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9:19 pm
June 11, 2009
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Shells
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What do you do with flowers that topple over because they are so tall? I have some daisy-type flowers that are pretty much just lying on the ground because they are too tall and spindly to stand upright.
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10:09 pm
June 11, 2009
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Shells said:
What do you do with flowers that topple over because they are so tall? I have some daisy-type flowers that are pretty much just lying on the ground because they are too tall and spindly to stand upright.
A few thin stakes with fishing line strung between them sort of fencing in the flowers and giving them something to lean on?
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11:17 pm
June 11, 2009
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Pete
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We have acquired a bunch of different types of stakes over time. Most are best described as bent heavy gauge wire, of varying heights, with a loop at one end which slips around the stalk of the drooping flower and the other end pushed into the ground. These are commercially available at garden centers and discounts stores. They are also easy to replicate if you have some heavy wire and something to bend it with.
Some of my gardening friends use everything imaginable to prop up their perennials but most are placed early in the growing season so that the plant grows through it and the device becomes hidden. We're talking everything from old grill grates to round tomato cages to refrigerator shelves to loops of wire stapled on top of short wooden stakes.
Good luck, Shells! It can be fun finding the best way to prop up your plants!
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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11:50 pm
June 11, 2009
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Shells
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I thought about tomato cages … but it is too late. I guess I will rig something up when I have time. Now, help me remember to put the cages out next year.
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9:15 am
June 12, 2009
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I use bamboo…it blends and bends…but supports! (sounds like a bra)
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9:55 am
June 12, 2009
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beeyourself said:
I use bamboo…it blends and bends…but supports! (sounds like a bra)
Bamboo! That's what I was trying to think of when I said stakes. I found some at the garden center in green that blend in with the plant stems. If the flowers aren't too heavy the fishing line strung between them holds the flower heads up without being obvious. (That does sound like a support bra, doesn't it)
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10:26 am
June 12, 2009
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WV_Hills said:
beeyourself said:
I use bamboo…it blends and bends…but supports! (sounds like a bra)
Bamboo! That's what I was trying to think of when I said stakes. I found some at the garden center in green that blend in with the plant stems. If the flowers aren't too heavy the fishing line strung between them holds the flower heads up without being obvious. (That does sound like a support bra, doesn't it)
It actually might be better in a bra then those darn underwires!
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10:33 am
June 12, 2009
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ok – we need to invent a bamboo bra… …with coconut cups…for gardening! (Can't say I don't stay on topic…)
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12:21 pm
June 12, 2009
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beeyourself said:
ok – we need to invent a bamboo bra……with coconut cups…for gardening! (Can't say I don't stay on topic…)
It's been one of those days (weeks!) and you made me laugh. Thanks, I truly needed that. Just imagine how that look would go over at a beach wedding! I'll bet no one else would have one like it.
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12:24 pm
June 12, 2009
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Don't be givin' me extra evil ideas Kathy…
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12:34 pm
June 12, 2009
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Its like your throwing gas on the already flaming fire Kathy!
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1:05 pm
June 12, 2009
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Pete
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Check out Big Lots, ladies. They have hula skirts and coconut shell bras. They were compelling, but I managed to leave the store without either…
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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1:20 pm
June 12, 2009
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Sounds like just the thing for Thelma and I to crash the wedding in!!!
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1:23 pm
June 12, 2009
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Jayne said:
Sounds like just the thing for Thelma and I to crash the wedding in!!!
I think you should do it!
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10:27 pm
June 12, 2009
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I suppose speaking of supporting implants is close enough to supporting plants,hee-hee-hee!
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Life is too important to be taken too seriously.
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11:21 pm
June 12, 2009
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Do you have implants?? 
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11:55 pm
June 12, 2009
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Leahld22
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Life is too important to be taken too seriously.
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12:17 am
June 13, 2009
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Shells
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Goodness, who know that asking about propping up plants could lead to such a conversation !!!! LOL
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8:14 am
June 13, 2009
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Jayne said:
Sounds like just the thing for Thelma and I to crash the wedding in!!!
Ive got mine…
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9:57 am
June 13, 2009
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My budget plan is NOT getting a cart when I go to the store.
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The best thing about coconut bras is that no one can see there is nothing in them. I buy most of my bras pre-boobed. LOL It would almost be worth the trip to go to biglots with Pete. They could make extra money by selling tickets on the side. 
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