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Abbie Zabar's avatar

Hey Jenks! I love that Wavy Leaf Tongue Fern. Do you think it would be happy on my NYC rooftop in a container. I have lots of hardy ferns up here that are!

Thinking of you, and your book. Maybe you'll give another talk to us when it is published?

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Jenks Farmer's avatar

Abbie it makes a great container plant. It’s easy care but I think you would have to take it in for the winter.

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Abbie Zabar's avatar

Problem is, my 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛eat leafy indoor 🪴🪴🪴🪴

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Jenks Farmer's avatar

Abbie I think you would have to take it in in the winter time but it makes it easy container plant.

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Carla Brophy's avatar

Lily is adorable!!! And smart too! Wish I were close enough to buy some of those beautiful mums!! Maybe next year.

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Janice Taylor's avatar

Question: Where are the suburbs of BI? 😉

Also, I planted mums used in my daughter's wedding five years ago and they still come up. I really want "old timey" mums that come back every year and get much taller than what's normally available.

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Jenks Farmer's avatar

The old Timey moms are mostly pass along’s. If you divide them every year to keep some vigorous. And I was talking about the suburbs of Aiken

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Janice Taylor's avatar

Ah! Aiken suburbs makes sense! I have some mums from sw VA but so far they haven't bloomed a lot. I need to find an old house where I can dig!

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Jenks Farmer's avatar

The suburbs of Aiken! And you know the old mom do you need to divide them every other year or so to keep them vigorous!

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Figgy's avatar

I enjoyed meeting Lily. What a great program she is in , I hope they sell lots of plants . I am dying to smell that rose .

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Jenks Farmer's avatar

I can say from personal experience, work study can be great. My senior year in high school I did it (not through FFA). Should I have had more academic education instead of leaving school at 11:45? Yes. Could I have at that point in life absorbed much from more advanced classes? No. But I learned a lot being independent and around adult co-workers.

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Maggieinsc's avatar

It does rub off when u have been around it all your life. My mom had ten green thumbs. She would have loved your garden stories.

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Jeanne Malmgren's avatar

Great video. I enjoyed meeting Lily -- and hearing Buck (?) in the background, as she delivers the mum plants to your momma. Wonderful, all around!

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Jenks Farmer's avatar

Yes you heard Buck asking for treats!

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