tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post560295474453164377..comments2024-02-10T18:50:01.193+10:00Comments on Gully Grove: Summer 2011 another seasonChris http://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-50688261142000529902011-01-11T20:50:02.169+10:002011-01-11T20:50:02.169+10:00Hi Chris, just dropping by to see if you are all o...Hi Chris, just dropping by to see if you are all ok, hope you are safe and well in these scary times. Em xxxEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512540414202977424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-36632421705730484872011-01-11T17:48:28.439+10:002011-01-11T17:48:28.439+10:00I hope you and your family are safe. It really is ...I hope you and your family are safe. It really is terrible what's happened in the last couple of days.<br />They keep saying Murphy"s creek is unsafe to search in this afternoon.gullygunyahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188145333933067606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-79019495628054477582011-01-07T20:26:09.181+10:002011-01-07T20:26:09.181+10:00Thanks for the good thoughts on this. Is a process...Thanks for the good thoughts on this. Is a process that requires excellent timing and organization. We are looking at bee hive plans right now and a good friend wants to put a hive there too.....you are right...April is right around the corner. Now...how do we get you to overcome the fear that you have? LOL! I admit, still afraid here but I get over it by jumping in...no other way for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-85945318115474819052011-01-06T10:24:07.472+10:002011-01-06T10:24:07.472+10:00I have my fingers crossed for your bees. It would ...I have my fingers crossed for your bees. It would be such a treat to keep a hive alive, with a dash of honey on the side for the family.<br /><br />April isn't too far away. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-26882777862285490552011-01-06T07:08:57.606+10:002011-01-06T07:08:57.606+10:00I did spend my earlier years in the Midwest before...I did spend my earlier years in the Midwest before going to California and yes it was magical in my childs eyes. Our school used to turn the concrete playground into an ice skating rink so we would skate all morning, at recess and lunch and after school. We lived in ice skates! It was absolutely fun despite best friends with lots of broken every things and missing teeth and hockey pucks to the tummies or naughty boys hitting us in the face with a snowballs on purpose! I'd not trade that memory for the world! Sarah would love that...as any child would no doubt!<br /><br />As an adult...I still want to skate (we now have to pay by the hour) but I also want to see sunflowers all year round...or at least something green! Garry and I were thinking that next winter, we would flood our garden and make our own ice skating pond though. He grew up not far from you and doesn't get the nostalgia I have for winter. <br />I still like it...but I'm a gardener now...and I miss that! <br />Bees coming in April if all goes well...I'm manning up at long last! LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-6288012129010770572011-01-06T05:46:04.946+10:002011-01-06T05:46:04.946+10:00I've been thinking about your American winters...I've been thinking about your American winters, especially since we've been shut inside with all the rain so much of the time. My daughter always says though, she would love a Christmas where it snowed! It's probably a very romantic notion to kids (snowmen, snowballs and ice-skating) but a little more challenging for adults.<br /><br />I was intending to harvest some of the larger sunflower heads for seed, but the galahs got to them first, then once the crested-cockatoos had their turn, well it was all over red rover, LOL.<br /><br />I always shake what's left of the mangled heads though, and wait to see what pops up! Sunflowers are my absolutely most favourite flower EVER! It's difficult to look at one in full bloom, and not feel a littl piece of sunshine bursting inside your heart.<br /><br />The bees go absolutely nuts over them too. I love to feed the bees and I know we don't spray chemicals, so there will always be bees for next season.<br /><br />One day I'm going to brave up and get a hive. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-73511384211892228512011-01-05T23:56:28.721+10:002011-01-05T23:56:28.721+10:00I am really impressed with your entire garden but ...I am really impressed with your entire garden but your vegetable garden is especially beautiful to me! Way to go on the trees as well....question: Have you tried growing sunflowers for seeds as well as for the bees? Its one of my favorite flowers to grow personally...I love them all but love getting food from them too (if the wild birds don't get to them first...which is also alright by me). <br />I am in sheer ecstasy with these phoots of yours! Outside here...its gray, dull, dry, twiggy.....3 months before I will see a bit of green again. Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com