Comments on: Thorny Brithday

By: mahmood

mahmood — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:16:54 +0000

Thanks love. I didn’t notice your comment but consider it arrived and much appreciated. Spam is the bane of a blogger’s existence as you well know and sometimes if the comments marked spam number over a few hundred I must admit that I couldn’t muster the energy to go through them individually, but quickly scan them then delete all those remaining in the queue.

So once again, thank you very much for your wishes. They have arrived!

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By: juliyya

juliyya — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 06:51:04 +0000

:pouty: I’m sad. I sent you a belated birthday wish, and a wish for many returns of the day, and my hope that you got some good chocolate cake on your birthday, (which I believe is essential for a happy birthday). I admit to being a lurker and an appreciator who occasionally delurks, but not a spammer or purveyor of inappropriate comments. I don’t know why my wishes have gone missing. I always sign my name, etc. Have I got on your bad list somehow?

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:28:59 +0000

no kidding! that would be a good change!

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By: mishmish

mishmish — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:26:59 +0000

A Very belated but hearfelt birthday wish from a fellow Piscean…it’s supposed to be a good year for us !!

:happy:

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:10:15 +0000

Happy birthday to you too Olaf!

Ingrid thanks for the tip, yet another method of gardening that I want to investigate, at least in theory.

milter, come back! The weather has become somewhat cooler in Bahrain so you might enjoy it a lot more.

Thank you Vincent. I appreciate it.

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By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:08:27 +0000

Happy belated birthday, Mahmood!

I always look forward to looking at the pictures of your garden — it’s really quite beautiful!

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By: milter

milter — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:52:57 +0000

…. and a happy, belated birthday from me.

Seeing that picture of you in the garden reminds me of one of the things I loved about Bahrain, the weather.

I’m just back in Denmark after 7 days in Ireland. The temperature there was OK with temperatures between 8 and 12 degrees Celsius and a lot of rain. Back here it was -3 and a lot of snow!

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By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:36:40 +0000

Happy (somewhat) belated birthday Mahmoud. I too have gotten into gardening after 40 (am just 2 yrs younger than you ,ahem :whistle: ) anyhow.. one other gardening option you perhaps could explore is lasagna gardening, also called sheet composting. Here in Austin TX we have very calichy, rocky soil, not the nice black soil I was used to in Holland. Hence, making raised beds for everything from growing vegetables to flowers, cacti etc is benefited from soil supplements. Of course, xeriscape works best here even though people insist on their ‘green carpets’ outside. I am going to make a lasagna garden bed in the next few days and will post pics of it. I can highly recommend the book (check out the info online as well) because I think especially for areas where you and I live (as far apart as that is) it is most helpful in creating beautiful ‘black gold’.
Great cacti btw…
all the best,
Ingrid

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By: Olaf Gradin

Olaf Gradin — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:32:13 +0000

Happy belated birthday! I turned 30 this year (on the 23rd, like you), so it was kind of a big one. I can certainly respect the garden as you obviously do. I lived in a desert when I was young and really loved the flora and fauna of the Sonora Desert.

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:54:59 +0000

Happy birthday Redha!

You don’t link your blog with your name, care to share?

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