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After the exhibit was over, some of the pieces remained at the Conservatory. They're beautiful. They're so delicate that they look as if they wouldn't be at home in a garden, but they are.
If you've never had a chance to see Mr. Chihuly's work, here's his website. That's the link to the Garfield Park Conservatory exhibition, but if you click on Exhibitions in the sidebar, you can see more.
I love this stuff! Maybe I should fill my garden with glass. I wouldn't have to worry about insects or rabbits eating my tulips or anything. Except wind. Hmm. Wind would be a problem in Chicago. I'll have to think about that.
In the meantime, with spring here and planting season coming, are you planning a garden? What will be in it? (I'll have impatiens. Too much shade for much of anything else).
I'm impressed!! Just wonderful.
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Every time we wash our outside windows, dozens (and I mean dozens) of birds fly right into them, sometimes killing themselves but often just stunning themselves. Don't think I'd want anything all glass. Good luck with that!
ReplyDeleteAs for gardens, we only have perennials in our flower gardens. We no longer try to grow vegetable gardens, as the squirrels, rabbits, skunks, etc. eat them before they're ripe. The only things we can grow are underground, like potatoes, so we don't bother anymore. Good luck with that too!
We have tomatoes, peppers, & radishes in... no flowers. Tried sunflowers, but our resident chipmunks ate them as they were growing!
ReplyDeleteThank you to everyone for visiting and for being patient with my late comments (I was out of town this weekend with very limited access to the Internet).
ReplyDeleteI have to say that I'm not much of a gardener. I want to be one, but I'm not all that successful. Elaine and Colleen, I hear you on creatures eating your plants! The the first year we moved here, the people before us had a big garden, so I spent the spring starting vegetables indoors. Then I finally set them out. When I came out the next day, every potato was gone, the tops eaten right off. With the exception of an occasional "tomato experiment", trying to find a spot sunny enough, I gave up vegetable gardening after that.
And for the past few years, I can't even get marigolds to grow, not even bedding plants. I plant them, and over the course of the next week, I come out to find them chewed down to the ground. After some research, I think the culprit is earwigs. (You knew they had to be bad for something. Have you ever seen a harmless insect that looked so evil)? I have stuff that's supposed to take care of the earwigs without harming the marigolds, but I hate using it. Anything with that many warnings on the package makes me nervous. So...no marigolds for me.
We used to have earwigs until we put empty (but not washed out) tuna cans out in the garden with a bit of water mixed in. The earwigs got into the water and never came out. It was gross, though.
ReplyDeleteElaine, thanks for the tip! Gross or not, I might actually try it. Did you have a lot of cats showing up at your place? (Because I could see that happening around here).
ReplyDeleteWe have a half dozen or so neighbourhood cats, and I didn't notice any difference in the frequency of their visits.
ReplyDeleteElaine, good to know. We have a couple of neighborhood cats (nice cats, but I don't want them to think of this as "the cat restaurant"). I might be more likely to attract a raccoon. Sometimes they wander in from the forest preserve. Regardless, I think we're going to try this. I want my marigolds back!
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