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pitta
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 19/02/2009 : 08:08:49
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In Melbourne at the big Flinders ST Railway Station there were many flower stalls .
People on their way home would buy bunches of flowers in season such as .
Iceland Poppies ,Gladiolus,Blue Violets , Stock, Boronia brown or pink,
Daffodils and all the spring flowering bulbs in flower.
Oh I can smell them now .lovely memories.Thanks Cheryl.
Travelling home on the train was a pleasure.Remember that MA.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
 Posted - 19/02/2009 : 10:09:04
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Oh yes I remember it well Gwen I use to work in the City in one of the Myer offices and had to get the train home, it was a very long walk from the station too but those old red rattler traps were terrible trains, I for one was glad when the blue trains came into service..
Now look at them all silver and as smooth as..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 10:18:16
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and aircon as well  , those red rattlers where do darn cold in Winter
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 19/02/2009 : 10:40:10
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Brissie trains are smooth and great too all A/C and not so crowded after peak hour..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 20/02/2009 : 04:50:27
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I'm starting to wish I didn't have so many bulbs, they are too much trouble - the ones I've planted are ones that don't need to be lifted as I wanted them to grow into big clumps but only really look good for a couple of weeks flowering a year, then so messy as they are dying back and aren't supposed to cut them. The flowers are pretty but I will leave them to others I think.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 20/02/2009 : 07:16:45
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They are unsightly Gail when they are dieing down, but when they flower in the Spring it well worth it for the colours.
I find the Babiana the worse their stems stay upright dead and hard for many months I ended up breaking them off as they looked terrible under the Standard rose they looked like a clump of small dead tree branches..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 20/02/2009 : 07:29:29
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When mine flop over Gail, I cut them back by half  and yes I agree 100% they are messy buggars but then again a huge clump of Daffs are a welcoming sight 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Freesia's Up Already..