YES!!! The "I'm So Happy!" thread - 2011

[TheOnionMan]

Thanks everyone; I guess I'm back to being a weekend garden warrior.  Thankfully I made good use of my freedom from work last year (2010) and hybridized the hey out of the epimediums, and sowed approximately 45 flats of seed. Starting yesterday, they are germinating like crazy. No sign of germination yet on a dozen flats of Iris cristata forms and Jeffersonia (attempted hybrids), but it is early yet.  On the weekends I'll have to shift gears from running to marathon-sod-removal to make space for what might be several thousand seedlings.

ps: I have pinned my workplace location.

[johnw]

ps: I have pinned my workplace location.

Just a hop away from Chinatown and Fanneuil Hall. 

johnw

[TheOnionMan]

Boston is a great city, I really like to visit, the problem is traffic can be (usually is) terrible.  Finding parking is the worst, and very expensive.  Tomorrow I'm heading down to an architectural firm in Providence, Rhode Island... the new week begins.

[Lesley Cox]

Mark I wish you the very best for your new job and that it is everything you could hope for and that it is PERMANENT - or for as long as you want it. But I also hope you will have time to post on the Forum especially when your wonderful irises are out, the cristatss rossii and the others in that thread.

[angie]

Hi Mark
Great news but I second what Lesley said. Hope you still find the time to show us all your delights.

Angie

[TheOnionMan]

Hi Mark
Great news but I second what Lesley said. Hope you still find the time to show us all your delights.

Angie

Thanks Angie and Lesley.  It's not going to be easy, I'm on an intensive training cycle, and for at least 2 months it will mean lots of "homework" to learn enough to achieve certain certifications.  But as time allows on weekends, I'll do my best to capture some good photos.

[Paddy Tobin]

Best of luck with it, Mark

[angie]

Hey folks you should have seen the sight I saw today. I haven't seen anything like it before. I stopped of at Ian and Maggi's garden today and I have never seen their garden look so good. I also have never seen so much plants in flower all at once. The ground was just covered, my eyes couldn't take everything in but all I can say is it was a sight that I will remember for a long time.
Wish everyone could have seen it today as it was so amazing.

Angie

[Maggi Young]

Oh, Angela, that's really nice of you to say that. Thank you!  
There's nothing like a bit of sun to bring out the flowers!

[angie]

Oh, Angela, that's really nice of you to say that. Thank you! 
There's nothing like a bit of sun to bring out the flowers!

You must have had a lot of sunshine because I have never seen so much in flower at once.
Amazing sight.

Angie

[Maren]

Hi Angie,

where are the pictures?? we all want to see Maggi's garden. Oh, you don't carry your computer around with you. Hmm. That would explain it. - Have a great time.

[Maggi Young]

Hi Angie,

where are the pictures?? we all want to see Maggi's garden. Oh, you don't carry your computer around with you. Hmm. That would explain it. - Have a great time.

Look in Ian's Bulb Log, Maren... there are always garden shots there and there will be more in the newest diary, online later today!
Over ten years of pictures from our bulbs and garden since 2003 : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb

[angie]

Hi Angie,

where are the pictures?? we all want to see Maggi's garden. Oh, you don't carry your computer around with you. Hmm. That would explain it. - Have a great time.

Maren never had a camera but to be honest nothing would have done it justice. I am so lucky to have seen it at this time.

Angie

[Arykana]

It was a great tour Maggi, thanks a lot

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Erika.... sorry there was no cake!