tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post4211895243326165242..comments2024-03-18T18:00:47.701-07:00Comments on danger garden: a very unfortunate order of events...danger gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-23966701954897522552013-04-03T12:59:20.008-07:002013-04-03T12:59:20.008-07:00Hi Paul...I know your blog...I think via Paradis E...Hi Paul...I know your blog...I think via Paradis Express...good stuff!<br /><br />This winter was very mild here, a couple of nights at 23 was the coolest temp. In January we had a few weeks of mid to high 20's at night, low to mid 30's during the day...but no real snow to speak of at all this year. Here the issue isn't the cold so much as the cold combined with rainfall. That's the real enemy of my cacti and succulents. I had to look up Nicotiana glauca as wasn't familiar with that one...I like it! I'm sending wishes for spring your way!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-89457640994979242282013-04-03T12:55:32.807-07:002013-04-03T12:55:32.807-07:00OUCH...made me wince.OUCH...made me wince.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-21716096145185541412013-04-03T12:55:07.401-07:002013-04-03T12:55:07.401-07:00Thank you Jenni...hazards abound don't they?Thank you Jenni...hazards abound don't they?danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-59694716973950826632013-04-03T11:26:06.975-07:002013-04-03T11:26:06.975-07:00Hello, I like your pictures and your comments very...Hello, I like your pictures and your comments very much. I am in the UK and have no idea what sort of winter temperatures you get there. What sort of cold are these cacti survivng? My only long term success with half hardys outdoors or at least in an unheated glasshouse is Nicotiana glauca which comes back each year after being cut to the ground by the cold. We have had a month of incessant north east wind bringing cold air from northern Europe with temopertures not exteremely cold only going down to -2C but only up to 5C during the day and with a bitter wind chill effect. I am longing for spring to make its mark and to have some sun and warmth. Winter has dragged on too long. Best wishes, Paul<br />http://isthisthewaytoamaryllis.blogspot.co.uk/Paul Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857958003177118660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-43143319076535886732013-04-02T09:20:38.546-07:002013-04-02T09:20:38.546-07:00I'm not the first to say it, Loree, but that&#...I'm not the first to say it, Loree, but that's taking Danger Gardening a little too seriously. I can empathize -- I had a Crocs flipflop mishap with a cedar mulch chip. It drove a stake right into my heart – well, the heart of my sole. Ouch, indeed.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527649631254016576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-13682380850249841512013-03-31T20:02:27.752-07:002013-03-31T20:02:27.752-07:00I think I was just too young to realize it would h...I think I was just too young to realize it would hurt, and my sister hadn't left me enough room on the front steps to sit beside her. It was all her fault.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-81571417128711264482013-03-31T12:06:13.149-07:002013-03-31T12:06:13.149-07:00Ah, the hazards of gardening! Glad you recovered a...Ah, the hazards of gardening! Glad you recovered and so nice to see your cacti doing so well! Cheers, JenniRainy Day Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139202327960366363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-28109172906378879382013-03-31T10:51:03.043-07:002013-03-31T10:51:03.043-07:00You've just solved the mystery regarding the f...You've just solved the mystery regarding the foul language that seems to come from the heavens.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-57312748066878127222013-03-31T10:49:49.032-07:002013-03-31T10:49:49.032-07:00Thanks Cassidy!Thanks Cassidy!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-39769572148186202462013-03-30T20:20:40.873-07:002013-03-30T20:20:40.873-07:00This all sounds like me. There are quite a few cyl...This all sounds like me. There are quite a few cylindropuntias in the garden here and I've had similar contact with every single one of them. I have a pair of pliers for this purpose, and some highly colorful language which I think really helps when you yank out the spines. I'm surprised you can't hear me from there when this happens ....Bob /the miserable gardenerhttp://paridevita.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-20472657497431728562013-03-30T10:46:56.409-07:002013-03-30T10:46:56.409-07:00Yikes! That really is a series of unfortunate even...Yikes! That really is a series of unfortunate events! Glad you made it through.Cassidyhttp://www.succulentsandsunshine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-21469281855618359532013-03-30T10:14:37.336-07:002013-03-30T10:14:37.336-07:00I do love willows...but not in my garden.I do love willows...but not in my garden.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-86517017131010346262013-03-30T10:14:02.510-07:002013-03-30T10:14:02.510-07:00No the actual culprit, I had to cut the one in my ...No the actual culprit, I had to cut the one in my foot apart for get a better grasp on a couple of the spikes.<br /><br />YIKES about that acacia thorn...and the pocketknife!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-48418418955047828582013-03-30T10:12:34.718-07:002013-03-30T10:12:34.718-07:00"nasty things about the spines from cactus an..."nasty things about the spines from cactus and what they can leave behind"...you're scaring me!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-41910268249715166022013-03-30T10:12:06.800-07:002013-03-30T10:12:06.800-07:00I hate the feeling of soil under my nails, so I do...I hate the feeling of soil under my nails, so I do happily wear gloves, although I don't like the resulting tan lines!<br /><br />Yay for happy O. macrocentra buds! The pads you send me are doing wonderful.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-9022897224294106772013-03-30T10:10:49.042-07:002013-03-30T10:10:49.042-07:00Broken toes hurt! Broken toes hurt! danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-54488008846784636172013-03-30T10:09:51.298-07:002013-03-30T10:09:51.298-07:00Ouch indeed...Ouch indeed...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-56414326076945647822013-03-30T10:09:34.994-07:002013-03-30T10:09:34.994-07:00Thanks guys...sorry to make you imagine the pain!Thanks guys...sorry to make you imagine the pain!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-50371604781930282002013-03-30T10:09:04.503-07:002013-03-30T10:09:04.503-07:00Glorious indeed! I love waking up to a blue sky.
...Glorious indeed! I love waking up to a blue sky.<br /><br />I've got an opuntia that has those orange spots too, only on one side though and it's (thankfully) the side I don't see very often, so I forget about them.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-83775692936900515362013-03-30T10:07:31.546-07:002013-03-30T10:07:31.546-07:00I was pretty generous with the neosporin, and afte...I was pretty generous with the neosporin, and after reading up on it wish I would have gotten that tetanus booster! Maybe next week...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-11434878857889848662013-03-30T10:06:04.001-07:002013-03-30T10:06:04.001-07:00It just wouldn't be summer without flip-flops,...It just wouldn't be summer without flip-flops, I'm sorry Ricki!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-41051211762706545482013-03-29T22:33:57.965-07:002013-03-29T22:33:57.965-07:00That is a rough day...while wearing the right stee...That is a rough day...while wearing the right steel-toed work boots this evening, I got many fingers and hands full of glochids. But before you change your garden to lavenders and willows, those cacti all making it is quite a testimony to toughness.David C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16897398037657414471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-89066829935589978022013-03-29T22:30:48.633-07:002013-03-29T22:30:48.633-07:00Did you wash the blood off the spines? Or is that ...Did you wash the blood off the spines? Or is that one in the photo not the actual culprit? Either way, whew! How painful!<br /><br />Your story reminds me of this one. While in Tanzania, visiting a local school, one of our party stepped on an acacia thorn. It went through the rubber sole of his shoe and lodged itself deeply in his heel, effectively nailing his shoe to his foot. The thorn could not be pulled out. Finally our local guides used a pocketknife to cut out the sole of his shoe around the thorn. Then they grabbed onto the thorn with a pair of old pliers and pullllllled. The thorn came out, and the poor guy hobbled around the rest of the trip. All I could think of were the schoolkids, not a one of whom was wearing shoes. Not that shoes mattered, in the end.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-10735067363323083432013-03-29T20:23:00.466-07:002013-03-29T20:23:00.466-07:00I know that pain. At least they were big enough to...I know that pain. At least they were big enough to see and remove. I was reading some very nasty things about the spines from cactus and what they can leave behind. Even so it keeps happening to me because, like you, I often garden in flip flops without gloves. Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-38582485419215260752013-03-29T19:23:58.364-07:002013-03-29T19:23:58.364-07:00Ouch! I have to admit to also gardening in flip fl...Ouch! I have to admit to also gardening in flip flops, and I also hate gloves... But I've never stepped on one of my cacti! Good to hear all yours are doing well... My O. macrocentra is making buds galore - hopefully the rest will follow soon!Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441140267067281722noreply@blogger.com