tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19868613.post114103382304473495..comments2024-03-01T09:25:33.189+00:00Comments on clairesgarden: walk at Kilmartinclairesgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17717145894222550969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19868613.post-1141295476294588082006-03-02T10:31:00.000+00:002006-03-02T10:31:00.000+00:00Hi again, Claire! Not sure if that was a true com...Hi again, Claire! Not sure if that was a true comment by me. (The memory's not too clear and the monkey tree is long gone -- I mostly remember the itchy, scratchy branches!)Wildside Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04535725905005313606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19868613.post-1141200461440321192006-03-01T08:07:00.000+00:002006-03-01T08:07:00.000+00:00lucky Rita, I think she should do very well living...lucky Rita, I think she should do very well living with the chickens!<BR/>interesting to know the monkey puzzle will self seed, there must be something local that polinates it,clairesgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717145894222550969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19868613.post-1141152701077150002006-02-28T18:51:00.000+00:002006-02-28T18:51:00.000+00:00some of the field operators for the oil company i ...some of the field operators for the oil company i work for adopted a wandering pea hen discovered on one of the oil leases last summer. no, they're clearly not native. she must have been an escapee. when no one saw her for several days in the fall, all becamed VERY concerned, and the fellows put out an All Points Bulletin for her (Rita is what they called her) and they searched till she was found. with winter coming, and the certainty that she wouldn't survive the winter without help, one of them took her home to his farm, where she is now happily cohabitating with the chickens.grannyfiddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09012742192926851666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19868613.post-1141096961022737212006-02-28T03:22:00.000+00:002006-02-28T03:22:00.000+00:00gorgeous photos!gorgeous photos!HomemakerAnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15719659893732531658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19868613.post-1141058075782940802006-02-27T16:34:00.000+00:002006-02-27T16:34:00.000+00:00Oh goodness, Claire! No roof on your house?! Bun...Oh goodness, Claire! No roof on your house?! Bundle up! Stay as warm as you can.<BR/><BR/>We had a monkey puzzle tree growing next to a redwood in our frontyard growing up. An exotic for us and it did very well indeed and set up lots of little trees underneath it's canopy. I still remember being very scratchy to climb under; I was always into exploring odd places that were difficult to get into... I kind of didn't like it for that reason.Wildside Musinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04535725905005313606noreply@blogger.com