Any of you have a good organic cure for flea beetles? I brought in some top soil from a local landscaping company a couple of years ago, and I have been dealing with those little bastards ever since. I've kept them in check by spraying with pyrethrins, but the less spraying, the better. Once winter hits, I plan to take a weed burner and torch the hell out of my little garden plot. I don't know if that will do any good, but the thought of burning the little bastards unborn makes me happy.
Maybe diatomaceous earth?
Any of you have a good organic cure for flea beetles? I brought in some top soil from a local landscaping company a couple of years ago, and I have been dealing with those little bastards ever since. I've kept them in check by spraying with pyrethrins, but the less spraying, the better. Once winter hits, I plan to take a weed burner and torch the hell out of my little garden plot. I don't know if that will do any good, but the thought of burning the little bastards unborn makes me happy.
Flea beetles can be deterred by a number of different companion plants, that can be grown intercropped in a garden to benefit neighboring plants. For example, thyme, catnip, and other kinds of mint cover up the scent of nearby plants.]
Radishes, on the other hand, can be grown as a trap crop, luring the flea beetles away from more important crops. Since the root isn't harmed by the beetles, they remain useful, themselves. A number of natural predators can be employed to keep flea beetles in check, including two that parasitize it: Braconid wasps and tachinid flies. In both cases, the larval stage feeds on the flea beetle, while the adults feed on nectar and pollen; some species are even important pollinators.
To encourage Braconid wasps and Tachinid flies, some types of flowers can be planted between crops: umbels such as caraway, herb fennel, coriander and Ammi majus, and simple open flowers such as California poppies and pot marigolds, as well as yarrows.
Gravity is on to something. I can't speak from personal experience because I do not have a green thumb. However, my cousin has gardens of all varieties and swears by the stuff. It's definitely worth a shot.Wear a mask and watch breathing during application of such!
Wear a mask and watch breathing during application of such!
The debate:
I was outta town for a month and got yuuge number of various peppers. Apparently we had rain and sun lots. But most ripe to red: japs, cerrano, and bananna. Still good? Hotter or less due to color? Ways to use them?
I bet it was a Male mantis, they don't get very big. It's pretty late in the season for baby manti. It is getting close to egg sack laying/formation time so if your lil' fella "gets lucky" it'll be his head...
I bought five mantis egg sacks for my garden this spring, I haven't seen any running around in months. I even captured a female and released her a few weeks ago, same story. I think the birds are eating them.
This year's container garden: Tomatos, squash, cucumbers (complete failure again), and peppers.
I also dug up all the crabgrass and seeded with bentgrass (putting green grass) it is coming in nicely where the dogs are allowing it. Most of the lawn is Bermuda grass which I actually like because the dogs can't seem to kill it, and I can cut it really low (middle setting on a reel mower, maybe 1/2 to 3/4 inch). The bentgrass I overseeded into the Bermuda is slowly coming up.
That bentgrass seed is fairly expensive, I think, 1 lb cost about 16 bucks. 1lb/1000 sqft, lucky I have a tiny backyard. 30 ft by maybe 60-80 ft. Nice thing about the bentgrass seed I got is that it sprouts in about 3-4 days (or has for me in the three sections I have seeded since mid-August). Takes a lot of water though.
Thanks for the advice! May you never have to deal with these little bastards.
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Here is a pic of my ash tree out back, looking up through it to the top. That poor old tree was badly overgrown so I had a tree service prune it back a ways. They got rid of a lot of dead limbs and shaped it up real nice. I get more sunlight coming through it now which is what I wanted. If you look close, you can spot a circle of cable that was installed to hold back any heavy branches that might break during a storm. Hopefully it will keep some of them from falling onto the house. A couple of weeks ago the leaves were mostly green but now they are turning yellow real fast.
You got ash borers in your area?
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Here is a pic of my ash tree out back, looking up through it to the top. That poor old tree was badly overgrown so I had a tree service prune it back a ways. They got rid of a lot of dead limbs and shaped it up real nice. I get more sunlight coming through it now which is what I wanted. If you look close, you can spot a circle of cable that was installed to hold back any heavy branches that might break during a storm. Hopefully it will keep some of them from falling onto the house. A couple of weeks ago the leaves were mostly green but now they are turning yellow real fast.
I have an Arizona Ash in my backyard that is huge. I planted it in 1994 so I don’t know how much longer it will survive. They tell me 20 years down here is an average. I will try to measure the circumference of the trunk this week. I have had to remove limbs like that a few times. It sure keeps down my AC costs in the summer since my backyard faces to the south. I have a Bradford Pear next to it that is starting to give up the ghost. I need to get it taken out.
I also have two huge Crape Myrtles along with several smaller ones.
Here is a picture of the big Crape Myrtle in the front.
Nice. Do you get a lot of butterflies and hummingbirds? It seem like they would be attracted to that color.
I have an Arizona Ash in my backyard that is huge. I planted it in 1994 so I don’t know how much longer it will survive. They tell me 20 years down here is an average. I will try to measure the circumference of the trunk this week. I have had to remove limbs like that a few times. It sure keeps down my AC costs in the summer since my backyard faces to the south. I have a Bradford Pear next to it that is starting to give up the ghost. I need to get it taken out.
I also have two huge Crape Myrtles along with several smaller ones.
Here is a picture of the big Crape Myrtle in the front.
I have an Arizona Ash in my backyard that is huge. I planted it in 1994 so I don’t know how much longer it will survive. They tell me 20 years down here is an average. I will try to measure the circumference of the trunk this week. I have had to remove limbs like that a few times. It sure keeps down my AC costs in the summer since my backyard faces to the south. I have a Bradford Pear next to it that is starting to give up the ghost. I need to get it taken out.Don't worry GS, the next storm will take out your Bradford Pear. It is funny, like clockwork, how neighborhoods have them all start failing at same time cause builders put them in at same time. You.can extend life a bit with good pruning but they are short term but folks like em cause quick growing, cheap, n nice blooms.
I also have two huge Crape Myrtles along with several smaller ones.
Here is a picture of the big Crape Myrtle in the front.
Crimson sweet watermelon, Leek, 2 rows onion(tops already dead, waiting to be dug up
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This years Florida-weaved Mortgage lifter tomatoes and next year's Leek seeds(the big alien looking puffy ball)
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Here is a flower postcard. Does anybody know what kind of flower it is?
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I believe that is a variety of Columbine. State flower of Colorado I believe. I have some purple/pink ones growing here and there...
I believe you are correct Pate. A 5 pointed star with a bloom inside.
I believe that is a variety of Columbine. State flower of Colorado I believe. I have some purple/pink ones growing here and there...
Here is a flower postcard. Does anybody know what kind of flower it is?
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The debate:
I was outta town for a month and got yuuge number of various peppers. Apparently we had rain and sun lots. But most ripe to red: japs, cerrano, and bananna. Still good? Hotter or less due to color? Ways to use them?
columbine. likes lower montane areas, needs some shade.
Right! Thanks for playing, PolkaDot.I’m late to the game but love this topic idea! I have a feeling you all are in nicer gardening clime than I am. Love horticulture though, it’s one of my happy places. Thanks for starting this guys- I’m excited to see what everyone is up too in their gardens!
Either way, need to kill em. Situation, at one point was a "hold my beer" situation when neighbor decided a poke n spray approach would work. Another trip to store for cans of spray and Benadryl (I was thinking that could he illegal, some meth making thing) but electronic check-out didn't stop (maybe flagged for later?) Anyhow killer didnt work. Methods were being discussed over beers. Decided to wait til manana. Maybe best. Thoughts were: pour kerosene, flood with hose, shove a lit road flare down, fireworks, pull out bush with truck while folks spray hole, pour deisel, or "get a sharpshooter and dig out, I'm immune." Most ideas were agreed that get your kid to film this so abandoned, for now. The spray didnt even kill ones flying back and forth. Bought 12 cans at Walmart, discounted. Now I know why discounted. Ideas?
Either way, need to kill em. Situation, at one point was a "hold my beer" situation when neighbor decided a poke n spray approach would work. Another trip to store for cans of spray and Benadryl (I was thinking that could he illegal, some meth making thing) but electronic check-out didn't stop (maybe flagged for later?) Anyhow killer didnt work. Methods were being discussed over beers. Decided to wait til manana. Maybe best. Thoughts were: pour kerosene, flood with hose, shove a lit road flare down, fireworks, pull out bush with truck while folks spray hole, pour deisel, or "get a sharpshooter and dig out, I'm immune." Most ideas were agreed that get your kid to film this so abandoned, for now. The spray didnt even kill ones flying back and forth. Bought 12 cans at Walmart, discounted. Now I know why discounted. Ideas?
Call Linda Moulton HoweHa. I actually used the pool net to capture one because I didn't wanna kill bees (though someone chimed in "what if Africanized Bees?! They are mean and will follow you!)
They are in a hole? If you can cover the hole exit with a screen at night. Then the next day pump 50,000 gallons of water down thru the screenHa. Water restrictions. Friggin greenies. Even when we have floods or even rain. Though my "one day a week" I guess?
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Ha. Water restrictions. Friggin greenies. Even when we have floods or even rain. Though my "one day a week" I guess?
Either way, need to kill em. Situation, at one point was a "hold my beer" situation when neighbor decided a poke n spray approach would work. Another trip to store for cans of spray and Benadryl (I was thinking that could he illegal, some meth making thing) but electronic check-out didn't stop (maybe flagged for later?) Anyhow killer didnt work. Methods were being discussed over beers. Decided to wait til manana. Maybe best. Thoughts were: pour kerosene, flood with hose, shove a lit road flare down, fireworks, pull out bush with truck while folks spray hole, pour deisel, or "get a sharpshooter and dig out, I'm immune." Most ideas were agreed that get your kid to film this so abandoned, for now. The spray didnt even kill ones flying back and forth. Bought 12 cans at Walmart, discounted. Now I know why discounted. Ideas?
Ha. I actually used the pool net to capture one because I didn't wanna kill bees (though someone chimed in "what if Africanized Bees?! They are mean and will follow you!)
BUT, you could be onto something. Nicanoids (sp?) she always blames. I'll hit up neighbors n friends who smoke or dip and throw the ashtrays and spitoons into the bush?
Nah, I'll figure it out. Open to more ideas though since my fire options are suspect due to proximity of house. Might get a tyvek suit and go zombie style dig n spray. Idk.
When I was about 9 or 10 a group of us neighborhood kids were playing in a downed tree. It was fun climbing through and over the branches that were still holding their leaves. Suddenly I felt a sharp sting in my right arm. Oh, I thought to myself, a bee got me. But then the sting repeated itself, over and over. First time I was ever stung by a yellowjacket. I went shouting and crying all the way home. Later on I felt a bit silly, as if I should have toughed it out without bawling like a baby.Haha. Yeah. Interesting tidbit: one's hand looked like "big baby hands" according to a kid. But summed up well. Also swelling from other stings but only 1/2 forearm swelled. Like half only. Stopped several inches below elbow. And dramatic stop. Later attempt someone was stung shoulder. No appreciable swelling (though we joked, 'you been lifting again') Another oddity, aside from initial stings (mowing) the others were us messing with it and spraying BUT folks wearing UT colors weren't stung or seemingly even targeted BUT guy in black shirt got nailed several times (this when I was poking/destroying hole with pool stick and others spraying worthless crap.)
Haha. Yeah. Interesting tidbit: one's hand looked like "big baby hands" according to a kid. But summed up well. Also swelling from other stings but only 1/2 forearm swelled. Like half only. Stopped several inches below elbow. And dramatic stop. Later attempt someone was stung shoulder. No appreciable swelling (though we joked, 'you been lifting again') Another oddity, aside from initial stings (mowing) the others were us messing with it and spraying BUT folks wearing UT colors weren't stung or seemingly even targeted BUT guy in black shirt got nailed several times (this when I was poking/destroying hole with pool stick and others spraying worthless crap.)
Usually that wasp&hornet spray knocks everything down from mud dobbers (harmless?) to paper wasps and yellow jackets. Any pics of the one you caught?No. I will tomorrow. At the time, after game, etc. Didnt have my phone (lock out during games) and then beers n dealing. Will try to do tomorrow. But, yeah, usually some hit usually convulse or die quick. N we had foaming and non. And several brands but old, low etc before the Walmart trip for bulk buy (that didnt work either.)
No. I will tomorrow. At the time, after game, etc. Didnt have my phone (lock out during games) and then beers n dealing. Will try to do tomorrow. But, yeah, usually some hit usually convulse or die quick. N we had foaming and non. And several brands but old, low etc before the Walmart trip for bulk buy (that didnt work either.)
Good news is Ags beat Kentucky who was ranked 15 in overtime. Texas/OU was a good game too.Too scary in 4th! But great win. We can both agree ou sucks!
Too scary in 4th! But great win. We can both agree ou sucks!
Well if you were stirring up a yellow jackets nest with a pool cue then please note that the gallon of 93 octane was a joke.Ha. Sorry. NO! Not that brave. Sorry, pool stick I mentioned was from pool I brought around to poke at distance. The one for net or brush with big extensions. "Hey, I'll poke and disturb, y'all spray n figure out where its at!" No hero, here, in this case. Now if my "shove road flare down" wins I might he hero...or goat. BUT you got ke thinking. Pool chemicals. Hmmm. Got chorine tablets, muratic acid, ...
Go all Salt Walt on their ass with Isopropyl
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Ha. Sorry. NO! Not that brave. Sorry, pool stick I mentioned was from pool I brought around to poke at distance. The one for net or brush with big extensions. "Hey, I'll poke and disturb, y'all spray n figure out where its at!" No hero, here, in this case. Now if my "shove road flare down" wins I might he hero...or goat. BUT you got ke thinking. Pool chemicals. Hmmm. Got chorine tablets, muratic acid, ...
My son is a Texas fanNice. You must be, somewhat, happy realignment and bs $ makes Thanksgiving easier. Haha. And all can agree over meals that ou sucks.
Nice. You must be, somewhat, happy realignment and bs $ makes Thanksgiving easier. Haha. And all can agree over meals that ou sucks.
Muratic acid you say? You don't have a hair on your ass if you don't go that route! We want a *full* report, mind you................Can you believe they are building a new fire station near me! Damn. Great, more service. Bad, block parties. Fast response does jive with us. Not only those. Actually, n better in case of damage a simple dry-ice works. The chorline stuff is good but worrying (etched a friends car once.) AL n Muriatic is nice but, again, kids don't do. I never done any of them. New fire marshal we only burn stuff fot bbq or for illegals keeping warm on site. Sanctuary city!
My daughter is a happy camper right now. LSU and Auburn both lost. Iowa State beat Oklahoma St too. Seems to be quite a few upsets of ranked teams this week.I miss them but never a good fit. Fans too nice, seriously. Even when we bitched about that weird county program that made them good.
Hanging my head because I don’t think Nebraska will win a game this year.
My son is a Texas fan
Either way, need to kill em. Situation, at one point was a "hold my beer" situation when neighbor decided a poke n spray approach would work. Another trip to store for cans of spray and Benadryl (I was thinking that could he illegal, some meth making thing) but electronic check-out didn't stop (maybe flagged for later?) Anyhow killer didnt work. Methods were being discussed over beers. Decided to wait til manana. Maybe best. Thoughts were: pour kerosene, flood with hose, shove a lit road flare down, fireworks, pull out bush with truck while folks spray hole, pour deisel, or "get a sharpshooter and dig out, I'm immune." Most ideas were agreed that get your kid to film this so abandoned, for now. The spray didnt even kill ones flying back and forth. Bought 12 cans at Walmart, discounted. Now I know why discounted. Ideas?
Can you believe they are building a new fire station near me! Damn. Great, more service. Bad, block parties. Fast response does jive with us. Not only those. Actually, n better in case of damage a simple dry-ice works. The chorline stuff is good but worrying (etched a friends car once.) AL n Muriatic is nice but, again, kids don't do. I never done any of them. New fire marshal we only burn stuff fot bbq or for illegals keeping warm on site. Sanctuary city!
Either way, need to kill em. Situation, at one point was a "hold my beer" situation when neighbor decided a poke n spray approach would work. Another trip to store for cans of spray and Benadryl (I was thinking that could he illegal, some meth making thing) but electronic check-out didn't stop (maybe flagged for later?) Anyhow killer didnt work. Methods were being discussed over beers. Decided to wait til manana. Maybe best. Thoughts were: pour kerosene, flood with hose, shove a lit road flare down, fireworks, pull out bush with truck while folks spray hole, pour deisel, or "get a sharpshooter and dig out, I'm immune." Most ideas were agreed that get your kid to film this so abandoned, for now. The spray didnt even kill ones flying back and forth. Bought 12 cans at Walmart, discounted. Now I know why discounted. Ideas?
Very nice! I fear that this last round of rain has done my garden in for the year. Most of my herbs have already drowned.
How big of pots do you use, and do you use an automated watering system?
Call an exterminator, preferably one with a bee suit.
My brother does that sort of work, he has access to chemicals civilians can't buy. I don't think it is all that expensive
I have not dug much or investigated BUT they seem to be gone? We've had some heavy rains this week so didn't check out. But this weekend was dry but I didn't see any flying around. A "cold-front" coming so maybe they have hunkered down? Or the cheap-ass poison last week, finally took hold? Or maybe natural life-cycle of the beasts that when fall comes the worker soldiers die and the queen(s) is still down there somewhere biding her time for revenge?
For some reason the rains have started by peppers up again. Nothing for most of summer but now, all of a sudden, a lot of banana peppers, cerranos are going crazy, some jalapenos, and, for some odd reason, Tabasco peppers just coming in (they are the weird ones that sorta grow "up," right? I've lost track of what I planted where and the little signs were washed away sometime.)
Ha, I grew a number of Tabasco peppers some years back and you are right, they didn't turn red until the first frost occurred. I did harvest enough of them to put in a long bottle with some olive oil. I thought I could make my own Tabasco sauce but my experiment didn't work. I put some of the oil in a pan with something that I was cooking and the kitchen became one big tear gas bomb. My guests were running around crying and hurling insults at me!I'm gonna try, or try at least the vinegar deal you see at bbq restaurants etc. Or used to, not so much anymore? How can I screw that up? Put the peppers in some vinegar....like
I'm gonna try, or try at least the vinegar deal you see at bbq restaurants etc. Or used to, not so much anymore? How can I screw that up? Put the peppers in some vinegar....like
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https://oureverydaylife.com/pickle-tabasco-peppers-vinegar-salt-39279.htmlThanks! This is looking a bit more complicated than I thought. I never canned anything. I figured I'd just rinse 'em and throw em in a jar with vinegar. Haha. But I think I can figure this out. (If this "cold-front" and rain don't kill em.)
https://oureverydaylife.com/pickle-tabasco-peppers-vinegar-salt-39279.htmli would use cider vinegar in place of white vinegar. it adds a bit of flavor. white vinegar is best used for cleaning purposes.
i would use cider vinegar in place of white vinegar. it adds a bit of flavor. white vinegar is best used for cleaning purposes.Ha. I actually like white vinegar on chips (fries) rather than malt vinegar. Go figure. More tart? Idk. I think the Scots like it also?
Ha. I actually like white vinegar on chips (fries) rather than malt vinegar. Go figure. More tart? Idk. I think the Scots like it also?the tartness is the same. the apple cider vinegar adds a subtle apple flavor that i like.
the tartness is the same. the apple cider vinegar adds a subtle apple flavor that i like.Interesting. I like apples most when with stuff like pork. Ideally, and easy, slice some up, some sauerkraut, some pork chops. Bake. Eat with side of apple sauce. For contrast? Since the apples baked are now soured?
I'm gonna try, or try at least the vinegar deal you see at bbq restaurants etc. Or used to, not so much anymore? How can I screw that up? Put the peppers in some vinegar....like
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Would anybody like to hazard a guess as to what this colorful tree is called?
Answer:I was gonna guess some exotic variety of Crepe Myrtle; due to trunk look and tropical local and since the painting/print wasn't very clear on blooms.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_regia
I was gonna guess some exotic variety of Crepe Myrtle; due to trunk look and tropical local and since the painting/print wasn't very clear on blooms.
I thought you might notice the tops of palm trees in the background. A tip off that it was in Florida, where Flame Trees are prevelant. (Or were at one time?) Have you got them in Texas?Apparently though I'm not sure I've seen them. Mainly South TX. But some reports are far north as SA. I guess related to the also non-native "Mimosa" tree and shrubs like "Pride of Barbados" that does grow here.
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Anybody know the name of this flower? Clue: It can be found in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
It's a Castillaja (Indian Paintbrush) it generally grows with grasses, it can't survive on it's own.
It's a Castillaja (Indian Paintbrush) it generally grows with grasses, it can't survive on it's own.
Top 10 best plant identification apps (android/iphone) 2018 https://techigem.com/plant-identification-apps/
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I never thought to look for a plant identifying app. I downloaded the What's This Flower? on my tablet. What a cool app. Thanks, Evil!
my first instinct is dogwood, but it looks a bit low...
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginOn phone but looks more like Dogwood tree/bush, I think tree but understory blooms? Btw hornets seemingly "gone" from area BUT my Jack O' Latern, actually even when pumpkin, on porch attracted some? Color? Scent? I sprayed and carved. Tuen I got gnats quick (before cold-front, which really was storms.) Had to put candles in all day before Halloween to keep gnats or fruit flies at bay! This AM had to seal up in bag and throw away.
Does anybody know the name of these white flowers?
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There might be a clue on the back of the postcard. The state of North Carolina. Perhaps the flower is indigenous to that state?
On phone but looks more like Dogwood tree/bush, I think tree but understory blooms? Btw hornets seemingly "gone" from area BUT my Jack O' Latern, actually even when pumpkin, on porch attracted some? Color? Scent? I sprayed and carved. Tuen I got gnats quick (before cold-front, which really was storms.) Had to put candles in all day before Halloween to keep gnats or fruit flies at bay! This AM had to seal up in bag and throw away.
Weird thing. It seems every year this mushroom pops up in the same place in the yard. I think there is an old tree stump there? Not sure what kind it is but seems weird it pops, even through whatever mulch I have put down, at roughly the same time each year, lives a little bit, then gone for months until next year.
I found some interesting fungi up at my place. Here is one I need to see if it is Lion’s Mane.Somewhere I got a book, never used, but I can't find it. That is a cool looking one. I guess all the wet weather and now, slightly, cooler weather is bringing out fungi a lot.
Weird thing. It seems every year this mushroom pops up in the same place in the yard. I think there is an old tree stump there? Not sure what kind it is but seems weird it pops, even through whatever mulch I have put down, at roughly the same time each year, lives a little bit, then gone for months until next year.
Weird thing. It seems every year this mushroom pops up in the same place in the yard. I think there is an old tree stump there? Not sure what kind it is but seems weird it pops, even through whatever mulch I have put down, at roughly the same time each year, lives a little bit, then gone for months until next year.
I found some interesting fungi up at my place. Here is one I need to see if it is Lion’s Mane.
Are you using wood mulch every year? If so, that's why you get the fungus. If you're using different mulches, then you must have some buried wood or dead tree roots in that spot.I do use mulch but have used different kinds over the years and also it pops up in same place. I think there is a tree stump underneath but as I recall it was a cedar (juniper) which I would find out because they usually don't really rot or get fungi (why we used to use them for fence posts.) But maybe it was something else. I'm not planning to eat but still curious what kind it is.
Oooh! What a pretty fungus! I’m wondering if it’s a Leucocoprinus? They’re pretty stoked on organic matter & show up in indoor plant soil a lot? Mushrooms are hard bc they can be so different at different stages. I’m curious what the answer is!I did a half-hearted internet search and the pics I found doesn't look like that kind but the internet seems to get harder and harder to find real information easily. The amazing thing is how quickly it pops up, grows, stays a bit, dies, and then comes back next year.
Albrecht,
Take a look at this Reddit thread. This is the closest match that I saw. Fungus ID is not my in my wheel house. Hope this helps.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/comments/9ue2lo/just_outside_my_house_what_are_those/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/mycology/comments/9ue2lo/just_outside_my_house_what_are_those/)
Freezing temperatures occurred here in the Pacific Northwest this past week and as a consequence, my potted tomato plants bit the dust.
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I still have my hummingbird stopping by for nectar, though. He (or she?) will hang around throughout the winter.
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One good thing, I was able to pick these two sweet peppers just before the frost hit. They tasted great, chopped up and thrown into a panful of scrambled eggs.
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Same deal here in Texas. Got into the 20s at night, of course warming up again now and all died. But I got one last big harvest of peppers. For some reason I can only grow peppers, as tomatoes seem to die, get eaten by critters, get those worms, etc. I guess just too darn hot in summer if you don't really pay attention to water and critters. And like you in pots so can dry out quick in the Texas summer sun. But I got a whole lot of jalapenos, cerranos, banana, and tabasco peppers off before the freeze. Sort of weird. Nothing on them all summer and then we had a wet fall and got a bit cooler and BOOM- peppers aplenty!
ps: Idk about hummingbirds? Do they migrate? Hibernate? Just survive? I also don't know how cold it usually gets up there (the NW can vary between fairly mild and wet to pretty cold and dry depending on which side of mountains, how close to coast, how high up, etc.) But if the hummingbirds are sticking around I guess you'd need to ensure the solution doesn't freeze! I don't think there would be flowers around for them to eat so....
That's right, most flowers are gone during the winter, but hummingbirds will stick around if you have a steady source of food for them. Mine will stick around all year and will feed during harsh weather but as you noted, I will warm the nectar up if it has frozen outside, or if there is snow on the ground. Those little birds are very hardy, and they go into a kind of deep sleep state during the frozen night, and they retain a little warmth inside to make it until morning.Cool. Neat little birds, I had no idea they were so hardy. They seem so delicate. I found a hummingbird nest in one of my bushes once. It was so funny. Like a normal bird's nest shrunk to thumb-size.
http://www.birdsandblooms.com/blog/hummingbirds-survive-in-snow-and-freezing-temps/
Cool. Neat little birds, I had no idea they were so hardy. They seem so delicate. I found a hummingbird nest in one of my bushes once. It was so funny. Like a normal bird's nest shrunk to thumb-size.
Wow, that is something. I've never seen a hummingbird nest myself, but I have a sneaking suspicion that there is one nearby. I have two hummingbirds that show up. One spends his time sitting around the feeders and he will chase the other one away, whenever the other one try's to fly in for a drink. I have seen the two of them feeding together on the big feeder, but only on very rare occasions.Nest was very small, tightly built with small sticks, what looked like maybe lint from my dryer vent (?) and on a branch way back in a thick bush that I was cutting back. A place a human, or even a critter like a coon, possum, or cat would be able to crawl up into. A 'chicken' (rat) snake could get at it, I think, but eggs so small likely not 'worth it' for the snake and high enough to keep others out.
One good thing, I was able to pick these two sweet peppers just before the frost hit. They tasted great, chopped up and thrown into a panful of scrambled eggs.
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i never have luck with peppers and i have tried for years. those look delicious
Yes, they were pretty tasty. Heat wise, they were on the mild side. Like my tomatoes, the peppers were grown in pots.
i never have luck with peppers and i have tried for years. those look deliciousStrangely peppers have been about the only thing I can successfully grow. And usually pretty easy, if I can do it! The only problem I had this year was that a freeze hit before the Tabasco peppers were harvested. But Jalapenos, Cerranos, Bell, and Banana peppers were easy and lots of fruit production and basically no care except some water during the especially hot times.
do they need more watering and shade in pots?
thx for the tips and hints on how to get those peppers going.
There appears to be a big debate on interwebs about this: when should one prune back Lantanas? I've always heard you wait until the end of winter or early spring to prune off the dead wood. Others have said once they are dead, as mine are after the first early freeze, you can prune back in "winter" (Central Texas so our "winter" can be in the 70s to freezing depending on the day. Haha.) Lastly, some people say prune (for shaping) while in bloom in the summer. They look shitty all dead and brown even though I know, if other years are correct, they will come back in spring once it warms up. Maybe it makes no difference? Idk.
I can only speak for roses, but after the first blooms of spring they tend to get kind of lanky so I will cut them back quite a bit. Of course, it being early summer by this time, they will grow back rather quickly and more roses will come into bloom. So then, they will be kind of stringy, and overgrown by the time winter rolls around and I will prune them back yet again. We get some rather severe low temps around that time and yet my roses have never failed to grow and the whole cycle of cutting back in late spring and early winter repeats itself.Here I don't think we need to do much with roses. I recall up north folks would prune back and cover up with pine needles etc and then rely on snow to keep them from dying in the winter. I'm going to ask a neighbor who is always gardening about my lantanas when I can catch them outside.
George Noory sucks . . .
Here I don't think we need to do much with roses. I recall up north folks would prune back and cover up with pine needles etc and then rely on snow to keep them from dying in the winter. I'm going to ask a neighbor who is always gardening about my lantanas when I can catch them outside.
According to a humongous A to Z book on plants from 1999, Lantanas are classified as a group 9 plant when it comes to pruning. This means that light pruning of the spent blooms should be done in late spring. You already knew this though. Severe pruning can be done also, but you won't get any blooms during the next growing season. You have had winter damage already so you might want to sacrifice next years blooms for the safety of your plant. Your call. PS, it also said to prune back (at any time) any branch that ruins the symmetry of the Lantana.Thanks. So much conflicting information. Last year I cut down to the ground at the end of winter. And had great blooms and plants a foot, foot and 1/2, tall for the most of summer. And lots of butterflies which I know will make LMH happy. Those I don't want those to get much taller anyhow. But those were established ones. The new ones I planted this spring I worry about cutting back too much and due to their position I don't mind if they go crazy or grow large. We'll see.
According to a humongous A to Z book on plants from 1999, Lantanas are classified as a group 9 plant when it comes to pruning. This means that light pruning of the spent blooms should be done in late spring. You already knew this though. Severe pruning can be done also, but you won't get any blooms during the next growing season. You have had winter damage already so you might want to sacrifice next years blooms for the safety of your plant. Your call. PS, it also said to prune back (at any time) any branch that ruins the symmetry of the Lantana.Old lady down on the block who gardens like it is going out of style said that I can cut them back. So I did. Now, we will see if they come back in the spring.
I grew up with a rose garden (That was all I got), so I've been trimming them since I was in 7th grade. If you include close ups of the vinework of your latanas, like angle your camera from under the blossoms if there are any, then I could give you specific guidance. The time of year might not be as important as the placement, severity, and style of cut. You probably already know to cut just above the nip, and to angle your cut top down, to minimize rain getting in the wound (not sure if it rains much where you are). And the dead head to increase blooms. It is fine to just prune the few inches under a dead head which are inches that are going to turn brown and fall off anyhow. In general, I wouldn't prune very much at any one time, regardless off time of year, because I like tall rose bushes. If you like short bushes, then yes you can cut them way down, but remember to cut above each nip, angle the blade down and inward so the wound kind has an overhang to keep rain out, and I would stagger the height of each major cut by many inches so your blossoms show more instead of all being at one height.
Thank you @Sofia for sharing your knowledge of pruning rose bushes. Here is a pic of a rose from one of my bushes of twelve years back. I can't remember what happened to the plant. All I know is that it isn't around anymore and that's too bad because I've got other, less colorful roses that seem to have no trouble in surviving year after year.That is beautiful! You're welcome. Maybe someone dug it up when you weren't looking!
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Close up picture of a corpse plant.
What a lovely and refreshing thread.
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I ordered some seeds from this interesting heritage seed place. They quickly shipped. Can’t wait to plant - glad I’m in Zone 9.
https://heritageseedmarket.com/
I used to get a seed catalog mailed to me from this outfit: https://www.thompson-morgan.com/ But not for many years now. They still sell onions in their online catalog but they don't show the pic of a man chomping into a big white onion as if it were a juicy apple. I kind of miss seeing it, actually.
Started planting today. Probably pushing things a little but I am in zone 9.
This is the time of year when I really, really envy you folks down south. Grooaann..
My garlic planted from grocery store cloves is coming up. Radishes almost ready to harvest. Peas, Swiss chard, mustard greens, and onions all sprouting. It will be time for tomato planting soon. I’m trying a variety bred to grow in north Florida this year.
Send your thoughts and prayers that I can get datil peppers to grow this year.
Eating from my first crop of radishes now.
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Here is a closeup picture of my Mardi Gras crocus, so named because it popped up in my front yard around about the middle of the Mardi Gras festivities. In addition to that, purple just happens to be one of the official colors of Mardi Gras.
Nice pic Rikki
I don't know if this picture falls within the threads guidelines but in the case that it gives anybody an ideas on yard framing, it's worth it. The mulch around our little "dinner deck" is a rubber mixture from Lowes made of recycled tires and rubber products. It's easy to walk on and comes in a few different colors. BTW the area you're looking at is the result of 35 bags...…… Man, I wish they would pack them in bigger bags. Although!! I did use the plastic bags as an underlayment to stop any weeds or grass from growing through.
I'm shitfaced and I have to work in the morning so you better appreciate this. Goodnight.
I don't know if this picture falls within the threads guidelines but in the case that it gives anybody an ideas on yard framing, it's worth it. The mulch around our little "dinner deck" is a rubber mixture from Lowes made of recycled tires and rubber products. It's easy to walk on and comes in a few different colors. BTW the area you're looking at is the result of 35 bags...…… Man, I wish they would pack them in bigger bags. Although!! I did use the plastic bags as an underlayment to stop any weeds or grass from growing through.
I'm shitfaced and I have to work in the morning so you better appreciate this. Goodnight.
I don't know if this picture falls within the threads guidelines but in the case that it gives anybody an ideas on yard framing, it's worth it. The mulch around our little "dinner deck" is a rubber mixture from Lowes made of recycled tires and rubber products. It's easy to walk on and comes in a few different colors. BTW the area you're looking at is the result of 35 bags...…… Man, I wish they would pack them in bigger bags. Although!! I did use the plastic bags as an underlayment to stop any weeds or grass from growing through.
I'm shitfaced and I have to work in the morning so you better appreciate this. Goodnight.
Sweet - actual redwood (some cracks) or is it Trex ?Trex, and I've spaced the planks 3/8" apart for ventilation. I hate the side vents on some decks.. or perhaps just my dads old decks. He was a butcher!
Trex, and I've spaced the planks 3/8" apart for ventilation. I hate the side vents on some decks.. or perhaps just my dads old decks. He was a butcher!
I've dropped two SD memory cards between those tiny spaces as well as numerous guitar picks and coins. Probably could have slipped that fkn pickle through there too.
@GravitySucks That, is actually a very nice song and who couldn't like a stand-up bass :) I actually paused Break On Through for it. And now back to Ze Doors.
Not like you need it:: +1
From the book "American Honey Plants; together with those which are of special value to the beekeeper as sources of pollen" 1919
I wish I had a plant like this. I love plants that attract bees.
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Fat chance to get one of these to grow on the west coast. Apparently, they like to grow in the southeastern parts of the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_filamentosa
John Prine wrote a song for you and your wife.
The flowers are an important source of nectar and pollen for honey bees and bats. Bats are the primary pollinators of the night-blooming flowers.
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Some star cactus blossoms from Cypress Gardens in...big surprise...Florida.
Some of my earliest memories (in this life) are of the water ski show at Cypress Gardens in the 50’s. I went back and saw it again in 1978.
Not sure what year this image is from.
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Did you know that the Mocking Bird is the state bird of Florida? The state flower is the Orange blossom. I'm guessing that big red flower is from a Poinsettia plant.
Florida is one of the states that does not have a state mineral.
For some unknown reason, Florida is one of the states that does not have a state mineral.The only mineral in Florida is sand.
Four varieties of tomatoes in the ground.
I’m going to try one of those with peppers
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginUg, bindweed is the worst! The flowers are smaller and the stems are as well.
That's funny. I could have sworn that these were morning glory blossoms but no, they are from a plant called the Greater Bindweed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia_sepium This is a very invasive plant and that's why people refer to it as being a weed rather than a flowering plant. I have read that the bindweed works really good as a laxitive, though I'm not sure what part of the plant has to be eaten in order to gain the desired results.
Ug, bindweed is the worst! The flowers are smaller and the stems are as well.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginYou’ll find them Upcountry Maui. So beautiful!!
I had never heard of a Jacaranda tree until I came across this old postcard image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda
I don't know if this picture falls within the threads guidelines but in the case that it gives anybody an ideas on yard framing, it's worth it. The mulch around our little "dinner deck" is a rubber mixture from Lowes made of recycled tires and rubber products. It's easy to walk on and comes in a few different colors. BTW the area you're looking at is the result of 35 bags...…… Man, I wish they would pack them in bigger bags. Although!! I did use the plastic bags as an underlayment to stop any weeds or grass from growing through.This looks REALLY great @KSM32 ! How is it holding up? Is it staying where it should or has it “wondered about†on you?
I'm shitfaced and I have to work in the morning so you better appreciate this. Goodnight.
@26 horses , thank you for the advise. This is the first time I used "new unread posts". I have a garden ::). I think I will enjoy this thread.You're most welcome, any Rikki thread is a good thread! :)
@26 horses , thank you for the advise. This is the first time I used "new unread posts". I have a garden ::). I think I will enjoy this thread.visitors can't see pics , please register or login
This looks REALLY great @KSM32 ! How is it holding up? Is it staying where it should or has it “wondered about†on you?@PolkaDot Thank you, dear. It's now three years and holding up very well with a little maintenance each spring. Snow has just melted and its' ready for a little clean up, not much though.
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Just one more thing...the "new replies" tab is highly useful to track who's responding to you directly. I believe the "mentions" tab in profile works best of the other poster puts an @ symbol before your handle.
OK @26 horses , I am learning new tricks in EllGab.
I have a city garden. I live in a row home that is almost 150 years old. My home is a 2 stories house. I have a cellar that runs the length of my home. A nice old small home with a very small backyard. I always wanted a large garden area. Yet, I make the best of this small area.
Across the width of my house, I have a homemade garden container that runs across the width of my house. I grow hops in this container. From the second floor window, I tie "Hop Twine" to the awnings. I drop the twine to the dirt in my container. I loop the twine around the hop bine. The hop bine will grow right up and above the second floor windows. The hops are coming back to life. I better get the hop twine ready. These bines can grow over 20 feet in one season.
Very cool, so you have an ideal indoor starter area, cool and perfect for seedlings with some LED lighting.cannabis plants? :'(
If you can post some outdoor pics that'd be fun to see those babies grow.
My 'gardening' abruptly ended when I was much younger...
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Good thing my thumb wasn't all that green, no?
;)
cannabis plants? :'(Teen follies - soon flushed. ;)
Hops bines (not vines) grow better with spring pruning. Pruning the hop shoots is so painful for me. Yet I do it. Some people eat the hop shoots. Pruning tomatoes and strawberries plants is also recommended. I grow hops not only in my backyard but also in a container that stands outside the front of my home. I have a partial brownstone front. I have a container with hops, pansies and some solar lights. In the photo you will see the hops shoots.
Israel Greene, who had led the United States Marines in the capture of abolitionist John Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, on October 18, 1859, died at the age of 85 at his farm near Mitchell, South Dakota.
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Not identified but I'm pretty sure these are Forget Me Nots.
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This postcard is just over one month away from being 110 years old. From Wiki, May 25, 1909:
Beautiful! So do you use them for any home brewing or just what is their consumable value?@26 horses , I seem to always have a story for why I do the things I do. Someone in my family does brew beer. However, the real reason why I started to grow hops, was it is in my DNA. I was asked to start a family tree since my family was going to visit Bavaria. There is a hotel/brewery in Bavaria that holds our family's surname. Our surname is not a common name in Bavaria. My ancestors came to the USA after the German revolutions of 1848–49. I started to wonder how to brew beer and how to grow hops. My neighborhood is full of hipsters with their love for IPAs. So our local garden center offered an outdoor "hop class". The class served hop candy, hop soda, hop salad and lessons on growing hops. I attended the class. I only had one question. "Is there a hop plant with an origin to the Americas? The answer was no. It seems that all the hop plants in the Americas came from across the ocean. All our founding Fathers and Mothers grew hops in their yards.
@26 horses , I seem to always have a story for why I do the things I do. Someone in my family does brew beer. However, the real reason why I started to grow hops, was it is in my DNA. I was asked to start a family tree since my family was going to visit Bavaria. There is a hotel/brewery in Bavaria that holds our family's surname. Our surname is not a common name in Bavaria. My ancestors came to the USA after the German revolutions of 1848–49. I started to wonder how to brew beer and how to grow hops. My neighborhood is full of hipsters with their love for IPAs. So our local garden center offered an outdoor "hop class". The class served hop candy, hop soda, hop salad and lessons on growing hops. I attended the class. I only had one question. "Is there a hop plant with an origin to the Americas? The answer was no. It seems that all the hop plants in the Americas came from across the ocean. All our founding Fathers and Mothers grew hops in their yards.
At first, I started growing hops for brewing. I was so surprise at the beauty of the cones. There is a pungent smell to the hop plants. However, I like this aroma. The plant attracts butterflies. The long bines can be grown so quickly to over 20 feet long in one season. The plants hide the unsightly structure of the back of my house. The back of my house was finished off with asbestos shingles. The shingles remain and hidden during the summer months.
Fascinating back story, truly.@26 horses , hops have a bitter taste. Hop candy and hop soda will never become popular.
So how does a hop salad taste and also the candy?
@26 horses , hops have a bitter taste. Hop candy and hop soda will never become popular.
@26 horses , I seem to always have a story for why I do the things I do. Someone in my family does brew beer. However, the real reason why I started to grow hops, was it is in my DNA. I was asked to start a family tree since my family was going to visit Bavaria. There is a hotel/brewery in Bavaria that holds our family's surname. Our surname is not a common name in Bavaria. My ancestors came to the USA after the German revolutions of 1848–49. I started to wonder how to brew beer and how to grow hops. My neighborhood is full of hipsters with their love for IPAs. So our local garden center offered an outdoor "hop class". The class served hop candy, hop soda, hop salad and lessons on growing hops. I attended the class. I only had one question. "Is there a hop plant with an origin to the Americas? The answer was no. It seems that all the hop plants in the Americas came from across the ocean. All our founding Fathers and Mothers grew hops in their yards.
At first, I started growing hops for brewing. I was so surprise at the beauty of the cones. There is a pungent smell to the hop plants. However, I like this aroma. The plant attracts butterflies. The long bines can be grown so quickly to over 20 feet long in one season. The plants hide the unsightly structure of the back of my house. The back of my house was finished off with asbestos shingles. The shingles remain and hidden during the summer months.
@26 horses , hops have a bitter taste. Hop candy and hop soda will never become popular.It would be very similiar in palate to the weed candies. I wouldn't want it in a salad particularly because of texture.
It would be very similiar in palate to the weed candies. I wouldn't want it in a salad particularly because of texture.@PolkaDot , at my hop class, they had served a hop salad with a dressing of sorts. Just for you, I will prune some of my hop spouts and take a taste. The spring spouts are like a thin flexible drinking straw. Texture should not be an issue.
We have a native subspecies here: neomexicanus. My understanding is that common hop is Mongolian- then to Europe-then to the Americas well over a million years ago.@PolkaDot , you should have taught the hop class. You sent me on a journey learning about "neomexicanus". Thank you.
@PolkaDot , you should have taught the hop class. You sent me on a journey learning about "neomexicanus". Thank you.I'm a botany girl that's worked with the local Botanic Gardens and Herbaria and I happened to marry a home brewer before it was the cool thing. Tangent: he was outlowed from indoor brewing within the first year of marriage due to a boil over that stained my granite counter top! I'm still kinda mad about that. Anyway, there are pockets of wild native hops that are coveted around here. It's rather taboo to share where the native plants are found to protect the plants (and your wild harvest). ;) Locally, spruce tips are popular too if you're doing a wild brew.
In the spring of 2010, the Monastery of Christ in the Desert planted a quarter-acre experimental hop yard that included several varieties of hops native to northern New Mexico (subspecies neomexicanus). In 2011 and again in 2013, the hop yard was expanded and several new varieties of native New Mexico hops were added.
https://www.abbeybrewing.biz/
@26 horses , hops have a bitter taste. Hop candy and hop soda will never become popular.
I believe you are correct (right). These are forget-me-nots-"Myosotidium". This was my Mom's favorite flower. Her wedding band was engraved with forget-me-nots.
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A postcard image of a Myrtle tree. These are pretty cool trees. There is a river on the Oregon coast that flows into the ocean, and growing on the bank of that river are nothing but Myrtle trees. It might be the Umpqua River, but I'm not quite sure. It was so many years ago that I was there. Actually it was a full fledged park full of Myrtle trees, I do remember that. I think it is by the town of Brookings. (All of the tourist shops sold bowls and salt and pepper shakers made out of Myrtle wood.)
Do these flower? I know the crepe myrtle does.
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The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy was moved, along with the bodies of two of his children who died in infancy, to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery, 20 feet from the site where he had been laid to rest on November 25, 1963.
Yes, the myrtle trees do flower. Not too brightly in the wild, but cultivars have nice, creamy white flowers once a year. The leaves of the tree are very pungent and have a strong pepper like fragrance. (If people with sensitive skin crush the leaves in their hands, they might get a rash.) The leaves stay on the tree all year long. Aside from over there in the holey land, true myrtle trees only grow on the pacific coast in Northern California and Southern Oregon. But what am I flapping my gums for? ha. Here is a handy link with info on the myrtle tree: https://homeguides.sfgate.com/myrtle-tree-43276.html
TY Rikki, I recall the southern variant as being particularly showy in blossom. Tis that time of the year!
And, staying in the overall family, how about the gorgeous Texas Laurel?
https://guzmansgreenhouse.com/the-texas-mountain-laurel-tree/
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These things smell like a freshly uncapped bottle of grape soda!
I find it one of the most evocative and lovely trees out there, and you're right about low water usage too.
Another boffo one for warmer climes is the Jacaranda:
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https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/jacaranda/jacaranda-tree-information.htm
Growing jacaranda trees is mostly a matter of having the right environment, as they’re strictly southern trees that thrive in Florida and parts of (Arizona & Nevada) Texas and California. Gardeners living further north often have success growing jacaranda as a large houseplant, and they have been known to make spectacular bonsai specimens. Jacaranda Tree Information Jacarandas are true southern trees, thriving in USDA plant hardiness zones 9b through 11. Jacaranda tree hardiness is tested when the temperature drops below 15 F. (-9 C.), and they do best above the freezing point. They prefer a sandy soil with great drainage, and show off their lavender blooms best when planted in full sun. They grow relatively fast and will get up to 60 feet tall and just as wide. The spreading branches may fill your entire front yard.
I find it one of the most evocative and lovely trees out there, and you're right about low water usage too.
Another boffo one for warmer climes is the Jacaranda:
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https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/jacaranda/jacaranda-tree-information.htm
Growing jacaranda trees is mostly a matter of having the right environment, as they’re strictly southern trees that thrive in Florida and parts of (Arizona & Nevada) Texas and California. Gardeners living further north often have success growing jacaranda as a large houseplant, and they have been known to make spectacular bonsai specimens. Jacaranda Tree Information Jacarandas are true southern trees, thriving in USDA plant hardiness zones 9b through 11. Jacaranda tree hardiness is tested when the temperature drops below 15 F. (-9 C.), and they do best above the freezing point. They prefer a sandy soil with great drainage, and show off their lavender blooms best when planted in full sun. They grow relatively fast and will get up to 60 feet tall and just as wide. The spreading branches may fill your entire front yard.
Neighbor grows them from seed but they grow slow, at first. You need to scratch the seed (once you open the pod.) I've done some randomly when I see them and several have grown. No effort I scratched them up and put them in the holes left from Cicadas. But it worked.
Fun Fact:
Colorado has over 600 native bees. Most of which are ground dwelling! I didn't even know ground dwelling bees were a thing!!!
Not in Colorado but when I was a kid, I was playing in a vacant field when a large bee came out of the ground and stung my left arm. A day or so later I watched a neighborhood kid playing in the same spot. He started to wave his arms all around and let out a shout. Then he started to cry as he walked home.Ug! That is a bit traumatic!
Fun Fact:
Colorado has over 600 native bees. Most of which are ground dwelling! I didn't even know ground dwelling bees were a thing!!!
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I got my first tomato plant planted in a pot, a week ago Tuesday. It is an heirloom called Bonny Best.
It’s supposed to snow tomorrow. 🙁
32 degrees out. I'm doing plant research to put in a wildflower garden with native grasses. It's nice to dream of gardens when it's cold.
You prolly already know but the Denver Water Dept. coined the term "xeric".agreed.
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I think it's darned nice to look at and less work than bluegrass carpetbagging... 8)
You prolly already know but the Denver Water Dept. coined the term "xeric".This is very nicely done! Love the wooly thyme and the galardia along the path.
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I think it's darned nice to look at and less work than bluegrass carpetbagging... 8)
This is very nicely done! Love the wooly thyme and the galardia along the path.You know your plants, lemon thyme is another nicely colorful one:
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My willow tree got clobbered with aphids last year, so last Friday I released a bag of ladybugs, hoping to get an early start on fighting those sticky little bugs. The only problem is that there aren't any aphids on the tree like there were last year. The ladybugs have since departed for greener pastures, but that's OK. I don't like to see them all cooped up in the bag. It is fun to watch them crawl out and get drinks of sugar water that I had sprayed higher up in the tree. The only trouble is, I get that Born Free song playing in my head.
Picked up this tall very used wood table and chairs today for a steal o' deal from a neighbor :)
Going to have to sand down (way down) the table top and refinish but other than that things just need a little TLC and it's going to be in fine working order :) I hate sitting to a tall table is like standing at a bar to me :) Everybody wins!!
A storm front rolled in over the West Coast a couple days ago. We've had a number of rain squalls off and on but nothing major. I guess the storm has made its way to the Mid West where it is causing thunderstorms and possible tornados. I took a picture of the storm as it first appeared up in the Western sky.
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I pulled up the last of my broccoli stalks today and prepped the soil for pepper transplants.
My willow tree got clobbered with aphids last year, so last Friday I released a bag of ladybugs, hoping to get an early start on fighting those sticky little bugs. The only problem is that there aren't any aphids on the tree like there were last year. The ladybugs have since departed for greener pastures, but that's OK. I don't like to see them all cooped up in the bag. It is fun to watch them crawl out and get drinks of sugar water that I had sprayed higher up in the tree. The only trouble is, I get that Born Free song playing in my head.
@Rikki Gins Out of curiosity Rikki, how does one get a bag of Ladybugs? Never knew one could get that. I would, simply because I like Ladybugs and would like to see them around. :)
Hi @ShayP. If you look at the bottom of the picture of ladybugs you will see some plastic netting material, which is actually the top of the bag that I snipped open with scissors. I tell you what, as soon as the container is opened, the ladybugs go charging out and they get on my hands before I have a chance to attach the bag to the tree. (I usually take a couple of thumb tacks and nail the bag to the tree.) I pour some sugar water on the tree, just above the bag and the ladybugs will stop and drink the stuff before moving on. When I say 'moving on' well, that's what they pretty much do. They seem to head off for parts unknown unless you happen to have some critical aphid problems, or an excess of other types of insects that the ladybugs like to eat. Even so, I can often see a ladybug that has decided to stick around, for up to a week or so. After that, they go though their life cycles and you might wind up seeing a number of generations of ladybugs in one summer.
You might find some ladybugs at a grange, or garden center type of store if you have them there in Richmond. I get my ladybugs at a local Fred Meyer store that has a garden section. They hang the pouches in a row (up and down) and they are kind of hard to notice unless you are looking for them. (They also sell praying mantis eggs but I have never had much luck in getting those to hatch.) Each pouch holds hundreds of ladybugs and it takes several hours for them to crawl to freedom. There are lots of dead ladybugs at the bottom of the pouch...not sure how long their transit time is. Anyway, ladybugs are fun to watch. Hope you can find them somewhere. Cheers.
Hi @ShayP. If you look at the bottom of the picture of ladybugs you will see some plastic netting material, which is actually the top of the bag that I snipped open with scissors. I tell you what, as soon as the container is opened, the ladybugs go charging out and they get on my hands before I have a chance to attach the bag to the tree. (I usually take a couple of thumb tacks and nail the bag to the tree.) I pour some sugar water on the tree, just above the bag and the ladybugs will stop and drink the stuff before moving on. When I say 'moving on' well, that's what they pretty much do. They seem to head off for parts unknown unless you happen to have some critical aphid problems, or an excess of other types of insects that the ladybugs like to eat. Even so, I can often see a ladybug that has decided to stick around, for up to a week or so. After that, they go though their life cycles and you might wind up seeing a number of generations of ladybugs in one summer.They are packed inhumanely, it causes gang sexual asssualt, not joking here bec I've seen it. And the have no food or water source. Some die. Possibly after gang rape. I have been outraged by this since 1997. As you know, they are living beings, yet way more care goes intio packaging of mere cosmetics for women. While real ladies, the lady bugs, die of suffocatio, repeated sexusal assault, dehydration, lack of light and no food.
You might find some ladybugs at a grange, or garden center type of store if you have them there in Richmond. I get my ladybugs at a local Fred Meyer store that has a garden section. They hang the pouches in a row (up and down) and they are kind of hard to notice unless you are looking for them. (They also sell praying mantis eggs but I have never had much luck in getting those to hatch.) Each pouch holds hundreds of ladybugs and it takes several hours for them to crawl to freedom. There are lots of dead ladybugs at the bottom of the pouch...not sure how long their transit time is. Anyway, ladybugs are fun to watch. Hope you can find them somewhere. Cheers. I've se
They are packed inhumanely, it causes gang sexual asssualt, not joking here bec I've seen it. And the have no food or water source. Some die. Possibly after gang rape. I have been outraged by this since 1997.
Are you saying some of the ladybugs were actually ladyboybugs?Quite.
They are packed inhumanely, it causes gang sexual asssualt, not joking here bec I've seen it. And the have no food or water source. Some die. Possibly after gang rape. I have been outraged by this since 1997. As you know, they are living beings, yet way more care goes intio packaging of mere cosmetics for women. While real ladies, the lady bugs, die of suffocatio, repeated sexusal assault, dehydration, lack of light and no food.
I want to stick to gardening, so I won’t mention names, but the garden ignorance out there is astounding. A Member of the US Congress recently criticized the growing of cauliflower in a Brooklyn community garden as being “colonial.†She suggested growing yuca (cassava not yucca) or plantains instead.
Another young woman came on a network political show to defend the no-cauliflower movement. She said the reason for her opposition to growing the vegetable was that planting the same crop year after year depletes the soil. She clearly didn’t know crop rotation has been a common practice for thousands of years.
Then the host asked if perhaps the reason yucca and plantains weren’t grown in Brooklyn was because, as tropical plants, they won’t grow that far north. The woman’s jaw literally literally dropped. Her face filled with astonishment. She then talked about community gardens having a lot of women with time on their hands who could devote that time to getting the vegetables to grow.
“Can’t they try?†She pleaded at the end with the earnest expression the millennials get on their faces.
Brooklyn is growing zone 7b. Plantains grow in zone 8 through 11. Yuca won’t grow the roots below freezing.
I’m continually astonished to realize that people not only don’t know things but don’t know that knowledge exists and can be looked up.
Dammit. It’s so hot my tomatoes are sitting on the vine green and laughing at me.
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A flowery entrance to a cave system called Fairyland, in Colorado.
I don't have any tomatoes to laugh at me. Still just blossoms.This is not much but I have 10 , 12 deer in my yard at all times except if my dog is out. I made these boxes and put up these fence and made a raised bed garden. Should have some Jersey tomatoes in a month. 🙂
Georgia
https://charismaticplanet.com/fairyland-caverns/
Colorado CO Fairyland Caverns Rock City Gardens Lookout Mountain
This is not much but I have 10 , 12 deer in my yard at all times except if my dog is out. I made these boxes and put up these fence and made a raised bed garden. Should have some Jersey tomatoes in a month. 🙂
Nice barricade, Max. Do the deer try to eat those marigolds?Hopefully AFTER they've attracted all the aphids.
Nice barricade, Max. Do the deer try to eat those marigolds?
Hopefully AFTER they've attracted all the aphids.
Actually marigolds attract the bugs that kill them like lady bugs.
They are a very good companion plant for vegetable garden at least that’s what my Grandfather drilled into my head. 😳They are! I plant calendula in my garden every year for this reason!
Plant basil next to the tomatoes.Agreed!
Plant basil next to the tomatoes.
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Some blooming cacti in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona.
Our buddy @Aldous Burbank shared some of those dried cactus fruits he collected. Truly food of the gods.
Did you see the gods after you ate them?
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Here is one big flower pot. Located at Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick, Canada.
https://www.thehopewellrocks.ca/index.php/en/home
For lunch today I’m eating a sandwich made from home made whole wheat bread, sliced tomato from the gard3n, fresh mustard greens from the garden and brat from the Winn Dixie. Yum-yum.
Yum, indeed! And it's still not officially summer yet. How are the peppers doing?A few small peppers, a few blooming, and most taking their time.
Yum, indeed! And it's still not officially summer yet. How are the peppers doing?I don’t know about all the Peppers, but Brian passed some years ago I believe. So he’s been better.
I don’t know about all the Peppers, but Brian passed some years ago I believe. So he’s been better.Mr. Peppers definitely had problems. He's better off pushing up daisies. (Nothing against daisies.)
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Any insights on how to keep these fearless little bastard's out of my fig tree? I'm locked in combat with them and losing badly.Those things swoop at my dog and stuff all the time from trees too. Usually I try to keep him from eating random stuff but I gladly let him have a go at those.
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Those things swoop at my dog and stuff all the time from trees too. Usually I try to keep him from eating random stuff but I gladly let him have a go at those.
I've missed you guys. +1 to everyone on this page. ;) :-*
I bought a praying mantis egg case at the store and placed it at the base of a potted corn stalk. About three days later I went out and saw the praying mantis babies crawling up the stalk. They were pretty small, of course. They look rather big in the pictures because the camera kind of magnified them. Mantises are like ladybugs, they like to take off as soon as they get the chance. I could see some of them for several days but they are all gone now. I might see one or two grown up ones later on, though.Those are really cool, Rikki!
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Those are really cool, Rikki!Thanks. If I come across the grown-ups, I'll try to get some pictures of them.
I had no idea petunias like these existed. I believe they are called starry nights. They look nice on the dinner deck :)Wow! Those are utterly magnificent, KSM.
Wow! Those are utterly magnificent, KSM.The thing about having literally up to a hundred of little petunia flowers in each of the 12 large pots is that the maintenance is having to spend about three hours once a week picking off all the fallen soldiers only to find that the next day offers up a few more. Truly a labor of flowery love. But man, petties are tough in all kinds of weather.
fun fact: petunias are edible.@PolkaDot So is p---y.
@PolkaDot So is p---y.Yep, pansies are too.
I have a new lovely Bristlecone in my backyard. He's just beautiful!!!Nice. I've got a Ponderosa Pine out back. About 30 feet high. Interestingly, there is a short snippet of video showing me at the nursery years ago, picking up the tree in it's pot and walking away to pay for it.
Creating a wildflower/native area in the yard. I'm very excited!I hope you post some pictures. Before, after? pretty please..?
Also, my espaliers are coming in tomorrow. I'm so happy and excited I can't stand it!
I hope you post some pictures. Before, after? pretty please..?Will do!
I have a new lovely Bristlecone in my backyard.
Good ol’ Minotcan Datil peppers almost ready to pick. I think a fat hen pilau, or maybe a St. Augustine Shrimp pilau, is due this weekend.God, those look good. If I had those peppers I'd chop them up and mix them in with a big panful of scrambled eggs. Then I would look at you fellows and say, "So, what are you guys going to eat?"
Some wildflowers from my woodsVery pretty flowers. I also like the star burst shaped ground cover under the yellow flowering plants.
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I don’t think you’d be putting more than one in a big pan of eggs. These are high end of habanero hot.Hotter the better...but in earlier days only, sad to say.
Some wildflowers from my woods
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Crap... another thread to follow. I see @Sofia had some tips on pruning roses.@sean92008 LOL!
Sounds like a line Robert Plant would write.All right Gentlemen, @Bart Ell and @KSM are overthinking things a bit. And I'm sure there's better euphemism's...if you're into euphemism's.
Euphemism for butt sex no doubt.
All right Gentlemen, @Bart Ell and @KSM are overthinking things a bit. And I'm sure there's better euphemism's...if you're into euphemism's.Um, how and why on Earth am I brought into this? I don't recall nor do I see me making mention of "butt sex" Thanks for inserting me :-\
I live in a big city. I live in a rowhome. If I was from NYC, I would call my home a townhouse. ::)
I have a container garden. I am a urban gardener.
I donated money to a Veteran's group. In return they sent me seeds for growing poppies. The seeds were for growing red Remembrance poppies. My poppies bloomed last week. Not a true red, more of an pink red poppy.
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Thanks for the work you do on behalf of the veterans.@GravitySucks , thank you for being a VETERAN.
More wildflowers from my woods
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Some night blooming cereus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-blooming_cereus
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Some marigolds that survived the same floods
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Some Thai basil. I haven’t been cooking much so it is starting to go to seed. I was surprised this survived two brackish water floods. The dill and rosemary didn’t.
Next week I will be eating Thai basil in situ.
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@GravitySucks , I like seeing you garden. What was the brackish water floods?
HELP. ?
So, the mulch area around my dinner deck seems to be letting random weeds grow through :o Yes I put the plastic down and all the normal stuff before spreading the rubber mulch. Two years now, and now this? Roundup only temporarily kills shit, I need a fix! This weeding every third day is getting on my nerves.
..And if that's not enough; Vera seems to think it's acceptable to move her blessed bowels over there as well like it's a giant litter box! The Whole system is breaking down. WORLDS ARE COLLIDING!! >:( :o
I am living on a bayou. There was an old abandoned golf course nearby. They are developing it into a subdivision. That has completely changed the drainage. We used to flood only when the bayou would go over the bulkhead. Since they tied the new development into the rain sewer the water comes bubbling up out of the manhole and floods the street. There is a sump pump but it can’t keep up.I don't like brackish water floods.
HELP. ?I mulched my garden area. Tippy loves the new mulch. A clean litter box for her. I have no real solution for that problem. Expect for getting rid of Tippy.
So, the mulch area around my dinner deck seems to be letting random weeds grow through :o Yes I put the plastic down and all the normal stuff before spreading the rubber mulch. Two years now, and now this? Roundup only temporarily kills shit, I need a fix! This weeding every third day is getting on my nerves.
..And if that's not enough; Vera seems to think it's acceptable to move her blessed bowels over there as well like it's a giant litter box! The Whole system is breaking down. WORLDS ARE COLLIDING!! >:( :o
Don’t use salt if you want anything to grow there soon.Well there is the Carthaginian solution as well. :o
Don’t use salt if you want anything to grow there soon.correct
Thank you, Gentle, Men. I have a lot of icemelt salt left over from the winter so I'll pour that on while laughing maniacally. I use to pour gas on such things but.. meh. I feel guilty for that.Tip
Great photo of those blue and white things. What do you call those things @Rikki Gins ?That was a passing cloud over my EllGab Garden West, @FISH. The cloud at center towards the bottom kind of looks like an airplane, but it reminded me of Marc's song, especially the sun bird streaking across the sky, part. So I put the two together.
I need to eat some hemp gummy bears as I listen to the Woodland Bop.
I have this 81 year old neighbor who asks me year after year (8 years now) to watch over his house and water his garden corner when he heads back to Saskatchewan every summer for the annual family reunion. He has a cucumbers haven in the lil greenhouse.@KSM
He's gone for three weeks this time and I'm already worried about his carrot row 5 days in. I may be back with a picture to ask for help.
@GravitySucks intriguing photos from Thailand. I hope you are having a wonderful journey. One question. Where is a photo of a garden from the EAST of everything?
#ThailandGardens.
@FISH gotta wait until I get out of the city.So sorry. I did not realize that you are in the city. OK, don't forget us here in the garden @GravitySucks .
@KSM@FISH They are wilting. We had some heavy, HEAVY rain a few days ago followed by a few days of scorching heat. I can't tell if it's too much water or not enough.. might have to post a picture. He can't come back to dead vegies on my watch! I'll be ruined, tarnished and shamed, only to be run out of the neighborhood like a common pygmy.
What about the carrots?
@FISH They are wilting. We had some heavy, HEAVY rain a few days ago followed by a few days of scorching heat. I can't tell if it's too much water or not enough.. might have to post a picture. He can't come back to dead vegies on my watch! I'll be ruined, tarnished and shamed, only to be run out of the neighborhood like a common pygmy.@KSM
..yeah, I'll post a picture. You beautiful fuckers better help me ;)
Aren't carrots an early root crop? I thought that they were supposed to be planted in early spring and harvested in early summer. It sounds like your neighbor's carrots have grown past their prime, and they certainly will be by the time he gets back. If he's a half decent gardener, he should understand why his carrots aren't looking so good.
Carrot neglect is a serious offense in Canada.@GravitySucks How's the food over there, I've heard the rack of puppy dog is divine!
@GravitySucks How's the food over there, I've heard the rack of puppy dog is divine!
Almost as good as yellow snow cones @KSM.My post was funny. I stand by it.
@GravitySucks How's the food over there, I've heard the rack of puppy dog is divine!
@FISH Here is a link to a wonderful garden I visited today. During this trip I am trying to not be a slave to my phone or camera as I visit places. I snap a few to be able to jog my memory later but I will post a few as time and wifi signal permits as I travel around. This link has some fairly recent pictures that shows how large this garden is.@GravitySucks wow wow wow.
https://livelifelah.com/2019/06/26/nong-nooch-tropical-gardens-pattaya-thailand/
@GravitySucks wow wow wow.
What an fabulous garden / gardens to visit. Beyond beautiful. My favorite is Dinosaur Valley. Ok, thank you for sharing.
@FISH at the top of the hill above the dinosaur valley there was a beautiful golden temple.
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I guess Golden Temples and rocks don't mind the heat. What is the temperature like for you?
It has actually been hotter at home in Texas. It has been maxing out here at about 90 but very high humidity.
@StarrMountain
Ah, the humility . . . er . . . the humidity. Drat, the soggy bastard!!!
+1 Gravity. ;) :-*
Ok. I turned to my right to get a more colorful shot. 😎a garden from the EAST on a beach? 8)
Prone on a bean bag at a bar on a beach of an island in Thailand. No place I would rather be right now.
@StarrMountain
YEAH!
+1
@Spookcat does not like the smell of these.@GravitySucks ?
Georgia Jet Sweet Potatoes growing in the Ellgab Southeast Garden
Dragon fruit plants on my friend’s plantation
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Georgia Jet Sweet Potatoes growing in the Ellgab Southeast Garden@juan
Field full of cassava
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I had to look up cassava.
@juan@FISH
this is your garden? if so I am jealous 8)
@GravitySucks great photos of gardens over there. There are some very unusual flowers in bloom. Do you have any photos of the jungle canopy on each side of the road?
Carry on...
A couple of water lilies at a temple in Laos
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Those white flowers are something else. Also that waterfall.
Carry on...
Wanna see the waterfall that is in my backyard?
Absolutely. Lay it on us, Bart!
Absolutely. Lay it on us, Bart!
I don't have time to drive up river today to take a picture but the internet has many pictures of it already!
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Wonderful, Bart. I envy you. Have you seen the falls when they are frozen? I have some old litho style stereo views that show them that way, kind of like this image:
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I slid down this waterfall twice today. Should have stopped at once. I bruised my arm pretty good the second time.
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Rice fields are everywhere so I had to post a picture. These rice fields are right behind our cabins.
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Yellow flowers on a roof top
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Rented a really nice house in Chiang Rai for the night. Airbnb sure has some great deals in Thailand.
This was a small rock garden they had by the patio where I just ate terrific mushroom soup made by my Thai friends.
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Here is 12 seconds of a waterfall I hiked to. I could have sat there listening to the water all afternoon.
First it's sideways pictures and now portrait mode video.
YOU WOULD THINK A ROCKET SCIENTIST WOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT!
Fuck rocket science. Pass me the mango and sticky rice.
The words of a man who is at peace.visitors can't see pics , please register or login
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@GravitySucks - Forks? Really?
Most food is eaten with a spoon or the fingers. The forks tend to be used to push food onto the spoon. Chopsticks are used at some meals, especially for noodle dishes like pho-type dishes. But yeah, I sneak in a forkful every once in awhile. I have nerve damage in my arms which makes chopsticks kind of clumsy if my neuropathy is acting wonky.
I am doing better than I expected. With the exception of two handfuls of Lays potato chips in the last week all I have eaten is Thai food or sushi. Eaten just about everything from just about everywhere. Except the bugs. I refuse to eat actual bugs. I did eat a tablespoon of spicy ant egg salad.
But no bugs. My friends have an affinity for silkworms. Not me.
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@GravitySucks Holy Cow! Do vegetarians eat fried insects? Are insects meat?
@FISH I don’t eat insects or vegetarians so you will have to seek your answer elsewhere. I’m guessing insects are not meat though they are rich in protein.People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World!
People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World!
Is anyone a vegetarian in Thailand?
Dinner for three at a street market in Chiang Mai including mango with sticky rice, two cokes and three bottles of water for about $5.The Coke is the elephant in the room there. Other than that, delicious!
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From today’s walk around Ko Samui neighborhood
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This summer I grew a mini lawn for me and my cats. To my surprise and delight a bunch of tomato plants came up. Obviously the previous owner had a garden at one time. See my little green babies?
But also three of these plants that were planted in a nice row. Broad green leaves that turn brown at edges then die but then new leaves keep coming in. Stalk is dark red. I am a clueless city girl and have no idea what they are. I really didn't want to yank them out until I knew what they were. I tried Google image recognition but didn't work. Anybody have an idea of what they are?
Dragon fruit plants on my friend’s plantation
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I was at a county fair last month when I spotted this unusual potted plant. The label told me the name of it but I have forgotten what it was called. Guess I should have wrote it down.
This summer I grew a mini lawn for me and my cats. To my surprise and delight a bunch of tomato plants came up. Obviously the previous owner had a garden at one time. See my little green babies?@TigerLily I like your mini lawn for all. I am also a city girl with a city garden. After viewing your photos, I was motivated to clean up my garden. I wonder if we are going to have a long winter. So many of my summer flowers are dying off. They are acting like it is FALL.
But also three of these plants that were planted in a nice row. Broad green leaves that turn brown at edges then die but then new leaves keep coming in. Stalk is dark red. I am a clueless city girl and have no idea what they are. I really didn't want to yank them out until I knew what they were. I tried Google image recognition but didn't work. Anybody have an idea of what they are?
Greenious mohawins@anniem is there another name for this plant? Google is refusing to help me.
Greenious mohawins
Greenious mohawins
Gesundheit.In Russia, if you sneeze while someone else is talking. If that happens, the interrupted speaker will often say правду говорю, or “I’m telling the truth.†???
@anniem is there another name for this plant? Google is refusing to help me.
My ever dependable anniem! Thank you.
Um, I made that name up :o:o
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I was at a county fair last month when I spotted this unusual potted plant. The label told me the name of it but I have forgotten what it was called. Guess I should have wrote it down.
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I was at a county fair last month when I spotted this unusual potted plant. The label told me the name of it but I have forgotten what it was called. Guess I should have wrote it down.
@Rikki Gins
Eucomis autumnalis
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Nice. And timely, being it's almost Autumn. (Next Monday.) I remember now, it was called a pineapple flower at the fair. Thanks, anniem.
Sorry I didn't put a winky on my made up name.I loved that exotic plant. I wondered if it would grow in my garden/house. I tried to look it up.
I loved that exotic plant. I wondered if it would grow in my garden/house. I tried to look it up.
I love your comments. You are sincere and funny.
The problem was ME. I made the mistake. It was FUNNY.
I will stay mindful, next time. ;)
I think I did find the name, have no idea where it can grow. What I do know is that it is a plant and if it is too close to me for too long it will die.I am getting better with indoor plants. The outdoor garden is my thing.
@TigerLily So you've actually done the math on this taking into account exactly how tall you are to how many guavas piled up into what size room or space that will contain you and they, the gauva? Hmm I don't think you've thought this one through all the way.
I will be knee deep in guavas soon.
@TigerLily So you've actually done the math on this taking into account exactly how tall you are to how many guavas piled up into what size room or space that will contain you and they, the gauva? Hmm I don't think you've thought this one through all the way.
I like your deck color
Thank you for the kind words. But I don't allow bear feet on my lawns. ;D
Your lawn is so lovely @KSM . Makes me green with envy. Tall fescue? I had to settle for Bermuda but still allows me to wiggle my toes barefoot in the green stuff. Makes me happy
How dare you? I’ve climbed Mt. Dora, the highest point in Florida - 60-feet above sea level.
Did you ever climb the pyramid burial ground over by the Crystal River?Not yet. I need to plan that.
Not yet. I need to plan that.
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I was looking at this picture from last August and darned if I didn't see our old friend Mr. Chimp C. Apnea staring down from the rain cloud. That's him just above the top of the tree.
Edit to the above. I should have wrote 'Chimp's face staring down from the rain cloud.' Not his body.I see Mrs. Thompson's typewriter in the clouds. 8)
Chimp will tell you it is because he is a god.
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What is it?
While we were walking Boodie we saw this tree with dropped fruit on the ground. What IS this fruit, anyone know?
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Could that be some type of gourd tree? Or an Asian pear? At first I thought they were pawpaws, but definitely not those. I don't know. Thanks for the plant quiz, anniem.
What is it?
While we were walking Boodie we saw this tree with dropped fruit on the ground. What IS this fruit, anyone know?
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Looks like a pear
I'm tempted to grab one and see what the inside looks like, but it is on someone's property. They own it!
Right. You never know, people being as they are. Perhaps you can walk by there again sometime and find someone in the yard to ask about it. That should be OK...but, you never know, people being as they are.
Looks like a pear
I have so much collard, mustard, book choy, and broccoli I can hardly process it fast enough. Radishes and carrots, too. What’s growing in the great white north?Probably not a whole lot right now. Just saw this picture from the Upper Peninsula.
I have so much collard, mustard, book choy, and broccoli I can hardly process it fast enough. Radishes and carrots, too. What’s growing in the great white north?
While you goobers are growing snow in your gardens, I'm growing collards, mustard, broccoli, bok choy, and candy roaster squash.
While you goobers are growing snow in your gardens, I'm growing collards, mustard, broccoli, bok choy, and candy roaster squash.@juan I am happy for you.
@juan I am happy for you.
Are you happy for me?
While you goobers are growing snow in your gardens, I'm growing collards, mustard, broccoli, bok choy, and candy roaster squash.
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Those damn collards!
@GravitySucks , git your gun!
@KSM i have almost no experience with that. I suppose I am happy for you. I assume you don’t have to mow it.@juan I had to +1 you. Not for your post but because your karmic score was 666 :o We cannot have evil Juan's around here.
Poke salit @anniem ?
Last summer I was walking around in an auto wrecking yard when I came across a sunflower seedling that was growing in the open door frame of an old Datsun. It was only about an inch high, so I scraped it off and put it in my shirt pocket, dirt and all. I got home and put it in a pot and wonders of wonder, the little plant took root and began to grow. It was a spindly little thing, but it did manage to flower.Aww! Love this. And the sunflower is much needed since it is currently snowing...again.
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Here is a picture of the flower head at its peak:
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I noticed some type of bee or wasp visiting the plant for a number of weeks and I tried to take its picture. It took awhile, but I finally got some photos of it. The insect kept showing up for days on end, and must have spent a considerable part of its life in gathering pollen off of the sunflower. One evening I was watching it to see where it would take off for the night, but it simply crawled inside of the petals and stayed there for the rest of the night. I guess it had been living inside the plant all along.
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In early to mid August the plant began to dwindle.
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It was gone by September. But not before I harvested its tiny seeds and fed them to the birds.
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Aww! Love this. And the sunflower is much needed since it is currently snowing...again.
Great. I wanted to utilize the sunflower pics as a counter balance to winter and snow, etc. Glad you liked it.
Last summer I was walking around in an auto wrecking yard when I came across a sunflower seedling that was growing in the open door frame of an old Datsun. It was only about an inch high, so I scraped it off and put it in my shirt pocket, dirt and all. I got home and put it in a pot and wonders of wonder, the little plant took root and began to grow. It was a spindly little thing, but it did manage to flower.
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@Rikki Gins The first pic is great because the flower seems proud that you gave it a home. (who wants to live in a Datsun?) Your words and all the other pics in sequence made it into a short story. Maybe I'm in a special kind of mood, but it made me smile. Then to see the flower droopy made me a little sad.
You have an eye for things Rikki. Plus, based on the threads you've started, a mind for research.
Cheers to you sir!
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Excellent story!
#ohshitabee
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Some friends I visit with while walking around the Ellgarden West neighborhood.
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Some friends I visit with while walking around the Ellgarden West neighborhood.
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Those two yellow crocuses returned last week but some harsh winter weather clobbered them as they were trying to bloom. They looked a lot better last year at this time: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg159747#msg159747
They appear to be trying.
Most of the photos I find are blue or purple.
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(I was looking for comic caps and came across this.)
Public Domain
More Mardi Gras screen caps from Friday night parades in New Orleans.
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We do know how to “pass a good time†down here! Great pics, plus where else could you find a pink Chewbacca riding a float!
Do you get to attend any of these parades, @Jayzelady? If so, I envy you.
Yep! Most of us who live here avoid the big Mardi Gras day parades like Rex and Zulu since that’s where tourists want to go. We like seeing the ones that roll in and around New Orleans in the two weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday. Also Baton Rouge has a bunch of parades before Mardi Gras day and some of the other cities in South Louisiana have parades on Mardi Gras. We usually try to see 4 or 5 before the time ends.
I snapped a few pics of wildflowers while I was up in my woods.
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visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWhat! Is that current? :) My lilac just has green buds....waiting and hoping we don’t get a hard freeze. Fingers crossed.
What! Is that current? :) My lilac just has green buds....waiting and hoping we don’t get a hard freeze. Fingers crossed.
Current, yes. My husband gave it to me. They're small, but very fragrant.Ah! So sweet! :)
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My dear sweet Yuki girl. October 9, 2005 - April 1, 2020
Current, yes. My husband gave it to me. They're small, but very fragrant.It's now 25F and snowing...there go my lilac buds!
@Rikki Gins oh no! I’m sorry. :(
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My dear sweet Yuki girl. October 9, 2005 - April 1, 2020
Oh no, I'm so sorry Rikki. :'( :'( Sending thoughts your way.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginVery pretty. As a florist I really despised roses but as a gardener I adore them!
Very pretty. As a florist I really despised roses but as a gardener I adore them!
Me too! I especially like the fragrant ones.
I pass this each day when I walk Boodienice!
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nice!
Some March and April color from a West Coast EllGab Garden.
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What are these?vinca?
vinca?
Looks like it! Thank you
Yes, Dot is right. Vincas. I always call them Periwinkles.I think they're in the same family but I always think of Vinca as groundcover. I'm not actually positive on that though. I'd have to look it up.
BTW @Rikki Gins - I love your tulip pictures. One of my early memories is sitting on the front steps of the house and watching the tulips at sunset. They start to slowly close as the sun wanes. I found it absolutely mesmerizing as a kid.
I'm glad you brought the tulips up, @PolkaDot. Those tulips have come up every year for the past forty years. There were more of them last year: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg180475#msg180475 Normally kids pick the tulips on their way to school, but not this year, due to the virus.I hope they gave them to their teachers! :)
I hope they gave them to their teachers! :)
Some March and April color from a West Coast EllGab Garden.
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Not a plant, but a casual observer flying over the garden.
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BTW @Rikki Gins - I love your tulip pictures. One of my early memories is sitting on the front steps of the house and watching the tulips at sunset. They start to slowly close as the sun wanes. I found it absolutely mesmerizing as a kid.
I enjoyed visiting your garden. You have inspired me to go out back and take a hard look at my urban garden. It has been somewhat cold here. With lows into the 30's during the night. I am growing somethings in doors until May 15th.
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Love this one!
Beyond its size, the hornet has a distinctive look, with a cartoonishly fierce face featuring teardrop eyes like Spider-Man, orange and black stripes that extend down its body like a tiger, and broad, wispy wings like a small dragonfly.
Here is a creepy article concerning some giant hornets that were discovered in Washington state and Canada. What's frightening is that cold weather doesn't seem to stop them.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tracking-the-Murder-Hornet-A-Deadly-Pest-Has-15242348.php
I know! I saw this today
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=848.msg276837#msg276837
The honeybees in Japan found a way to fight the hornets. They form themselves into a ball around the hornet then they vibrate and generate enough heat to cook it to death.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/murder-hornets-asian-giant-hornet-bees.html
Well I'll be darned. They bumble them to death!
The honeybees in Japan found a way to fight the hornets. They form themselves into a ball around the hornet then they vibrate and generate enough heat to cook it to death.Wow this is disturbing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/murder-hornets-asian-giant-hornet-bees.html
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Here is another shot of my periwinkles, or Vinca, as Dot correctly calls them. Actually this picture goes back a week or so. The flowers are beginning to dwindle away for the most part, but there were more of them this year compared to 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca
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Here is another shot of my periwinkles, or Vinca, as Dot correctly calls them. Actually this picture goes back a week or so. The flowers are beginning to dwindle away for the most part, but there were more of them this year compared to 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca
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The first yellow rose of the season, here at EllGab Garden West.
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The first yellow rose of the season, here at EllGab Garden West.
Thanks @PolkaDot and @anniem. Glad you liked it. I'm happy you didn't ask if it smells nice because it's a very modern rose with absolutely no scent at all. Generally I like roses with scents, but I wanted one out by my driveway and picked the yellow one because it was on sale. It is called Gilded Sun.
Hm a rose without a scent. I don't know. I walk past a rose bush when I take the dog out daily, I LIKE the scent!
Lots of the more modern floribundas have been bred for hardiness and color, but not scent. Thankfully the older heirloom varieties still have a nice rose scent. I'm like you, I love the smell of roses. My bars of soap are usually rose scented.
My bars of soap are usually rose scented.
Lots of the more modern floribundas have been bred for hardiness and color, but not scent. Thankfully the older heirloom varieties still have a nice rose scent. I'm like you, I love the smell of roses. My bars of soap are usually rose scented.nice touch! I like to use rose in my hair. :)
/reported@ShayP ! :(
@ShayP ! :(
/reported
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Last year I purchased a potted Poppy plant that, despite my best efforts, proceeded to dwindle and die. At least it looked to be dead. I could sense a small spark of life in it though, so I transplanted it into a spot out back. Winter came and I forgot about it until this spring when I was surprised by this poppy bloom. It almost seems grateful that I saved it. I can see kind of a happy face on it.
I've been neglecting this thread. Here are my Japanese Wasabi Radishes (not real wasabi) from a couple of months ago. Good both raw and fermented.
will they be red?No, these are green. I also grew some Spanish black radishes.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginVery nice! My Spousal Unit loves oriental poppies...when they're in bloom. Every year at some point when the greens would sprout up he'd think they were weeds and spray them when I wasn't looking. I swear we had that conversation every year for about 5 years. :( I've decided he only likes them in other people's yards.
Last year I purchased a potted Poppy plant that, despite my best efforts, proceeded to dwindle and die. At least it looked to be dead. I could sense a small spark of life in it though, so I transplanted it into a spot out back. Winter came and I forgot about it until this spring when I was surprised by this poppy bloom. It almost seems grateful that I saved it. I can see kind of a happy face on it.
I've been neglecting this thread. Here are my Japanese Wasabi Radishes (not real wasabi) from a couple of months ago. Good both raw and fermented.
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Last year I purchased a potted Poppy plant that, despite my best efforts, proceeded to dwindle and die. At least it looked to be dead. I could sense a small spark of life in it though, so I transplanted it into a spot out back. Winter came and I forgot about it until this spring when I was surprised by this poppy bloom. It almost seems grateful that I saved it. I can see kind of a happy face on it.
Radish kimchi?Exactly. They’re also good raw, sliced, dipped in hummus.
No, these are green. I also grew some Spanish black radishes.
From the Library of Congress. The Amarillo Daily News, May 11, 1920.
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I wonder if the Soviet Union symbol was intentional.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWow! I’m just starting to get leaves here. But my fruit trees are blooming so it must be Spring!
The first rose of my White Rose of York plant opened several days ago.
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Since then, the plant has been covered with roses.
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The first rose of my White Rose of York plant opened several days ago.
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Since then, the plant has been covered with roses.
Wow! I’m just starting to get leaves here. But my fruit trees are blooming so it must be Spring!
So nice!
I'm glad to hear that, Dot. What kind of fruit trees? Apples?I've planted quite a few fruit trees - I have 2 kinds of Tart Cherries, 4 kinds of Apples, and 4 kinds of Pears. :)
I've planted quite a few fruit trees - I have 2 kinds of Tart Cherries, 4 kinds of Apples, and 4 kinds of Pears. :)
I love woodpeckers. I had a pileated woodpecker in my yard the other day. I thought I snapped a picture but can’t find it.
Looked just like this
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Just had a nice thunder shower and then the sun broke out, so I took some pictures of my mock orange blossoms, glistening with rain drops.LOVE mock orange! I can imagine smelling them from here. Beautiful!
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LOVE mock orange! I can imagine smelling them from here. Beautiful!
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You have these birds at your home?
FINALLY something green can live up here!
Got a start on herbs just outside the back door. Might be a covid thing but there was absolutely no THYME (my favorite) to be found, anywhere!
..as well as some strawberry plants in the back corner.
It looks like a rainy day but truth is, I just took a wildman piss and Vera thinks it's rain! Hahahaha
..as well as some strawberry plants in the back corner.
It looks like a rainy day but truth is, I just took a wildman piss and Vera thinks it's rain! Hahahaha
Don’t try bringing those pussy assed painted rocks with you if you decide to move here.LOL
I really like your fence, KSM.Thanks Rikki. In total I had to put up 72 of those panels all in need of a re-stain next month.
..as well as some strawberry plants in the back corner.I like the idea of hanging strawberries! I might have to do that this year. :)
It looks like a rainy day but truth is, I just took a wildman piss and Vera thinks it's rain! Hahahaha
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Kentucky Wonder beans, marigold bloom, rat-tail radishes, and a pitcher plant in an artificial bog trying to protect my plants from bugs.
Kentucky Wonder beans, marigold bloom, rat-tail radishes, and a pitcher plant in an artificial bog trying to protect my plants from bugs.Rat-tailed radishes? Those are crazy looking!!! Very cool, Juan!
@Rikki Gins - yesterday I picked up a Meyer Lemon Tree- I was inspired by our discussion a while back and I've decided to give it a go! :)
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I came across this perfectly uniform dandelion while walking in EllGab Woods. It was big. Three or four times larger than those dandelions that pop up in everyone's lawns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum
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I came across this perfectly uniform dandelion while walking in EllGab Woods. It was big. Three or four times larger than those dandelions that pop up in everyone's lawns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum
Cool shot!
Rikki that is a spectacular picture. It almost looks like a beautiful alien lifeform that turns out to kill us all when we remove it from its home planet. Thank God we know better.
Myownerwife makes this wonderous 'Garden' Focaccia Bread. Somehow this seems like an appropriate thread to post this. ?
This is just before going into the oven..
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DON'T GO IN THE OVEN, YOU'LL GET A BURN!!!!
(fake panic)
How bout this:
Two weeks ago I built my new outdoor bag platform right behind/in front? of this Lilac bush that now blooms and smells incredible. Cloudy day here but you get the idea. I love our lilac bushes. They don't bloom long though.. :-\
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MyThat just screams summer. Yumownerwife makes this wonderous 'Garden' Focaccia Bread. Somehow this seems like an appropriate thread to post this. ?
This is just before going into the oven..
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OK...anyone have any experience with Staghorn Ferns? I've had my eye on these for a couple of years but have never found a potting/display option that I liked. You usually see them mounted on walls and that's great for an outdoor patio or greenhouse but I wasn't really digging it for indoors. Today I was, ahem, shopping online.......shhhh don't tell the husband.....and came across this image from Arhaus (you may need to scroll right to see what I'm talking about):
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And that's it! I've fallen in love with everything about how the two Staghorn's are presented. I want! But I'm not finding anyone describing mounting these guys as elegantly as shown here...What do you all think? Are these fake? How would I do this?
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Some ducks, water and greenery at EllGab Woods.
I wish I could help you Dot, but I wouldn't know how those plants are mounted. Fascinating ferns, and I have never heard of them before. They almost look like a species of air plant. I would hazard a guess that they are real plants, as they seem to have been placed to catch the morning, or afternoon sun. Did you order the ferns or were you just browsing?They don't have the ferns! That's why I need to figure out a good way of doing this. And yes, you're right @Rikki Gins they are epiphytes. :)
My first Cherry tree to set fruit! Yay!!!
Zinnias and a bee - this is a photo experiment using a modern DSLR with a 100-year old lens from a French pair of binoculars.
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I was in the Ellgab Garden, looking at the full moon and clouds and saw a pretty good tyrannosaurus rex up there but by the time I got my camera the scene had changed. It kind of looks like some wild hog or a wild dog. Something with a snout.
I shall borrow it. I collect memes from facebook everyday and post them to the google hangouts I have going with my mother and brothers. I decided that I'd like to make my brother laugh every day before he passes away. It has been about a year now. But after the funny ones, I post one beautiful scenery one so he can enjoy that too, and know I am finished.
Thank you RG!
@Rikki Gins What are these?
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@ShayP & @anniem. Those my good friends, are Sweet Williams. They are a perennial type of flower so that means they come back every year. I can't recall seeing them last year so they might be the result of some mixed flower seeds that were scattered in a pot earlier this spring. Hopefully they will come back and bloom again next year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus_barbatus Here are some better shots of them.
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@Rikki Gins What are these?Dianthus...looks great!!!
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@ShayP & @anniem. Those my good friends, are Sweet Williams. They are a perennial type of flower so that means they come back every year. I can't recall seeing them last year so they might be the result of some mixed flower seeds that were scattered in a pot earlier this spring. Hopefully they will come back and bloom again next year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus_barbatus Here are some better shots of them.
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Very very pretty! Thanks Rikki
Thank you! @Rikki Gins I love them. Looks like I'll be getting some of those for the yard.
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I was in the Ellgab Garden the other evening when a humongous mother ship went sailing by.
Did they wave?
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The honeysuckle plant is now in full bloom mode.
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Fragrant?
Yes, they have kind of a sweet smell. If you pull the flower head off and suck the end of it, there is a very slight taste of honey. I guess that's how they got their name, come to think of it.
A TASTE OF HONEY (a taste of honey)
TASTING MUCH SWEETER THAN WINE...
;D
@anniem, I watched a movie called Double Indemnity last night and saw the following scene.
Honeysuckle
I didn't know there was such a thing as honeysuckle rose.looks like a violet?
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An interesting fruit crate label showing some blooming agave plants. I was going to order one and put it in a pot but apparently they are only available for fall shipment.
This is a new one? They look old to me.
I think it's an old label. Probably from the 1930s. Why they show a desert plant and not a fruit is beyond me. But I have always wanted an agave plant. I think I'll order one come fall.
Don't they use that in cooking?
Yes. Used as a sweetener and for the production of tequila plus many other uses. But I'm glad you asked, Annie because I'm always mixing up agave plants with yucca plants. My mistake. The plant on the crate label is a yucca plant. The base of the plants are similar but there is a distinct difference in flowers, though they both produce a leathery stalk that the flowers appear on top of. It is the yucca plant that I am interested in growing. I should have looked up this earlier entry in the EllGab garden thread.
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg167863#msg167863 Some parts of the yuca plant can be eaten while other parts can be made into soap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca
Yes. Used as a sweetener and for the production of tequila plus many other uses. But I'm glad you asked, Annie because I'm always mixing up agave plants with yucca plants. My mistake. The plant on the crate label is a yucca plant. The base of the plants are similar but there is a distinct difference in flowers, though they both produce a leathery stalk that the flowers appear on top of. It is the yucca plant that I am interested in growing. I should have looked up this earlier entry in the EllGab garden thread.
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg167863#msg167863 Some parts of the yuca plant can be eaten while other parts can be made into soap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca
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The full moon with Jupiter to the left of it, as seen from my particular EllGab garden. A dimmer Saturn was to the left of Jupiter but I didn't get it in the shot. Those two planets have been hanging out together for the last couple months.
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All of the roses above belong to the same bush. I counted well over 100 roses. I was walking through a cemetery a number of years back and was taken by some white roses with a nice, spicy scent. On a whim, I took my knife out and sliced a small twig off the bush. After I got home, I put it in a jar of wet sand and low and behold, the thing started to grow. (This was the only time I had success with starting a cutting.) From the jar, it went out back where it has remained to this day.
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The roses look kind of big in the photo, but they are rather small. Not even half the size of a regular rose. The branches are very thin and quite thorny. Most likely it is a climbing type rose bush, though it hasn't anywhere to climb. I'm always cutting it back after it blooms.
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Here is the actual cemetery where I acquired the rose cutting. The actual bush itself was way over to the left by a fence. This cemetery is haunted. Notice the ghost rising up in front of the tall tree to the right?
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One of my hummingbird feeders during a recent rain storm. There is a roof covering over it but the wind was blowing the rain in at an angle.
I'm glad I saw this. There is something like this in the back yard, close to the house, that is somewhat old and I didn't know what to do with it. I suspected it was feeder of some sort, but it just seemed an odd one to me. No roof on it either.
Had no idea it's intended for hummingbirds. I guess I'll keep it and find a roof.
Oh Dot, I've got some very similar yellow flowers.Rudbeckia!
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Here are what the flower buds looked like.
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And then after the flowers opened up. They have overwhelmed the pot they are in and have fallen over.
Rudbeckia!
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I took a picture of Jupiter and Saturn as they passed by my EllGab garden. The two planets have been sharing a similer orbit these past couple of months and they can be seen in the southern part of the sky. Bright Jupiter is on the right while dimmer Saturn is on the left. Saturn is dimmer because it is lots further away than Jupiter.
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I was going through some old pictures when I came across this one that showed my butterfly house. It was made out of wood and I had it hanging on the fence for many a year. Never once did I see a butterfly go inside of it, much less see one land on the thing. It gradually fell apart over the years. As did that nice cedar fence.
This summer, I have taken 2 zoom classes.
1- "Beer and Bonsai."I am growing "Portulacaria afra" as a tree in a tray.
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2-"Picturing Death: Post-Mortem Imagery in the 19th Century." They speaker noted that in the 1860's it was popular to lay chinaberry stems by the departed.
Did you ever heard of the chinaberry tree?
I have not. What does it look like?I never knew that this tree lives.
This summer, I have taken 2 zoom classes.
1- "Beer and Bonsai."I am growing "Portulacaria afra" as a tree in a tray.
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2-"Picturing Death: Post-Mortem Imagery in the 19th Century." They speaker noted that in the 1860's it was popular to lay chinaberry stems by the departed.
Did you ever heard of the chinaberry tree?
I never knew that this tree lives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia_azedarach
Melia azedarach, commonly known as the chinaberry tree...is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, that is native to Indomalaya and Australasia.
This tree's fruit is poisonous to humans. Once the fruit is ingested in quantity (so a few to many of this tree's berries) depending on its toxicity the person eating it may die after about 24 hours of ingesting the fruits. "The flowers are followed by yellow clusters of fruit which are poisonous if eaten by humans and animals although many birds seem partial to them and are not affected. Its flowers are a respiratory irritant and its leaves, bark, flowers and sometimes fruit are poisonous."
As poisonous as these sound...wow...no wonder we don't see many of them. heh
This summer, I have taken 2 zoom classes.Fun! I love it @FISH !!
1- "Beer and Bonsai."I am growing "Portulacaria afra" as a tree in a tray.
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2-"Picturing Death: Post-Mortem Imagery in the 19th Century." They speaker noted that in the 1860's it was popular to lay chinaberry stems by the departed.
Did you ever heard of the chinaberry tree?
Fun! I love it @FISH !!Howdy @PolkaDot .
I've never heard of chinaberry...
From the Library of Congress. The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, August 18, 1920.
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Here is a nursery that I created for my Sims character, Vincent. Plants and furniture were sold there, along with some statuary. I figured kids could play in those Mayan ruins while their parents shopped for stuff in the nursery.
Is that Vincent standing there? Can he wave?
@anniem Yes, that is Vincent standing there. I think he was getting ready to open up the place. Yes, Sims characters can wave at you, but not in greeting. They will wave their hands about to get your attention. Usually if they haven't eaten or gone to the bathroom for awhile. I haven't played the game for years now, but I recall that the nursery was called Vincent's Valhalla Hall.
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Here is another screenshot of the nursery, showing Vincent walking along in the foreground. It's dark, so I'm pretty sure he's walking the grounds and telling customers that the place is closing. Sims characters do lots of things that humans do. Vincent even got married and had a little Vincent.
Fun! Well if you haven't played in years he must have been a bit peeved at the lack of bathroom and also a bit hungry!
;D
Ha, for sure. The game would on occasion, get buggy and I would have to start all over in building stuff. I'm really not sure if the nursery is still there. Guess I'll have to play it sometime and see where I left off.
Howdy @PolkaDot .Ohhh, she's beautiful! Yellow is such a happy color. :)
Good to see your return.
photo of one of my Canna 'Cannova Yellow' (Canna Lily).
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visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI love Wisteria- so beautiful. It requires quite the planning and investment.
I used to walk by this Wisteria plant many years ago. I believe that the building is still there but not sure about the plant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria
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I used to walk by this Wisteria plant many years ago. I believe that the building is still there but not sure about the plant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria
Hey, look what fell out of my guacamole tree today!
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Some friends flying over EllGab Garden West.
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Though the EllGab Garden West is quite a ways away from the wildfires in California, the smoke is starting to drift in, as seen from the coloration of the sunlight.
The wagon petunias have had a rough go these past two weeks with nighttime temperatures dropping lower than is normal for August. Bleak looking stuff to say the least :(
However, the really strange thing is that there are a few Purples from last year that have all the sudden made an appearance. :o We had ripped everything out of the soil last October and then suffered a brutal winter with -40 or colder Centigrade.
PS the purples are not growing out of this summers flowers. They are rooted separately.
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Pretty!Annie, it's not pretty. They're all frost bitten. That wagon is usually bountiful and lusting after light and life!
Annie, it's not pretty. They're all frost bitten. That wagon is usually bountiful and lusting after light and life!
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I had good luck with this pot of flowers. It sits at the furthest reaches of my backyard and I was forgetting to water it. The plants almost dried up completely but once I started watering them, they bounced back. That plant container is bigger than it looks in the photo. In fact, it is kind of an optical illusion. Which is longer, the width across the top or the length from top to bottom? The top of the container is one foot wide. The length of the container, from top to bottom, is one foot.
My plums are finally ripe and ready to be picked. 1st crop! :)
Oh yum, Dot. I love plums. I have a plum tree in a pot. I ate a plum from a neighbor's tree and put the pit in the pot and the darn thing actually grew. The neighbor's tree has plums that are kind of reddish, purple, very sweet and juicy. Do you know what variety of plums you have?
Oh yum, Dot. I love plums. I have a plum tree in a pot. I ate a plum from a neighbor's tree and put the pit in the pot and the darn thing actually grew. The neighbor's tree has plums that are kind of reddish, purple, very sweet and juicy. Do you know what variety of plums you have?Oh wow! I love the that it grew. Nicely done!
Stanley :)
Oh wow! I love the that it grew. Nicely done!
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Thanks, Dot. Here is a pic of the plum tree. Pretty good growth for two years. I named it after you. lol
Ahhh! NICE!!
Here's my harvest from today - it's snowing tonight and we'll get our first freeze in the AM so everything had to be picked.
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I stepped outside a few nights ago and saw the moon and Mars above the EllGab Garden. Interestingly, it is like they have changed places. The moon looks more like a planet and Mars resembles a moon that is orbiting the planet..
The moon was up into the late morning today.
It seems sneaky changing places and hanging around late. I'm not sure we can trust the moon anymore.
;)
My plums are finally ripe and ready to be picked.
Sounds like an Amish pickup line.:-[
Also, why don't we have a food thread? We should have a food thread!
You know who loved plum cake? HITLER!They can’t all be peaches @Bart Ell :(
They can’t all be peaches @Bart Ell :(
ShayP started a sandwichs thread: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=831.0*Awkward* :-\
I'm going to give this Plum Cake a go today: https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/late-summer-plum-cake.html (https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/late-summer-plum-cake.html)@PolkaDot yer stupid!
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Who's bringing the ice cream? Also, why don't we have a food thread? We should have a food thread!
@PolkaDot yer stupid!@JayGab -Random. I don't like that you were thinking of me in the middle of the night you distasteful ghoul. Please return to the underside of your rock tout de suite.
@JayGab -Random. I don't like that you were thinking of me in the middle of the night you distasteful ghoul. Please return to the underside of your rock tout de suite.
Ug, now I need a shower.
Also, -1 Bitch.
@JayGab -Random. I don't like that you were thinking of me in the middle of the night you distasteful ghoul. Please return to the underside of your rock tout de suite.
Ug, now I need a shower.
Also, -1 Bitch.
*Awkward* :-\
...Um.. yes he did
....at my behest.. ... don't want this to be a thing... but...... just sayin' @ShayP ... .... just saying thought it was a ................................great idea
.............of MiNe...
meh.. sort of..............................................my
sandwich ... thread..
ok then
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I found some burnt leaves and a clump of solid ash on the backyard the next morning.
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I found some burnt leaves and a clump of solid ash on the backyard the next morning.
Well that's not good. @Rikki Gins
The garden needs a moat!
@ShayP No. I was up all that night listening to the fire and police scanner plus waiting for an automated phone call to evacuate. But the fire rolled over some hills to the east and beyond. Lots of houses and businesses destroyed in neighboring towns. I was up all night last night because winds were supposed to crop up and fan more fires, but there was no wind. Still lots of smoke out there. Everyone is crying climate change. I can't speak for all the fires but the ones around EllGab Garden West were started by arsonists.
That would be nice. And a castle to go with it.
That would be nice. And a castle to go with it.
@ShayP No. I was up all that night listening to the fire and police scanner plus waiting for an automated phone call to evacuate. But the fire rolled over some hills to the east and beyond. Lots of houses and businesses destroyed in neighboring towns. I was up all night last night because winds were supposed to crop up and fan more fires, but there was no wind. Still lots of smoke out there. Everyone is crying climate change. I can't speak for all the fires but the ones around EllGab Garden West were started by arsonists.
I did it in your honor. @KSM32 Your idea was so splendid that I had to act quickly...as you said, "at your behest." ;)@ShayP and I'd bet real money that you could make a killer sandwich. Me, not so much. All about the ratios and I can't get it right.
@ShayP and I'd bet real money that you could make a killer sandwich. Me, not so much. All about the ratios and I can't get it right.
All my tomatoes are frost burnt and my peppers never really had a chance this year.
Thanks man. I'd like to think so, especially since working with food was my job for nearly 30 years. @KSM32 But I burned out a while ago and have looked for other opportunities. I do get inspired though. Holiday's, catering events, etc. Anyway...sorry about the tomatoes and peppers. At least you give it a go. Sadly I do not have a green thumb and have failed at every garden I ever attempted. It wasn't even the weather's fault either.
Oh, I bet you can build a great sandwich. You seem to have good taste and know what your doing so don't bullshit a bullshitter. ;) ;D I'd bet real money you'd be killer in a professional kitchen. Just sayin.'
CHEERS! 8)
Oh @ShayP, I bet it was climate change that did your gardens in.
This popped up on its own in the grass under our mango tree. It's been 2-3 weeks since we potted it and it remains viable.
@ShayP No. I was up all that night listening to the fire and police scanner plus waiting for an automated phone call to evacuate. But the fire rolled over some hills to the east and beyond. Lots of houses and businesses destroyed in neighboring towns. I was up all night last night because winds were supposed to crop up and fan more fires, but there was no wind. Still lots of smoke out there. Everyone is crying climate change. I can't speak for all the fires but the ones around EllGab Garden West were started by arsonists.I hope you stay safe Rikki.
I believe I could be a successful basil rancher. I have been harvesting basil all summer. I’ve supplied cloned plants to everyone that would take them. I have 5 different types of basil growing now. I planted a bunch of Thai bird chilies but they are taking their time. Hope I get some. I have had one plant that I bought in June that is in the pot. Just picked all the peppers that were on it but it has a bunch of new flowers.Beautiful!!
The rest of this planter is filled with different types of flowering plants. I usually get one when I see something I like and have been adding them one at a time to reduce the urge to plant more basil.
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I was introduced to the Native American Church tipi ceremonies beginning in August 2018. Some of the traditional plants (non-psychoactive) used in the ceremonies are hard to find here, so I bought a bunch of seeds from ebay.I LOVE the Japanese Lace leafed Maples. So beautiful! Good luck!
During the next 4 years it is my intention to hold tipi ceremonies on the land that I have up in Central Texas and I wish to have these plants available up there to use in the ceremonies.
I don’t have pictures yet because I just planted the first batch of seeds today. These include Sweetgrass, White Sage and Incense Cedar. I planted 60 of the Sage seeds and 50 of the Sweetgrass seeds in some seed starter containers. They traditionally have low germination rates so I over planted. If they take root, I will post pictures of their progress.
The incense cedar seeds require more steps. They have to be soaked in water and then placed in the refrigerator in moist medium for at least 60 days to scarify them. I began soaking the 20 seeds I bought tonight and will pop them into the fridge tomorrow.
This is the same process I had to use on the acorns I collected last November in Maryland. Most of the oak trees that started growing this spring are still hanging in there, but just barely. I think I burned them with fertilizer I used. Seems like fertilizer that is good for basil is not necessarily good for oak trees. I hope they make it. I have dreams about having majestic white oaks to plant among the 4 or 5 different varieties of oaks that I already have in my woods.
The other batch of seeds I bought were an impulse buy. It was 10 seeds for Dwarf Red Japanese Lacy Maples. I really liked the color in the pictures that I saw. These seeds need to soak and winter like the cedar seeds so I started them today. I have to be careful where I plant these in my woods. They can’t really tolerate the full day Texas sun. Morning sun then shade is perfect so I will be scouting out locations.
I’ve tried cloning other species that I have here to be able to plant some up in my woods. We had a Bottlebrush tree lose a limb in a storm back in July. I took some cuttings and it looks like 7 out of 10 of them might actually make it.
I have other cuttings in sand right now. Some seem to be doing ok. Esperanza leaves are all still green and vibrant. My two different crepe myrtles don’t seem happy. My two different oleander batches are pretty much a goner. I might try again in the spring when they have new growth.
I have some other seeds that haven’t been delivered yet. A really big blackberry that I am going to try, a thornless variety of the pea eggplant and two different types of basil. I might have to order more seed starter packs. I bought an LED indoor plant light because our windows block most of the UV rays. I may have to buy a second one now or a bigger one with a timer.
I hope we have a mild winter down here but since this is 2020, my gut tells me we will have snow before the end of November. The first cold front that came through last week dropped the temperature from the mid 90’s down to 57 over night.
I love the smell of basil. We have cuttings in small vases in several rooms of the house. The different colors from the different types of flowers are really nice.
I hope you stay safe Rikki.
I planted lemongrass in pots so it wouldn’t spread too much. Going to harvest some soon.
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Grow American stuff!Boo. I just planted a bed of Japanese Turnips.
Boo. I just planted a bed of Japanese Turnips.
Grow American stuff!
What type of grass is that, Kid? It looks almost succulent in nature. Most likely indigenous to your area?
What type of grass is that, Kid? It looks almost succulent in nature. Most likely indigenous to your area?
Grow American stuff!
St Augustine. It is rather stiff. Not very comfortable to walk on bare foot and definitely not like laying on nice, cool Kentucky bluegrass like up north.
St Augustine. It is rather stiff. Not very comfortable to walk on bare foot and definitely not like laying on nice, cool Kentucky bluegrass like up north.One of the few grasses that will grow in the shade and still handle the sun.
I have a pot with a couple of regular maples in it that I am going to transplant in the spring. In your honor.
What's a really good plant for hanging out on an inside window ledge?@SpookPumpkin Houseplant? Will it get cold in the winter? What kind of sun/exposure? You want something upright or hanging?
One of the few grasses that will grow in the shade and still handle the sun.
@GravitySucks - where do you get the pea eggplant? That might grow here.
I planted this lemon tree about two weeks ago and it seems to like it here.
I envy you...and Grav...and juan.
You don’t have to look at the NOAA website everyday. Another tropical storm is headed my way. TS Beta
I love storms of all types. Bring 'em on.
I just hate the 2-3 days of having to pick everything up that is within 3 feet of terra firma, and then power washing the mud away after the floods. That latest storm that went near Pensacola caused a minor storm surge here. Another 6†and it would have flooded the pool again. Living on the water has it’s advantages. Until it doesn’t.
I noticed a single Chicory plant growing in the EllGab Garden Central alley. I guess you can make substitute coffee out of the plant, among other uses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory
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Flower - pretty
Giant bee - terrifying
Lol, anniem. Actually my camera zoomed in a little too close. That bee wasn't even half the size of a regular honeybee.
Oh, ok. Nevertheless, beware the Giant Bee!
Reminds me of Jedimiller’s “Oh, shit, a bee!†last year. LOLOLOLOL
I noticed a single Chicory plant growing in the EllGab Garden Central alley. I guess you can make substitute coffee out of the plant, among other uses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory
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@SpookPumpkin Houseplant? Will it get cold in the winter? What kind of sun/exposure? You want something upright or hanging?
Flower - pretty
Giant bee - terrifying
But bees are so cute! and helpful to the environment!
Look at the little fuzzy bumble butts!
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Was finally able to get back to the hacienda. Some water is still in the road but got in.
My fall garden really took a hit after being inundated with saltwater for 3 days.
I watered really heavy when I left Sunday trying to keep the plants from being thirsty. Looks like some didn’t do very well.
#feelingkindasad
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Yes, they look beat, Grav, but still showing a healthy green shade of color. Would a nice infusion of fresh water bring them back to a healthy state?
Gave it a good dousing especially on the leaves and pruned away all the dead leaves. Pruned the basil way back. I think the basil will be ok but I am pretty sure I lost my 6 thai chilies. Their leaves were totally shot.
@PolkaDotHmmm...OK. I'll think on this @SpookPumpkin . Your window is like a northwest exposure? The first couple of things that come to mind is the Dracenas. They are pretty plants that aren't too picky about light and can take a window that gets cold at night. It would get big eventually but you would have a good 3-5 years before it outgrew a window ledge. I really like the red edged dracena- the latin is Draceana marginatas. But there are others too.
Houseplant
Most likely cold in winter, but not enough for me to freeze indoors with central heating.
Sun comes through the side mostly in the evenings.
Upright would be preferable. I have good wide window ledge.
But bees are so cute! and helpful to the environment!I love the bumbles too! :) :)
Look at the little fuzzy bumble butts!
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Gave it a good dousing especially on the leaves and pruned away all the dead leaves. Pruned the basil way back. I think the basil will be ok but I am pretty sure I lost my 6 thai chilies. Their leaves were totally shot.Such a bummer. :(
My pea eggplant/turkey berry seeds arrived today. They’ll go into the ground/bucket tomorrow. Thanks @GravitySucks.
I have a Swedish Ivy potted plant that a friend gave me. When it was delivered from him, one of the vines had got broken riding in the car. I snipped it off and put it in a glass of water. It's now got a bunch of roots growing out. Do I just need to stick in some dirt now? I'm assuming to get some good quality potting soil. How big of pot should it go into?
Any good potting soil would work. Something with peat moss or vermiculite is fine. I would start out with just a 4-6†pot. Anything more will just get the plant trying to produce more roots instead of ivy. I don’t use a fertilizer soil like miracle gro when first rooting. Too hard on new roots. I do mix a little bit of none meal.
Be careful watering. Don’t let the soil dry out. But don’t keep it too wet either.
You mean bone meal? :)
Oops. Yep. I use fish bone meal.
You mean bone meal? :)
Truth be told I was going to Google 'none meal' because I usually trust what @GravitySucks is talking about. I thought about bone meal, but no. I figured he knew something none of us knew about. ;) Plus I'm a shitty gardener and I'm trying to get tips from all of you. >:( ;D
#nosuchthingasnonemeal
I have a Swedish Ivy potted plant that a friend gave me. When it was delivered from him, one of the vines had got broken riding in the car. I snipped it off and put it in a glass of water. It's now got a bunch of roots growing out. Do I just need to stick in some dirt now? I'm assuming to get some good quality potting soil. How big of pot should it go into?Oh nice! Is it the variegated or pink varietal @Ciardelo ? Those two are the prettiest IMO. I would keep it in a small pot, nice and tidy. It'll appreciate being comfy and not having too much room. Remember not to pack the soil- it's everyones inclination to do so but let it settle naturally and maybe add more soil later. Enjoy!
Ha ha! ;D I'll admit to some trepidation @ShayP in questioning @GravitySucks about that post. But then I finally decided to risk the possible public garden humiliation in not knowing what "none meal" was. LOL
Oh nice! Is it the variegated or pink varietal @Ciardelo ? Those two are the prettiest IMO. I would keep it in a small pot, nice and tidy. It'll appreciate being comfy and not having too much room. Remember not to pack the soil- it's everyones inclination to do so but let it settle naturally and maybe add more soil later. Enjoy!
@SpookPumpkin - I woke up this morning and thought I need to offer her something that has some color that stays tidy. So here's the other houseplants I thought of:
The little boy plants are fun. They're not really called that of course they're actually Anthuriums. The blooms last a long time and they have a very waxy appearance which makes them very striking. They'll stay small and have great color.
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Likewise, the Peace Lilly is similiar- not as hardy or as striking but pretty resilient. Though your cat may try and eat it. :(
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Kalonchoes are a fun and hardy ones too. You can find them in LOTS of colors. My mom used to dump her left over coffee into the one on her desk everyday and that plant still bloomed. I wouldn't recommend doing that btw!
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Ha ha! ;D I'll admit to some trepidation @ShayP in questioning @GravitySucks about that post. But then I finally decided to risk the possible public garden humiliation in not knowing what "none meal" was. LOL
@SpookPumpkin, I had really good luck growing these spider plants. That is, if you have an indoor, occasionally sunny spot to hang it in. It's a fun plant. It makes babies.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophytum_comosum
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I saw this large gathering of crows yesterday. They all spiraled upwards and took off in a northerly direction. I was somewhat surprised because I thought they would be heading south.
It’s a murder!!! :o
;D Crows don’t migrate but Ravens do. ;)
It’s a murder!!! :o
;D Crows don’t migrate but Ravens do. ;)
Goodness! Was there a corpse and clues and whatnot?? ;)
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Here is a picture of the top of one of my wind chimes. It is a test picture. I recently purchased a spotting scope because I wanted to get a closer look at birds who visit EllGab Garden Central. This was taken from quite a distance away, so I think the scope will work good for closeup pix of birds.
Goodness! Was there a corpse and clues and whatnot?? ;)
I seem to recall that as kids, we would lie in a field and act like we were dead so that buzzards would come down close to us, but it never worked. The birds could tell that we were faking it.
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Here is a picture of the top of one of my wind chimes. It is a test picture. I recently purchased a spotting scope because I wanted to get a closer look at birds who visit EllGab Garden Central. This was taken from quite a distance away, so I think the scope will work good for closeup pix of birds.
Buzzards are one of my favorite birds! They stomp their feet to get your attention and if you persist on getting too up close and personal they'll regurgitate to scare you off. It's hilarious! We had one we couldn't return to the wild and used him as an educational ambassador. His name was Chuck (short for UpChuck). He would steel keys from your pockets and loved to play ball. Such a great bird!
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I went for a quiet stroll through one of my favorite cemeteries yesterday. There are lots of Ponderosa Pine trees growing there. I have one just like this growing in the back yard. Mine will be as tall as this one in about another eighty or ninety years. I can't wait.
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A bird carving on one of the headstones.
Like!
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A bird carving on one of the headstones.
Morg?
Beware the sexy onions
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Please tell me this is a joke! :-\Nope. These onions were tooo.....well, I'm not really sure. Round? Hmm. Algorithms are terrible at sexy.
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The pale goldfinches are still hanging out at the feeder. A typical house sparrow can be seen at the bottom of the last picture.
Nice! We have blue birds flying around. Yesterday I was sitting in a chair on the deck and a hummingbird flew up to the right side of my head, about a foot away. He spun and looked back and forth at my husband and I, then zipped away.
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The pale goldfinches are still hanging out at the feeder. A typical house sparrow can be seen at the bottom of the last picture.
These are great!!
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It isn't all that often when you see a nicely defined hole in a cloud, but there it was, right over EllGab Garden West. The overall shape of the cloud kind of looks like a dog's head, the hole being its eye.
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It isn't all that often when you see a nicely defined hole in a cloud, but there it was, right over EllGab Garden West. The overall shape of the cloud kind of looks like a dog's head, the hole being its eye.
I think it looks more like a moose @Rikki Gins
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It isn't all that often when you see a nicely defined hole in a cloud, but there it was, right over EllGab Garden West. The overall shape of the cloud kind of looks like a dog's head, the hole being its eye.
The cloud is great but I'm more impressed by the beautiful blue sky.
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Another picture showing the smoke from the September wildfire.
That photo is really nice despite that smoke sucks.
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The leaves are turning red.
Blueberries?Virginia Creeper
Virginia Creeper
Thanks, Dot. I was wondering what those were myself. I came across the plants in a neighboring alley. I think they were covering an entire fence.Yes, it can be rather aggressive. :) Pretty though!
Virginia Creeper
That was my nickname when I lived there.
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It's a beautiful day in Mr. EllGab Garden's neighborhood.
How do you do anything but stare at the stars.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginNice!!! I love that you can see his eyes! :D
I was enjoying a cup of coffee outside when a friend stopped by to visit. It's not the least bit camera shy. It allowed me to take numerous close ups without scurrying away. Or hopping away, I should say, as it is a member of the jumping spider family.
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I was enjoying a cup of coffee outside when a friend stopped by to visit. It's not the least bit camera shy. It allowed me to take numerous close ups without scurrying away. Or hopping away, I should say, as it is a member of the jumping spider family.
Not a bitey one I hope!
@anniem: I think that most spiders would bite if they were threatened in some way. I've let spiders walk on the back of my hands and have never been bit. A while back though, I went to pick a small chunk of toast out of the kitchen sink and I wasn't wearing my glasses. Turns out it wasn't a piece of crust, it was a spider and he bit me on the thumb. One of his fangs broke off and I had to use tweezers to remove it. I took him outside and put him in a potted plant and he was happy. How do I know he was happy? Because monitors can communicate with insects and other forms of animal life. Take the fellow in the picture for instance. He was wondering if I might have some honey in my cup. I had to tell him that I was drinking coffee, not tea.
Some more plants from that wasteland area.Nice! I really love the California Poppies. They're such happy flowers! And the Bachelor Buttons are nice too.
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Nice! I really love the California Poppies. They're such happy flowers! And the Bachelor Buttons are nice too.
Was it MURDER FROST @Rikki Gins?
Burpee 2021 Spring Catalog....
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Some final bits of color before last week's bitter frost.
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I like the purple color.
Good, Annie. That flower came up late in the pot that sits at the far end of the backyard.
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg297952#msg297952
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I managed to pick the last cherry tomatoes shortly before the big frost. They have ripened up nicely by the light of the lamp.
LOL! I'm laughing at myself. Initially I didn't realize that was a microwave. I thought it was some weird remote control leaning against a mirror. I need help. ;D
Some final bits of color before last week's bitter frost.@Rikki Gins is that a clematis?
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LOL! I'm laughing at myself. Initially I didn't realize that was a microwave. I thought it was some weird remote control leaning against a mirror. I need help. ;D😆 ummm, I was completely confused as to what was happening there. I didn’t realize it was a microwave until I read Shay’s comment! Lol
@GravitySucks - have you planted your pea eggplant? I planted three seeds in one bucket, and one sprouted and is growing. With these days of highs in the low 70s and nights in the high 50s , the thing is blooming.
@juan Not the new seeds I bought. Holding off until I start them in pots in January. Not much recovered from the last flood. The one I had was harmed a little but hopefully it will make it.
I’ve been hanging out on the gulf beaches in Florida.
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@Rikki Gins is that a clematis?
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I noticed these plants while taking a walk.
I like the first and last best.
Good, Annie. I know right where the plants in the bottom two pictures are and I will try to get a picture of it next summer. It should have quite a few blooms on it.
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I enjoyed a nice stroll through my favorite cemetery back on Thanksgiving Day.
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Some burnt trees from last September's wildfire.
Grey house ruined in the fire?
Some more damage from the September wildfire. A tavern that I never got around to having a beer and some flavor crisp broasted chicken in.
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Mmm, broasted chicken. I don't think I've ever had broasted chicken.
Was the whole neighborhood burned? How did the houses back there behind fare?
Some more damage from the September wildfire. A Judo academy that I never got around to taking lessons at.
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Some glass window blocks that were melted from the heat.
Roof burned away?
Most likely. The place was being cleaned up, so the roof remains were probably picked up first. I noticed the tavern and barbershop roofs were completely burned away as well.
We don't need no steenkin' roof for Judo! Right @KSM?Unless we're Judoing on the roof we do not need no steenkin' roof, no.
Unless we're Judoing on the roof we do not need no steenkin' roof, no.@KSM and @Ciardelo Please do not wrestle in the garden, you'll trample the flowers.
@KSM and @Ciardelo Please do not wrestle in the garden, you'll trample the flowers.I just had dinner. Too full to throw down. Stop it!
I blame @KSM and @Ciardelo for this clickacy...Why are you ruining the garden thread by bringing me into it? Sorry @Rikki Gins she know not what she do. COZ SHE'S A STUPIDHEAD! @PolkaDot
I blame @KSM and @Ciardelo for this clickacy...
Why are you ruining the garden thread by bringing me into it? Sorry @Rikki Gins she know not what she do. COZ SHE'S A STUPIDHEAD! @PolkaDot
You don't ruin the thread @KSM. Always a pleasure having you here.A pleasure? ??? No reason to overstate the case @Rikki Gins . ;)
A pleasure? ??? No reason to overstate the case @Rikki Gins . ;)
Calm down @KSM - I'm mostly kidding.
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Some more damage from the September wildfire. At first glance I thought this house was spared by the fire.
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But sadly, the other half suffered some serious damage.
A mess
Yes, at least on the right hand side. As a matter of fact, none of the houses to the left were burnt so it kind of looks like the fire was actually stopped (in that particular sector) as it was burning into the house. Most likely fireman stopped it because there was no soapy fire retardant sludge left over from a forest fire plane. Aerial retardant drops were few and far between because of the unusually dense smoke. I hadn't realized it at first, but there were a string of houses that were destroyed to the right of the white house. In fact there was a small house with a double garage right next to it.
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It looks like it takes a very long time to get things rebuilt, huh?
I believe that federal funding to help with the clean up efforts will begin later this month. This is a rather small city that I drive to in order to take one of my EllGab Garden walks in. For years, I have walked by all of these burn sites, not thinking that they would someday be destroyed by fire. (I was pleased to see that my favorite cemetery escaped the blaze.) There was another small town to the south that received just as much damage but I don't take walks there and thus, no pictures. Here are some shots that were taken next to that white house that can be seen in the previous pictures.
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The fire really hated Volkswagens.
The fire really hated Volkswagens.LOL I was thinking those people sure loved their classic VWs!
Why has The EllGab Garden turned into images of tragedy? :'(
Good question. These images reflect the devastation of a wildfire that occurred in September and show the power of nature, in this case, fire. Nature is a principal subject of the thread so I've been documenting it's power. Likewise, I like to take pictures of storms. But not to worry, I'm taking pics of clouds and plants, as we speak.
Oh good! I'll alert @Exile immediately! Thanks!Lol!
Oh good! I'll alert @Exile immediately! Thanks!
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Lol!
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Cloud picture of the day.
What is the building?
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Here is another screen shot of my early day Sims house, before it went corrupt and I had to demolish it. This was the back pool area and it shows a nice tree to the right and some hedges to the left. Those hedge plants would actually grow jagged tendrils of plant growth and you would have to get your Sims characters to trim them back.
Pretty neat! Did she leap off the roof or was it the board?That's Tillie and she was springing off the board. I don't think that you can command a Sim to walk or jump off the top of a building. In this case, Tillie was just standing at poolside, waiting for a command to 'get into the pool' via the diving board. You can also tell your Sim to get into the water by clicking onto those built in ladders.
;D
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The Everyone In Town Got Wiped Out And I'm The Only One Left Alive picture of the day.
The little town up here was deserted except for the animal hospital. Which was good, Boodie's chip was rejected/infected and she had to be seen.
That's good. My vet is open half a day on Saturday. Probably yours too, annie? Did he give Boodie some pills?
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Clouds (and trees) picture of the day.
I have been making a clearing in my woods to be able to set up a tipi.
While the earth is disturbed, I decided to purchase and plant some different types of wildflowers in certain areas that won’t get much traffic, but now should receive ample sunlight.
Wish me luck.
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The trees I cut down won’t be going to waste. In addition to getting about 5 cords of firewood cut up from the tops and the branches, I hauled most of the cedar logs to a sawmill near me to have lumber cut for shelves, a farmhouse table, benches and a deck. This is what the wood looks like once it has been rough sawn. I had this first load cut into slabs 2.125†thick.
Looks like bacon but smells like cedar.
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Beautiful. Giant bursts of energy?
Beautiful. Giant bursts of energy?
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Out on an EllGab Garden walk and passed by the Monitor Headquarters building. Looks like someone tried to shoot through a basement window.
Be careful!
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Cloud picture of the day.
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Came across this boarded up doorway while taking an EllGab Garden walk. Hope nobody was behind there when they did it.
How suspicious! We need to see.I'm with Annie on this one.
I'm with Annie on this one.
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day. A close look at some pond water showing green sprouts of plant growth. Also, I believe those bubbles are tiny eggs of some type. Possibly newts.
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
This post rocks!
(that joke never gets old)
;D
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
I think this picture looks pretty cool or pretty creepy depending on your perception.
I burned my brushpile of cedar slash.
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I think this picture looks pretty cool or pretty creepy depending on your perception.
I burned my brushpile of cedar slash.
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My lemons 🍋 are almost ready!!! This is the plant @Rikki Gins inspired me to purchase as a house/deck plant this spring. :)
My lemons 🍋 are almost ready!!! This is the plant @Rikki Gins inspired me to purchase as a house/deck plant this spring. :)
My lemons 🍋 are almost ready!!! This is the plant @Rikki Gins inspired me to purchase as a house/deck plant this spring. :)
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@Rikki Gins does have a natural ability to inspire. I'm starting to get sick of it.Feats of nature! ;D
I kid! I kid! ;)
Plus @PolkaDot I never saw a lemon tree grow sideways before. ??? ;D
Wow, Dot! I was wondering how the tree was coming along. Those lemons looks so nice and juicy.
First crop?It is!!
@Rikki Gins does have a natural ability to inspire. I'm starting to get sick of it.
Lol! You are a tough nut to crack, @ShayP! Though I do remember the time when I almost got you to purchase a bag of ladybugs.
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg189260#msg189260
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Raindrops on a Window picture of the day.
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
Is the car inside or is it a reflection?
That's an antique kiddy car and it is being stored on the second floor of a closed building, not too far from the mysterious bricked up doorway. I zoomed the camera in a ways, and that's why it looks as if the window was on the ground floor.
Wow, it didn't look like a kiddy car, it looked like a car! Nice photo.
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
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A rainy EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day. I hadn't realized it at the time but there's a bricked up window up there.
There was a bricked up doorway and now a bricked up window. Are there extra bricks everywhere there?
;) ;)
You know something @anniem? I went back to look at that bricked up doorway and guess what? It's a window! So that makes two bricked up windows. Those buildings are a couple blocks apart.
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg318762#msg318762
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Cloud picture of the day.
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Ghost Ectoplasm picture of the day.
SEEN ON YOUR WALK!?!?!?
:-[The first "limon" of the year fell off our tree today and it's a real peach.
Oh fun, Kid. That looks good!
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Ghost Ectoplasm picture of the day.
Very nice picture, @FISH. Keep 'em coming!
Ok, one more photo. Since it is still February, our trees are showing off their bone structure. ::)
Independence Hall, Phila PA USA.
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Ok, one more photo. Since it is still February, our trees are showing off their bone structure. ::)
Independence Hall, Phila PA USA.
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a popular plant found in the NE in the USA. (city garden)
I do not know the name of this one.
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Larry!
Nope, it's Cecil. Larry is a petunia. No points for you.
Nope, it's Cecil. Larry is a petunia. No points for you.
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what is the name of this tall tree?
a popular plant found in the NE in the USA. (city garden)LOL. A cabbage? What did I miss? ::)
I do not know the name of this one.
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Twiggy@anniem takes the cake and the 100 points.
LOL. A cabbage? What did I miss? ::)
@anniem takes the cake and the 100 points.
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A side view of my old Sims house, showing some palm trees on a warm summer night.
Pretty!
Is there Sims pizza?
LOL. A cabbage? What did I miss? ::)
Yes, and Chinese food too, but you have to call in an order and have it delivered. Regular grocery orders are called in by phone also.
My first thought.
It looks much more edible than anything in my "field" of red cabbage.
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
My grandparents lived about a half a block from a small cemetery. They'd walk us down there and we'd wander around looking at the headstones. I think that is where I got comfortable wandering around in them. Once in an old part of a cemetery in Penn we were wandering around and I saw a headstone with my first name and middle name, and the same birthdate as me!
I fared better. I think, anyway.
@sean92008
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You must live in a sunshine state. People who live in a cold state grow the cabbage plant for its beauty. These fun plants were under a foot of snow last week for about 10 days.
I took the photo once the snow was gone.
There are two cemeteries within walking distance of my EllGab Garden Pacific Northwest. I have to hop in the car to get to a couple more. I park and walk around in them for awhile. I am supposed to walk two miles a day and for the most part, I do. But then I get lazy and start skipping them for awhile. I really have no excuse not to, now that the weather is getting better.Now--I have no excuses to take a walk to my local cemetery-PALMER CEMETARY located on Palmer Street. Palmer Burial Ground est. 1765.
As it is now, my cabbage is just there for looks too. It's a Japanese red cabbage and I think that 40° nights were too warm for it.
Beautiful though... Love the coloration!
MY Walk picture of the day.
If you know his first name you will win 100 points.
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Tortuga
Gesundheit.
TortugaThat’s his last name. His first name is Dry.
Tortuga
Gesundheit.
That’s his last name. His first name is Dry.introducing- DRY TORTUGA GESUNDHEIT
Meet DRY TORTUGA GESUNDHEIT
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
You think someone is in there?I say YES.
Old building
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Boodie's walk
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A couple of Mardi Gras crocus, so named because they bloomed during Mardi Gras season.
I live in a section of Philadelphia that was founded in the early 1730s. My ancestors stepped off the boat to the area where I live. My ancestors moved into rowhomes made from wood or brick. They found employment in brick buildings. The house I live in was built in the 1880’s.My walk on a cobblestone street in the neighborhood.
About 15 years ago, NYC investors discover my neighborhood. Old Boy! I am surrounded by the wealthy.
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NYC!!!! ???
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NYC!!!! ???
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Wonderful photo, @FISHDO YOU LIKE MY SNEAKERS @anniem ?
Are the neighbors nice?
@KSM@FISH
Why do photos of your garden?
@FISH@KSM
please clarify
DO YOU LIKE MY SNEAKERS @anniem ?
For the most part my new neighbors are from NYC. Not very friendly-NYC attitude.
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
View of the clouds from about 11000’ at Belle’s Camp on the backside of Vail.Very nice, Gravity. Did you sit in the chair?
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EllGab Garden Walk - Moss on a Rock picture of the day. Do you see the dragon?
Is it just me or does anyone else see the Loch Ness Monster going after a little fish with mouth agape in the above photo?
OR LNM being attacked by three UFOs!!!!
View of the clouds from about 11000’ at Belle’s Camp on the backside of Vail.
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EllGab Garden Walk - Moss on a Rock picture of the day. Do you see the dragon?
Great photo @GravitySucks
Vacation going nicely?
I love photos of snow and clouds
Here is one from today @FISH
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Is this for real?
Here is one from today @FISH@GravitySucks
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Yes, @FISH, that is real moss on a rock. Here is another shot taken a little further back and you can see more of the rock and the monster. I had to drive a ways to take this particular EllGab Garden walk so I'm not sure when I can return, but when I do, I'll try to take a more distant shot that shows the rock and surrounding terrain.
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Yes, @FISH, that is real moss on a rock. Here is another shot taken a little further back and you can see more of the rock and the monster. I had to drive a ways to take this particular EllGab Garden walk so I'm not sure when I can return, but when I do, I'll try to take a more distant shot that shows the rock and surrounding terrain.
Where are you Rikki?
How moss grows has always been a mystery to me.
We took a walk in the snow today.
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
Pretty. Sort of looks like two levels of clouds.
Right. I especially wanted to capture that extra bright 'carnation' cloud, kind of in the middle there.
We took a walk in the snow today.
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@FISH I was walking around an old fairgrounds place that oddly stays open despite there not being a fair going on. I have to drive to get there which is kind of pushing it as far as being an EllGab Garden Walk, but there you go.I like moss.
Right. I especially wanted to capture that extra bright 'carnation' cloud, kind of in the middle there.
Yes!
You sent us cloud flowers.
:)
I like moss.
Not sure if I could grow moss in my yard.
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-grow-moss/
after viewing the carnation cloud, my eyes took notice of the creepy tree top. and what about all those eyes in the clouds, looking down. Nature is the best artist, ever.
as BOB ROSS said -“I think there’s an artist hidden at the bottom of every single one of us.â€
Speaking of eyes in clouds, I thought there was a face in this cloud picture that I posted last week.
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Oh FISH, I had no idea that Bob Vila was an expert on growing moss. I haven't seen him since he was building stuff on PBS. He looks pretty good all in all, except he's become quite a bit grayer.
Really like!HA! me too!
We took a walk in the snow today.nice!!! ;D
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View of the clouds from about 11000’ at Belle’s Camp on the backside of Vail.When I drove through Copper and Vail last week I waved to you @GravitySucks . :)
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Some more visitors looking down at EllGab Garden West.
A few weeks ago a few days after an ice storm.
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Did you walk up this hill? What a view! The ice is pretty.Yes I climbed the mountain.
A few weeks ago a few days after an ice storm.
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Yes I climbed the mountain.
Is it steep?Yes, 1500 feet of climbing in 1.5 miles.
Yes, 1500 feet of climbing in 1.5 miles.
When I drove through Copper and Vail last week I waved to you @GravitySucks . :)
I saw ya @PolkaDot ! Skiing Crested Butte this week.Oh nice! I apparently have a doppelgänger in Crested Butte. Except she's actually a sweetheart, oh well, can't have it all I guess. @GravitySucks
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
What looks better to you, the picture or the real thing?
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.
I like!!!
Good! I can see a half cat/half insect head looking down from the upper left hand corner.
I wasn't fast enough to get a photo, but I saw a rainbow on the ground today.
I wasn't fast enough to get a photo, but I saw a rainbow on the ground today.@anniem in the snow?
@anniem in the snow?
Now@anniem
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@anniem
are you east or west of the Rockies?
West. That's Mt Shasta.@anniem
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Not to worry, Annie. Come summer you can make your own rainbows. Here's one from 2017.
@anniem
So you have a mountain in your backyard? I have no words to describe the beauty of this mountain. I wonder how the Karuk people describe this Úytaahkoo or "White Mountain."
I drove through a rainbow yesterday.
Now that everyone is jealous I can carry on with my day.
There should have been a pot of gold.
I did not drive to the end of a rainbow.
Get your shit in order!
The front of my home faces this mountain. I took that photo from the deck. We figure we are 10 miles from the mountain. Which is a volcano, so I hope it stays nice and quiet until I am gone.
Here is the real success story for last summer at the EllGab Garden West. For years now, I have had a clump of Achillea, Fernleaf Yarrow growing in a metal tub. I was getting nothing but leaf growth with no flowers for a good six years or so. Until last summer when some flower stems appeared.
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Low and behold, it bloomed profusely.
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I've absolutely no idea how the plant will do this summer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achillea_filipendulina)
The front of my home faces this mountain. I took that photo from the deck. We figure we are 10 miles from the mountain. Which is a volcano, so I hope it stays nice and quiet until I am gone.
I used to have a book about an ancient civilization that lives under Mt. Shasta but I don't believe that I ever got around to reading it. Not much help I know, right? Oh well, if you hear strange tunnel noises under your house, you might have an inkling what's going on.
Here is the real success story for last summer at the EllGab Garden West. For years now, I have had a clump of Achillea, Fernleaf Yarrow growing in a metal tub. I was getting nothing but leaf growth with no flowers for a good six years or so. Until last summer when some flower stems appeared.
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Low and behold, it bloomed profusely.
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I've absolutely no idea how the plant will do this summer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achillea_filipendulina)
Lemurians!
https://activenorcal.com/lemurians-emerge-from-mt-shasta-publicly-lambasted-for-not-sheltering-in-place/
Is there an EllGab Garden East?
@anniem What fun to read this 'news story.' Are the Lemurians just tall Wee Folks?
In the British Isles and Scandinavia, the fairy folk were supernormal entities who inhabited a magical kingdom beneath the surface of the earth. While in County Clare, Ireland, I saw the famous 'fairly bush.'
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/ireland/articles/the-story-behind-irelands-fairy-forts-and-where-to-see-them/
You can be an EllGab Garden East, FISH. I am only one EllGab Garden West. I'm sure there are more out here. @anniem could be an EllGab Garden West, or an EllGab Garden Northern California. All of the EllGab Garden titles are flexible.
But I have no garden!
The mountain, the trees, the wild plants and animals are your garden, Annie.
OH yes, I have that in a great way. Ok!Do you have anything bad or ugly in your garden? ::)
RIKKI. I misunderstood. So all your photos are from the WEST. I got it.
ELLGAB WALK EAST, will be my ID. Lady @anniem will come up with her ID. If I take a walk, I am able and willing to take some attractive photos.
In a good dream world, there is only beauty. In the real world? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
This morning, I looked out my front door. I live on a small old street. Some homes are made from wood. These homes were built prior to the brick only rules. I live in one of the new brick rowhomes. Built 1860.
Photo of THE UGLY. This morning, I looked out my front door and snapped this photo. At least, the owner is patriotic.
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@FISH Does that van have the words Free Candy scrawled on the side of it? I've got two sides of an ally at the back of my EllGab Garden West mansion. Every other year or so somebody will leave an abandoned auto there but it's no big deal because my town is really good at taking care of such eyesores, even after I have 'removed' anything of value off of them.HA! no free candy wording.
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EllGab Garden clouds and jet trails picture of the day.
like
I saw one jet trail around 6:oo PM. I wonder if it was one of your jets.
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
LOVE!!!!
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
ELLGAB WALK EAST
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EllGab Garden picture of the day.
WOW RIKKI!
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@anniem Hi Annie. I'd like to tell you that as a kid, I lived in a house that was once owned by Billie Burke's (the Good Witch) business agent. Small world, huh?
@anniem Hi Annie. I'd like to tell you that as a kid, I lived in a house that was once owned by Billie Burke's (the Good Witch) business agent. Small world, huh?
I'm growing a ton of cabbage.@sean92008 is this an APRIL FOOL'S DAY comment?
I have gotten store-bought cabbage and shredded that up.
I cut into my first head of my own garden-grown purple cabbage.
It smelled really bad, like sulfur. After googling it, I realized, cabbage stinks like sewage.
Fuck cabbage.
I just planted some toomerick in the Ellgab Garden Southeast. And some of @GravitySucks pea eggplant.
I just planted some toomerick in the Ellgab Garden Southeast. And some of @GravitySucks pea eggplant.
I just planted some toomerick in the Ellgab Garden Southeast. And some of @GravitySucks pea eggplant.I just looked up ---
ELLGAB WALK EAST
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FISH, I noticed a face in your clouds, so I outlined it.
I shot this cloud pic around 2009-2010 at my cousin's ranch in Colorado.
I don't think it needs to be outlined. ;) ;D
Don't give me that bull, @StarrMountain .LOL! ;D +1 ;)
I shot this cloud pic around 2009-2010 at my cousin's ranch in Colorado.
I don't think it needs to be outlined. ;) ;D
They almost got it right @StarrMountainI'm sorry, I'm a bit confused, probably cuz I'm old. But, who is "they" and what did they "almost get right?"
@sean92008 is this an APRIL FOOL'S DAY comment?@FISH
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Ellgab walk NW
Ohhh...way pretty, Annie!
That is fan-damn-tastic!Yes! "It’s unreal" Yet the artist is...
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Ellgab walk NW
Ellgab walk NW :)
Mt Eddy = characterized by or possessing majesty.
2 questions @anniem
1-do you have a mail box?
2-where do you buy bananas?
Easter wildflowers in north central Texas. I didn’t have any of my bluebonnets come back up this year.
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About 10 days before the freeze I planted 4 peach trees, one pear tree, 4 blackberry and 4 elderberry.
All 4 peach trees might make it. This one is doing the best so far.
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Not sure the pear will make it. No sign of new growth yet.
Only one of each type of berry has leaves. I should have stuck with basil. Seems like basil is the only thing I have any luck with.
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This screenshot shows a back garden in New Orleans. It is from one of my Sherlock Holmes games and he was investigating a murder in the house. There is a river behind the tall tree at the center but when you have Holmes and Watson walk down that pathway they are attacked and driven back by a swarm of voracious mosquitos. You have to have them gather the correct combination of flowers and mix them together with water from that fountain. Once they put the potion on the mosquitos won't bother them and they can investigate the river.
This is pretty cool
https://twitter.com/brink_thinker/status/1378491616848138246
Easter wildflowers in north central Texas. I didn’t have any of my bluebonnets come back up this year.Love Castilleja!
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That sounds fun!
WO @FISH
We have a mail box, it is a short walk up the road from the house.
We buy bananas about 5 miles away at the little grocery store. My mother must have one a day, so it is the reason we or she goes into town each week. Otherwise, we go quite a while without needing to go.
Wow!
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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Love Castilleja!I like @GravitySucks garden. I wish I knew the names of his neighbors.
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI do...but now I kinda wish I hadn't! :o
EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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My Dot (@PolkaDot) Plum Tree was recently covered in blossoms.
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visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWell, hello DOT ( @PolkaDot ).
My Dot (@PolkaDot) Plum Tree was recently covered in blossoms.
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visitors can't see pics , please register or loginLovely!
My Dot (@PolkaDot) Plum Tree was recently covered in blossoms.
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this is one of my photos.
ELLGAB WALK EAST in my back yard. I'm growing Limerickâ„¢ Leonore Trifolium in containers in my back yard.I like it!
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Company on the Ellgab walk NW today
ELLGAB WALK EAST in my back yard. I'm growing Limerickâ„¢ Leonore Trifolium in containers in my back yard.
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A deer friend. I do believe that you are in Morel mushroom country, Annie. Come October...Yum!
Oh no, these are the non-tasty ones. Can't eat these.
;D
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
@anniem would you eat your deer friend?
No, I would not.HA!
Annual, Perennial, Biennial? A plant can behave as an annual or a perennial depending on local climatic and geographic growing conditions. My hearty 'Delta Fire' Pansies were planted in the fall. To my delight, their faces returned for spring.
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The name "pansy" is derived from the French word pensée, "thought", and was imported into Late Middle English as a name of Viola in the mid-15th century, as the flower was regarded as a symbol of remembrance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy
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This plum tree came up at the back of my estate. I didn't plant it so a bird must have dropped the pit. Anyway, it has green plums, no bigger than marbles and not the sweetest of plums but edible nonetheless.
I try to walk as little as possible out there in evil nature.
I do drive so I saw this on a drive.
It's some kind of tree that doesn't look like the others around it.
Here it is.
A tree.
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visitors can't see pics , please register or loginNice!
This plum tree came up at the back of my estate. I didn't plant it so a bird must have dropped the pit. Anyway, it has green plums, no bigger than marbles and not the sweetest of plums but edible nonetheless.
I try to walk as little as possible out there in evil nature.Way to get into the spirit Bart! She's a very happy looking.
I do drive so I saw this on a drive.
It's some kind of tree that doesn't look like the others around it.
Here it is.
A tree.
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The gang stopped by at the Ellgab garden NW today
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EllGab Garden Walk West. I like to explore houses that are abandoned or up for sale. Lots of storage shelfs in this one. Knotty pine, I believe.
The gang stopped by at the Ellgab garden NW today
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Then this one did the over the shoulder yearbook photo
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Nice!
Green plums? Interesting. Any idea what kind?
Sorry, I couldn't wait! I HAD TO KNOW!! :) Do you think it is a Greengage? I'd never heard of this before...
https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/Greengage_Plums_6287.php (https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/Greengage_Plums_6287.php)
Knotty pine, a gang of dears ;) , kittens, greengage?, Bart’s tree and a plum tree. I like it all!!!
@PolkaDot I wish that it would be a Greengage plant but I'm not really sure due to the fact that the plums are so round and small, no bigger than a typical marble. I'll take a closer look when the plums develop, and take some more pictures. Perhaps together we can figure out what type of plum it is.I'm in!
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My single group of tulips came back this year, and with a vengeance I might add. I count nine tulips. Last year there were only two.
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.585
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There is also this stand of grape hyacinths growing not too far from the tulips.
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud (and jet trail) picture of the day. I also caught a bird flying over the house to the left.
Rikki, are you sure that isn't a UFO???
RUN HOME AND HIDE UNDER THE COVERS!
I don't hide from such craft. You forget, I am Monitor 49.
I did forget. Ok, all is well.
Lol, Annie. You are such a good sport and I so enjoy your comments.
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My single group of tulips came back this year, and with a vengeance I might add. I count nine tulips. Last year there were only two.
https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.585
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There is also this stand of grape hyacinths growing not too far from the tulips.
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Like!
Me too. I like to see examples of Nature's ability to survive under harsh conditions. I bet FISH will like that moss.Nature perseveres. People should follow nature’s example.
Not sure what these are. They just started blooming. I think they open up only just before dark because I haven’t seen them before.
I took some other pictures of other types of flowers but need to wait until I get a better internet connection.
Not sure what these are. They just started blooming. I think they open up only just before dark because I haven’t seen them before.
I took some other pictures of other types of flowers but need to wait until I get a better internet connection.
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EllGab Garden Walk. Another house possibly up for sale, though there was no sign out front.
EllGab Garden NE.I spent too much time in North Carolina fans - you can tell God is a Carolina fan because he made the sky Carolina blue.
Not a walk but a sit down.
I wonder what is our Creator's favorite color?
ELLGAB WALK NE.
Yes, it is 2021.
Yet there are some BRICK sidewalks in my neighborhood. As a child I would be given the job to pull the weeds from our brick sidewalk. :'(
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I spent too much time in North Carolina fans - you can tell God is a Carolina fan because he made the sky Carolina blue.
EllGab Garden NE.
Not a walk but a sit down.
I wonder what is our Creator's favorite color?
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EllGab Garden NE.
Not a walk but a sit down.
I wonder what is our Creator's favorite color?
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Weed pulling. This time of year is always a time of some tension for the WANs. I was getting the flower beds ready for our up coming mulch delivery this past weekend. I'm a big "If it's growing, it's going" kind of a guy but Mrs. Walks is more of "Don't pull those. They might be some of those cute little yellow wild flowers. Oh! And you can't pull that - that might be a wild berry of some kind. Them? Them over there? Oh no. You have to leave those they are <fill in the blank>". I usually fall back to - "Well, I'll yank everything, throw it on the compost pile and we'll let God sort it out". Never works. :'(A weed is a--"a plant in the wrong place."
Beautiful, FISH. Did you notice that you were being observed from above?
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Is Monitor 49 in that plane?
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visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI like this white cloud. Is that Casper the Friendly Ghost?
EllGab Pacific Northwest cloud picture of the day.
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EllGab Pacific Northwest cloud picture of the day.
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I kind of see a whale swimming along and swooping up krill with its open mouth.
Jaw of the whale was what I thought was the arm waving.
Jaw of the whale was what I thought was the arm waving.
Whales don’t have arms
From the deck over NW Ellgab Garden....ten friends!
(no I will not kill and eat them)
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From the Library of Congress. The Graham Guardian, April 22, 1921.Mother Nature was so moody yesterday in the NE. High winds, lightning, thunder, rain and sunny at times.
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I like your friends.
I have a deer friend in my home. I think someone ate parts of my friend.
I may or may not post a photo of 'it' one of these days.
Is deer friend on the wall gazing down at you?
EllGab walk NE.
Another day of high winds. I had to adjust mysailsplans.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
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These two Calendulas were the first flowers to re-appear here in the EllGab Garden West. This was about a month ago and they are in a mixed flower pot where assorted flowers come up as the summer progresses.
Is deer friend on the wall gazing down at you?@anniem
@anniem
Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body via mounting or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study.
My cousin Nick was a taxidermist. He passed over a few years ago. His wife gave me one of his mounts in remembrance of Nick. I accepted this remembrance. I had some mixed feeling about my new friend. I looked up the pioneers of taxidermy. I have come to the conclusion that taxidermy is a form of art work.
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Some visitors looking down at my EllGab garden. Only I can't tell if they are coming or going.
My friend was looking for some sort of taxidermy animal for her boyfriend. I recall him having a stuff armadillo and she wanted to get him something else. She found a man in town who was a taxidermist and we went to his house. It was incredible, he had a huge bear in his living room, a mountain lion, birds, just everything. It was like a museum. He had some stuff boiling in the back yard, that was not on the "best ever smell" list and I can't imagine the neighbors were overly happy, but it sure was educational and unusual. No cell phones with cameras back then, sad to say.
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Some visitors looking down at my EllGab garden. Only I can't tell if they are coming or going.
I believe in magic air planes.
Was out cooking dinner on the grill a bit ago and had an Osprey fly by. Didn't get a pix which sucks as they are rather magical. Have no idea what it is doing in this neck of the woods. They should be down on the coast with the Marines at Camp Lejune and Cherry Point. We'll get Army choppers from the National Guard and out of Fort Bragg pretty frequently but I've never seen one of these babies around here before. Maybe some Marine General needed to catch a flight out of RDU in a hurry.
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It moves!
Yes. I took a number of pictures as the plane went over. When I put them in the computer one of them was moving. I've no idea what I did to make that happen.Harry Potter pictures! “Wonderful†feature on iPhones.
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EllGab Garden Neighborhood Walk. I came across a nice mustard plant during the walk.
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Also this borage plant. I used to grow borage. Those blue flower petals are edible. They have a nice cucumber taste.
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This very old Star Magnolia plant comes back every year, though less hardy each time due to advanced age.
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It has sat in the back corner of the lot for a good 40 plus years, I would say.
EllGab Garden NW HAIL
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Is that an Amos, Luke, or Kate McCoy?
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EllGab Garden West Walk. Some weeds and an interesting train engine. It probably has some specialized use, like straightening tracks, etc.
Did you take a look inside?
No. That's the railroad building in the back. I didn't want them to see me snooping around. I worked it so they couldn't see me taking the picture, too. I like to take sneak pictures of stuff. Here are a couple of pictures I took while getting my second Pfizer shot.
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A sneak picture of the rug where I had to wait for 15 minutes to see if I didn't faint or something
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A sneak shot of some other people in the building.
Ok.
Did you ever take a sneaky photo at a funeral?
No. No sneaky funeral pics. I've been to some outdoor memorial services and took some pictures there. Right out in the open. No sneaking around.I do not take sneaky photos. My Polish friend takes photos at funerals. She explains that is a common practice in the Old Country. ::)
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EllGab Garden Clouds
Puffy clouds are fun.
No one took a photo of the Super Pink Moon of 2021?
The mountain got snow when we got hail. :)
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beautiful.
does the tops of your mountains have names?
Shasta is the tall one, the shorter flatter one is Shastina.
Hm, I should give them better names. Hm!
Bob and Ted are taken.
Bob and Ted are taken.HA!
HA!
I knew a woman who named her twin daughters "Unique" and "Unique." I am not kidding.
Yeah, maybe I could just swipe a couple from @Rikki Gins guess the name list.
Sweet potatoes planted today. Porto Rico.
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EllGab Garden Walk. A big rock with a streak of quartz in it.
No one took a photo of the Super Pink Moon of 2021?
Sweet potatoes planted today. Porto Rico.
visitors can't see pics , please register or logina nice streak of quartz. what is that wide white streak? near the top of the huge rock.
EllGab Garden Walk. A big rock with a streak of quartz in it.
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Are they easy to grow?They are here. It’s probably still too cold where you are. Make a row, mix in a good bit of 10-10-10 fertilizer if you can find it, plant the sprouts about a foot apart and water well. Side dress with more fertilizer after a month. They take about 100-days to grow.
I have a few Porto Rico Sweet Potatoes in my cupboard.
a nice streak of quartz. what is that wide white streak? near the top of the huge rock.
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Lilac season is in full bloom. Here are some white ones growing behind someone's fence.
Here are some flowers and stuff.That grass needs some work.
No people.
Gotta love that.
American Falls in the distance.
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Here are some flowers and stuff.
No people.
Gotta love that.
American Falls in the distance.
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Taking a walk on the grounds of “United Sportsman’s Association of North America Marksmanship Training Center.â€And that road needs to be cleaned. Look at the dirt.
Clouds, trees and flags are showing off.
No people.
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YES @KSM the lawn needs work.
EllGab garden NW
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A couple of thirsty bees drinking some water.
EllGab garden NWa perfect view.
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A couple of thirsty bees drinking some water.
a perfect view.
Sad that you did not get a photo of the dragon flying in the clouds. :'(
a perfect view.
Sad that you did not get a photo of the dragon flying in the clouds. :'(
No Dragon but there is a Grizzly on the prowl.
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No Dragon but there is a Grizzly on the prowl.
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Grizzly?
Yep. I see a Grizzly Bear in the clouds. Even has the hump.
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What is this plant? Is it some type of evergreen? This plant is a mystery in my neighborhood.
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@FISH Looks to me like a plant called Scotch Broom.100 points for @GravitySucks . ;)
You are correct @Walks_At_Night . No one can deny the hump.
Rikki will give you 100 points. Or so I think so. ???
Bumbles!
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginGreat shot. I like the reflection of your bees in the water.
A couple of thirsty bees drinking some water.
@Rikki Gins I was at a BBQ yesterday. This little creature wanted to try the smoked ribs. 'It' passed out for a few. Smoke got in it's eyes.
What is it? A drone?
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I would guess that you saw a male Eastern Carpenter bee, indigenous to your area. A male, because of that unique yellow patch under it's eyes. The female bees don't have that.WOW!!!
WOW!!!
You know your bees.
Thank you Birak Doneyim. ;)
A few photos from this mornings ramble.
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Fascinating, Annie! Are those ash cones off in the distance?
@Rikki Gins I was at a BBQ yesterday. This little creature wanted to try the smoked ribs. 'It' passed out for a few. Smoke got in it's eyes.Wow! Nice close up. :) Love bees.
What is it? A drone?
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I would guess that you saw a male Eastern Carpenter bee, indigenous to your area. A male, because of that unique yellow patch under it's eyes. The female bees don't have that.@Rikki Gins you are a fountain of knowledge! :)
@Rikki Gins you are a fountain of knowledge! :)
A few photos from this mornings ramble.I like your ramble photos.
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Lupine?
And @FISH that was a lucky guess. I didn’t use my plant ID app.
I don't know, they have appeared all over up here.
Is there such an app?
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Somebody up there likes me...or my EllGab Garden, not sure which. This plane does not appear on a daily basis, more like once every three weeks or so. It will make like half a dozen passes before moving on. I saw US Navy on the side of it once, but there are no navel bases around, last time I checked.
Maybe a P-8 ASW aircraft or a C-40. Not sure about the nose though
This one is expensive. I subscribed for a year. Works good so far.
https://www.picturethisai.com/
Looks like a P-8 Poseidon to me.
Rix, Next time you see it go to https://www.adsbexchange.com/ ADSBX Radar View-> Tracking Map and then select the U filter up on the top right. If it has its transponder on, you can see where it's been and where it is going. There are glitches though. Like the 1800 MPH B-52
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EllGab Garden NW
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amazing view @anniem .
are you having a rainy spring?
No, @FISH we are very droughty. The lake is very low and the pot growers are stealing water.I have a friend that lives near you. You forgot to say illegal pot growers. They are brazen enough to actually run piping strung across her land to divert water from the creek.
Thanks @PolkaDot. Awfully sweet of you to say. I like to learn things and then pass the information on to others. I'm always looking things up. Kind of strange, actually. I'll look something up even if I already know about it, just to get certain facts straight in my mind. :)I like it!
I have a friend that lives near you. You forgot to say illegal pot growers. They are brazen enough to actually run piping strung across her land to divert water from the creek.Ahhh, I was going to ask why it was "stealing" or why they had to steal in the first place.
I have a friend that lives near you. You forgot to say illegal pot growers. They are brazen enough to actually run piping strung across her land to divert water from the creek.
Ahhh, I was going to ask why it was "stealing" or why they had to steal in the first place.
The water here is somewhat spoken for. The growers have been multiplying beyond what the water can support. They still take it. Ranchers near here are being taken to court for selling it to them. Residents are having their wells go dry. Apparently 30 homes no longer have water.
I thought you people dealt in magick and spells and crystals, not funding.
This one is expensive. I subscribed for a year. Works good so far.
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I don't know, they have appeared all over up here.
Is there such an app?
Annie, there is a good app for identifying flowers in the Google Play Store if you happen to have a tablet. It is called What's That Flower?
and it is free. I use it on occasion to find the names of certain flowers.
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My Howard McMinn manzanita is in full bloom.
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I planted the shrub eight years ago and it was advertised as growing as high as ten feet but mine is only a couple feet high. I finally checked around underneath it and discovered that the trunk had grown all circular, like a rolled up garden hose.
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My Howard McMinn manzanita is in full bloom.
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I planted the shrub eight years ago and it was advertised as growing as high as ten feet but mine is only a couple feet high. I finally checked around underneath it and discovered that the trunk had grown all circular, like a rolled up garden hose.
Annie, there is a good app for identifying flowers in the Google Play Store if you happen to have a tablet. It is called What's That Flower?
and it is free. I use it on occasion to find the names of certain flowers.
The EllGab Garden walk in the NE.
Officials declared a ‘mass casualty event’ in Philly.
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Look at me!
Out in nature.
Am I hiking?
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Fooled you, still in my car!
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Trees don't seem very gardeny so here are some big and small bird type animals.
Nothing says garden like bird type animals.
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(PS - Still in the car)
Did you have to walk outside to get in the car?
No way.
I get in the car and close the door before even opening the garage door.
All those damn geese you best stay in your car.
Finally visited the Fort Parker restoration site near the Navasota river.
Lots of history in this area which includes the abduction of Cynthia Ann Parker as a child. Eventually one of her sons, Quanah Parker, went on to form the Native American Church.
This is the freshwater spring that supplied their water.
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Gravity, hope you don't mind, but I re-posted your pik as the first one was upside down. Really nice looking place.
@GravitySucks You fucked up my neck.
Do you wear a racoon hat?
Try this.
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Gravity, hope you don't mind, but I re-posted your pik as the first one was upside down. Really nice looking place.
Finally stopped raining here in the late afternoon so this little dude decided to catch some rays.
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@GravitySucks You fucked up my neck.
Do you wear a racoon hat?
Try this.
Mrs. Walks fig tree is off to a stellar start this year. Won't be long and her annual battle with the Mockingbirds over the ripening figs will start.
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@KSM I do not wear a raccoon cap. Had one as a child. Dan’l Boone style. That was a cool show. Fess Parker and Ed Ames as Mingo. Rosie Greer even had a part towards the end of the series as did Jimmy Dean. I don’t know what this has to do about gardening and you’re too young anyway.You assume that I am far too young to understand what you refer to but did you for one second bother to think that I am extremely immature as well?
#getoffmylawn
There’s a second anchor to the right.
There’s a second anchor to the right.Shiver me timbers!
I saw that one firstAhoy, Me Hearties!
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EllGab Garden cloud shaped like an anchor. Don't see it? Well then...
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Looks more like the Julie Andrews spinning on the mountain meadow in the Sound of Music.
There’s a second anchor to the right.
Us WAN's went to one of the state parks here. It was a beautiful day and it is always good to get outside and hike a bit. Even if the ultimate goal is one of those sluggish, brown things the people in the South claim are rivers. I do miss the blue waters of the upper midwest. :'(It seems like the WAN's got out of the car.
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It seems like the WAN's got out of the car.
I wonder what @Jayzelady would say about those sluggish brown things?
I never saw true blue water. :'(
Does moss grow on the rocks in your neighborhood?
It seems like the WAN's got out of the car.
I wonder what @Jayzelady would say about those sluggish brown things?
I never saw true blue water. :'(
Does moss grow on the rocks in your neighborhood?
These wildflowers I think are called Indian Blankets. I have a few but not many.Yep- Gaillardia. :)
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I was in Waco again today and saw a bunch of them on the side of the road.
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I was out hiking this morning.Beautiful! :)
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Wellll….I do live by a giant one we affectionally call “The Muddy Mississippiâ€.
😁
Many years ago I put my feet in the Mississippi river
The Mississippi River is like an electric fence to @ShayP
The Mississippi River is like an electric fence to @ShayP
Wellll….I do live by a giant one we affectionally call “The Muddy Mississippiâ€.
😁
These wildflowers I think are called Indian Blankets. I have a few but not many.
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I was in Waco again today and saw a bunch of them on the side of the road.
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Yep- Gaillardia. :)I had look this flower up-The school colors of Texas State University are maroon and old gold, a combination inspired by the gaillardia. (Welcome to Wikipedia)
Wellll….I do live by a giant one we affectionally call “The Muddy Mississippiâ€.I hope you are not a giant. ::)
😁
OH because of my feet!?!?giant feet?
The Mississippi River is like an electric fence to @ShayPOh Boy!
OH because of my feet!?!?
Don't go there! ;D
Look at me!
Out in nature.
Am I hiking?
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Fooled you, still in my car!
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Trees don't seem very gardeny so here are some big and small bird type animals.
Nothing says garden like bird type animals.
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(PS - Still in the car)
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EllGab Garden out and about walk. A nice brick building being built.
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The Periwinkles were in full bloom a couple weeks back.
NE-Standing in my backyard, looking up. Chimes are tied to my second floor awning.
I see a baby dragon in the lower left hand corner.
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Periwinkles are grand.
Yes they are @FISH. Here is a close up shot of a periwinkle flower that I forgot to post earlier.I was growing purple periwinkles in my yard. They made me happy.
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Symbolically, Iris flower means honor, valor, wisdom, grandeur, and faith. What a beauty!
I did not know that.
I thought it was named after a radio host in NY.
You know....Iris in the morning!
Wait, that was a different thing.
heh
I had to look up the symbolism of the iris.
In 1967, my neighborhood established a Memorial to the men and women who served in Vietnam. I was only a kid at that time. Since the 1980’s, I have been the gardener. We started out with a huge amazing garden. We were growing plants from Southeast Asia. Over the years, we had to downsize our garden. In 2021, bamboo and ‘purple heart’ irises grow.
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@FISH try planting some of @GravitySucks pea eggplant. Seeds available on eBay.
I planted some Russian Purple tomatoes, whatever those are. The seed company sent a free sample. I hope I don’t get investigated by those military spies.
EllGab Garden NW
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Love those rocks back there. Lizard habitat. I envy you!
We have those! Maybe they are geckos? Speedy!
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EllGab Garden Walk. A closeup look at a mustard plant flower head.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_plant
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Coral Bells
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuchera
If you see a greenish one, it's most likely a Shasta alligator lizard.
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My ladybug house. It was supposed to attract ladybugs so that they could spend the winter inside, but it didn't work.
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There are some ladybugs on it though. The permanent variety.
We’ve been having rain and cloudy skies for a week so the wildflowers are lasting longer than usual.
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Some of the prickly pears in the woods are starting to blossom.
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My salmon fishing trip has been cancelled for the second year in a row. Here is a pleasant memory.
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EllGab Garden NWgood company :)
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Visitors!
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Oops!
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My ladybug house. It was supposed to attract ladybugs so that they could spend the winter inside, but it didn't work.
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There are some ladybugs on it though. The permanent variety.
We’ve been having rain and cloudy skies for a week so the wildflowers are lasting longer than usual.very nice.
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Some of the prickly pears in the woods are starting to blossom.
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My salmon fishing trip has been cancelled for the second year in a row. Here is a pleasant memory.
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EllGab Garden Walk. Camassia. Oddly enough, a member of the asparagus family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camassia
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My ladybug house. It was supposed to attract ladybugs so that they could spend the winter inside, but it didn't work.
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There are some ladybugs on it though. The permanent variety.
Bummer. I've been thinking of making some bee houses.
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.
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Abe Lincoln's hat?
took a ride and a walk on a cloudy day in the NE.
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Great photo!!
thank you @anniem .
BUTT--you did not answer the questions.
Why ‘devilfish?’ Why ‘ink?’
Oh I thought those were questions people ask then answer. Wups!::)
::)
do you know what a devilfish does?
::)
do you know what a devilfish does?
OH Octopus which makes ink. So tattoo!!!Aye
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While on an EllGab Garden neighborhood walk I came across these Carpobrotus edulis plants. Otherwise known as Ice Plants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpobrotus_edulis
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day. I kind of see a sea turtle swimming across the sky.
As I rip and run in Philly.
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visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI believe that the wee folk live under that tree. great photo.
EllGab Garden Walk. I was following a ghost that lead me to this fenced in area.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginSo, now we know where she is, but the working part I doubt.
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EllGab Garden Walk.
So, now we know where she is, but the working part I doubt.CORRECT @juan .
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI don't see a pig? :'(
EllGab Garden Walk. I can see a flying pig in that cloud to the left.
WOW, trees with roots in water?
@Rikki Gins I'd like a little context. ;)
@FISH Those are birch trees. Some varieties of birch don't mind being in the water, as this photo shows:STUNNING.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch#/media/File:Hankasalmi_stream.jpg
As a matter of fact there is one type of birch that is called the River Birch.
Texas sized Walking Stick
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Hard to tell the size in that pic but here you can tell them it’s almost a foot long.
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EllGab Garden Walk.
I see a mirage of a UFO.
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A fast moving cold front rolled over EllGab Garden Pacific Northwest today. It brought some lightning and a nice helping of rain. The picture shows some clouds just before it started to rain.
My garden. No walking.
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Echinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit' (Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower)
So pretty!Thanks @anniem :)
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Some interesting cloud formations as the sun begins to set.
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EllGab Garden Walk.
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Some interesting cloud formations as the sun begins to set.
I see that thing that the Bionic Man was flying when he crashed.
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Maybe that is popcorn for people watching a movie!
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I walked by some Asclepias fascicularis today. Otherwise known as narrowleaf milkweed. Monarch caterpillars like to eat the leaves and after awhile they will build their cocoons on the plant. After that, they turn into monarch butterflies.
The EllGab garden in the NE in the USA.
A Zombie wind mill in my snowball hydrangeas container.
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Haha. That's wild, FISH. I want one!
It can be yours with the click of a mouse!
https://tinyurl.com/x5cuwz44
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Quails w babies
Nice, Annie!
Thanks! The quails are so funny. They don't fly much, but the run all over the place.Are the quails good parents @anniem ?
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginYep they are YELLOW. Very cute.
I walked by some yellow flowers.
Are the quails good parents @anniem ?
Ned Scott:
“And now before giving you the details of the battle, I bring you a warning: Everyone of you listening to my voice, tell the world, tell this to everybody wherever they are. Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies.â€
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The Thing From Another World 1951
They are! There are more than one family out there, perhaps 25 or 30 babies with three adults nearby. One adult stands on a rock and oversees them all. The other two parents eat some but are watching. Very skittish, if we are still we can watch them for a while. I wing seed down for them.What is this thing @anniem ? "Wing seed down?"
One of our visitors took a rest under a tree with her little one, young enough to still have spots. :)very cute. :)
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What is this thing @anniem ? "Wing seed down?"
very cute. :)
What species of deer live in your area @anniem ?
Oh, um yes, right they have 4 legs so a 4 legged species.::)
Yes.
Oh, um yes, right they have 4 legs so a 4 legged species.
Yes.
Really? Huh. Ours are two-legged in these parts.Excuse me, Mr. Deer, I think your kidney is slipping out. :-[
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::)
https://wildlifeinformer.com/deer-in-north-america/
Ok! Whitetail deer here.
@Walks_At_Night is your deer a Whitetail?
I dunno. I could ask him I suppose if you really want to know. Up until now, I've been kind of afraid to approach him.Smart thinking.
I dunno. I could ask him I suppose if you really want to know. Up until now, I've been kind of afraid to approach him.
Buttcheck?:-[ ;D :-X
Not a garden, a photo from my walk in South Philly.
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On the left side is a railroad lighting thing. ::)
https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.inolex_incorporated.1305a41252826bbca65d262f88b2568f.html
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginEast vs West. I take a walk and see industry with catwalks. Rikki talks a walk and sees trees. @anniem sees mountains and wild animals.
EllGab GardenWalkHike. Trees & weeds.
East vs West. I take a walk and see industry with catwalks. Rikki talks a walk and sees trees. @anniem sees mountains and wild animals.
Here in the South this year, I see rabbits. Gobs and gobs of rabbits. It is my understanding that they have boom-bust population numbers but it is crazy this year. We went on a walk last night and stopped counting after 25.@Walks_At_Night what is going on with those rabbits?
@Walks_At_Night what is going on with those rabbits?
Here in the South this year, I see rabbits. Gobs and gobs of rabbits. It is my understanding that they have boom-bust population numbers but it is crazy this year. We went on a walk last night and stopped counting after 25.
Do they eat cicadas?
Go for a walk here now, and all you see are heat mirages over the asphalt.@juan what about your garden? Sweet potatoes?
One of my pears set fruit! ;D I'm VERY excited about this event. The cherries are going OFF too.
@juan what about your garden? Sweet potatoes?@FISH - yes, the sweet potatoes are growing. Probably an August harvest. One set of tomatoes are giving up in the heat but a second set are thriving. Lettuce is gone. Peppers still producing. Candy Roaster Squash growing well.
I am excited to see your garden @PolkaDot
Since I live in the city, my backyard is a container garden. These flowers grew back from last year. Sad to say, I don't know their name.
I know that there is an app to help me. But I forgot the name. :'(
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I am excited to see your garden @PolkaDot
Since I live in the city, my backyard is a container garden. These flowers grew back from last year. Sad to say, I don't know their name.
I know that there is an app to help me. But I forgot the name. :'(
I shall help you with the names of these flowers, @FISH
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Those are Calendulas, @FISH. And very colorful ones at that.
@FISH - yes, the sweet potatoes are growing. Probably an August harvest. One set of tomatoes are giving up in the heat but a second set are thriving. Lettuce is gone. Peppers still producing. Candy Roaster Squash growing well.
I am excited to see your garden @PolkaDotPretty! They all look very happy. looks like you may have a little geranium in there too? I was so excited about my pears that I did take a pic...I don't think anyone else would get excited about it though! I'll post it for you when I'm on my phone.
Since I live in the city, my backyard is a container garden. These flowers grew back from last year. Sad to say, I don't know their name.
I know that there is an app to help me. But I forgot the name. :'(
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Pretty! They all look very happy. looks like you may have a little geranium in there too? I was so excited about my pears that I did take a pic...I don't think anyone else would get excited about it though! I'll post it for you when I'm on my phone.Since I live in a concrete jungle ::)--Yes, I am excited to see your garden @PolkaDot . Yes, a baby geranium. The container below is grow Lemongrass. My cat likes it.
No, just an 800-square foot plot in a community garden. I’m allergic to a lot of grocery store food (probably born on the wrong planet) so I have to grow my own.@juan do you take photos. Most of us were born on the wrong planet. Rikki is lucky since he is monitor 49.
I shall help you with the names of these flowers, @FISHOh ok so I'm the dirt? :'(
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Oh ok so I'm the dirt? :'(
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I managed to capture a rare cloud hole. I call it rare because one doesn't see them all that often. There were almost two holes in the cloud but the one on the right didn't turn into one.
Two eyes. These eyes are winking at you @Rikki Gins ;)
@KSM what do you see when you take a walk? A garden? Trees? A sky? Anything? 8)things like this
things like thisThanks @KSM
Thanks @KSMIt's better when he walks in front of you and you don't have to talk to him.
I like your view.
@FISH here's my sweet little pear- this is just one side of the tree -because FRUIT!!!. It's a 4 in 1 espalier. This is the 2nd year I've been training them, last year I picked off all the swollen buds because I didn't want it to set fruit. I have three of these total- on each side of my pear is an apple espalier. Which is also fruiting this year, but I'm not nearly as excited about them. :) It's all a bit of an experiment, as gardening often is, but I'm having fun with them. :), Eventually, I'm hoping to take down the supports and have a living "fence" on that side of the property.WOW WOW WOW!
Also, it's currently POURING rain. :-\
@PolkaDot
This afternoon I found this thing laying on the rose bush leaf. What is it?
Sad to sad, I am finding these "holes' on the leaf of my other plants.
What should I do?
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@FISH I know nothing about roses. BT spray for caterpillars would be my guess. It’s an organic bacteria that must be eaten to kill. They are eating your leaves. Not dangerous to people, pets, etc. I think you would have to go to a garden center - not Lowe’s or Home Depot.Thanks @juan :)
@PolkaDot
This afternoon I found this thing laying on the rose bush leaf. What is it?
Sad to sad, I am finding these "holes' on the leaf of my other plants.
What should I do?
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Kill it with fire. WD-40 and match.
@FISH. That is not a caterpillar, it is a sawfly larva and a BT treatment has no effect on them. Sawflies are a member of the wasp family but they do not sting. I have some every year on my Ash tree but they don't bother my rose bushes. There are harsh insecticides that will deal with sawflies but I wouldn't recommend it. One of the best non-insecticidal treatments is simply spraying away at your rosebush with a garden hose. Use enough pressure to knock the critters off the bush.OH NO! I do not like SAWFLIES. Thanks @Rikki Gins .
Soapy water also kills bugs. The green insecticides sold by Bayer and Scott’s are nothing but soap compounds in water. Fill a spray bottle with water and add a bit of dishwashing liquid you have to spray the bugs themselves.
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EllGab Garden Walk. I managed to come across this ghost on a wall.
@juan I just soaped down the rose bush.Let us know.
On the opposite side of my backyard, I covered my plants in garlic powered.
Time will tell.
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At first glance this appears to be an interesting cloud, though it is not a cloud at all. It is a jet trail that has been buffeted by the wind.
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You can see another jet making a contrail down below.
We go out into nature a lot. Sunday drive's and such. Here's a shot or two from a recent outing. Too fucking hot outside or I'd share some beautiful yard and lawn pics.@KSM I like your the shots from your Sunday drive by. Still waiting to see that BEAUTIFUL YARD.
@KSM I like your the shots from your Sunday drive by. Still waiting to see that BEAUTIFUL YARD.I've shared a great many shots from both places over the years. We've downsized to one residence now so the 2 acre place on the river is no longer. Only having one place to take my lawn OCD out on is a much easier life. :)
A walk along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania USA.
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ME vs the INSECTS in Philly. I have upped my ammo. I remembered a very mean 'old lady' neighbor's words. She gave me some advice. "If you ever get head or body lice, wash everything with FELS-NAPTHA soap." I am going to chip up the FELs. Mix it up with some water in a spray bottle.
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@FISH None of my business of course, but I would like to caution you about applying soap to your plants. It is possible to over do it and the leaves of your plants will run the risk of being burnt. Don't get me wrong, soap applications will get rid of certain garden pests, just keep it light, know what I mean? I wish you were a monitor. One of the benefits of being a monitor is the ability to communicate with insects. As an example, I had a sawfly infestation a number of years back, but no more because we came to a mutual agreement not to harm one another.Ok @Rikki Gins what do the insects think about chili powder?
Ok @Rikki Gins what do the insects think about chili powder?
@FISH I couldn't get an answer regarding chili powder because I couldn't find any bugs to talk to. But one of my tomato plants told me that regular black peppercorns dug into the soil at planting time is a regular tonic against certain bacterial infections and insect pests. Yes, monitors can also communicate with plant life.MONITOR 49. About 3 years ago, the TENT caterpillars destroyed all my hop plants. I would tie hop twine from the second floor window. By mid July the vines would reach the second floor. The TENT caterpillars broke my heart. The caterpillars built their white tents all over my hops. I cursed those insects. Like an Irish style of cursing. We had words! I don't use foul language. Hence, my OH BOY statements. I am going to have a talk with the insects tonight, maybe we could start over.
MONITOR 49. About 3 years ago, the TENT caterpillars destroyed all my hop plants. I would tie hop twine from the second floor window. By mid July the vines would reach the second floor. The TENT caterpillars broke my heart. The caterpillars built their white tents all over my hops. I cursed those insects. Like an Irish style of cursing. We had words! I don't use foul language. Hence, my OH BOY statements. I am going to have a talk with the insects tonight, maybe we could start over.
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PS/ since the hops were gone, my brother and I fixed up the trim around the windows and door frame.
I have noticed that others post pictures that they take whilst out on walks.
..soooo, while out for a downtown walk today I stopped in for a black and Tan. ..It's only natural ;)
Forest?
Spotted on a walk to a Thai restaurant in Maryland
Very tiny forest?
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@Walks_At_Night Hey Walks, I finally got a handle on that large bird that was circling above me awhile back. It is a McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender. I tend to think it was being put into use for firefighting purposes. There were no forest fires at the time so I guess they were making practice runs. I tracked it coming out of the Sacramento, California area. I shot the above photo as it was making some more passes, well over a month ago. Thanks for telling me about that flight tracker app.
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Mystery solved! Glad www.adsbexchange.com helped out!
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I was walking down an EllGab Garden ally when I spotted this strange sight.
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Some roses blooming through a fence.
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And a rather tightly constructed fence at that.
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The sky as tropical storm Elsa leaves the Jersey shore.
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The sky as tropical storm Elsa leaves the Jersey shore.
Nice, @FISH. You took a picture of a historic cloud. Which reminds me, I like to reflect on how even the mightiest of hurricanes will eventually be reduced in size, to where it is nothing more than a faint breeze across the face, or it has only enough strength to move a downed leaf a few inches. And then it's gone.@Rikki Gins last night, another crazy storm hit Philadelphia. It was a mighty storm. This morning, my garden looked happy. Your words touched my brain.
Elsa was a wonderful thing when she passed through here. Hours and hours of a steady, light rain. No real damage in this area. My Fig trees loved it!The gardens love these storms.
We have several bottle brush trees in our yard but I don’t think I have ever seen an actual bottle bush. Until today.Years ago, I visited a bottle garden with lots of trees @GravitySucks ;)
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Snowball Bush Viburnum growing in Jersey-USA.
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Nice, @FISH. Hope you don't mind me correcting you but those are actually hydrangeas. My grandma had two big bushes of them growing on each end of her porch. It was a great old house but now it's gone.Hydrangeas!!! Oh Boy!!! and I know better. I am grows hydrangeas in the front and back of my home. No flowers this season. I did something wrong with my pruning. :-\
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It used to sit right about where that light pole is.
Hydrangeas!!! Oh Boy!!! and I know better. I am grows hydrangeas in the front and back of my home. No flowers this season. I did something wrong with my pruning. :-\
So sad to see the location where a grand old home once stood. DOLLAR GENERAL takes over the USA @Rikki Gins . A few years ago, vacation time was road trip time. When I was a ‘we’—we would take a long rides. We would pick up a paper map from AAA and make a plan. One summer we traveled along U.S. Route 6. AKA Grand Army of the Republic Highway across the state of PA. (Not to be confused with the Lincoln Highway.) I wanted to visit the town of Towanda. Maybe I would find Marie Antoinette’s jewels.
In the fall of 1793, a small group of French exiles purchased land for Marie Antoinette and her children in the hills of Bradford County, PA. Unfortunately, Marie Antoinette was guillotined on 16 October 1793. Local rumors included that some of her jewelry were hidden in PA awaiting her arrival. Not only did we visit the Marie Antoinette Lookout (Route 6) but also the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania. Driving in and out of old towns, the only businesses that seemed to be thriving were dollar stores, second hand stores and pizza shops.
https://endlessmountains.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/marie-antoinette-lookout-route-6/
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the day.
Also looks like sand.
I was walking around Rockville and stumbled across these giraffes munching upon the trees.Wow! This is very cool. I LIKE!
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Snowball Bush Viburnum growing in Jersey-USA.This looks like Hydrangea @FISH . I'm super jealous, they are so hard to grow here and are usually scraggily little specimens when they are managed but when we were in New England last week they were everywhere- and HUGE! I WANT!!!
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Nice, @FISH. Hope you don't mind me correcting you but those are actually hydrangeas. My grandma had two big bushes of them growing on each end of her porch. It was a great old house but now it's gone
Wow! This is very cool. I LIKE!
P.S. Where's Rockville @GravitySucks ?
@PolkaDot I’d say about 20 miles north of DC on the western route of the Red Line metro. Or a $92 Uber ride from Reagan airport in prime time.Ahhh, Thank you @GravitySucks . I've really only been south of DC beltway in Virginia, so my knowledge of the area around it is pretty minimal. I know I've been to Baltimore once or twice but I think that's all I've got as far a Maryland goes.
Ahhh, Thank you @GravitySucks . I've really only been south of DC beltway in Virginia, so my knowledge of the area around it is pretty minimal. I know I've been to Baltimore once or twice but I think that's all I've got as far a Maryland goes.
I’ve been to the new Camden Yards to watch a game. Baltimore is a shithole. The ballpark is decent but it’s like a polished turd floating in a cesspool.LOL. Now, you remind me of someone. But yes, I have heard that about Baltimore a lot. Poor city, has an image problem. :-\ Has it always been that way? I've been hearing that for twenty years. At some point it was...livable?
LOL. Now, you remind me of someone. But yes, I have heard that about Baltimore a lot. Poor city, has an image problem. :-\ Has it always been that way? I've been hearing that for twenty years. At some point it was...livable?
Windy today, you can still see smoke about halfway down@anniem OUTSTANDING PHOTO!
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This looks like Hydrangea @FISH . I'm super jealous, they are so hard to grow here and are usually scraggily little specimens when they are managed but when we were in New England last week they were everywhere- and HUGE! I WANT!!!@PolkaDot NEW ENGLAND, kind of close by me. ;)
I took a 3 mile walk to go eat at a Thai restaurant I found last week. It’s a in a pretty busy part of Rockville. Lots of businesses and traffic but I had cut through a neighborhood to stay away from the noise of the traffic. I spend a lot of time in the woods so I was surprised when I heard a doe bleat. I slowed down and scouted around and saw this doe grazing on an easement.@GravitySucks great photos. Enjoy your travels.
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But I knew it couldn’t have been the one that bleated because the direction and distance was wrong. Not far away I spotted these 3 deer. It’s kind of hard to see but the one in the back is a young buck with his antlers still in velvet. I was a bit sad that I saw 3 does but none of them had a fawn with them. This time of year there should be fawns.
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As far as lunch, the Yum Woon Sen was delicious and plentiful.
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@anniem OUTSTANDING PHOTO!
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Here we have some of my garden rocks. Let's have a closer look at that one in the foreground, shall we?
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It is about four inches long and surprisingly, you can open it up.
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Inside of the rock is a fern fossil, approximately 300 million years old and still counting. It is a long extinct Pecopteris fern and it grew in Mazon Creek, Pennsylvania when the area was very swampy, and hot. More like the tropics, oddly enough. The present day continents of the earth weren't around back then. There was only one large super continent and scientists call it Pangea. Over millions of years, the super continent broke up and became our present day group of continents. Interestingly, you can see a live fern at the top of the photo.
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Here we have some of my garden rocks. Let's have a closer look at that one in the foreground, shall we?
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It is about four inches long and surprisingly, you can open it up.
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Inside of the rock is a fern fossil, approximately 300 million years old and still counting. It is a long extinct Pecopteris fern and it grew in Mazon Creek, Pennsylvania when the area was very swampy, and hot. More like the tropics, oddly enough. The present day continents of the earth weren't around back then. There was only one large super continent and scientists call it Pangea. Over millions of years, the super continent broke up and became our present day group of continents. Interestingly, you can see a live fern at the top of the photo.
"It is a long extinct Pecopteris fern and it grew in Mazon Creek, Pennsylvania when the area was very swampy, and hot." @Rikki Gins .
I like your story and your rocks.
Gettysburg PA is about a 2 / 3 hour drive away from my home. The first time you visit Gettysburg, you are overwhelmed by the history.
By the 10th visit you are are looking for the dinosaur footprints.
https://www.gettysburgdaily.com/gettysburg-dinosaur-footprints/
@FISH Dinosaurs at Gettysburg! Now that I didn't know. There is just a chance that the Pecopteris ferns might still have been around when the dinosaurs appeared. I wonder if the plant eating dinosaurs ate ferns?
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EllGab Garden Walk In A Neighboring Town That I Have To Drive To. Here is an irrigation ditch that I like to walk by. A good fifty percent of the time there are ducks swimming in there. This was a couple months back. The water has since been turned off due to drought conditions.
Pretty!
Thanks, Annie. This was from my old smart phone. I don't know why, but clicking on the pic will make it slightly bigger and clearer. At least it does on my computer anyway.
Thanks, Annie. This was from my old smart phone. I don't know why, but clicking on the pic will make it slightly bigger and clearer. At least it does on my computer anyway.The photo looks fine to me. :)
Tuckerton is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey.
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Tuckerton is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey.
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Here is a pic of some seabirds from my photo archives. In fact, this photo was taken with an old Kodak Instamatic and it was the very last picture that the camera ever took because it broke right after I took the shot. Still, I was able to get the film developed. That shaded area was caused by the camera's last gasp. It added a somewhat interesting effect to the picture, don't you think?
visitors can't see pics , please register or login@juan what do you think? I like this photo. "The DEATH of the Instamatic."
Here is a pic of some seabirds from my photo archives. In fact, this photo was taken with an old Kodak Instamatic and it was the very last picture that the camera ever took because it broke right after I took the shot. Still, I was able to get the film developed. That shaded area was caused by the camera's last gasp. It added a somewhat interesting effect to the picture, don't you think?
I doNo more sea birds for you @anniem .
No more sea birds for you @anniem .
Unless you go back to New Gretna, NJ.
We go crabbing in the local salt marshes.
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The local seagulls are only curious.
@FISH @Rikki Gins - like both the photo and the story. Sometimes we are blessed with favorable unintended.@juan to buy another camera or not? I am back to reading about cameras, again. :'(
K1000 cameras are fairly plentiful. Your camera store might hunt one up for you. The only trouble I’ve seen with them as they age is the gasket that deadens the mirror travel when it raises to take the picture sometimes gets old and sticky. Sometimes the mirror sticks in the up position.
@juan to buy another camera or not? I am back to reading about cameras, again. :'(
My new neighbor is a wedding photographer. He no longer uses film. He shut down his dark room. Everything is digital.
I have become so lazy. I used to make fun of people who used their phone as a camera. Now, I have joined the club.
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Clouds over the south Jersey bay.
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My Sweet William flowers. They are gone now but it was fun watching them grow.
They are spring time only?
They flowered throughout the month of July. I cut the old flower heads off and now they are just clumps of green growth. I don't think that they will send up more flowers for this year. They will die back in winter, but will return next spring, in late May or early June.
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Cloud Picture of The Day (Or rather the end of the day.)
Be careful on your future walks, @FISH . Rumors are Deshaun Watson is headed to the Eagles.Philly has it's own troubles. Mr. Watson should stay in Texas @juan .
Yesterday?
No. Awhile back, before all the smoke moved in.
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VERY smoky here tooDear @anniem & @Rikki Gins please stop watching the TWIGHT ZONE. ;D
Dear @anniem & @Rikki Gins please stop watching the TWIGHT ZONE. ;D
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I think Rod Serling took the mountain away, I haven't seen it in a week.
@FISH
I must have inhaled the equivalence of twelve cartons of Rod's cigarettes this past week.
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I've been keeping indoors these past days due to high smoke levels. Played Yahtzee with a robot a bunch of times. I was especially pleased with this particular game. I think I had three Yahtzees. Definitely the highest score thus far and that includes the bot's scores.
Good score! On pc?
No, my tablet. In the GooglePlay store. It is the Yahtzee game version that is spelled Yazy. Very fun game because the gameplay is not interrupted by ads, you only see them between games. You can play a single game by yourself, against the bot, or against a friend. Lots of fun.
I shall try that one! Thanks!
Today, I harvested my 50th tomato this season. Small breed. Began with 3 plants, grown from seed.
Started a 4th plant from a broken off branch. It grew rapidly. Tomato 50 came off of this 4th plant that should have never existed, but due to erudite plant husbandry it thrives in this world. T50 is 2.2 ounces. Larger than a golfball, smaller than a racquetball.
Speaking of, here is Mizz 50 now, sporting a fashionable up side down transparent Sonic hot fudge sundae cup.
The curves of Venus... The wisdom of Minerva... And the fertility of Ceres.
We're so grateful for her attendance on the runway.
Mizz 50, everyone, Mizz 50!
(clap clap clap)
Very nice, Cam! It looks as though you have things well in hand in the tomato growing department. I grow tomatoes every year but the results are always minimal. I have to grow mine in pots because the ground around here is heavy clay and I no longer have the muscle to dig and add amendments to the soil. My seven pots are delivering fruit but very grudgingly. I had a nice growth of Tumbler tomatoes (pictured) about a month back, but nothing much since then. Tumbler is a container plant and the tomatoes are about the size of golf balls.
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I like the photos and the stories @Camazotz Automat & @KSM :)
I like the photos and the stories @Camazotz Automat & @KSM :)Thanks @FISH I really do not know when those peppers are ready. Perhaps they're supposed to turn red at some point. They are not from seed and I lost the tag that came with.
Thanks @FISH I really do not know when those peppers are ready. Perhaps they're supposed to turn red at some point. They are not from seed and I lost the tag that came with.
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@KSM Here are some hot peppers that I grew some years back. I liked to harvest the crop when they turn red and then place them in a dry area until they start to firm up and become kind of papery to the touch. Then I would place them in a big jar and take one out and slice it in half, remove the seeds and then chop the pepper up and stir it into a big bowl of chili. Dry as the peppers are, they still put some heat into Mexican dishes and, in my case, they would last through winter, spring and clear into summer, at which time the new crop would be growing. Those lighter peppers of yours would currently go great in egg dishes...mixed into omelets or scrambled eggs, Yum! I love hot peppers but they irritate a certain part of my anatomy and my Urologist threatens me with surgery, so I had to reluctanly remove them from my diet. Those peppers of yours look great. Good luck with them.
Big thanks for that! @Rikki Gins. Gives some ideas :)
Those red gems of yours look fantastic!
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I came across this big red poppy that was growing outside of a store that I visited. While inside, I asked if I could take a picture of it and the owner lady said, "Sure."
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I came across this big red poppy that was growing outside of a store that I visited. While inside, I asked if I could take a picture of it and the owner lady said, "Sure."
Beautiful, RG. Or should I say exquisite?I have a mustard APERAGE journal next to me at this given time.
I ordered some notebooks to write in as I patrol Eden. Am I coming up with all these recent story ideas? Or am I channeling tomato beings? Whatever the source, I decided I needed to do it with some classy paper.
Two new PAPERAGE brand pocket notebook journals:
• mustard covers
• 160 lined pages per journal
• 3.7 inch x 5.6 inch
• 100 gsm acid-free, high-quality paper
• lay-flat design
• expandable inner pocket
• bonus personalization sticker labels
• ribbon bookmark
• elastic enclosure band
• 1/2 the price of Moleskin brand. $12 for this pair.
I have a mustard APERAGE journal next to me at this given time.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginOh, beautiful. I really love the paddle cacti. :)
I walked by a cactus plant that was beginning to bloom.
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I can’t keep this moon up forever @PolkaDot
I can’t keep this moon up forever @PolkaDot
I can’t keep this moon up forever @PolkaDotNice! So bright- it’s truly beautiful Grav.
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The yarrow has blossomed for a second year in a row.
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I was thinking of a different moon. ;) ;DThat would have been quite the climb!
Dear brother, please turn the boat around. We will catch the crabs tomorrow. Hurricane Henri is coming to New Jersey.
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August 22, 2021
NJ got socked with lots of rain, but that's about it. Did you get any rain in Philly, @FISH?I stayed in Jersey for a few days. Yes, Philly got the rain...my garden was thankful.
@FISH are you crabbing from a boat? Due to development around me, the only crabbing is from a boat or a pier in high current water. Thus a weighted crab trap. I wonder if I could use my instapot thingy to cook crabs.@juan my brother has a home, a Pontoon boat and a deck. We are able to go crabbing in very shallow water in the marshes. We don't use crab traps...just some string etc. IMO I believe you would bore your crabs to death in your instapot thingy.
@juan my brother has a home, a Pontoon boat and a deck. We are able to go crabbing in very shallow water in the marshes. We don't use crab traps...just some string etc. IMO I believe you would bore your crabs to death in your instapot thingy.
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Mystic Island, New Jersey
Some local color from my EllGab Garden.
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Nope. He is just a smart guy. He is one of those people who didn't attend college but understood computers. By the time he retired, he had young folks with high degrees from colleges/universities who still did not understand the business of "Information Technology." At this point in time, my brother has purchased many things. His alligators have a swimming pool and a Tiki bar.
Is your bro a doctor or a lawyer? Just kidding, @FISH. Real nice picture.
I like your local color. My garden is fried up for the most part. Every time I go away, the sun takes a toll on my garden.
Nope. He is just a smart guy. He is one of those people who didn't attend college but understood computers. By the time he retired, he had young folks with high degrees from colleges/universities who still did not understand the business of "Information Technology." At this point in time, my brother has purchased many things. His alligators have a swimming pool and a Tiki bar.
@juan likes alligators.
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My EllGab neighborhood walk takes me by this girl with heart balloons.
I stayed in Jersey for a few days. Yes, Philly got the rain...my garden was thankful.
@Rikki Gins the clouds were putting on a good show in NJ. AND the crabs were hungry for some chicken necks. I crab the old fashion way. A string, a weight, a chicken neck and a net.
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This made me giggle to myself. Once in Belize we did a hiking/camping trip and set traps in the river using chicken parts. When we came back after setting up camp we had only caught 3 small fish, it was a very disappointing experiment- especially bc no one wants to pack chicken bits in their backpack. We told the people we were with the piranhas ate them. ;D Don't worry, to my knowledge there's no piranhas in Belize.like
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I got to see a fire-breathing dragon cloud, up in the sky.
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Monarda, a member of the mint family. Also known as Bee Balm, though I didn't notice any bees on them.
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IDA had a heart for me. The tornado passed me by. Just lots of rain. I took this photo while standing my backyard.
I believe IDA gave @Jayzelady a run for her money. However she is back on EllGab.
Maybe a Bee Bomb, and they had to evacuate
That is one great photo, @FISH!
My brother's basement flooded a bit.@anniem I don't have a basement. I have a CELLAR. ;)
I do not have a basement. No basement flooding for me!
And Thankful to be back with our gang of fun loonies. LOL And SO happy to see you did ok. Tornadoes are one of the scariest things of a hurricane.@Jayzelady tornados are rare in my neck of the woods.
I went to buy some garlic and peppers from the farmer down the road and they tossed in a bunch of these donut peaches.
Bastard peaches.
@Spookcat
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@anniem I don't have a basement. I have a CELLAR. ;)
They are strange. The ones I tried were okay, but I like the regular peaches better.Howdy @Spookcat . They are too strange for me as well.
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A couple of cloud pictures taken before the sky was filled with smoke. On this one you can see a faint arc of water vapor, or ice crystals above the clouds.
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A closer look at the clouds plus you can see a UFO near the center top and a bit to the right.
Howdy @Spookcat . They are too strange for me as well.
I was watching a 10 year old girl last week. She wanted me to buy Cotton Candy grapes. Again, too STRANGE.
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visitors can't see pics , please register or login@Spookcat do you see the pterodactyl?
I recently had to park in an out of the way place and was taken with the perspective element of this long building, so I took a picture of it. It wasn't until later that I noticed that the cloud way back there resembled a pterodactyl.
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My new coffee mug, showing a crate label of an apple company that my grand-dad and great uncle worked at as kids. (The lower portion says Grown and Packed by Oregon Apple Company, Monroe, Oregon.
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I recently had to park in an out of the way place and was taken with the perspective element of this long building, so I took a picture of it. It wasn't until later that I noticed that the cloud way back there resembled a pterodactyl.
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Latest/yesterday's modest harvest. Number sixty-seven. Ping-pong ball dimensions. 1.1 ounces.
@Spookcat do you see the pterodactyl?
hello # sixty-seven.
Right! Whats the difference?
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A nice hanging basket full of petunias at a local store. I didn't purchase it because I really don't have any good spots for hanging baskets.
The difference that I know about is that a basement is at least partway above ground level, while a cellar is completely below ground level. There may be some others.@HamsterMuscle CORRECT. To enter my cellar, you have to walk into my house on the first level. Find the cellar door and walk down 13 steps.
It was a fragrant and most delicious tomato.I like your seed rack.
Seeds saved and on the rack.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI love your coneflowers. My coneflowers were over taken by a very aggressive vine. I will be a better gardener next year.
Rudbeckia otherwise known as coneflowers, continue to bloom in the back yard.
I like your seed rack.Just wait until you get a load of my seed scooper.
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day. This one looks as if Bob Ross mixed a few colors and splotched the paint onto the canvas. It would have probably taken him all of 8 or 9 seconds to complete.
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day. This one looks as if Bob Ross mixed a few colors and splotched the paint onto the canvas. It would have probably taken him all of 8 or 9 seconds to complete.
West Coast clouds are fun.
Today, I took a photo of the East Coast sky. The same BLUE SKY as on 9/11/2001. Today's sky and weather is almost the same as 20 years ago. God Bless the USA.
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Even after 20 years, that blue sky looks very familiar, @FISH. That last hijacked plane flew across Pennsylvania, though not sure if it flew over Philly. Were you aware of it before it crashed?
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I looked over my back fence and saw this bizarre structure in the lot across the alley.
I like your seed rack.
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The promised famous stainless steel measuring spoon. It has proved perfect to scoop out tomato seeds for next year.
The measurement size imprinted on the handle says PINCH. I have had this little beauty since at least 1998. Somehow it has survived multiple moves and the re-outfitting of any given kitchen makeover.
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A small sunflower plant that grew when a seed fell down from my bird feeder.
one little seed :o
I will match your sunflower with a pink flower @Rikki Gins .
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visitors can't see pics , please register or login@Rikki Gins I am fond of Hibiscus flowers.
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Some Hibiscus flowers. Not mine. I came across them during an EllGab Garden walk.
As the world watches--
"SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK – Sequoia National Park was closed and the giant trees bearing its namesake were potentially threatened on Tuesday as two wildfires ignited steep and dangerous terrain in California’s Sierra Nevada. Both fires were thought to be moving in the direction of the Giant Forest, which is home to more than 2,000 giant sequoias, including the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume."
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https://nationworldnews.com/two-wildfires-close-down-sequoia-national-park-large-trees-may-be-at-risk/
Not to worry, @FISH. The giant trees will be alright. The situation is being 'Monitored' and if need be, rain can be moved into the area.I am please to learn that there is a plan. All my life I wanted to see these giant trees @Rikki Gins :)
I am please to learn that there is a plan. All my life I wanted to see these giant trees @Rikki Gins :)
You will see them @FISH and it will be something that you will remember for the rest of your life. I was in a redwood forest some ten years ago. There was complete silence there, something we don't experience in a town or city. If you click on the photos they will become enlarged plus slightly clearer.
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@Rikki Gins
Incredible trees. Your photos captured the magic of the trees.
From the Library of Congress. The Bemidji Daily Pioneer. September 18, 1921.
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Oh Boy @Rikki Gins .
The moon was waning when he planted those taters. It is not good to try to grow something during the time of diminishing light. Diminish!!!!
On my Mom's side of the family, we respect the phases of the moon and potatoes. I often cure skin problems with a potato. The cure works best if the moon is in the Fourth Quarter - half to new--Diminishing light (waning) and old crescent.
Family folklore. IF you need to fix a skin problem, cut a slice off a potato, figure out how to place it onto the trouble on your skin. Leave it be for several hours. Remove the slice of potato and bury it in the dirt.
I have grown second generation potatoes from the slice that heal my troubles. I don't think @anniem will approve of my Irish potato cure.
The Harvest Moon will be here soon. :)
PS/ I'm not going to talk about the onion cure.
Family folklore. IF you need to fix a skin problem, cut a slice off a potato, figure out how to place it onto the trouble on your skin. Leave it be for several hours. Remove the slice of potato and bury it in the dirt.
I have grown second generation potatoes from the slice that heal my troubles. I don't think @anniem will approve of my Irish potato cure.
PS/ I'm not going to talk about the onion cure.
When they teach you how to weld, you are warned not to look at the glowing end of the torch without those tinted hoods, because if you do, you will wake up later on with your eyes feeling like fire. If that does happen, you can take a potato and hollow it out so that it will fit over your eye and it will give you relief from the pain.@Rikki Gins Wow! did you have to use a potato to cure your sore eyes? The next time, my eyes hurt I will find a potato.
I am part Irish.
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No? You can. We won't let any moron pester you for it. ;)
@Rikki Gins Wow! did you have to use a potato to cure your sore eyes? The next time, my eyes hurt I will find a potato.
Potatoes always come before the onion @anniem ;)
Don't be a potato head.
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That military jet was flying over the garden again.
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I wonder if the pilots knew they were being trailed by two small objects?
A photobombed by a ghostly military jet?
@Walks_At_Night do you recognize this jet?
Mums from a Jersey farm. No more fresh corn or tomatoes. Now, they are selling fall flowers.
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I'd say it was one of these rascals. @Uncle Duke to confirm?
https://www.americanspecialops.com/usaf-special-operations/aircraft/boeing-c-32b/
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@Walks_At_Night I wasn't able to identify the thing as it circled around, but when it left, I was able to track it all the way to Ault Field on the Whidbey Island Naval Base in Washington State. Then I went and searched for the type of aircraft being utilized there and saw that it was a P-8A Poseidon. Not sure what it was doing in my neck of the woods, touch and go landings at the local airport, or perhaps I was under surveillance. (If so, all they got was me way down there taking pictures of them as they flew by overhead.) I'm sure that @Uncle Duke would have ID'd the thing. Perhaps he would know what the two objects are in back of the aircraft? They almost look like something that was let out the back, like radar instruments perhaps?
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https://www.military.com/equipment/p-8a-poseidon
@Rikki Gins I think you are under surveillance.
Mums from a Jersey farm. No more fresh corn or tomatoes. Now, they are selling fall flowers.
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That military jet was flying over the garden again.
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I wonder if the pilots knew they were being trailed by two small objects?
From the Library of Congress. The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, September 22, 1921.
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Dwarf Dandelion Wine by Dwarf Ray Bradbury
The objects behind the plane do look like retractable antennas/instruments/sensors. But if they were ahead of the plane, I would guess "foo fighters". Heh heh
If I put off mowing the lawn long enough, these Krigias will appear. They are members of the dandelion family, in fact they are often called dwarf dandelions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krigia
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Price: $1,439.99 ($1.63 / Ounce) :o
https://www.amazon.com/Dandelion-Natural-Extract-Taraxacum-officinale/dp/B07Q5HHPND/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Dandelion&qid=1632496972&sr=8-1
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I've had very good luck with this flowering plant. It has blossomed for a full month now. I believe it is called a Sutera plant. It normally grows in South Africa. I didn't plant it, so a bird must have 'dropped' it into my hanging pot.
Here on the East Coast the temperature is starting to drop. I love FOUNTAIN GRASSES during this time of year.
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Wow, I like those, @FISH. I don't think we have those here on the west coast. We have Pampas Grass, big shrubby plants that tower over humans and monitors. In fact there is one growing down the ally, I'll try to get a picture of it.We call these beautiful grasses FOUNTAIN GRASS. Photo taken in Little Egg Harbor @anniem ;)
We call these beautiful grasses FOUNTAIN GRASS. Photo taken in Little Egg Harbor @anniem ;)
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It reminds me of summers at the shore. Did you have a good trip, @FISH?Yes a good trip. It was a working vacation. I was removing RUST from the outside metal like furniture. The salty air is brutal on anything with metal like parts. Even cars suffer with the salt air. After working, we would enjoy a good lunch. That salty air makes you hungry. We would take a boat ride to look at the sunset before our late night dinners.
Yo @Rikki Gins what kind of bug is this? This little creature tried to crawl up my leg. :o
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Yes a good trip. It was a working vacation. I was removing RUST from the outside metal like furniture. The salty air is brutal on anything with metal like parts. Even cars suffer with the salt air. After working, we would enjoy a good lunch. That salty air makes you hungry. We would take a boat ride to look at the sunset before our late night dinners.
Thanks for asking @anniem . :)
PS/ 3 days away from the MSM is good for the soul.
Hi @FISH. That critter usually lives in Vietnam but has also taken up residence in your state for the past seven years or so. It is the spotted lanternfly. A pest that is harmful to trees, I'm sorry to announce. Here is a pretty good link that describes them.OH NO---no natural predators in their new environment, :'(
https://alltheabovetreeservice.com/2018/11/05/how-to-find-identify-the-spotted-lanternfly/
I spotted some buzzards resting in trees. They are getting ready to head south for the winter. @anniem, you might see them in a couple days as they are headed in your direction.
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Somethings big are zipping around out there. Are these turkey vultures?
Yes, most likely they are turkey vultures. When I was a kid, we always called them buzzards and when you look it up, people are still calling them one or the other. I got one relative close up of one of the buzzards, errr vultures. It didn't cooperate with me though. Turned its back to me.
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It is easy to take a photo of something that is standing still. Photo taken in the State of New Jersey @anniem .
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I spotted some buzzards resting in trees. They are getting ready to head south for the winter. @anniem, you might see them in a couple days as they are headed in your direction.Ahhh! I love vultures! They are one of my favorite birds of prey. :)
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I see a tree face wearing a metal mask.HA! The mask has the Great Seal of NJ on it.
Ahhh! I love vultures! They are one of my favorite birds of prey. :)WOW!
WOW!Hello @FISH ! I am procrastinating....I have a rather long list of things to do....*sigh* so I'm off!
Look who is back in town. Hello @PolkaDot :)
Hello @FISH ! I am procrastinating....I have a rather long list of things to do....*sigh* so I'm off!WOW WOW WOW @PolkaDot :)
Side note, yesterday we harvested the last of the apples and pears off of my espaliers. They turned out super yummy and beautiful!
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@KSM
https://vimeo.com/624695832Wow Annie you weren't kidding! I like that.
@KSM
Oh @anniem, I am so jealous. I love hummingbirds but only have two of them, despite the fact that I have three feeding stations. One of them spends all its time chasing the other away from the feeders.
Wow Annie you weren't kidding! I like that.
We had 4 or 5 of them, and one always chased the other away. We got another feeder, and it was better. When we got the deck painted, the feeders had to come down for about two weeks. When we put them back up there was a swarm! There must have been babies born while the deck was being worked on, a couple were big but many were tiny. I really like watching them. I took some photos but they just didn't show the crowd well.@anniem great video. +1 ;)
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@FISH, here is that clump of Pampas grass that I spoke of earlier. I'd estimate its height at around eight to nine feet or so. If you click on the images they will become slightly larger and clearer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortaderia_selloana
@anniem great video. +1 ;)
Holy cannoli!
WOW WOW WOW @PolkaDot :)It’s the pretty ones you’ve got to watch. I’m sorry to hear the bastards are invading. :(
Your apples and pears looks very BEAUTIFUL.
My 2021 garden has been invaded by insects. Spotted Lanternfly are taking over our gardens. :'( Last night, one of those Spotted lanternfly was walking on my WELCOME mat outside my front door.
https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly
It’s the pretty ones you’ve got to watch. I’m sorry to hear the bastards are invading. :(
Not to worry, @FISH. The giant trees will be alright. The situation is being 'Monitored' and if need be, rain can be moved into the area.
Some of the GIANT TREES are not A OK. :'(
The wee folks are heartbroken.
have not only begun to take a toll but also endanger the survival of the species.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hundreds-of-giant-sequoias-may-have-been-killed-in-california-fires-park-officials-say/ar-AAPjg9Q
But good news may be on the horizon. Rain and snow are forecast for parts of the burn area Friday, and crews have made significant headway on the nearly 100,000-acre Windy fire, with containment reaching 75%.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-07/knp-complex-windy-fires-may-have-killed-hundreds-of-sequoias
Rain showers could develop late Thursday over the KNP Complex fire burn area to the north, with a potential for snow at higher elevations continuing through Friday, weather officials said.
@FISH Yes, sad to say that a number of the giant trees will perish from the fires. To gain insight, I went out to my front yard and 'spoke' to the Coastal Sequoia that I planted there over a year ago. Young as it is, that tree has mental contact with other Sequoias on the coast. Nothing alive likes to be burnt, it told me. It does however, take fire to crack open the rock hard seeds of the trees, allowing new trees to take the place of the old giants. This was a measure of consolation to the trees that have died. It takes time, of course. Wait until you see me in another 900 plus years, my tree said. To which I replied, I can't wait.@Rikki Gins I went out to my backyard. I spoke to the wind about the giant trees. You are correct. Hope is your survival. It may take some time.
@GravitySucks
And I couldn’t rest without finishing up the area around my new table. I didn’t want @KSM complaining. Landscape fabric and about 1000 pounds of decomposed granite.
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The stack of wood covered with the tarp is my supply of firewood for the tipi ceremonies. In August of last year I decided to build this retreat and tipi grounds. I had been sick for quite some time but kept battling and seeking alternative treatments after the neurologists said my case was too complicated and there was nothing they could do.@GravitySucks I am happy to know that you are 'pressing on.'
I hadn’t picked up an axe or chainsaw in 5-6 years. I began working up my endurance and my ability to tolerate working in the Texas heat be splitting firewood for my first tipi ceremony. The tradition I have been taught is to use firewood that is 4-5’ long and split into manageable pieces, maybe 3-4†max thickness. The tipi fireman needs to be able to handle them all night long as they are fed into the fire. Only one end is actually burning where several tips are crossed for the ceremonial fire. There is no easy way to split 5’ long oak logs. My friends in California use cottonwood. It seems much easier to split but I only have oak, cedar, hickory, elm and black gum.
By December I was cutting down and cutting up trees to make the clearing for my tipi grounds. It’s been a long and arduous 15 months but physically I am in better shape than I ever thought I would be. I’m 65 and I dare say there aren’t many that could hang with me for a full day once I start working.
My first ceremony was supposed to be 10/23 but I had to cancel it for now. A close friend lost a daughter and then a granddaughter and he and his family are in mourning. I didn’t feel right holding a gratitude ceremony without this friend or while he and his family are hurting. I’m still going to put up my tipi next weekend just to check a box for myself. Proving to myself that I would have been ready.
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Look @anniem a red leaf in PA.
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Look @anniem a red leaf in PA.
@GravitySucks I am happy to know that you are 'pressing on.'
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
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unknown fall flowers in PA.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHa! I had a plant that refused to flower all SUMMER. Today, it started to flower. ::)
Neighborhood walk. At first I couldn't tell what these mysterious pods were. They were big, a good seven or eight inches long, I would say.
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Then I spotted a flower and recognized the plant as being a Trumpet Vine. I tried to grow one back at the garden but never had any luck. Oh, the thing would grow year after year, but it refused to flower.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campsis_radicans
HA! Did you bring it from NJ?
Beautiful picture, @FISH!
@FISH the flowers are Frost AstersThanks @GravitySucks .
@anniem & @Rikki Gins are the leaves turning colors in your area?
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Some roses have decided to bloom once again after having done so last summer.
Yes!The Fall leaves want to see the Hunter's Moon @anniem .
The roses are coming out to see the FULL MOON @Rikki Gins .The Fall leaves want to see the Hunter's Moon @anniem .
Outside my door
We just got home from a drive south about an hour, leaves are turning away down there.thanks for update. :)
Outside my door@PolkaDot what a beautiful color.
Outside my door
CLOUDS.
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A very nice picture Dot! Hibiscus. No wonder it is outside your door. A beautiful flower for a beautiful lady.Thank you, @Rikki Gins . You’re always such a sweetheart!
@PolkaDot what a beautiful color.Agreed! In the evening the most wonderful honeysuckle smell wafts in on the sea breeze. It really is quite lovely. A wonderful way to fall asleep.
Hibiscus?Indeed!
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I was going to turn a string of outdoor lights off when I noticed a moth that was attracted to one of the bulbs. I didn't have the heart to turn them off. The moth was gone when I checked back in the morning.
I took some other pics on my walk yesterday.
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GREAT PHOTOS @PolkaDot .
Yes, @FISH, I echo you. Wonderful pictures @PolkaDot! Those plants in the middle are Sea Daffodils, found in the Mediterranean regions. Oh, and the bottom photo...how I would like to transport myself back to the land of my ancestors. Scotty, beam me down! Thanks for posting them, Dot.I had no idea! Sea daffodils. Thanks Rikki! Here’s some from today’s walk…olives and roses.
@anniem & @Rikki Gins are the leaves turning colors in your area?
Yes @FISH. I found this burning bush growing along the route I take for a daily walk.WOW @Rikki Gins :o
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I had no idea! Sea daffodils. Thanks Rikki! Here’s some from today’s walk…olives and roses.@PolkaDot beautiful olives and rose. Love it.
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@FISH: Actually that burning bush was part of a row of plants. This is a drive through area of a bank that I used to walk to. Now it's a marihuana store.
@Rikki Gins , your 100years question reminds me of this hotel
@PolkaDot. Oh yes it does, Dot! I love it when buildings are combined with nature. I'd like to live in that Frank Lloyd Wright house, the one that he built over a stream.
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Fallingwater. @Rikki Gins I've been there several times. I too would love to live there. It's awesome.
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Looking up at the Ash tree. Interestingly, the leaves first fell off the side of the tree that didn't face the sun.
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Leaves everywhere.
wow wow wow @Rikki Gins
Thank you for showing me these leaves. Still waiting on @anniem with her fall photos.
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Fall tree
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Mountain a couple of weeks ago before it started to rain.
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Rainbow!
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We went hiking. I guarded the entrance while the others went further in to find the terrible dust.
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The neighbor
@anniem THANK YOU for sharing. One great photo after another. @Exile may like your neighbor. ;)
I agree with FISH, Annie. Very nice pictures. I really like the trees that grow in your neck of the woods.
For lunch I had ramen noodle chicken soup.
To it, I added my 87th homegrown tomato.
It was just under 1 ounce, ping pong ball size, and delicious
It is nearly an ounce more than anything I've ever grown here! :D
Since moving across country I don't usually know what sort of tree is what. I only figured out the walnut tree because I found walnuts under it. Up here, we got an app and now know that the pines here are ponderosa pines. The pine smell is wonderful.@anniem - Ponderosa's smell like vanilla- give the bark a gentle scratch. It's really quite lovely.
@anniem
Judging by your photos, where you live, if my plants were there, I think a wild creature would have harvested the tomato before I ever got the chance. ;D
Your photos look like you are in a good ecology for mushroom hunting / cataloging.
@anniem - Ponderosa's smell like vanilla- give the bark a gentle scratch. It's really quite lovely.
Tonight's bounty. All from a single plant, ranging from grape size to golfball. Once the color change begins, they grow no bigger nor upload further nutrients, so off with their heads.
These tomato plants are beyond amazing.
@anniem - Ponderosa's smell like vanilla- give the bark a gentle scratch. It's really quite lovely.GET scratchin' @anniem :)
GET scratchin' @anniem :)
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These white Cyclamens were planted many years ago and yet they keep on popping up here and there. As a matter of fact, the nursery that I bought them from (mail order) went out of business a good twenty plus years ago.
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Out in the back alleyway, some busy bees.
Singing to my five tomato plants tonight as I covered them in preparation for tonight's temperature dip:The Light Pours Out Of Me
Is it the end, my friend?
SatanFrost is comin' round the bend...
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The Light Pours Out Of Me
Time flies
Time crawls
Like an insect
Up and down the walls..
Today I trimmed my Red Twig Dogwoods and saved the branches in preparation for my Christmas floral arrangements. I’m notoriously late to the Christmas decorating party but when I finally join in the festivities I’m all in. ;)LIKE the red Christmas branches @PolkaDot .
LIKEYES @Camazotz Automat :)
During the snare drum crescendos, I could almost see Patrick McGoohan escaping The Village via jetpack.
LIKE the red Christmas branches @PolkaDot .Me too. I really enjoy making the Christmas pots. :) It's fun and festive.
I had plans to visit Yellowstone in Montana. However, life made other plans for me.This is an amazing picture @FISH ! I haven't made it to Yellowstone yet either. I want to go in the winter first and then visit in the summer or early autumn sometime.
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https://www.visitgardinermt.com/item/352-yellowstone-wonders
Off with their heads!ENJOY!
(Again)
Todays. Six more from plant #5. Slightly larger than Ping Pong ball size.
I'm eating tomatoes all the time now.
To allow even ONE pesticide-free baby go to waste would be an egregious act and a sin against the Holy Five.
ENJOY!
Off with their heads!
(Again)
Todays. Six more from plant #5. Slightly larger than Ping Pong ball size.
I'm eating tomatoes all the time now.
To allow even ONE pesticide-free baby go to waste would be an egregious act and a sin against the Holy Five.
Tomatoes are great and those look wonderful.
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Danger Will Robinson! Do not step on without suitable footwear. (Star thistles.)
In addition to the great taste and no dangerous chemicals, it has been therapeutic. My goto process to unplug.
I still get my OCD on by weighing, cataloging, tracking how many came from which of five plants, in what order, and date, and then labeling saved seeds accordingly. Not normally something I would bother doing, but it is part of a master plan that will affect all mankind!
Bwahahahaha! Bwahahaha!
Bwahahaha! Hah!
(Ok. Simple ongoing research for a strange story.)
Bwahahahaha! Bwahahaha!
Bwahahaha! Hah!
Scottish thistle
According to legend, an invading Norse army was attempting to sneak up at night upon a Scottish army's encampment. During this operation one barefoot Norseman had the misfortune to step upon a thistle, causing him to cry out in pain, thus alerting Scots to the presence of the Norse invaders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistle
I’ve had recent run ins with sandburs at my woods in Texas and cockleburs in the desert east of Tucson. I loathe both of them but I still think those sneaky little sandbur bastards are the more painful of the two on bare feetI guess these plants do not want to be eaten. ???
I guess these plants do not want to be eaten. ???
@FISH The ghost of Euell Gibbons would like me to pass on some info to you. Cockleburs are deadly to animals and humans, and should not be eaten. Sandburs on the other hand, can be eaten and make for a nice seed treat. Hold the stem end and place the seed head over a fire and carefully burn off the spines. The remaining seed and hull can then be eaten.
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These delicate little flowers were blooming just last week, but the first frost of the season put an end to them.
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day. I see a space alien face looking down at swimming dolphins.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginNice! I love the lunar eclipses. So beautiful. :)
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Some photos of the lunar eclipse that occurred earlier in the week. Taken from my EllGab garden during a rather cloudy night.
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Some photos of the lunar eclipse that occurred earlier in the week. Taken from my EllGab garden during a rather cloudy night.
If I don't drink coffee, then I drink hot black tea. This lemon balm herb ( MELISSA OFFICINALIS ) thrives under a bedroom lamp grow light. One leaf is added to steep per black tea serving. It isn't as challenging as growing tomatoes, but is amazingly satisfying nonetheless.
Like the tomato plants, this plant loves me unconditionally.
You hear that, Debbie from Ninth grade?!?!? You treacherous...
Anyway, lemon balm soothes the beast within.
Highly recommended.
(Except for Debbie)
@Camazotz Automat have you ever sampled yaupon tea? I harvest leaves from around my tipi grounds, roast them in the oven and use them to make batches of iced tea. I use a maple syrup mixed with honey I found somewhere as a sweetener.No, @GravitySucks
It’s my understanding that yaupon is the only native plant in North America that contains caffeine. Its pretty tasty. You can adjust the flavor from green tea to black tea by controlling how long you roast the leaves. 10-12 minutes in a 325F oven is all it takes for the way I like it.
No, @GravitySucks
Until now, I knew nothing about this tea. But you can bet your sweet bippy I will be sampling some soon.
One of the first articles that came up was by someone in the travel section of the BBC.
Well, if they don't know tea, Vaughn wasn't a Man from U.N.C.L.E.
This writer touched on a lot in this informative piece, from Native American usage to the possible tea industry sabotage via the incorrect scientific name it was given.
Thanks for the reveal, Grav. Made my weekend.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea (https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea)
If I don't drink coffee, then I drink hot black tea. This lemon balm herb ( MELISSA OFFICINALIS ) thrives under a bedroom lamp grow light. One leaf is added to steep per black tea serving. It isn't as challenging as growing tomatoes, but is amazingly satisfying nonetheless.I hate to burst your bubble but Lemon Balm is in the mint family and mint LOVES everyone!!!
Like the tomato plants, this plant loves me unconditionally.
You hear that, Debbie from Ninth grade?!?!? You treacherous...
Anyway, lemon balm soothes the beast within.
Highly recommended.
(Except for Debbie)
No, @GravitySucks
Until now, I knew nothing about this tea. But you can bet your sweet bippy I will be sampling some soon.
One of the first articles that came up was by someone in the travel section of the BBC.
Well, if they don't know tea, Vaughn wasn't a Man from U.N.C.L.E.
This writer touched on a lot in this informative piece, from Native American usage to the possible tea industry sabotage via the incorrect scientific name it was given.
Thanks for the reveal, Grav. Made my weekend.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea (https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210223-yaupon-the-rebirth-of-americas-forgotten-tea)
Hmmm, I'm saving this article for later. I'm a bit upset that I don't know of Yaupon. I used to research quite a bit of ethnobotany for the Denver Botanic Garden's Herbaria and I certainly would have remembered that latin! LOL Color me intrigued! Thanks @GravitySucks and @Camazotz Automat .
Also-Grav will you give Rikki's Garden thread audience a refresher in survival? Not kidding, I LOVE that sort of thing and grew up being taught fun stuff like that and have taken different wilderness survival courses through the years (my Mom thinks I'm crazy). It's like brain candy!
Sidenote- don't get lost in the woods or stranded after a plane crash with me if I don't like you. Even though I eat mostly plant based I WILL still make BBQ out of you before hiking out. Just call me Alfred Packer.
Challenge accepted but I will start with an easy one. And no, I don’t mean sitting next to you on an airplane.;) ...It's perfectly safe....
@PolkaDot
Regarding the tea article: Once you read it you may become even more deeply annoyed that you were unaware of our local caffeine-bringer.
It feels like I woke up in a slightly different time string (again.)
Of course there is a forgotten tea in North America. Where have ya been, Cam? Diddling and traveling with that sideshow Wolf Woman all these years?
Thank the Ancient Ones I just happened to feel compelled to post the mint pic in the garden topic (it was mint to be, har har har) and mention I have been adding a leaf to my black tea and that Grav happened to read it, else we'd still be damned ignorant.
And as far as that conniving Debbie...
Don't feel bad.
She has always had ample stacks of cash to spread around, and just as important back then, near limitless "perfect orange tint" pamphlet booklets of five 1 FREE WHATABURGER with purchase of a large fountain drink tear out coupons.
She pretty much ruled the school.
(Her father was a professional printer, but counterfeit coupon accusations were never proven as Mr. B - - - - - was not sloppy. Perfect. Orange. Tint.)
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@Camazotz Automat @PolkaDot
Speaking with y’all got me motivated to go take a walk around my tipi grounds to harvest a fresh batch of yaupon leaves as the sun was setting. I then roasted them up the way I prefer them. Dried out but not so roasted that they begin to turn black. My girlfriend prefers the dark roast.
I sealed them up in a vacuum bag to take with on my next skiing trip to Colorado. I didn’t bother weighing them, but I’m guessing it’s about an ounce of dried leaves.
Thanks to @PolkaDot I have been challenged to provide some knowledge of plants which can be beneficial in not only a survival situation, but also as a way to forage for your own natural medicines, herbs and food stuffs. I won’t concentrate on obvious choices such as fruits and nuts but as my memory is jostled I will jot down some random picks. I’m doing this because my short term memory is really crap but throughout my life, I have found the best way to retain knowledge is to learn it as if you have to teach it. So here goes…I like the mushroom info! They really are beautiful! I've saved the article for reading.
The first is a mushroom that grows throughout North America. I’ve never seen them in the desert but every forest I have ever been in that has hardwoods, mainly oak trees, you can find Trametes versicolor or Coriolus versicolor, commonly known as Turkey Tail mushrooms. I’ve never forgotten how to recognize this simple mushroom. It seems that it lies mostly dormant in a standing oak tree, but as soon as the tree gets distressed or a large limb breaks off, the turkey tail mushrooms sprout out from the bark. Here at my place they grow quickly and dry out really quick in the Texas heat.
This mushroom is an amazing immune system booster and a component of it is used as a cancer treatment in some countries, mainly Japan to make certain chemotherapy drugs more effective.
Back in January, 2020, when Covid was first starting to surface as a threat I ordered as much Turkey Tail supplements as I could afford. I did a quick forage through my woods and there wasn’t enough fresh ones for me to feel comfortable with having a supply on hand. All the ones I found then were hard and brittle and I figured it was prudent to just order some. Many of the ones I passed over were probably false turkey tails. There are other mushroom supplements that help build immune systems but Turkey Tail is my number 1. Agarikon mushrooms are really effective as an antiviral, but they are generally only found in old growth forests. I ordered a bunch of those as well.
But I digress. Turkey Tail mushrooms can be harvested easily almost anywhere there are oak trees. They are beautiful when they are fresh.
There are YouTube videos out there that show you how to harvest them and then use them in powder form, as a tea, or with a little more effort, as a tincture.
If you want to order high quality mushroom supplements I highly recommend fungi.com. The owner is a fellow named Paul Stamets that has become a renowned expert in mycology. He has several patents for mushroom and mycelium extracts for treating various things, including colony collapse disorder in bees. I’ve ordered directly from fungi.com but their products are often available on Amazon with free shipping if you have a prime account. I just convinced a friend of mine to start taking several of their products because her immune system is compromised from IV treatments she receives to control her MS. She is deathly afraid of getting Covid. She is fully vaxed and was one of the first ones to get the booster, yet 3 weeks ago she took an antibody test at the direction of her doctor and she had no antibodies. I can understand her fear.
Attached is a picture of really robust turkey tail mushrooms.
I copied this text from an article about how to make sure you are getting really turkey tail mushrooms.
Look-a-likes include the violet toothed polypore and the false turkey tail mushroom. Although neither of these mushrooms are poisonous, they are also not edible due to their hard textures.
If you want to make sure the turkey tail you happen upon is the real deal, here’s what you should be looking for:
Pores or No Pores: Turkey tails will have pores on its underside. This is a good way to distinguish it from the false turkey tail that has a smooth underside.
Pore Size: Pores on a turkey tail should be small. If you hold a ballpoint pen up to the underside, 2-3 pores should occupy the space of the pen tip.
Texture: Turkey tails have a velvety, furry texture that you will be able to feel when you pet them. Go ahead, you know you want to…
Color Zones: Turkey tails have a distinct division between the different colors in its cap. Other mushrooms may appear to have different colors but on closer examination, these will be due to texture deviations more than an actual change in color.
Thin and Flexible: Turkey tails have the enviable flexible and thin body of a gymnast. Well not exactly, but the skin will be flexible even after the mushroom has been dried. The flesh is 1 to 3 mm thick.
Coloring: The coloring of the turkey tail will vary but it should be mainly grey, white, brown or reddish brown.
If you happen to grab the wrong one it won’t make you sick. You just won’t get the benefits.
Here is a pretty good overview of the Turkey Tail mushrooms.
https://nutritiousmushrooms.com/turkey-tail-mushrooms-how-to-find-use-and-grow-them/
It is possible to grow your own supply. There are several companies that sell plugs that you pound into holes you drill into a freshly cut log and then care for them by making sure the log doesn’t dry out completely.
As a personal side note, I have been perfectly healthy since I started taking these supplements. No colds, flu or viruses. And I don’t wear a mask or carry hand sanitizer. I’ll put a mask on if it is absolutely mandatory or if I am around someone like my friend that is compromised but I really on my immune system boosters and a ready supply of ivermectin in the event that I do contract the ‘rona. I know dozens of people personally, family and friends, that began feeling better within 24-48 hours after taking their first dose. The trick is to catch it early. I carry my supply with me when I travel because I know many doctors won’t prescribe it. You can buy the tablets over the counter without a prescription in Mexico. But many of my friends did just as well with the horse paste. Dosage is weight dependent.
Since I’m on the subject I might as well list the other supplements that I have come to rely on as prophylactics. Do your own research. Become knowledgeable about things that the FDA should be telling everyone. Vitamins D and C. Zinc, Magnesium and a supplement called Quercetin. These are all safe at the dosages you can find recommended. Quercetin is not recommended if you are pregnant, nursing or have kidney problems. And there are some reports of interaction with other medicines so do your own research.
@Camazotz Automat @PolkaDotNice @GravitySucks ! Do you keep your tea plain or add a sweetener or maybe even citrus to it? Or ginger? Now I want some lemon ginger tea with cinnamon on top.
Speaking with y’all got me motivated to go take a walk around my tipi grounds to harvest a fresh batch of yaupon leaves as the sun was setting. I then roasted them up the way I prefer them. Dried out but not so roasted that they begin to turn black. My girlfriend prefers the dark roast.
I sealed them up in a vacuum bag to take with on my next skiing trip to Colorado. I didn’t bother weighing them, but I’m guessing it’s about an ounce of dried leaves.
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Nice @GravitySucks ! Do you keep your tea plain or add a sweetener or maybe even citrus to it? Or ginger? Now I want some lemon ginger tea with cinnamon on top.
Of course there is a forgotten tea in North America. Where have ya been, Cam? Diddling/traveling with that infamous sideshow Wolf Woman all these years?
I mis wrote. I meant Ape Girl, not Wolf Woman.Are you sure she wasn't Sasquatch?
Ape Girl is who I saw at the state fair at a sideshow when I was a boy. She wasn't naked like the banner, but wore a bikini before transforming into an ape.
Incredibly good times.
Are you sure she wasn't Sasquatch?
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A friend, patiently waiting for me to prepare some more hummingbird solution.
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Love the porch pot pics, @PolkaDot. And thanks for bringing the sexy Jennifer along, too.
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Some early signs of a returning spring.
Not the EllGab Garden, but a view out of a window of a local tire shop. My old car battery was dying so I stopped by to have a new one installed. Kind of a nice scene out the window so I decided to share it with you.
Aside from the clerical staff at the front counter and the service personnel in the shop, I had the whole place to myself, and a vey nice, sun filled chair in the waiting room.
I enjoyed looking at the tires. I love the smell of new tires on storage racks. Smells like victory.
Sadly, the coffee, soda pop and popcorn machines were all shut down due to Covid.
That will teach you to bring your own lunch box next time! @Rikki Gins ;)
Looks like a good place to work on some writing.
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I have my eyes on this easy maintenance but unusual breed of aloe, to put in a terracotta pot.
LOL! You wouldn't happen to have a Six Million Dollar Man lunchbox in stock?
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAhh! I love it when the crocus start to pop! They're like little spikes of sunshine. :)
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A couple of Mardi Gras crocus. So named because they always make an appearance while Mardi Gras is going on.
Who is able to plant now?
My corn is sprouting.
These were very interesting, I'd never noticed them before. Apparently they only bloom once and then die, this can take up to 90 years.
Haleakala Silverswords/'ahinahina
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What a fascinating plant. I looked the name up and found this interesting article. https://www.nps.gov/hale/learn/nature/silversword.htm Thanks, Dot!You're welcome! I wanted to touch to see if they were soft like lamb's ears- that's what they reminded me of- but did not for obvious reasons. I saw several small ones that looked like people had fucked with them and died.
Who is down by the tracks?
The wind here was so strong it blew over some of my corn.
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Can you spot the first White Rose of York rose?
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More of them have appeared since that first shot.
Looking very nice. Yards rock. I really like the rustic old fence too, and it looks like its holding up very well. :)
Thanks, @KSM. I ought to dig up an old photo that shows my previous cedar fence. That thing also lasted for quite a number of years and the wood was lots thicker. I hand dug all of the post holes for that long ago fence. Whew! ;D The present fence was done by a handyman friend of mine and the posts were set in cement. "Oh look, a popsicle stick fence." I told him upon completion. Of course he knew what I meant, comparing the new fence with the old one.Posts set in cement have their advantages and disadvantages. Good looking stuff.
Posts set in cement have their advantages and disadvantages. Good looking stuff.
I've never had hydrangeas before. What do I do with the ones that no longer want to live? @Rikki Gins
@KSM: My grandmother had two hydrangeas, one on each side of her wooden front porch. They were massive plants that towered over us grandkids and they were there year around and weren't cut back or anything. I think that the key to her success was that they faced due east. They would receive ample sun for the first part of the day and shade for the rest of the day. My grandparents house was in Monroe, Oregon, close by to Eugene, so they received quite a bit of rain during the winter and spring. I think that the important thing is to give them plenty of water in the morning, especially during the heat of summer. They like lots of moisture, in the ground that is, not so much the leaves because mold can be a problem. Your picture seems to show a segment that might have been damaged, not by pests, but something that may have fallen on it, like a kids ball or something. The rest of the plant looks good, as far as I can tell. Hydrangeas are nice plants but they can be a bit tricky to grow.Thanks Rikki! I was wondering about the amount of water they may need being so robust. People in this area just leave the watering up to God and the west WA elements. I'll be sure to make sure they and others out there are moistened.
Love the dog pic. I don't think I've ever mentioned it, but I once had a dog named Vera. She was a mixed Australian Shepherd and German Short Hair. She was a wonderful, loving dog.
Thanks Rikki! I was wondering about the amount of water they may need being so robust. People in this area just leave the watering up to God and the west WA elements. I'll be sure to make sure they and others out there are moistened.
You never mentioned your Vera before. It's a good name when you consider the alternate name of that era, Girtrude. :D
I've never had hydrangeas before. What do I do with the ones that no longer want to live? @Rikki GinsThat’s a dog 🐶 not a hydrangea.
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This foxglove has returned for a second year in a row.
I have a Savage Garden, filled with pitcher plants. Savage to bugs.;D
Good news: My trees have apples, pears, and cherries! I'm getting excited!!
Pics or it didn’t happenOh it's happening! No plums this year, but the rest are coming in. I'll take pics after I get dressed for the day, I don't want to give the neighbors a shock the too early in the morning.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginWhen I see pictures of beautiful flowers, lawns, and even vegetables, I'm like..
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My dianthus plants were in bloom recently. They are pretty much faded by now, though.
When I see pictures of beautiful flowers, lawns, and even vegetables, I'm like..
They are late but they are finally here, @Rikki GinsHoly cow, Bart! Do you have to climb every tree?
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Holy cow, Bart! Do you have to climb every tree?
They are late but they are finally here, @Rikki Gins
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Holy cow, Bart! Do you have to climb every tree?
That’s why he has the chimp
Some wildflowers from a short hike
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Thailand kinda legalized marijuana in June. This picture was taken at Nong Nooch Gardens in between Pattaya and Rayong.
25 baht is about 69 cents.
@GravitySucks - I hope you’re collecting turkey berry recipes. Looks like I’ll have a big crop.
Some Yucca plants growing in a neighbor's yard.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI didn’t know this is what chicory looked like! Is this the same that you add to coffee @Rikki Gins ?
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Some more chicory growing in the wastelands.
I didn’t know this is what chicory looked like! Is this the same that you add to coffee @Rikki Gins ?
@PolkaDot Hi Dot. Yes it is the chicory that you can make into coffee. It is all in the plant's roots. You take the roots and chop them up and then you roast them for awhile, then grind them up into grain form and there you have it, ready for the coffee pot. Chicory doesn't contain caffeine, so, like you say, lots of people will mix it half and half with regular ground coffee. I noticed that ground chicory can be purchased online. There are many unproven health benefits to chicory. Here is an interesting article....Nice! I really enjoy Chicory in my coffee. We have a local place that serves it https://www.luciles.com/ (https://www.luciles.com/).
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/chicory-coffee#caffeine-free
At @PolkaDot 's command here are a couple of photos from the garden.Nicely done @JUAN !!
1. Sea Island red peas drying on the vine and almost ready to pick.
2. A row of Dragon Tongue beans, Broccoli, Green Mustard, Spanish Black Radishes with some of the Thai eggplant @GravitySucks told us about in the background.
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I'm no expert, but I think it's safe to say that the owner will probably have to invest in a new machine by next springtime.
And purchase some of that liquid soap so it can blow bubbles...Lawrence Welk Show style. ;D
Well, look at that. And I thought it was some kind of futuristic radiator fan.
What variety of sweet potatoes should I grow this year?
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While out on the EllGab Neighborhood walk, I noticed that the Mardi Gras crocus are coming up. I call them Mardi Gras because they seem to bloom during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is February 21 this year, so these crocus are showing up on schedule. We've been having quite a mild winter thus far.
LOVE!!
Have you ever planted bulbs in the lawn @Rikki Gins ? I've thought about trying it several times but am worried it may make the lawn lumpy. It's such a nice pretty suprise as you wait for late spring and things to green up though.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHonestly, I’m becoming a bit tired of winter. I’m ready for some spring bulbs.
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Dear @PolkaDot. No, I have never planted any crocus bulbs in the yard, but I would like to someday, as a border between the lawn and the street. But I do get two yellow crocuses that make an appearance every spring. There is only one in the photo, but I was just out front and the second one is coming up beside it. There used to be a purple one that came up in the general area, as seen in this pic from 4 years ago. https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg165771#msg165771
I think that there might be some minor lawn lumpiness from crocus bulbs though negligible and not overwhelming. Of course we can always plant them in flower beds, or even in containers, I'm thinking.
Honestly, I’m becoming a bit tired of winter. I’m ready for some spring bulbs.
Side note, my fil gave me a couple of dozen bulbs- mostly iris. They’d originally been from his family farm in Tennessee via his mother that he had transplanted in two Colorado houses - to Virginia and back to Colorado. I never planted them. 😬 We were moving at the time. I’m a bad human. 😕
Bush beans planted, sweet potatoes ordered, more lettuce planted, mustard still going strong.@JUAN, what brand sweet potatoes did you decide to go with?
I got Beauregards. I’ll send the excess vines to you.
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I came across this row of ornamental grasses while taking an EllGab Neighborhood walk. Notice the arched portal to another dimension back there in the shaded area.
Do you try the portal?
It's snowing here today...luckily I cut down most of my ornamentals yesterday. I'll have to wait for everything to dry back out before I get the rest.
White Pine (Nevada) News, April 22, 1923.
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Anyone ever try this?
I haven't tried it. Utilizing copper for plant growth is an ancient practice. In another video, I watched one guy say that farmers are cautioned not to use it because they would actually grow too large of a crop, thus they wouldn't get a good price for their produce.
Gonna try it when I scarf up some copper. Thanks Rix.
The freezing weather here is doing my sweet potatoes no good. Normal 6AM temperature this time of year is 80F. Today the high at 3PM is 78.
The freezing weather here is doing my sweet potatoes no good. Normal 6AM temperature this time of year is 80F. Today the high at 3PM is 78.
I got last Autumn's pansies still going strong here. Normally they would have melted into butter by now.
That’s not where butter comes from
@GravitySucks Honey. Where you been? Still in Thailand? I thought maybe they kidnapped you and turned you into a fancy boy. (Note to Self: Stop hanging around so much with @HamsterMuscle )
@GravitySucks Honey. Where you been? Still in Thailand? I thought maybe they kidnapped you and turned you into a fancy boy. (Note to Self: Stop hanging around so much with @HamsterMuscle )
@TigerLily I just escaped Arizona and I’m in New Mexico. They turned me into a Gila monster.
@TigerLily I just escaped Arizona and I’m in New Mexico. They turned me into a Gila monster.@GravitySucks
@GravitySucks
Grav, it's hard to tell by scale from the grass and sticks. How big is that thing?
and did it taste good?
And did you eat it the long way?
Asking for @TigerLily the new forum pervert
@GravitySucks
Grav, it's hard to tell by scale from the grass and sticks. How big is that thing?
Almost 2 feet. About as big as Iâ€!! Get from what the Brujita told me.Yikes. Gives me the eebies.
For the first time, I am trying to have sort of a real garden. I've learned three things so far:
- Tomatoes out of your garden taste much better than those from the Food Lion
- Tomatoes seem to be a pain in the ass to grow if you don't know what you are doing [and I don't]
- Corn wants to live. Like...badly. Crazy how fast it grows.
Exciting news - my toomerick has sprouted. Up about six inches. Four plants are up so far.
Very nice. Are you going to boil the rhizomes, or dry them out?What do George and Christian “Not The Pornstar†Wilde do?
What do George and Christian “Not The Pornstar†Wilde do?
Spot on about the taste of garden tomatoes, WAN. I've got heavy clay soil here at EllGab Garden West, so I grow about a half dozen tomato plants in pots with regular potting soil that you can buy by the bag at local garden centers. One thing I've learned about growing them in pots, it's best to use the smaller cherry tomato plants. You can get a good crop of those, but the larger varieties don't produce as much when in pots. I still grow some of them but only get one to three tomatoes per pot. Still, it's fun to see the big ones growing in them. One can use those wire cages for support as they will fit right inside the pots.
Corn: Knee high, by the Fourth of July.
What on earth are you doing? Are you remembering to pinch out the leaves so that they grow upwards on the cane like a vine rather than outwards? And how big are the pots you're using? You don't have to use pots either, you can just get a couple of growbags and do it like that. You can usually get three in one bag. And remember when you're watering them, make sure (once a week) you add a specialist tomato supplement that gives them extra nutrients. Tomatoes are usually fairly easy to grow and you ought to have more than you know what to do with. When I grew them, I had to grow them in a greenhouse because the weather was so unpredictable, but it's probably not such a problem for you so I can't see why you aren't getting much of a crop.
You make some very good points regarding the growing of tomatoes in pots, Peter. My only excuse for such a poor crop is that the pots were placed in spots to receive maximum sunlight and this in itself, much to my chagrin, was the problem. We received extra hot weather this summer and sun scald was a major problem. At the start of the season, the blossoms were plentiful and I did receive a good early crop, but then the days grew hot and the tomatoes' blossoms were somewhat minimal. I use a top notch (and rather expensive) potting soil that is designed to release nutrients to the plants as time goes by. Sure enough, the tomatoes continue to grow but not on a large scale. What few remain are easy prey to rats, racoons and possums. I think you hit on the solution though by mentioning green houses. I just might go that route in the next year or two. Oddly enough, the aforementioned critters don't seem to be interested in pepper plants. I've been having a bumper crop of them thus far.
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If you use a greenhouse and the weather is very hot again it would make it even worse because you'd just be magnifying the problem. I'd try and find somewhere a bit less exposed to the sun next time. Excessive sunshine isn't a problem we face in these here parts but there's probably some way to counter it. Maybe a strip black translucent plastic over the top of them to mitigate the worst effects.
Here's a few ideas for next time:
https://www.tomatodirt.com/tomato-sunscald.html
If you use a greenhouse and the weather is very hot again it would make it even worse because you'd just be magnifying the problem. I'd try and find somewhere a bit less exposed to the sun next time. Excessive sunshine isn't a problem we face in these here parts but there's probably some way to counter it. Maybe a strip black translucent plastic over the top of them to mitigate the worst effects.
Here's a few ideas for next time:
https://www.tomatodirt.com/tomato-sunscald.html
Yeah the greenhouse probably won't help much during the summer. I put one up this summer and it is incredible how hot it gets in there during the day. Unless you get Cambodia Jungle Tomatoes or something they'll croak. Should be just the thing for getting the seedlings going early and growing some stuff over the winter.
Well, to answer - I have trouble with tomatoes because it gets too hot here. Tomato blooms won't set.
Other people have less trouble than I do, but the heat can be trouble for everyone. This year, we had a cool spring then suddenly temperatures were in the mid 90s F. There seem to be a few varieties that grow better here than others.
I think you're in Florida, aren't you? Generally speaking, though, it's much easier to grow things over there, you just stick them in the ground and up they go as long as you remember to water them. You could probably grow decent melons in that sort of climate, I imagine. It's a waste of time trying something like that over here.
While on the subject of tomatoes, here is one from this season. It's even got a sprinkling of forest fire ash for added flavor.
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When you squeeze a home-grown tomato it just has that 'give' that you don't get with shop ones. If you like tomatoes it's always a good idea to try and grow your own because there's no comparison with the red squash balls they try to sell you.
My lunch today is the year's first sweet potato from the garden. Yum, yum.
My lunch today is the year's first sweet potato from the garden. Yum, yum.
I've never tried growing those before. I've grown plenty of normal potatoes, but I don't think I have seen them in the shops, so maybe we don't have the right kind of climate. Are they easy to grow?
Agreed they are a tropical, or at least subtropical, crop. I planted in April and we had a cool spring and early summer, so I worried that they wouldn't do well. It got hot in July and the vines began to grow. I waited an extra two weeks and began to harvest in mid-September. This crop varies greatly in size, which I think is because of the varying weather. They taste good, though.
Seem to be. Mine did fine and I don't know what I'm doing. They like it hot though. Not for you.
I always enjoy Esperanza flowers. I’ve planted them before with mixed success. Not sure what got into this one. I don’t remember ever having one get over about 4’ tall.
The colors of fall showing here in DTC (Denver Tech Center)
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A couple of jets peering down at the ellgab garden.
Looks like some F-15's. Tired old birds at this point but still look pretty mean.
My sup tonight was a huge Beauregard sweet potato from my garden. Thanks for suggesting that variety @Rikki Gins. I think I have enough tiny ones for slips for next year.
The one in the center looks Romulan.
The crocus are such happy little flowers. Been snowing here..will probably have to wait a couple more months for them. :)
@PolkaDot So glad to see you again, Dot! I wanted you to know that I took the Dot plum tree out of it's pot and planted it into the ground. I'll take a picture of it when it blossoms out.
The crocus are such happy little flowers. Been snowing here..will probably have to wait a couple more months for them. :)
Winter in Cascadia
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Lookin' out my back door
When rampant pretty stuff makes the otherwise lack of lawn slightly tolerable. :-\
Winter in Cascadiaoh wow! nice! It snowed last night so....ya.....
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Lookin' out my back door
P.S. Earl Griffith looks like trouble...and not necessarily the nice kind. Please tell the story @Rikki Gins
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI really like this pic, @Rikki Gins. I have a soft spot for fungus and toadstools. It takes me back to when I used to volunteer at the DBG Herbarium. Great times! I did some work with the Ethnobotanist and spent some time on the fungus/toadstools- really interesting stuff. Even Otzi had a polypore on him- I believe in a pouch- probably used to transport his fire source.
Here we have a Western Black Elfin Saddle mushroom...or fungus, to be more precise. Found this little (three inches tall) fellow on the shady side of my north gate while taking some cardboard out to the recycle bin. It was an easy plant to look up, as I entered 'black mushroom' as a search item. I found that the thing is edible, but the fleshy top only. That woody looking stem is not edible. One has to cook the top thoroughly but be forewarned. There are many branches of the 'helvella vespertina' family out there, a few of which while not poisonous, will cause considerable stomach discomfort.
I really like this pic, @Rikki Gins. I have a soft spot for fungus and toadstools. It takes me back to when I used to volunteer at the DBG Herbarium. Great times! I did some work with the Ethnobotanist and spent some time on the fungus/toadstools- really interesting stuff. Even Otzi had a polypore on him- I believe in a pouch- probably used to transport his fire source.
Do you ever come across the stinkhorn mushrooms? I can't think of its latin right now- when you kick or otherwise disturb them they are quite odiferous.
OH, @PolkaDot, I like them too. Every once in awhile, some will spring up out back in the EllGab Garden. There are some white mushrooms that look just like the ones you can purchase in the produce dept. at a supermarket. (I don't risk eating them.) Out in the hills, (Pacific Northwest) morel mushrooms can be found at the proper time. I used to hunt for them with Dad. I have yet to come across a stinkhorn, though they sound most interesting.
I enjoyed reading about your herbal research experience. Yes, Dot (& @JUAN) I will start that "Slice of Life" thread, quite soon in fact.
Otzi the Iceman was a fascinating human. I read that when scientists examined the contents of his stomach, they found a balanced blend of several types of meat, grain & berries in there. He went a bit overboard on the grains though, and they caused his teeth to decay. One of the fungi found in his pouch actually helped get rid of an intestinal worm that he had been bothered with.
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@PolkaDot I was wrong! I didn't plant the official EllGab Garden Dot Tree out back. I put it in a much larger pot. Which is good because the other pot was a bit on the small side. The plum blossoms are back, as you can see. Still, I would like to plant it into the ground. Perhaps next autumn as it enters its dormant stage.
I've decided to make the Ellgab Garden SE into a food forest. We'll see if it works and feeds me through the days of Bidenomics.
Plant seeds Oh @Walks_At_Night , and save seeds. Look up landrace gardening where you plant stuff and harvest the seeds. The idea is that through election, you’ll get plants that are adapted to your climate and dirt.
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The return of the tobacco plant. This plant (a glorified weed, I guess you could call it) returns every spring. I call it a tobacco plant because as kids, we would take the dried seeds from similar looking weeds, wrap them in a piece of paper and try to smoke them like a cigarette. Thankfully, the highly acidic smoke would cause us to back off before taking a puff. I'm fond of the plant though, and allow it to grow to it's full length, which is about three or four feet. Right now it's about ankle high. Perhaps this year I will get my Weeds of the West book off the shelf and find out what it's really called.
A mildly toxic plant called curly dock.
The 17 year Cicada's hatched out in force here in NC. Sounds like a 50's flying saucer movie out there.
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I had some success at photographing the auroras, or Northern Lights, here at the EllGab Garden the other night. Of course, I had to look north and there couldn't be a worse direction to look, due to all the light pollution, tree branches and power lines. But I took a stab at it anyway and took some pictures. I couldn't see anything but dark sky while taking the pics, but the camera on my phone was more sensitive and it managed to pick up traces of the auroras.
OOOoohhh Yeah! Gorgeous. been seeing some of the skies from the town I lived in up in BC. It's astonishing. Nice stuff, Rikki!