Posted by (shirlgirl) on August 30, 2010

Wow, I really enjoyed watching this segment. I wish they would do one each season to get all of the different looks and plants of the garden at different times of the year. This is a great addition to he morning news show and I hope that they continue it. Pumpkin we are all enjoying your love of gardening.

Posted by (Chip) on August 30, 2010

Never get tired of watching that Pumpkin! ..“Chip”

Posted by (Janna) on August 31, 2010

Thanks for posting the link to the video! I was happy to be able to see it again since I just caught the end when it originally aired. Pumpkin, your garden is absolutely beautiful. If you were nervous during the interview, it certainly didn’t show! You looked and sounded great.

I’m really happy to see that they’re adding a gardening segment to the news. Oh yeah - “The Dirt” plug was good, too!

Posted by (Pumpkin) on August 31, 2010

You guys are sweet. Thank you for watching.

Does anyone else want a Voodoo Tree? Pumpkin

Posted by (Pumpkin) on August 31, 2010

This is a link to a plant I saw at Meems garden last week and have been dying to have.Bloom garden just called me and they was got them in, price is $10.00.The leaves look just like a striped butterfly. http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=Christia_obcordata Pumpkin

Posted by (Ingrid) on August 31, 2010

Ms Pumpkin, thank you so much for showing your cottage garden! It is very lovely and original and I can tell you are a passionate gardener.
This TV segment makes me think of the motto of Top Tropical Nursery: MAKING THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE, ONE PLANT AT A TIME.
Inger Samuelsson

Posted by (patsy) on September 01, 2010

i pass this home many times and am always impressed with the display of beauty with the flowers , plants and points of interest. even the curbside is planted with flowers and add much to the street. I am glad it was chosen to be on tv channel 8
pat snyder

Posted by (gracious) on September 01, 2010

OOPS!!... my first time on the blog - here are my comments:
Thank you Pumpkin for sharing your beautiful cottage garden and inspiring us with new ideas to add in our own gardens.  Thank you Chanel 8 for airing this for us to enjoy and Thank you so much Penny for putting it on The Dirt - I missed the TV viewing.

Posted by (Pumpkin) on September 01, 2010

Inger, I like being called Ms. Pumpkin, thats just cute.

Pasty and Grace, Welcome to The Dirt!We like to hear from new folks. Ms. Pumpkin

Posted by (Ingrid) on September 02, 2010

Janna, you asked me a question weeks ago, I didn’t ignore it, I’m just slow sometimes….
Plants I have potted, well, for starters I have vines. Flowering vines are my specialty. My goal is to have at least one of each.
My favourite? Yellow Mandevilla. So beautiful and easy to grow, native and cold hardy.
On my new green plant stand I have a Crimson Mandevilla, it looks amazing with the darker green glossy leaves and lots of brigt red flowers.
Inger Samuelsson

Posted by (Ingrid) on September 02, 2010

I changed my screen name to Ingrid.
So many people seemed to think it was short for Inger and I started to like it….
Inger Samuelsson

Posted by (Chip) on September 03, 2010

Penny can you post a link here to your Sunday article? I didn’t get the paper Sunday and I missed it! I threw my back out working my compost beds Saturday and spent most of Sunday on my heating pad. I am OK now and back up to full speed but going a bit slower than normal I don’t want to do that again! Reworking the beds is a lot of work! but so worth it….“Chip”

Posted by (Pumpkin) on September 03, 2010

Chip, I am glad your feeling better. It’s a 3 day weekend and I’ll probably push myself to the point of being sick working in the garden.

If anyone does anything cool in the garden this weekend send in pictures! Pumpkin