tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post1484771470087100065..comments2023-04-28T04:10:44.539-07:00Comments on My Back 40 (Feet): "Wildflowers and Plants of Central Mexico"chuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-76864369324659978472008-02-20T18:36:00.000-08:002008-02-20T18:36:00.000-08:00Yes, I was there the wrong time of year. I was the...Yes, I was there the wrong time of year. I was there from January through July. Oh, to be poor enough to take that much time off again...<BR/><BR/>Here's the photo of the orange flowers in San Luis Potosi. Are they poppies?<BR/><BR/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/midbeaconhill/2280177411/sizes/o/JvAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300544674853649714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-44735053823167800742008-02-19T10:41:00.000-08:002008-02-19T10:41:00.000-08:00This sounds like an interesting talk. Next month's...This sounds like an interesting talk. Next month's will be great - I hope you attend and then write about it. <BR/><BR/>Somehow I don't think you'll ever turn into a Marigold gardener.katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979577122006222781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-26813597980153673222008-02-19T10:19:00.000-08:002008-02-19T10:19:00.000-08:00I forgot to mention I sat right behind Betsy Clebs...I forgot to mention I sat right behind Betsy Clebsch. Actually, I should say she sat in front of me. (I was there first.)chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-25408304563436184792008-02-19T10:18:00.000-08:002008-02-19T10:18:00.000-08:00Oh, there was someone there I thought might have b...Oh, there was someone there I thought might have been you.<BR/><BR/>JVA, were you there at the end of the rainy season? Maybe there weren't any flowers. You've traveled to so many places.<BR/><BR/>Frances, my dad taught old fashioned photography for over 30 years. And then he moved right in to digital. Still, a long investment in a vanishing craft.<BR/><BR/>Mary, oh a trip to Guerneville chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-44068668115146002392008-02-19T09:35:00.000-08:002008-02-19T09:35:00.000-08:00Crap, I wanted to go to that talk.Crap, I wanted to go to that talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-44604323084334708892008-02-19T08:13:00.000-08:002008-02-19T08:13:00.000-08:00Consider yourself lucky that you prefer plants tha...Consider yourself lucky that you prefer plants that can be grown in your own area to exotic ones.<BR/><BR/>Funny how the things you notice change over the years. Ten years ago, I visited all 11 of those Mexican states you mention, and I don't remember any of the flowers there. (OK, never mind, I do remember a field of poppies in San Luis Potosi. But that's it.)<BR/><BR/>But if I were to do the JvAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300544674853649714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-5021985668645735052008-02-19T03:04:00.000-08:002008-02-19T03:04:00.000-08:00Typical, just in tiny letters, for the visually ch...Typical, just in tiny letters, for the visually challenged to not notice until the second reading! You get to attend the most wonderful talks and presentations, thanks for sharing them. I think of friends with a huge investment in film cameras and equipment, not to mention knowledge about how to use them. They are just a tiny bit annoyed at the ease of the digital camera and the dufuses (Frances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-42549683924133349942008-02-19T01:35:00.000-08:002008-02-19T01:35:00.000-08:00Wow. Had not heard of this book. I've been trying ...Wow. Had not heard of this book. I've been trying to grow Calochortus (the "easy" ones) for eons, having very little luck, and living in N. Cal, that's pretty pathetic. Last year, I finally got one to re-bloom. Then, if you consider that the native people actually used the bulbs as a food source, it's even more pathetic. Chuck b, you're a wonderful garden writer, even if you've only been Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com