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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: Winter-to-spring transition #124778 03/09/04 05:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: Thanks for posting that. I am sufficiently moved by it that I forbear to ask any of the questions it prompts. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Winter-to-spring transition #124779 03/09/04 08:03 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX gift horse OP member OP gift horse member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX Great link to Song of Soloman, Faldage. I sang the Song of Soloman with a madrigal for my music teacher's wedding years ago. It really was lovely music and the words were rather suggestive. Good stuff. My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Many waters cannot quench love... Ahhh... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: On this day... #124780 03/10/04 08:27 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX gift horse OP member OP gift horse member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX You can teach him a lot more on a lot less than 800 acres, gift horse. True. As a matter of fact, we planted several dozen milkweed plants this year and had all sorts of Monarch butterfly activity in our garden. We collected a Monarch chrysalis recently, put it in a butterfly cage, and are waiting for it to emerge. My son loves to release the butterflies back into the garden. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter "Journey North" #124781 03/11/04 11:44 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country My son loves to release the butterflies back into the garden. Sounds like your son might enjoy these websites, Gift Horse: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ http://www.smm.org/sln/monarchs/tf/otherlinks.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: On this day... #124782 03/12/04 12:54 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 G.H., is milk-weed that plant that has a long stalk and these almond shaped buds at the top, about four inches long, that if you open-up have a whole pile of soft downy fluff inside? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: On this day... #124783 03/12/04 01:23 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX gift horse OP member OP gift horse member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX G.H., is milk-weed that plant that has a long stalk and these almond shaped buds at the top, about four inches long, that if you open-up have a whole pile of soft downy fluff inside? I think I've read that there are 200 kinds of milkweed species worldwide. I've planted Asclepias Tuberosa. http://www.prairiefrontier.com/pages/natvpics/nativec2.html It has orange flowers and the seed pods have down inside, yes. When they open the seeds fly away on their own individual down. http://www.wildflowersbyluann.com/newsite/learning/seeds/full/milkweed.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Journey North" #124784 03/12/04 01:26 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX gift horse OP member OP gift horse member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX Sounds like your son might enjoy these websites, Gift Horse: Thanks! Those are cool sites, grapho. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Journey North" #124785 03/12/04 01:46 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Hmmm, definitely not the plant I was thinking of. The one I'm thinking of has the pods hanging on like corn cobs on their stalk. I'll go look in my plant books, see if I can spot it. For some reason I think it was also called a milkweed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Milkweed #124786 03/12/04 02:44 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean http://images.google.com/images?q=milkweed&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Journey North" #124787 03/12/04 01:25 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX gift horse OP member OP gift horse member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX The one I'm thinking of has the pods hanging on like corn cobs on their stalk. My plant gets hard, canoe-shaped pods that are filled with down & seeds. I think most milkweed have pods like that actually. Edit: I just found a photo that might help. 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