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  1. Thank you for a cogent and logical explanation of your “conversion,” so to speak. I remain a liberal because … truly, for me, hope springs eternal.

    I read and listen to what the neocons have to say and surely am concerned about the Muslim extremists — I lived almost a decade in Saudi Arabia, and knew some, I believe — but I also see and fully understand seriously mean-spirited remarks by the current neocons in control of our country and am even beginning to doubt the full “meaning” of 9/11.

    Thank you for a GREAT blog!

    Joe

  2. Well it seems if I want those irises to really flower, I’m going to have to do some work. Thanks for the tips–I figured somebody here would know a solution.

  3. Gardening IS a life! My only frustration is that after five years in my house and three years of a lovely garden, I have yet to win my neighborhood’s Yard of the Month award.

    I’m convinced it’s fixed.

  4. I’ll soon be back working with people who’ve cultivated and propagated crops for generations and now can’t sell their crops at market prices because of US & European agricultural subsidies.

    They will soon be forced to sow terminator gene containing seeds courtesy of Monsanto and will be paying this lovely US companyfor generations more.

    It’s a funny old world ain’t it?

  5. A second to EOD Dan’s explosive advice. With perennials, especially iris, the Maidenform Strategy is always a good idea at the end of growing season.

    Maidenform= Lift and seperate

  6. My Grandfather cultivated irises with a passion and I believe he even developed his own breed at one point. Having taken up the family passion for irises, I can tell you exactly what to do to get them all to flower next year. When the fall comes, you have to dig them up and spread them out. Give some away if necessary. Irises spread from the roots and the new plants will eventually choke themselves to the point where they don’t have the resources to flower. They will do so occasionally anyway, but you get a much better display if you thin them out every couple years.

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