“Ants like the sweet peony secretions and as they walk about and eat away at the waxy coating it loosens the the very tight cabbage-like blossom holders. I don’t think it’s required by the peony for ants to be present, but I do notice that my peonies with the most ants bloom all at once and the blooms are fully opened, gorgeous and fragrant, whereas the peonies in a different area that gets regular bug treatments and thus no ants, bloom alot more sporadically.” (Quoted from broomhilda on gardenweb, because I have had the same experience.)
Tip of the day: When asked if you’d like to attend a Tupperware party, either reply immediately with “no, I have plenty of unbreakable plastic dishware, bakeware and containers, thank you!” or leave all methods of payment at home. If you happen to forget both those two very helpful tips, then you must wake up at 6am the following day and GET TO WORK! Because those insane fruit and veggie storage systems and their totally handy increased capacity fresh veggie steamer micro cooker (that replaces their silly little two-person microsteamer that doesn’t have the capacity for a family of 4 veggi-holics) that seemed to magically appear on my order form in a wave of excitement and rush and panic because the show! The SHOW IS ALMOST OVER! We CAN’T GO YET because I have to scribble down my bank account number on this order form! And also – someone put a BABY in my lap and I think her mother sprayed her clothes with NEW BABY SMELL because it totally triggered my natural nesting instincts and made me want even MORE CONTAINERS!
Maybe I should be writing tips on how to have a successful Tupperware party, instead?
I better get to work. I have unbreakable dishware to pay for.
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Ditto Pampered Chef parties, which can get even more expensive!
Wouldn’t surprise me if the tupperware rep planted that baby just to get women’s hormones going. Sneaky stuff.
Are those gigantic ants or small buds?
I *heart* Tupperware! But I like the stuff from my youth… haven’t bought any new generation. I’m sure it’s just as good… just doesn’t look like something my Mom used.
:cheerful:
Aah! Yes on the PC parties, too! The baby was actually my great-niece (in-law). Dang that makes me sound old. LOL
The ants are giant carpenter ants, so they’re bigger than average – the bud is about medium size. Hm, that might not help. The ant on the left is probably 3/4″, the bud about 1-1/2 to 2″ in diameter.
:gardener:
The ants help to pollenate the peony!!! :gardener:
After a particularly dreadful experience at a Longaberger (http://www.longaberger.com/) party I have SWORN OFF ALL of these types of parties…EVER!
I went to the party strapped for cash and not intending to buy anything and of course came home with an order for a basket that I didn’t want and didn’t need to spend $45 on :jawdrop:
When we went to Korea it seemed that ALL the wives over there sold one thing or another and to me it looked like they were just exchanging money with eachother. You had to go to Sally’s party because she came to your party…etc. I may have ruffled some feathers cuz I didn’t go to any of the parties, but I wasn’t about to crack. I did not need any more stuff.
I’ve now decided that I need to get rid of all my plastic cookwear. I only have the very small Tupperwear steamer…and I love it, but I’m not cooking in plastic again. So out it has to go!
Gosh I haven’t been to a tupperware party in ages! Not that I’m complaining mind you! 😉 I found the best storageware ever, it’s called Trouvé and it’s amazing!!! No more loose lids! :yahoo:
Ants give me the heebie jeebies. 🙂 But I didn’t know that peonies liked them!
Yes, never take money with you to tupperware parties, candle parties, jewelry parties, pampered chef parties or shopping malls. 🙂
Where were you when I was selling Longaberger baskets? 😉
And don’t worry about the great-niece (in-law) making you sound old. The “in-law” part clears you of the risk of sounding old by making your husband sound old instead. :giggle:
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