Ghostwater Garden

Comments Moderation: The Horns of the Dilemma...

Okay, here is what I am gonna do.  I am going to publish a bunch of questionable comments that have been holding for various lengths of time.

Then I am going to hold to this policy:
You have to have a name to comment on my page. 
Bob.  Jane.  Dick.  Ewa.  Jesuah.  Illia.  Ghengis.  Whatever.
But a name, like that thing your parents gave you when you were born.

In future, if your 'name' is Tadalafil Discount, Sildenafil Citrate, Gardening Seeds, or arizona bankruptcy lawyers - you will not find your comments making the page.

I don't care what your internet site contains. You can sell whatever you please on your pages.  I just want that when you visit me, you visit me as yourself. Not as your business.

And seriously? I'd give you the same reception at my doorstep. If you knock on my door and ask what I am growing in those pots, I'll let you in. If you knock on my door and hold up a flier for some product? I'm gonna shake my head no and send you on your way.

So in future, and arizona bankruptcy lawyers, I'm lookin' at you... come by with a name, I'll set out some iced tea and we can talk.

{edited 03.30.09 - Ok, for those of you still unclear on the concept - Thank you Kurt, for pointing this out to me; I would never have thought I'd need to spell this out - the CONTENT of the comment needs to apply to the post being commented on. Kurt, you get one free pass on this one, but jeezloueeze... really?}

Yep, still working on the Patio Pond post...

Sorry folks.  I've been wallowing a bit lately.  This last week seems to be a return to something akin to normal.   I'll give writing the second post in the series another go soon.

Part of my hesitation is that my set up is not very 'safe' as far as the legal beagles would consider.  I'm not using exterior rated stuff, and it's rigged to not get wet, but mine is very haphazard.

So I'm a little afraid of just blithely saying 'here do this' when I might hear back from you all later with flaming brands and pitchforks because the rigging managed to electrocute your dog... I think you can see this is a dilemma.

Desert Trees

Desert flowers tend to two directions. Magenta and yellow. Lots and lots of yellow. The desert LOVES yellow.

This is a palo verde blossom. Palo verde means 'green stick'. In the heat and drought of the summer, the palo loses its leaves. Its bark is very thin, and this allows it to pack some chlorophyll into its trunk and limbs and continue to photosynthesize, keeping a bit of energy going to the plant all year round. Green barked trees. In the desert. They're pretty cool, actually.

That little red 'beard'? Signals to the bees that this blossom has been pollinated. Something about the ultraviolet view of this flower will bring them in - before it is red (which the bees can't see) it is viewable in their sight, and acts as a landing pad. After pollination the plant 'turns off' the landing pad. The bees will then move on to visit flowers without the red.

The palo drops its leaves in summer while the other ubiquitous native tree, the mesquite, drops its leaves in winter. So with judicious planting, it's possible to have shade all year 'round.

Moderating Comments

Sometimes it's difficult to know what comments are spam and which are legit. But if you identify yourself as “Online Canada Viagra”  it really becomes a no-brainer.  Buh Bye!

On the other hand, this email I received quite happily, and will gladly send you to his page to check this out: 

Hi

The plan of Sennufer's Garden (often spelt Sennefer) is the oldest detailed garden plan in existence. Sennefer lived c1400 BC (see Wiki article Sennefer) and he was probably the designer/manager of the garden rather than its owner. It is the most famous drawing of an Egyptian garden and has amazing detail of the buildings, the vine pergola, the ornamental lily pools, and the fruiting trees. Like other Egyptian gardens, it would have been planted with a mix of ornamental and food plants, which is just what many gardeners are doing in response to the credit crunch. An Egyptian friend mentioned the plan to re-create Sennefer's Garden on the East Bank of the Nile at Luxor and said that garden bloggers could help by writing about the idea. So here is my post on the subject - please pass the information to anyone you know who would be interested.

Gardenvisit.com

His aim is to get people talking about Sennufer's garden so that the Egyptian government feels it has to go ahead with the restoration plan!

Best wishes

Tom

Thanks, Tom!
Hope you get a nice batch of visitors from my garden to yours...