First of the season!

Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:27 pm

The new HPS catalog came yesterday. That means, ALL the Jung Seed catalogs will be along very, very soon.

Small catalog, large selection, beautiful printing and you can see what's new, online:

What's new from Thompson & Morgan

Steve

Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:00 pm

I go for penguins ...

I am trying verrrry hard to avoid seed catalogs as I have more than enough ...

Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:34 pm

Marlingardener, you're kidding us right? Lyle, a ugly as he is, had sufficient talent to catch Julia Robert's eye and even married her.

Put on your headphones and give this one a listen. If it doesn't win you over I'll have to worry about you.

Church

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-42NzUuU ... re=related

and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4evzpIVn ... re=related

Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:51 pm

Ah ha! I get it now, about If I Had a Boat. Interesting lyrics.
I must say he does clean up well, but I still just don't get the voice. I guess you need to start worrying, Charlie.

Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:00 pm

rainbowgardener wrote:Pinetree gets its catalog out early! My seed catalogs don't usually come until around Christmas or even early Jan. I always figured it was to avoid being lost in the flood of Christmas shopping catalogs pouring in. I used to shop out of the catalogs, so I get a million of them. Now that I make most of my gifts, I should work harder at trying to stop the catalogs... such a waste of paper and beautiful printing.

No waste if you use them as gift wrapping paper. :wink:

Eric

Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:56 pm

interesting idea... I do of course recycle everything, but that's still a lot more wasteful than just not printing them.

I will have to think more about the gift wrap idea, see if there's a way I could do that, that would meet my rather exacting standards about gift wrapping...

Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:05 pm

Marlingardener wrote:Ah ha! I get it now, about If I Had a Boat. Interesting lyrics.
I must say he does clean up well, but I still just don't get the voice. I guess you need to start worrying, Charlie.

It's not the voice. He's Shakespeare with a touch of Robin Williams and a little Bob Dylan thrown in for good measure.

Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:33 pm

rainbowgardener wrote:interesting idea... I do of course recycle everything, but that's still a lot more wasteful than just not printing them.

I will have to think more about the gift wrap idea, see if there's a way I could do that, that would meet my rather exacting standards about gift wrapping...

You may just have gotten me started on a whole new hobby (as if I needed one!)

I don't think I would like the look of packages just wrapped in pages from catalogs, but I realized if you get into making homemade paper, you could recycle the catalog pages into new homemade paper! Too cool!

So now I'm trying to figure out how to make a mold and deckle big enough to make a gift wrapping sized sheet! Can I do this in time for this Christmas?!

Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:47 pm

window screen.

When I experimented with making paper with my kids, we used window screens and embroidery hoops.

I think actual window frame/screens are not secured well enough to support the wet pulp.

Easiest way I can think of would be to use an artists canvase frame kit ... Or make a double frame similar to embroidery hoops in the size you want.

I can see you embedding herbs and flower petals. Lavender! Sounds like a wonderful project

Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:08 am

Charlie,
I thought you might enjoy listening to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJt4Bg6705s
:roll:

Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:04 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ ... re=related

Eric

Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:20 am

Some seeds catalogs (bakers Creek for example) make good seed holders as well.

As for me I would have rather stayed home and looked through the catalog that got to the show.

But I would have been happy to have the company.

Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:44 pm

I've seen greeting card paper you can plant and it turns into flowers - why not pulp up the paper, embed it with seeds, and use it as gift tags that are plantable? (That's how I used the plantable paper, cut into gift tags)

Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:07 am

My crush on Julia Roberts was revamped when she divorced Lyle Lovett. I mean if THAT guy had a shot, surely I was a shoe in!! :lol:

Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:16 am

Marlingardener wrote:Charlie,
I thought you might enjoy listening to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJt4Bg6705s

THAT WAS GRRRREEAT!!! YEAH BABY YOU GOT IT!!

Try this, this made me and my wife mist up for real.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9onItja ... re=related

I sound kind of like that.