my favorites and will definitely be back. Found you by searching for information on Daphne X burk. "Carol Mackie" on google. |
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frank from chicago (July 07, 2006)
as the human hole digger in my wifes perrennial garden i really appreciate the pictures and info...so once its planted it doesnt get relocated,thanks |
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kathy israel, west chicago, IL (July 04, 2006)
was doing google for pasque flower and came to your website, VERY glad i did! thanks for the awesome amount of time you must be spending on this, and making us readers feel as if we live right next door :)
God bless, kathyIn the scheme of things, Chicago isn't too far from Allentown :-) |
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dee in sunny ca-soon moving to ft scott kansas (July 03, 2006)
I do believe when I move I will be in zone 6, kansas, any and all advise would be very much appreciated. I have saved your nicely done web site in my favorites for future ref.
thanks so much
dee |
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judydd (July 02, 2006)
I was searching the web for a pictureof a Adenophora and came across your site. So glad I did! Love your pictures and descriptions. I garden in southeast Michigan. |
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Betty-Jo Wade (June 26, 2006)
Hi Rob
Wow after searching the web for many fruitless hours,I found yours.Pat yourself on the back,its the best site ever for we novice gardeners. Thank you,keep up the great work. I will be on this site daily I am sure,easy to get hooked to. |
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Donna (June 25, 2006)
Herman's Pride--Checked the name Galeobcolon to see if it was the same as a plant of mine I lost the name to. Found yur site and am so glad. Beautiful, beautiful. You love flowers as much as me and it looks like you have as many as me. |
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Cathy (June 22, 2006)
Thank you for your hard work compiling all the info. I was searching for the name and specs on two perrennials and couldn't find them in any of my books. You had them and I am so happy. One was a Phyteuma scheuchzeri . It came into bloom and is beautiful. |
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Pat Hill (June 16, 2006)
Your site is incredible! I love to see how you use your plants and appreciate the growing habits as well as learning which ones you've started from seed. Because I didn't see prices included with the plants listed for sale, I'm assuming the sale is only for those fortunate enough to visit in person.
Your writing style is a delightful mix of candor, humor, and information. You no doubt have a career in technology to have created such a super site. Never mind that I'm a month away from turning 60, when I grow up I want a website like yours! |
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Amy (June 07, 2006)
Wonderful Site. I too have been bit by the bug. I am in my third year of seed starting, buy from Thompson Morgan and start a couple dozen types each year, some more successful than others! Your information on germination will add to my success, I'm sure. Just finished moving last year's seedlings into garden to make room in "nursery" bed for this years babies. I was just thinking earlier this year that I should change my strategy, concentrate lots of a few varieties, not few of lots of varieties. You are making me rethink my strategy! Thanks! |
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Nancy, Rio Linda, CA (June 03, 2006)
I came across your website by accident, but I'm so glad I found it. Your gardens are beautiful. I've been able to get a lot of great ideas for what to do in our garden - thank you :) |
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leslie shigaki (May 30, 2006)
Rob: I believe we've traded seeds on the GW a couple of times over the years, but I never saw your website. Now I see where all the seeds come from - very lovely gardens!Hi Leslie - yep, we've traded. My Rosa eglanteria came from you, as does my current strain of ceratotheca :-) |
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Loïc Le Scaon from Bretagne, France (May 28, 2006)
Hello,
I just bought a Persicaria Virginia on the Ploemeur Sunday market and wished to know to which plants I could associate it to.
Now I know!
I'm also tempted to settle a pond!
Enjoy your Sunday,
Cordialement,
Loïc
28/05/2005- Ploemeur France
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Janet DG (May 12, 2006)
I very much appreciate seeing your pictures of the entire plant or clump. Nursery pictures are usually flower close-ups, nice but not very useful in garden planning. You've put a lot of work into this site, and it is appreciated. |
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Elaine G. Squeri (May 10, 2006)
I appreciate your website for its photos, plant care information and relevant links. Pycanthemum tenuifolium was my search and you helped me handle it. |
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Lisa, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin (April 29, 2006)
You're my hero!! What an inspiration; and I was only going to plant a few new plants this year; try to restrain myself... I chuckled at your reference to cutting your lawn in that "trendy diagonal pattern". We are in a new subdivision where planting an acre of grass is considered "landscaping"..You might enjoy a new book; "American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn" by Ted Steinberg. Thanks for all of your information. |
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Jolanda - Australia (April 26, 2006)
Fantastic website!! Lots of information, great photo's and a sense of humour! |
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Nicole in Stockholm, Sverige (April 16, 2006)
I feel compelled to write you and express my gratitude for creating such an informative website. Having this detailed information at my fingertips has made planning my garden considerably less frustrating. Thank you from zone 4. |
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Dave in Wisconsin (April 16, 2006)
I find your web site quite interesting and will be dropping by periodically. I have a not-so-green thumb, but I'm always looking to learn new things. Thanks. |
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Sue Burke in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (April 14, 2006)
I've just spent time browsing through your site after finding it while doing a web search on the painter's palette, and am so impressed with all the work you've put into it. The information is helpful and well laid-out, your photographs are all beautiful, and I've found out all sorts of things about plants I have in my garden and ones I've just bought. I'm definitely bookmarking your site and plan on coming back for many more visits. Thanks again! |
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Sheila Morris in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (April 12, 2006)
A lovely website - one of the best I've seen. I have just re-planned my garden and am looking on the net for severa new plants I want and came across you whilst looking for Ligularia Przewalskii. A shame you are so far away. |
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paul wade in maine! (April 11, 2006)
excellent work! some of the best photos ever seen--I am building the Museum of maine Wildflowers come on over for coffee!! thank you Rob |
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Tove! (April 04, 2006)
Hi Rob!
I am so happy for finding your site and for all the great info and pictures!
You have done such a vonderful job here!
Greetings from Norway and Tove! |
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Steve Ransbottom - Wisconsin (April 03, 2006)
A wonderful site Rob. You have put an amazing amount of work into this site and I applaud you. I find all your information very useful. Thanks for your hard work! |
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Petra Guni, Germany (April 03, 2006)
Yet it`s quite cold in Germany, but the first green begins to grow. Thank you for making spring in my mind and also thank you for your beautiful pictures. |
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Tina Ramsey (March 30, 2006)
I really like your website. It shows real life pictures, is simple to follow and very informative. |
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Diana Mc (March 23, 2006)
Thanks so much for great pictures. I was looking for coreopsis Moonbeam and artemisia Silvermound to cut and paste to try to see how they'd look in a planting and found some of the best ones here. Your comment on Silvermound interested me and I found we are both in PA but your climate is milder. Love your pages. I am just borrowing the images for brief private use, then will discard (trying to visualize a cemetery planting). I don't even know if this cut-and-paste planting will work! I'll definitely come back just to enjoy your pages though. I wish we were in the same planting zone. I have grown Silvermound a couple of years. |
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Bill Youngberg (March 18, 2006)
Rob,
Great site ! Great ideas and pictures. I've grown a lot of things like Edelweiss and Gentiana (Entzian) and various Campanula species. I had limited success with the C. rotundifolia - but the thrill of seeing it was all worth the effort. Thanks !!!
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Patti East Hampton, CT (March 18, 2006)
What a wonderful suprise finding your site through Dave's Garden web. It's an incredible site. Three years ago, we were living in Green Hills on Chapmans Rd. A few yrs. prior to that, I stumbled onto one of your amazing plant sales on my way home from shopping at the Giant in Trexlertown. Unfortunately, when we moved, I couldn't dig up everything and take it with me but, I did dig up the Tradescantia I bought from you, in August,and wintered it over in the garage of the rental we were in, and planted it at our new home in May or June. I'm pleased to tell you it's thriving. I obviously need to plan a trip to visit my mother who lives in Shepherd Hills, during one of your plant sales. My Ct garden also features plants form Eagle Point, Segans,Ross's and Lehigh Valley Nursery. I try to visit them whenever I get to A-town. Regards. |
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Stephanie (March 15, 2006)
I have really enjoyed looking at your garden! Thank you for the plant lists with pictures, it's nice to see how something "really looks" growing, not just in a catalogue. You have done a lot of good work, this site is very inspiring! Thanks for sharing. |
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Annelies (March 05, 2006)
kwam via een gastenboek hier terecht. Wat een prachtige informatieve site heb je. Gefeliciteerd! Groeten uit Holland. Annelies' garden. |
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Pippa Tee (February 28, 2006)
Landscape architect, but really just a plantaholic over in England - especially for hardy Geraniums. Just to say thankyou for taking the time to produce such a great site! Happy growing to all. |
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Jocelyn Mallory (February 27, 2006)
I found your website extremely helpful. How do you find the time to do so much including the detailed information you keep on your plants?
Hmmm... having so much fun that time flies, I guess :-) |
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Sophie R (February 24, 2006)
Probably the best gardening site I ever found on the WEB.Priceless seed geminating info. |
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ck (February 22, 2006)
Your site is very impressive. I live near you, so I am finding your information quite useful. Keep up the good work. I will continue to drop in to see what's new. |
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Marina (February 16, 2006)
Well done! Very useful information. Thank you. Interesting plants,interesting Garden! Interesting person!:o)Good luck! |
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Carol Woodard St. Leonard, Maryland 20685 (February 13, 2006)
Thank you for your time,work,energy and kindness in sharing the beautiful garden it was a real joy looking at your web-sid. I now have a lot more plants that I want in my garden. Thank you Carol |
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Jean Nash (February 05, 2006)
Thank you so much for such an informative website and sharing all your experience with us. I cannot wait to try raising my seedlings using your method |
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Di McShane (January 28, 2006)
Good web site I was looking for information & found it with you & a photo was a big help. |
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Caroline Jacobson (January 24, 2006)
Thank you for putting this together, growing from seed is fun and getting germination information is wonderful. Again, thanks |
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Peter (January 12, 2006)
Enoyed your website,especially the seed organizing excel part. |
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Alice (December 28, 2005)
I found your site while searching for strawberry fields gomphrena. I looked at everything. Really, really nice! |
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MArianna (December 26, 2005)
Very good site! I like it! Thanks!
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William F. Matthews (December 26, 2005)
A friend sent me seed of "Clematis tubulosa" (?) After searching online, and in my large A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, I figured this might be a synonym for Clematis heracleifolia.... The pic on the seed pkt is of a cluster of florets (blue-mauve), and the leaves appear rough/toothed. The name "Tube clematis" here is at least an indicator vis a vis the Latin.
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Joan W. Hornett (December 18, 2005)
Only just found your site by accident when looking for a picture of Aethionema. It all looks terribly interesting but have no time until after Christmas to investigate it properly!! Season\'s greeting to you. Joan |
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karen-cheerpeople on GW (December 15, 2005)
Rob just FWIW--It took 7 weeks but the calla lily seed DID start to germinate in a dark but warm waterbed drawer in moist soil. So far the baggie method planted at the same time hasn't sprouted. They are not hardy for me either- but they can be a housplant or go dormant for winter here.
:) Karen |
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Peggy (December 12, 2005)
Ok Rob,I find the pictures of your compost bins and seed box disturbing! Maybe that's because my garden refuse is just pitched into huge pile on the un-used portion of my veggie garden and my seed packets are tossed into an odd assortment of coffee cans,re-cycled plastic ice cream buckets and whatever I can lay my hands on to keep them dry in the seed frig. You people that are organized make me itch....lOL
You realize this is my jealous streak talking. Keep up the good works. I visit your page almost daily and continue to find plenty to read with my breakfast omellete and last cup 'o joe before it's off to the susie homemaker drudgery.So I fool you, eh? You should know that I only show the presentable parts of our garden :-). Right about now, my level of organization leaves a lot to be desired... |
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karen- cheerpeople on GW (December 09, 2005)
Is the reason zantedeschia (calla lily) isn't listed is because you can't it to germinate either? My baggie of it is doing nothing and it's been 40 + days- course my in dirt ones aren't germinating either...Actually, my reason is that they aren't hardy in our zone 6 garden. I haven't tried to germinate them. |
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Nancy from Ky (December 02, 2005)
It was so enjoyable looking through your pictures. What a pleasant evening... |
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Tulsa Gardener (December 01, 2005)
Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the picture of your son with his bounty of carrots. |
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nina (November 22, 2005)
HI
Enjoyed your webpage very much.
Regards
Nina |
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Barb: Zone 5 (November 19, 2005)
Hi I enjoyed your site and love all of the plant information and photos. When I clicked on a couple of the flowers (one of the columbine & one of the black eyed susan), I didn't see a photo as I am trying to find out what kind I have.
Thanks for all the info. Barb |
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Peggy--z.8 (November 19, 2005)
Enjoyed your webpage very much. Wonderful pictures and the Dog Vomit fungus info was a hoot.
Which tricyrtis is that,that appears at the top of each page on the right hand side? I'm a diehard toad fan and at last count I had about 8 varieties.
PPThe one you see up there (which will soon be replaced by a more wintery image) is of Tricyrtis latifolia. I don't have nearly as many as you do! |
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karen -- zone 5 (November 18, 2005)
I was doing a search for seed for a black plant an ornamental pepper named black pearl.
So you came up as having it however I don't see it listed. I think this is a search engine glitch but
LMK if you do.
Anyway I was so impressed with your site, photos and info that I have you in fav's now to reference
later.
Thx for all the time you put into sharing your info!
Karen
cheerpeople on GW
Nope, I don't have it - you're right, it's the search engine finding "black" and "pearl" both on the same page - but not together... Glad you enjoyed my site. |
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Pat Swink--Thomasville, NC (November 06, 2005)
Love your beautiful garden photos. You seem to love plants as much as my husband and myself. Please drop by for a visit at http://patsgardens.com/ (Pat's Gardens). |
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Reinhild in Germany (October 26, 2005)
the website is great, i found many plants and informations.I´m so sorry that I can´t visit your garden and buy any plants. Thank you and greatings from germany |
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Renee O'Brien (September 28, 2005)
What a lovely web page, we are in Pottstown and would love to come see your garden sometime!! Maybe we'll make the plant sale next year (when is it?)Not sure yet - I'll probably settle for an earlier than usual date, in late April. Stay tuned! |
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Fang (September 13, 2005)
I really love your website. Especially on those plant's details and seed germination tips. And pictures are great. Thanks for sharing your garden. |
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Troy (September 09, 2005)
Nice web site I enjoyed reading. I wish you and your family the best of luck. |
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Kolora (September 06, 2005)
I have been recomending the site to some of the people I have met through work |
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FesterBikes (September 01, 2005)
well done page, the reading level is at an average level so someone who dosn't know much can understand but you have infromation and links to other sites so someone who wants more than just a common name can have more. |
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Susan Tompkins (Nightnurse1968 on Gardenweb) (August 21, 2005)
Wow...fabulous website and obviously you have put a lot of work into it. I am especially curious about your garden "sketches" for lack of a better word. Did you use a program to make "maps" of your garden or is that something you did free hand in a Program like Paint? I have been looking for something like this for ages and unfortunately I am not artistically inclined enough to do something like to to the appropriate scale free hand. I am definitely going to bookmark your page. I found it will searching for a particular plant I got in trade. Thanks for your contribution to the internet garden community!I think you're referring to my (now hopefully out of date) sketches of the side garden and driveway bed. I start by measuring the dimensions of hard features and lay the outlines out on graph paper. Taking rough measurements, I pencil in the plants onto the template as I walk through/by. On the computer end, I use Visio to put the lines and shapes into place. Other drawing packages (even Powerpoint) should work OK too, but Paint is too primitive to be useful. |
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James Young, Brantford ON. (August 21, 2005)
You and your's have done a magnificient job. I will bookmark this page and be back often. Very impressive work. So nice to see a gardener with ambition.Your comments reflect real working knowledge.
Durgan |
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Hudsongardener (August 17, 2005)
WOW!!! (Add a thousand exclamation points) Awesome work. If ever I am down your way I will have to take a side trip. |
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Iris Hazen in Central Ontario (August 04, 2005)
I was searching for information on a new plant I had purchased. Yours was the first site I entered. What a delight! I not only have valuable information on my Gentiana daharica, but a marvellous picture as well. I will be back to your site as my number 1 source. Congratulations for a superb resource. Thank you! |
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Joanne Sweeny (August 02, 2005)
I thoroughly enjoyed your journal entries and pictures from last season. My husband and I are moving to Oregon next spring and we are looking to get invloved in herb and flower production. Any advice you could give me as a newbie?
Thnak you.General advice? That's a tough order! I think you'll find lots of good sites if you browse through the gardening area of the open directory project. |
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Mary in West Virginia (August 02, 2005)
I have enjoyed visiting your garden site [the best site I have ever visited]Thank you for all the time you have spent in sharing your ideas with others.Keep up the good work for all of us the gardeners and the "would be" gardeners~~ |
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Evelyn in Ottawa, Ontario (July 27, 2005)
Hi! yr site is fantastic and it's so nice to see what plants look like in a real person's garden rather than just the pic on the seed packet. I can't even imagine how much time you must spend both in yr garden as well as maintaining this site, but pls keep it up!!! For newbie gardeners like me the combination of photos, botanical detail and personal experience are much appreciated! I've bookmarked your site and will be back to visit soon. Thanks! |
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Jim Mundy (July 25, 2005)
Rob,
Excellent site and lovely pictures -- very well done. You've inspired me to try my own hand at this. My wife and I bought a house a couple of months ago with a very nice "jungly" sort of garden, and I'm still working on identifying all of the plants. Found your site while browsing Dave's Garden. Thanks. |
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Kathy Halpert (July 16, 2005)
I visited your garden today as part of the Parkland Garden Tour - it was a real discovery! Then I checked out your website, and I was truly awed...so informative as well as being quite delightful to read. I will visit it often, I am sure, and look forward to your next year's plant sale! |
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Deb Green (July 11, 2005)
Found your site looking for photos of New England Ironweed. I just planted one this year with other natives like Joe Pye (Eupatorium) Culver's Root (Veronicastrum), and purple coneflower (echinacea). Now I have ideas for many more! Great site. Very informative and well organized. I am a librarian in my other (non gardening) life so really appreciate an excellent, informative, and entertaining web site. |
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Karin Olsson in Sweden (July 08, 2005)
Helo! I'm not good in English, I hope you will understand. I have looked at all your fotos and they were lovely. You most spend very much time in the garden. Good luck in the future. Karin |
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mizzeliz Elizabeth Tongue (July 06, 2005)
I love the pictures of your flowers. Your gardens and pictures have given me much inspiration this morning.
Thanks and God Bless, mizzeliz |
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Linda M. Frank (July 01, 2005)
I was researching Ligularia przewlskii (mouthful,huh?) and got a hit for your site. Needless to say, because of the professional, informative, innovative and friendly nature of your site (not to mention the pics)...I spent the better part of a half hour looking around. (Could have spent a lot more). I'm not too far away from your neck of the woods (Central Jersey) and write a garden column for a farming and gardening website (www.farm-garden.com) called "GardenZone". I'm always blown away by sites such as yours in the course of my research. I plan on posting a link to "Rob's Plants". Thanks for the great eye candy and information. Thanks for writing, Linda. I ventured over to Farm & Garden for a look-see. It's always nice to see personal writing about gardening on the web - there are enough cookie-cutter sites out there :-) |
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Dr. HelenSheridan (June 30, 2005)
Hi Rob, I came across your site in a quest to obtain seeds of isodon species for a research project we are running in Trinity College Dublin. We are interested in establishing cell tissue cultures of Isodon species because these are powerful Chinese medicinal plants and plant tissue is in limited supply. Would you be able to supply some seed? |
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marcia (June 19, 2005)
Hi Rob; I just stumbled onto your website. I've been entrusted with creating
an historical perennial garden here in Massachusetts (Cape Cod). I am looking
for items that would have been planted in the 1850s plus or minus. While I
have found some good reading about the plants, I need a source for those varieties (e.g. iris, lilies) that would have been available then. Any ideas?
I found a couple of sources that may fit the bill. I've no experience with either one, but take a look and see: Perennial Pleasures in Vermont, and Heritage Flower Farm in Wisconsin. Both offer mail order. |
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Alek (June 08, 2005)
Rob - stumbled across your site from your ODP profile and enjoyed taking a look at it - thanx for sharing and very impressive not only in terms of quality, but also quantity. Happy Gardening and good luck keeping the weeds away. |
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Chris - New Lenox, IL (June 04, 2005)
What a wonderful website! I am a Will County Illinois master gardener and stumbled onto your site while searching for plant info. Thank you for all this wonderful information. I only wish I could attend your sale! I do, however, have LOTS of pots you could probably use. I would be glad to send them to you if you would like to have them. I would nest them and ship them to you. Just let me know if you're interested. There are probably 100 of them! Thanks again for a fabulous website. I am listing it in our garden club newsletter for everyone to see!Why, thanks Chris! I've sent you an email (and have removed the address from this page, to prevent spambots from grabbing it) |
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Anne (June 01, 2005)
Not all females hate spiders I infact love spiders and they are a large part of my artwork including my tattoo's.
I love the picture that you have taken of the spiders though you could have added more to the descriptions, and while the daddy longleg is not a true spider its venom is more posionis then the Blackwidow spider though they cannot peirce human flesh.
Anyway it is a lovely site and I hope to see more spiders on it soon.Well, just for you, I'll add a photo of cheiracanthus mildei just as soon as I get around to it :-) |
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john christensen (May 29, 2005)
class 58 coaldale high my uncle and coysins still live in tamaqua.
i was glad to find your site i found a lot of info on whwer to get the products i need to start my own plants. since i live in orlando i have three growing seasons and , therefore , always have plants in different stages . thanks for the info johnc |
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Sally Mathews (May 19, 2005)
Very nice web site. |
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Eric (May 13, 2005)
One of my favorite plants is the Serbian Bellflower. Its great for low ground cover it works well in full or partial sun and its a hardy plant too! Nice web page and photos are very nice! |
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Stiv (May 11, 2005)
Cool!!! information about painted desert |
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Mary Carr (May 06, 2005)
Last year my mother and I visited your sale, and she told stories about it for months. She was so impressed that you put such deviotion into your gardening hobby.
We look forward to visiting again this year. |
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Zara, Upper Darby (April 26, 2005)
Thank you for this great site. I immediately added it to my favorites. I have two driveway beds that give me a hard time year after year, but seeing your driveway beds gave me inspiration to conquer the beds and have a great looking driveway. Thanks again. |
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Melissa Brown (April 22, 2005)
I enjoyed looking at your garden photos, I'm glad to see a few native plants mixed in. :) http://www.irritatedvowel.com/~woodsygirlHi Melissa, I enjoyed your site as well. Your insect photographs are stunning! |
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Joyce from Cumberland Rhode Island (April 06, 2005)
WOW!!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe the amount of plantings you have. Their beautiful. You've done an awesome job!! I sit at our computer every night for weeks at a time for 2-3 hours searching for information about plantings and what to do in our yard. All I find is overwhelming information that makes me more and more confused as the minutes tick by. Tonight, I came across your site in my desperate search for info. Finding your site was like a miracle!! An actual site with REAL photos. I am the most desperate, frustrated, stressed out, non-gardener you will ever meet!!!! I've read magazines, books, been to the local nurseries, read all the Scott's Lawn Care junk mail I get, and searched the internet, and I am more confused than ever!! There is so much info. out there. I don't know where to start or what to start with. I am the most hardworking yard work person (well other than you obviously) when it comes to cutting the lawn, weeding, trimming, raking, fertilizing, grass seeding, watering, etc. I would love to just hire a landscape designer, but can't afford their outrageous prices and I don't know anyone that is smarter than I am when it comes to this issue. I know I am going to go to the local nursery this weekend to try and find something to grow. I also know I am going to leave the nursery this weekend totally empty handed like always. Would you help me? I don't want as many plantings as you have obviously to start but maybe some day I can get a quarter way to that point. I would just like to grow some flowers that are low maintenance and bloom all year long and come back every year!! Is that too much to ask??!! All the information drives me bonkers....when to plant, where to plant, what to plant, color, bloom time, shade, sun, sun/shade, shade/sun, dry, wet, poor drainage, good drainage, rocky, hilly, AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!Hi Joyce, maybe low-maintenance and all-season-blooming and perennial is a bit much to ask for :-) But maybe I can give you some suggestions - I'll send you a mail. |
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D. Hudson of Youngsville, NC (March 30, 2005)
I enjoyed virtually walking around your house and gardens. Great web site for plant info, thank you. I'm not a celebrity, but I've seen them on TV ; ) |
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Dr. J. Matthew Durham (March 27, 2005)
I have suggestion that you may or may not want to consider. As a gardener/beekeeper I am always looking for plants that bees use as a nector source. My suggestion is that you make some small notation in your description as to whether or not bees harvest nector from the plant. It may be too time consuming but I just thought I would throw it out there. Great site by the way...wish I was closer so I could come to the plant sale (I live in SC).Thanks for the suggestion. I've given that information for a few plants where the insect activity was particularly striking, but not consistently - probably because most of the flowering plants I grow (nearly all open-pollinated) get frequented by a variety of insects. I'll keep your suggestion in mind :-) |
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James R (Sonny) Griffith (March 23, 2005)
Great Web Cite. Very inspirational. Hope to buy some seeds and such from you soon. |
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Mary A. Whitesell (March 23, 2005)
I learned of your website at the Toastmasters Speech Contest last evening (March 22, 2005). I've only had a few minutes to peruse your site, but found it fantastic. Will definitely revisit at my leisure. I look forward to your plant sale on May 7! |
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lisa (March 21, 2005)
I found your site from a post on Garden web. I'm in love. Your gardens are what I'm dreaming for my own yard. Luckly for me I will be at you plant sale on the 7th of May, as long as we don't get lost. We are in Northumberland and should be all right. My husband loves the fact that you are willing to recycle my pots for a discount. You may get more pots then you plan on.LOL I have lots to share. Look forward to meeting you. lis |
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Paul and Richard, (San Francisco, Ca) (March 19, 2005)
We live in SF with just a couple of planters around the house. I found your astounding website and garden when looking up Physocarpus opulifolius "Dart's Gold," I love the lime-yellow leaves and just bought a little one to grow in a container. We are retiring finally and to satisfy our love for growing things, we just acquired over 13 acres of agricultural land in Hawaii, old sugar cane fields with a year round stream. No house, just wild boar, rats, mongooses and jungle. But it's a warm weather paradise, my bones don't ache when there. will send you photos. Thanks for the inspiration and photos of your paradise. Paul |
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Marsha (Richmond, VA) (March 19, 2005)
What a wonderful web site! I have spent over an hour reading about your garden and enjoying all the amazing photos you've taken of your "flower children". Hmmm, I might just try to grow an allium plant after all, since seeing your real picture of how one looks in a home garden/yard setting. Thank you for sharing the fruits of your hard work. I'll be back!
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Jeannie Francis (March 17, 2005)
Wow, great site and I live close. I'm in Cinnaminson NJ I'm an herbalsit, Master Gardener, Historical Garden Researcher and Restorer, my business partner and i also give lectures on The Plants of Lewis And Clark, and Hubs & I do the second to largest amature display at the Phila Flower Show. I also am an heirloom plant grower with a plant sale too in MAY. This is a wonderful site I will be sending it out to all my garden buddies on the net. Please feel free to look at my web site www.mygrandmothersgarden.com and you can see pics of my display in www.about.com,, in the Phila/southjersey site. John Fisher the monitor of the site takes awesome pics.
I'll stop by often to see the update to this site!! Thanks again Rob
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Brassi--aka Jeannie Francis |
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Sheila Katayama (March 15, 2005)
I've enjoyed your webite. I'm gardening in Keyport, NJ but my garden is about a year old. Not quite as far along as yours, eh?
Maybe we will trade sometime in the future!
Sheila |
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Jennifer Griffithe (March 15, 2005)
The spotted blue/white Platycodon - splendid. Magnificient. |
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Mark Westerman (March 12, 2005)
What a great collection of pictures and information. I do design work in Minnesota, and am always looking for good pictures, I will look here first. Great site. thanks. |
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Karen (March 08, 2005)
Do you have a seed source for Abelmoschus? You have a great site!
It's on my trade list, Karen. Take a look at my seed pages (use the link up above). |
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Cory Baggen (March 06, 2005)
Rob - thank you for sharing your garden! I'm up in Alaska, dreaming of spring.. You've given me inspiration. Thank you! |
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Karen Lovely (March 06, 2005)
I am from New Hampshire and would like to get information on different and unusual type plantsI like to grow unusual plants, and I like to write about how they do in my garden - so keep coming back, and I'll have something new regularly! |
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Erica Glasener (February 24, 2005)
Rob, I am a horticulturist and host a TV show about gardening. Discovered your site when I was looking for info about a particular plant. Well done! wow, my first celebrity endorsement :-) Thanks Erica. |
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Nancy Henderson (February 21, 2005)
What a great resource! |
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Copperlilac (February 20, 2005)
Great site. I wandered in while looking for info on starting some plants from seed. Took a tour around your site and it really made my cold, dreary February day a little brighter. Keep up the great work! :) |
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hummingbirddaisy (February 19, 2005)
I have really enjoyed looking at your site. I ran across it doing a google search for seed trading. I have learned allot from reading about your experiences in starting seeds. Keep up the good work on this site!!! I would love to come to your next plant sale, but I live in Iowa, so that is highly unlikely. Will check back from time to time and see what you have added. Enjoy the Spring as it is almost here. :-) |
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Beverly Jacobs (February 12, 2005)
I'm opening a Tea House in Ohio and want historical plants. Thanks for the great sight.
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Pam Berwyn, Il. (outside chicago Zone (January 28, 2005)
Ran into your great web site looking for a plant description. I can tell alot of time and passion went into it! Not to mention your beautiful garden too. A definite bookmark! Thanks.
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LINDA COUTY (January 23, 2005)
YOU HAVE SUCH A PRETTY GARDEN, I SO ENJOYED THIS SITE AND SPENT HOURS READING AND LOOKING AT IT. |
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SHERRIE GRUNFELD (January 19, 2005)
LOVE YOUR GARDEN. WANTED TO LOOK AT THE WEEPING CHERRY TREE. I'M THINKING OF GETTING ONE HERE, IN ALABAMA. THANKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY |
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Caprice from Sweden (January 18, 2005)
Hi Rob..! What a amazing site you got..! It´s executed and give´s so much inspiration... I´m so sorry that I can´t visit you in your garagesale..
It would be a thrill.. :-)
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Sharon - Bellaire MI (January 18, 2005) (January 18, 2005)
Hi Rob....been visiting here for quite awhile now. Love the site..so much useful information as well as entertaining. You are truly an inspiration to me.
Thanks for sharing all your hard work with the rest of us. |
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LEVY CANOVA (January 15, 2005)
AN EXCELLENT SITE FOR ME AS I AM JUST GETTING STARTED IN GROWING TRANSPLANTS. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE AND AND FOR THE GREAT LINKS. I AM SUPERVISOR FOR A NEW COMMUNITY GARDEN NEEDED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
THANKS AGAIN!
LEVY |
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Michela (January 15, 2005)
Thank you for a wonderful site with so many pictures! Such inspiration for my garden this coming spring! |
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Alison (January 07, 2005)
Great site! A great place to visit on a snowy winter's day. |
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Rachelle Towne (January 01, 2005)
Loved touring your garden through your journal. |
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Bruce Martin (December 30, 2004)
I love your site Rob! Beautifully photographed and executed. Thanks for all the hard work. |
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denisnelson (November 21, 2004)
nice site rob ;-) |
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Toolz (November 20, 2004)
Like your site. Got any tips for dealing with caterpillars? They scare my girlfriend to death...Attack of the killer 'pillars? Leave 'm alone, and hope they turn into butterflies (most of them don't, but that's okay) |
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José uit Nederland (November 09, 2004)
Rob, wat een verandering !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proficiat, het ziet er geweldig uit. Wat een werk heb je daar mee gehad, geen wonder dat je geen tijd had om te ruilen !!!!!
Groetjes, José |
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Amy (October 13, 2004)
yes, wife is lucky. wish he'd get some weeding done, though |
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Susan Borchard (October 13, 2004)
Oh my gosh. What a wonderful job you have done. I am looking at your spiders and dragonflies. My daughters, Rachel and Violet, they love to look at the spiders we have too and the dragonflies too. Your whole website is so amazing, you must be a genius. I wish I had a husband like you. Your wife is lucky. Well, I'm going to go and look some more. Thanks for the wonderful website.
Susan |
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Rosalie Nehls (October 11, 2004)
I love your site. It is an inspiration.
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Richard Gordon (Allentown PA) (August 29, 2004)
Rob, Thanks so much for your kind hospitality during my visit today. Keep up the high-quality work you're doing. |
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Brenda Dudgeon (August 16, 2004)
I have really enjoyed your website and photos..and appreciate the work you have put into it for the benefit of others...newbies like myself can only dream of getting a yard to look so lush!! Many thanks... b.dudgeon AT sympatico.ca |
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veronica kendel (August 12, 2004)
i was wondering if you ship. i have been looking for a st. johns worth plant and a milk thisle plant for my just remodeled herb garden. i live in los angeles, ca.
thanks,
veronica
you can contact me at veronicak@atkcorp.com |
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Sheila (August 05, 2004)
Rob - What an amazing web site! I had no idea what wonderful mischief you were up to on the internet... Where is the yukky spider your charming wife told me about?? I can't wait until I buy my first property next year. I will be counting on this web site for my garden inspiration!! xo Sheila, Sheila - that spider isn't yukky - she's cool! You can find her here. |
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Mats (August 05, 2004)
Wow.... Your garden is so much more mature than when I came to visit you. Looks absolutely wonderful. Hope to see you and your family agian.
Mats |
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Phillip (July 27, 2004)
Thank you for visiting my site (A Southern Garden) and for your kind comments. I've been touring your site for the past half hour and am truly astonished at the number of plants that you grow. I hate that I missed that plant sale! :(
Keep up the great work. I think your site is wonderful. |
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Cailin in Calgary Alberta (July 16, 2004)
A wonderful, organized, informative, attractive website! I enjoyed my visit to your virtual garden, and will be revisiting your seed-starting pages next spring. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Happy gardening!! |
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planttraders.net (June 22, 2004)
cool site |
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mike cronin (June 20, 2004)
I'm grateful that I discovered your website through our correspondence on the Butterfly Garden Forum. I'm VERY IMPRESSED with your garden and all the helpful information on your website. Also, happy that you're getting into butterfly watching. I'll bet your many gardens are magnets for various types of butterflies.
Happy gardening/butterfly watching, mike
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Gail Chapman, A Garden of Distinction, S (May 25, 2004)
Your web site is terrific. Wish I could come to the plant sale. But I'm a little far away. My daughter lives in Hopkinton, Ma about 26 miles from Boston. How far are you from Hopkinton?
I am in search of Sedum aizoon varigata, 40 plants, kniphophia trangualaris, 8 plants, phormium guardsman, 2 plants. Do you have any suggestions? (Heronswood does not have them.) Thanks for your help. Best regards, Gail
Visit us at www.agardenofdistinction.comThanks Gail. I tried to send you an email to the address listed at your website, but earthlink spit it back to me. You can email me directly at rob@robsplants.com |
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Monica Marquette (May 10, 2004)
You have a beautiful garden! Can't wait till the 2005 sale. |
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amy (May 09, 2004)
nice garden. I wish ours looked like that!
My dear wife, she cracks me up... |
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Phillip Allen (May 05, 2004)
Thank you for posting a terrific site! I, too, have been raising plants from seed for a long time, and admire the dedication required to 1) stay so organized, and 2) to summarize and share so much information with the rest of us. I also use and teach a variant of the baggy germination technique, and heartily encourage everyone to try it. For the vast majority of taxa it is the most successful method I've found, and makes it practical to experiment with a great variety of plants in a tiny amount of space (at least until germination!).
I am sadly far enough away from your garden to make visiting a serious expedition, but perhaps one day!
Again, many thanks!
Phillip Allen
Winsted, CT
phillip.allen@charter.netThanks for the kind words. If you're ever in the neighborhood, you're welcome to stop by... |
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Laura Lee (April 22, 2004)
Really great Site, you have the best "thank you" |
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Jamie (April 06, 2004)
Nice site with lots of great information. I liked the photos of your seed starting operations. I noticed your plant marker for Sedum sieboldi. Is it one you made or purchased? Thanks Jamie. I get my plant markers from Paw Paw - look at my links page. |
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Bill (April 02, 2004)
Hi Rob, very nice site. Well done! I am not too great with the innards of the computer. When I download the seed organizer, I only get jibberish. I know these letters and symbols mean something. But I really don't know how to do the zip thing. I am adding the site to mine today. Thanks!Thanks for your comments, Bill. If you need some help with the tool, please e-mail me. |
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michael (March 31, 2004)
Hello, I like your information, but I find it EXTREMELY difficult to read black print against a green background. Very difficult, indeed.I appreciate your comments, and have changed the background to a lighter color. |
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Taryn from GardenWeb (March 30, 2004)
Hi Rob,
Thoroughly enjoyed the virtual tour! You have a delightful piece of lushness! And a very helpful and informative website! Would love to trade seed next year! I've already gone 'over the top' this year, lol! Loved the pic of proud Max with his carrots, that is terrific! I have 3 boys, and hopefully they will be hauling compost around for Mum soon!
Taryn :) |
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Carla Beltgens (March 30, 2004)
Compliments on your webdesign! It's well worth a visit because it has lots of usefull information.
Ik kom vast nog een keertje langs om eens rond te snuffelen op je pagina. Succes met je plantenverkoopdag, wat een leuk idee!
Groeten van Carla uit Nederland.
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The Garden Guy (March 26, 2004)
Hi Rob,
Ok, home from work, had more time to enjoy your garden. Since your site is so diverse, I added links to your agarden in two sectiosn of my website. I added you to the: http://www.gardenerscorner.com/GreatGardening.html section and to the: http://www.gardenerscorner.com/FriendsGardens.html Thanks again for sharing your website and interests with me. The GardenGuy. |
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Emmy from the Netherlands (March 26, 2004)
Your website is wonderfull! Good information and nice to read.
Groeten uit Nederland, Emmy
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Sarah from Rhode Island (March 21, 2004)
Great site!!! It's fun to see pictures of your seed starting set-up. I have a similar arrangement in my basement and it's nice to get new ideas from other gardeners. |
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Jane in N carolina (March 17, 2004)
loved the site-very informative |
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Pat (March 17, 2004)
Keep up the tremendous work |
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Dedo Verde (March 16, 2004)
Hi, I found this thru the Night Blooming Cereus Thread on GW. This is one of the most wonderful websites I have ever visited. Keep it up. |
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Diana (March 14, 2004)
Hi, I really enjoyed reading about your garden and seeing the photographs. We have a little acreage (about 50) in the high country and get hot days of 40c on occasion and lots and lots of frost. Am endeavouring to do what you appear to be doing growing an [rest of message cut off due to website problem]Sorry for cutting you off, Diana - I fixed the problem with the website. |
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