Comments on Greenish Thumb: Profile of a volunteer (cont'd - and MYG)

Hi Wendy Wow..that allium is awesome! Great post.....

2010-05-24T21:19:36.395-04:00

Hi Wendy
Wow..that allium is awesome! Great post..I always enjoy seeing what you are up to...yay!! Any more toad incidents?
have a fabulous day! and thanks for always leaving a thoughtful work..super appreciated!
Kiki~

The volunteers, both human and horticultural, look...

2010-05-24T19:19:23.560-04:00

The volunteers, both human and horticultural, look like they are having a great time.

Last summer a grass-like thing with somewhat flatt...

2010-05-24T12:50:42.241-04:00

Last summer a grass-like thing with somewhat flattend fans of foliage popped up in the garden and I thought "Wow, blue-eyed grass! I won't pull it out". It turned out to be broomsedge instead. I was so sure it was blue-eyed grass...

Glad your weed turned out to be blue-eyed grass.

We used to live in a neighborhood with those tramp...

2010-05-24T08:43:18.550-04:00

We used to live in a neighborhood with those trampling types of kids. But then we moved to the mountains and now ELK do the tramping. Dammit. Can't win.
Love that tender little blue volunteer.

Love the volunteer pics - very inspiring. My neigh...

2010-05-23T22:51:42.253-04:00

Love the volunteer pics - very inspiring. My neighborhood 3 year old helped me "weed" today. Later I found all 12 of my sweet alyssum babies tossed randomly onto the mulch. ARGHGHGH! If my kids hadn't done significantly more damage to their property, I'd be shaking my fist.

omgoodness, I'd be having some serious words w...

2010-05-23T22:17:29.455-04:00

omgoodness, I'd be having some serious words with some neighbors... or more correctly, with their children. Ack, I dont' handle things like that very well. I hope you make it through the trauma easily. What a gorgeous flower that was - incredible!
Love the photos of the volunteers, what an awesome project that is!

I guess people also learn a lot while enjoying the...

2010-05-23T21:48:53.356-04:00

I guess people also learn a lot while enjoying the fun while volunteering. Does the schubertii make good cut flowers for the vase?
The aboretum looks quite quiet and deserted.

The pillars are astounding! Once built for a gigan...

2010-05-23T03:48:28.270-04:00

The pillars are astounding! Once built for a gigantic building? Over here, the arboretum is a hill and has gigantic trees and we always go there for either morning/evening walk/jog.

Your flora volunteers are pretty! Love those dainty blues against the green grass. They look 'expensive'. Oh, sorry about your schubertii :-(

Maybe it's time to employ the adage, "goo...

2010-05-23T02:09:25.234-04:00

Maybe it's time to employ the adage, "good, [kid-proof] fences make good neighbors". :)

I think the guy all happy looks like he's trying to be a scarecrow.

Love your Blue-eyed grass. Some, wait, MOST volunteers are welcome and appreciated wouldn't you say?

Your bluntness is mixed with such a good sense of ...

2010-05-22T20:23:27.703-04:00

Your bluntness is mixed with such a good sense of humor. I think it's great that the National Arboretum allows people to volunteer and tend to the gardening work. The people tending to our city parks and gardens are "professionals". I think the city is afraid "ordinary people" will kill off the garden. That grass with purple little flowers is so pretty. You have some really interesting flowers growing in your garden...never seen them before.