Nasturtium

Yayy ! Well apparently I am supposed to let the leaves start to get shriveled before I water... so will try that this winter. They are putting on a lot of growth this year.

Oh good! that's a good sign. I think you have a great chance this year for rebloom!

Hmmm... these are from at least 2 winters ago... might have been in bloom during the spring or summer of '10 ?

OK, good, good! You are in the first good season for rebloom then! So don't think you did something wrong last year necessarily. Maybe.. but more likely no matter what you did they wouldn't have bloomed.

But was that a year ago? 2 years? I'm asking because a lot of growers force the bloom for a holiday time/store shipment.. so many plants take the next year off.

This is what I've been reading... saying to rest them for 3-6 weeks in cool temps around 40-50 degrees. I have a good spot for that but I was still watering too much. (Also I'm not really sure exactly what species I have... nobiles ? semi nobiles ?)

Ok, cool. If you've got the temps, you're good. You do just need to cut back the water. Then give it some trial and error. How long ago were they in bloom/when did they bloom last time?

Congrats!

Have any of you ladies tried praying mantids for their gardens/yards? They are advertising them at the local garden center as being great bug eaters. For only $12 we are leaning towards giving them a try.

I've never bought any on purpose, but I have had them naturally. They are good predators.

Not yet. Apparently (from what I have been reading) I need to let them rest during the winter with much less water than I have been giving them. I think I have the right location though which has cool nights in the winter while getting very bright light during the daytime. Just need to let them get much drier.

Temps are huge for getting them to rebloom.

I am still learning... but (thanks in no small part to your advice !) I have managed to keep some of my first ones alive a couple of years now So I have been slowly adding to my collection, and reading up.

I now have 2 dens and 8 phals - 3 of the phals are in bloom right now (pics later... gotta go to work in a min.) I even keep special orchid bark soil and sphagnum moss on hand for re-potting the cheapie deals I find (cuz they're often in crappy, too-tiny little "show" pots with no drainage.)

Exactly! Have you had any luck yet with getting the dens to rebloom?

Awesome! Orchids are great... so easy once you figure them out!

That's what i was wondering about. I figured you were looking for something to withstand freezing.

I think I am going to give it a try in pots... have been considering creating a wild n crazy succulent bed (eventually and if my potted ones do well) in a small but prominent corner of my yard that gets no shade at all....

Are you going to order them or buy locally?

oo I love cacti and succulents! I collected them for years. I've mostly narrowed to epiphytic cacti now though, but I've had them all.

Awesome, WOM! So nice looking The rug works great too in that space. What color will you stain the chairs?

Oh I know I totally overreacted during my wait. I can still totally understand why some do overreact, get defensive, have insecurities, etc. Even the ladies whose husbands are here but haven't been for that long and are still waiting for AOS. The same insecurity and overreacting can happen. It did help to interact with women whose husbands were here awhile but it helped me more to interact with women at the same part of the game as I was. Actually, when we joined there weren't a whole lot of women who had husbands here for a long while yet.

@ MENA's Biggest Loser.

That's true. It was only a few!

Bwhahahahahha who is MENA's Biggest Loser ?

Oh wow, so many... lol...

Awww sorry everyone about your neighbor problems!

Mithra-- yeah, I think the forum sort of died out The daily thread was really one of the ways we got to know each other. I remember how much the waiting sucked, but really the horrendous feelings are gone and I remember logically it sucked, but I also feel now that I was totally over-reacting lol. Of course we had a positive end, so that obviously colors how I felt about the situation. But I do remember liking to interact with women who had their husbands here. It made me far more hopeful than those who were waiting just like me. It was like watching Biggest Loser... you see someone else has done it and you feel like OK, this is possible!

Well it could hurt your hand or your arm if you're standing there waiting a long time with heavy documents.

True... or paper cuts could happen too.

like different ones you can try and stuff? that would be sweet!

(I'm generally not that slow)

We just talked about exercise in general. It's still there if you search it.

an exercise thread? what does that mean? me confused.

A thread where you talk about exercise.

Are you guys voting on getting this thread pinned? If so, that was done a few years ago... and is why it is always at the top of the forum

This thread is super slow. We used to have a daily one that would reach several pages... oh and an exercise thread! You guys need to have a party or something in here. Invite the chatty people... write a few poems?

The lady with a similar case where they asked him to just bring his passport, her post is on Page 5 of the Moroccan portal the profile name is Amarcho1. Your case is a little different in that you married in Ohio and have gone through a different approach to getting approved. I think it is good that they are asking him to only bring his passport but be prepared and take supporting documents.

Good luck,

Exactly.. it never hurts to bring the documents

I knew someone who traveled to Jordan last year while he was in ROC and just had a letter-- he did fine.

He should bring his passport and evidence. It's in one of the other threads right now.. I think the denied after the second interview, where that woman says her SO was also told to just bring the passport which did not turn out to be the best.

Agreed. Lawyer time. Hopefully you can figure out exactly how he may have misrepresented himself (or how they think he did).

Bwahahahaha!!!

Oooh I like the comic book character idea. Maybe a combo of bith - strict friend who likes rules and will whip you into shape if you step out of line.

Or maybe a character like Chantique -

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Chantique

She gas really platnum blonde hair and a tiny leather suit. I dunno if Zagray likes blonde hair?