IA IA - Elizabeth Collins, 8, & Lyric Cook, 10, Evansdale, 13 July 2012 - #30

[Bootsctr]

In a white delivery van, perhaps??

:fence: :floorlaugh: :hills:

 

[cindersoot]

:fence: :floorlaugh: :hills:

That run for the hills character cracks me up!

 

[cindersoot]

My mom asked me today how the heck I got my husband to take me back to seven bridges. I told her, " The power of the V".

 

[foxbluff]

me too!!

ahh... hmm... & just jumping off Boots' post here: In my humble opinion, except for people who live in IA, it might not be the best idea to remember "off the top of your head" exactly where you were and what you were doing on July 13th.

As an outsider, if LE shows up on my doorstep, I'm planning to go with a puzzled look and "off the top of my head I don't know... I would have to check my calendar... but why do you ask?" :blushing:

 

[Bootsctr]

ahh... hmm... & just jumping off Boots' post here: In my humble opinion, except for people who live in IA, it might not be the best idea to remember "off the top of your head" exactly where you were and what you were doing on July 13th.

As an outsider, if LE shows up on my doorstep, I'm planning to go with a puzzled look and "off the top of my head I don't know... I would have to check my calendar... but why do you ask?" :blushing:

Good idea! Come to think of it, my memory is a little fuzzy about where I was on July 13th.... :what:

 

[foxbluff]

Good idea! Come to think of it, my memory is a little fuzzy about where I was on July 13th.... :what:

Now ya talking!!! :floorlaugh:

 

[pearl]

I found the youtube video somewhat odd! So, if they areexpecting all these beautiful cannas and hibiscus to be blooming I guess people are out there right now on the island planting already. Hmmmm.... seems like skeet said the area was expecting boat loads of rain and 7-Bridges looked flooded. Wonder how the island is holding up???

This is trivial, but I don't understand planting hibiscus in Iowa. Hibiscus is a tropical plant. I grew up in south FL where the flowers bloom year round. I now live in southeast GA. I put hibiscus in pots in my yard during the summer and overwinter them in a portable greenhouse. We don't really get cold weather like Iowa does. The hibiscus will not overwinter and come back the next year even in our area if left outside during winter.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but won't these flowers have to be replaced each year or changed to other flowers. An ongoing expense if so.

 

[otto]

This is trivial, but I don't understand planting hibiscus in Iowa. Hibiscus is a tropical plant. I grew up in south FL where the flowers bloom year round. I now live in southeast GA. I put hibiscus in pots in my yard during the summer and overwinter them in a portable greenhouse. We don't really get cold weather like Iowa does. The hibiscus will not overwinter and come back the next year even in our area if left outside during winter.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but won't these flowers have to be replaced each year or changed to other flowers. An ongoing expense if so.

I haven't read anything about tropical plants being planted on the Island. I think the "hibiscus" was a hypthetical.

 

[Marilynilpa]

This is trivial, but I don't understand planting hibiscus in Iowa. Hibiscus is a tropical plant. I grew up in south FL where the flowers bloom year round. I now live in southeast GA. I put hibiscus in pots in my yard during the summer and overwinter them in a portable greenhouse. We don't really get cold weather like Iowa does. The hibiscus will not overwinter and come back the next year even in our area if left outside during winter.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but won't these flowers have to be replaced each year or changed to other flowers. An ongoing expense if so.

I wondered about that too, so I did a little searching and found out that it is possible to find hibiscus that can withstand the Iowa winters:

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/2008/9-10/hibiscus.html

 

[otto]

otto, is lowering the elevation of the Island a good idea? From the photos cinder took, to me, it looked like Meyers Lake was back to its pre-drained level and the river was ferociously high! How likely is that this island is going to look like their rendition on FB? Surely, they won't just abandon the idea of the island memorial???

I have no idea what's going to happen with the project. I highly doubt that the project will be abandoned, but as with any project, it will likely be refined.

 

[BunnyHop]

What do you all think of the hole at the bottom of the fence I photographed?

IIRC, early on Ollipop mentioned it. So yeah, people can crawl under.
I remember as a kid, (100 years ago :floorlaugh: ) friends and I would ride our bikes all over the place. One time, gates were locked. We had to drag them up a big hill and climb under the fence, bikes went under the fence too. Similar to your pic. Then through the woods to get back out to the street.

:what:

Back then we were fearless adventurers. We gave no thought to danger.
The "stranger danger" I was taught was never talk to strangers, and never take candy from strangers.
Be home by 5PM, and don't be late. We never carried a purse on our bikes, lucky to have quarter in your pocket.
We went everywhere, never afraid. It was a different world.
I probably did some really dumb things back then, we were lucky.

 

[cindersoot]

I just never knew about the fence being like that, I always heard about the fence on the highway side being bent up from an old traffic accident, but not this.

 

[BunnyHop]

O/T Do any locals know anyone that works at Tyson Food?

Why do you ask? :fence:

 

[BunnyHop]

My mom asked me today how the heck I got my husband to take me back to seven bridges. I told her, " The power of the V".

Glad you didn't go alone. :takeabow:

 

[BunnyHop]

This is trivial, but I don't understand planting hibiscus in Iowa. Hibiscus is a tropical plant. I grew up in south FL where the flowers bloom year round. I now live in southeast GA. I put hibiscus in pots in my yard during the summer and overwinter them in a portable greenhouse. We don't really get cold weather like Iowa does. The hibiscus will not overwinter and come back the next year even in our area if left outside during winter.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but won't these flowers have to be replaced each year or changed to other flowers. An ongoing expense if so.

Thanks Pearl, florist/gardener here in NY. For us, hibiscus is an annual, not a perennial. Used for decorative purposes only. Went to my local greenhouse this week, they are showing topiary hibiscus for patio/deck accents.

BTW, for those interested.........
downy mildew is a huge problem this year. NO IMPATIENS, also attacks basil, salvias, my pansies went byebye. Be very careful this year.

I'm a retailer, so are taking precautions, but this will definitely effect our business.

If you're in the NE, mid-atlantic and points south be aware.
I got an alert from a local grower, they will not be selling impatiens this year. They supplied this link from Cornell.

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/NewsArticles/BasilDowny.html

 

[gogrannypop]

There are cold hardy Hibiscus. I live in The Upstate NY and there are plenty around here.

 

[BunnyHop]

This is trivial, but I don't understand planting hibiscus in Iowa. Hibiscus is a tropical plant. I grew up in south FL where the flowers bloom year round. I now live in southeast GA. I put hibiscus in pots in my yard during the summer and overwinter them in a portable greenhouse. We don't really get cold weather like Iowa does. The hibiscus will not overwinter and come back the next year even in our area if left outside during winter.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but won't these flowers have to be replaced each year or changed to other flowers. An ongoing expense if so.

I want to address this again. IMHO this project was not planned by any real landscapers. Real landscapers have architectural degrees. They are licensed, they have credentials. They do real plans, look at native materials etc. They would never, ever post that silly picture.

I have also worked in interior design and read blueprints. There have been no blueprints provided by anyone as far as I can see. Otto did a far more superior rendering........... :seeya:

And, that was still not a true architectural blueprint.

No engineers, no planning board, nada, zippo, zeeda.

Recently, I had to go before my town Architectural Review Board to present my sign. A sign. Get it?

They approved me, because it was tasteful and within guidelines (The code is strict), I did go with a big sense of humor. :blushing:

 

[BunnyHop]

There are cold hardy Hibiscus. I live in The Upstate NY and there are plenty around here.

Do you bring them in over winter?
Can you please show me the variety, always love to learn new things.

 

[BunnyHop]

There are cold hardy Hibiscus. I live in The Upstate NY and there are plenty around here.

It just hit me. Are you referring to Rose of Sharon?

Rose of Sharon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

True hibiscus are tropical.

 

[B4igo2it]

As brought up a few posts back, today I was thinking back to the disappearance of 7 yr old Somer Thompson in Florida ...
We lived the pain and agony of what it would be like to have a missing child through Somer's loving mother, Deina. She made it her mission to do everything possible to find her daughter, and then the killer. It hit so close to home, this was real and when Deina cried, so did we - we didn't even know them personally.
Again, we are faced with another missing child case except this time there are two victims. We are baffled by the lack of emergence in finding the killer (s) due to actions of the families & LE.
In Somer's case, we all knew from Day 1 that those responsible would be caught and held responsible because Deina & the Sheriff told us so - “There is a child killer on the loose, and that’s why we’re going to catch this person and bring him to justice,” Sheriff Rick Beseler of Clay County said early Thursday at a news conference outside Jacksonville, Fla. “This is a heinous crime that’s been committed. I fear for our community until we bring this person in.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/us/23girl.html?_r=0