Comments on: Ssshhh! A Secret Garden Tour! http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/ by Ivette Soler Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-724 germinatrix Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:10:47 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-724 Laura! I laughed my ass of writing the caption 'Hello Dali' - thinking that everyone would roll their eyes. I'm so glad you laughed, too! And it was such a pleasure to share this beautiful day ... when the rain started, I was so thrilled! Partly because it was so gorgeous, and partly because I never thought I'd ever see rain AGAIN! XOXO! Hello Susan - believe me, I feel so lucky to have access to places like this - I pinch myself! Writing about it makes it even better, because sharing magnifies happiness, in my opinion! mcm - I have still not been to all of the vivieros in the area - there are alot! I'll return in mid Sept, and I'm taking your advice. I'm also hoping that I'll have time to explore the plant growers in Veracruz, but I might just be dreaming. I have a great new friend that is helping me with plant aquisitions - his name is Cara de Papa. That translates to 'Potato Head', right? It isn't a joke, either - he has Cara de Papa written on his cards. I LOVE the Yucatan! Every day, every person, is a story! CoCo dear! I'm with you - I like my garden to have a certain something nobody else has. So I'm planting PAPAYA! I just saw one today, not far from my house, doing beautifully! I wonder if they'll work for you... they ARE unusual! And I'll be showing more unusual tropical gems in the future ... there is more Yucatan to come! Hi ESP! The Rain!!! The Rain!!! It was SO INCREDIBLE! We in Southern California have also not had rain in an eternity, so to have that dramatic thunderstorm break right over us was - okay I KNOW I over-use the word magic ... but it WAS! Magic! This Hacienda is an incredible place. They even set up a little table for AP and I to have lunch under a hug Floss Silk Tree. It was out of control - it felt like a date! Like I should propose or something. And then more plant discovery ... it was quite a day! ... followed by a night of tequila, of course. I haven't had that much tequila since I lived in your corner of the world! As for the CAD program, it's a 2D program, but the architects use the 3D stuff when they are modeling buildings and furniture. They are crazy high-tech! And then there's me - with my colored pencils. THAT has to change! Blake, I promise you more photos! in a couple of days, in fact! Get ready... And I am SO HAPPY you found me! Welcome to the new party - as you can see, we go on field trips! You are ALWAYS welcome! I need that good CAD Karma, Vanessa, 'cuz I am a little spazzy when it comes to anything slightly complicated. But I am determined - I will live through this and kick ass at CAD - eventually! Lovely Starlily (gazing) - I am glad you came along on this adventure with me ... and there's more! And it includes rain! Let's all walk in the Yucatan rain together one more time! XOXO! Laura! I laughed my ass of writing the caption ‘Hello Dali’ – thinking that everyone would roll their eyes. I’m so glad you laughed, too! And it was such a pleasure to share this beautiful day … when the rain started, I was so thrilled! Partly because it was so gorgeous, and partly because I never thought I’d ever see rain AGAIN!
XOXO!

Hello Susan – believe me, I feel so lucky to have access to places like this – I pinch myself! Writing about it makes it even better, because sharing magnifies happiness, in my opinion!

mcm – I have still not been to all of the vivieros in the area – there are alot! I’ll return in mid Sept, and I’m taking your advice. I’m also hoping that I’ll have time to explore the plant growers in Veracruz, but I might just be dreaming. I have a great new friend that is helping me with plant aquisitions – his name is Cara de Papa. That translates to ‘Potato Head’, right? It isn’t a joke, either – he has Cara de Papa written on his cards.
I LOVE the Yucatan! Every day, every person, is a story!

CoCo dear! I’m with you – I like my garden to have a certain something nobody else has. So I’m planting PAPAYA! I just saw one today, not far from my house, doing beautifully! I wonder if they’ll work for you… they ARE unusual! And I’ll be showing more unusual tropical gems in the future … there is more Yucatan to come!

Hi ESP! The Rain!!! The Rain!!! It was SO INCREDIBLE! We in Southern California have also not had rain in an eternity, so to have that dramatic thunderstorm break right over us was – okay I KNOW I over-use the word magic … but it WAS! Magic!
This Hacienda is an incredible place. They even set up a little table for AP and I to have lunch under a hug Floss Silk Tree. It was out of control – it felt like a date! Like I should propose or something. And then more plant discovery … it was quite a day!
… followed by a night of tequila, of course. I haven’t had that much tequila since I lived in your corner of the world!
As for the CAD program, it’s a 2D program, but the architects use the 3D stuff when they are modeling buildings and furniture. They are crazy high-tech! And then there’s me – with my colored pencils. THAT has to change!

Blake, I promise you more photos! in a couple of days, in fact! Get ready…
And I am SO HAPPY you found me! Welcome to the new party – as you can see, we go on field trips! You are ALWAYS welcome!

I need that good CAD Karma, Vanessa, ‘cuz I am a little spazzy when it comes to anything slightly complicated. But I am determined – I will live through this and kick ass at CAD – eventually!

Lovely Starlily (gazing) – I am glad you came along on this adventure with me … and there’s more! And it includes rain! Let’s all walk in the Yucatan rain together one more time!
XOXO!

]]> By: Starlilygazing http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Starlilygazing Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:55:39 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-723 I could feel the rain on my face, just as you described, dear Ivette. Thank you for sharing your wonderful garden experiences with us! I could feel the rain on my face, just as you described, dear Ivette. Thank you for sharing your wonderful garden experiences with us!

]]> By: vanessa - everything gardens http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-722 vanessa - everything gardens Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:34:08 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-722 awh such beauty captured in this post. it's dripping in wonder! have fun on your garden adventures and best of luck learning cad... shortcuts are your best friends!! awh such beauty captured in this post. it’s dripping in wonder!

have fun on your garden adventures and best of luck learning cad… shortcuts are your best friends!!

]]> By: Blake http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Blake Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:01:03 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-721 Wow, these are some amazing pictures. I absolutely love Mexico and feel like you just transported me there. How lucky you are to be down there so much! Please, more photos. Anyway, I was a reader of your Domino blog... happy to have found you again! Wow, these are some amazing pictures. I absolutely love Mexico and feel like you just transported me there. How lucky you are to be down there so much! Please, more photos.

Anyway, I was a reader of your Domino blog… happy to have found you again!

]]> By: Loree / danger garden http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Loree / danger garden Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:26:29 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-720 Great pictures and wonderful story-telling. You are so good at making us feel like we are there with you. Thanks for another min-vaca! I had a friend come back from Hawaii with a picture much like the one you shared of the fruit of the cocoyon palm, she had the same reaction. Great pictures and wonderful story-telling. You are so good at making us feel like we are there with you. Thanks for another min-vaca!

I had a friend come back from Hawaii with a picture much like the one you shared of the fruit of the cocoyon palm, she had the same reaction.

]]> By: ESP http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-719 ESP Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:30:18 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-719 Hi Ivette. What a great adventure, in such a great place! I could almost feel the humidity and smell the tropical aromas looking at all of your stunning pictures. I bet that tree-top pool felt good! The Hacienda has a surprise round every corner it seems! What were the "carpet of strappiness" plants? That photograph broke a few teeth as my jaw hit my table, then the skin-like ficus...then the cocoyon palm...then the..etc etc. That sky looked very ominous, and what a great mental picture you created with your run in the rain description. I can just about remember what rain feels like! If we ever get any, ever again in Texas, I will be toasting it until I keel over! I really enjoyed the journey. I am curious, what type of CAD program are you inputting to? Is it 2D or 3D? ESP. Hi Ivette.
What a great adventure, in such a great place!
I could almost feel the humidity and smell the tropical aromas looking at all of your stunning pictures. I bet that tree-top pool felt good!
The Hacienda has a surprise round every corner it seems! What were the “carpet of strappiness” plants? That photograph broke a few teeth as my jaw hit my table, then the skin-like ficus…then the cocoyon palm…then the..etc etc.

That sky looked very ominous, and what a great mental picture you created with your run in the rain description. I can just about remember what rain feels like! If we ever get any, ever again in Texas, I will be toasting it until I keel over!

I really enjoyed the journey.

I am curious, what type of CAD program are you inputting to? Is it 2D or 3D?

ESP.

]]> By: Compulsively Compiled http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Compulsively Compiled Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:19:05 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-716 How amazing! So many intriguing plants in this world! So many that we'd never see without you as our guide. I can't tell you how often I go to the nursery with my fingers crossed that I'll be amazed by a plant species that is really atypical and how many times it doesn't happen. Not to say that I expect the kinds of plants you are showing here to be sold in Central California, just saying I don't want my yard to look just like everyone elses. Thought of your lovely yard today from a long ago Domino post of party lights in the backyard when we strung some up in ours. How amazing! So many intriguing plants in this world! So many that we’d never see without you as our guide. I can’t tell you how often I go to the nursery with my fingers crossed that I’ll be amazed by a plant species that is really atypical and how many times it doesn’t happen. Not to say that I expect the kinds of plants you are showing here to be sold in Central California, just saying I don’t want my yard to look just like everyone elses.

Thought of your lovely yard today from a long ago Domino post of party lights in the backyard when we strung some up in ours.

]]> By: mcm http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-714 mcm Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:34:47 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-714 Happy to hear you're immersed in yucateco gardening...have you been to the vivero at the Universidad de Chalpingo agricultural station, in Temozon Norte (comisaria just northeast of Merida, about 5 km from the Progreso highway)? Lots of local fruit trees, and other local plants, all well-adapted to the area (tropical scrub forest). The school and vivero are in the ex-hacienda Temozon Norte -- vivero is open from around 6:30am to about noon or a bit later. You can also reach Temozon Norte the backway, through Cholul (in which case you'll pass our quinta)... Hope you plan to post more from Yucatan, and good luck! Happy to hear you’re immersed in yucateco gardening…have you been to the vivero at the Universidad de Chalpingo agricultural station, in Temozon Norte (comisaria just northeast of Merida, about 5 km from the Progreso highway)?
Lots of local fruit trees, and other local plants, all well-adapted to the area (tropical scrub forest). The school and vivero are in the ex-hacienda Temozon Norte — vivero is open from around 6:30am to about noon or a bit later.
You can also reach Temozon Norte the backway, through Cholul (in which case you’ll pass our quinta)…
Hope you plan to post more from Yucatan, and good luck!

]]> By: Susan aka Miss R http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Susan aka Miss R Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:13:29 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-713 Oh thank you for sharing this. Peeks into a private paradise not withstanding--I felt as if I was there with you. To be able to wander and dream--what an adventure. Oh thank you for sharing this. Peeks into a private paradise not withstanding–I felt as if I was there with you. To be able to wander and dream–what an adventure.

]]> By: Laura Livengood Schaub (InterLeafer) http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/08/09/418/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Laura Livengood Schaub (InterLeafer) Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:52:06 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=418#comment-712 'Hello, Dali' Germi, you CRACK ME UP! What a fantastic post, you really captured that deep feeling of other-worldliness when you are completed out of your element, and yet completely in it as well! And it's always great to end a post with a rousing thunderstorm, loved your description of running through it to shelter. Ahh. I feel like a made a little journey this morning myself, THANK YOU! xoxo ‘Hello, Dali’ Germi, you CRACK ME UP! What a fantastic post, you really captured that deep feeling of other-worldliness when you are completed out of your element, and yet completely in it as well! And it’s always great to end a post with a rousing thunderstorm, loved your description of running through it to shelter. Ahh. I feel like a made a little journey this morning myself, THANK YOU! xoxo

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