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  • Me and my boyfriend are ready to have sex?

    Singles & Dating - 4 hours ago

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    Ok me and my boyfriend have been going out a while now and we have spoken to each other about sex. Im 15 and he's 17 and we are both virgins. I AM going to wait until i am 16 in February, and i have a very open close relationship with my mum (thank god) so i have talked to her about it about it and she is going to take me to the doctors to get tested and to go on the pill in February. Well i am posting this question because i want to now will it hurt? He is fairly big (if you know what i mean) lol, about 7 inches erected, he has fingered me and i bled the first few times but i don't anymore when he fingers me now, so does this mean i wont bleed when i have sex? And also is it better for him to go on top for the first time or me???? By the way i would rather not have anyone say im to young because i AM READY and we love each other and want to take our relationship further. x Thank you i just needed to know about the pain is all so im prepared if there is any. lol xx thanks
  • Dose she like me?????????

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    so the amrocan girl i like blond hair brown eyes allways talkes to meat the lokers and lafhs. today she told me that i pray to much and that the man that im named after was a extrem patrot to germany(he went down with the bismark. i pray to jesus that she likes me (she dosant know). but at hoomrome and at S.S.R. i look at her and she looks at me but for some rison i cant look into her eyes and i have to look away.at the end of the day she told me bye. dose she like me?how can i make her like me?any tips?how do i hint i like her with out telling her?
  • Facebook photos, do you think I am ugly, average or pretty?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

  • Have you ever felt like you dont matter?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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  • YIKES!!! Should I continue to date him or not?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    He shouts and gets angry for the slightest thing. He is very intolerant. He wants me to send him loving messages all the time, I do but not too many as we have only been dating 6 weeks. I want to take it slowly as I have been hurt before. I bought him presents (perfume, an easter egg, shirts). Sometimes he cancels dates but wants me to be available all the time when it suits him. Once did not show up at all and never called me. He went off for the weekend with his friends witout telling me and had his phone switched off. I was waiting at home for his call. He never apologised but ended up shouting at me that I worried his brother as I phoned his brother asking where he was and his brother didn't know. Yet, he wants me to be available for him when it suits him and gets angry when I am not. He gets angry easily for little things and has a temper. So I am not really sure he is a great guy .... He has no education and works in a factory and ever second week works on the night shift. I am studying for my Masters. His last girlfriends were vulgar and uneducated, one worked as a stripper. He used to work as a stripper. He is jealous and controlling and told him that I don't need to see my friends much any more. The first night we slept together he took me to a hotel. I dont know why he didnt take me back to his place. Ive been there since. I told him that I had been hurt in the past and that I wanted to take it slowly. He shouted and got angry and said "Everyone has been hurt in the past. Just get over it" He is not understanding but expects me to be understanding and caring towards him. Another time he got really angry because I asked to change bars and go to the bar next door as there were no seats at the bar we were at. Once when we slept together I went to the bathroom to get condoms. Three days later he brought it up in an angry voice that I destroyed the romantic moment by going to the bathroom to get condoms. Another time we arranged a blind date between my friend and his best friend and he got all angry and said "why would he phone her again as she won't sleep wth him, she is just looking for friendship" and was even shouting. SHOULD I CONTINUE TO DATE HIM? WOULD MANY WOMEN TOLERATE THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOUR? He also told me that I talk too much about my friends and their lives and that I should only talk about me and him and our future together. Also, some of his friends occassionally go with prostitutes even though they are married.
  • Should I do this or not? Or how to make him feel "gutted"?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    this guy hurt me in some way. he was always saying how much he "likes" me, he was telling me things like "your the one ... we've got so much in common... we need to go out ..." etc. at the time, when he was asking me out, I wasn't sure it was a good idea (I didn't know him that much, he was showing his interest, which turned out to be lie) so I said "maybe not now, maybe later". after this he stopped talking to me, I was so mad at him - he was ignoring me all week, and then - thanks to facebook - I found out that all this time he was adding my girlfriends to his friends list! and more - once my bro caught him during his date with one of my friends! luckily this girl didn't know that it was my bro and that this lier and hypocrite was asking me out as well. I was so mad at him. and the ugliest part of this story is that when he sees me in uni, he starts flirting! can you believe it? oh gosh I want to do something to make him feel miserable, angry and furious! I had this little plan, but I'm not sure it's good enough - I'll delete him from my friends list and then I'll send him msg like "sorry, my boyfriend didn't want you in my friends list" hah! how good/bad is that? or maybe you can suggest something else? he hurts girls' hearts, now it's time to make him feel that way! [evil laugh]. or maybe it's better just to ignore him? I'm confused.
  • Why am I with this fat, hairy, balding, lazy loser who wont hold a job?

    Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago

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    he also is a rude smoker, messy and basically not a considerate person when it comes to sharing a house. In the beginning it was completely different, this was 3 years ago, now I get all this plus hardly any sex or much needed attention, and that was the best part in the beginning. So what does that say about me, honestly...no jokes please, im already up all night in tears!
  • my parernts-in-law are always saying how it's cruel to love their daughter without loving them -is this true?

    Friends - 7 hours ago

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  • Why is pot such a crutch? Do you think its addictive?

    Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago

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    My BF is such a nicer guy when he smokes pot. In fact he can be quite the jerk when he doesnt. everytime he gets some he is outside taking a hit every 15 minutes. its incredible. plus instead of getting tired from it, he stays up all night smoking it. He tried a few times to quit, but goes right back to it because he has no patience, flys off the handle, and stays depressed and is even mean alot to me. I dont know if I want him to quit or not, but im not sure i can handle it either way.
  • I want MY EYES to stand OUT!! but HOW?

    Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago

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    Me and my Mum want our eyes to stand out but HOW?? my mum has blue eyes.. i have brown eyes.. can u sugget anythink a list of colors of eaither... ?? thanks x what eyeshadow colors ??????????
From the Garden Shed

Grow roses fit for a June wedding

Posted Mon, Apr 27, 2009
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It is still early in the planting season - so early in fact that many Canadians will not have even thought about planting in the garden yet. Rose (Mark Cullen)

For experienced gardeners there is no secret to the fact that this is PRIME planting time for all of the winter hardy plants that we enjoy, like evergreens, flowering shrubs, perennials (that are not 'soft' from the greenhouse), trees and roses. I would like to focus on roses today and suggest that there is a great opportunity to get some new plants in the ground now in time for a fabulous show of colour come June.

But first, what about the roses that you have growing in your garden now?

In my opinion, there are two types of roses - those that need winter protection and those that do not.

Shrub Roses

The winter  hardy roses that do not need mounding with soil each autumn are tough customers like the rugosa rose, Grootendorst shrub rose, many of the David Austin roses and our own Canadian Explorer roses. These merely need to be cut back to bring them under control: if they are out of hand or just looking a bit rank, give them a light shearing or be aggressive and cut off up to 1/2 of the growth.

When pruning shrub roses I like to reach into the middle of the plant to thin them out.  This requires good gloves and long sleeves to avoid injury from the thorns found on many of our favourite roses ? especially shrub roses! Remove up to 1/3 of the old wood in the middle of the shrub in an effort to thicken the plant up.

All of the other roses...

The other roses that you have in your yard likely fall into the category of 'winterized roses'. These include, but are not limited to, floribunda, hybrid tea, grandiflora and miniature roses.Rose (Mark Cullen)

If you 'winterized' your roses last fall, now is the time to remove the winterizing protection and cut them back to about 10 cm. Make sure that the last bud on the rose cane is facing outwards: this will encourage an open plant that will allow maximum air circulation and light to filter into the middle of the plant.

Spray all of your roses now with Dormant Spray. This is a combination of lime sulphur and a high grade of mineral oil that will kill overwintering insects and diseases. It is safe for use around kids and pets and is benign on the environment.

If you are considering planting roses, now is a great time to do it. Not only will you get a jump on the planting season but you will get the best choice of plants at your local retailer. By June, often, the choice is limited.

Some of my favourite roses are:

- 'Mary' a David Austin rose (from England) that blooms most of the summer, produces a 120 cm (4 ft) rounded bush that seldom needs pruning and never needs winterizing in my zone 5 garden (I have one planted at the front of my wife's yarn shop in Unionville where it has performed beautifully for 5 years). 
- Bonica shrub rose. A medium pink that grows to about 125 cm. or 4 ft high and looks fabulous in mass plantings of 10 or more together.
- Double Delight - THE best for fragrance. A gorgeous yellow/scarlet that grows to 125 cm. or 4 ft. Needs winter protection but it is worth it. Don't waist this rose out of doors - be sure to pick some and enjoy them indoors too, where the fragrance can be enjoyed even more!

There are many more roses available on the Canadian market that are well worth a try. I encourage you to plant some and to mix them into your other plantings.

Keep in mind that all roses require a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight to perform well.

I will offer more rose growing advice in this blog in the weeks ahead.

Meantime, get planting and keep your knees dirty!

Mark
www.markcullen.com

 

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3 Comments

  • 1. Posted by Andrew Z on Sun, May 10, 2009

    need more roses that bloom all somer requireing minimal care.

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  • 2. Posted by Kat on Wed, May 13, 2009

    I have three rose bushes in my back garden. One of them isn't doing that well and I suspect it's due location. It resides in a very shady area of the yard, so I would like to transplant it. Do you have any tips for successful rose bush transplanting? Thanks.

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  • 3. Posted by greenhouse12000 on Fri, May 15, 2009

    Andrew: try any of the Explorer roses. Kat: you must move this rose and the sooner the better. water it well before moving and prepare the hole with plenty of compost before planting. Have a great weekend! Mark

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