It's the anniversary of my dogs death in 2 days. I dont know what to do for her?

Help me please! My dog died one year ago on april 8th

she was VERY special to me, and even a year later i am still VERY upset about it, she was older than me, and lived to be 15 years old. she was alive when i was born, so i never knew life without her. i want to do something special for her on tuesday, but i dont know what. I was thinking of planting flowers around her grave or something, but the weather here does not agree with me. It's snowing now. UH OH! I just want to know what to do for my specail doggy... her name was ginger.

It's the anniversary of my dogs death in 2 days. I dont know what to do for her?
The way you still worry about what to do for ginger says allot about you, maybe all you have to do is keep remembering her and as you get older and may have many more dogs, but just tell ginger (they are waiting for us) that she will always be your "special dog" we all have one, also if you have a bush or tree or anything get a little wind chime and know every time you hear is tinkle she's running by or around the house.
Reply:I know you can't do this at the moment because of the weather but you said it was something you like the idea of. Google plants with "Ginger" in the name.



Source one for yourself and plant it then you will have a permanent memorial to your special loved one.



I did this in my father's memory. I found a rose called "My Dad" It is with me always just as he is.



R.I.P Ginger



EDIT: Acallum - what a fantastic idea!!! Thumbs up for you
Reply:Ginger sounded adorable. . .well, even though you cant plant flowers, you could get her some to put on her grave. That's what I do everytime we get flowers that are getting old for my girl, Cocoa. Maybe when the weather gets better, you could plant some flowers. And maybe if she had a favorite human meal, you could fix that for dinner or something
Reply:Put one of her favoutite bones, or a shirt she would sleep on on her grave. She would aprecciate it very much
Reply:Make a donation to a local animal shelter in her name. It dosent have to be money. Just dropping off a toy or some yummy treats will make a shelter dogs day a little better.
Reply:Look in gardening magazines for a stone you can get engraved with Ginger's name. When you move away from home you can find a special place at your new home and have the memorial with you forever. A dog gives so much love throughout their life that taking time to reflect and meditate about Ginger and what she did for you during her life is something you can do. Write your thoughts and memories in a diary or a journal dedicated to Ginger.

I have lost several pets over my life and each one has a special place in my heart. I have always gotten another dog, not to replace the lost pet but to fill the hole in my heart. The Humane Society or animal shelter is a great place to find a new dog. That is where I have gotten all my dogs and they seem to know how special you are for picking them. It is so difficult to lose a pet, but there are so many dogs out there that need the love of a person like you, think about adopting. You have a lot of love to give and an adopted dog will give back ten fold what you give them. I am so sorry for your loss. One last word, don't try to replace Ginger, but instead find a different breed or a mutt and have another lifetime of experiences.
Reply:Not an easy time, eh? Best wishes. If it's still snowing you could make a snow-dog or snowman by the grave. Alternatively, faux flowers or a holly/evergreen garland like people use at Christmas will really brighten her grave.



When the weather gets better, you could plant evergreens or plants and flowers which sprout or flower in winter and spring - that way, you'll have a nice site to look at all year round.

If you could change anything about your wedding, what would it be?

My husband and I would have done what we wanted to do in the first place and would have gone Guam where my husband was stationed and gotten married there just the two of us instead of having a big church wedding back here in the States to "appease the family". It turned out awful, everything went wrong from my hair being horrid, to my make up being a rushed 5 minute bathroom job to my dress almost falling off to the floral shop not delivering the flowers and having no wedding flowers, to the pastor accidentally skipping part of the service and making the whole ceremony a total of 12 minutes from start to finish (best man timed it), to mics not working, to our original wedding site getting snowed out (in May!) three days before the wedding and having to move the wedding to a too small church (%26amp; having to notify all 300 plus guests of the change) to our cake nearly falling over, , and we weren't able to go on a honeymoon either.... what would you have changed about your wedding?

If you could change anything about your wedding, what would it be?
Wow! It sounds like the two of you earned a trip to Guam to renew your vows!
Reply:That my glasses wouldn't have broken the morning of the wedding! I had no backup, and went through everything in a haze; I can't see well far away.

However, about how the wedding went, not a thing. We had a traditional wedding for which we hosted about 200 guests, and with all our hard work and great planning - all went really well!
Reply:The only thing that I would have changed is the flowers on my cake. It wasn't exactly as I pictured. It was still very pretty- I just wanted more pink. Other than that the little things that went "wrong" just made it more perfect for me. :)
Reply:I might have waited until summer and had the wedding in my parents backyard rather then in the house. I however wasnt disappointed by anything because I didnt expect my day to be perfect in the first place. I expected things to go wrong so that when they did, I wasnt so worked up about it. and my ceremony was only about 12 minutes not skipping anything...we wanted it that way..the shorter the better. and we coldnt afford a honeymoon, but that was no big deal...and my hair dresser almost made me late for the wedding. sorry I cant sympathize with you....but your wedding really doesnt sound that bad....you got to marry the guy you loved right? isnt that the #1 thing?
Reply:The only thing I would change is the venue for the reception, we are using a family member's home, when they first offered they were happy about wanting us to use their home, now there are all sorts of rules and restrictions in place that they never mentioned before, like no shoes with heels or black soles on the grass or deck (and definitely not in the house), no music after 9pm, nobody inside the house itself unless it is raining, no kids, no food or drink on the deck area. It's lovely of them to offer but they should have set those ground rules when they first offered rather than now, when it is too late to get an alternative venue
Reply:First, I would have taken the marriage idea more seriously.

Second, I would have chosen a better husband.

Third, I would have held out for an actual wedding.
Reply:Wow! I totally understand, my wedding went down hill fast too! Start time of 5:45 turned in to 7:30, because the mother of the groom decided she just wasn't going to participate. The limo never showed up the cake was lop-sided and the pictures were a total disaster. Even after that I was the only one that could drive a stick shift car; so here I am in this Cinderella Ball gown driving a ford escort home for the 1st night of the rest of my life.... So be happy that you and you hubby are still doing in great in a few years you'll be able to look back and laugh. As for me that was the start of the end of a great relationship. So what I would have changed was the whole thing
Reply:This is easy..........THE GROOM
Reply:Murphy's Law. Not to laugh, but OMG! Did you get totally inebriated? You definitely has cause to.

My first wedding..the groom.

The 2nd...my maid of honor. She wouldn't help me at all. My son, had to button me up and ride with me to the pier overlooking the Carribean. She was already there...1/2 in the bag with her bowling buddies.

Last, I would have had a different airline fly us home. My dress was smashed and the bottom of the bag was full of sequins and pearls. Then the airline was late causing us to miss our connection in Memphis to circling Minneapolis for 2.5 hrs because of a storm almost causing us to miss the reception 4 hrs. away.
Reply:Oh my goodness, this sounds horrible, and I am about to cry because my wedding was so good, and I thought it would be horrible!



Here is the one thing I wish I would have done differently-

I had a mother of the bride and bridesmaids party in my room the night before the wedding-no rehearsal dinner, we married in a small chapel. The day of the party, I asked other guests to show up later and party, and everyone did except for my aunt and uncle-since they didn′t know anything was planned, they got tickets to a show. To this day, I feel bad that they didn′t get to join us. We had 14 people in our little hotel room, and we had a blast!



I agree-you deserve to renew your vows somewhere wonderful, and make it quick if you can because it sounds so bad when you write about what went wrong with your wedding, and not the good things that happened...cheer up-you′re both alive, hopefully healthy, and overall, YOU ARE MARRIED!
Reply:The first thing would've been my hair. I grew it out so I could do a cute updo, but I should've known that I hate how my face looks with my hair up. I should've just gotten a cute medium haircut with which I am more comfortable with and stuck the tiara and veil on top. Simple is always better.



The second thing would've been not to go so cheap with the videographer. The quality was of something I would've expected from the 1960's not in 2001. The video was horrible and so was the audio. At least I have the pictures.
Reply:1. The groom. I married the wrong guy!!! I was in my 20s and not really cognizant of the fact he was the wrong guy for me, something I could easily determine now, 20 years later.



Otherwise it was a wonderful wedding. I'd change a couple of other things though:



2. The dress. Beautiful dress, but very impractical. I needed the wedding planner to help me use the restroom!



3. Time of year: My wedding almost got cancelled due to a snow storm! Fortunately it stopped snowing and the plows were able to get everything clear.

***

Fortunately, sometimes you get a second chance in life. This time I'll have the right groom, a more practical dress, and a time of year where I won't be likely to be snowed out. :-)
Reply:I didn't like the way my hairdresser did my hair, but i didn't say anything. Other than that, I wouldn't have changed a thing...we had a bunch of things go wrong, but it made it funny and more memorable.

Question about daffodils and tulips and a recent cold snap?

I live in Michigan and our daffodils are all out and are tulips are starting to come out. It's been in the 20's for 3 days now and it SNOWED last night! Everyone's daffodils are dead, it's so sad. It's supposed to be below 32 degrees till Tuesay. Do you think are Tulips will still come out? The green parts are coming out but they haven't bulbed yet. I've never seen this before. Millions of daffodils are just DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL! Is this going to affect crops or other flowering plants and trees? I live in southwestern Michigan right on Lake Michigan. Help! I love my flowers and I'm very sad.

Question about daffodils and tulips and a recent cold snap?
My tulips were booming when our cold weather hit.(Kansas City area) They have struggled, but are still blooming.



I fear we have lost the apple blossoms and the lilacs....and my peonies are droopy.



Let's hear it for global warming....
Reply:They will return no problem, hardy plant
Reply:They will both come back. They are winter hardy and it always snows on them in Ky. They'll survive, you will too.
Reply:Western New York Snow on the daffodils this morning. I still have hope for tulips if the deer don't get them :)

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Can some one translate these sonnet for me? pleaseeee ASAP?

From fairest creatures we desire increase,


That thereby beauty's rose might never die,


But as the riper should by time decease,


His tender heir might bear his memory:


But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,


Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,


Making a famine where abundance lies,


Thy self thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:


Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,


And only herald to the gaudy spring,


Within thine own bud buriest thy content,


And tender churl mak'st waste in niggarding:


Pity the world, or else this glutton be,


To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.





II (Sonnet 2)





When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,


And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,


Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now,


Will be a tatter'd weed of small worth held:


Then being asked, where all thy beauty lies,


Where all the treasure of thy lusty days;


To say, within thine own deep sunken eyes,


Were an all-eating shame, and thriftless praise.


How much more praise deserv'd thy beauty's use,


If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine


Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,'


Proving his beauty by succession thine!


This were to be new made when thou art old,


And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.





III (Sonnet 3)





Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest


Now is the time that face should form another;


Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest,


Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother.


For where is she so fair whose unear'd womb


Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry?


Or who is he so fond will be the tomb,


Of his self-love to stop posterity?


Thou art thy mother's glass and she in thee


Calls back the lovely April of her prime;


So thou through windows of thine age shalt see,


Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.


But if thou live, remember'd not to be,


Die single and thine image dies with thee.





IV (Sonnet 4)





Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend


Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?


Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,


And being frank she lends to those are free:


Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse


The bounteous largess given thee to give?


Profitless usurer, why dost thou use


So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?


For having traffic with thy self alone,


Thou of thy self thy sweet self dost deceive:


Then how when nature calls thee to be gone,


What acceptable audit canst thou leave?


Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee,


Which, used, lives th' executor to be.





V (Sonnet 5)





Those hours, that with gentle work did frame


The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,


Will play the tyrants to the very same


And that unfair which fairly doth excel;


For never-resting time leads summer on


To hideous winter, and confounds him there;


Sap checked with frost, and lusty leaves quite gone,


Beauty o'er-snowed and bareness every where:


Then were not summer's distillation left,


A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,


Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,


Nor it, nor no remembrance what it was:


But flowers distill'd, though they with winter meet,


Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.








VI (Sonnet 6)





Then let not winter's ragged hand deface,


In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd:


Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place


With beauty's treasure ere it be self-kill'd.


That use is not forbidden usury,


Which happies those that pay the willing loan;


That's for thy self to breed another thee,


Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;


Ten times thy self were happier than thou art,


If ten of thine ten times refigur'd thee:


Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart,


Leaving thee living in posterity?


Be not self-will'd, for thou art much too fair


To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.





VII (Sonnet 7)





Lo! in the orient when the gracious light


Lifts up his burning head, each under eye


Doth homage to his new-appearing sight,


Serving with looks his sacred majesty;


And having climb'd the steep-up heavenly hill,


Resembling strong youth in his middle age,


Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still,


Attending on his golden pilgrimage:


But when from highmost pitch, with weary car,


Like feeble age, he reeleth from the day,


The eyes, 'fore duteous, now converted are


From his low tract, and look another way:


So thou, thyself outgoing in thy noon:


Unlook'd, on diest unless thou get a son.





VIII (Sonnet 8)





Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?


Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy:


Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,


Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?


If the true concord of well-tuned sounds,


By unions married, do offend thine ear,


They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds


In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear.


Mark how one string, sweet husband to another,


Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;


Resembling sire and child and happy mother,


Who, all in one, one pleasing note do sing:


Whose speechless song being many, seeming one,


Sings this to thee: 'Thou single wilt prove none.'





IX (Sonnet 9)





Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye,


That thou consum'st thy self in single life?


Ah! if thou issueless shalt hap to die,


The world will wail thee like a makeless wife;


The world will be thy widow and still weep


That thou no form of thee hast left behind,


When every private widow well may keep


By children's eyes, her husband's shape in mind:


Look! what an unthrift in the world doth spend


Shifts but his place, for still the world enjoys it;


But beauty's waste hath in the world an end,


And kept unused the user so destroys it.


No love toward others in that bosom sits


That on himself such murd'rous shame commits.





X (Sonnet 10)





For shame! deny that thou bear'st love to any,


Who for thy self art so unprovident.


Grant, if thou wilt, thou art belov'd of many,


But that thou none lov'st is most evident:


For thou art so possess'd with murderous hate,


That 'gainst thy self thou stick'st not to conspire,


Seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate


Which to repair should be thy chief desire.


O! change thy thought, that I may change my mind:


Shall hate be fairer lodg'd than gentle love?


Be, as thy presence is, gracious and kind,


Or to thyself at least kind-hearted prove:


Make thee another self for love of me,


That beauty still may live in thine or thee.





XI (Sonnet 11)





As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st,


In one of thine, from that which thou departest;


And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st,


Thou mayst call thine when thou from youth convertest,


Herein lives wisdom, beauty, and increase;


Without this folly, age, and cold decay:


If all were minded so, the times should cease


And threescore year would make the world away.


Let those whom nature hath not made for store,


Harsh, featureless, and rude, barrenly perish:


Look, whom she best endow'd, she gave thee more;


Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish:


She carv'd thee for her seal, and meant thereby,


Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.





XII (Sonnet 12)





When I do count the clock that tells the time,


And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;


When I behold the violet past prime,


And sable curls, all silvered o'er with white;


When lofty trees I see barren of leaves,


Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,


And summer's green all girded up in sheaves,


Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard,


Then of thy beauty do I question make,


That thou among the wastes of time must go,


Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake


And die as fast as they see others grow;


And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence


Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.





XIII (Sonnet 13)





O! that you were your self; but, love you are


No longer yours, than you your self here live:


Against this coming end you should prepare,


And your sweet semblance to some other give:


So should that beauty which you hold in lease


Find no determination; then you were


Yourself again, after yourself's decease,


When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear.


Who lets so fair a house fall to decay,


Which husbandry in honour might uphold,


Against the stormy gusts of winter's day


And barren rage of death's eternal cold?


O! none but unthrifts. Dear my love, you know,


You had a father: let your son say so.





XIV (Sonnet 14)





Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck;


And yet methinks I have astronomy,


But not to tell of good or evil luck,


Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality;


Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,


Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,


Or say with princes if it shall go well


By oft predict that I in heaven find:


But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,


And constant stars in them I read such art


As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,


If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';


Or else of thee this I prognosticate:


'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.'





XV (Sonnet 15)





When I consider every thing that grows


Holds in perfection but a little moment,


That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows


Whereon the stars in secret influence comment;


When I perceive that men as plants increase,


Cheered and checked even by the self-same sky,


Vaunt in their youthful sap, at height decrease,


And wear their brave state out of memory;


Then the conceit of this inconstant stay


Sets you most rich in youth before my sight,


Where wasteful Time debateth with decay


To change your day of youth to sullied night,


And all in war with Time for love of you,


As he takes from you, I engraft you new.





XVI (Sonnet 16)





But wherefore do not you a mightier way


Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time?


And fortify your self in your decay


With means more blessed than my barren rhyme?


Now stand you on the top of happy hours,


And many maiden gardens, yet unset,


With virtuous wish would bear you living flowers,


Much liker than your painted counterfeit:


So should the lines of life that life repair,


Which this, Time's pencil, or my pupil pen,


Neither in inward worth nor outward fair,


Can make you live your self in eyes of men.


To give away yourself, keeps yourself still,


And you must live, drawn by your own sweet skill.





XVII (Sonnet 17)





Who will believe my verse in time to come,


If it were fill'd with your most high deserts?


Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb


Which hides your life, and shows not half your parts.


If I could write the beauty of your eyes,


And in fresh numbers number all your graces,


The age to come would say 'This poet lies;


Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.'


So should my papers, yellow'd with their age,


Be scorn'd, like old men of less truth than tongue,


And your true rights be term'd a poet's rage


And stretched metre of an antique song:


But were some child of yours alive that time,


You should live twice,--in it, and in my rhyme.





XVIII (Sonnet 18)





Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?


Thou art more lovely and more temperate:


Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,


And summer's lease hath all too short a date:


Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,


And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,


And every fair from fair sometime declines,


By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd:


But thy eternal summer shall not fade,


Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,


Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,


When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,


So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,


So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.





XIX (Sonnet 19)





Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,


And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;


Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,


And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;


Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,


And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,


To the wide world and all her fading sweets;


But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:


O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,


Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;


Him in thy course untainted do allow


For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.


Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,


My love shall in my verse ever live young.





XX (Sonnet 20)





A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,


Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion;


A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted


With shifting change, as is false women's fashion:


An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,


Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;


A man in hue all 'hues' in his controlling,


Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.


And for a woman wert thou first created;


Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,


And by addition me of thee defeated,


By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.


But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,


Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.

Can some one translate these sonnet for me? pleaseeee ASAP?
Translate to what?
Reply:translate? maybe you mean interpret. it's far too long. try reading it all and making a summary. then, interpret.
Reply:translate them to what?
Reply:I'll translate them for you, but it'll take me all night.


What're you doing, Shakespeare in Highschool or College?


If someone doesn't get back to you, look up the sonnets here:


http://www.sparknotes.com


http://www.http://absoluteshakespeare.com/





Hope that helps, sorry I sucked so hard. :(

Should i plant fowers now?

i know it is april but what if it snows again or gets really cold. when is the best time to plant flowers?



im in kentucky

Should i plant fowers now?
Since you are in Kentucky, the threat of freezing temps is

not as great as it is, here in Chicago(where I live). If you

do put plants in, see what the weather forecast is going to

be that night, then make sure you place a lot of mulch that

is natual covering ( IN THE DAYTIME ) so it is warmed by the

Sun. Then should it get toward the freezing mark, the warmed

mulch will keep your "baby" plants protected. You can also

place newspapers weighed-down with bricks,etc if you are

really concerned that the mulch will not be enough. This will work all the time---it has for me. When the daylight

warms the air enough, take the newspapers off(KEEP MULCH ON)---helps keep moisture in the soil.

ALSO USE MIRACLE GROW---THIS STUFF W O R K S !!!

WHEN YOU USE THE ABOVE M G(FEED %26amp; WATER AT THE SAME TIME THRU, USING YOUR HOSE) DO THIS AT NIGHT SO THE HOT SUN IN

THE LATE SPRING %26amp; INTO THE SUMMER WILL NOT BURN-OFF THE

NUTRIENTS---NIGHT-TIME IS BEST !!!
Reply:Now
Reply:i live in kentucky too and i have flowers coming up all ready and in town where i live they have started planting flowers two weeks ago it ready depends on what kind you are planting glad are all any bulbs plants is all right i would wait until the end of the month and i started most of my by seeds outside and my do fine
Reply:After April 15 it should be ok.
Reply:If you are starting them out from seeds you can start them inside to get then growing then by the time they are big enough to plant it should be warm enough.





Sapphyre
Reply:Is it still raining? If it stops raining, then it is the perfect time!
Reply:watch out for frost, If your likely to still get some hold off as frost will kill new plants
Reply:Each area has its specific zone--and you go by what zone you are in as far as planting annuals,and when to do it.Call a local garden center,and ask them.I am in northern Ohio,zone 5,so I have to wait till early May!I have already planted some pansies,though...they are tough and can handle low temps.Happy gardening!
Reply:It all depends on what you want to plant, i say ask the place you bought the plants from, or just read the directions that usually come with the plants, seed packs ect.
Reply:depends on the weather. i would wait until the middle/end of spring, that way, there is a big possibility there wont be anymore frosts.
Reply:Best time to plant is mothers day
Reply:Check the Farmer's Almanac for your area.

How to add some curb appeal to my lovely townhome?

We just moved into our first house five months ago. I have decorated the interior and also our private garden in the back is full of lively and beautiful autumn flowers. Anyhow, the back is adorable and so picturesque but the front of our townhouse looks like no one is home (aside from the daily newspaper a mini-rose pot by the door and a windchime).



There is a rock garden that is about 5 ft by 3 foot with nothing but rocks. We also have a private sidewalk to our door. In front of the rock garden in a small patch of grass. It is maintained by the property owners, not by us. But anyhow, I plan to put a glass top patio table with four chairs and umbrella on the grass area. But I need to know what to do with the rock garden? We are in a mountain climate so it snows and freezes a lot. I don't want to put out plants or flowers, but instead maybe some fountain/little pond or seating. My neighbor has all kinds of cool things in her area with lights and fenced borders etc, mine looks plain

How to add some curb appeal to my lovely townhome?
Since you are only renting - I wouldn't plant anything permanent. When I lived in my old townhouse, I used really cool flower pots to put plants in, and took them with me when I left. I also used plant stands to add hieght to certain ones and I got a few small concrete yard ornaments. I had a mushroom statue, and some toad abodes. Looked cool.
Reply:I would highly suggest doing a garage floor super fleck kit from your garage down to the edge of your property if it is paved. They are very fancy, and with Top Secret Coatings Super Fleck the solvents in this coatings actually become part of the concrete and side walk so it never chips, wears, or peels unlike most concrete paint. You could do a green base color with tan and black chips or a grey with black and tan chips. Either way it is a great way to spruce up your driveway and make it look better than home around you. Anyway, their are about 200 color combinations you may choose, and they look artistic and very beautiful. Good luck.
Reply:Try container gardening. You can then move the plants when weather starts threatening. Or you might want to try a wine bottle tree. It is colorful and artistic...a good web site to see what I am talking about can be found at bottletree.com.
Reply:I'm a big fan of garden art. I have fountains, statues and birdbaths all over my yard. You can find them and little downsized benches at the garden centers. I also have some large urns in which I plant seasonal flowers by the front door for a colorful welcome. I always have my front door decorated with a seasonal wreath or hanging of some sort. I also collect wrought iron and have window boxes under all of my windows planted with colorful blooming plants. You can find minature decorative wrought iron fencing to put around your little rock garden to define it. You can also find small scale gazing globes that are tasteful and elegant (mine is a little garden angel holding up the glass globe). I also have a wonderful black cement pillar with a copper sundial on the top as a centerpiece of my front rock garden. Any of these items will jazz up your rock garden...
Reply:You can add plants that indigenous to your climate or a small but very efficient waterfall would be pleasant. There is nothing more relaxing and inviting than the spirited sound of a waterfall.

Anyone else just look out side?

I just looked out and it is snowing:O( for crying out loud it is snowing as we speak in the middle of may !!!!! arrrgggghhh

there goes my flowers , some one cheer me up, Oh wait I think I heard the pawing of eight tiny reindeer LOL

Anyone else just look out side?
Where the heck do you live!? I live in Minnesota. It was 95 degrees here on Monday and Tuesday it was only 55 degrees. At least we didn't get snow... heh
Reply:"Grandma got run over by a reindeer..."
Reply:Wish you were here. I'm in South Carolina and it is beautiful, 78 degrees with a little breeze.
Reply:just walked outside...its 84 degrees here in NC with a gentle breeze and i'm wearing flip flops.
Reply:where are you at because it isnt snowing here... thank god! im tired of that flaky white stuff!!!
Reply:Where is it snowing? Definately not where i'm at though i kinda wish it was.
Reply:I heard there was a risk of snow in the Maritime provinces today.



On the other extreme, it's 25 degrees here in Calgary, but it's supposed to get cold again for the Victoria Day weekend.



But I can't look outside. My lab has no exterior windows.
Reply:we must get rid of the snow







favourite saying: time is ticking and goats are licking
Reply:im in california- it doesnt snow where i live! must be nice! but i got u on the middle of may! cause theres no sunshineover here- still need jackets!!! boooooooo!
Reply:WHAT THE HELL are you serious ? thats insane!! right now its raining=( geeze i hate snow %26amp; rain. I WANT SUN lol
Reply:The weather is fine here in St. Louis. it's nice and sunny.



sorry!

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