i am soooo loving this thread. :D i am a plant fanatic. i have an atrium with a pond and waterfall in my house under the stairs.

That sounds really nice, Curious. :)

I always have Aloe Vera plant growing. I've never made juice out of it though it probably could go in the juicer with other fruit just fine. Just something I never thought about doing. I use it for burns and sunburn. Just cut off a large chunk and peel away the outside layer and it's so soothing and cooling. Certainly helps burns heal faster from my experience.

p.s. Wiix, the Coleus are really easy to propagate. Next time you do get one, you just break off a piece and stick it in some potting mix or in the right spot in the garden and it'll grow easily. Easiest way to get roots started though is to just stick it in a little jar of water and before you know it, there will be roots showing and you can replant it.

Can you take a picture of that and post it C??? :D

That may be a fun thing for me to look for. I used to have many gardens, veggie and flowers, inground pool, pool with waterfall, pond with swans, the whole ShaBang. But that was many years ago. I miss all that. I miss my ducks and geese roaming the property and even my Stoopid turkeys that perched on the railing of the deck/gazebo and left piles of poop for me to hose off every morning. :( AHHH, those were the days. :) Like tiptoeing through the tulips. :winky: :D

Yes, I've done that many times L.

the Aloe juice is supposed to make your body more alkaline. People get sick less often and diseases can't survive when you are Alkaline. Most people's bodies are too acid and that is a breeding ground for disease.

this one is about 2 yrs old. i will take a new one. doesn't show very much..but it will give you some idea.


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WAY Cool C.

Here is one in a Japanese hotel:

That's cool! I am a landscape designer by trade having gotten a degree in horticulture. This is a very busy time of year for me and I am currently working on about 4 projects. Houseplants aren't really my thing - believe it or not, most of mine die due to lack of attention!

I know what they are and how to take care of them, but just don't have the time! Right now I have some very nice silk plants in my house! LOL! They dust well!

Here's one of my completed projects.

awesome job!

i need you cheryl! hop in that plane and come to texas. these pics of my backyard are from this spring. ugh. so much died from my back neighbor backwashing his pool into my yard.

banana trees are barely coming up in the middle of the circle bushes on each side of the waterfalls. :( the whole back part is raised panters. some of the cannas and hostas lived. it used to be lush. oh..i think one or two of the yukkus are ok.


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wii...lol....my atruim is not as big as that. hehe..but that is beautiful. :D

Very beautiful pool C. I miss mine but NOT the vacuuming. :o Truely, that SUCKED, I hated it. It tormented my neck and made my arms hurt.

Your neighbor backwashed into YOUR yard!!! :eek: Holy Crap!! Isn't that against some ordinance?

Well, I'm off to find some more beautiful pictures. :D :hug:

You are kidding right? Backwashed his pool into your yard? Ummm, that's against ordinances here. If anyone does that around here, they offender has to replace all the damaged/dead plant material as well as all the damaged property!

Also, if a neighbor's sprinkler system damages your yard, guess what? He pays to fix it! Your water stays in your yard!

;)