tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post1232380456537276321..comments2023-07-17T04:07:46.354-07:00Comments on Gardener in the Distance...gardening and belonging in Ballarat.: CACTUSURPERGardener in the Distancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-64041315422782071642011-09-29T13:36:52.155-07:002011-09-29T13:36:52.155-07:00Thankyou, JJ, it's rewarding working with natu...Thankyou, JJ, it's rewarding working with nature.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-19238496508970000132011-09-29T06:34:40.153-07:002011-09-29T06:34:40.153-07:00They are beautiful...
love it!
JJRod'zThey are beautiful...<br /><br />love it!<br /><br />JJRod'zJJ Roa Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501127870785148555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-89456582380785444092011-09-27T05:27:44.485-07:002011-09-27T05:27:44.485-07:00Dear Catmint, it was only after I'd flustered ...Dear Catmint, it was only after I'd flustered about - in my dressing-gown - arranging this 'prickly' cactus tableau and artily taking my shots, that several of the specimens weren't cacti at all...I give up! However well I try to put things together, a little bit of awkward reality gets in the way. Let it, if that's what has to happen...it makes life more interesting to be imperfect.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-55787714629111826272011-09-27T00:56:56.277-07:002011-09-27T00:56:56.277-07:00Dear Faisal, I must say I prefer succulents that I...Dear Faisal, I must say I prefer succulents that I suppose are cacti but without the nasty spiky threatening things... and I also appreciate the anarchism underlying 'not all strictness is sensible' - I don't know why but i find it very funny. (have you ever been told that you have a 'way' with PSs and PPSs?) cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-25342977357715887812011-09-26T04:44:35.110-07:002011-09-26T04:44:35.110-07:00James, I've never had lithops, but Dave Marsde...James, I've never had lithops, but Dave Marsden ( the anxious gardener ) has recently written an entertaining post on them. <br /><br />Demie, maybe they are 'hard to love'. <br /><br />William, they're certainly of a different order to traditional gardens. <br /><br />Hello to you, Beatriz. i'm glad you like them. <br /><br />Diana, I'm sure you have close contact with any number of weird and wonderful plants in your part of the world, many the rest of us know nothing about... <br /><br />Thankyou, Michael. We've been in a position here where we've simply had to look for alternatives.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-51556472929663244222011-09-25T16:36:36.786-07:002011-09-25T16:36:36.786-07:00That is a beautiful display, Faisal. I like all th...That is a beautiful display, Faisal. I like all the succulents because they can tolerate some neglect both on the terrace and in the house.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14771120380247636617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-63861291932712654502011-09-25T04:45:26.925-07:002011-09-25T04:45:26.925-07:00Cactus - I think of prickles, thorns, vicious, inv...Cactus - I think of prickles, thorns, vicious, invasive aliens like the prickly pear. My agaves were escorted off the premises after they stabbed me!<br /><br />Take a deep breath. Most of yours, appear to be our succulents. I'll ignore that barrel cactus.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-61230207314240825192011-09-25T02:42:38.096-07:002011-09-25T02:42:38.096-07:00They are beautiful.
Greatings,They are beautiful.<br />Greatings,Beatrizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00114832310511340933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-10740887939962473452011-09-24T17:58:31.916-07:002011-09-24T17:58:31.916-07:00I think its fab that this group of plants is at lo...I think its fab that this group of plants is at long last having their day in the sun!William Martins 'Wigandia'https://www.blogger.com/profile/07936719799700847694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-63961213382299642992011-09-24T09:26:29.911-07:002011-09-24T09:26:29.911-07:00and i who did not like cactus, i suddenly began to...and i who did not like cactus, i suddenly began to appreciate them...erleichdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471341634223594648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-16357023786918721702011-09-24T08:45:36.454-07:002011-09-24T08:45:36.454-07:00I have a bonsai pot with six lithops in gravel. I ...I have a bonsai pot with six lithops in gravel. I love them. Certainly not cacti, but a similar strategy for survival.James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-6186687913563648832011-09-24T07:00:06.408-07:002011-09-24T07:00:06.408-07:00Hello Jane and Lance:
I fully comprehend where yo...Hello Jane and Lance: <br />I fully comprehend where you're coming from...those unlovely plants you were supposed to love, as if by some process of transubstantiation, the love would somehow flower out of all impossibility, which it only would if you were good...I would have thought, of course, that you were not especially interested in strictness, much as it seems, you have a degree of self-discipline admirable to me, and evident in all your posts...Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079722435186265697.post-44914065221968340632011-09-24T05:57:48.103-07:002011-09-24T05:57:48.103-07:00Hello Faisal:
"Not all strictness is sensible...Hello Faisal:<br />"Not all strictness is sensible". How we love that, and, dear Faisal, how we loathe the cacti, reminders of nasty little things one was allowed to have as one's own indoor plant when a child. Forgive us, please!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com