Speaking of which, I have a newly adopted orchid from a friend who gets them
as gifts and gives them to me to keep alive. I put this one outside in
driveway area where it is relatively shady, thinking it would be happy there
for the summer, but I must have misjudged how long it had been in her house
and how little light it was getting, as it got horribly sunburned. Any
forecast as to what is likely to happen to it? I've moved it closer to the
garage where it is even shadier, but don't want to keep shocking it with
moves...
Debbie
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From: Gardens & Gardening [mailto:GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen
Barker
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 9:19 PM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: New Member
Welcome, June. There are people on the list who grow orchids. No doubt
you'll be hearing from them. I have two orchids when I'm in FL, usually
a light purple dendrobium and a white phalenopsis. We'll see whether or
not they've survived a summer of no care when I go back in October. I
stuck them in some shrubs that get watered by the sprinklers and they're
on their own.
Karen in Pittsburgh, PA (zone 5b/6)
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Well, I'm no expert but I've had mine (dendrobium) send out a new shoot
when I almost lost one to overwatering (leaves all turned yellow) and/or
not shady enough. I thought it had some kind of blight and my friend who
gave it to me had the same problem with his. So he took them both to the
orchid expert and she said too much sun and too much water. Mine lost
all it's leaves, and I swore I had killed it, but she said no just hang
onto it and give it more shade and only water once a week. It sat there
looking dead for over a month, but before I left it had sent up a brand
new shoot from the base. I don't know if it will be alive when I go
back, but it was recovering when I left. Taught me a lesson, so that I
didn't make the same mistake with the phalenopsis.
Karen in Pittsburgh, PA (zone 5b/6)
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Well that's very encouraging! Thanks, Karen.
Debbie in Williamsburg, VA
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From: Gardens & Gardening [mailto:GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen
Barker
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:39 AM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Orchids WAS RE: New Member
Well, I'm no expert but I've had mine (dendrobium) send out a new shoot
when I almost lost one to overwatering (leaves all turned yellow) and/or
not shady enough. I thought it had some kind of blight and my friend who
gave it to me had the same problem with his. So he took them both to the
orchid expert and she said too much sun and too much water. Mine lost
all it's leaves, and I swore I had killed it, but she said no just hang
onto it and give it more shade and only water once a week. It sat there
looking dead for over a month, but before I left it had sent up a brand
new shoot from the base. I don't know if it will be alive when I go
back, but it was recovering when I left. Taught me a lesson, so that I
didn't make the same mistake with the phalenopsis.
Karen in Pittsburgh, PA (zone 5b/6)
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Unfortunately I don't know...it was past flowering when I saw it...it is NOT
a "moth" orchid; I have a couple of those. I know it has the more pod-like
flower stalks (wider, flatter), as there was a dried one of those attached
when I got it. I know from taking in the others that orchids aren't
necessarily that difficult; I just wish I'd sheltered it a bit more when I
got it home!
Debbie
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From: Gardens & Gardening [mailto:GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of
Margaret E.Millard
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:28 AM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Orchids WAS RE: New Member
Debbie, what type of orchid is it, do you know?? Can you describe it if you
don't? In fact it is harder to kill an orchid than most people think, I have
been assured. I think most get dumped because people think they have kiled
them when in actual fact they may be salvageable. Light Temperature and
water and the cycle the plant is in, will tell for sure. Marg in NS
them
> as gifts and gives them to me to keep alive. I put this one outside in
> driveway area where it is relatively shady, thinking it would be happy
there
> for the summer, but I must have misjudged how long it had been in her
house
> and how little light it was getting, as it got horribly sunburned. Any
> forecast as to what is likely to happen to it? I've moved it closer to
the
Karen
No digital...that is on my wish list, but probably another many months or a
year or more off...
-----Original Message-----
From: Gardens & Gardening [mailto:GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of
Margaret E.Millard
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:17 AM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Orchids WAS RE: New Member
Have you a digital camera so we could look at it? being so new at this I
find that I can't tell one from another yet by just the leaves. I have a
brassidia something or other and a couple oncidiums that I thought were
something totally different until I managed to figure out the naming.
My idea is that you have already done the right thing by moving it to shade
and cutting back the watering as has already been said. I am wondering about
temperature. Of course you wouldn't feed it until it shows lots wonderful
new growth. I am told, often times if the roots aren't black and soft or
stinky, chances are it will survive. You have me curious now. A mystery.
Marg
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
Debbie, what type of orchid is it, do you know?? Can you describe it if you
don't? In fact it is harder to kill an orchid than most people think, I have
been assured. I think most get dumped because people think they have kiled
them when in actual fact they may be salvageable. Light Temperature and
water and the cycle the plant is in, will tell for sure. Marg in NS
them
> as gifts and gives them to me to keep alive. I put this one outside in
> driveway area where it is relatively shady, thinking it would be happy
there
> for the summer, but I must have misjudged how long it had been in her
house
> and how little light it was getting, as it got horribly sunburned. Any
> forecast as to what is likely to happen to it? I've moved it closer to
the
Karen
Have you a digital camera so we could look at it? being so new at this I
find that I can't tell one from another yet by just the leaves. I have a
brassidia something or other and a couple oncidiums that I thought were
something totally different until I managed to figure out the naming.
My idea is that you have already done the right thing by moving it to shade
and cutting back the watering as has already been said. I am wondering about
temperature. Of course you wouldn't feed it until it shows lots wonderful
new growth. I am told, often times if the roots aren't black and soft or
stinky, chances are it will survive. You have me curious now. A mystery.
Marg
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
NOT
> a "moth" orchid; I have a couple of those. I know it has the more
pod-like
you
> don't? In fact it is harder to kill an orchid than most people think, I
have
Everyone on the Gardens list needs to make it a priority to get a digital camera so we can share pictures of each others' gardens, etc. Tell all your friends/relatives that's what you want for your birthday. Write it off as an educational or business expense. Sing by the side of the road until people throw money at you to get you to stop. With all these good suggestions, I'm sure you'll have your camera in just a few years!! ;)
Elizabeth
tiarella@bellsouth.net
My aunt's orchid room always looks like a disaster. My motto always
used to be that orchids were the most beautiful flower that grew on the
ugliest plant. The leaves in my aun'ts greenhouse always look parched
and half dead, but believe me, she produces some awesome flowers. As
mentioned, they don't like being wet, BUT they do like humidity.
Brenda
Margaret E.Millard wrote:
I just got my digital this year. We used to have one in the lab I
worked in, that I would borrow from time to time, but when my job
changed, I didn't have access to it anymore. I'm so pleased with my
digital, that I will probably never again use a film camera. Not only
are film and developing a cost, but you have to wait to see your film
only to find out you messed up on some of your pics. Not so with a
digital. And so easy to get hard copy prints if you want them. In
fact, most of the time just a computer printout serves my needs. Mine
is also capable of filming video, so of course my first videos were of
the guinea pigs at work chowing down on some wheatgrasss I'd grown
them! My analogy of cameras? Film cameras are to typewriters as
digital cameras are to computers!
Brenda
Elizabeth T. wrote:
Beautiful house and yard Cindy! I love your paths. Ontarios tends to
have more brick houses than we do in the west. Not sure why, but I like
at least a little bit of brick on a house (not that mine has any at
present!).
Brenda
Cindy Merrill wrote:
Ok I'm not positive I did this right but my husband brought home a
digital from work yesterday so I took photos from around my yard and
tried to put them into a photo album... hope it works.
http://community.webshots.com/user/cindysoowho
Cindy in Peterborough ON
Elizabeth T.
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:58 AM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Orchids WAS RE: New Member
Everyone on the Gardens list needs to make it a priority to get a
digital camera so we can share pictures of each others' gardens, etc.
Tell all your friends/relatives that's what you want for your birthday.
Write it off as an educational or business expense. Sing by the side of
the road until people throw money at you to get you to stop. With all
these good suggestions, I'm sure you'll have your camera in just a few
years!! ;)
Elizabeth
tiarella@bellsouth.net
Cindy:
How lovely! I really enjoyed how green and lush everything is. Here in NC it's already looking like mid-summer. A walk through my garden yesterday and lots of things were beginning to suffer from the heat and lack of rain -- starting to look brown and crunch!
Cyndi, 7b
Date: Friday, June 4, 2004 1:15 pm
Subject: Re: Orchids WAS RE: New Member
There are more brick houses here because we have more clay to make into
bricks. In London, ON the bricks are yellow because of the local, yellow
clay. At least you don't have sod shanties any more in the west. Cool in
summer but muddy when it rained. GRIN
Marion, away from the yard for a bit of a rest and a cuppa
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I agree. Orchids are beautiful except for the leaves when there nre no
blooms. I have 25 huge white with yellow throat cattylea blooms that are just
starting to turn brown. They are up high in my greenhouse and I have to get a
stepladder to trim them off. I have a total of about 40 orchids. Dendrobium,
oncidium, phalanopsis, terrestrial, large cattylea and many miniature cats. I
fill out the greenhouse with many other flowering plants so I don't notice the
leaves when they are not in flower. I find them easy to grow. Orchid cactus
also have ugly leaves but spectacular huge flowers.
Anne in MA
The pictures are wonderful. I guess gardeners are visually oriented by
nature and are prone to take pictures :-) Are the stones from your
property? We have so many that there is almost no soil. All of our
gardens are made up of soil trucked in.
ann
think@francomm.com
Subject: Re: Orchids WAS RE: New Member
I am with you on that Elizabeth. Steve and I pooled our money and bought
this as our gift, to each other, last Christmas. Somehow it seems to have
become my camera :?> Doesn't bother me a bit as he calls the drills and
such his.
Cost the earth but I am SO pleased with it!!! I just got more chargeable
batteries and a new bigger flash card and now I am going to enjoy it even
more. I just have to watch I don't over load my hard drive. Now I need some
lessons to see how to use all the features and now I dream of the
attachments.
Marg in NS
camera so we can share pictures of each others' gardens, etc. Tell all your
friends/relatives that's what you want for your birthday. Write it off as
an educational or business expense. Sing by the side of the road until
people throw money at you to get you to stop. With all these good
suggestions, I'm sure you'll have your camera in just a few years!! ;)
I was given one when I was so sick a few years ago. It started something.
Last winter I built a make shift light shelf behind my kitchen table for my
precious few. Now they have taken over the table as well. I think I have
....tah dah!...11 now....not many ...yet! I have seen some sites and the
leaves were so horrid! I have not bad leaves which actually can mean I
haven't conditions just right yet. Mine are all indoor plants for now. I am
currently battling an infestation of fungus knat. Horrid things. Thought I
had it beat but the sun came out today and, oh man, what a mess. Guess I
will have to start submerging plants again.
I use pebble trays and now I have a small table top fogger that is great! In
the winter I leave on a propagation mat from the greenhouse. Everything,
including the lights (48" fluorescents) and the fan, is on a timer so I just
walk by from time to time and mist them with the bottle of rainwater and
enjoy. So far I am lucky. I can't afford many of them although I do get
small starts from the shows and society's table. I haven't anything really
exotic. yet.
Marg.
Oh Anne, You have an orchid cactus? I have one, I think and it has these
weird golden scale spots. Is it scale really. How do I get rid of them. Will
they spread to other plants. I have it isolated in the bathroom (plant
hospital) but it would look great out on the top of the orchid shelf. It has
about three foot leaves/branches on it.
Marg
just
> starting to turn brown. They are up high in my greenhouse and I have to
get a
> stepladder to trim them off. I have a total of about 40 orchids.
Dendrobium,
> oncidium, phalanopsis, terrestrial, large cattylea and many miniature
cats. I
> fill out the greenhouse with many other flowering plants so I don't notice
the
> leaves when they are not in flower. I find them easy to grow. Orchid
cactus
Ah, the brick house mystery explained. But don't be too quick to say we
don't have sod shanties any more....there are some pretty neat buildings
on Vancouver Island that have grass rooves on them complete with grazing
critters! They're actually a tourist attraction.
Brenda
Marion wrote:
What a wonderful site. You have done a great job
with rocks that I definately covet. Beautiful.
Libba G in SC
I saw an advert for a fruit fly trap....might work on the fungus gnats
too. Attractant for the fly inside. I was thinking of getting one for
myself, but Can Tire didn't have any.
Brenda
Margaret E.Millard wrote:
Realistically, unless you are a professional, you really don't need
anything over a 2.0 megapixel. Now having said that, mine is a 4.0 but
only because the difference in price was negligible (to me at the
time). I have a Kodak Ls443 and love it. I wanted one that was small
(don't like lugging heavy cameras any more in tropical holidays) and it
is. It does have the video feature, which is fun, but unless you have a
mega computer, you're limited to videos of about 1 minute if you want to
email them around and even then, some email programs won't accept or
send ones of that size. Mine had magnification (aka zoom) which is good
because it's about the only way to get in "close" to a flower. Mine
also has a battery save feature that allows me to turn off the big
viewing screen and just look through the viewfinder like a normal
camera. That comes in really, really, really handy if you are taking
pics out in the sun when the viewing screens appear blank.
I also like mine because (though the others probably do this too), I
leave it sitting on the camera dock all the time, so it's always
charged, and when I return with pics I just put it on the dock and press
one button and in about a minute all the pics are on my computer.
Before you buy one, just research some out (eg. www.kodak.com) for the
features that are available and just consider which ones you would
likely use enough to make it worthwhile to pay for them.
My camera was under $400 at Costco, but you can get a lot cheaper ones
if you knock the megapixels down and skip the video feature.
Many stores now have kiosks that accept the SAN disks (memory cards) and
you can choose which pics to print (just like regular prints) for around
a quarter. But you're right, the printer makes a huge difference on
what pics will look like when they're printed out of the computer. I
have an Epson and it is one of the best for photo printing. When I
bought my Epson, the store had all their printers lined up with a photo
printed from each one (incl. Canons, HPs, Lexmarks) and the Epson was
heads above the rest.
Brenda
karen swaine wrote:
I have no excuse, my dad sent me a big fat check for my birthday, and I
still have not gone out to get a digital camera, although am now on my 2nd
throwaway digital. The first one did NOT give me great photos at all.
How many pixels would you recommend as minimum?
Are all those special features importent?
My D took some shots of the Iris in bloom... she made a copy of the CD and
gave it to me.. I have yet to look at the photos.... but I know the color
printouts are not impressive at all. But I guess tha'ts the printer's
fault, not the camer's.
karen, eyes closing, head nodding, cannot stay awa,ek, NJ
camera so we can share pictures of each others' gardens, etc. Tell all your
friends/relatives that's what you want for your birthday. Write it off as
an educational or business expense. Sing by the side of the road until
people throw money at you to get you to stop. With all these good
suggestions, I'm sure you'll have your camera in just a few years!! ;)
or a
shade
> and cutting back the watering as has already been said. I am wondering
about
> temperature. Of course you wouldn't feed it until it shows lots
wonderful
Greenhouses top plants with 1/3 to 1/2 inch of coarse sand, Marg. It
confuses fungus gnats who want to lay their eggs in soil, so they
don't. Their larvae are eating the roots of your orchids, BTW.
Margaret L
Gardening in Intermountain West and Handicapped gardening
http://www.margaretlauterbach.com
I have great luck with getting fruit flies. Someone here told me. You put a
bit of apple cider, a bit of water and a few drops of dish detergent in a
wide mouth glass or dish, and they will swarm it. I have the whole
neighbourhood using it, it is so effective. There is another tiny fly that
is attracted as well. It doesn't work well with fungus knat, though. I catch
a couple but the rest just laugh at me.
Gorgeous sunny Nova Scotia morning with gentle sighs from a dreamy ocean.
People will be at the beaches today for the first time. Was hoping to go
with the camera but maybe will try to get up really early tomorrow and see
what happens. Rain is heading back. Today I am going out to do some serious
gardening. have to set up me concrete trough and have a few worm casting to
use to jack up the soil. I have some very sad transplants to place in it, I
have been holding them for month and they are indeed in need of attention.
then out to the beds....Steve will be home about 5pm and he can help me off
the ground. HA! Me up tomorrow at dawn.....hehehehe, fat chance.
Marg in N.S. Zone 5b
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
my
> precious few. Now they have taken over the table as well. I think I have
> ...tah dah!...11 now....not many ...yet! I have seen some sites and the
> leaves were so horrid! I have not bad leaves which actually can mean I
> haven't conditions just right yet. Mine are all indoor plants for now. I
am
> currently battling an infestation of fungus knat. Horrid things. Thought
I
> had it beat but the sun came out today and, oh man, what a mess. Guess I
> will have to start submerging plants again.
> I use pebble trays and now I have a small table top fogger that is great!
In
> the winter I leave on a propagation mat from the greenhouse. Everything,
> including the lights (48" fluorescents) and the fan, is on a timer so I
just
> walk by from time to time and mist them with the bottle of rainwater and
> enjoy. So far I am lucky. I can't afford many of them although I do get
> small starts from the shows and society's table. I haven't anything
really
Just wanted you to know I love your head gardener and chief caretaker. I
have one too.
Marcia
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way
its animals are treated." --Mahatma Gandhi
I haven't got soil on the roots but moss and a white medium of some sort,
bits of bark. Oh yes, Margaret, I can hear the little blighters munching
away in there. I can't soak the plants too often so I will submerge again in
the am and follow it another four days and up the fan to try to dry them out
then submerge them again. I am using Endall but it isn't doing the job the
way I use it (as per instructions). I am afraid of the heavy duty stuff as I
have cats doing some gardening...Anyone tried Listerine or peroxide. I hear
it will chase stuff out. I wondered so I put Endall in the water trays. Got
a few. They might drop down into that if I dumped peroxide through.
I could dip into my skunk clean up supply....a sure way to run full tilt
into one, I suppose.
I am the main course on the blackfly menu today. Man are they thick and
hungry. Have my mesh jacket on and am thanking the designer who made these.
Marg.
Marg in N.S. Zone 5b
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
I
Will try that, thanks for the tip! Even have some apple cider in the
house. My predescessor at work used to use troughs of soapy water along
window sills to catch cluster flies that were infesting our building.
They come every year - just during one part of the year (can't remember
which) and are extremely bothersome - so many that you couldn't see
through some of the windows. The troughs worked like a charm and were
used a lot until the centre finally broke down and bought electronic
zappers for each hallway. We can't use pesticides because of the insect
research being done in the building.
Brenda
Margaret E.Millard wrote:
:?>
http://MargMillard.ca
way
Hi Marge!
Where in Nova Scotia are you? I have family there all over. My dad =
was born and rasied in Cape Breton., as were my Mom's parents. I have =
family everywhere..Sydney, Halifax, Antigonish, Christmas Island..you =
name it..LOL :-)
SueNY
----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret E.Millard
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Orchids WAS RE: New Member
I have great luck with getting fruit flies. Someone here told me. You =
put a
bit of apple cider, a bit of water and a few drops of dish detergent =
in a
wide mouth glass or dish, and they will swarm it. I have the whole
neighbourhood using it, it is so effective. There is another tiny fly =
that
is attracted as well. It doesn't work well with fungus knat, though. I =
catch
a couple but the rest just laugh at me.
Gorgeous sunny Nova Scotia morning with gentle sighs from a dreamy =
ocean.
People will be at the beaches today for the first time. Was hoping to =
go
with the camera but maybe will try to get up really early tomorrow and =
see
what happens. Rain is heading back. Today I am going out to do some =
serious
gardening. have to set up me concrete trough and have a few worm =
casting to
use to jack up the soil. I have some very sad transplants to place in =
it, I
have been holding them for month and they are indeed in need of =
attention.
then out to the beds....Steve will be home about 5pm and he can help =
me off
the ground. HA! Me up tomorrow at dawn.....hehehehe, fat chance.
Marg in N.S. Zone 5b
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
Hi Sue, I am on the South Shore, just west of Liverpool, about 1/2 way
between Halifax and Yarmouth.. Sounds like most of your family is well east
of me so far.
http://MargMillard.ca
Hi Marge!
Where in Nova Scotia are you? I have family there all over. My dad was
born and rasied in Cape Breton., as were my Mom's parents. I have family
everywhere..Sydney, Halifax, Antigonish, Christmas Island..you name it..LOL
:-)
SueNY
----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret E.Millard
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Orchids WAS RE: New Member
I have great luck with getting fruit flies. Someone here told me. You put
a
bit of apple cider, a bit of water and a few drops of dish detergent in a
wide mouth glass or dish, and they will swarm it. I have the whole
neighbourhood using it, it is so effective. There is another tiny fly that
is attracted as well. It doesn't work well with fungus knat, though. I
catch
a couple but the rest just laugh at me.
Gorgeous sunny Nova Scotia morning with gentle sighs from a dreamy ocean.
People will be at the beaches today for the first time. Was hoping to go
with the camera but maybe will try to get up really early tomorrow and see
what happens. Rain is heading back. Today I am going out to do some
serious
gardening. have to set up me concrete trough and have a few worm casting
to
use to jack up the soil. I have some very sad transplants to place in it,
I
have been holding them for month and they are indeed in need of
attention.
then out to the beds....Steve will be home about 5pm and he can help me
off
the ground. HA! Me up tomorrow at dawn.....hehehehe, fat chance.
Marg in N.S. Zone 5b
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
Hello Elizabeth,
Your slightest wish is my greatest command. I told JoAn of your direct
command for me to purchase a digital camera.... (after I had purchased it).
I now have a Canon Rebel digital SLR. Purchased the digital format of what
we both already have ... we both have Canon Rebel SLR cameras. I have
several lens for mine and share with her when she needs something besides
the normal zoom that comes with the kit. Now all I have to do is wade
through all the books, booklets and pamphlets for the camera, accessories
and software.
It was a tool purchased by and for Munchkin Nursery assignment. Wasn't
that nice. Such a wonderful nursery;-)
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
camera so we can share pictures of each others' gardens, etc. Tell all your
friends/relatives that's what you want for your birthday. Write it off as
an educational or business expense. Sing by the side of the road until
people throw money at you to get you to stop. With all these good
suggestions, I'm sure you'll have your camera in just a few years!! ;)
Ohhh Gene; waves of green envy washing your way!!!! Wouldn't Steve have a
time with that. Nice Nursery, indeed.
Marg in N.S. Zone 5b
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html
it).
digital
> camera so we can share pictures of each others' gardens, etc. Tell all
your
Great looking yard! I wish mine were getting close to that well layed out. I
maybe will get some photos later on today to post on my site. I am trying to
get some weeds dug out around a few things first so you can see there is
something there. Another gorgeous day!! Just a gentle breeze from the ocean
with a hint of salt. There must be a golf tournament going on down the road,
I hear lots of cheering.
Marg in N.S. Zone 5b
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mmillard/index.html-
---- Original Message -----
Great! Now whenever your gentians, or tree peonies, or other wonderful
plants are in bloom, you can share photos! In fact, I'd like to see updated
photos of your garden areas sometime. :)
Elizabeth
tiarella@bellsouth.net
Zone 6, KY
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digital
> camera so we can share pictures of each others' gardens, etc. Tell all
your
And the great thing is you don't waste any film whilst figuring the
camera out!
Brenda
Gene Bush wrote:
Hello Marg...
Next on the list is a telephoto lens ... something like a 85 to 250 zoom
and a good dedicated flash. Doubt I will ever use the flash much, but
occasionally I do need one and it is not there. What is build into the
camera is not nearly enough unless it is a person fairly close. I already
use a 100 mm macro for almost everything in the way of plant photos in the
garden. I was invited to a Eagle Scout graduation ceremony yesterday
afternoon and found myself wishing I had both for some really good shots wit
being obvious during the ceremony.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
Hopefully in this lifetime, Elizabeth.
I am quite computer illiterate and very challenged when it comes to
getting to the top of that learning curve. Will do well to get photos taken
that I like, much less learn how to send and then place on a web site so you
guys can locate and view them.
I do need to take new photos of the garden in general.I have a difficult
time seeing the garden in sections that make good photo in my eyes. The
garden itself is far too large for one shot to take it all in...... meant to
begin this year taking new shots, but got too busy in the nursery.
I already have two or three articles I have promised and I have been
concentrating on photos for those features. Need to clone myself I suppose.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
updated
Do you find yourself seeing everything through the lens now? I find when I
am in painting mode, I see shadows and tones and when I am into the camera,
being Very new at this part, I look at everything like I am setting up a
photo....very nearly fell in a brook last night trying to get a shot of a
lovely piece of wild rhododendron. When I realized I was going over the edge
all I could thing of was fall so the camera lands up and safe. Ha! Manage
to remain upright and balanced although I am quite tender in the hind end.
Heavy padding back there is helpful some time.
I could have used a telephoto lens but I doubt I will ever get one. I have
the Canon Power Shot A 70 people were raving about in the fall. Love it.
Have macro and use it some. am still learning that. If I have a complaint,
it is that it has so many features I need a class in learning to use it. I
have to go to Halifax for that and The shop didn't know when there would be
another. I am looking for a book now...
zoom
wit
Sorry I kept your message as new and forgot to answer. I don't have scale on
mine but did find a mealy bug on each. I have 2 red, 1 yellow and 1 pink. I
remove scale by hand on my other plants when I find it. Scale really likes
my staghorn fern but I keep after them. Mealy bugs hide in my clivias.
Anne in MA
