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Title: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 24, 2018, 07:42:49 PM
How does your garden grow?  A couple of the fellows and I were talking about oranges a little while ago and it came to me that we could use a gardening thread around here.  We can discuss our gardens, talk about plants in general, and trees too.  We could also upload photos of our vegetables, fruits and flowers.  (And pests.  Peter W. displayed some nice snail pics on the old board.)  Might be fun, and for starters, I spotted a baby Praying Mantis the other day.  Fascinating creatures.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis   
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: pate on September 25, 2018, 05:45:26 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on September 25, 2018, 08:02:14 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 25, 2018, 08:06:45 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on September 25, 2018, 08:20:09 PM
Maybe diatomaceous earth?

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 25, 2018, 08:24:00 PM
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.

If you have the room, planting these next year might help. Wiki:
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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.
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on September 25, 2018, 08:25:48 PM
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!

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?

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 25, 2018, 08:29:22 PM
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?

Generally just a tad sweeter if they turn red. I don’t think they get hotter.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 25, 2018, 08:33:51 PM
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.

I used to work at a place where, for some reason, full grown mantises would cling to the inside walls.  Everyonce in awhile I would spot one and put it in a small cardboard box.  Then, after I got home, I would take it outside and put it in my potted tomato plants.  It would usually hang around for a day or two before moving on to some other place.  It was kind of funny because I'd be at work, doing this and that, and someone would come up to me all at once with a mantis.  Ha, I'd have to stop what I was doing and go hunt down a cardboard box. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on September 25, 2018, 10:32:03 PM
Thanks for the advice!  May you never have to deal with these little bastards. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2018, 08:00:46 PM
Thanks for the advice!  May you never have to deal with these little bastards.

You bet.  I hope that things work out for you next spring.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 26, 2018, 08:06:11 PM
Tomorrow I lay sod in my front yard.   80% chance of rain.  I'm gonna be a Mud Puppy!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2018, 08:10:12 PM
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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.   
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kingfish on September 26, 2018, 08:15:45 PM
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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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2018, 08:21:32 PM
You got ash borers in your area?

No. Thankfully, they haven't made it to my state yet.  I did however use the trunk of the tree for a soccer goal post.  I didn't think I was hitting it so hard, but after awhile a large section of bark started to peel off.  Needless to say, I quit hitting it with the soccer ball. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 26, 2018, 08:29:54 PM
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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.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2018, 08:38:57 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 26, 2018, 08:45:08 PM
Nice.  Do you get a lot of butterflies and hummingbirds?  It seem like they would be attracted to that color.

I haven’t seen hummingbirds but butterflies and bees seem to go to town. I have had an owl nest in the front a couple of different times as well. Not every year.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on September 26, 2018, 08:55:51 PM
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.

That's beautiful.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on September 26, 2018, 09:01:52 PM
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.
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Chocolate coated jackboot on September 27, 2018, 08:02:31 AM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 28, 2018, 11:20:41 PM
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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Yum, Chocolate.  I wish you were my next door neighbor so that you could slip me a couple of those freshly dug up onions. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 02, 2018, 07:43:56 PM
Here is a flower postcard.  Does anybody know what kind of flower it is?

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: pate on October 02, 2018, 07:50:01 PM
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...
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on October 02, 2018, 07:58:09 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: pate on October 02, 2018, 08:05:01 PM
I believe you are correct Pate. A 5 pointed star with a bloom inside.

Huh, I was going by the leaves.  The ones I have flower like this:

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 02, 2018, 08:06:27 PM
I believe that is a variety of Columbine.  State flower of Colorado I believe.  I have some purple/pink ones growing here and there...

Well, that was fast.  Right you are, pate and Gravity. Good going!

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on October 02, 2018, 08:52:59 PM
Here is a flower postcard.  Does anybody know what kind of flower it is?

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columbine. likes lower montane areas, needs some shade.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on October 02, 2018, 08:57:45 PM
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?

Jalapeno and Serranos should be great. I think they get less bitter and a bit softer - when they're that ripe they don't hold up well to the bacon wrapped grill technique. They'd be great in salsa and such and they freeze really well too. For me, I've always found that the heat is from the amount of water they receive, but I live in a very dry climate. I really don't know about the Bananas.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 02, 2018, 10:38:15 PM
columbine. likes lower montane areas, needs some shade.

Right!  Thanks for playing, PolkaDot.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on October 03, 2018, 10:26:42 AM
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!
Title: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 08:18:14 PM
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?
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: GravitySucks on October 06, 2018, 08:19:56 PM
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 Howe
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: Walks_At_Night on October 06, 2018, 08:27:35 PM
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?

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 screen

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Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 08:29:10 PM
Call Linda Moulton Howe
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.
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 08:31:42 PM
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 screen

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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?
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: Walks_At_Night on October 06, 2018, 08:33:38 PM
Ha. Water restrictions. Friggin greenies. Even when we have floods or even rain. Though my "one day a week" I guess?

Well then a gallon of 93 Octane is the only thing left.

Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 06, 2018, 08:34:30 PM
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?

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.
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: GravitySucks on October 06, 2018, 08:41:25 PM
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.

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?
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 08:43:32 PM
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.)
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: Walks_At_Night on October 06, 2018, 08:46:56 PM
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.)

That's savage man !!!!!!!!!!!!1
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 08:47:18 PM
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.)
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: GravitySucks on October 06, 2018, 08:50:06 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on October 06, 2018, 08:51:51 PM
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.

Go all Salt Walt on their ass with Isopropyl

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Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 08:53:37 PM
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!
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: GravitySucks on October 06, 2018, 08:58:06 PM
Too scary in 4th! But great win. We can both agree ou sucks!

My son is a Texas fan
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 08:58:11 PM
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.

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, ...
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on October 06, 2018, 09:02:44 PM
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, ...

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................

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Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 09:05:37 PM
My son is a Texas fan
Nice. You must be, somewhat, happy realignment and bs $ makes Thanksgiving easier. Haha. And all can agree over meals that ou sucks.
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Post by: GravitySucks on October 06, 2018, 09:07:52 PM
Nice. You must be, somewhat, happy realignment and bs $ makes Thanksgiving easier. Haha. And all can agree over meals that ou sucks.

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.

Hanging my head because I don’t think Nebraska will win a game this year.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 09:13:45 PM
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!
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: albrecht on October 06, 2018, 09:15:53 PM
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.

Hanging my head because I don’t think Nebraska will win a game this year.
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.
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on October 07, 2018, 05:25:21 AM
My son is a Texas fan

Don't let GS's flair distract you from the fact that Texas lost to Kansas.
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on October 07, 2018, 05:34:32 AM
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?

You might try making a trap to thin the numbers out a bit.  That might make it easier to get close to assess the nest so you can figure out a plan of attack.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/g20706063/homemade-yellow-jacket-trap/ (https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/g20706063/homemade-yellow-jacket-trap/)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: wr250 on October 07, 2018, 06:49:38 AM
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!

get yourself some sevin. i would get the liquid and the powder garden dust.
at night (they are much less likely to leave the nest at night) flood the nest with sevin mixed as directed on its instructions. then put the powder down around the nest opening so the hornets have to get some on them as they leave/enter. with any luck they will take the sevin into the nest and it will kill the queen.

sevin has a very low toxicity to mammals, but is extremely toxic to insects.
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: pate on October 07, 2018, 07:16:56 AM
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 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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 08, 2018, 08:33:46 PM
I took a couple pics of my prizewinning (ha) tomato plants.  There is too much clay in my soil so I prefer to grow cherry, yellow pear and other small tomato varieties in a row of pots.

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Here you can see a yellow pear plant to the right.  You can also see a hummingbird feeder that I have hanging on the cage.  The hummingbirds love it.

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Here is a closeup of some Bush Early Girl tomatoes.  This picture was taken several weeks back while we still had some forest fire smoke in the air.  You can see some ash there on the tomatoes.
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Post by: GrumpyOldMan on October 08, 2018, 09:36:00 PM
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? 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 14, 2018, 07:22:48 PM
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?

For the most part, my pots are 15 inches wide at the top and 1 foot high.  I've got them up on wooden platforms, otherwise my pugs will help themselves to the ripe tomatoes.  I water the tomatoes with a hose and a nozzle attachment that allows the water to burble out.  (Harder spray settings will push the potting soil out of the pots.)

The nights are starting to hit upper thirties as a low temperature.  That temperature is just a hop, skip and a jump to 32 degrees, and the end of the growing season here.   
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 14, 2018, 07:25:21 PM
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Would anybody like to hazard a guess as to what this colorful tree is called?
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: albrecht on October 14, 2018, 07:29:21 PM
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.)
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 14, 2018, 07:39:45 PM
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!
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Post by: albrecht on October 14, 2018, 07:49:09 PM
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
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Post by: GravitySucks on October 14, 2018, 07:54:09 PM
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.html
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Post by: albrecht on October 14, 2018, 07:57:17 PM
https://oureverydaylife.com/pickle-tabasco-peppers-vinegar-salt-39279.html
Thanks! 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.)

friggin Boston....
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: wr250 on October 14, 2018, 07:58:24 PM
https://oureverydaylife.com/pickle-tabasco-peppers-vinegar-salt-39279.html
i would use cider vinegar in place of white vinegar. it adds a bit of flavor. white vinegar is best used for cleaning purposes.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on October 14, 2018, 08:14:51 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: wr250 on October 14, 2018, 09:09:46 PM
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.
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Post by: albrecht on October 14, 2018, 09:14:07 PM
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?
Title: Re: Hornets or Yellowjackets
Post by: Ghost BEP on October 17, 2018, 01:27:16 PM
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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Great on Collards and turnips. Let it sit for 90 days.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 20, 2018, 03:12:41 PM
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Would anybody like to hazard a guess as to what this colorful tree is called?

Answer:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_regia
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Post by: albrecht on October 20, 2018, 03:21:49 PM
Answer:
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 20, 2018, 04:16:46 PM
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?
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Post by: albrecht on October 20, 2018, 04:26:42 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 22, 2018, 11:20:03 AM
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Anybody know the name of this flower?  Clue: It can be found in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 22, 2018, 12:54:59 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on October 22, 2018, 01:18:00 PM
It's a Castillaja (Indian Paintbrush) it generally grows with grasses, it can't survive on it's own.

That was my first thought but the ones we have down here don’t look quite like that. One of my favorite spring flowers. Usually last longer than the blue bonnets.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 22, 2018, 03:22:21 PM
It's a Castillaja (Indian Paintbrush) it generally grows with grasses, it can't survive on it's own.

Winner!

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Evil Twin Of Zen on October 27, 2018, 07:15:05 PM
Top 10 best plant identification apps (android/iphone) 2018  https://techigem.com/plant-identification-apps/

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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 27, 2018, 08:10:27 PM
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!
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Post by: Evil Twin Of Zen on October 27, 2018, 09:20:13 PM
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!

No problem.

you can find all sorts of sensors and monitoring software for plants/gardens that can link to phones and other networks.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 01, 2018, 08:50:15 PM
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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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on November 01, 2018, 08:52:01 PM
my first instinct is dogwood, but it looks a bit low...
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 01, 2018, 09:06:34 PM
my first instinct is dogwood, but it looks a bit low...

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Cornus florida in spring.
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I looked up a dogwood flower and it sure looks like the postcard pic to me.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus  Congratulations, PolkaDot, another one bites the dust.

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Post by: albrecht on November 01, 2018, 09:24:29 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 02, 2018, 12:28:08 AM
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.

Yes, pretty sure it's a Dogwood tree.  I did refer to them as being flowers, but as it turns out they are flowers on a tree.  Enjoyed reading about the short, unhappy life of Mr. a's Jack O' Lantern.  Hornets like to gorge on sugars from rotting fruits and vegetables.  I bet that they were attracted to your pumpkin's aroma.  (I almost wrote that they probably smell better than humans, but I caught myself.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 06, 2018, 05:04:57 PM
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I came across this colorful produce crate label while looking up produce crate labels.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 06, 2018, 05:46:55 PM
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.

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Post by: GravitySucks on November 06, 2018, 05:49:05 PM
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.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 06, 2018, 05:57:26 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on November 06, 2018, 06:05:59 PM
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.

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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 06, 2018, 06:15:17 PM
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.

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!


Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on November 06, 2018, 06:22:59 PM
I found some interesting fungi up at my place.  Here is one I need to see if it is Lion’s Mane.

Oh wow! I’ve never seen him his before- crazy! It’s really cool looking.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 06, 2018, 06:27:41 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 06, 2018, 06:29:04 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on November 08, 2018, 06:47:05 AM
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/)

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 08, 2018, 10:54:49 AM
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/)

Thanks, I will investigate.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 16, 2018, 05:30:48 PM
Freezing temperatures occurred 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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Post by: albrecht on November 16, 2018, 05:35:37 PM
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....
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 16, 2018, 05:54:57 PM
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.
http://www.birdsandblooms.com/blog/hummingbirds-survive-in-snow-and-freezing-temps/
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 17, 2018, 12:12:25 PM
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.
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 17, 2018, 01:56:41 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 17, 2018, 02:20:52 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Dancing queen on November 17, 2018, 05:52:10 PM
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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 17, 2018, 06:29:14 PM
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.   
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Post by: Dancing queen on November 17, 2018, 06:43:54 PM
Yes, they were pretty tasty.  Heat wise, they were on the mild side.  Like my tomatoes, the peppers were grown in pots.

do they need more watering and shade in pots?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 18, 2018, 02:49:07 PM
i never have luck with peppers and i have tried for years. those look delicious
Strangely 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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 23, 2018, 01:54:03 PM
do they need more watering and shade in pots?

If the weather is hot, then the pots must be watered every other day, but if overcast or coolish, a good watering will last three or four days.  I use a special hose nozzle that allows for a nice flow of water that will fill the pot up quickly and yet it doesn't knock the potting soil onto the ground.  I use Black Gold flower and vegetable potting soil that has time released fertilizer and apply Jobe's vegetable feeder spikes in early August to give the plants enough of a shot in the arm to get them through to the first frost.  Shade is not an issue because I have them placed up against a tall fence.  The plants get plenty of sun during high summer, but less and less as autumn approaches.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 23, 2018, 02:33:51 PM
The peppers I gave to my sister-in-law since she has various blenders and likes to make and cook and she made a pretty good salsa (hot though for some) for some post-Thanksgiving fajitas lunch. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Dancing queen on November 24, 2018, 07:01:33 PM
thx for the tips and hints on how to get those peppers going.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 24, 2018, 08:17:08 PM
thx for the tips and hints on how to get those peppers going.

You are so very welcome!  As an afterthought, I would like to add that you might like to look for the biggest pepper plant of whatever varieties are available in the store.  Some of them even have tiny peppers growing on them when you put them in the pot.  That kind of saves you some time in case you have a short growing season.  Also, if your pepper plant has lots of blossoms, try shaking the plant a little.  I do that with my plants but I'm not really sure if it helps with pollinating them. haha 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 27, 2018, 10:39:35 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 28, 2018, 02:11:51 PM
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.   
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 29, 2018, 01:46:57 PM
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Here is another fruit crate label that is better suited for the EllGab Garden rather than the Fruit and Vegetable Label thread.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 29, 2018, 02:16:14 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ACE OF CLUBS on November 29, 2018, 02:24:04 PM
George Noory sucks . . .
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 29, 2018, 07:40:30 PM
George Noory sucks . . .

Lemons?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 30, 2018, 01:37:35 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on November 30, 2018, 01:44:32 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 01, 2018, 05:28:00 PM
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Another flowery fruit crate label.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on December 02, 2018, 01:19:33 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 15, 2018, 11:20:15 AM
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This postcard belongs in the EllGab Garden thread.  It is an advertisement for a florist's shop in Maine.

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I couldn't raise any info on the outfit so it might be gone, or it was bought out and resumed business under a different name.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 18, 2018, 02:01:29 PM
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Strange how citrus growers liked to use garden flowers to illustrate their produce.
Moving the Call Ranch house: http://www.coronaheritage.org/callhouse.html
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Sofia on December 19, 2018, 10:34:57 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 24, 2018, 04:21:31 PM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 28, 2018, 01:32:54 AM
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The latest issue of Agricultural News.  (100 years ago, that is.)  You can read it here:  https://archive.org/stream/agriculturalnews17grea/agriculturalnews17grea#page/n500/mode/1up
(Scroll down to page 413 for an interesting article on popcorn.)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 07, 2019, 12:29:32 AM
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.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: StarrMountain on January 07, 2019, 01:04:45 AM
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Post by: Sofia on January 07, 2019, 01:21:12 AM
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.

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That is beautiful!  You're welcome.  Maybe someone dug it up when you weren't looking!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Chine on January 10, 2019, 08:41:15 AM
What a lovely and refreshing thread.

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Post by: Bluejay on January 10, 2019, 09:56:23 AM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 11, 2019, 06:34:00 PM
Close up picture of a corpse plant.

You know Starr, whenever they have the flower of a Corpse Plant blooming, the botanical garden or university will usually put a webcam on it.  I like to watch the people file by looking at it, and I can do so for quite awhile.  I don't know why, but it fascinates me. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 11, 2019, 06:36:33 PM
What a lovely and refreshing thread.

What a nice thing to say.  I'm very happy that you like it.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 11, 2019, 06:38:26 PM
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Now that is simply beautiful!  Thank you, Bluejay.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 22, 2019, 01:49:40 AM
Time to plan for this year's EllGab Garden.  Here is a new seed catalogue from Burpee: https://www.burpee.com/

They have a new cherry tomato called Honeycomb Hybrid.  I sure wouldn't mind growing one of those in a pot, next spring: https://www.burpee.com/vegetables/tomatoes/tomato-honeycomb-hybrid-prod500384.html
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on January 22, 2019, 04:00:04 AM
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/
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 22, 2019, 04:45:18 AM
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/

That is a very cool seed outlet, Juan.  I am especially attracted to that African Queen tomato.  https://heritageseedmarket.com/index.php/product/african-queen/
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 25, 2019, 02:42:01 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on January 25, 2019, 02:47:43 PM
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.

We have sweet onions in Texas that most people call “1015s”. They are ok but not as sweet as I remember the Bermuda onions I ate as a kid or the Vidalia onions I used to get from Georgia.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on January 25, 2019, 05:04:02 PM
I'm getting some sweet onion sets, but since I live a little ways outsize the official growing zone, I can't call them Vidalias.  We'll see what I get in this coastal soil.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on February 07, 2019, 04:53:40 PM
Started planting today. Probably pushing things a little but I am in zone 9.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 09, 2019, 01:07:55 AM
Here is a picture and an illustration from the book 'The Cactaceae: Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family.'  1919.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 09, 2019, 01:50:38 AM
Started planting today. Probably pushing things a little but I am in zone 9.

Cool.  I hope that everything grows ok.  Here in the Pacific Northwest, I don't do any planting until the moon starts to wax after March 21.

Most stores that sell garden seeds are offering some good sales on their seed packets.  I bought this packet of Butterfly Weed seeds at Bi-Mart for half price.  I think I'll try to grow some of them in pots, across from my tomatoes.

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You can see the actual seeds at the bottom of the packet.  I guess they want their customers to see what size seeds they will be dealing with.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 13, 2019, 11:08:23 PM
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I was taking a walk and spotted an early sign of spring...some blooming crocus.  These two are part of a larger colony and I always keep an eye out for them when February rolls around.  In addition to being a sign of spring, they also serve as a reminder that my beloved Mardi Gras is approaching.  Only this time, Mardi Gras will start on March 1st and not in February.  I guess it's like Easter, the date gets moved around some.  Usually Mardi Gras starts sometime in February.   
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on February 13, 2019, 11:34:08 PM
This is the time of year when I really, really envy you folks down south. Grooaann..
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 15, 2019, 08:54:10 PM
This is the time of year when I really, really envy you folks down south. Grooaann..

Wow!  Very nice comparison photos there, ksm.  Thank you very much. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on February 16, 2019, 06:10:36 AM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 16, 2019, 02:57:12 PM
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.

OK, I have prayed for your success at growing the datil peppers, and if indeed you can get them to grow, I will envy you because they sound delicious.  The trouble is, I can no longer consume hot peppers because they cause a certain type of reaction to occur inside of me.  (Not digestive, oddly enough.)  Have you given any thought as to trying to grow the peppers in pots?  I have had some success there, as opposed to growing them in the ground.

I came across another fruit and vegetable label that is more appropriate here in the garden thread.  Especially showing tulips, which are starting to sprout here in the Pacific Northwest.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 18, 2019, 10:23:57 PM
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I stepped out onto the front yard earlier this week and found a yellow crocus growing there.


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About three days later, a second one popped up.  But that's it, just the two of them.  I have never planted crocus, but I'm thinking about doing so, next fall.
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Post by: JUAN on February 19, 2019, 04:21:19 AM
Eating from my first crop of radishes now.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 19, 2019, 04:42:02 AM
Eating from my first crop of radishes now.

Yum!  Good going, juan.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 20, 2019, 11:25:20 PM
The skies over EllGab Garden - Pacific Northwest have been mostly cloudy with periods of rain and light snow.  But last week I left the garden to take a walk under what I believe is called, a Buttermilk Sky.  I snapped a picture of it.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 23, 2019, 08:54:52 PM
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As the title on this postcard states, these are Blue Bonnets, the official state flower for all EllGab Gardens in the state of Texas.  They will be blooming in the springtime. 
https://www.wildflower.org/learn/how-to/grow-bluebonnets
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 27, 2019, 01:20:40 PM
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I was going to post this fruit crate label in the fruit crate label thread but it seems better suited for the EllGab Garden thread, so here it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenrod
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 28, 2019, 01:07:03 PM
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Some Southern Magnolia flowers from down there in Dixie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_grandiflora
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 01, 2019, 05:25:36 PM
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This postcard shows a W Atlee Burpee's Co Seeds catalog from 1818.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 02, 2019, 07:11:12 PM
The EllGab Garden is looking a bit drab of late.  We had some snow and rain and the garden is muddy and colorless.  For that reason I escaped into the house and watched a colorful Mardi Gras parade.  Here are some screen caps from last night's Krewe d'Etat parade. 

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 04, 2019, 10:30:18 PM
Some scenes from the Krewe of Proteus parade at Mardi Gras.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 07, 2019, 12:56:06 AM
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An ad for garden seeds in the March 7, 1919 issue of the Grants Pass Daily Courier.  Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 07, 2019, 06:58:53 PM
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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. 
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Post by: GravitySucks on March 07, 2019, 07:04:03 PM
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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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 13, 2019, 08:28:56 PM
Nice pic Rikki

Glad you liked the picture, Gravity.  Thank you.  I surprised myself with that closeup pic.  Usually when I hold the camera out without seeing what I'm aiming at, I tend to move and get a blurry picture, but I got lucky that time.  Crocus aren't all that big.  Here is a pic showing that same crocus, as I am standing over it, looking down.  That's it in the very center of the picture, and there isn't much left to see of it as it is dwindling away.  I'm hoping to see it again, next year.

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I've got some periwinkle flowers growing in the back EllGab garden.  Not many though...tons of creeping vines and leaves but only a few flowers here and there.  I wonder if the scarcity of flowers means an extra hot summer coming up, or an extra cold one?  I guess we'll see.

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Here is a closeup of one of the flowers:

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Some interesting facts about periwinkle flowers: http://www.gardeningcentral.org/periwinkle_flowers/periwinkle_flowers.html



 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on March 14, 2019, 01:45:53 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 14, 2019, 01:54:11 AM
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.

It fits in like Flint!  Good thinking on utilizing the plastic bags to keep weeds from growing.  Thank you, KSM.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on March 14, 2019, 01:58:18 AM
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.

The end of that second deck board from the right doesn’t lay flush with the sideboard.

p.s. @Sofia pm’d me to say you should have used 37 bags of mulch.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on March 14, 2019, 04:38:04 PM
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 ?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on March 14, 2019, 07:32:21 PM
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!
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on March 14, 2019, 07:44:59 PM
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.


John Prine wrote a song for you and your wife.

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on March 14, 2019, 08:28:11 PM
@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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on March 14, 2019, 08:39:15 PM
@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

I thought you would like it. It made me cry a little in my good eye.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2019, 12:01:39 AM
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
 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on March 15, 2019, 12:28:40 AM
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

They are really pretty when they bloom. I see them along fence lines in the country all the time.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: MAX on March 15, 2019, 04:14:45 AM

John Prine wrote a song for you and your wife.



I am a fan of Prine, he is a classic. We are going to his music festival in November in the Dominican Republic. Good Times.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 16, 2019, 08:35:24 PM
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Some blooming oleanders in Florida.  That state certainly does have its share of colorful plants.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 18, 2019, 01:29:42 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Pensacola Journal., March 18, 1919. 

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on March 18, 2019, 05:25:12 AM
OMG, that cartoonis racist, sexist, ageist, and animalist all in one. Isn’t 21st Century mentality wonderful.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 20, 2019, 07:19:17 PM
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A colorful Kapok tree from, you guessed it, Florida.  Clearwater, Florida to be more precise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba_pentandra
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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.

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 21, 2019, 02:13:24 PM
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Some azaleas from, where else?...Florida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azalea
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 22, 2019, 02:11:33 PM
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Some star cactus blossoms from Cypress Gardens in...big surprise...Florida.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on March 22, 2019, 02:17:35 PM
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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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 23, 2019, 12:55:33 PM
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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It might have been a past life memory, too.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 23, 2019, 12:57:06 PM
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More flower than fruit, so this label goes into the garden thread.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 25, 2019, 12:25:44 AM
Even vintage restaurant postcards can wind up on the EllGab Garden thread.
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 26, 2019, 08:47:50 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on March 26, 2019, 08:58:41 PM
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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.

The state bird of Texas is the Mockingbird as well. For some unknown reason, Florida is one of the states that does not have a state mineral.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on March 26, 2019, 09:01:33 PM
Florida is one of the states that does not have a state mineral.

Meth isn't a mineral?

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on March 27, 2019, 08:11:17 AM
For some unknown reason, Florida is one of the states that does not have a state mineral.
The only mineral in Florida is sand.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 27, 2019, 03:34:21 PM
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Tulips are starting to sprout up here at EllGab Garden - West.  Here are a couple of tulip pics from Michigan oddly enough, not Holland.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 31, 2019, 11:35:50 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2019, 04:43:41 PM
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I had never heard of a Jacaranda tree until I came across this old postcard image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on April 02, 2019, 05:06:34 PM
Four varieties of tomatoes in the ground.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2019, 05:10:36 PM
Four varieties of tomatoes in the ground.

Cool!  I bought a green house rack thing with shelves and a clear cover over it.  I'm going to try to plant some seeds starting with the next waxing moon, come April 4.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on April 02, 2019, 05:12:29 PM
I’m going to try one of those with peppers
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: albrecht on April 02, 2019, 06:18:38 PM
I’m going to try one of those with peppers

I got Cerranos, Japs, Banana, peppers going but have yet to put in tomatoes. What kind of tomatoes? I have to get off my butt and build an effect screen/fencing system because otherwise critters seem to eat my tomatoes (squirrels mainly.) For some reason (the spice?) they don't touch my peppers so I also end up with lots of those but only a few tomatoes.  Also it gets so hot here that if I'm really paying attention even missing a day or two of watering for the tomatoes seem to kill- even varieties that claim great with heat and full sun etc. But in big pots so can dry out. Actual soil here is not soil. I could build some raised beds, I guess.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 02, 2019, 10:05:55 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on April 03, 2019, 04:11:48 AM
So far, my tomatoes are Better Boy, Tribute, Florida Specials (an old heritage, heat tolerant variety) and Louisiana Dixie (another old heritage, heat tolerant variety). All are indeterminate, so I have a good fence.

I’ll be testing some determinates this week.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 03, 2019, 12:41:04 PM
Ug, bindweed is the worst! The flowers are smaller and the stems are as well.

Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing some creeping vine plants that looked like miniature morning glories.  They would crawl up my fence but I paid them no never mind because they were so small, and not invasive like in the article.  Perhaps they were a miniature sub species of the bindweed?  If I see them again, I'll take a pic of them.   
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 04, 2019, 03:27:19 PM
Does anyone have any experience with espaliered fruit trees? I've wanted one for years and just moved into our forever home so I'm looking for the perfect spot or spots  ;)...Anyway, I don't have a lot of experience with fruit trees in general and know they can be work. Curious if anyone has any thoughts and experiences with the espaliered trees. Will I regret this?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 05, 2019, 06:40:41 PM
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The cornflower - Emblem of constancy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_cyanus
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 06, 2019, 12:12:29 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Evening Star, April 06, 1919.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 08, 2019, 08:05:56 AM
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I had never heard of a Jacaranda tree until I came across this old postcard image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda
You’ll find them Upcountry Maui. So beautiful!!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 08, 2019, 08:10:22 AM
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.
This looks REALLY great @KSM32 ! How is it holding up? Is it staying where it should or has it “wondered about” on you?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 08, 2019, 12:18:16 PM
@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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 08, 2019, 12:22:26 PM
@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! :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 08, 2019, 01:31:39 PM
@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.
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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.


Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on April 08, 2019, 05:59:02 PM
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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Post by: FISH on April 09, 2019, 04:04:19 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 09, 2019, 04:14:45 PM
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.

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?

 ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 09, 2019, 04:28:24 PM
Very cool, so you have an ideal indoor starter area, cool and perfect for seedlings with some LED lighting.

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? :'(
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 09, 2019, 04:52:58 PM
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.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 09, 2019, 06:51:37 PM
cannabis plants? :'(
Teen follies - soon flushed. ;)

...it looked like a senior biology project I thought...
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 09, 2019, 06:53:08 PM
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.

Beautiful! So do you use them for any home brewing or just what is their consumable value?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 09, 2019, 11:28:22 PM
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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:
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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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Post by: FISH on April 10, 2019, 06:52:37 AM
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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: 

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 10, 2019, 08:00:23 AM
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.
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 10, 2019, 09:59:42 AM
@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.

So how does a hop salad taste and also the candy?
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Post by: FISH on April 10, 2019, 12:46:47 PM
Fascinating back story, truly.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 10, 2019, 12:48:15 PM
@26 horses , hops have a bitter taste. Hop candy and hop soda will never become popular.

But in a salad, is it like radicchio or endive?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 10, 2019, 01:42:11 PM
@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.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 10, 2019, 01:43:47 PM
@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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 10, 2019, 02:00:17 PM
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.

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 10, 2019, 02:38:30 PM
Cool video, those purple shoots look like the first thin asparagus of the season!



But as he says, not really the "poor man's asparagus"...looks tasty though!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 10, 2019, 03:05:59 PM
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.

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/
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 10, 2019, 03:44:38 PM
@PolkaDot , you should have taught the hop class. You sent me on a journey learning about "neomexicanus". Thank you.

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/
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.
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Post by: albrecht on April 10, 2019, 05:22:01 PM
@26 horses , hops have a bitter taste. Hop candy and hop soda will never become popular.

@FISH

Never say never. Think of the salty candy loved by Nordics (NH4C the source of which is naturally found from burning coal dumps and main use is in industrial fertilizers or in Nordic candy) or the various other "acquired" tastes around the world. Apparently there is a "hop soda" that is popular in Sweden, essentially from what I can gather maybe the first "non-alcoholic beer?"  It outsells COKE even.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julmust

Something ate all of my Serrano pepper plant but didn't touch the nearby Jalapeno? Or the nearby Tomato (usually first thing they get) and Banana Pepper.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 11, 2019, 12:51:56 AM
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.

Oh that sounds like a totally beautiful wedding band, Fish.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 11, 2019, 01:17:06 AM
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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.) 
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Post by: 26 horses on April 11, 2019, 09:40:32 AM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 12, 2019, 02:34:34 PM
Do these flower? I know the crepe myrtle does.

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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     
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 12, 2019, 04:52:03 PM
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This EllGab Garden postcard might be showing something that some of you have on your estates...a rock garden.  in particular, a rock garden that is exhibiting early season blooms, what with the tulips and all.

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Dear Mae,

Isn't this picture just like Maine now???  We are enjoying ourselves.  The weather has been warm and plenty of sunshine.  Had a nice visit with Gertrude and Jane.  They both look right in the pink. 
                                                                                         Betty M.


From Wiki, March 14, 1967:
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: 26 horses on April 13, 2019, 09:33:13 AM
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!
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Post by: albrecht on April 13, 2019, 10:07:25 AM
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!

Mountain Laurels are awesome and don't need much water at all once established and will grow in rocky or caliche without problems. And the blooms do have that smell.
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Post by: 26 horses on April 13, 2019, 10:57:45 AM
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.

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Post by: PolkaDot on April 13, 2019, 01:06:45 PM
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.


When I saw the mtn laurel pic I thought it was a jacaranda. There are Jacaranda’s in Upcountry Maui. That’s the only place I’ve ever seen them, so this is interesting. Thanks!
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Post by: 26 horses on April 13, 2019, 01:36:16 PM
Wow, in that climate I bet they are massive and thriving, who knows, perhaps that's where my pic was taken.

Moar:

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Post by: 26 horses on April 13, 2019, 01:41:09 PM
...and while we're at it, how about the red Jacaranda tree:

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Post by: 26 horses on April 13, 2019, 01:42:08 PM
...yellow Jacaranda too:

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Post by: albrecht on April 13, 2019, 02:53:08 PM
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.


It is so weird how things go. I planted a bunch of Mountain Laurels years ago. In succession. One got yuuuge. One did normal. And one was spindly and then taken out by Harvey. But the odd thing is the huge one had less light but close to roof so got more rainwater, I guess. Strange because I've had some in the back in basically limestone/rock/caliche that I never water (naturally there) and even seen them growing on the cliff in full sun and not much water.  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. 

One odd thing. Tenacity of plants. I hate to kill them. But I have a Pecan tree right by foundation so worried (even though their roots go deep and not out) and cut it down every year....but every year comes back. Amazing. How it can have enough energy to keep coming back?

Jacarandas looks good. Builders should use them instead of the Bradford Pears so loved (since quick growth) because those Pears are short lived and always split apart etc (if not really taken care of) in a storm or just due to age. But they grow quick and flower so used a lot.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 13, 2019, 03:13:56 PM
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Another early blooming spring flower, the Anemone.  Also, as noted, the state flower of South Dakota.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemone
 
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Post by: FISH on April 19, 2019, 05:08:15 AM
“April’s full moon is called the Full Pink Moon, heralding the appearance of the 'moss pink,' or wild ground phlox – one of the first spring flowers,” the Old Farmer’s Almanac reported.
According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, April’s “Pink Moon” is set to light up the sky on Friday, April 19, around 7:12 a.m. EST.
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Post by: 26 horses on April 19, 2019, 08:18:09 AM
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. 

Talk about using what nature provides, and a cicado burrow is decent size too. Do you have the 17 year variety?

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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 19, 2019, 11:32:36 PM
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Introducing the Lady Slipper.  Official flower for the great state of Minnesota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedioideae
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 22, 2019, 11:54:03 PM
The tulips have pretty much come and gone here at EllGab Garden West Coast.

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My own pitiful stand of tulips came up about two weeks ago.  It is the same group of tulips that have appeared without fail for the last 40 plus years I would guess.  Usually there is only one or possibly two tulips that show up, but this year there were seven of them.  We've had a lot of winter rain and I wonder if that is what made more of them grow?

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Here they are about a week later.

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I took a walk in the neighborhood and found some more tulips.  Here are some bright yellow ones.

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Here is a stand of some white, Alpine like flowers growing over somebodies fence.

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Here are the prize winners, in someone's yard, about a mile and a half away from EllGab Garden Central.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 24, 2019, 01:31:27 PM
Last Friday I was out working in the garden when I glanced up and saw a white, puffy elephant bellowing at a couple of contrails.  So I got my camera and took a picture of it. 

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Post by: PolkaDot on April 24, 2019, 05:00:56 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 24, 2019, 05:10:20 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 24, 2019, 08:58:19 PM
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!
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Post by: 26 horses on April 25, 2019, 07:55:24 AM
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!!!

I for some time have confused them with bumblebees, which they resemnble...slightly...

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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 25, 2019, 03:36:07 PM
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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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 28, 2019, 09:16:33 PM
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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. 🙁
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Post by: 26 horses on April 29, 2019, 08:08:02 AM
It’s supposed to snow tomorrow. 🙁

More global warming...for Asstrailer anyway...

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Post by: PolkaDot on April 29, 2019, 09:27:31 AM
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.
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Post by: 26 horses on April 29, 2019, 09:43:57 AM
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".

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I think it's darned nice to look at and less work than bluegrass carpetbagging... 8)
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 29, 2019, 09:44:59 AM
You prolly already know but the Denver Water Dept. coined the term "xeric".

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I think it's darned nice to look at and less work than bluegrass carpetbagging... 8)
agreed.
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 29, 2019, 09:46:58 AM
You prolly already know but the Denver Water Dept. coined the term "xeric".

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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.
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Post by: 26 horses on April 29, 2019, 09:57:40 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 02, 2019, 09:05:23 PM
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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.       
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Post by: FISH on May 03, 2019, 06:37:09 AM
Ladybug ladybug fly away home,
Your house in on fire and your children are gone,
All except one and that's little Ann,
For she crept under the frying pan.
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Post by: 26 horses on May 03, 2019, 09:57:54 AM
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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.       

+1 for Elsa times hundreds!

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Post by: KSM on May 10, 2019, 09:06:36 PM
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!!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 17, 2019, 08:07:38 PM
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!!

Oh, that table top is going to look great when you finish with it, KSM.  Nice pics. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 17, 2019, 08:18:20 PM
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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Post by: anniem on May 17, 2019, 08:25:01 PM
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 have been rained on this past week.
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Post by: JUAN on May 18, 2019, 06:43:11 AM
I pulled up the last of my broccoli stalks today and prepped the soil for pepper transplants.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 18, 2019, 01:59:41 PM
I pulled up the last of my broccoli stalks today and prepped the soil for pepper transplants.

I envy you.  I love hot peppers but every time I eat them, my psa numbers go way up and my urologist threatens me with surgery.  So no hot chili peppers for me.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 18, 2019, 02:01:20 PM
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Post by: ShayP on May 18, 2019, 02:53:56 PM
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.   :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 18, 2019, 05:09:12 PM
@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.         
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Post by: ShayP on May 19, 2019, 07:50:20 AM
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.         

@Rikki Gins  Appreciate the info!  I'm going to look into getting some.   8)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 24, 2019, 12:55:30 AM
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Here is an old postcard showing some pansies and white daisies.

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Date stamp that card was received on: April 19, 1913

Dear Papa
How are you and
when are you
coming home  We
would like to
see you  from
Norma & Nita


 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Sofia on May 24, 2019, 01:25:46 PM
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.         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.  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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on May 24, 2019, 01:26:58 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Sofia on May 24, 2019, 01:33:54 PM
Are you saying some of the ladybugs were actually ladyboybugs?
Quite.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 24, 2019, 02:20:54 PM
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.

Hi Sofia.  I have researched what you claim to be happening to the ladybugs after they are placed in containers but I can't find any info on the subject.  Your source, please? 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on May 27, 2019, 05:03:30 AM
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 yuca 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.

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 27, 2019, 05:13:53 AM
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.

What?   
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 30, 2019, 03:33:43 PM
                        From the Library of Congress.  The Iron County Record., May 30, 1919.


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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on May 30, 2019, 06:02:53 PM
Dammit. It’s so hot my tomatoes are sitting on the vine green and laughing at me.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 01, 2019, 12:22:27 PM
Dammit. It’s so hot my tomatoes are sitting on the vine green and laughing at me.

I don't have any tomatoes to laugh at me.  Still just blossoms.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 01, 2019, 01:09:09 PM
The roses are in full bloom at this time.  There was a lot of rain during the peak blooming period and the rose blooms were kind of waterlogged, but I did manage to get a couple pics taken in between the downpours.

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This is the White Rose of York, named after the symbol that Richard the Third and his army fought under.  (Interestingly, I had a Red Rose of Lancaster, the opposing, and victorious, army, planted next to the white rose but it died many years ago.)  The picture is deceiving, the flowers for this rose are small and they only bloom for a day or two before they start to fall apart.

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I forgot the name of this rose...Doctor something or other.  This rose blossom is twice the size of the white one.

I bought these roses many years ago from an outfit that specialized in selling old fashioned rose plants.  I think they are still operating, in Watsonville, California but I refuse to reveal their name.  As much as I love my two surviving rose plants, my relationship with the seller is less than perfect, and it was all their fault.  I used to be on good terms with them and would always purchase a rose plant every year.  They had an earthquake once and suffered some damage to their rose beds and I was sure to give them my business to help them out.  Then, after I had mailed in yet another order, I got this nasty, mean spirited notice that I had shorted them 25 cents on the check that I had enclosed with the order.  Now, here is something that you must know...this was long before personal computers and when you ordered something, be it books, tapes, plants, whatever, you had catalogues and you would fill out orders with the proper stock item numbers, the cost of the item and the proper added postage amount for shipping the item.  Well, I was always extra careful when it came to filling out mail orders, and I would always double check, and sometimes triple check my orders for accuracy.  Yup, I was kind of anal about it.  Anyway, I kind of think that they had raised their prices without notifying the customers, which is their right, but they shouldn't have got all bent out of shape over it from having an incomplete amount enclosed on an order.  That letter was rather harsh and they all but accused me of trying to stiff them for a lousy quarter.  I put a quarter in an envelope and sent it to them and I wish I had given them an angry letter in return, but I was so mad over the whole thing that I quite simply stopped doing business with them and haven't purchased any of their roses in many a year, now.

 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 01, 2019, 09:30:22 PM
I'm revisiting a reference book that I've had since I bought and landscaped my first home. It's still a great resource- and I somehow have lost 4 hours in it!
Ms. Hyde has a hard nosed approach I really like. I'd recommend giving this book a try for anyone in the Great Basin or Rockies: Hyde, Barbara. Gardening in the Mountain West. 2nd ed., Barbara J. Hyde, Inc., 1999.

https://denvergardeners.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/master-gardeners-heart-barbara-hyde-boardman/
 (https://denvergardeners.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/master-gardeners-heart-barbara-hyde-boardman/)
P.S. It hailed tonight- BIG hard hail- car alarms where going off. Yep, it's one of those springs.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 02, 2019, 01:46:23 PM
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A flowery entrance to a cave system called Fairyland, in Colorado. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on June 02, 2019, 02:15:19 PM
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A flowery entrance to a cave system called Fairyland, in Colorado.

Georgia

https://charismaticplanet.com/fairyland-caverns/
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: MAX on June 02, 2019, 02:27:40 PM
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. 🙂

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 02, 2019, 02:39:56 PM
Georgia

https://charismaticplanet.com/fairyland-caverns/

I hereby blame the postcard seller:
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Colorado CO Fairyland Caverns Rock City Gardens Lookout Mountain
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 02, 2019, 02:42:33 PM
This woman has got to be my long lost Canadian twin sister...
https://www.theartofdoingstuff.com/espalier/ (https://www.theartofdoingstuff.com/espalier/)
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 02, 2019, 02:42:46 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 02, 2019, 02:44:21 PM
Nice barricade, Max.  Do the deer try to eat those marigolds?
Hopefully AFTER they've attracted all the aphids.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: MAX on June 02, 2019, 02:59:53 PM
Nice barricade, Max.  Do the deer try to eat those marigolds?

No that’s why I put them there they don’t like those too strong a smell.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: MAX on June 02, 2019, 03:04:30 PM
Hopefully AFTER they've attracted all the aphids.

Actually marigolds attract the bugs that kill them like lady bugs.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: MAX on June 02, 2019, 03:11:43 PM
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. 😳
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 02, 2019, 03:18:48 PM
Plant basil next to the tomatoes.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 02, 2019, 03:20:46 PM
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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 02, 2019, 03:21:16 PM
Plant basil next to the tomatoes.
Agreed!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: MAX on June 02, 2019, 04:20:03 PM
Plant basil next to the tomatoes.

I have that and Italian parsley in pots on my deck with my flowers. Have had very good luck with my tomatoes and zucchini and string beans and snap peas over the years but my nemesis are damn eggplants. This year they actually look pretty good, we will see.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 03, 2019, 02:28:52 PM
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Japanese flower gardens in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 04, 2019, 01:55:18 PM
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Some flower venders in San Francisco, California.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 05, 2019, 09:44:31 PM
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Some blooming cacti in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona.
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Post by: GravitySucks on June 05, 2019, 09:47:43 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Azzerae on June 06, 2019, 08:26:59 AM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 06, 2019, 02:23:10 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on June 06, 2019, 02:32:00 PM
Did you see the gods after you ate them?

That, sir, was a different type of cactus. Same trip though.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 06, 2019, 08:02:16 PM
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Here we see the Mountain Laurel, state flower of both Pennsylvania and Connecticut.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmia_latifolia
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Azzerae on June 07, 2019, 08:08:03 AM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 07, 2019, 09:08:02 PM
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I was standing in the EllGab Garden when I looked up and saw a cloud shaped like a dog.  The dog was soaring through the air, with front and back legs stretched out.  It turned its Betty Boop shaped head to look at me and in the process, its fluffy ears were thrown outward.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Azzerae on June 08, 2019, 08:37:46 AM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 08, 2019, 02:26:49 PM
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Some colorful roses.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 09, 2019, 12:16:21 PM
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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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on June 09, 2019, 12:28:52 PM
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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

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 10, 2019, 12:45:47 PM
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The Conservatory at Washington Park, Chicago, IL.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 11, 2019, 06:33:40 PM
 As luck would have it, here is yet another Washington Park.  Only this one is in Colorado and it is from my postcard collection.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park,_Denver

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Stamp cancellation date: July 4, 1953.
Sent to: Miss Magdeline Wagner, Saint Paul, Minnesota.


I know you would love
this flower garden.  It
looks just like the
picture.  We went up
Pikes Peak today.  It
was 95° here.  but gets cool
when sun goes down -
Tom and Elizabeth Cummings




Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 13, 2019, 06:00:11 PM
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 14, 2019, 01:24:56 PM
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Some Rhododendron flowers.  The Rhododendron is the official state flower for Washington State and West Virginia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 15, 2019, 12:10:48 PM
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Another look at Texas Blue Bonnets.  Here is the earlier image:https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg161452#msg161452
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 16, 2019, 09:36:59 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 16, 2019, 12:52:09 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 16, 2019, 01:23:56 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Enard P Farkwark on June 16, 2019, 01:32:02 PM
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.
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 16, 2019, 02:14:17 PM
I don’t know about all the Peppers, but Brian passed some years ago I believe.  So he’s been better.
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Mr. Peppers definitely had problems.  He's better off pushing up daisies.  (Nothing against daisies.)  
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 17, 2019, 07:35:44 PM
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This very old picture is entitled Flowers of Pink Perfection.  I'll take their word for it.  I can't see the pink all that much.  My color blindness, you know.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 17, 2019, 07:58:49 PM
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.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Enard P Farkwark on June 17, 2019, 08:06:12 PM
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.

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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 17, 2019, 08:11:31 PM
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.

They are something else.  Tried Flash Tape.  Nope.  Tried wrapping the Figs in foil - nope.  Tried netting - pecked right thru.  Nope.

I was in the tree working and the little bastards were up in my gutter just peeping over the edge waiting for me to leave.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 18, 2019, 04:09:29 AM
Shotgun
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 18, 2019, 01:27:17 PM
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Here is the Legend of the Dogwood.  It has a religious theme.  Supposedly, Jesus was nailed to a cross made out of dogwood.  Dogwood was, at that time, a nice straight and hardy tree, but Jesus could tell that the tree was sad that its wood was being used to crucify him and from that point on, the tree would become thin and twisted, with its flowers bearing similarities to the cross. In a nutshell, the tree would no longer be suitable for crucifixions.
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Post by: StarrMountain on June 18, 2019, 06:51:26 PM
I've missed you guys.  +1 to everyone on this page. ;) :-*
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 18, 2019, 07:05:00 PM
I've missed you guys.  +1 to everyone on this page. ;) :-*

Always nice to see you Starr!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 21, 2019, 12:39:17 PM
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Introducing the Eastern White Pine.  The official state tree of Michigan.
https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/michigan/state-tree/eastern-white-pine
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 23, 2019, 09:09:01 PM
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.

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Post by: KSM on June 23, 2019, 09:33:14 PM
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.

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Those are really cool, Rikki!
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Post by: KSM on June 23, 2019, 09:38:44 PM
I had no idea petunias like these existed. I believe they are called starry nights. They look nice on the dinner deck :)

 

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 24, 2019, 12:17:41 AM
Those are really cool, Rikki!
Thanks.  If I come across the grown-ups, I'll try to get some pictures of them.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 24, 2019, 12:22:07 AM
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.

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on June 24, 2019, 10:47:15 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 25, 2019, 08:52:16 PM
fun fact: petunias are edible.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on June 25, 2019, 09:25:31 PM
fun fact: petunias are edible.
@PolkaDot So is p---y.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 25, 2019, 09:39:40 PM
@PolkaDot So is p---y.
Yep, pansies are too.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 25, 2019, 10:07:41 PM
Creating a wildflower/native area in the yard. I'm very excited!
Also, my espaliers are coming in tomorrow. I'm so happy and excited I can't stand it!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 26, 2019, 07:41:36 PM
I have a new lovely Bristlecone in my backyard. He's just beautiful!!!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 26, 2019, 08:51:39 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on June 26, 2019, 09:34:14 PM
Creating a wildflower/native area in the yard. I'm very excited!
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..?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 27, 2019, 02:25:27 PM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 27, 2019, 10:13:18 PM
I hope you post some pictures. Before, after? pretty please..?
Will do!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on June 28, 2019, 05:13:31 AM
I have a new lovely Bristlecone in my backyard.

Sounds like a line Robert Plant would write.
Euphemism for butt sex no doubt.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 28, 2019, 12:16:25 PM
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.

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Post by: GravitySucks on June 28, 2019, 02:01:54 PM
Some wildflowers from my woods

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 28, 2019, 02:15:06 PM
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?"
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 28, 2019, 02:19:48 PM
Some wildflowers from my woods

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Very pretty flowers.  I also like the star burst shaped ground cover under the yellow flowering plants.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 28, 2019, 02:30:12 PM
I don’t think you’d be putting more than one in a big pan of eggs. These are high end of habanero hot.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 28, 2019, 02:34:16 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 28, 2019, 06:08:50 PM
Some wildflowers from my woods

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@GravitySucks thanks for sharing your photos of the wildflowers. Thanks for reminding me about our EllGab Garden. :)
I will post some photos of my garden...maybe tomorrow I will have the time to take some photos.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: sean92008 on June 28, 2019, 06:53:06 PM
Crap... another thread to follow.  I see @Sofia had some tips on pruning roses.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 28, 2019, 07:35:41 PM
Crap... another thread to follow.  I see @Sofia had some tips on pruning roses.
@sean92008 LOL!
another thread to follow
+1
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 28, 2019, 08:14:04 PM
Sounds like a line Robert Plant would write.
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on June 28, 2019, 11:59:17 PM
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 :-\
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 29, 2019, 03:00:16 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 29, 2019, 03:01:42 PM
"Clockvines"
Thunbergia alata 'Sunny Arizona Glow'

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on June 29, 2019, 03:01:51 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on June 29, 2019, 03:07:09 PM
More wildflowers from my woods

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 29, 2019, 03:07:59 PM
Thanks for the work you do on behalf of the veterans.
@GravitySucks , thank you for being a VETERAN.

This is my first year growing poppies from seeds. I have no idea if they will return. My Plant Hardiness Zone is 6a. Time always gives you an answer.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 29, 2019, 03:19:23 PM
More wildflowers from my woods

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I love your wildflowers.
I am growing these flowers in my garden...in containers. They return each year. I have forgotten their name. :(
They look similar to the flowers you posted.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 30, 2019, 08:03:49 AM
As noted I am an urban gardener. Don't judge my style of growing plants. At one time, in the past... I wished for a large open space for gardening.
I am growing hops in a long homemade wooden container. I drop "hop twine" from my second floor awnings. The hop flowers are starting to bloom. I DID NOT eat my hop plants's spouts. I have feral cats that visit my yard.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on July 01, 2019, 04:51:23 PM
Great pictures, @FISH.  Thank you!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 02, 2019, 02:34:31 PM
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Some night blooming cereus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-blooming_cereus
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Post by: FISH on July 02, 2019, 03:50:22 PM
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Some night blooming cereus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-blooming_cereus
All that work for Mother Nature for one night of fun.

Night-blooming cereus. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus, bloom only once a year, for a single night.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on July 02, 2019, 04:05:20 PM
I never really knew the history of who and why the poem In Flanders Field was written. Every year, I would made a donation to American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Program. I would display my artificial poppy until I destroy it. This year, the Legion sent me poppy seeds. To my surprise I am growing red poppies in containers.  My poppy flowers only blooms for a day or two. The petals falls off after 48 hours. The poppy plant has a long history. I am now watching you tube videos on growing the poppy plant.

After seeing the poppy petals fall off after two days of beauty, I understand the words to the poem.

We are the Dead.
Short days ago We lived,
felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved,
and now we lie In Flanders fields.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on July 06, 2019, 07:11:21 PM
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A recent visitor to EllGab Garden West.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on July 09, 2019, 01:46:47 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram., July 09, 1919.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 16, 2019, 06:26:34 PM
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Some Pecos melons from Texas.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 22, 2019, 05:53:19 PM
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High above EllGab Garden West...a baby bird cloud, fresh out of the eggshell.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 25, 2019, 01:17:50 PM
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I should have posted this card a month or so ago, when the apple trees were actually blossoming.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 31, 2019, 01:47:50 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Evening star.  July 31, 1919.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on July 31, 2019, 10:55:46 AM
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A recent visitor to EllGab Garden West.

An Eastern Tent Caterpillar wants to live in my Ell Garden East. I found a tent in one of my hop plants that is growing on the hop twine. It was so hideous that I could not take a photo. I was too annoyed. The tent is gone and now I am on tent watch.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on July 31, 2019, 10:59:37 AM
I waited until my poppy flowers wither and the plants formed seed pods. I cut off the seed pod heads and collected the seeds. I stored the seeds in an envelope. I put the envelope in the freezer (fake winter). I will plant theses seeds in 2020. Time will tell.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 01, 2019, 11:39:01 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 01, 2019, 11:40:43 PM
Some marigolds that survived the same floods

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 01, 2019, 11:51:10 PM
Some marigolds that survived the same floods

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Nice pics, Gravity.  Love those orange marigolds.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 03, 2019, 05:16:20 AM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 03, 2019, 08:45:03 AM
@GravitySucks , I like seeing you garden. What was the brackish water floods?

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.
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Post by: KSM on August 03, 2019, 02:31:16 PM
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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on August 03, 2019, 02:45:27 PM
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

Next time find some old carpet and put it down instead of the crappy plastic.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 03, 2019, 02:47:04 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 03, 2019, 02:49:06 PM
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  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.
For the weeds. There are some good home remedies that work. The vinegar, salt and soap mixtures are effective.

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/use-vinegar-salt-weed-killer-49329.html
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Post by: JUAN on August 03, 2019, 02:51:02 PM
Don’t use salt if you want anything to grow there soon.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on August 03, 2019, 03:01:22 PM
Don’t use salt if you want anything to grow there soon.
Well there is the Carthaginian solution as well.  :o
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 03, 2019, 03:01:39 PM
Don’t use salt if you want anything to grow there soon.
correct
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on August 03, 2019, 03:42:24 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 03, 2019, 04:51:49 PM
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
Stock up on rock salt when stores discount it near the end of winter. Substitute 1 cup of rock salt for 1 cup of table salt.
Warning
Make sure that you don’t want any vegetation to ever grow where you apply salt.
PS: I am a lady with an urban garden. I know about weeds.  ::)
I have only one cat. And I am not very fond of her. What about the litter pan problem?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 05, 2019, 12:14:03 AM
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In the evening dusk dunes
See her like a sun bird
Streaking across the sky

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Post by: FISH on August 05, 2019, 06:17:57 AM
Great photo of those blue and white things. What do you call those things @Rikki Gins ?
I need to eat some hemp gummy bears as I listen to the Woodland Bop.

Ok, back to my East Ell Garden. “They” are back and building tents. I believe this is the work of the tent caterpillars eating up my hop flowers. I grow hops on long pieces of hop twine. Last night, I had to cut down the twines. I made up a home remedy of water, garlic powder and soap. I hope this kills those little vampires.  I plan to tie up the hop plants again, once I know that those tents and caterpillars are GONE!

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 05, 2019, 07:00:16 AM
WHAT IS THIS? Hop plant with flowers blooming.
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 06, 2019, 01:50:59 AM
Great photo of those blue and white things. What do you call those things @Rikki Gins ?
I need to eat some hemp gummy bears as I listen to the Woodland Bop.
 
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on August 09, 2019, 08:14:20 PM
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.


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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 10, 2019, 06:43:51 AM
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.


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.
@KSM
What about the carrots?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 10, 2019, 06:55:36 AM
@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.
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 10, 2019, 08:03:07 AM
@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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 10, 2019, 08:08:08 AM
@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 .
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on August 10, 2019, 10:19:51 AM
@KSM
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.


..yeah, I'll post a picture. You beautiful fuckers better help me ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 10, 2019, 05:30:10 PM
@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.


..yeah, I'll post a picture. You beautiful fuckers better help me ;)
@KSM
Carrots require about an inch of water per week to reach their full potential. ... Before watering carrots, dig down about 4 inches into the soil beside the plants. If the soil is moist, you're probably in good shape. If it's dry, it's time to water.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 10, 2019, 06:42:04 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 10, 2019, 07:37:32 PM
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. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on August 10, 2019, 09:43:42 PM
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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ghost BEP on August 10, 2019, 09:49:15 PM
@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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on August 10, 2019, 09:52:46 PM
Almost as good as yellow snow cones @KSM.
My post was funny. I stand by it.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 11, 2019, 04:26:58 AM
@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.

https://livelifelah.com/2019/06/26/nong-nooch-tropical-gardens-pattaya-thailand/
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 11, 2019, 04:28:52 AM
@GravitySucks How's the food over there, I've heard the rack of puppy dog is divine!

@KSM this is Thailand, not Korea. I see a lot of dogs roaming around. And that doesn’t include the girls in Pattaya.

The food has been amazing so far.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 11, 2019, 04:33:52 AM
The garden had paths you could walk through amongst the various plants but there was also an elevated walkway that gave a birds eye view.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 11, 2019, 04:44:00 AM
@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.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 11, 2019, 04:48:42 AM
@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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 11, 2019, 05:03:45 AM
@KSM You will be ruined, tarnished and shamed. Get ready to be thrown out of the neighborhood like a common pygmy.

Carrots can be difficult to grow. I am not sure if this is a new garden for your neighbor. In this video this guy does not hold back on the trouble with carrots.

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Post by: FISH on August 11, 2019, 05:06:08 AM
@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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 11, 2019, 05:36:08 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: StarrMountain on August 11, 2019, 01:53:58 PM
It has actually been hotter at home in Texas. It has been maxing out here at about 90 but very high humidity.


Ah, the humility . . . er . . .  the humidity.   Drat, the soggy bastard!!!

+1 Gravity. ;) :-*
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 12, 2019, 05:43:09 AM
Prone on a bean bag at a bar on a beach of an island in Thailand. No place I would rather be right now.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 12, 2019, 05:45:15 AM
Ok. I turned to my right to get a more colorful shot. 😎

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 12, 2019, 07:36:33 AM


Ah, the humility . . . er . . .  the humidity.   Drat, the soggy bastard!!!

+1 Gravity. ;) :-*
@StarrMountain
YEAH!
+1
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 12, 2019, 07:37:15 AM
Ok. I turned to my right to get a more colorful shot. 😎
a garden from the EAST on a beach?  8)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: TigerLily on August 12, 2019, 08:45:53 AM
Prone on a bean bag at a bar on a beach of an island in Thailand. No place I would rather be right now.

Welcome to Fantasy Island. Order me a Singapore Sling. I'll be right there
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: StarrMountain on August 12, 2019, 10:20:44 AM
@StarrMountain
YEAH!
+1

Thank you, FISH. ;)
+1 back atcha! ;D
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 13, 2019, 01:13:23 AM
@Spookcat does not like the smell of these.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 13, 2019, 10:43:58 AM
@Spookcat does not like the smell of these.
@GravitySucks ?
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 16, 2019, 05:03:19 AM
Field full of cassava

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 16, 2019, 05:05:08 AM
Some interesting plants in front of the house where I ate lunch near Nong Khai. Some of the planters were made out of tires that were cut, turned inside out and painted.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on August 17, 2019, 04:21:51 PM
Georgia Jet Sweet Potatoes growing in the Ellgab Southeast Garden
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Post by: Dancing queen on August 17, 2019, 08:10:09 PM
Georgia Jet Sweet Potatoes growing in the Ellgab Southeast Garden

Thanks I have never seen sweet potatoes being grown before.
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 17, 2019, 08:31:13 PM
I am always amazed at how vibrant the color is in bougainvillea

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 18, 2019, 07:20:18 AM
Dragon fruit plants on my friend’s plantation

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 18, 2019, 08:19:28 AM
Dragon fruit plants on my friend’s plantation

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@GravitySucks   YIKES!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 18, 2019, 08:21:05 AM
Georgia Jet Sweet Potatoes growing in the Ellgab Southeast Garden
@juan
this is your garden? if so I am jealous  8)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 18, 2019, 08:22:34 AM
Field full of cassava

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I had to look up cassava.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 18, 2019, 08:28:15 AM
Rubber trees on my friend’s plantation

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Bet you thought rubber was black.

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Post by: GravitySucks on August 18, 2019, 08:29:14 AM
I had to look up cassava.

I did too 😎
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Post by: JUAN on August 18, 2019, 09:40:07 AM
@juan
this is your garden? if so I am jealous  8)
@FISH
Yes, that’s part of it. I joined a garden club so I could get a space. Everywhere else on this island is covered in trees and nothing else grows.
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 19, 2019, 06:38:16 PM
Some plants and small banana trees along the Mekong River

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Laos is in the background. Headed there today for a day trip. 
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Post by: KSM on August 19, 2019, 06:48:54 PM
@GravitySucks   :) Those are some damn nice pictures you're sharing. You have a safe drive home. Don't want to be late for the Astros world series parade 8)
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 20, 2019, 09:20:45 AM
A couple of water lilies at a temple in Laos

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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 21, 2019, 01:05:47 PM
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 23, 2019, 12:56:17 AM
First waterfall sighting in Thailand

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Kind of thought these were pretty

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 25, 2019, 11:16:33 AM
@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...
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 25, 2019, 02:18:46 PM
Those white flowers are something else.  Also that waterfall. 
Carry on...
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 26, 2019, 04:05:21 AM
@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...

Here’s one @FISH but the trees change around every corner.

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Post by: GravitySucks on August 26, 2019, 04:20:55 AM
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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Post by: StarrMountain on August 26, 2019, 04:41:01 AM
A couple of water lilies at a temple in Laos

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Thank you for sharing the beauty and love from places most of us will never get to visit.
You ROCK my friend. ;) :-*
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Post by: Bart Ell on August 26, 2019, 08:39:32 AM
Those white flowers are something else.  Also that waterfall. 
Carry on...


Wanna see the waterfall that is in my backyard?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 26, 2019, 12:39:28 PM
Wanna see the waterfall that is in my backyard?

Absolutely.  Lay it on us, Bart!
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Post by: ShayP on August 26, 2019, 12:44:40 PM
Absolutely. Lay it on us, Bart!

@Rikki Gins  Is that a wise request?  You don't know what you're going to get.  ;D
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Post by: Bart Ell on August 26, 2019, 01:13:28 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 26, 2019, 01:33:21 PM

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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Post by: Bart Ell on August 26, 2019, 01:42:06 PM
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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No, I have seen the mist freeze around them but the water itself still flows.
I have only been here for about 6 years and it was like this maybe twice.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on August 26, 2019, 05:51:27 PM
Global warming.
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Post by: anniem on August 26, 2019, 06:19:45 PM
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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Pretty!
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 26, 2019, 09:30:48 PM
Going to be a new terrace garden for a temple

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Post by: GravitySucks on August 26, 2019, 09:31:56 PM
Another view

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Post by: GravitySucks on August 26, 2019, 09:34:33 PM
Yellow flowers on a roof top

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Post by: GravitySucks on August 27, 2019, 10:08:21 AM
Rice fields are everywhere so I had to post a picture. These rice fields are right behind our cabins.

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Post by: Bart Ell on August 27, 2019, 10:12:05 AM
Rice fields are everywhere so I had to post a picture. These rice fields are right behind our cabins.

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Cabins?
Rice fields?
Only time I would tolerate those things would be on my 4K TV
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Post by: FISH on August 27, 2019, 01:38:32 PM
Yellow flowers on a roof top

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@GravitySucks  bamboo roof top?
amazing photos. thank you.
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 27, 2019, 09:25:00 PM
I wonder how long this load of garlic will last when it gets to Bangkok

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Post by: GravitySucks on August 28, 2019, 03:13:20 AM
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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Post by: FISH on August 29, 2019, 05:20:23 AM
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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@GravitySucks what a lovely little rock garden. Similar to my urban garden.
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 29, 2019, 05:34:22 AM
Here is 12 seconds of a waterfall I hiked to. I could have sat there listening to the water all afternoon.

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Post by: Bart Ell on August 29, 2019, 05:37:53 AM
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!
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 29, 2019, 05:50:05 AM
First it's sideways pictures and now portrait mode video.
YOU WOULD THINK A ROCKET SCIENTIST WOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT!

Sometimes I’m too lazy to upload the pictures to imgur so I just attach them. They don’t display sideways for me so I don’t know why the forum software can’t display them correctly.

I would have just attached a snapshot of the waterfall but the software told me it exceeded 5mb. Not sure why I can attach some pictures but not others that are taken with the same phone.

Fuck rocket science. Pass me the mango and sticky rice.
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Post by: Bart Ell on August 29, 2019, 06:39:29 AM
Fuck rocket science. Pass me the mango and sticky rice.

The words of a man who is at peace.
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Post by: FISH on August 29, 2019, 06:49:37 AM
The words of a man who is at peace.
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 29, 2019, 07:08:49 AM
The words of a man who is at peace.

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.

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Post by: JUAN on August 29, 2019, 08:26:14 AM
@GravitySucks - Forks? Really?
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 29, 2019, 08:49:52 AM
@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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Post by: FISH on August 30, 2019, 07:06:44 AM
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?
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 30, 2019, 07:29:23 AM
@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.
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Post by: FISH on August 30, 2019, 07:37:45 AM
@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!
Is anyone a vegetarian in Thailand?
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 30, 2019, 07:39:58 AM
People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World!
Is anyone a vegetarian in Thailand?

I doubt there are many. I did see a veggie restaurant in Pai but Thais eat virtually everything that walks, crawls, flies or swims and some things that just lay there like mussels.
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Post by: GravitySucks on September 03, 2019, 07:31:34 PM
From today’s walk around Ko Samui neighborhood

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Post by: KSM on September 03, 2019, 08:11:32 PM
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.

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The Coke is the elephant in the room there. Other than that, delicious!
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Post by: TigerLily on September 03, 2019, 10:29:29 PM

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?

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Post by: TigerLily on September 03, 2019, 10:35:14 PM
From today’s walk around Ko Samui neighborhood

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I love plumeria. Beautiful fragrance. My neighbors have a plumeria "tree". Next time they cut it back I'm going to try to grow a cutting. The fringie things are really pretty. Your pics keep getting better and better
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 06, 2019, 07:42:23 PM
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?

Hi TL, those kind of look like hydrangea plants that are trying to come up from the roots, though I am puzzled why the leaves keep dying back.  Too much sun, perhaps?  They do best in a shaded spot.  Maybe the previous owner planted them there and didn't have any luck with them and cut them back?  Ha, I'm just throwing out some wild guesses.  Thanks for the pics.
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Post by: PolkaDot on September 13, 2019, 08:22:28 PM
Dragon fruit plants on my friend’s plantation

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soo cool! I've never seen the plant before - only the fruit! Thanks Gravity!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2019, 12:28:41 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on September 18, 2019, 02:31:02 PM
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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.

Greenious mohawins
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Post by: FISH on September 18, 2019, 03:37:46 PM
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?
@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.
Sorry, I have not idea what they are. :(
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Post by: FISH on September 18, 2019, 04:01:57 PM
Greenious mohawins
@anniem is there another name for this plant? Google is refusing to help me.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2019, 04:23:32 PM
Greenious mohawins

My ever dependable anniem!  Thank you.
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Post by: GravitySucks on September 18, 2019, 04:37:20 PM
Greenious mohawins

Gesundheit.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 18, 2019, 04:42:34 PM
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.” ???
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Post by: anniem on September 18, 2019, 05:30:29 PM
@anniem is there another name for this plant? Google is refusing to help me.

Um, I made that name up :o
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Post by: anniem on September 18, 2019, 05:30:56 PM
My ever dependable anniem!  Thank you.

No no I made it up
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Post by: FISH on September 18, 2019, 05:33:25 PM
Um, I made that name up :o
:o
“I’m NOT telling the truth.”
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Post by: anniem on September 18, 2019, 05:51:08 PM
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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.

Ok
Foxtail agave?
Wine eucomis?
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Post by: anniem on September 18, 2019, 06:01:26 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2019, 08:00:38 PM
@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. 
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Post by: anniem on September 18, 2019, 08:03:44 PM
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.
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Post by: FISH on September 19, 2019, 05:12:50 AM
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 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.  ;)
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Post by: anniem on September 19, 2019, 05:17:37 AM
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.
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Post by: FISH on September 19, 2019, 05:32:49 AM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 20, 2019, 01:35:03 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Times-Herald, September 20, 1919.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: TigerLily on September 28, 2019, 09:40:17 AM
 
My first guava dropped. No that's not a metaphor for anything. I have a guava tree in my backyard. I don't pick them off the tree. I just pick up the windfalls. At the height of the season I have to pick them up 3 or 4 times a day. I can fill half a shopping bag in a day. We had a great year. My tree is loaded. I will be knee deep in guavas soon. Here's just the tip of one branch on my upper deck

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Post by: KSM on September 28, 2019, 02:37:28 PM

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
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Post by: TigerLily on September 29, 2019, 12:22:03 AM
@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

No math required. I have photo evidence from last year's nectar-making process. A very poor year. Too dry. Only ankle deep. But this will be a banner year. Knee deep for sure

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 (https://ellgab.com/gif/i-love-lucy-stomping-grapes-lNA5vr)

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
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Post by: KSM on September 29, 2019, 11:21:08 AM


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
Thank you for the kind words. But I don't allow bear feet on my lawns. ;D
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 12, 2019, 01:05:04 AM
                     From the Library of Congress.  The Tombstone Epitaph., October 12, 1919.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 15, 2019, 11:55:35 PM
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Some flowering yucca plants in the mountains of Florida.  Oooops, let me rephrase that.  Some flowering yucca plants in the Florida Mountains, which happen to be in Southern New Mexico.

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Postmarked October 11, 1947.

                              Friday - 10th
I got home about
5:30 this morning.
Had a good time
& a nice trip but
was glad to get
home.  Hope you &
yours are ok.     Bess.
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Post by: JUAN on October 16, 2019, 02:54:32 AM
How dare you? I’ve climbed Mt. Dora, the highest point in Florida - 60-feet above sea level.
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Post by: GravitySucks on October 16, 2019, 02:58:18 AM
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?

https://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/crystalrivermounds
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Post by: JUAN on October 16, 2019, 03:00:08 AM
Did you ever climb the pyramid burial ground over by the Crystal River?
Not yet. I need to plan that.
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Post by: GravitySucks on October 16, 2019, 03:03:17 AM
Not yet. I need to plan that.

It’s a shame that most of the site was destroyed over the years but it is worth a couple of hours. I went swimming with the manatees in the morning and then went and toured the park in the afternoon.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 05, 2019, 01:21:27 PM
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 07, 2019, 03:45:15 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 08, 2019, 12:33:55 AM
Edit to the above.  I should have wrote 'Chimp's face staring down from the rain cloud.'  Not his body.
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Post by: Bart Ell on November 08, 2019, 06:00:29 AM
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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.

Chimp will tell you it is because he is a god.
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Post by: FISH on November 08, 2019, 06:13:51 AM
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)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 08, 2019, 06:08:05 PM
Chimp will tell you it is because he is a god.

I should have noticed it earlier, but Chimp is vaping, or blowing out a tight stream of cig smoke.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 10, 2019, 12:12:40 AM
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Lots of Oregon apples.  I wonder how many different varieties?

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Dear Iris, - Rec'd
package all ok and
many many thanks.
You need a whipping
sending so much.
K & I (?) are better but Al's (?)
cold is bad to-day.
What a day.
With love and best wishes
I will write later.    Addie.


K is enjoying himself
today.  I am glad he
is better so he can.

 

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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 14, 2019, 01:17:36 PM
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Post by: anniem on November 14, 2019, 01:35:41 PM
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Rose!
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Post by: KSM on November 14, 2019, 04:02:05 PM
It is that time of year between sun and snow where everything is just.. yuck, blah :-\ :P      I now wait for the beautiful Christmas snow.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on November 18, 2019, 03:25:14 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 18, 2019, 03:44:17 PM
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. 
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Post by: anniem on November 18, 2019, 03:47:09 PM
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. 

I'm tempted to grab one and see what the inside looks like, but it is on someone's property. They own it!
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Post by: GravitySucks on November 18, 2019, 03:48:26 PM
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
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Post by: anniem on November 18, 2019, 03:50:22 PM
Looks like a pear

Kinda big. I'll have to put a ruler next to it tomorrow.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 18, 2019, 03:51:20 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on November 18, 2019, 03:53:47 PM
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.

I would. Haven't ever seen anyone there as I go past. There was a lady outside her home yesterday that I had a lovely chat with. Wait, I mean with whom I had a lovely chat. She has the same type of home I do, but she expanded it. She has kittens running around. She also catches, fixes and releases cats to keep us from getting overrun. Very nice person.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 18, 2019, 03:57:26 PM
Looks like a pear

Most likely it is a variety of pear, though the top is strangely shaped.  The trunk looks oddly shaped too.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 21, 2019, 01:06:50 PM
               From the Library of Congress.  The Montpelier Examiner, November 21, 1919.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 01, 2019, 12:37:28 PM
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Post by: JUAN on January 05, 2020, 05:12:56 PM
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?
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on January 05, 2020, 05:24:10 PM
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.

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Post by: Bart Ell on January 05, 2020, 05:25:56 PM
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?

Ice wine... still waiting for the ice part, though.
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Post by: JUAN on January 20, 2020, 12:04:46 PM
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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Post by: GravitySucks on January 20, 2020, 01:00:47 PM
While you goobers are growing snow in your gardens, I'm growing collards, mustard, broccoli, bok choy, and candy roaster squash.

Getting ready start my seedlings for the nuclear pepper collection. 

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Post by: KSM on January 20, 2020, 08:56:16 PM
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.

Are you happy for me?

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Post by: anniem on January 20, 2020, 09:04:17 PM
@juan  I am happy for you.

Are you happy for me?

Oh boy! You're growing snow!!!  Quite a crop you have there!

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Post by: JUAN on January 21, 2020, 03:33:39 AM
@KSM i have almost no experience with that. I suppose I am happy for you. I assume you don’t have to mow it.
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Post by: Bart Ell on January 21, 2020, 05:53:39 AM
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!
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Post by: GravitySucks on January 21, 2020, 11:37:17 AM
Those damn collards!
@GravitySucks , git your gun!

Poke salit @anniem ?
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Post by: KSM on January 21, 2020, 11:42:10 AM
@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.

Lol  The Evil Juan.
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Post by: anniem on January 21, 2020, 02:35:15 PM
Poke salit @anniem ?

Hello!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 30, 2020, 05:34:14 PM
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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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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Post by: PolkaDot on January 31, 2020, 07:05:32 AM
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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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 31, 2020, 02:19:10 PM
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.
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Post by: ShayP on January 31, 2020, 06:09:22 PM
Great.  I wanted to utilize the sunflower pics as a counter balance to winter and snow, etc.  Glad you liked it.

@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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Post by: anniem on January 31, 2020, 06:12:56 PM
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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Excellent story!

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#ohshitabee
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 31, 2020, 06:35:34 PM
@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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Thank you @ShayP.  My threads have become a fun little hobby and I am grateful that Bart lets me utilize them on his website.  I am very happy that you enjoyed the sunflower story.  I think that we are ready to have winter loosen its grip and give way to spring.  I am beginning to see some first signs of spring as I walk around the neighborhood here at EllGarden West.  Cheers, Shay! 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 31, 2020, 06:35:59 PM
Excellent story!

#ohshitabee

Like!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 10, 2020, 11:10:29 PM
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Some friends I visit with while walking around the Ellgarden West neighborhood.
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 11, 2020, 07:19:29 AM
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Some friends I visit with while walking around the Ellgarden West neighborhood.
Goats are great, as long as they belong to someone else! ;D
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Post by: anniem on February 11, 2020, 08:48:21 AM
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Some friends I visit with while walking around the Ellgarden West neighborhood.

Fun!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 17, 2020, 01:36:27 PM
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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   
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Post by: anniem on February 17, 2020, 02:05:31 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 20, 2020, 01:13:44 PM
They appear to be trying.
Most of the photos I find are blue or purple.

Yes, purple.  An official Mardi Gras color.  I think my front yard has a couple of that color, but no sign of them yet.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 20, 2020, 01:15:44 PM
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(I was looking for comic caps and came across this.)
Public Domain
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Post by: anniem on February 20, 2020, 03:01:25 PM
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(I was looking for comic caps and came across this.)
Public Domain

Violets are nice. My fav though

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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 21, 2020, 01:21:03 AM
The grays and whites of winter give way to the bright colors of Mardi Gras.  From the Krewe of Chewbacchus parade of a couple weeks back.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 22, 2020, 01:03:24 AM
More Mardi Gras screen caps from Friday night parades in New Orleans.

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Post by: anniem on February 22, 2020, 10:41:16 AM
More Mardi Gras screen caps from Friday night parades in New Orleans.

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Like em all
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Post by: Jayzelady on February 22, 2020, 02:19:16 PM
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!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 22, 2020, 02:53:22 PM
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.
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Post by: Jayzelady on February 22, 2020, 05:31:37 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 24, 2020, 12:43:32 PM
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.

Nice!  I would definitely be there as a tourist, as my favorite Mardi Gras parade is the Krewe of Bacchus parade.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 24, 2020, 12:46:02 PM
Some pics from the 2020 Krewe of Bacchus parade.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 17, 2020, 01:51:30 AM
            From the Library of Congress.  The Greenwood Daily Commonwealth., March 17, 1920.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 26, 2020, 01:16:08 AM
           From the Library of Congress.  The Grand Forks Herald, March 26, 1920.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 29, 2020, 01:50:36 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, March 29, 1920.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 31, 2020, 01:43:00 PM
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Another fruit crate label that is better suited here in the EllGab Garden thread.
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Post by: anniem on April 01, 2020, 06:29:32 PM
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Post by: GravitySucks on April 01, 2020, 06:58:45 PM
I snapped a few pics of wildflowers while I was up in my woods.

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Post by: anniem on April 01, 2020, 07:38:15 PM
I snapped a few pics of wildflowers while I was up in my woods.

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Nice!
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 01, 2020, 10:27:35 PM
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What! Is that current? :) My lilac just has green buds....waiting and hoping we don’t get a hard freeze. Fingers crossed.
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Post by: anniem on April 01, 2020, 10:29:45 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 01, 2020, 10:30:44 PM
Current, yes. My husband gave it to me. They're small, but very fragrant.
Ah! So sweet!  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2020, 02:11:56 AM
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My dear sweet Yuki girl.  October 9, 2005 - April 1, 2020



Here she comes
Silent in her sound
Here she comes
Fresh upon the ground
Come gentle spring
Come at winter's end
Gone is the pallor from a promise that's nature's gift
Waiting for the color of spring
Let me breathe
Let me breathe the color of spring
Here she comes
Laughter in her kiss
Here she comes
Shame upon her lips
Come wanton spring
Come for birth you live
Youth takes it's bow before the summer the seasons bring
Waiting for the color of spring
Let me
Let me breathe
Let me breathe you
Let me breathe
Let me breathe you
Let me breathe
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 02, 2020, 09:03:15 AM
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My dear sweet Yuki girl.  October 9, 2005 - April 1, 2020


@Rikki Gins  oh no! I’m sorry.  :(
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 02, 2020, 11:24:25 AM
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!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2020, 11:31:00 AM
@Rikki Gins  oh no! I’m sorry.  :(

Thank you, dear @PolkaDot.  I certainly do miss that little girl, but I take comfort in the fact that she has joined her older sister Mavis, who passed away April of last year.  They both lived long and full lives, and I'm happy about that.
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Post by: anniem on April 02, 2020, 01:12:07 PM
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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.   
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2020, 02:07:13 PM
Oh no, I'm so sorry Rikki. :'( :'(  Sending thoughts your way.

Thank you for the kind thoughts.  You and Dot are so sweet.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 13, 2020, 12:40:32 PM
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 13, 2020, 12:45:42 PM
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Very pretty. As a florist I really despised roses but as a gardener I adore them!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 13, 2020, 12:51:17 PM
Very pretty. As a florist I really despised roses but as a gardener I adore them!

Me too!  I especially like the fragrant ones.
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Post by: anniem on April 13, 2020, 02:20:42 PM
Me too!  I especially like the fragrant ones.

I pass this each day when I walk Boodie

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Post by: PolkaDot on April 13, 2020, 07:28:53 PM
I pass this each day when I walk Boodie

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nice!
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Post by: anniem on April 13, 2020, 08:26:42 PM
nice!

It has a lovely fragrance too.   :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 18, 2020, 07:21:19 PM
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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Post by: anniem on April 18, 2020, 08:35:09 PM
Some March and April color from a West Coast EllGab Garden.
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What are these?
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 18, 2020, 09:52:53 PM
What are these?
vinca?
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Post by: anniem on April 18, 2020, 10:20:54 PM
vinca?

Looks like it! Thank you 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 18, 2020, 10:38:49 PM
Looks like it! Thank you

Yes, Dot is right.  Vincas.  I always call them Periwinkles.   
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 18, 2020, 10:51:37 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 18, 2020, 11:17:26 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 18, 2020, 11:37:41 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 18, 2020, 11:44:37 PM
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!  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 18, 2020, 11:49:02 PM
I hope they gave them to their teachers!  :)

I wonder!  lol
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Post by: FISH on April 19, 2020, 08:39:07 AM
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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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 19, 2020, 07:03:21 PM
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.

What a wonderful memory, Dot.  Thank you for sharing it with us.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 19, 2020, 07:04:42 PM
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.

I'm glad, FISH.  Here's to warmer weather coming out your way.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 22, 2020, 01:47:00 PM
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 23, 2020, 01:03:41 PM
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 23, 2020, 01:05:14 PM
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Love this one!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 23, 2020, 01:07:33 PM
Love this one!

Me too!  And fairly topical, too.  I've got a few hyacinths blooming but they don't look anywhere as good as the ones on the label.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 30, 2020, 01:47:27 PM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 03, 2020, 01:46:28 PM
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
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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.
 
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Post by: anniem on May 03, 2020, 02:08:16 PM
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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 03, 2020, 04:17:22 PM
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
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Post by: anniem on May 03, 2020, 04:34:56 PM
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!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 03, 2020, 04:46:54 PM
Well I'll be darned. They bumble them to death!

LOL!
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 03, 2020, 07:32:01 PM
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
Wow this is disturbing.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 07, 2020, 08:28:58 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on May 07, 2020, 09:06:17 PM
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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

Beautiful!
Thank you for posting them.
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 08, 2020, 09:03:56 AM
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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
Oh! They do look very happy!!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 09, 2020, 11:41:11 AM
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The first yellow rose of the season, here at EllGab Garden West.
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 09, 2020, 01:36:28 PM
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The first yellow rose of the season, here at EllGab Garden West.
LOVE it!!!  :)
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Post by: anniem on May 09, 2020, 04:34:43 PM
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The first yellow rose of the season, here at EllGab Garden West.

So pretty!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 09, 2020, 05:55:37 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on May 09, 2020, 06:32:50 PM
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!

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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 09, 2020, 06:57:42 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on May 09, 2020, 07:17:28 PM
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!  I also like the scent of lilacs.
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Post by: ShayP on May 09, 2020, 07:40:54 PM
My bars of soap are usually rose scented.

/reported
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on May 09, 2020, 09:27:12 PM
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.  :)
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 09, 2020, 09:27:45 PM
/reported
@ShayP !  :(
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Post by: ShayP on May 10, 2020, 03:15:16 AM
@ShayP !  :(

I kid! I kid!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: LittleChris on May 10, 2020, 04:21:48 AM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on May 10, 2020, 05:14:45 AM
/reported

Thanks for reporting this.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 10, 2020, 12:51:22 PM
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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.   
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Post by: anniem on May 10, 2020, 01:41:35 PM
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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.   

Pretty!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on May 10, 2020, 02:24:35 PM
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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Post by: anniem on May 10, 2020, 02:28:04 PM
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?
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 10, 2020, 03:02:16 PM
I have a few basil plants and some cilantro growing.

The pots in the back are some of the 6 white oak seedlings I started this year.  I gathered some acorns from the huge trees along a nature trail in Silver Spring, MD in November. I wintered them in the fridge in a ziplock with some moist cotton.  Then I planted the sturdiest looking 6 acorns once they sprouted.  I didn’t have enough dirt in February. I need to repot them soon.

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Post by: JUAN on May 10, 2020, 03:04:09 PM
will they be red?
No, these are green. I also grew some Spanish black radishes.
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 10, 2020, 04:20:55 PM
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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.   
Very 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.
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Post by: FISH on May 10, 2020, 04:48:21 PM
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.

Radish kimchi?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on May 10, 2020, 04:49:38 PM
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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.   

So far my poppy plants have not returned to visit me in 2020. :'(
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Post by: JUAN on May 10, 2020, 05:20:02 PM
Radish kimchi?
Exactly. They’re also good raw, sliced, dipped in hummus.
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Post by: anniem on May 10, 2020, 07:49:20 PM
No, these are green. I also grew some Spanish black radishes.

Green and black. More things I had no idea about.    :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 11, 2020, 01:13:57 AM
                     From the Library of Congress.  The Amarillo Daily News, May 11, 1920.

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Post by: anniem on May 11, 2020, 02:36:02 PM
                     From the Library of Congress.  The Amarillo Daily News, May 11, 1920.

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But is it a red, green or black radish?

 :)

@juan
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 13, 2020, 01:15:40 AM
                                 From the Library of Congress.  The Herald, May 13, 1920.

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Post by: JUAN on May 13, 2020, 03:29:06 AM
I wonder if the Soviet Union symbol was intentional.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 13, 2020, 03:00:49 PM
I wonder if the Soviet Union symbol was intentional.

It could be.  Communism was much in the news back then.  Or the cartoonist might have been hard pressed to find a gardening implement to help form the 'R'.  Guess we'll never know.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 13, 2020, 03:09:33 PM
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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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 13, 2020, 03:23:19 PM
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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!
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Post by: anniem on May 13, 2020, 03:28:50 PM
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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.

So nice!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 14, 2020, 01:56:12 AM
Wow! I’m just starting to get leaves here. But my fruit trees are blooming so it must be Spring!

I'm glad to hear that, Dot.  What kind of fruit trees?  Apples?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 14, 2020, 01:56:46 AM
So nice!

Thanks, Annie!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 14, 2020, 02:02:28 AM
                        From the Library of Congress.  The Graham Guardian, May 14, 1920.

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Post by: PolkaDot on May 14, 2020, 02:24:01 PM
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.  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 14, 2020, 02:33:24 PM
I've planted quite a few fruit trees - I have 2 kinds of Tart Cherries, 4 kinds of Apples, and 4 kinds of Pears.  :)

Good for you!  They sound yummy. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 14, 2020, 02:42:57 PM
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I had a visit from an old friend yesterday.  This guy (or Gal?) seems to stop by once or twice around this time of the year.  Thankfully I had my camera on me at the time.  From what I can ascertain, this is a Western Acorn Woodpecker though the description says that they have red heads and I don't see one on this bird.
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 14, 2020, 05:43:48 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 17, 2020, 02:16:37 PM
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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You and me both.  I love woodpeckers too.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 17, 2020, 02:18:12 PM
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.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on May 17, 2020, 05:48:33 PM
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.

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LOVE mock orange! I can imagine smelling them from here. Beautiful!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 18, 2020, 02:34:42 PM
LOVE mock orange! I can imagine smelling them from here. Beautiful!

Thanks, Dot.  Glad you liked the pics.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 18, 2020, 02:35:35 PM
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Post by: anniem on May 18, 2020, 03:42:41 PM
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PRETTY
 :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 21, 2020, 02:52:47 AM
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Post by: anniem on May 21, 2020, 07:38:42 AM


You have these birds at your home?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 21, 2020, 12:56:42 PM
You have these birds at your home?

Nope, no thrushes.  But at the start of the recording a mourning dove can be heard and I've got lots of those.  (I can hear one right now as I'm typing out your reply.)    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_dove
I have always enjoyed the music of Paul Winter.  He has played his flute inside the great pyramid, has performed for whales and wolves.  Fun music to listen to.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on May 23, 2020, 12:07:42 AM
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!

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on May 23, 2020, 12:17:04 AM
..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 

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: StarrMountain on May 23, 2020, 12:24:28 AM
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!

+1
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 23, 2020, 12:48:19 AM
..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

I really like your fence, KSM.
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 23, 2020, 01:59:07 AM
..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.
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Post by: KSM on May 23, 2020, 09:21:34 AM
Don’t try bringing those pussy assed painted rocks with you if you decide to move here.
LOL

HEY! A very special little girl spent an afternoon painting those for us. she'd kick you in the shins for that!

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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 25, 2020, 01:05:14 PM
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Just like the earlier rose that I talked about, this Doctor rosebush has exploded into roses.  So much so that the entire plant is leaning way over into the yard.  I'll be doing some serious pruning after the roses have faded away.


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I call it the Doctor rose because it was named after some doctor.  Trouble is, I can't remember the doctor's last name, so I simply call it the Doctor rosebush.


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The roses have a light, spicy scent.  Almost like pepper.
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 25, 2020, 03:42:56 PM
..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
I like the idea of hanging strawberries! I might have to do that this year.  :)
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 25, 2020, 03:44:50 PM
Happy garden visitor.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 25, 2020, 04:27:57 PM
Happy garden visitor.

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Oh Dot, that is a very nice picture!
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Post by: JUAN on May 26, 2020, 11:05:50 AM
Kentucky Wonder beans, marigold bloom, rat-tail radishes, and a pitcher plant in an artificial bog trying to protect my plants from bugs.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 26, 2020, 12:02:43 PM
Kentucky Wonder beans, marigold bloom, rat-tail radishes, and a pitcher plant in an artificial bog trying to protect my plants from bugs.

Nice, juan.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 26, 2020, 12:17:35 PM
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Some flowering quince from last April.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaenomeles
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on May 26, 2020, 08:12:31 PM
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!
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 26, 2020, 08:14:11 PM
@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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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 27, 2020, 02:03:44 PM
@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!  :)

Wow!  That is so nice to know, @PolkaDot.  I am very interested in it.  Please, by all means, keep us posted on it's progress.  I just planted some tomato seeds from an outfit that @juan mentioned last year.    https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.135
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 27, 2020, 07:07:51 PM
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One of my favorite flowers, though some would likely consider it to be a weed.  The wild mustard flower.  I would love to see some of these pop up around my driveway and alley but they never do because they like to grow in fields and orchards.  The one in the picture was growing right alongside an irrigation ditch that I occasionally walk by.  I haven't been out much to check but I think that the plants are mostly done flowering by now.
https://www.garden.eco/mustard-flower
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 28, 2020, 01:33:57 PM
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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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Post by: PolkaDot on May 28, 2020, 03:53:13 PM
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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!
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Post by: KSM on May 28, 2020, 04:06:55 PM
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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
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 28, 2020, 05:20:41 PM
Cool shot!

Thanks, Dot.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 28, 2020, 05:22:45 PM
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.

Nice description KSM, thank you.  I looked all over that darn thing and couldn't find a single 'floaty' that had come off it yet.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on May 28, 2020, 06:28:10 PM
My owner wife 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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on May 28, 2020, 06:30:27 PM
My owner wife makes this wonderous 'Garden' Focaccia Bread. Somehow this seems like an appropriate thread to post this.  ?

This is just before going into the oven..

DON'T GO IN THE OVEN, YOU'LL GET A BURN!!!!

(fake panic)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on May 28, 2020, 06:32:58 PM
owner wife

Crossed out the wrong word.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on May 28, 2020, 06:34:26 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on May 28, 2020, 07:16:01 PM
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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Ours bloomed already, very brief and very few. I think a short false warming got them.  :(
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on May 28, 2020, 10:08:30 PM
My owner wife 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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That just screams summer. Yum
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on May 29, 2020, 08:13:23 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 30, 2020, 02:49:54 PM
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?

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?     
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on May 30, 2020, 03:03:57 PM
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Some ducks, water and greenery at EllGab Woods.
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Post by: anniem on May 30, 2020, 04:01:57 PM
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Some ducks, water and greenery at EllGab Woods.

Nice!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on May 30, 2020, 07:53:10 PM
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.  :)
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 02, 2020, 01:54:10 PM
My first Cherry tree to set fruit! Yay!!!


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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 03, 2020, 06:39:37 PM
My first Cherry tree to set fruit! Yay!!!

Nice.  Congrats, Dot!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 03, 2020, 06:46:36 PM
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I put some mixed flower seed in a pot and got these yellow flowers later on.  I thought they were done but they continued to grow into
a more open flower with a dark center, as shown below.

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They are about gone now, but there are some other plants in the pot that are a lot taller than these yellow flowers.  They haven't bloomed yet, though.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 04, 2020, 12:36:32 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 04, 2020, 01:22:11 PM
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.

It kind of gives a dreamlike quality to the picture.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 06, 2020, 01:09:01 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on June 06, 2020, 02:16:22 PM
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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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 06, 2020, 03:38:58 PM
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!

You are most welcome, Annie.  I am very happy that you liked it. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 08, 2020, 01:16:31 PM
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Sunshine as seen through a web brightly.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 10, 2020, 02:06:46 PM
Some EllGab Garden West color, as taken earlier today.
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on June 10, 2020, 02:39:46 PM
@Rikki Gins  What are these?

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on June 10, 2020, 03:02:05 PM
@Rikki Gins  What are these?

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I like them
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 10, 2020, 05:59:45 PM
@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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Post by: anniem on June 10, 2020, 06:09:56 PM
@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
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 10, 2020, 11:23:27 PM
@Rikki Gins  What are these?

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Dianthus...looks great!!!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on June 11, 2020, 04:55:51 AM
@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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Thank you! @Rikki Gins  I love them.  Looks like I'll be getting some of those for the yard.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 11, 2020, 04:58:16 AM
Very very pretty! Thanks Rikki

You are very welcome, Annie.  Glad you like the pics!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 11, 2020, 05:16:42 AM
Thank you! @Rikki Gins  I love them.  Looks like I'll be getting some of those for the yard.

Great, @ShayP!  I noticed that the descriptions for Dianthus (thanks @PolkaDot) or Sweet Williams have a spicy, clove like scent.  I smelled the flowers but could only discern an extremely mild, sweet kind of scent.  Sad to say, my many years spent at a variety of industrial jobs with attendant (or shall I say extreme) odors like formaldehyde have dulled my olfactory senses to a great degree.  Still, some flowers and roses can give me a so called 'glimpse' of a pleasant aroma, and that makes my hobby of maintaining an EllGab garden all the more worthwhile.  Cheers!   
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 11, 2020, 02:05:06 PM
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I was in the Ellgab Garden the other evening when a humongous mother ship went sailing by.
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Post by: anniem on June 11, 2020, 06:08:44 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 11, 2020, 07:45:06 PM
Did they wave?

Nope.  That long, pink 'window' must have been a racing stripe.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 12, 2020, 12:01:40 PM
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The honeysuckle plant is now in full bloom mode.

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Post by: anniem on June 12, 2020, 12:15:47 PM
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The honeysuckle plant is now in full bloom mode.

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Fragrant?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 12, 2020, 02:32:47 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on June 12, 2020, 02:38:45 PM
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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 14, 2020, 01:55:49 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on June 14, 2020, 07:02:42 AM
@anniem, I watched a movie called Double Indemnity last night and saw the following scene.


I'll be darned! It doesn't come up all that often, yet there it is!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 14, 2020, 07:08:59 AM
Honeysuckle

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Post by: anniem on June 14, 2020, 07:19:24 AM
Honeysuckle



I didn't know there was such a thing as honeysuckle rose.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 14, 2020, 07:25:51 PM
I didn't know there was such a thing as honeysuckle rose.

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looks like a violet?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 21, 2020, 01:07:34 AM
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From the book, Bird Lore.  Photo taken on June 21, 1920.
Public Domain
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 21, 2020, 01:23:39 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on June 21, 2020, 01:38:44 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 21, 2020, 01:49:21 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on June 21, 2020, 01:53:10 PM
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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 21, 2020, 03:46:22 PM
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         
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on June 21, 2020, 03:59:03 PM
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       

SOAP! I'll be darned.
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 21, 2020, 06:02:20 PM
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       

Truth! Natives used it as a cleanser and to make string. Ethnobotany is the best.  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 29, 2020, 08:48:23 PM
My Oenethera/Evening Primrose is blooming like crazy! All the hummingbird moths are out.  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on July 11, 2020, 09:40:37 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on July 12, 2020, 06:22:43 AM
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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.

We were out looking at stars the other night, just lovely. The area was without streetlights, a bit far from the town.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 13, 2020, 07:36:42 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on July 14, 2020, 06:45:05 AM
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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?

Pretty flowers.  :)
Excellent woo too
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 23, 2020, 02:17:52 PM
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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.
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Post by: ShayP on July 23, 2020, 02:24:24 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 23, 2020, 07:01:07 PM
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.

If you can't find a top for it,  clean it up real good and fill it with fresh water.  Hank it somewhere and regular birds will stop by and drink out of it.
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Post by: PolkaDot on July 23, 2020, 08:31:40 PM
Happy flowers

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on July 23, 2020, 09:31:17 PM
Oh Dot, I've got some very similar yellow flowers.

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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.

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Post by: PolkaDot on July 24, 2020, 07:41:05 AM
Oh Dot, I've got some very similar yellow flowers.

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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 24, 2020, 01:28:56 PM
Rudbeckia!

Thanks, Dot!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 04, 2020, 08:32:34 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on August 04, 2020, 08:41:09 PM
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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.

LIKE
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 07, 2020, 01:36:20 PM
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There is a patch of wildlands in my back lot and it is interesting to see what type of blooming weed or wildflower comes up there.

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In this case, some extremely bright yellow flowering weeds that grow about a foot high.  The stems appear smooth until you touch them and find out that they are covered with tiny, sticker bristles.

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I consulted my handy, 441 page book, Weeds of the Pacific Northwest and found that they are called Bristly Hawksbeards.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 14, 2020, 04:15:13 PM
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Some more travelers peering down at EllGab Garden Central.  I enlarged this photo and thought it said US Navy on the fuselage, but I'm not certain. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 15, 2020, 05:37:02 PM
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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.   
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Post by: anniem on August 15, 2020, 05:56:41 PM
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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.   

Well I never heard of a butterfly house! 
Or....a butterflyless house.
 ;D
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 16, 2020, 08:05:17 AM
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?

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Post by: Ciardelo on August 16, 2020, 08:17:24 AM
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?
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Post by: FISH on August 16, 2020, 08:25:16 AM
I have not. What does it look like?
I never knew that this tree lives.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia_azedarach
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Post by: anniem on August 16, 2020, 08:43:25 AM
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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Is beer required?

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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. I only just heard of the zoom classes. I shall look into them.
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Post by: Ciardelo on August 16, 2020, 09:43:48 AM
I never knew that this tree lives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melia_azedarach

Oh Em Gee

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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."

Indomalaya and Australasia? Are those real places? Those sound like made up places, like Narnia. They aren't like Narnia are they?

As poisonous as these sound...wow...no wonder we don't see many of them. heh
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 16, 2020, 01:05:06 PM
As poisonous as these sound...wow...no wonder we don't see many of them. heh

Totally poisonous to humans and animals, though birds can eat them without ill effect.  I want it!  No, just kidding.  A very oddly written article.  The fact that the tree is poisonous was repeated several times in the opening paragraph.  But that's Wikipedia for you.  Anyone is free to add information on any given subject.  This article reads like it was written by somebody in a foreign country.  There is a good command of English present but the sentence structure is awkward.  Almost hard to read.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on August 17, 2020, 09:38:10 PM
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?
Fun! I love it @FISH !!
I've never heard of chinaberry...
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 18, 2020, 01:44:09 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, August 18, 1920.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 18, 2020, 05:34:03 AM
Fun! I love it @FISH !!
I've never heard of chinaberry...
Howdy @PolkaDot .
Good to see your return.
photo of one of my Canna 'Cannova Yellow' (Canna Lily).

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on August 18, 2020, 06:25:58 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, August 18, 1920.

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If someone tried to run on MY strawberries OR my bed, I'd be pretty peeved.

 ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 18, 2020, 05:37:45 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on August 18, 2020, 06:21:05 PM
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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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 18, 2020, 09:32:16 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on August 18, 2020, 09:37:55 PM
@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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 18, 2020, 09:44:05 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ciardelo on August 19, 2020, 12:53:31 PM
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.

He might be Vincent The Mummy by now!

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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 19, 2020, 01:43:32 PM
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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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on August 19, 2020, 02:49:52 PM
Howdy @PolkaDot .
Good to see your return.
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Ohhh, she's beautiful! Yellow is such a happy color.  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on August 19, 2020, 02:50:58 PM
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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
I love Wisteria- so beautiful. It requires quite the planning and investment.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on August 19, 2020, 06:22:59 PM
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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

Beautiful!!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on August 19, 2020, 10:16:20 PM
Hey, look what fell out of my guacamole tree today!

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on August 20, 2020, 07:46:04 AM
Hey, look what fell out of my guacamole tree today!

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Versatile. A formidable weapon OR a tasty snack. Or BOTH!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 22, 2020, 02:06:36 PM
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Some friends flying over EllGab Garden West.
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Post by: anniem on August 22, 2020, 09:03:09 PM
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Some friends flying over EllGab Garden West.

QUACK!  (means LIKE in duck language)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 24, 2020, 08:21:13 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on August 24, 2020, 09:05:49 PM
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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.

Smoke sure travels.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on August 25, 2020, 04:53:15 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on August 25, 2020, 09:48:06 PM
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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on August 25, 2020, 09:55:43 PM
Pretty!
Annie, it's not pretty. They're all frost bitten. That wagon is usually bountiful and lusting after light and life!

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on August 25, 2020, 09:57:52 PM
Annie, it's not pretty. They're all frost bitten. That wagon is usually bountiful and lusting after light and life!

What is there is pretty. Look at that purple color, and the red! Lovely.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 28, 2020, 04:55:26 PM
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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.     
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on August 28, 2020, 11:33:15 PM
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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.   


LIKE
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 02, 2020, 07:59:46 PM
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Don't step on this critter barefooted or you will regret it.  This is the all too common star thistle and I found this one growing alongside the EllGab Garden alleyway.  I learned as a kid not to step on the sticker with bare feet but even so, brushing against them will still sting the ankles, even with socks on. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 03, 2020, 08:19:34 PM
My plums are finally ripe and ready to be picked. 1st crop!  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 03, 2020, 08:31:54 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 03, 2020, 08:37:45 PM
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?

Stanley  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 03, 2020, 08:38:31 PM
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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 03, 2020, 10:00:04 PM
Stanley  :)

No, that was Rikki

 ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 05, 2020, 08:09:01 PM
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 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 07, 2020, 09:18:09 PM
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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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 07, 2020, 11:21:57 PM
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.

Oh, those look gooood!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 08, 2020, 02:24:24 PM
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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..
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 08, 2020, 02:38:05 PM
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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.
 ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 08, 2020, 03:19:44 PM
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.
 ;)

Lol!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on September 08, 2020, 07:05:34 PM
My plums are finally ripe and ready to be picked.

Sounds like an Amish pickup line.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 09, 2020, 11:11:10 AM
Sounds like an Amish pickup line.
:-[
When you put it that way.

I give you permission to use it as you see fit.  ::)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 09, 2020, 11:51:56 AM
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)
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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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on September 09, 2020, 12:10:54 PM
Also, why don't we have a food thread? We should have a food thread!

1. I think there is one around here somewhere.
2. Anyone can start a thread, stop being a lazy lazyhead.


You know who loved plum cake? HITLER!

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 09, 2020, 12:34:12 PM
ShayP started a sandwichs thread: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=831.0
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 09, 2020, 09:39:37 PM
You know who loved plum cake? HITLER!
They can’t all be peaches @Bart Ell  :(
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on September 10, 2020, 05:02:37 AM
They can’t all be peaches @Bart Ell  :(

They can be.
The final solution.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on September 10, 2020, 08:14:08 PM
ShayP started a sandwichs thread: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=831.0
*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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JayGab on September 11, 2020, 12:16:14 AM
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)
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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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 11, 2020, 07:37:02 AM
@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.
Ug, now I need a shower.
Also, -1 Bitch.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 11, 2020, 03:32:39 PM
@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.

Good for you, Dot! @PolkaDot
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 12, 2020, 04:44:18 PM
@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.

WOO HOO YOU TELL HIM!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 13, 2020, 02:39:54 PM
Off topic.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 13, 2020, 07:43:44 PM
With EllGab Garden Central being located on the west coast, it was really no surprise to have a wildfire rage through the area last Tuesday.  I walked about three blocks out from the garden to take this shot of the approaching fire.

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I found some burnt leaves and a clump of solid ash on the backyard the next morning.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 14, 2020, 02:46:21 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Bemidji Daily Pioneer.  September 14, 1920.
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on September 14, 2020, 04:45:27 AM
*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

I did it in your honor.  @KSM32   Your idea was so splendid that I had to act quickly...as you said, "at your behest."  ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on September 14, 2020, 04:46:47 AM
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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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on September 14, 2020, 05:48:01 AM

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I found some burnt leaves and a clump of solid ash on the backyard the next morning.

The garden needs a moat!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 14, 2020, 05:49:53 AM
Well that's not good.  @Rikki Gins

@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. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 14, 2020, 05:56:51 AM
The garden needs a moat!

That would be nice.  And a castle to go with it.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on September 14, 2020, 06:16:00 AM
@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 this passes soon and your mind can be at ease.  @Rikki Gins  The whole thing is horrible.  I saw stuff about people claiming climate change caused the fires. Some of the fires were set by people and that should be their current focus.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on September 14, 2020, 06:16:32 AM
That would be nice.  And a castle to go with it.

LOL
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Spookcat on September 14, 2020, 08:48:13 AM
That would be nice.  And a castle to go with it.

Don't forget the alligators for the moat.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Spookcat on September 14, 2020, 08:49:30 AM
Stay safe Rikki!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 14, 2020, 09:40:53 AM
@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.

You stay safe, RG. There was a fire on labor day a mile from here, but it was accidental. People have these huge propane tanks next to their homes. One poor soul lit his gas grill and stepped away. When he returned, it was on fire. It got to the tank and blew up. He lost his home and a vacant lot next to him was also burned, but he got away safely with his dog. Fire department did an outstanding job. Arsonists have started a number of other fires. 
BASTARDS!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on September 14, 2020, 09:45:12 AM
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.










All my tomatoes are frost burnt and my peppers never really had a chance this year.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on September 14, 2020, 10:49:51 AM
@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)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ciardelo on September 14, 2020, 11:45:28 AM
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. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on September 14, 2020, 12:35:54 PM
Oh @ShayP, I bet it was climate change that did your gardens in.

LOL! @Ciardelo  That, along with my divorce, my libido, my IBS, poor gas mileage in a finely tuned (apparently not so much) car, my disdain for Limburger cheese, etc.  I should've saw it coming..  Climate change has ruined my life!   ;) ;D

But seriously, I feel I can cast my hand over someone's garden and it would die.  No green thumb for me.  Black thumb I guess.  :-\
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on September 15, 2020, 08:53:27 AM
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.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 15, 2020, 12:41:44 PM
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.

What type of grass is that, Kid?  It looks almost succulent in nature.  Most likely indigenous to your area?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 16, 2020, 05:17:52 PM
Took some pics of my autumn garden. 

This first one is a “Pea Eggplant”.  There are other names for it here in the states.  It has a weird flavor that seems to go really well with Panang curry.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 16, 2020, 05:21:54 PM
I decided to try some fall tomatoes. The summer ones didn’t do that well but they were planted where they didn’t really get enough sun.  Companion planting with marigolds to try and keep the bugs away.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 16, 2020, 05:23:15 PM
I planted lemongrass in pots so it wouldn’t spread too much. Going to harvest some soon.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 16, 2020, 05:30:45 PM
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. 

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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 16, 2020, 05:59:52 PM
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. 

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. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 16, 2020, 10:25:38 PM
@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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 16, 2020, 10:30:45 PM
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. 

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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 16, 2020, 10:35:47 PM
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. 

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 LOVE the Japanese Lace leafed Maples. So beautiful! Good luck!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 16, 2020, 11:06:28 PM
I hope you stay safe Rikki.


Thanks, Dot.  Everything has settled down nicely fire wise but still smoky out there causing the air to be very unhealthy. 

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The air is slowly getting better.  It was all the way up to the 300 mark earlier this week.  It is supposed to get even better by Friday.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on September 17, 2020, 05:33:06 AM
I planted lemongrass in pots so it wouldn’t spread too much. Going to harvest some soon.

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Grow American stuff!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on September 17, 2020, 06:32:30 AM
Grow American stuff!
Boo.  I just planted a bed of Japanese Turnips.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on September 17, 2020, 06:38:20 AM
Boo.  I just planted a bed of Japanese Turnips.

THAT'S RACIST!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 17, 2020, 10:06:37 AM
Grow American stuff!

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 17, 2020, 12:37:03 PM


Nice, Dot!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Spookcat on September 17, 2020, 02:05:49 PM
What's a really good plant for hanging out on an inside window ledge?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 17, 2020, 06:30:11 PM
My Thai friend saw my picture of my pea eggplant and told me I should prune it. I removed several of the lower leaves and discovered the beginnings of flowers which will eventually turn in to pea eggplants.  I am so excited.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on September 17, 2020, 09:34:24 PM
What type of grass is that, Kid?  It looks almost succulent in nature.  Most likely indigenous to your area?

I don't know what it's called as it came with the house but its common here in SW Florida.  It's some kind of hybrid developed for the sandy soil and weather conditions here.  its very hardy and tends to develop leafy vines that cling to the ground and spread.  I've used a Scott's "regionalized" seed to fill in a few bare spots that produced grass that is indistinguishable from the rest of the lawn so it must be pretty much the same stuff. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 17, 2020, 09:47:00 PM
What type of grass is that, Kid?  It looks almost succulent in nature.  Most likely indigenous to your area?

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 17, 2020, 09:48:53 PM
Grow American stuff!

I have a pot with a couple of regular maples in it that I am going to transplant in the spring. In your honor.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on September 17, 2020, 10:13:20 PM
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.

That pretty much describes it.  Now I'll know the next time someone asks. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on September 18, 2020, 04:26:55 AM
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.

@GravitySucks - where do you get the pea eggplant?  That might grow here.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on September 18, 2020, 04:34:03 AM
I have a pot with a couple of regular maples in it that I am going to transplant in the spring. In your honor.

Just don't make any of that horrific syrup.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 18, 2020, 08:27:03 AM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 18, 2020, 09:21:10 AM
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.

@juan

I got the first plants from my Thai friend.  I just ordered a package of seeds from ebay that says “thornless” variety.  My plants have some wickedly sharp needle like thorns on the stalks near each leaf. Look for “turkey berry”.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on September 18, 2020, 12:02:36 PM
I planted this lemon tree about two weeks ago and it seems to like it here. 

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2020, 01:54:35 PM
I planted this lemon tree about two weeks ago and it seems to like it here.

I envy you...and Grav...and juan.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 18, 2020, 02:18:47 PM
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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2020, 02:40:23 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 18, 2020, 02:51:52 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on September 18, 2020, 03:12:55 PM
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.

Yeah, sometimes living in "paradise" is a bitch.  Was at actual ground zero for Charlie and got hit by two more hurricanes within the next two weeks. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2020, 03:30:11 PM
Sorry boys, but if I were to win the Riddle House in a contest, I would drop everything and spend my remaining days there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddle_House
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 19, 2020, 02:15:09 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 19, 2020, 02:28:17 PM
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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 21, 2020, 01:15:01 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 21, 2020, 01:25:18 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, September 21, 1920.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 21, 2020, 08:34:40 AM
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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Jayzelady on September 21, 2020, 11:29:43 AM
Oh, ok. Nevertheless, beware the Giant Bee!

Reminds me of Jedimiller’s “Oh, shit, a bee!” last year. LOLOLOLOL
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 21, 2020, 12:06:19 PM
Reminds me of Jedimiller’s “Oh, shit, a bee!” last year. LOLOLOLOL

That was very funny.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 21, 2020, 07:53:04 PM
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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Yum! I LOVE Chicory coffee.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Spookcat on September 23, 2020, 01:15:38 PM
@SpookPumpkin Houseplant? Will it get cold in the winter? What kind of sun/exposure? You want something upright or hanging?

@PolkaDot

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Spookcat on September 23, 2020, 01:18:01 PM
Flower - pretty
Giant bee - terrifying

But bees are so cute! and helpful to the environment!

Look at the little fuzzy bumble butts!

*not my picture

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 23, 2020, 04:00:28 PM
But bees are so cute! and helpful to the environment!

Look at the little fuzzy bumble butts!

*not my picture

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Then there is this:

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 24, 2020, 09:30:16 AM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 24, 2020, 12:38:34 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 24, 2020, 04:33:16 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 24, 2020, 09:26:22 PM
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.

Aw. Good luck with it.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 25, 2020, 12:25:03 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, September 25, 1920.
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 25, 2020, 04:38:21 PM
@PolkaDot

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.
Hmmm...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.
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The Northfolk Island Pine is pretty and fun too. Sometimes it's called the Star Pine. Again, this one will get very large one day but you have a long time before you'd have to worry about that.
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Also, many of the figs would do well. Stay away from the Benjamin as they're finicky. I really like the Rubber Trees. They're beautiful and also come in variegated varieties that can be very striking. The Latin is Ficus elastica
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 25, 2020, 04:40:25 PM
But bees are so cute! and helpful to the environment!

Look at the little fuzzy bumble butts!

*not my picture

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I love the bumbles too!  :) :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 25, 2020, 04:41:36 PM
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.  :(
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on September 25, 2020, 04:45:00 PM
My pea eggplant/turkey berry seeds arrived today.  They’ll go into the ground/bucket tomorrow.  Thanks @GravitySucks.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 25, 2020, 06:25:27 PM
My pea eggplant/turkey berry seeds arrived today.  They’ll go into the ground/bucket tomorrow.  Thanks @GravitySucks.

Mine showed up today as well. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ciardelo on September 25, 2020, 06:49:15 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 25, 2020, 07:17:28 PM
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. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ciardelo on September 25, 2020, 07:29:43 PM
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?  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on September 25, 2020, 08:45:06 PM
You mean bone meal?  :)

Oops. Yep. I use fish bone meal.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2020, 01:43:42 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Evening Star, September 26, 1920.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ciardelo on September 26, 2020, 09:02:38 AM
Oops. Yep. I use fish bone meal.

Thank you @GravitySucks I'll go get a pot, bone meal, and some soil later today.  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on September 26, 2020, 09:06:50 AM
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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ciardelo on September 26, 2020, 09:22:01 AM
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

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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on September 26, 2020, 10:13:51 AM
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!
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Post by: PolkaDot on September 26, 2020, 10:23:06 AM
@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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Post by: ShayP on September 26, 2020, 11:13:18 AM
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

Glad I wasn't alone in my mindset @Ciardelo  ;D
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Post by: Ciardelo on September 26, 2020, 11:13:37 AM
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!

I don't know what those words mean @PolkaDot  :) It's green, lol

Here's the mama:

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And here's the newly planted offspring:

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The nice lady at the garden & landscape center where I bought the little pot gave me the dirt for it, since they didn't have small bags of soil. I don't know if it has any bone meal in it @GravitySucks.  :-[ Probably it has some of that none meal. HAHAHA
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Post by: Spookcat on September 26, 2020, 12:34:40 PM
@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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Yeah. No lilies. Not good for my kitty.

Btw, I got a new cat.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2020, 12:36:59 PM
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

Believe it or not, none meal does exist.  It's bone meal after the bone is removed. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2020, 12:45:18 PM
@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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Post by: Spookcat on September 26, 2020, 01:47:44 PM
@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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It makes babies? That's terrifying!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 27, 2020, 10:12:41 PM
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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. 
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Post by: PolkaDot on September 28, 2020, 07:37:30 AM
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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.   ;)
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Post by: anniem on September 28, 2020, 08:17:29 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 28, 2020, 12:56:39 PM
It’s a murder!!!  :o
 ;D Crows don’t migrate but Ravens do.   ;)

Ravens.  Thanks, Dot!  I always get the two mixed up.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 28, 2020, 01:00:12 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 29, 2020, 12:13:17 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on September 29, 2020, 02:01:04 PM
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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.

That must be nice.
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Post by: Ciardelo on September 29, 2020, 02:42:14 PM
...closeup pix of birds... riiiiight. ;)
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Post by: PolkaDot on September 29, 2020, 03:24:32 PM
Goodness! Was there a corpse and clues and whatnot??   ;)

oooohhhh! I hope so!!!
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Post by: PolkaDot on September 29, 2020, 03:27:46 PM
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.

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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Post by: PolkaDot on September 29, 2020, 03:28:25 PM
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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.
Nice!
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Post by: anniem on September 29, 2020, 05:41:14 PM
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!

That is a great story!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 03, 2020, 06:17:32 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on October 03, 2020, 06:19:18 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 03, 2020, 06:23:58 PM
Like!

Glad you liked it, Annie.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on October 03, 2020, 06:24:14 PM
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    A bird carving on one of the headstones.

Morg?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 03, 2020, 06:33:37 PM
Morg?

Very possibly, especially if Morg was a member of the Woodmen of the World fraternal organization.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 07, 2020, 01:44:04 PM
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The flower pot that keeps on giving.  This is the same pot that had the Rudbeckias growing in it last July. 
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Post by: TigerLily on October 07, 2020, 11:43:06 PM
This morning's guava harvest. The last two days it was a couple each morning. In a day or two it wil be a vegetable bag full. Then ...

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Post by: PolkaDot on October 09, 2020, 12:06:22 PM
Beware the sexy onions
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Post by: Spookcat on October 09, 2020, 01:05:03 PM
Has anyone tried this?

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Post by: JUAN on October 09, 2020, 01:18:50 PM
I’ve read a lot about it.  It has mixed reviews. 
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Post by: ShayP on October 09, 2020, 02:21:35 PM
Beware the sexy onions
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Please tell me this is a joke!  :-\
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 09, 2020, 04:56:25 PM
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Here are a couple of visitors to EllGab Garden Central.  From what I can ascertain through research, I believe they are pale goldfinches.  This is a very small bird, perhaps smaller than a typical sparrow.  It is migratory in nature but there is a pack of them that have lived here at the garden for a couple of months.  I took these pictures through my new spotting scope. 

 
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 09, 2020, 10:59:43 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 11, 2020, 12:14:49 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on October 11, 2020, 01:56:45 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 11, 2020, 02:30:03 PM
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.

Hummingbirds are so fun to watch!
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 13, 2020, 10:20:26 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 14, 2020, 01:41:01 AM
These are great!!

Thanks, Dot!  I'm very happy you liked them.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 17, 2020, 01:31:29 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on October 17, 2020, 01:59:03 PM
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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.

Like!
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Post by: Ciardelo on October 17, 2020, 02:29:57 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 17, 2020, 02:35:12 PM
I think it looks more like a moose @Rikki Gins

@Ciardelo  Ha, now that you mention it.  Yes!
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Post by: ShayP on October 17, 2020, 02:59:58 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 17, 2020, 03:25:37 PM
The cloud is great but I'm more impressed by the beautiful blue sky.

@ShayP  To be honest, nice blue skies are as rare as hen's teeth here at the garden.  Awhile back it was totally overcast, and yet there were some clouds that formed, and they appeared to glow.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 19, 2020, 03:07:40 PM
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I didn't get to take any pictures of county fair plants this year.  Here is one from a couple of years back, showing someone's ornamental pepper plants.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 23, 2020, 04:11:55 PM
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Another picture showing the smoke from the September wildfire.
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Post by: anniem on October 23, 2020, 05:49:03 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 23, 2020, 06:51:57 PM
That photo is really nice despite that smoke sucks.

Ha, yes the smoke sucked, though oddly enough, I didn't smell it until the next day.  Then it kind of hung around for several weeks after.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 24, 2020, 02:00:53 PM
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The leaves are turning red.
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Post by: anniem on October 24, 2020, 07:46:21 PM
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The leaves are turning red.

Blueberries?
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 24, 2020, 10:43:47 PM
Blueberries?
Virginia Creeper
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 24, 2020, 10:52:20 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 24, 2020, 10:55:17 PM
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!
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Post by: ShayP on October 25, 2020, 03:54:03 AM
Virginia Creeper

That was my nickname when I lived there.
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Post by: anniem on October 25, 2020, 07:25:41 AM
That was my nickname when I lived there.

LOL!!!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 27, 2020, 01:04:02 PM
If I walk about a mile away from the EllGab Garden West, I will arrive at a place that I call The Wasteland.  It is a big lot and, for the most part, it is a pretty desolate place. 

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There are some critters living there too.  Snakes? Gophers?

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Surprisingly, there are some wildflowers there also.  For instance I came across this colony of Queen Anne's Lace.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 29, 2020, 12:35:44 PM
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It's a beautiful day in Mr. EllGab Garden's neighborhood.
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Post by: anniem on October 29, 2020, 08:48:22 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 01, 2020, 01:00:48 PM
How do you do anything but stare at the stars.

My town has lots of streetlights so all I can see are the moon and the brighter stars and planets.  Still, I like to look up there whenever it isn't cloudy.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 01, 2020, 01:01:13 PM
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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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 01, 2020, 02:32:06 PM
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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.
Nice!!! I love that you can see his eyes!  :D
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Post by: JUAN on November 01, 2020, 02:34:34 PM
I picked three turnips, a bag of mustard greens, and some little salad peppers this morning.  I’m disappointed they haven’t cooked themselves yet.
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Post by: anniem on November 01, 2020, 03:56:35 PM
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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!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 03, 2020, 01:14:34 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on November 03, 2020, 07:10:20 PM
@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.

I put bugs outside when I can. I've got cats, sometimes they deal with bugs before I know a bug is about.
When I was in my early teens I was walking home from the library. It was just a half a block away. I was cutting through the grass when I felt a pain on my foot. I looked down and saw a spider, running in a circle on my foot stinging me! Awful!
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Post by: Ciardelo on November 03, 2020, 07:36:41 PM
I put creepy crawly bugs outside too!

Right after I smash them with Kleenex and put them in the trash.
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Post by: JUAN on November 04, 2020, 02:38:03 AM
I made a deal with the bugs.  If they stay outside I leave them alone.  If they come inside, they’re sprayed with soapy water.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 04, 2020, 11:55:29 AM
Some more plants from that wasteland area.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 05, 2020, 12:25:16 PM
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Here is an early day Sims picture showing my very first flower bed.  I remember planting lots of hedges around the place.  Shown are Tillie and Vincent.  They both had Criminal Mastermind jobs.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 08, 2020, 02:25:56 PM
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Some Fall color as seen with my camera.  There are red leaves here, but I can't see them all that much due to my color blindness. 

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But when I put my EnChroma glasses on, I can see all of the red leaves.  I put my glasses over the camera lens for this shot.  It probably looks overly red to people without color blindness, but for me it balances out the red color just right, while I am wearing the glasses.
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 08, 2020, 02:29:14 PM
Some more plants from that wasteland area.
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Nice! I really love the California Poppies. They're such happy flowers! And the Bachelor Buttons are nice too.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 08, 2020, 02:42:47 PM
Nice! I really love the California Poppies. They're such happy flowers! And the Bachelor Buttons are nice too.

I walked out to the wasteland just the other day and the entire place was mowed down to the ground.  No more plants, but there's always Spring to look forward to, as long as they don't start building houses on the lot.

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There are still some nice trees out there, though.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 09, 2020, 01:12:43 PM
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Had some pretty clouds over the garden yesterday but they didn't keep the first killer frost of the season from happening last night.
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Post by: Ciardelo on November 09, 2020, 02:54:33 PM
Was it MURDER FROST @Rikki Gins?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 10, 2020, 01:39:50 AM
Was it MURDER FROST @Rikki Gins?

@Ciardelo  Murder or killer.  Both will suffice.  lol
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 10, 2020, 01:42:50 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, November 10, 1920.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 10, 2020, 01:07:59 PM
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Some oak branches growing through a fence.
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 11, 2020, 08:50:28 AM
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Burpee 2021 Spring Catalog....
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Nice!  I received an actual catalogue in the mail from Gurney's.  The first one in I don't know how many years.  I think they sent it to me because I bought a golden fig tree from them earlier this year.  I get e-mail promos from them though, almost on a daily basis.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 12, 2020, 12:46:23 PM
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I took this picture many years ago at a combined garden - rock fair.  Except for the silver and glassware, everything else is made out of rock.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 13, 2020, 03:22:30 PM
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An especially tall evergreen tree out at the cemetery.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 16, 2020, 01:26:12 PM
Some final bits of color before last week's bitter frost.
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Post by: anniem on November 16, 2020, 02:13:29 PM
Some final bits of color before last week's bitter frost.
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I like the purple color.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 16, 2020, 03:19:56 PM
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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Post by: anniem on November 16, 2020, 08:19:13 PM
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

I've been warned that I could have flowers here, but the deer would eat them.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 19, 2020, 02:00:30 PM
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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.
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Post by: ShayP on November 19, 2020, 02:46:57 PM
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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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 19, 2020, 04:22:20 PM
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

Ha, @ShayP!  That is a totally unused microwave oven.  Once I get my fuse boxes replaced with circuit breakers I'll be able to use it on occasion.  I'll still be cooking with my electric range, though.  The food tastes better.
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 19, 2020, 09:49:40 PM
Some final bits of color before last week's bitter frost.
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@Rikki Gins is that a clematis?
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 19, 2020, 09:51:20 PM
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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on November 20, 2020, 03:41:09 AM
@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.
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Post by: GravitySucks on November 20, 2020, 08:55:49 PM
@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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Post by: anniem on November 20, 2020, 09:16:50 PM
@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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NICE!
Good for you, lovely photo
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 23, 2020, 12:20:42 PM
@Rikki Gins is that a clematis?

@PolkaDot  I'm not sure but I think it is too small to be a clematis.  The flowers aren't much bigger than a violet in size, plus the sprig was only about six or seven inches long.  It might come back next summer, at which time I'll observe it more thoroughly.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 23, 2020, 12:37:29 PM
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I noticed these plants while taking a walk.
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Post by: anniem on November 23, 2020, 08:46:08 PM
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I noticed these plants while taking a walk.

I like the first and last best.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 23, 2020, 09:11:01 PM
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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Post by: anniem on November 23, 2020, 09:14:29 PM
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.

Thanks!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 28, 2020, 05:31:19 PM
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I don't know.  There was just something about this cloud that I liked.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 29, 2020, 01:55:08 PM
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A nice, white barked aspen tree that I came across while conducting some business in an adjoining town.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 03, 2020, 12:10:52 PM
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I enjoyed a nice stroll through my favorite cemetery back on Thanksgiving Day.
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Post by: anniem on December 03, 2020, 04:08:19 PM
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I enjoyed a nice stroll through my favorite cemetery back on Thanksgiving Day.

I remember visiting my grandparents, they had a house a short walk from a very old cemetery. We enjoyed wandering around in there with them. I also remember walking into a cemetery in Penn, to find someone with my first name who was born on the same day as I...I've fared better.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 21, 2020, 04:42:45 PM
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Some burnt trees from last September's wildfire.
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Post by: anniem on December 21, 2020, 06:49:55 PM
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Some burnt trees from last September's wildfire.

Grey house ruined in the fire?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 21, 2020, 07:07:09 PM
Grey house ruined in the fire?

I think that house was boarded up before the fire.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 02, 2021, 02:22:16 PM
Some more damage from the September wildfire.  A barbershop that I never got around to having a haircut in.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 04, 2021, 02:19:23 PM
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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Here is a Google Earth Pro pic showing the tavern before the fire.  Also the barbershop to the left.





 
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Post by: Ciardelo on January 04, 2021, 03:25:16 PM
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.
...

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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 04, 2021, 05:11:34 PM
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?

Broasted chicken tastes great but the last time I had it was at another place and I was just a kid.  Needless to say I waited too long to have some more of it at that tavern.  That fire was weird because it kind of picked and chose which building to burn.  Most of the houses in the town were spared but I did come across one that was half burned.  The places I took pictures of were pretty much small potatoes when compared to some other structures that got burnt.  There was a big Harley Davidson dealership that got wiped out, plus a bank, an animal hospital, some large mobile home courts that were totally destroyed, plus many other buildings, mostly businesses.  It was a big, fast moving fire and it roared through several towns.  Everything's being cleaned up though, as I speak.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 07, 2021, 02:19:09 PM
Some more damage from the September wildfire.  A doughnut shop that I never got around to purchasing some doughnuts from.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 10, 2021, 02:27:39 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on January 10, 2021, 02:29:30 PM
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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 10, 2021, 02:35:13 PM
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.
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Post by: Ciardelo on January 10, 2021, 03:08:42 PM
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?
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Post by: GravitySucks on January 10, 2021, 05:31:28 PM
@juan I got a mini harvest of my pea eggplant. It got really stressed in the flood when it had blossoms so I wasn’t sure if it would produce. Made a batch of Panang curry. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures. The plant looks healthy right now so maybe I will get another crop this summer. Unless we get a hard freeze. Most of Texas is getting snow right now. It’s just raining and cold here. My basil never recovered. About time to start some new seeds. Somehow my cilantro must have seeded itself before the flood. Have several plants waiting to be cut.
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Post by: KSM on January 10, 2021, 06:04:29 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on January 10, 2021, 06:20:13 PM
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.
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Post by: KSM on January 10, 2021, 06:25:28 PM
@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!
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Post by: PolkaDot on January 10, 2021, 06:38:10 PM
I blame @KSM and @Ciardelo for this clickacy...
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Post by: KSM on January 10, 2021, 06:56:05 PM
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
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Post by: Ciardelo on January 10, 2021, 06:58:44 PM
I blame @KSM and @Ciardelo for this clickacy...

HAHAHA! It's true though. This isn't the movies where you talk your opponent to death. lol
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 11, 2021, 12:05:27 AM
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.
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Post by: JUAN on January 11, 2021, 02:35:53 AM
@GravitySucks - out of five seeds, two pea eggplant sprouted, but a very unusual freezing night killed them.  I’ll plant more in a few weeks.
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Post by: PolkaDot on January 11, 2021, 09:09:15 AM
You don't ruin the thread @KSM.  Always a pleasure having you here.
A pleasure?  ??? No reason to overstate the case @Rikki Gins .  ;)
Calm down @KSM - I'm mostly kidding.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 11, 2021, 01:13:39 PM
A pleasure?  ??? No reason to overstate the case @Rikki Gins .  ;)
Calm down @KSM - I'm mostly kidding.

I tend to use that word a lot, especially when meeting people for the first time.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 12, 2021, 01:59:50 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on January 12, 2021, 03:01:46 PM
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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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 12, 2021, 05:19:23 PM
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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Post by: anniem on January 12, 2021, 07:04:54 PM
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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 14, 2021, 02:08:11 PM
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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Post by: anniem on January 14, 2021, 02:23:31 PM
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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Sad. And it sure takes a long time to get things fixed, huh
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Post by: JUAN on January 14, 2021, 03:08:39 PM
The fire really hated Volkswagens.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 14, 2021, 03:21:54 PM
The fire really hated Volkswagens.

I believe you can see the back of one of them in the Google Earth picture above.
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Post by: PolkaDot on January 15, 2021, 10:46:20 AM
The fire really hated Volkswagens.
LOL I was thinking those people sure loved their classic VWs!
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Post by: ShayP on January 15, 2021, 03:35:47 PM
Why has The EllGab Garden turned into images of tragedy?  :'(
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 15, 2021, 04:09:28 PM
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.
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Post by: Ciardelo on January 15, 2021, 04:12:16 PM
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!

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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 15, 2021, 04:16:10 PM
Oh good! I'll alert @Exile immediately! Thanks!
Lol!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 16, 2021, 09:21:02 PM
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An early day Sims house.  As you can see I planted lots of palm trees.  It was a nice house and my Sims characters could wander through all the rooms, but after awhile it became corrupt and the game kept crashing.  I finally had to bulldoze the entire lot. 
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Post by: Exile on January 17, 2021, 07:54:14 AM
Oh good! I'll alert @Exile immediately! Thanks!

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Lol!

You people!!

 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 18, 2021, 02:20:56 PM
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Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on January 18, 2021, 02:34:13 PM
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Cloud picture of the day.

What is the building?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 18, 2021, 03:31:56 PM
What is the building?

That used to be my old high school but I think it's a middle school now.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 20, 2021, 12:44:09 PM
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 Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 21, 2021, 02:15:57 PM
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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. 
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Post by: anniem on January 21, 2021, 03:24:29 PM
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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?
 ;D
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 21, 2021, 04:49:41 PM
Pretty neat! Did she leap off the roof or was it the board?
 ;D
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 22, 2021, 03:32:01 PM
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EllGab Garden walk of the day.  Crossing a rain swollen river.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 23, 2021, 04:59:18 PM
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The Everyone In Town Got Wiped Out And I'm The Only One Left Alive picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on January 23, 2021, 06:17:10 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 23, 2021, 07:51:45 PM
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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Post by: anniem on January 23, 2021, 08:03:09 PM
That's good.  My vet is open half a day on Saturday.  Probably yours too, annie?  Did he give Boodie some pills?

A lady. We had cleanser wipes and an antibiotic spray for the site. Also a course of antibiotic pills. She healed fine.
We are not sure though about re-chipping her. Is she allergic to the coating on these things? We have no idea. They gave us the chip back, it was still working. I sewed it into her collar.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 26, 2021, 01:28:22 PM
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Rather stormy out during an EllGab Garden neighborhood walk, so I ducked into Monitor Headquarters West to escape some precipitation.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 28, 2021, 03:39:42 PM
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Clouds (and trees) picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on January 28, 2021, 04:20:04 PM
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Clouds (and trees) picture of the day.

Lovely
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Post by: GravitySucks on January 28, 2021, 09:33:19 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on January 28, 2021, 10:50:44 PM
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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 29, 2021, 02:01:15 AM
Beautiful. Giant bursts of energy?

I can almost smell the cedar.
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Post by: Ciardelo on January 29, 2021, 05:18:46 AM
Beautiful. Giant bursts of energy?

mmm bacon.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 29, 2021, 02:52:31 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on January 29, 2021, 04:59:59 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 30, 2021, 01:57:24 PM
Be careful!

Thanks Annie, I will. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 30, 2021, 01:59:47 PM
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Some geese-on-the-roof-of-a-building picture of the day.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ciardelo on January 31, 2021, 05:35:56 AM
*of-the-day. ;)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 31, 2021, 02:23:34 PM
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 Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on January 31, 2021, 03:47:35 PM
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 Cloud picture of the day.

Pretty! Like.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Ciardelo on January 31, 2021, 03:49:46 PM
THOSE DURN CLOUDS ARE TOO WISPY! WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE A PROPER CLOUD, SKY??

:shakes fist:
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 01, 2021, 02:00:50 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on February 01, 2021, 02:10:37 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on February 01, 2021, 03:36:12 PM
How suspicious!  We need to see.
I'm with Annie on this one.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on February 01, 2021, 04:15:42 PM
I'm with Annie on this one.

Yeah, we will NOT be tricked or fooled, I tell you.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 02, 2021, 01:14:40 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on February 02, 2021, 02:42:42 PM
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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.

Newts! New newts.  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 03, 2021, 02:03:46 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: Ciardelo on February 03, 2021, 02:05:49 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

This post rocks!

(that joke never gets old)

 ;D
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Post by: anniem on February 03, 2021, 02:47:58 PM
This post rocks!

(that joke never gets old)

 ;D

 ;D ;D
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 04, 2021, 01:54:41 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on February 04, 2021, 04:40:23 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

Like!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on February 05, 2021, 04:39:13 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 05, 2021, 05:47:34 PM
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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Grand!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on February 05, 2021, 07:13:36 PM
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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Like!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on February 06, 2021, 05:02:22 AM
Global warming, carbon, particulate, racist for good measure.
Well done.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 06, 2021, 02:57:44 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 06, 2021, 04:53:53 PM
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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Post by: anniem on February 06, 2021, 06:10:49 PM
My lemons 🍋 are almost ready!!! This is the plant @Rikki Gins inspired me to purchase as a house/deck plant this spring.  :)

First crop?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 06, 2021, 10:17:02 PM
My lemons 🍋 are almost ready!!! This is the plant @Rikki Gins inspired me to purchase as a house/deck plant this spring.  :)

Wow, Dot!  I was wondering how the tree was coming along.  Those lemons looks so nice and juicy.
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Post by: ShayP on February 07, 2021, 08:33:17 AM
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. 

I kid!  I kid!   ;)

Plus @PolkaDot  I never saw a lemon tree grow sideways before.   ??? ;D
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on February 07, 2021, 08:44:35 AM
@Rikki Gins does have a natural ability to inspire.  I'm starting to get sick of it. 

I kid!  I kid!   ;)

Plus @PolkaDot  I never saw a lemon tree grow sideways before.   ??? ;D
Feats of nature!  ;D
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on February 07, 2021, 08:45:58 AM
Wow, Dot!  I was wondering how the tree was coming along.  Those lemons looks so nice and juicy.

A took a couple off before they got too big - I was worried a little tree couldn’t support much more! I can’t wait to try them. :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on February 07, 2021, 08:46:42 AM
First crop?
It is!!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 07, 2021, 01:50:59 PM
@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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Post by: ShayP on February 07, 2021, 03:32:58 PM
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

Ha!  I do remember.  @Rikki Gins  I can't believe it's almost 2 years since that post.  :o  It really doesn't seem that long ago.  :-\  I did look into ladybugs in my locale at that time but none were available.  After my first try, I didn't inquire further.  I do like ladybugs though.  Come this Spring I'll give it a shot here.   ;)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 10, 2021, 01:46:52 PM
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 Raindrops on a Window picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on February 10, 2021, 02:15:26 PM
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 Raindrops on a Window picture of the day.

LIKE
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 11, 2021, 02:19:44 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 13, 2021, 02:01:16 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on February 13, 2021, 02:30:50 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

Is the car inside or is it a reflection?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 13, 2021, 03:12:34 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on February 13, 2021, 07:17:30 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 13, 2021, 07:40:19 PM
Wow, it didn't look like a kiddy car, it looked like a car! Nice photo.

Thanks, Annie!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 14, 2021, 01:35:23 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.  (No trees or plants but an interesting part of a truck.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 15, 2021, 03:45:33 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.  A scaffolding tunnel.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 16, 2021, 02:02:59 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 17, 2021, 01:50:46 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
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 EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.

PRETTY
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 19, 2021, 03:27:14 PM
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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. 
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Post by: anniem on February 19, 2021, 05:56:27 PM
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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?

 ;) ;)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 19, 2021, 10:14:42 PM
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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on February 19, 2021, 10:19:25 PM
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

Sure enough! Whoever they were, they hate windows.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 20, 2021, 01:36:07 PM
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Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on February 20, 2021, 03:15:43 PM
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Cloud picture of the day.

I like the light beams.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 22, 2021, 04:32:28 PM
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Ghost Ectoplasm picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on February 22, 2021, 05:00:59 PM
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Ghost Ectoplasm picture of the day.

SEEN ON YOUR WALK!?!?!?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 23, 2021, 07:11:19 PM
SEEN ON YOUR WALK!?!?!?

Sure, if I head in a north easterly direction.  That would take me to monitor headquarters, and those brick buildings with the boarded up windows.  I'm not supposed to take pictures inside the monitor building, but in this case I couldn't resist. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 24, 2021, 01:47:37 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on February 24, 2021, 09:12:14 PM
 :-[The first "limon" of the year fell off our tree today and it's a real peach.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 24, 2021, 11:36:59 PM
:-[The first "limon" of the year fell off our tree today and it's a real peach.

Oh fun, Kid.  That looks good!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on February 25, 2021, 09:28:16 AM
Oh fun, Kid.  That looks good!

They are.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on February 25, 2021, 01:48:54 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on February 25, 2021, 02:24:44 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

LIKE
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Post by: FISH on February 25, 2021, 05:10:27 PM
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Ghost Ectoplasm picture of the day.
Oh Boy!!!
Monitor 49 is close by...
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Post by: FISH on February 25, 2021, 05:13:19 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
Platanus × acerifolia
London Plane trees grow alongside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution in Washington Square, Philadelphia PA, USA. I took this photo of the tomb with its 2 London Plane trees watching over.

https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/places-washingtonsquare.htm
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 25, 2021, 07:29:47 PM
Very nice picture, @FISH.  Keep 'em coming!
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Post by: FISH on February 26, 2021, 08:08:48 AM
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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Post by: anniem on February 26, 2021, 12:36:00 PM
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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This is a wonderful picture.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 26, 2021, 12:58:32 PM
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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Like!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on February 27, 2021, 05:49:27 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on February 27, 2021, 09:15:43 PM
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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Kidnostad on February 27, 2021, 09:56:51 PM
Larry!

Nope, it's Cecil. Larry is a petunia. No points for you.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on February 27, 2021, 11:37:20 PM
Nope, it's Cecil. Larry is a petunia. No points for you.

Eh, maybe next time. :D
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on February 28, 2021, 06:55:54 AM
Nope, it's Cecil. Larry is a petunia. No points for you.

100 Points for @Kidnostad
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Post by: FISH on February 28, 2021, 06:57:55 AM
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what is the name of this tall tree?
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Post by: anniem on February 28, 2021, 08:44:40 AM
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what is the name of this tall tree?

Twiggy
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 28, 2021, 01:31:08 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 28, 2021, 06:27:27 PM
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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LOL. A cabbage? What did I miss? ::)
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Post by: FISH on March 01, 2021, 06:48:49 AM
Twiggy
@anniem  takes the cake and the 100 points.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on March 01, 2021, 07:01:42 AM
LOL. A cabbage? What did I miss? ::)

CliffsNotes for @PolkaDot
Winter Plants=flowering kale or flowering cabbage=a splash of color when you need it most.


https://backyardville.com/winter-plants/
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Post by: anniem on March 01, 2021, 11:14:06 AM
@anniem  takes the cake and the 100 points.

 ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 01, 2021, 01:02:57 PM
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A side view of my old Sims house, showing some palm trees on a warm summer night.
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Post by: anniem on March 01, 2021, 01:06:26 PM
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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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 01, 2021, 01:35:23 PM
Pretty!
Is there Sims pizza?

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: sean92008 on March 01, 2021, 01:56:03 PM
LOL. A cabbage? What did I miss? ::)

My first thought.

It looks much more edible than anything in my "field" of red cabbage.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on March 01, 2021, 03:03:32 PM
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.


That would work.  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on March 02, 2021, 08:32:58 AM
My first thought.

It looks much more edible than anything in my "field" of red cabbage.

@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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 02, 2021, 04:12:19 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 02, 2021, 07:07:40 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 02, 2021, 07:22:15 PM
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.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: sean92008 on March 02, 2021, 08:54:23 PM
@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.

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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on March 03, 2021, 04:35:00 AM
I think I see the Zombie coming between the two tall cedars in the left center.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on March 03, 2021, 03:30:13 PM
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.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25463726/john-hewson
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on March 03, 2021, 03:31:07 PM
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!

GO NORTH, young man.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on March 03, 2021, 03:34:31 PM
MY Walk picture of the day.
If you know his first name you will win 100 points.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 03, 2021, 05:33:26 PM
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Skull Shaped Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 03, 2021, 06:25:57 PM
MY Walk picture of the day.
If you know his first name you will win 100 points.

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Tortuga
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on March 03, 2021, 07:25:37 PM
Tortuga

Gesundheit.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on March 03, 2021, 07:54:09 PM
Gesundheit.

10Q
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on March 04, 2021, 02:06:49 PM
Tortuga
That’s his last name.  His first name is Dry.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 04, 2021, 02:49:08 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on March 04, 2021, 07:18:46 PM
Tortuga
Gesundheit.
That’s his last name.  His first name is Dry.
introducing- DRY TORTUGA GESUNDHEIT
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on March 04, 2021, 07:19:40 PM
Meet DRY TORTUGA GESUNDHEIT
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Delightful!
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Post by: FISH on March 04, 2021, 07:35:36 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
I am a David Lynch fan.
David and I love this photo.  ::)

Twin Peaks Season 3 Sycamore Trees teaser=

Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on March 04, 2021, 07:37:03 PM
@KSM
Why do photos of your garden?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 05, 2021, 02:12:09 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 05, 2021, 04:27:05 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

Like!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 06, 2021, 01:51:01 PM
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  EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 06, 2021, 01:58:55 PM
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  EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

You think someone is in there?
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Post by: FISH on March 07, 2021, 06:26:56 AM
You think someone is in there?
I say YES.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on March 07, 2021, 06:28:13 AM
Old building

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 07, 2021, 01:49:41 PM
Old building

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Along with what looks like an equally old freight elevator.  I love old brick buildings!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 07, 2021, 02:09:42 PM
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day. 
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Post by: anniem on March 07, 2021, 03:57:39 PM
Boodie's walk

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Post by: FISH on March 07, 2021, 05:45:07 PM
Boodie's walk

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Boodie is one lucky dog.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 08, 2021, 02:06:13 PM
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Another side view of my old Sims estate, showing some cactus plants off to the right.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 09, 2021, 12:46:50 PM
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A couple of Mardi Gras crocus, so named because they bloomed during Mardi Gras season. 
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Post by: anniem on March 09, 2021, 05:25:58 PM
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A couple of Mardi Gras crocus, so named because they bloomed during Mardi Gras season.

PRETTY
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Post by: FISH on March 10, 2021, 06:26:56 AM
A couple of Mardi Gras crocus, so named because they bloomed during Mardi Gras season.

So good to see these crocuses. They are the colors of Mardi Gras. Gold, green, and  purple.
Too early in the season for me to share photos of my city garden. 
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Post by: FISH on March 10, 2021, 06:40:39 AM
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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Post by: FISH on March 10, 2021, 06:42:41 AM
NYC!!!! ???

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Post by: anniem on March 10, 2021, 07:52:06 AM
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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Wonderful photo, @FISH
Are the neighbors nice?
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Post by: anniem on March 10, 2021, 07:54:07 AM
NYC!!!! ???

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None available, I cannot move to you.
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Post by: anniem on March 10, 2021, 08:01:26 AM
NYC!!!! ???

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I found some images of these homes on Remax. One would not be overwhelmed by space, that is for sure.  ;)
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Post by: FISH on March 10, 2021, 10:22:30 AM
Wonderful photo, @FISH
Are the neighbors nice?
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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Post by: KSM on March 10, 2021, 10:50:02 AM
@KSM
Why do photos of your garden?
@FISH

please clarify
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Post by: FISH on March 10, 2021, 11:40:05 AM
@FISH

please clarify
@KSM
SNOW or ICE PHOTOS.
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Post by: anniem on March 10, 2021, 02:30:56 PM
DO YOU LIKE MY SNEAKERS @anniem ?
For the most part my new neighbors are from NYC. Not very friendly-NYC attitude.

OH I had to look again, @FISH
They go quite nicely with the stones.
NYC attitude, too bad. Plus those homes are t i n y and don't appear to have much storage. Perhaps they are generally mad because of it.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 11, 2021, 03:31:57 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: GravitySucks on March 11, 2021, 03:57:52 PM
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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.

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Post by: anniem on March 11, 2021, 07:39:12 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.

Pretty
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 12, 2021, 01:11:40 PM
View of the clouds from about 11000’ at Belle’s Camp on the backside of Vail.

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Very nice, Gravity.  Did you sit in the chair?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 12, 2021, 01:15:00 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk - Moss on a Rock picture of the day.  Do you see the dragon?
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Post by: Kidnostad on March 12, 2021, 02:33:16 PM
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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?
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Post by: anniem on March 12, 2021, 02:46:45 PM
Great photo @GravitySucks
Vacation going nicely?
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Post by: anniem on March 12, 2021, 02:47:47 PM
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!!!!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 12, 2021, 03:46:34 PM
OR LNM being attacked by three UFOs!!!!

If so, then Nessie is going to gobble them up.
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Post by: FISH on March 12, 2021, 03:56:01 PM
View of the clouds from about 11000’ at Belle’s Camp on the backside of Vail.

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I love photos of snow and clouds
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Post by: FISH on March 12, 2021, 03:56:45 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk - Moss on a Rock picture of the day.  Do you see the dragon?

Is this for real?
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Post by: GravitySucks on March 12, 2021, 04:51:05 PM
Great photo @GravitySucks
Vacation going nicely?

Very much so.  A big snow storm is supposed to hit this weekend. Hopefully the really bad stuff will stick to the front range near Denver because we are driving to Crested Butte on Sunday. We may still get 10+ inches here starting tomorrow.
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Post by: GravitySucks on March 12, 2021, 04:52:24 PM
I love photos of snow and clouds

Here is one from today @FISH

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Post by: anniem on March 12, 2021, 08:22:42 PM
Here is one from today @FISH

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Wow, beautiful!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 13, 2021, 01:19:56 PM
Is this for real?

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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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Post by: FISH on March 13, 2021, 05:12:58 PM
Here is one from today @FISH

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@GravitySucks
mother nature is showing off.
more please and thank you.
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Post by: FISH on March 13, 2021, 05:14:45 PM
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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.
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Post by: Kidnostad on March 14, 2021, 03:02:14 PM
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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.

That's Nessie alright.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2021, 11:16:17 AM
Where are you Rikki?
How moss grows has always been a mystery to me.

@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.     
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Post by: anniem on March 15, 2021, 11:28:30 AM
We took a walk in the snow today.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2021, 11:30:18 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2021, 11:33:28 AM
We took a walk in the snow today.

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Fun!
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Post by: anniem on March 15, 2021, 11:39:46 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.

Pretty. Sort of looks like two levels of clouds.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2021, 11:43:01 AM
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.
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Post by: anniem on March 15, 2021, 11:52:05 AM
Right.  I especially wanted to capture that extra bright 'carnation' cloud, kind of in the middle there.

Yes!
You sent us cloud flowers.
 :)
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Post by: FISH on March 15, 2021, 12:14:16 PM
We took a walk in the snow today.

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so beautiful. looks like a dream to me.
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Post by: FISH on March 15, 2021, 12:19:15 PM
@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.
Not sure if I could grow moss in my yard.

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-grow-moss/
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Post by: FISH on March 15, 2021, 12:29:28 PM
Right.  I especially wanted to capture that extra bright 'carnation' cloud, kind of in the middle there.

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.”
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2021, 03:18:28 PM
Yes!
You sent us cloud flowers.
 :)

Ha.  I'm glad you liked the flowers, Annie!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2021, 03:22:17 PM
I like moss.
Not sure if I could grow moss in my yard.

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-grow-moss/

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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2021, 03:26:21 PM
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.”

Speaking of eyes in clouds, I thought there was a face in this cloud picture that I posted last week.
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With apologies to Bob Ross!
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Post by: anniem on March 15, 2021, 08:01:10 PM
Speaking of eyes in clouds, I thought there was a face in this cloud picture that I posted last week.
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Really like!
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Post by: FISH on March 16, 2021, 09:28:07 AM
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.

I live in an old house. As my neighbors would improve their homes with the latest trends, not me. I restored the old wood, the bricks and the old wet walls.
I was a fan of : This Old House, Bob Vila’s Home Again, Bob Vila, and Restore America with Bob Vila.
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Post by: FISH on March 16, 2021, 09:29:15 AM
Really like!
HA! me too!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 16, 2021, 01:09:44 PM
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Some more visitors looking down at EllGab Garden West.
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Post by: PolkaDot on March 16, 2021, 02:39:13 PM
We took a walk in the snow today.

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nice!!!  ;D
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Post by: PolkaDot on March 16, 2021, 02:41:00 PM
View of the clouds from about 11000’ at Belle’s Camp on the backside of Vail.

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When I drove through Copper and Vail last week I waved to you @GravitySucks .  :)
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Post by: whoozit on March 16, 2021, 03:24:46 PM
A few weeks ago a few days after an ice storm.
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Post by: anniem on March 16, 2021, 03:56:57 PM
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Some more visitors looking down at EllGab Garden West.

That is plane to see!
 ;D
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Post by: anniem on March 16, 2021, 03:57:47 PM
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.
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Post by: whoozit on March 16, 2021, 03:58:33 PM
Did you walk up this hill? What a view! The ice is pretty.
Yes I climbed the mountain.
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Post by: FISH on March 16, 2021, 04:06:08 PM
A few weeks ago a few days after an ice storm.
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LIKE
are you a bird?
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Post by: anniem on March 16, 2021, 04:19:21 PM
Yes I climbed the mountain.

Is it steep?
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Post by: whoozit on March 16, 2021, 04:21:41 PM
Is it steep?
Yes, 1500 feet of climbing in 1.5 miles.
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Post by: anniem on March 16, 2021, 04:25:10 PM
Yes, 1500 feet of climbing in 1.5 miles.

Wow! Keeps you fit. Good for you.
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Post by: GravitySucks on March 16, 2021, 04:28:33 PM
When I drove through Copper and Vail last week I waved to you @GravitySucks .  :)

I saw ya @PolkaDot !  Skiing Crested Butte this week.
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Post by: PolkaDot on March 16, 2021, 04:34:45 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 17, 2021, 05:29:11 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 17, 2021, 07:30:48 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 18, 2021, 01:24:41 PM
What looks better to you, the picture or the real thing?

Probably the real thing because the picture doesn't convey the real size of those fruit crates.  They were stored on a small bluff and blackberry plants took them over.  They are big enough to where a normal sized person would have a difficult time climbing into them.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 18, 2021, 01:26:16 PM
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 18, 2021, 01:38:08 PM
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.

I like!!!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 18, 2021, 02:54:03 PM
I like!!!

Good!  I can see a half cat/half insect head looking down from the upper left hand corner.
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Post by: anniem on March 18, 2021, 05:49:51 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 19, 2021, 05:14:04 PM
I wasn't fast enough to get a photo, but I saw a rainbow on the ground today.

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Not to worry, Annie.  Come summer you can make your own rainbows.  Here's one from 2017.
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Post by: FISH on March 19, 2021, 05:18:53 PM
I wasn't fast enough to get a photo, but I saw a rainbow on the ground today.
@anniem in the snow?
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Post by: anniem on March 19, 2021, 05:51:43 PM
@anniem in the snow?

It was above the snow along some hills. It was misty or something, I think we get clouds down low and it was in them sorta.
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Post by: anniem on March 19, 2021, 05:54:13 PM
Now

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Post by: FISH on March 19, 2021, 06:46:54 PM
Now

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@anniem
are you east or west of the Rockies?
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Post by: anniem on March 19, 2021, 07:03:45 PM
@anniem
are you east or west of the Rockies?

West. That's Mt Shasta.
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Post by: FISH on March 20, 2021, 05:50:18 AM
West. That's Mt Shasta.
@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."
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Post by: Bart Ell on March 20, 2021, 05:58:10 AM
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Not to worry, Annie.  Come summer you can make your own rainbows.  Here's one from 2017.

I drove through a rainbow yesterday.
Now that everyone is jealous I can carry on with my day.
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Post by: anniem on March 20, 2021, 06:20:08 AM
@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."

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.
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Post by: anniem on March 20, 2021, 06:21:29 AM
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.
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Post by: Bart Ell on March 20, 2021, 06:31:04 AM
There should have been a pot of gold.

I did not drive to the end of a rainbow.
Get your shit in order!
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Post by: anniem on March 20, 2021, 07:01:09 AM
I did not drive to the end of a rainbow.
Get your shit in order!

I won't!
I WILL NOT!
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Post by: FISH on March 20, 2021, 07:21:35 AM
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.

ART BELL left you a message in the other thread.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 20, 2021, 01:55:36 PM
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)
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Post by: anniem on March 20, 2021, 02:58:54 PM
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)

Maybe pink or purple!!   ;)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 20, 2021, 03:20:49 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on March 20, 2021, 03:47:14 PM
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.

Lemurians!
https://activenorcal.com/lemurians-emerge-from-mt-shasta-publicly-lambasted-for-not-sheltering-in-place/
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Post by: FISH on March 20, 2021, 04:04:06 PM
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)

I believe I have seen the the fernleaf yarrow growing wild along a highway. You had great blooms last summer. With some kindness from mother nature 2021 will be even better.
Is there an EllGab Garden East?
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Post by: FISH on March 20, 2021, 04:21:50 PM
Lemurians!
https://activenorcal.com/lemurians-emerge-from-mt-shasta-publicly-lambasted-for-not-sheltering-in-place/

@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/
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 20, 2021, 05:35:39 PM
Is there an EllGab Garden East?

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.
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Post by: anniem on March 20, 2021, 08:15:56 PM
@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/

Excellent article! Thank you miss @FISH How long ago was your trip to Ireland?
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Post by: anniem on March 20, 2021, 08:18:13 PM
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!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 20, 2021, 10:05:04 PM
But I have no garden!

The mountain, the trees, the wild plants and animals are your garden, Annie. 
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Post by: anniem on March 20, 2021, 10:20:07 PM
The mountain, the trees, the wild plants and animals are your garden, Annie.

OH yes, I have that in a great way. Ok!
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Post by: FISH on March 22, 2021, 05:59:30 AM
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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Post by: FISH on March 22, 2021, 06:27:09 AM
OH yes, I have that in a great way. Ok!
Do you have anything bad or ugly in your garden?  ::)
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Post by: anniem on March 22, 2021, 09:47:05 AM
My own deck qualifies at the moment. The rails have had a hard winter, the previous owners apparently threw a coat of paint on them to get the house sold. Much has chipped off. We have had the delightful guys who altered our downstairs bathroom come out and take a look, they will give us an estimate soon to get it all fixed and pretty again.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 23, 2021, 12:48:44 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 23, 2021, 01:07:31 PM
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EllGab Garden clouds and jet trails picture of the day.
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Post by: FISH on March 23, 2021, 05:55:54 PM
@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.
The owner and @Rikki Gins share some common habits. Harry is a junker. He hauls junk in his van. If I need to trash something with a motor, I give to Harry. Harry complained to me about how the price of used beer cans had dropped since the virus. The market is flowed with empty beer cans, due to all at home drinking.
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Post by: FISH on March 23, 2021, 05:57:41 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 23, 2021, 06:16:43 PM
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I saw one jet trail around 6:oo PM. I wonder if it was one of your jets.

Could very well be, but only if the pilot quite flying due south and turned due east.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 23, 2021, 11:36:30 PM
Oooops, make that quit flying.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 24, 2021, 02:32:41 PM
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  EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: PolkaDot on March 25, 2021, 01:23:23 PM
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  EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

LOVE!!!!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 25, 2021, 03:51:38 PM
LOVE!!!!

Oh I'm so glad, Dot!  I love horses too, though I've never owned one.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 25, 2021, 04:23:31 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 26, 2021, 02:53:23 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

Pretty!
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Post by: FISH on March 26, 2021, 06:46:00 PM
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 EllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.

The the the angle of elevation is tricking my eyes.
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Post by: FISH on March 26, 2021, 06:47:29 PM
ELLGAB WALK EAST

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Post by: anniem on March 26, 2021, 07:00:51 PM
ELLGAB WALK EAST

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Delightful!
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Post by: FISH on March 29, 2021, 05:08:30 PM
ELLGAB WALK EAST

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An angle of elevation.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 29, 2021, 05:08:52 PM
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  EllGab Garden picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 29, 2021, 09:00:32 PM
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  EllGab Garden picture of the day.

WOW RIKKI!

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 31, 2021, 02:44:24 PM
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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 31, 2021, 02:46:48 PM
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  EllGab Garden Walk cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on March 31, 2021, 06:21:20 PM
@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?

How about that!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 01, 2021, 11:56:37 AM
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I came across this patch of wildflowers while walking around the EllGab Garden West neighborhood.

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Dandelions of course, but I'm not sure what the tiny blue flowers are.  Possibly a wild type of Forget Me Not or Phlox?
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Post by: sean92008 on April 01, 2021, 01:25:48 PM
I'm growing a ton of cabbage.

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.

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Post by: FISH on April 02, 2021, 05:05:32 AM
@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?

Glinda's home? Now I understand why a huge bubble visited your photo.
Thanks @anniem for pulling it together.
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Post by: FISH on April 02, 2021, 05:07:39 AM
I'm growing a ton of cabbage.

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.
@sean92008  is this an APRIL FOOL'S DAY comment?
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Post by: JUAN on April 02, 2021, 09:00:13 AM
I just planted some toomerick in the Ellgab Garden Southeast.  And some of @GravitySucks pea eggplant.
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Post by: GravitySucks on April 02, 2021, 09:50:49 AM
I just planted some toomerick in the Ellgab Garden Southeast.  And some of @GravitySucks pea eggplant.

@juan
I’m sad. I can’t find the seeds I bought. Need to look again. I did get some Thai basil and regular basil planted the other day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2021, 12:45:14 PM
I just planted some toomerick in the Ellgab Garden Southeast.  And some of @GravitySucks pea eggplant.

Growing more peppers this year, @juan?
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Post by: JUAN on April 02, 2021, 01:01:22 PM
I hope so. It’s still cold here.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2021, 02:55:07 PM
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  EllGab West cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: FISH on April 02, 2021, 05:42:37 PM
I just planted some toomerick in the Ellgab Garden Southeast.  And some of @GravitySucks pea eggplant.
I just looked up ---

https://www.thespruce.com/turmeric-plant-profile-4779812
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Post by: FISH on April 02, 2021, 05:45:25 PM
ELLGAB WALK EAST
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2021, 10:59:56 PM
ELLGAB WALK EAST
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FISH, I noticed a face in your clouds, so I outlined it.
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Post by: FISH on April 03, 2021, 04:54:55 AM
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FISH, I noticed a face in your clouds, so I outlined it.

Yep, a face. These clouds were putting on a good show.
April weather in Philly remains very windy with cold nights. Tonight's will be 29 degrees.
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Post by: StarrMountain on April 03, 2021, 07:39:00 AM
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


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Post by: FISH on April 03, 2021, 07:48:53 AM
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 .
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Post by: StarrMountain on April 03, 2021, 07:52:12 AM
Don't give me that bull, @StarrMountain .
LOL! ;D  +1 ;)
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Post by: GravitySucks on April 03, 2021, 08:38:21 AM
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 @StarrMountain
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Post by: StarrMountain on April 03, 2021, 09:22:41 AM
They almost got it right @StarrMountain
I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused, probably cuz I'm old.  But, who is "they" and what did they "almost get right?"
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Post by: sean92008 on April 03, 2021, 01:18:30 PM
@sean92008  is this an APRIL FOOL'S DAY comment?
@FISH

Nope. 

It really smells bad.
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Post by: GravitySucks on April 04, 2021, 12:33:59 PM
This is pretty cool

https://twitter.com/brink_thinker/status/1378491616848138246
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 04, 2021, 01:10:35 PM
That is fan-damn-tastic!
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Post by: anniem on April 04, 2021, 04:03:26 PM
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Ellgab walk NW
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 04, 2021, 05:46:11 PM
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Ellgab walk NW

Ohhh...way pretty, Annie!
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Post by: anniem on April 04, 2021, 06:39:28 PM
Ohhh...way pretty, Annie!

That is Mt Eddy. They call those the Eddys. I wonder who Eddy is   :)
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Post by: FISH on April 05, 2021, 06:23:54 AM
That is fan-damn-tastic!
Yes! "It’s unreal" Yet the artist is...
"Hi, I am Howard Lee."


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Post by: FISH on April 05, 2021, 06:40:48 AM
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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?
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Post by: GravitySucks on April 05, 2021, 09:40:25 AM
Easter wildflowers in north central Texas. I didn’t have any of my bluebonnets come back up this year.

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Post by: GravitySucks on April 05, 2021, 09:48:27 AM
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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Post by: anniem on April 05, 2021, 09:52:13 AM
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?

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.
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Post by: anniem on April 05, 2021, 09:53:39 AM
Easter wildflowers in north central Texas. I didn’t have any of my bluebonnets come back up this year.

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Delightful!
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Post by: anniem on April 05, 2021, 09:54:13 AM
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.

I love basil
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 05, 2021, 03:56:03 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on April 05, 2021, 04:22:01 PM
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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.

That sounds fun!
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 05, 2021, 06:52:52 PM
This is pretty cool

https://twitter.com/brink_thinker/status/1378491616848138246

Ohh-that is fun!
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 05, 2021, 06:55:02 PM
Easter wildflowers in north central Texas. I didn’t have any of my bluebonnets come back up this year.


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Love Castilleja!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 05, 2021, 08:54:05 PM
That sounds fun!

Sherlock Holmes - The Awakened.  It is a very fun computer game, Annie.  It starts off at 221 B Baker Street and the London docks.  From there to a mental institute in Switzerland, then to New Orleans and finally, to Ardnamurchan Lighthouse in Scotland.  I have a couple other Holmes games but Awakened is the most fun to play.
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Post by: FISH on April 06, 2021, 10:30:50 AM
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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Post by: anniem on April 06, 2021, 12:21:17 PM
Wow!

We walk the dog everyday, but if we didn't we wouldn't bother getting mail daily because we don't get much.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 06, 2021, 01:54:53 PM
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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Post by: anniem on April 06, 2021, 04:06:56 PM
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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I do!
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Post by: FISH on April 06, 2021, 04:20:17 PM
Love Castilleja!
I like @GravitySucks garden. I wish I knew the names of his neighbors.
Thanks Dot = Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire.
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Post by: Bart Ell on April 06, 2021, 04:45:38 PM
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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No but I can see the cat I ran over earlier.
TWICE.
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Post by: Mr Apnea on April 06, 2021, 05:33:18 PM
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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Why is he smiling?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 10, 2021, 01:48:25 PM
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ElllGab Garden Walk picture of the day.  (Chutulu was here.) 
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 11, 2021, 12:08:59 PM
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
Can you see Chutulu in the cloud?
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I do...but now I kinda wish I hadn't!  :o
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 11, 2021, 12:53:21 PM
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My Dot (@PolkaDot) Plum Tree was recently covered in blossoms.

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Post by: anniem on April 11, 2021, 01:27:08 PM
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My Dot (@PolkaDot) Plum Tree was recently covered in blossoms.

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Pretty!
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Post by: FISH on April 11, 2021, 05:14:06 PM
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My Dot (@PolkaDot) Plum Tree was recently covered in blossoms.

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Well, hello DOT ( @PolkaDot ).

Cherry Blossom Viewing, in Philly occurred this weekend. As per tradition, you sit under a blossom tree, understanding that beauty and life comes and goes.
In Philadelphia PA, USA we have the  Shofuso Japanese House and Garden.
https://japanphilly.org/programs/festivals/virtual-ohanami-cherry-blossom-viewing/

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this is one of my photos.
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 11, 2021, 06:12:08 PM
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My Dot (@PolkaDot) Plum Tree was recently covered in blossoms.

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Lovely!
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Post by: anniem on April 11, 2021, 06:38:46 PM

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this is one of my photos.

Beautiful
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Post by: FISH on April 12, 2021, 07:48:21 AM
ELLGAB WALK EAST in my back yard. I'm growing Limerickâ„¢ Leonore Trifolium in containers in my back yard.


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Post by: PolkaDot on April 12, 2021, 12:52:26 PM
ELLGAB WALK EAST in my back yard. I'm growing Limerickâ„¢ Leonore Trifolium in containers in my back yard.


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I like it!
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Post by: anniem on April 12, 2021, 03:21:13 PM
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Company on the Ellgab walk NW today
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 12, 2021, 03:47:34 PM
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Company on the Ellgab walk NW today

A deer friend.  I do believe that you are in Morel mushroom country, Annie.  Come October...Yum!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 12, 2021, 04:03:42 PM
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: GravitySucks on April 12, 2021, 06:16:17 PM
ELLGAB WALK EAST in my back yard. I'm growing Limerickâ„¢ Leonore Trifolium in containers in my back yard.


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Those are beautiful @FISH
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Post by: anniem on April 12, 2021, 07:04:52 PM
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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Post by: FISH on April 13, 2021, 06:38:14 AM
Oh no, these are the non-tasty ones. Can't eat these.

 ;D

@anniem   would you eat your deer friend?
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Post by: FISH on April 13, 2021, 06:41:33 AM
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EllGab Garden West cloud picture of the day.

Looks like it is going to rain.
In Philly, it has been raining for days. I took some photos of my flowers in their containers with rain drops on their faces.
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Post by: anniem on April 13, 2021, 07:06:08 AM
@anniem   would you eat your deer friend?

No, I would not.
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Post by: FISH on April 13, 2021, 07:13:17 AM
Thanks for your compliment @PolkaDot & @GravitySucks regarding the Limerick Leonore.
May these clovers will bring us some luck.
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Post by: FISH on April 13, 2021, 07:13:36 AM
No, I would not.
HA!
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Post by: FISH on April 13, 2021, 07:17:27 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 13, 2021, 12:19:29 PM
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

Very nice, FISH!  I always thought that pansies were an annual but they return here on the west coast pretty regularly after harsh winters, so I guess they are more perennial in nature.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 13, 2021, 01:25:16 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on April 13, 2021, 07:17:06 PM
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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.

Fun!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on April 14, 2021, 09:54:40 AM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 14, 2021, 10:20:18 AM
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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It makes a very pretty photo.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 14, 2021, 02:42:05 PM
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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.
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)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 14, 2021, 02:47:57 PM
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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Way to get into the spirit Bart! She's a very happy looking.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 14, 2021, 10:09:00 PM
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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On the Ellgab walk today, we saw the friendly kitty who recently had babies.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 15, 2021, 01:31:12 PM
The gang stopped by at the Ellgab garden NW today
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Pretty picture, Annie.  I see you have a nice fire break area around your house.  Good for you.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 15, 2021, 01:43:26 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on April 15, 2021, 03:03:47 PM
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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.

It does look like knotty pine. Nice!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 15, 2021, 05:05:42 PM
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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 Knotty pine, a gang of dears  ;) ,  kittens, greengage?, Bart’s tree and a plum tree. I like it all!!!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 15, 2021, 05:30:07 PM
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)

@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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 15, 2021, 05:32:57 PM
Knotty pine, a gang of dears  ;) ,  kittens, greengage?, Bart’s tree and a plum tree. I like it all!!!

Great, FISH.  That's what this thread is for...things to like!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 16, 2021, 03:06:58 PM
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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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Post by: PolkaDot on April 16, 2021, 03:15:54 PM
@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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Post by: anniem on April 16, 2021, 08:10:26 PM
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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.

Purple!   :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 17, 2021, 11:35:25 AM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on April 17, 2021, 12:45:50 PM
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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!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 17, 2021, 01:42:52 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 17, 2021, 02:54:59 PM
I don't hide from such craft.  You forget, I am Monitor 49.

I did forget. Ok, all is well.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 17, 2021, 05:51:12 PM
I did forget. Ok, all is well.

Lol, Annie.  You are such a good sport and I so enjoy your comments.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 17, 2021, 06:29:42 PM
Lol, Annie.  You are such a good sport and I so enjoy your comments.

Thank you kind sir
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 18, 2021, 06:52:08 AM
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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.

Nine beautiful tulips.  Grape hyacinths? Are they fragrant?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 18, 2021, 06:59:43 AM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: whoozit on April 18, 2021, 07:34:11 AM
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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 18, 2021, 08:58:50 AM
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Like!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 18, 2021, 11:02:58 AM
Like!

Me too.  I like to see examples of Nature's ability to survive under harsh conditions.  I bet FISH will like that moss.
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Post by: whoozit on April 18, 2021, 11:25:59 AM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 18, 2021, 12:03:37 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  Every year I walk by this giant Forsythia plant.  It is quite a sight when in full bloom.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on April 18, 2021, 06:44:04 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 18, 2021, 06:46:17 PM
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.

Ah, those are those little yellow flowers.
 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 19, 2021, 01:32:28 PM
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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I think you've got some primulas there, Gravity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primula
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 19, 2021, 01:45:10 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  Another house possibly up for sale, though there was no sign out front.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on April 19, 2021, 07:01:58 PM
I thought this prickly pear looked interesting
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 20, 2021, 06:16:45 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  Another house possibly up for sale, though there was no sign out front.

The EllGab Garden is not only educational but also FUN.
@whoozit 's PURPLE flower & MOSS.
RIKKI’S giant Forsythia plant.
@GravitySucks 's primulas & prickly pear.

I dislike wall to wall carpeting. Nice flooring.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 20, 2021, 06:19:52 AM
EllGab Garden NE.
Not a walk but a sit down.
I wonder what is our Creator's favorite color?

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on April 20, 2021, 08:47:25 AM
EllGab Garden NE.
Not a walk but a sit down.
I wonder what is our Creator's favorite color?

I spent too much time in North Carolina fans - you can tell God is a Carolina fan because he made the sky Carolina blue.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on April 20, 2021, 08:59:51 AM
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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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.  :'( 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on April 20, 2021, 09:01:20 AM
I spent too much time in North Carolina fans - you can tell God is a Carolina fan because he made the sky Carolina blue.

Had a co-worker many years ago, whose wife rolled her car in an accident and ended upside down in a ditch over in Chapel Hill.  First guy down was Dean Smith.
She was like "I thought I died and went to Blue Heaven!"
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 20, 2021, 10:31:58 AM
EllGab Garden NE.
Not a walk but a sit down.
I wonder what is our Creator's favorite color?

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Excellent picture
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 20, 2021, 12:37:07 PM
EllGab Garden NE.
Not a walk but a sit down.
I wonder what is our Creator's favorite color?

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Beautiful, FISH.  Did you notice that you were being observed from above?

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 20, 2021, 02:06:03 PM
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."

"Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius."
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 20, 2021, 02:22:13 PM
Beautiful, FISH.  Did you notice that you were being observed from above?

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Is Monitor 49 in that plane?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 20, 2021, 02:26:48 PM
Is Monitor 49 in that plane?

Lol!  No, but possibly a monitor overlord, as I call them.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on April 20, 2021, 02:59:20 PM
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Love this.  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 20, 2021, 05:10:11 PM
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EllGab Pacific Northwest cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: FISH on April 21, 2021, 06:10:55 AM
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EllGab Pacific Northwest cloud picture of the day.
I like this white cloud. Is that Casper the Friendly Ghost?
Spring. Moving clouds, rain and things are growing. As I work on my humble garden, I stream the mighty KONR. So good to hear Art Bell's voice from time to time.
@juan , I think BLUE, white and green are at the top of the list of favorite colors.
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Post by: anniem on April 21, 2021, 06:52:21 AM
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EllGab Pacific Northwest cloud picture of the day.

That cloud is waving at you.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 21, 2021, 11:41:53 AM
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I kind of see a whale swimming along and swooping up krill with its open mouth.
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Post by: anniem on April 21, 2021, 11:51:32 AM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 21, 2021, 11:59:19 AM
Jaw of the whale was what I thought was the arm waving.

I can see your waving cloud, too.  Love it, Annie!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on April 21, 2021, 03:55:07 PM
Jaw of the whale was what I thought was the arm waving.

Whales don’t have arms
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 21, 2021, 04:00:55 PM
Whales don’t have arms

Ghosts don't have flippers.
I don't think so, anyway
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 21, 2021, 04:01:49 PM
From the deck over NW Ellgab Garden....ten friends!

(no I will not kill and eat them)

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 22, 2021, 12:45:20 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Graham Guardian, April 22, 1921.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 22, 2021, 05:30:27 AM
From the deck over NW Ellgab Garden....ten friends!

(no I will not kill and eat them)

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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 22, 2021, 05:34:11 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Graham Guardian, April 22, 1921.

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Mother Nature was so moody yesterday in the NE. High winds, lightning, thunder, rain and sunny at times.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 22, 2021, 08:16:59 AM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 22, 2021, 03:09:10 PM
Is deer friend on the wall gazing down at you?

maybe  ::)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 22, 2021, 03:17:15 PM
EllGab walk NE.
Another day of high winds. I had to adjust my sails plans.

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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 22, 2021, 07:16:27 PM
EllGab walk NE.
Another day of high winds. I had to adjust my sails plans.

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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward

Now Annie has me seeing two clouds shaking hands down below.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 22, 2021, 07:20:20 PM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 23, 2021, 05:42:40 AM
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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.

rejuvenation  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 23, 2021, 05:44:42 AM
Is deer friend on the wall gazing down at you?
@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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 23, 2021, 11:42:05 AM
@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.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 23, 2021, 12:28:43 PM
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Some visitors looking down at my EllGab garden.  Only I can't tell if they are coming or going.
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Post by: anniem on April 23, 2021, 01:59:47 PM
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Some visitors looking down at my EllGab garden.  Only I can't tell if they are coming or going.

It moves!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 23, 2021, 04:43:02 PM
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.

Yep! Nick's garage was full of "Lions, Tigers, and Bears. Oh My!."
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Post by: FISH on April 23, 2021, 04:43:54 PM
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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.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on April 23, 2021, 04:56:21 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on April 23, 2021, 06:16:37 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on April 24, 2021, 01:16:00 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 24, 2021, 01:31:06 PM
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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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Post by: whoozit on April 24, 2021, 02:08:22 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 25, 2021, 01:24:13 PM
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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.
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Post by: FISH on April 25, 2021, 01:49:24 PM
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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.

"Please Don't Eat the Daisies"

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From Wikipedia,
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 25, 2021, 01:51:17 PM
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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.

Don't give up Star Magnolia.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on April 25, 2021, 04:30:21 PM
EllGab Garden NW HAIL

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 25, 2021, 05:58:16 PM
EllGab Garden NW HAIL

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Oh Boy!
look at that hail.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on April 26, 2021, 06:05:45 AM
EllGab Garden NE
I have a few ‘tray planting’ trees in my home. I have one adult tree. She donated several limbs for the next generation. I hope she survives.
My adult Bonsai is “Portulacaria afra.”  She grows in a real McCoy pottery tray.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on April 26, 2021, 09:11:06 AM
Is that an Amos, Luke, or Kate McCoy?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 26, 2021, 12:21:51 PM
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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.
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Post by: FISH on April 26, 2021, 02:02:59 PM
Is that an Amos, Luke, or Kate McCoy?

Ha!

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Post by: FISH on April 26, 2021, 02:03:49 PM
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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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 26, 2021, 02:22:28 PM
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 picture of some other people in the building.





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Post by: FISH on April 26, 2021, 02:24:06 PM
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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 26, 2021, 02:46:49 PM
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.
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Post by: FISH on April 26, 2021, 05:46:16 PM
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. ::)
However, I have taken vintage cobblestones from the street. In Philly, if the city is going to repave the street, they often dig up the old. If I see some very very old cobblestones just laying there, I have taken a few for my garden.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 27, 2021, 02:08:11 PM
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EllGab Garden Clouds
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Post by: FISH on April 27, 2021, 03:28:56 PM
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EllGab Garden Clouds

Puffy clouds are fun.

No one took a photo of the Super Pink Moon of 2021?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 27, 2021, 04:46:12 PM
Puffy clouds are fun.

No one took a photo of the Super Pink Moon of 2021?

I guess not.  I put a full moon in the postcard thread though.  In celebration of the Full Pink Moon.
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Post by: anniem on April 27, 2021, 06:46:27 PM
The mountain got snow when we got hail.  :)

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Post by: FISH on April 28, 2021, 06:03:17 AM
The mountain got snow when we got hail.  :)

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beautiful.
does the tops of your mountains have names?
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Post by: anniem on April 28, 2021, 09:15:05 AM
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!
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Post by: GravitySucks on April 28, 2021, 10:08:56 AM
Shasta is the tall one, the shorter flatter one is Shastina.

Hm, I should give them better names. Hm!

Bob and Ted are taken.
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Post by: anniem on April 28, 2021, 12:18:53 PM
Bob and Ted are taken.

Yeah, maybe I could just swipe a couple from @Rikki Gins guess the name list.
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Post by: FISH on April 28, 2021, 12:36:55 PM
Bob and Ted are taken.
HA!
I knew a woman who named her twin daughters "Unique" and "Unique." I am not kidding.
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Post by: anniem on April 28, 2021, 02:34:43 PM
HA!
I knew a woman who named her twin daughters "Unique" and "Unique." I am not kidding.

LOL!!!
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Post by: JUAN on April 28, 2021, 02:52:07 PM
Sweet potatoes planted today.  Porto Rico.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 28, 2021, 04:05:46 PM
Yeah, maybe I could just swipe a couple from @Rikki Gins guess the name list.

Take any of them that you would like, Annie.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 28, 2021, 04:06:14 PM
Sweet potatoes planted today.  Porto Rico.

Nice, juan!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 28, 2021, 04:07:42 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  A big rock with a streak of quartz in it.
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Post by: anniem on April 28, 2021, 04:12:25 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  A big rock with a streak of quartz in it.

I like that!
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Post by: anniem on April 29, 2021, 01:33:34 PM
No one took a photo of the Super Pink Moon of 2021?

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Post by: FISH on April 29, 2021, 02:01:11 PM
Sweet potatoes planted today.  Porto Rico.

Are they easy to grow?
I have a few Porto Rico Sweet Potatoes in my cupboard.
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Post by: FISH on April 29, 2021, 02:04:24 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  A big rock with a streak of quartz in it.
a nice streak of quartz. what is that wide white streak? near the top of the huge rock.
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Post by: FISH on April 29, 2021, 02:05:54 PM
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HA!
@anniem  you are full of baloney. ;)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 29, 2021, 02:05:54 PM
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Would go good with some green cheese.
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Post by: JUAN on April 29, 2021, 02:07:11 PM
Are they easy to grow?
I have a few Porto Rico Sweet Potatoes in my cupboard.
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.

These are supposed to be bush plants, but I’m planning on giving them a lot of room.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 29, 2021, 02:11:15 PM
a nice streak of quartz. what is that wide white streak? near the top of the huge rock.

That white streak (or vein) is the quartz.  This is what one looks for when blasting away inside a mountain.  You keep following the vein and remove all the quartz.  Once the quartz is pulverized, gold can be separated from it. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 29, 2021, 02:58:29 PM
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Lilac season is in full bloom.  Here are some white ones growing behind someone's fence.
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Post by: anniem on April 29, 2021, 03:53:39 PM
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Lilac season is in full bloom.  Here are some white ones growing behind someone's fence.

Oh, I had beautiful lilacs at my last house. I wonder if they would grow here.
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Post by: FISH on April 30, 2021, 05:34:19 PM
thanks for the info @juan & @Rikki Gins .

EllGab walk in Elmer NJ. Salem County.

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Post by: Bart Ell on April 30, 2021, 05:43:53 PM
Here are some flowers and stuff.
No people.
Gotta love that.
American Falls in the distance.

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Post by: KSM on April 30, 2021, 06:15:17 PM
Here are some flowers and stuff.
No people.
Gotta love that.
American Falls in the distance.

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That grass needs some work.
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Post by: FISH on May 01, 2021, 05:53:41 AM
Here are some flowers and stuff.
No people.
Gotta love that.
American Falls in the distance.

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I like this photo.
No people and American Falls.
Somebody is working hard on this garden.
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Post by: FISH on May 01, 2021, 06:01:12 AM
Taking a walk on the grounds of “United Sportsman’s Association of North America Marksmanship Training Center.”
Clouds, trees and flags are showing off.
No people.

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YES @KSM the lawn needs work.


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Post by: KSM on May 01, 2021, 11:38:07 AM
Taking a walk on the grounds of “United Sportsman’s Association of North America Marksmanship Training Center.”
Clouds, trees and flags are showing off.
No people.

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YES @KSM the lawn needs work.
And that road needs to be cleaned. Look at the dirt.

#Streetsweeper
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Post by: anniem on May 01, 2021, 12:02:12 PM
EllGab garden NW

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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 01, 2021, 05:13:04 PM
EllGab garden NW

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Beautiful.  Floating mountains!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 01, 2021, 05:26:44 PM
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A couple of thirsty bees drinking some water.
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Post by: anniem on May 01, 2021, 06:39:38 PM
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A couple of thirsty bees drinking some water.

Bumbles!
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Post by: FISH on May 01, 2021, 07:31:29 PM
EllGab garden NW

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a perfect view.
Sad that you did not get a photo of the dragon flying in the clouds. :'(
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Post by: FISH on May 01, 2021, 07:36:06 PM
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A couple of thirsty bees drinking some water.

How to Tell if a Bumble Bee Is Male or Female?

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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 01, 2021, 07:38:00 PM
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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Post by: anniem on May 01, 2021, 07:49:31 PM
a perfect view.
Sad that you did not get a photo of the dragon flying in the clouds. :'(

It was a clear one today.   ;) ;)
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Post by: anniem on May 01, 2021, 07:50:29 PM
No Dragon but there is a Grizzly on the prowl.

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I can bearly stand it!

 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: FISH on May 01, 2021, 08:01:46 PM
No Dragon but there is a Grizzly on the prowl.

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Grizzly?
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 01, 2021, 08:15:39 PM
Grizzly?

Yep. I see a Grizzly Bear in the clouds. Even has the hump.

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Post by: FISH on May 02, 2021, 05:52:01 AM
Yep. I see a Grizzly Bear in the clouds. Even has the hump.

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You are correct @Walks_At_Night . No one can deny the hump.
Rikki will give you 100 points. Or so I think so.   ???
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Post by: FISH on May 02, 2021, 05:55:26 AM
What is this plant? Is it some type of evergreen? This plant is a mystery in my neighborhood.

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Post by: GravitySucks on May 02, 2021, 06:48:30 AM
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.
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Post by: FISH on May 02, 2021, 06:54:25 AM
@FISH Looks to me like a plant called Scotch Broom.
100 points for @GravitySucks .  ;)
I believe you are correct. You solved the BIG question.
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Post by: anniem on May 02, 2021, 08:32:44 AM
You are correct @Walks_At_Night . No one can deny the hump.
Rikki will give you 100 points. Or so I think so.   ???

Lets us do it!

@Walks_At_Night 100 points to you!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 02, 2021, 01:15:31 PM
Bumbles!

Actually that is a closeup of two honeybees, Annie.  You and I will get bumblebees this summer because they like higher elevations.  I have a vitex plant that blooms during June and the bumblebees love it, but I don't see them around much until then. 
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Post by: FISH on May 02, 2021, 01:36:03 PM
@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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Post by: FISH on May 02, 2021, 01:38:47 PM
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A couple of thirsty bees drinking some water.
Great shot. I like the reflection of your bees in the water.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 02, 2021, 03:07:41 PM
@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. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 02, 2021, 03:20:58 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk bridge picture of the day.
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Post by: FISH on May 02, 2021, 05:18:54 PM
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!!!
You know your bees.
Thank you Birak Doneyim.  ;)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 02, 2021, 05:37:17 PM
WOW!!!
You know your bees.
Thank you Birak Doneyim.  ;)

Of course, you are most welcome, friend FISH!
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Post by: whoozit on May 02, 2021, 05:49:18 PM
A few photos from this mornings ramble.

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Post by: anniem on May 02, 2021, 07:32:42 PM
A few photos from this mornings ramble.

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Pretty!
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Post by: anniem on May 02, 2021, 07:33:49 PM
EllGab Garden NW

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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 02, 2021, 08:01:18 PM
EllGab Garden NW

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Fascinating, Annie!  Are those ash cones off in the distance?
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Post by: anniem on May 02, 2021, 10:27:11 PM
Fascinating, Annie!  Are those ash cones off in the distance?

You know, I don't know. There is a college near here, I'm tempted to see if there is a class about the area.
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 04, 2021, 02:57:38 PM
@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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Wow! Nice close up.  :) Love bees.
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 04, 2021, 02:59:19 PM
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!  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 04, 2021, 05:06:00 PM
@Rikki Gins  you are a fountain of knowledge!  :)

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.  :) 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 04, 2021, 05:13:32 PM
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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. 
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Post by: FISH on May 04, 2021, 05:21:24 PM
A few photos from this mornings ramble.

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I like your ramble photos.
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Post by: anniem on May 04, 2021, 05:44:10 PM
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 04, 2021, 06:20:20 PM
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Lupine?

And @FISH that was a lucky guess. I didn’t use my plant ID app.
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Post by: anniem on May 04, 2021, 06:27:58 PM
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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Post by: GravitySucks on May 04, 2021, 07:04:50 PM
I don't know, they have appeared all over up here.
Is there such an app?

This one is expensive. I subscribed for a year. Works good so far.
https://www.picturethisai.com/
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 04, 2021, 07:08:28 PM
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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
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 04, 2021, 07:26:08 PM
Maybe a P-8 ASW aircraft or a C-40. Not sure about the nose though

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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Post by: anniem on May 04, 2021, 07:54:21 PM
This one is expensive. I subscribed for a year. Works good so far.
https://www.picturethisai.com/

Thanks!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 04, 2021, 08:28:28 PM
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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Thanks, Walks.  I will.
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Post by: FISH on May 05, 2021, 05:32:08 AM
Flight data? My go to guy-- Monkey Werx.  I have limited skills and somewhat lazy. Yet, I want to know what is going on in the world.

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Post by: FISH on May 05, 2021, 05:35:14 AM
EllGab Garden NW

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amazing view @anniem .
are you having a rainy spring?
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Post by: JUAN on May 05, 2021, 06:29:09 AM
My @GravitySucks pea eggplant seeds are finally sprouting.  It was a cold spring.
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Post by: anniem on May 05, 2021, 07:32:56 AM
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.
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 05, 2021, 08:09:09 AM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 05, 2021, 09:37:55 AM
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!
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 05, 2021, 09:39:46 AM
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.
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Post by: anniem on May 05, 2021, 02:07:30 PM
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.

I did forget. You are correct. I think it is dangerous to deal with them. Hopefully she can report it.
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Post by: anniem on May 05, 2021, 02:09:56 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 05, 2021, 05:19:24 PM
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.

As a monitor, I am supposed to come up with a solution to the forthcoming water shortage crises.  I did come up with a plan but I doubt that there is enough funding available to put it into effect.
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Post by: JUAN on May 05, 2021, 05:26:59 PM
I thought you people dealt in magick and spells and crystals, not funding.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 05, 2021, 05:31:45 PM
I thought you people dealt in magick and spells and crystals, not funding.

Yes, we deal in magic and such but we also supply ideas.  The funding would have to come from good ol' Buddy Joe.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 05, 2021, 05:33:08 PM
This one is expensive. I subscribed for a year. Works good so far.
https://www.picturethisai.com/

What a piece of junk @GravitySucks    I suggest you get your money back.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 05, 2021, 05:39:04 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 05, 2021, 05:48:04 PM
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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Post by: anniem on May 05, 2021, 07:22:42 PM
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.

Thank you! Installed, and will see about it tomorrow.

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Post by: PolkaDot on May 06, 2021, 08:17:41 AM
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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.

Interesting! I wonder what happened?
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Post by: FISH on May 06, 2021, 09:00:49 AM
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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.

Howard McMinn is growing up to be a fine young man.
I know all about cheap rolled up garden hoses.  :'(
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Post by: FISH on May 06, 2021, 09:04:29 AM
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.

SoundHound - FREE -SoundHound Inc. is an audio and speech recognition company. Good if you can't remember the name of a song, and... you are going crazy.
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Post by: FISH on May 06, 2021, 09:08:14 AM
 The EllGab Garden walk in the NE.
Officials declared a ‘mass casualty event’ in Philly.

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Post by: GravitySucks on May 06, 2021, 10:58:52 AM
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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Post by: Bart Ell on May 06, 2021, 11:50:45 AM
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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Post by: whoozit on May 06, 2021, 12:09:09 PM
I was out hiking this morning.

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Post by: anniem on May 06, 2021, 12:45:45 PM
The EllGab Garden walk in the NE.
Officials declared a ‘mass casualty event’ in Philly.

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LOL!
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Post by: anniem on May 06, 2021, 12:47:18 PM
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?
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Post by: Bart Ell on May 06, 2021, 01:02:29 PM
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.
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 06, 2021, 05:23:17 PM
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.
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Post by: FISH on May 07, 2021, 06:33:57 AM
All those damn geese you best stay in your car.

Nothing says the great outdoors like bird type animals’ poop. I have not liked birds since my childhood. Thank you Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock for your excellent warning about birds. Getting into my car is a ‘Lethal Threat.’
Stay in your car! There is bird flu and over 60 other diseases that birds and their droppings can carry.
#KillerBirdCrap

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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 07, 2021, 01:02:22 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 07, 2021, 01:34:57 PM
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An old screenshot showing my Sims characters visiting an enchanted garden.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 07, 2021, 02:11:11 PM
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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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 07, 2021, 02:12:21 PM
Finally stopped raining here in the late afternoon so this little dude decided to catch some rays.

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Post by: GravitySucks on May 07, 2021, 06:49:07 PM
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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.

I don’t mind at all. Here is a view of the fort from the spring.

I have no idea why they post upside down. Maybe I held my phone a different way.
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Post by: KSM on May 07, 2021, 09:19:52 PM
@GravitySucks  You fucked up my neck.

Do you wear a racoon hat?

Try this.
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 07, 2021, 09:33:08 PM
@GravitySucks  You fucked up my neck.

Do you wear a racoon hat?

Try this.

@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.

#getoffmylawn
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Post by: FISH on May 08, 2021, 05:34:49 AM
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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.

Thank you. The upside down pik was confusing.
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Post by: FISH on May 08, 2021, 05:39:15 AM
Finally stopped raining here in the late afternoon so this little dude decided to catch some rays.

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nice critter
@GravitySucks  You fucked up my neck.

Do you wear a racoon hat?

Try this.

nice grass
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Post by: FISH on May 08, 2021, 05:46:53 AM
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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beautiful fig tree. CandyHome Green Anti Bird Protection Net Mesh?

http://www.figcommons.com/how-to-protect-figs-from-birds/
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Post by: KSM on May 08, 2021, 12:35:42 PM
@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.

#getoffmylawn
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?

Not as young as you might think. I just look that way. 47 is the new 8 months so I am refusing to wipe my own bum!  please burp me
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Post by: JUAN on May 08, 2021, 01:20:12 PM
Real coonskin caps were Davy Crockett anyway.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 08, 2021, 02:13:55 PM
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EllGab Garden cloud shaped like an anchor.  Don't see it?  Well then...

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on May 08, 2021, 02:42:01 PM
There’s a second anchor to the right.
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Post by: anniem on May 08, 2021, 02:49:43 PM
There’s a second anchor to the right.

I saw that one first
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Post by: FISH on May 08, 2021, 02:54:32 PM
There’s a second anchor to the right.
Shiver me timbers!
I saw that one first
Ahoy, Me Hearties!
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Post by: FISH on May 08, 2021, 03:00:17 PM
Dad Vail Regatta May 8, 2021 in Philly. I was a Regatta volunteer. Not only would I feed the crew teams but also would sit in the stands with a stopwatch to document the finish time for a specific rowing club. The Dad Vail WAS always great fun. Our city is still on lock down.-- Due to the pandemic the Jefferson Dad Vail is prohibited by the City of Philadelphia COVID guidelines from having any spectators.   :-[
I watched the races on line.

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Schuylkill Navy - Boathouse Row
Grand Prize--Abigail Woods
https://www.dadvail.org/dad-vail-regatta-organizing-committee-announces-winners-of-18th-annual-art-poster-contest/
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 08, 2021, 03:18:37 PM
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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.
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Post by: FISH on May 08, 2021, 03:38:58 PM
Looks more like the Julie Andrews spinning on the mountain meadow in the Sound of Music.

iS THAT @anniem ? I believe she likes to sing to her mountains.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 08, 2021, 03:58:04 PM
There’s a second anchor to the right.

I see the.side profile of a big nosed, pointy chinned witch, who is looking at the anchor...or the dancing Julie.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 08, 2021, 04:02:11 PM
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.  :'(

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Post by: FISH on May 08, 2021, 04:26:55 PM
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.  :'(

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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?
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 08, 2021, 04:30:53 PM
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?

Well for blue water, add Copper Harbor, Michigan on your places to visit list.  AFAIK that is as about as blue as it gets.
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Heck. I've got moss growing on the ground in my front yard where the Sun never really gets at it. 
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 08, 2021, 06:56:51 PM
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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Post by: Jayzelady on May 08, 2021, 10:43:33 PM
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?

Wellll….I do live by a giant one we affectionally call “The Muddy Mississippi”.
😁
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 08, 2021, 10:49:26 PM
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.  :)
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Post by: PolkaDot on May 08, 2021, 10:50:42 PM
I was out hiking this morning.

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Beautiful!  :)
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Post by: anniem on May 08, 2021, 11:01:55 PM
Wellll….I do live by a giant one we affectionally call “The Muddy Mississippi”.
😁

Many years ago I put my feet in the Mississippi river
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 08, 2021, 11:56:50 PM
Many years ago I put my feet in the Mississippi river

The Mississippi River is like an electric fence to @ShayP
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Post by: ShayP on May 09, 2021, 05:51:21 AM
The Mississippi River is like an electric fence to @ShayP

LOL! @GravitySucks I'm willing to cross now.  I removed my shock collar.  By choice I think I'll go as far as El Paso.  But that's it!  ;D
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Post by: anniem on May 09, 2021, 07:11:54 AM
The Mississippi River is like an electric fence to @ShayP

OH because of my feet!?!?
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Post by: anniem on May 09, 2021, 07:14:43 AM
Wellll….I do live by a giant one we affectionally call “The Muddy Mississippi”.
😁

I visited friends in Memphis years ago. We went to Mud Island and also the Peabody Hotel. It was fun to see The Firm movie when it came out.
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Post by: FISH on May 09, 2021, 08:19:50 AM
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)
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Post by: FISH on May 09, 2021, 08:22:19 AM
Wellll….I do live by a giant one we affectionally call “The Muddy Mississippi”.
😁
I hope you are not a giant.  ::)
OH because of my feet!?!?
giant feet?
The Mississippi River is like an electric fence to @ShayP
Oh Boy!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on May 09, 2021, 11:29:17 AM
OH because of my feet!?!?

Don't go there!  ;D
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Post by: anniem on May 09, 2021, 12:44:06 PM
Don't go there!  ;D


Just in the water. That's all!
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Post by: Bart Ell on May 09, 2021, 01:55:11 PM
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)

They are already here @Exile @Boogs
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 10, 2021, 01:05:32 PM
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EllGab Garden out and about walk.  A nice brick building being built.
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Post by: FISH on May 11, 2021, 04:30:55 PM
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EllGab Garden out and about walk.  A nice brick building being built.
nice, nice.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 11, 2021, 06:00:15 PM
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The Periwinkles were in full bloom a couple weeks back.
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Post by: FISH on May 13, 2021, 06:01:49 PM
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The Periwinkles were in full bloom a couple weeks back.

Periwinkles are grand.
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Post by: FISH on May 13, 2021, 06:05:54 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 13, 2021, 06:33:29 PM
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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Nice FISH.  I see Godzilla pushing a building over.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 14, 2021, 02:00:33 PM
Periwinkles are grand.

Yes they are @FISH.  Here is a close up shot of a periwinkle flower that I forgot to post earlier.
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Post by: FISH on May 14, 2021, 04:58:24 PM
Yes they are @FISH.  Here is a close up shot of a periwinkle flower that I forgot to post earlier.
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I was growing purple periwinkles in my yard. They made me happy.
One harsh winter was deadly.  :'(
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Post by: anniem on May 17, 2021, 04:41:05 PM
EllGab Garden NW

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Post by: FISH on May 17, 2021, 07:40:23 PM
EllGab Garden NW

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Symbolically, Iris flower means honor, valor, wisdom, grandeur, and faith. What a beauty!
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Post by: anniem on May 17, 2021, 08:36:07 PM
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
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Post by: FISH on May 18, 2021, 05:11:31 AM
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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Post by: anniem on May 18, 2021, 06:32:34 AM
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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Darker, I like that!
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Post by: JUAN on May 18, 2021, 07:04:06 AM
@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.
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 18, 2021, 09:18:15 AM
@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.

@juan I can’t find those damn seeds I bought. Mine died back because of the freeze but has new growth around the base. Glad I didn’t dig it up. My Thai friend has a couple more for me potted.
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Post by: JUAN on May 18, 2021, 09:55:52 AM
Mine died in the cold, too.  I’ve planted some more this year.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 19, 2021, 11:59:47 AM
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Coral Bells
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuchera
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Post by: anniem on May 19, 2021, 02:09:14 PM
EllGab Garden NW
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 19, 2021, 02:50:46 PM
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Love those rocks back there.  Lizard habitat.  I envy you!
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Post by: anniem on May 19, 2021, 02:54:39 PM
Love those rocks back there.  Lizard habitat.  I envy you!

We have those! Maybe they are geckos? Speedy!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 20, 2021, 05:08:38 PM
We have those! Maybe they are geckos? Speedy!

If you see a greenish one, it's most likely a Shasta alligator lizard.   
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 20, 2021, 05:14:32 PM
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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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Post by: FISH on May 20, 2021, 05:28:51 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  A closeup look at a mustard plant flower head.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_plant

3000 BC  :o
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Post by: FISH on May 20, 2021, 05:30:05 PM
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Coral Bells
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuchera

Syphilis?  :-\
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Post by: anniem on May 20, 2021, 10:17:03 PM
If you see a greenish one, it's most likely a Shasta alligator lizard.

Some green, some black.
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Post by: anniem on May 20, 2021, 10:23:21 PM
EllGab Garden NW

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Visitors!

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Oops!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 21, 2021, 12:28:13 PM
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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.
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Post by: GravitySucks on May 21, 2021, 01:48:37 PM
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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Post by: whoozit on May 21, 2021, 02:48:16 PM
My salmon fishing trip has been cancelled for the second year in a row.  Here is a pleasant memory.
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Post by: anniem on May 21, 2021, 06:02:13 PM
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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.

Maybe next year?
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Post by: anniem on May 21, 2021, 06:02:36 PM
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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Nice pictures!
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Post by: anniem on May 21, 2021, 06:03:09 PM
My salmon fishing trip has been cancelled for the second year in a row.  Here is a pleasant memory.
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Very pretty!
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Post by: FISH on May 21, 2021, 06:07:57 PM
EllGab Garden NW

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Oops!
good company  :)
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Post by: FISH on May 21, 2021, 06:09:47 PM
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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.
Ladybug!  Ladybug!
Fly away home.
Your house is on fire.
And your children all gone.
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Post by: FISH on May 21, 2021, 06:10:49 PM
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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very nice.
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Post by: FISH on May 21, 2021, 06:11:37 PM
My salmon fishing trip has been cancelled for the second year in a row.  Here is a pleasant memory.
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a pleasant memory :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 23, 2021, 04:24:44 PM
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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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Post by: FISH on May 23, 2021, 04:37:30 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  Camassia.  Oddly enough, a member of the asparagus family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camassia

 While Camassia species are edible and nutritious, the white-flowered deathcamas species (which are not in the genus Camassia but in a number of genera in the tribe Melanthieae) that grow in the same areas are toxic, and the bulbs are quite similar in appearance. It is easiest to tell the plants apart when they are in flower.
  :o :o :o
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Post by: FISH on May 23, 2021, 05:00:21 PM
Two years ago, I grew poppies from seeds. I was shocked at their fast life on earth. The flowers bloom and withers within 48 hours.
Now I understand the poem--"In Flanders Fields."

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Post by: PolkaDot on May 23, 2021, 06:44:43 PM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 24, 2021, 01:19:26 PM
Bummer. I've been thinking of making some bee houses.

Interesting that you say that, Dot.  I've always been tempted to get a Mason Bee house.  Mason's are a smaller type of bee and are non-stingers.
https://www.bestnest.com/bestnest/RTProduct.asp?SKU=WDL-28552&src=bing&kw=WDL-28552&msclkid=98120574c91712d211b165d8c006a13e
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 24, 2021, 01:35:44 PM
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.

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Abe Lincoln's hat?

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Post by: FISH on May 25, 2021, 05:54:40 AM
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.

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Abe Lincoln's hat?

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

Abraham Lincoln
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Post by: FISH on May 25, 2021, 06:20:20 AM
took a ride and a walk on a cloudy day in the NE.

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Post by: FISH on May 25, 2021, 06:24:37 AM
I had to pick up a few prints from the ‘Devilfish Ink’ shop. Why ‘devilfish?’  Why ‘ink?’   ;)
•   Ok, back to my photo, the shop is located along an old street with grand old brick buildings. 2 mechanics were workin on an old truck. As I admired this old red brick building. The mechanic who looked like Dusty Hill from ZZ T, took some time to talk to me. ‘Dusty’ told me that the front of this old factory is registered with the Philadelphia Historical Society. The façade will be saved! It is a WAGNER building. Dusty explained that Wagner was a great architect in Philly. Wagner would incorporate lions in his buildings.
•   I will return to this Wagner building on a clear day and not trying to hold onto some art work. I want some good photos of the lions.

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Post by: anniem on May 25, 2021, 09:41:30 AM
took a ride and a walk on a cloudy day in the NE.

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Great photo!!
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Post by: FISH on May 25, 2021, 09:53:32 AM
Great photo!!

thank you @anniem .
BUTT--you did not answer the questions.
Why ‘devilfish?’  Why ‘ink?’
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Post by: anniem on May 25, 2021, 11:15:52 AM
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!

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Post by: FISH on May 25, 2021, 12:14:53 PM
Oh I thought those were questions people ask then answer. Wups!
::)
do you know what a devilfish does?
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Post by: anniem on May 25, 2021, 12:36:33 PM
::)
do you know what a devilfish does?

IT SWIMS!
Maybe it also impales people in the heart with stingers?
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Post by: anniem on May 25, 2021, 12:37:52 PM
::)
do you know what a devilfish does?


OH Octopus which makes ink. So tattoo!!!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 25, 2021, 12:44:49 PM
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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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Post by: FISH on May 25, 2021, 02:53:48 PM
OH Octopus which makes ink. So tattoo!!!
Aye
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Post by: FISH on May 25, 2021, 02:54:18 PM
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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
beautiful
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 27, 2021, 12:08:40 PM
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.  I kind of see a sea turtle swimming across the sky.
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Post by: FISH on May 28, 2021, 05:04:52 AM
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.  I kind of see a sea turtle swimming across the sky.
I see a SEA turtle.
Memorial Day is almost here. My time is limited on EllGab. However, I take the time to read and LOOK.
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Post by: FISH on May 28, 2021, 05:06:44 AM
As I rip and run in Philly.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 28, 2021, 03:03:59 PM
As I rip and run in Philly.
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Very nice photo, FISH.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 28, 2021, 03:07:27 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  I was following a ghost that lead me to this fenced in area.
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Post by: FISH on May 28, 2021, 06:00:51 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  I was following a ghost that lead me to this fenced in area.
I believe that the wee folk live under that tree. great photo.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 30, 2021, 02:08:17 PM
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EllGab Garden Neighborhood Walk.  The roses are a bloomin'.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 31, 2021, 10:27:07 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk.
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Post by: whoozit on May 31, 2021, 12:31:44 PM
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Post by: JUAN on May 31, 2021, 12:38:09 PM
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So, now we know where she is, but the working part I doubt.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 02, 2021, 07:31:32 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  I can see a flying pig in that cloud to the left.
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Post by: FISH on June 03, 2021, 05:22:01 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk.

WOW, trees with roots in water?
@Rikki Gins  I'd like a little context.  ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 03, 2021, 05:22:47 AM
So, now we know where she is, but the working part I doubt.
CORRECT @juan .
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Post by: FISH on June 03, 2021, 05:23:50 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  I can see a flying pig in that cloud to the left.
I don't see a pig?  :'(
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 03, 2021, 05:53:47 AM
EllGab Garden Walk--NE in the USA.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on June 03, 2021, 11:39:27 AM
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:
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 03, 2021, 01:35:37 PM
@FISH  Those are birch trees.  Some varieties of birch don't mind being in the water, as this photo shows:
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.
STUNNING.

A frosty birches in Kangasala, Finland in February 2013
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 04, 2021, 02:53:39 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  (Actually I drove my car to get here, but I walked around afterwards.)
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Post by: GravitySucks on June 05, 2021, 08:57:55 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 06, 2021, 11:51:30 AM
Fascinating insects.  I saw a big birdcage full of them once, and they were climbing around on a tree branch.  They were somebody's pets.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 06, 2021, 11:53:35 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk. 
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Post by: FISH on June 08, 2021, 04:19:51 AM
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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@GravitySucks I could never live in Texas or Florida. Your insects are too HUGE! Like something from a Japanese horror movie. Huge creatures are often portrayed in their films.
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Post by: FISH on June 08, 2021, 04:25:22 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk.

I see a mirage of a UFO.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 09, 2021, 07:30:15 PM
I see a mirage of a UFO.

Yes, @FISH.  I can also see a rocket car with no wheels, zooming up into the sky.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 09, 2021, 07:38:36 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on June 09, 2021, 08:07:17 PM
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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.

Nice! Raining on us RIGHT NOW
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Post by: FISH on June 10, 2021, 01:30:28 PM
My garden. No walking.

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Echinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit' (Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower)
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Post by: anniem on June 10, 2021, 07:33:57 PM
My garden. No walking.

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Echinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit' (Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower)

So pretty!
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Post by: FISH on June 12, 2021, 05:52:42 AM
My container garden-NE in the USA.
TRIFOLIUM Limerick Leonore. This plant is easy-to-grow and mixes well with other plants.
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Post by: FISH on June 12, 2021, 05:53:20 AM
So pretty!
Thanks @anniem  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 12, 2021, 10:08:53 PM
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Some interesting cloud formations as the sun begins to set.
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Post by: FISH on June 13, 2021, 04:11:51 AM
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Some interesting cloud formations as the sun begins to set.
you captured a strange sky.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 13, 2021, 07:04:56 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk.

I see that thing that the Bionic Man was flying when he crashed.

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Post by: anniem on June 13, 2021, 07:48:06 AM
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Some interesting cloud formations as the sun begins to set.

Maybe that is popcorn for people watching a movie!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 14, 2021, 03:35:49 PM
I see that thing that the Bionic Man was flying when he crashed.

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I see that shape too, Walks.  Yes, the Bruce Peterson crash landing.  It is utterly amazing that he survived. He did receive some serious injuries of course.  No surprise there.
https://roundsixpod.com/2018/02/08/the-real-six-million-dollar-man/
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 14, 2021, 03:40:09 PM
Maybe that is popcorn for people watching a movie!

It could be popcorn, Annie.  I see some burnt kernels down below.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 14, 2021, 04:01:37 PM
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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.
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Post by: FISH on June 15, 2021, 02:31:45 PM
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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.

Like the photo and the story.
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Post by: FISH on June 15, 2021, 02:33:24 PM
The EllGab garden in the NE in the USA.
A Zombie wind mill in my snowball hydrangeas container.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 15, 2021, 04:37:05 PM
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!
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Post by: anniem on June 15, 2021, 06:16:18 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 15, 2021, 07:18:50 PM
It can be yours with the click of a mouse!
https://tinyurl.com/x5cuwz44

Thanks, Annie.  I like the skeleton on the bike too.  Guess I'll have to flip a coin.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 16, 2021, 11:37:48 AM
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I walked by some yellow flowers.
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Post by: anniem on June 16, 2021, 12:24:00 PM
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Quails w babies
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 16, 2021, 12:26:18 PM
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Quails w babies

Nice, Annie!
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Post by: anniem on June 16, 2021, 01:54:10 PM
Nice, Annie!

Thanks! The quails are so funny. They don't fly much, but the run all over the place.
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Post by: FISH on June 16, 2021, 02:22:40 PM
Thanks! The quails are so funny. They don't fly much, but the run all over the place.
Are the quails good parents @anniem ?
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Post by: FISH on June 16, 2021, 02:23:20 PM
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I walked by some yellow flowers.
Yep they are YELLOW. Very cute.
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Post by: FISH on June 16, 2021, 02:26:39 PM
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.”
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The Thing From Another World 1951
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Post by: anniem on June 16, 2021, 04:07:26 PM
Are the quails good parents @anniem ?

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.
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Post by: anniem on June 16, 2021, 04:08:25 PM
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.”
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The Thing From Another World 1951

Two weeks ago we had an abundance of chemtrails.
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Post by: anniem on June 16, 2021, 07:21:20 PM
One of our visitors took a rest under a tree with her little one, young enough to still have spots.  :)
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Post by: FISH on June 17, 2021, 05:53:10 AM
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?"
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Post by: FISH on June 17, 2021, 06:14:22 AM
One of our visitors took a rest under a tree with her little one, young enough to still have spots.  :)
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very cute. :)
What species of deer live in your area @anniem ?
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Post by: FISH on June 17, 2021, 06:19:49 AM
I’m a city person. I have not real life experience with outdoor animals. I do know about ‘Foghorn Leghorn.’

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foghorn_Leghorn
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 17, 2021, 12:33:56 PM
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X marks the spot.
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Post by: anniem on June 17, 2021, 03:56:46 PM
What is this thing @anniem ? "Wing seed down?"

Dictionary.com
Informal. to throw; lob:
He winged a ball through the neighbor's window.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on June 17, 2021, 03:59:22 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 17, 2021, 04:12:42 PM
Oh, um yes, right they have 4 legs so a 4 legged species.
Yes.
::)

https://wildlifeinformer.com/deer-in-north-america/
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 17, 2021, 04:33:23 PM
Oh, um yes, right they have 4 legs so a 4 legged species.
Yes.

Really? Huh. Ours are two-legged in these parts.

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Post by: FISH on June 17, 2021, 05:47:07 PM
Really? Huh. Ours are two-legged in these parts.

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Excuse me, Mr. Deer, I think your kidney is slipping out.  :-[
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Post by: anniem on June 17, 2021, 07:06:22 PM
::)

https://wildlifeinformer.com/deer-in-north-america/

Ok! Whitetail deer here.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 18, 2021, 05:27:51 AM
Ok! Whitetail deer here.

@Walks_At_Night is your deer a Whitetail?
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 18, 2021, 08:06:12 AM
@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.
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Post by: FISH on June 18, 2021, 09:58:46 AM
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.
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Post by: anniem on June 18, 2021, 12:40:52 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 19, 2021, 06:33:20 AM
Buttcheck?
:-[  ;D   :-X
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 19, 2021, 06:39:03 AM
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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 20, 2021, 12:54:17 PM
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

Very nice industrial shot, @FISH.  I'd like to walk around on that catwalk to the right.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 20, 2021, 01:05:24 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk Hike.  Trees & weeds.
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Post by: FISH on June 21, 2021, 05:33:03 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk Hike.  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.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 21, 2021, 06:00:03 AM
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. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 21, 2021, 06:24:11 AM
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?
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 21, 2021, 07:45:54 AM
@Walks_At_Night  what is going on with those rabbits?

Guess the Hawk's put in their two week notice and moved to Florida.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 21, 2021, 12:11:10 PM
Go for a walk here now, and all you see are heat mirages over the asphalt.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on June 21, 2021, 07:57:06 PM
One of my pears set fruit!  ;D I'm VERY excited about this event. The cherries are going OFF too.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on June 21, 2021, 08:48:58 PM
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?
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Post by: anniem on June 21, 2021, 08:51:34 PM
Do they eat cicadas?

I think they do and we can too!!!

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2016/05/cicada_recipes_how_to_cook_the.html
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 22, 2021, 01:36:12 PM
Go for a walk here now, and all you see are heat mirages over the asphalt.
@juan  what about your garden? Sweet potatoes?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on June 22, 2021, 01:40:55 PM
One of my pears set fruit!  ;D I'm VERY excited about this event. The cherries are going OFF too.

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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on June 22, 2021, 01:45:01 PM
@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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 22, 2021, 01:51:05 PM
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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Those are Calendulas, @FISH.  And very colorful ones at that.
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Post by: anniem on June 22, 2021, 03:02:47 PM
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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Post by: FISH on June 22, 2021, 03:12:26 PM
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.

I shall thank @anniem & @Rikki Gins . Annie, you are a very funny person.  :)
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Post by: FISH on June 22, 2021, 03:13:34 PM
@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.

@juan  Holy COW! are you a farmer?
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Post by: JUAN on June 22, 2021, 04:50:34 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 22, 2021, 07:43:13 PM
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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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.
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Post by: FISH on June 23, 2021, 09:09:22 AM
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.
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Post by: FISH on June 23, 2021, 09:23:20 AM
I used to grow hops in this container. I had to cut all my hops down due to the invasion of the Tent caterpillar. >:(
I am still cutting back my hops.
This year, I planted Orange A-Peel Black-Eyed Susan Vines
They are still in their baby years.

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Post by: KSM on June 23, 2021, 09:50:32 AM
I shall help you with the names of these flowers, @FISH

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Oh ok so I'm the dirt?  :'(
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Post by: FISH on June 23, 2021, 01:26:07 PM
Oh ok so I'm the dirt?  :'(

Ooh pooor little @KSM  got an oucher.  ;D  :)  ::)
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Post by: FISH on June 24, 2021, 08:23:54 AM
Brick Work & Cornices in Philadelphia PA USA.

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Post by: FISH on June 24, 2021, 10:09:24 AM
@KSM  what do you see when you take a walk? A garden? Trees? A sky? Anything?  8)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 24, 2021, 12:59:06 PM
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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.
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Post by: FISH on June 24, 2021, 02:52:37 PM
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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  ;)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 24, 2021, 02:54:39 PM
Two eyes. These eyes are winking at you @Rikki Gins  ;)

Haha!  Yup.
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Post by: KSM on June 24, 2021, 08:08:55 PM
@KSM  what do you see when you take a walk? A garden? Trees? A sky? Anything?  8)
things like this
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Post by: FISH on June 24, 2021, 08:52:25 PM
things like this
Thanks @KSM
I like your view.
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 25, 2021, 04:40:29 PM
@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.

Also, it's currently POURING rain.  :-\
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 25, 2021, 04:46:10 PM
Thanks @KSM
I like your view.
It's better when he walks in front of you and you don't have to talk to him.
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Post by: FISH on June 25, 2021, 05:52:30 PM
@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.

Also, it's currently POURING rain.  :-\
WOW WOW WOW!
Your sweet little pear is the 'the bee's knees.' Thanks your for sharing a photo of your garden @PolkaDot .
You have a green thumb.  :)
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Post by: FISH on June 26, 2021, 04:56:47 PM
@PolkaDot @juan & @Rikki Gins
Last night, I noticed these 'holes' on the the leaves of my rose bush. So I made up a solution of hand soap and water. I washed my plant down with the soapy water.

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Post by: FISH on June 26, 2021, 05:00:18 PM
@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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Post by: JUAN on June 26, 2021, 05:10:27 PM
@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.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 26, 2021, 05:14:51 PM
@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.

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Post by: FISH on June 26, 2021, 06:06:19 PM
@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  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 26, 2021, 06:59:43 PM
@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.  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.
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Post by: FISH on June 26, 2021, 07:25:43 PM
Kill it with fire.  WD-40 and match.



WD -40 is an insect killer. A bug invaded my home. Since a can of WD is always nearby I use it. The insect died.
I did NOT use a match. ::)
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Post by: FISH on June 26, 2021, 07:26:58 PM
@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 .
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Post by: JUAN on June 27, 2021, 02:56:20 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 27, 2021, 01:12:36 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  I managed to come across this ghost on a wall.
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Post by: FISH on June 27, 2021, 04:53:59 PM
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.

@juan I just soaped down the rose bush.
On the opposite side of my backyard, I covered my plants in garlic powered.
Time will tell.
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Post by: FISH on June 27, 2021, 04:59:40 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  I managed to come across this ghost on a wall.
:o  Excuse me, I did not quite get that, could you please repeat what you just said?
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Post by: JUAN on June 27, 2021, 05:00:14 PM
@juan I just soaped down the rose bush.
On the opposite side of my backyard, I covered my plants in garlic powered.
Time will tell.
Let us know.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 28, 2021, 01:15:03 PM
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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.
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Post by: FISH on June 28, 2021, 03:45:21 PM
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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.
Holy Cow~ @Rikki Gins
That is NOT a cloud. Yes, it is white and in the sky.  ???
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Post by: KSM on June 28, 2021, 04:30:30 PM
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.
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Post by: FISH on June 30, 2021, 06:44:01 AM
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.
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Post by: FISH on June 30, 2021, 06:49:46 AM
A walk along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania USA.

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Post by: KSM on June 30, 2021, 08:03:58 AM
@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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Very nice!
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Post by: FISH on July 01, 2021, 05:17:16 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 01, 2021, 10:51:32 AM
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. 
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Post by: FISH on July 01, 2021, 05:16:35 PM
@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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 02, 2021, 10:56:44 AM
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.     
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Post by: FISH on July 02, 2021, 02:21:42 PM
@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.
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PS/ since the hops were gone, my brother and I fixed up the trim around the windows and door frame.
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Post by: KSM on July 03, 2021, 07:57:04 PM
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 like that picture. Your house has scales like a @FISH too.  :)  I am also a fan of colored doors.  :)

Our strawberries have started in the last three weeks so a new morning ritual is picking whatever is ready each morning.  They all wind up in my post workout protein shakes.

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Post by: KSM on July 03, 2021, 08:01:33 PM
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  ;)
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Post by: anniem on July 03, 2021, 08:39:47 PM
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  ;)

 :D :D :D

1 + or -
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Post by: GravitySucks on July 06, 2021, 08:52:28 AM
Forest?

Spotted on a walk to a Thai restaurant in Maryland

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Post by: anniem on July 06, 2021, 08:55:34 AM
Forest?

Spotted on a walk to a Thai restaurant in Maryland

Very tiny forest?
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Post by: GravitySucks on July 06, 2021, 09:59:23 AM
Very tiny forest?

@anniem I think they waited too tong to get their retention plan approved.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 08, 2021, 08:55:31 PM
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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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Post by: Walks_At_Night on July 09, 2021, 11:44:19 AM
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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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Post by: FISH on July 12, 2021, 06:36:27 AM
Mystery solved!   Glad www.adsbexchange.com helped out!

I like these LARGE BIRDS.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 12, 2021, 11:53:57 AM
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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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Post by: FISH on July 13, 2021, 07:20:09 AM
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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.

HA! A tiny rose garden.
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Post by: FISH on July 13, 2021, 07:22:20 AM
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The sky as tropical storm Elsa leaves the Jersey shore.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 13, 2021, 10:56:18 AM
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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.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on July 13, 2021, 11:21:54 AM
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The sky as tropical storm Elsa leaves the Jersey shore.

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!
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Post by: GravitySucks on July 14, 2021, 04:38:18 AM
I was walking around Rockville and stumbled across these giraffes munching upon the trees.

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Post by: GravitySucks on July 16, 2021, 02:17:25 PM
We have several bottle brush trees in our yard but I don’t think I have ever seen an actual bottle bush. Until today.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on July 18, 2021, 07:59:24 AM
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.
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Post by: FISH on July 18, 2021, 08:01:56 AM
We have several bottle brush trees in our yard but I don’t think I have ever seen an actual bottle bush. Until today.

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Years ago, I visited a bottle garden with lots of trees @GravitySucks  ;)
However, there were no giraffes munching upon these trees.
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Post by: FISH on July 18, 2021, 08:04:43 AM
Snowball Bush Viburnum growing in Jersey-USA.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 18, 2021, 07:28:56 PM
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.

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It used to sit right about where that light pole is.


 
   

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Post by: FISH on July 19, 2021, 07:16:08 AM
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.

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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.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 19, 2021, 09:09:27 AM
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/

@FISH  Oh Boy!  I had never heard that Marie Antoinette story.  Fascinating!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 19, 2021, 09:21:40 AM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the day.
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Post by: anniem on July 19, 2021, 09:25:03 AM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the day.

Also looks like sand.
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Post by: FISH on July 19, 2021, 11:13:51 AM
Also looks like sand.

SAND! Yes. The wind is tricky.
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Post by: FISH on July 19, 2021, 11:17:38 AM
Zebra grass is known as Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' botanically. It is also sometimes called porcupine grass. I like ornamental grasses.  :)

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Post by: PolkaDot on July 19, 2021, 03:00:07 PM
I was walking around Rockville and stumbled across these giraffes munching upon the trees.

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Wow! This is very cool. I LIKE!
P.S. Where's Rockville @GravitySucks ?
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Post by: PolkaDot on July 19, 2021, 03:02:28 PM
Snowball Bush Viburnum growing in Jersey-USA.

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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!!!
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Post by: PolkaDot on July 19, 2021, 03:03:42 PM
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
 

 ;D ;D Rikki beat me to it.  :)
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Post by: GravitySucks on July 19, 2021, 03:43:33 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on July 19, 2021, 04:18:26 PM
@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.
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Post by: GravitySucks on July 19, 2021, 04:44:26 PM
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.

Camden yards was an inspiration for Coors Field.
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Post by: PolkaDot on July 19, 2021, 04:52:08 PM
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?
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Post by: GravitySucks on July 19, 2021, 04:55:52 PM
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?

I first had to travel there in the late 90’s so I can’t say before that. But by 2000 it sure was. Real shame the money that has been dumped in there.

Recent news: 41% of Baltimore high school students finished with a D average. I think they assume D means Democrat.

https://news.yahoo.com/least-41-baltimore-high-school-121900046.html
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Post by: anniem on July 19, 2021, 07:05:13 PM
Windy today, you can still see smoke about halfway down

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Post by: GravitySucks on July 21, 2021, 03:44:10 PM
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.

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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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Post by: FISH on July 21, 2021, 03:53:14 PM
Windy today, you can still see smoke about halfway down

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@anniem OUTSTANDING PHOTO!
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Post by: FISH on July 21, 2021, 03:55:49 PM
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. ;)
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Post by: FISH on July 21, 2021, 04:00:38 PM
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.

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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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@GravitySucks great photos. Enjoy your travels.
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Post by: anniem on July 21, 2021, 09:33:20 PM
@anniem OUTSTANDING PHOTO!

Thank you, @FISH
It would have been pretty sad to lose those trees due to incompetent government management of a fire.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 23, 2021, 01:21:50 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on July 23, 2021, 07:56:03 PM
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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.

WOW that is terrific!
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Post by: FISH on July 25, 2021, 11:26:03 AM
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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/
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 25, 2021, 12:31:56 PM
"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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Post by: FISH on July 25, 2021, 01:58:10 PM
@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?

@Rikki Gins  I am glad that you like my stories. I collect stories and visit historical place that have local legends. I like your stories/threads.
I would visit Gettysburg during the winter months--off season. While staying at a dirty cheap motel in Gettysburg, there was a guy who was repainting the HAUNTED room. The painter and I had a nice chat. He was a tour guide during the summer.  There are a few locations that have local legends in Gettysburg.
For fifty dollars, the painter took us on a private tour of the battlefield. The tour was four hours long. The painter made me promise that I would not return to the mass grave with a metal detector. I would NEVER rob a grave. The painter was a great tour guide. We saw it all.
*Dinosaurs' foot prints. These dinosaurs ate Pecopteris ferns  ;)
*Confederate fallen soldiers buried in a mass grave and not reburied in a cemetery
*Why is the newly painted room haunted
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 28, 2021, 02:44:11 PM
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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.     
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Post by: anniem on July 28, 2021, 05:02:25 PM
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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!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 28, 2021, 05:13:11 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on July 28, 2021, 05:25:53 PM
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.

Mine too!

Pretty!
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Post by: FISH on August 02, 2021, 06:42:55 AM
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.  :)
I like it.
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Post by: FISH on August 02, 2021, 06:50:06 AM
Tuckerton is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey.

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Post by: anniem on August 02, 2021, 07:54:13 AM
Tuckerton is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey.

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Been there!
Here is we spent many summers.
http://www.chipsfolly.com/
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 02, 2021, 11:11:54 AM
Tuckerton is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey.

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Nice, @FISH.  I see a lot of toothpicks for Jaws out there.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 02, 2021, 11:50:23 AM
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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?
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Post by: anniem on August 02, 2021, 11:58:53 AM
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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?

I do
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Post by: FISH on August 02, 2021, 12:15:51 PM
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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?
@juan what do you think? I like this photo. "The DEATH of the Instamatic."
I took my Pentax K series camera to a shop. The film would not load. The fellow told me that my camera is dead. :'( In my neighborhood, a local shop has open. Taking photos with film is back in style.
I now have 2 lens from the K series.
https://www.indiephotolab.com/print-services/
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Post by: FISH on August 02, 2021, 12:28:12 PM
I do
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.
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Post by: anniem on August 02, 2021, 01:35:50 PM
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.

That's a great photo
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Post by: JUAN on August 02, 2021, 06:08:14 PM
@FISH @Rikki Gins - like both the photo and the story.  Sometimes we are blessed with favorable unintended. 
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.
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Post by: FISH on August 04, 2021, 06:48:49 AM
@FISH @Rikki Gins - like both the photo and the story.  Sometimes we are blessed with favorable unintended. 
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 04, 2021, 01:01:20 PM
@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.

Nice photo @FISH.  I used to have an old box shaped camera that held a roll of film.  You had to hold it down and look through the top of it to take a picture.  Took a little practice, but I did go through some rolls of film.  Sent the exposed rolls to a place that would develop them.  This was long before those 24 hour photo places started to crop up in the shopping malls.
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Post by: JUAN on August 05, 2021, 09:42:50 AM
Be careful on your future walks, @FISH .  Rumors are Deshaun Watson is headed to the Eagles.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 05, 2021, 12:11:53 PM
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A thunderhead rolled over the area earlier this week, dropping about a thimble full of rain.

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Here is a closer look at it.  Sharp-eyed viewers might notice a photobombing bumblebee to the left of the cloud.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 07, 2021, 12:27:36 PM
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A white rose bush, growing in a cemetery that I like to walk through on occasion.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 08, 2021, 01:05:18 PM
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I walked by a pond, in a city park of all places.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 10, 2021, 04:50:39 PM
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Earlier this season I was surprised to see a white Foxglove growing out of that pot with all the mixed flowers.

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I was able to follow it's growth cycle from beginning to end.

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The Foxglove's Latin name is Digitalis. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 11, 2021, 04:38:21 PM
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My Sweet William flowers.  They are gone now but it was fun watching them grow.
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Post by: anniem on August 11, 2021, 05:15:33 PM
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My Sweet William flowers.  They are gone now but it was fun watching them grow.

They are spring time only?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 11, 2021, 05:35:45 PM
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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Post by: anniem on August 11, 2021, 06:30:40 PM
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.

Decapitation! For what crime!
hee hee hee

I love all the colors of those flowers
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 13, 2021, 12:45:36 PM
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Cloud Picture of The Day (Or rather the end of the day.)
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Post by: anniem on August 13, 2021, 04:29:46 PM
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Cloud Picture of The Day (Or rather the end of the day.)

Yesterday?
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Post by: FISH on August 13, 2021, 05:02:46 PM
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 .
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Post by: FISH on August 13, 2021, 05:10:57 PM
A white rose bush, a white Foxglove, your Sweet William flowers, a pond and clouds. Thanks @Rikki Gins .
I was out in my back yard, watering my plants. It is after 8 PM and the temperature is 89. I have not posted photos for some time. I was under the weather with a summer stomach.
I hope to get back in the saddle again.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 13, 2021, 05:42:41 PM
Yesterday?

No.  Awhile back, before all the smoke moved in.

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Post by: anniem on August 13, 2021, 08:16:32 PM
No.  Awhile back, before all the smoke moved in.

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VERY smoky here too
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Post by: FISH on August 14, 2021, 09:11:34 AM
VERY smoky here too
Dear @anniem & @Rikki Gins please stop watching the TWIGHT ZONE.  ;D

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Post by: anniem on August 14, 2021, 10:24:12 AM
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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 15, 2021, 01:47:49 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 15, 2021, 02:07:19 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on August 15, 2021, 03:02:01 PM
I must have inhaled the equivalence of twelve cartons of Rod's cigarettes this past week.

Yup, pretty smoky here now. There is no real breeze.
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Post by: anniem on August 15, 2021, 03:02:55 PM
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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?
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on August 15, 2021, 03:58:26 PM
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)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 15, 2021, 04:02:04 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on August 15, 2021, 04:21:19 PM
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!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 15, 2021, 05:09:40 PM
I shall try that one! Thanks!

You bet, Annie.  Enjoy!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 15, 2021, 05:25:04 PM
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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Post by: Camazotz Automat on August 15, 2021, 09:30:39 PM
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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Thanks, RG.  I got really lucky with this variety I think. My thumb isn't near green enough to account for such a consistent turn out. I'm using pots, too.  I was able to easily relocate them - when it started getting hot - to an area that gets shade sooner in the day, instead of being confined in full Summer sun to a patch of "grounded" soil.

This is an indeterminate variety, so I hope to be able to keep going until first freeze, tomato gods willing. I'm currently in a manual war against tiny caterpillars, aka tomato pinworms.

Since I can already purchase pesticide treated fruit at the grocery store, why raise the same?

  Pesticide free is a challenge, but is doable, since I have so few plants.

On that note, I love giant moths, though. Much to the disapproval of gardeners everywhere, I don't kill tomato hornworms, aka future  Hawkmoths.

I simply remove them from the plant and feed them other vegetables until they pupate.

I have two hawkmoth chrysalises buried now that will hatch in Spring '22. At which time I will release them from the hatchery tent ... A winged evil upon fellow tomato growers.

I do enjoy myself, and the plants have inspired some decent short story writing.

I have found, for me anyway, that working with plants and insects is an excellent antidote for too much full digital immersion.

That batch of Tumblers you had look excellent.
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Post by: KSM on August 16, 2021, 09:56:25 AM
I have no idea when these guys are ready to burn my mouth on. Can't wait!  :o  Should they be red?  Also, I love the lilac bush outside the kitchen window. See it?   ;D
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 17, 2021, 05:46:20 AM
I like the photos and the stories @Camazotz Automat & @KSM  :)
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on August 17, 2021, 08:26:44 AM
I like the photos and the stories @Camazotz Automat & @KSM  :)

Thank you for your kind words, @FISH

If my tales of wyrd sentient tomatoes and prophetic moths are captured by HarperCollins Publishing (or one of its imprints), I will make damn sure you get your copy.  Heh heh.

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Post by: KSM on August 17, 2021, 09:44:54 AM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 17, 2021, 11:06:08 AM
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.
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Post by: KSM on August 17, 2021, 11:23:30 AM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 18, 2021, 02:44:11 PM
Big thanks for that! @Rikki Gins. Gives some ideas  :)

Those red gems of yours look fantastic!

Thanks, @KSM.  Yes, those were very tasty peppers.  Those three round ones were extra hot, though I can't recall the name of them.  I would put tiny pcs. of them in meals and no matter what, I'd get a powerful case of the hiccups from eating them.  I sure do miss being able to eat hot peppers.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 18, 2021, 04:18:05 PM
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A large bird perched atop the tree.  That tree was quite a ways away.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 19, 2021, 12:48:08 PM
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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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Post by: Camazotz Automat on August 19, 2021, 03:28:47 PM
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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 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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 20, 2021, 01:29:11 PM
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A couple weeks ago this auto popped up like a mushroom in my back alleyway.  I reported it to the authorities and someone came out and placed some stickers on it's window that said "If you don't move this vehicle in 24 hours, it will be towed away."  A tow truck came out and took it away yesterday. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 21, 2021, 11:58:44 AM
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I walked by a cactus plant that was beginning to bloom.

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Post by: FISH on August 21, 2021, 03:21:00 PM
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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."

What a beauty.
Years ago, I grew some red poppy flowers from seed.
My garden is a mess this year.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 21, 2021, 03:23:22 PM
Beautiful, RG. Or should I say exquisite?


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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on August 21, 2021, 04:47:15 PM
I have a mustard APERAGE journal next to me at this given time.

My, God. These Plant journals are filled with the words of RAGING APES!

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P.S.
@FISH  , such good taste you have in paper products. ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on August 22, 2021, 07:07:25 PM
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I walked by a cactus plant that was beginning to bloom.

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Oh, beautiful. I really love the paddle cacti.  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on August 22, 2021, 10:29:44 PM
I can’t keep this moon up forever @PolkaDot
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 23, 2021, 12:02:28 AM
I can’t keep this moon up forever @PolkaDot

Click twice to enlarge the photo and you caught something to the right of the teepee.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 23, 2021, 12:04:08 PM
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Some more chicory.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: ShayP on August 23, 2021, 12:08:26 PM
I can’t keep this moon up forever @PolkaDot

I was thinking of a different moon.   ;) ;D
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 24, 2021, 12:40:45 PM
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The yarrow has blossomed for a second year in a row.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on August 24, 2021, 07:46:18 PM
I can’t keep this moon up forever @PolkaDot
Nice! So bright- it’s truly beautiful Grav.
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Post by: PolkaDot on August 24, 2021, 07:47:19 PM
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The yarrow has blossomed for a second year in a row.

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HaaaaChew!
 ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on August 24, 2021, 07:48:17 PM
I was thinking of a different moon.   ;) ;D
That would have been quite the climb!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 25, 2021, 11:57:18 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union., August 25, 1921.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 26, 2021, 08:02:19 AM
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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 26, 2021, 12:06:48 PM
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?
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Post by: FISH on August 26, 2021, 12:50:19 PM
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.
@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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on August 26, 2021, 01:39:56 PM
@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.
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Post by: FISH on August 26, 2021, 03:57:50 PM
@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.
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Mystic Island, New Jersey
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 27, 2021, 02:36:44 PM
@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

Is your bro a doctor or a lawyer?  Just kidding, @FISH.  Real nice picture.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 27, 2021, 02:37:26 PM
Some local color from my EllGab Garden.

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Post by: FISH on August 28, 2021, 09:38:15 AM
Some local color from my EllGab Garden.

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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.



Is your bro a doctor or a lawyer?  Just kidding, @FISH.  Real nice picture.
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on August 28, 2021, 12:55:41 PM
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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You have an awesome brother, @FISH.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 28, 2021, 01:00:26 PM
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My EllGab neighborhood walk takes me by this girl with heart balloons.
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Post by: PolkaDot on August 28, 2021, 01:12:01 PM
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My EllGab neighborhood walk takes me by this girl with heart balloons.
Interesting and creepy. I think I like it.  :-\
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on August 28, 2021, 01:19:33 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 30, 2021, 03:02:55 PM
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I got to see a fire-breathing dragon cloud, up in the sky.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on August 30, 2021, 03:20:32 PM
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.
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Post by: FISH on August 30, 2021, 03:21:12 PM
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I got to see a fire-breathing dragon cloud, up in the sky.

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OH YEAH, that is a dragon.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 31, 2021, 01:58:17 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on August 31, 2021, 10:47:36 PM
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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.

Maybe a Bee Bomb, and they had to evacuate
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 02, 2021, 09:37:26 AM
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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Jayzelady on September 02, 2021, 09:42:42 AM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 02, 2021, 12:34:54 PM
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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.

That is one great photo, @FISH!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 02, 2021, 12:38:47 PM
Maybe a Bee Bomb, and they had to evacuate

Ha, yes.  I kind of thought that Burt's Bee's ghost was floating around, waiting to catch them.  Bees can see into the spirit world and, well, they just didn't want to get caught.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 02, 2021, 04:18:19 PM
My brother's basement flooded a bit.
I do not have a basement. No basement flooding for me!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 04, 2021, 06:34:00 AM
That is one great photo, @FISH!

Thanks @Rikki Gins .
At first I disliked my iPhone and texting. Sending a text may lead to a misunderstanding. During my tornado warnings, I sent out some texts to my loved ones " I am OK." Local news had reported that a tornado was head straight for my neighborhood. However it took a sudden turn.  :)
I went out back to take some photos of the clouds.
A sample of of some of the texts I received.
The clouds are pink, yellow, gray and black.
The sound is so loud. It sounds like thunder. The sound of thunder is still going on.
We lost electricity.
We are in the basement.


I sent out this text-my house is old tough. I am tougher than my house. My home was built in 1870's. My cellar walls are made from bedrock. No glass windows only vents for air to move around.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 04, 2021, 06:34:50 AM
My brother's basement flooded a bit.
I do not have a basement. No basement flooding for me!
@anniem I don't have a basement. I have a CELLAR.  ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 04, 2021, 06:36:10 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Bart Ell on September 04, 2021, 06:47:23 AM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Spookcat on September 04, 2021, 01:10:16 PM
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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They are strange. The ones I tried were okay, but I like the regular peaches better.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 04, 2021, 01:56:22 PM
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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.
 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 04, 2021, 07:11:01 PM
@anniem I don't have a basement. I have a CELLAR.  ;)

Right! Whats the difference?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 05, 2021, 09:18:03 AM
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.
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 05, 2021, 09:20:08 AM
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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.

GREAT CLOUDS photos @Rikki Gins . I Want to Believe.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Spookcat on September 05, 2021, 12:55:16 PM
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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As someone who HATES cotton candy- EW.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 05, 2021, 01:04:43 PM
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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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Post by: JUAN on September 05, 2021, 03:57:55 PM
@GravitySucks - what are these pea eggplant supposed to do?  The ones I planted in pots are about 4-feet (1.2m) tall and the two in the ground are about 7-feet (2.1m) tall and have not produced anything but leaves.  These, collards, and sweet potatoes may be all I have to eat if Xiden gets his way.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 07, 2021, 12:54:56 PM
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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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Post by: FISH on September 07, 2021, 02:29:41 PM
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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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@Spookcat do you see the pterodactyl?
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Post by: FISH on September 07, 2021, 02:32:58 PM
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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.
LIKE
The tom cat looks like a "polydactyl cat."
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 07, 2021, 04:45:10 PM
Latest/yesterday's modest harvest. Number sixty-seven. Ping-pong ball dimensions. 1.1 ounces.
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 08, 2021, 05:03:56 AM
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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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I noticed IO posted two cloud pterodactyls in the Afghan topic.


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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 08, 2021, 06:25:01 AM
Latest/yesterday's modest harvest. Number sixty-seven. Ping-pong ball dimensions. 1.1 ounces.

hello # sixty-seven.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Spookcat on September 08, 2021, 12:10:20 PM
@Spookcat do you see the pterodactyl?

It's in the clouds! Not enough toes or fur though. :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 08, 2021, 02:50:24 PM
hello # sixty-seven.

It was a fragrant and most delicious tomato.

Seeds saved and on the rack.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 08, 2021, 03:22:09 PM
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Rudbeckia otherwise known as coneflowers, continue to bloom in the back yard.
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Post by: HamsterMuscle on September 08, 2021, 03:38:48 PM
Right! Whats the difference?

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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 09, 2021, 02:24:54 PM
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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.
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Post by: anniem on September 09, 2021, 08:01:39 PM
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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.

Pretty!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 10, 2021, 07:58:28 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 10, 2021, 07:59:31 AM
It was a fragrant and most delicious tomato.

Seeds saved and on the rack.
I like your seed rack.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 10, 2021, 08:03:10 AM
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Rudbeckia otherwise known as coneflowers, continue to bloom in the back yard.
I love your coneflowers. My coneflowers were over taken by a very aggressive vine. I will be a better gardener next year.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 10, 2021, 08:32:52 AM
I like your seed rack.
Just wait until you get a load of my seed scooper.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 10, 2021, 12:30:48 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on September 10, 2021, 07:49:09 PM
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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.

Happy little cloud?
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Post by: FISH on September 11, 2021, 08:53:19 AM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 12, 2021, 01:00:44 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 12, 2021, 01:05:16 PM
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I looked over my back fence and saw this bizarre structure in the lot across the alley.
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Post by: FISH on September 13, 2021, 09:17:30 AM
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?

The average Joe was NOT aware of the hijacked plane in PA. Our Mayor instructed for all buildings over 20 stories high to be evacuated immediately shortly after 10 AM. I was working in Center City Philadelphia. Seeing folks running out of tall building running to get home was like something out of a 1950's Sci-Fi movie.
There are 80.54 miles from New York City to Philadelphia PA.
There are 198.14 miles from Philadelphia to Shanksville PA.
At 9:28 a.m.: United 93 was hijacked.
9:57 a.m.: The passenger revolt begins.
10:01 a.m.: The hijackers decide to crash the plane
Jarrah again asked the other hijacker if he should crash the vehicle. This time, he was told, “Yes, put it in it, and pull it down.”
Jarrah pulled the control wheel hard to the left, causing the plane to fly upside down, and then to crash into the ground at a speed of 580 miles per hour.

It was 10:03 a.m.

https://www.history.com/news/united-flight-93-september-11-passengers-revolt-crash
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Post by: FISH on September 13, 2021, 09:33:36 AM
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I looked over my back fence and saw this bizarre structure in the lot across the alley.
What is this?  :-\
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 13, 2021, 09:38:22 AM
Over the weekend, I took a visit to Langhorne PA.
People are still cleaning up after the visit from IDA.
"Floods, tornadoes from Ida leave death, destruction in Bucks, Montgomery counties."

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One of the many trees uprooted during the flash floods on September 2, 2021.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 13, 2021, 04:07:59 PM
 
I like your seed rack.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 14, 2021, 07:20:07 AM

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.
LIKE!
PINCH spoon. I never knew what to do about the pinch measurement.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 14, 2021, 01:09:09 PM
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A small sunflower plant that grew when a seed fell down from my bird feeder.
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Post by: FISH on September 15, 2021, 08:51:29 AM
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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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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 15, 2021, 12:17:14 PM
one little seed :o
I will match your sunflower with a pink flower @Rikki Gins .
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That pink color is striking, @FISH!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 15, 2021, 01:48:14 PM
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Some Hibiscus flowers.  Not mine.  I came across them during an EllGab Garden walk.
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Post by: FISH on September 16, 2021, 08:04:10 AM
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Some Hibiscus flowers.  Not mine.  I came across them during an EllGab Garden walk.
@Rikki Gins I am fond of Hibiscus flowers.
The September equinox 2021 is on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 (in 6 days).  :)
In my neighborhood, chrysanthemums are kings and queens of gardens at this time of year. What about your area?
There are nights where one can feel the season changing.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 16, 2021, 08:07:43 AM
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/
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 16, 2021, 01:03:27 PM
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.
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Post by: FISH on September 17, 2021, 07:01:01 AM
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  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 17, 2021, 12:39:57 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 18, 2021, 08:22:07 AM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2021, 12:25:21 PM
@Rikki Gins
Incredible trees. Your photos captured the magic of the trees.

Glad you liked them, @FISH.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2021, 12:35:01 PM
From the Library of Congress.  The Bemidji Daily Pioneer.  September 18, 1921.

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Post by: FISH on September 18, 2021, 04:13:33 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2021, 04:58:54 PM
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.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 18, 2021, 06:56:27 PM
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.

I am part Irish.
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PS/ I'm not going to talk about the onion cure.

No? You can. We won't let any moron pester you for it.   ;)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 19, 2021, 08:08:42 AM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 19, 2021, 08:10:26 AM
I am part Irish.
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No? You can. We won't let any moron pester you for it.   ;)

Potatoes always come before the onion @anniem  ;)
Don't be a potato head.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 19, 2021, 01:32:22 PM
@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.

No, @FISH, that was a warning given during welding class, not to stare at the torch while welding something because it gets super bright and it will harm your eyes if you look at it without a welders helmet.  So I never did get sore eyes because I put a helmet on before welding something.  Also, those welding helmets are the best things to use during a solar eclipse.  You can look right at the sun without causing any harm to your eyes.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 19, 2021, 02:00:42 PM
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I was taking a picture of a tree when I got photobombed by a ghostly menu.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 19, 2021, 08:08:03 PM
Potatoes always come before the onion @anniem  ;)
Don't be a potato head.

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 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 20, 2021, 12:57:45 PM
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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?
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Post by: FISH on September 21, 2021, 07:15:09 AM
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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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 21, 2021, 07:19:32 AM
Mums from a Jersey farm. No more fresh corn or tomatoes. Now, they are selling fall flowers.

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Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 21, 2021, 07:26:07 AM
A  photobombed by a ghostly military jet?
@Walks_At_Night do you recognize this jet?

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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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 21, 2021, 03:55:36 PM
Mums from a Jersey farm. No more fresh corn or tomatoes. Now, they are selling fall flowers.

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Colorful!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 21, 2021, 04:31:44 PM
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

 
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 21, 2021, 05:07:29 PM
@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

 

The flared wingtips got me! I am sure now that you are correct and that it is a P8.  Navy plane used in an anti-submarine role and packed with all kinds of gear for that purpose. If I remember correctly, there was some consternation that they did not have magnetic anomaly detectors which is a way other than sound to track submarines.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 22, 2021, 08:53:30 AM
@Rikki Gins I think you are under surveillance.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 22, 2021, 01:26:58 PM
@Rikki Gins I think you are under surveillance.

Ha, @FISH.  Wouldn't be the first time.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 22, 2021, 01:27:17 PM
From the Library of Congress.  The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, September 22, 1921.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 22, 2021, 06:46:45 PM
Mums from a Jersey farm. No more fresh corn or tomatoes. Now, they are selling fall flowers.

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Pretty
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on September 22, 2021, 06:47:57 PM
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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?

Wow!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 23, 2021, 07:46:01 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, September 22, 1921.

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LIKE
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 23, 2021, 02:10:52 PM
LIKE

Yes, I especially liked that one also, @FISH.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 23, 2021, 02:25:28 PM
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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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on September 23, 2021, 06:11:49 PM
@Rikki Gins

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
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 23, 2021, 10:41:50 PM
@Rikki Gins

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

I'll drink to some dwarf dandelion wine!  Haha, like @FISH said, I was under surveillance, and have been off and on since 1953.   
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 24, 2021, 08:25:06 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2021, 01:32:40 PM
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

Guess I won't be drinking to that, @FISH.  Harry and Meghan could easily afford the stuff, though.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2021, 01:42:01 PM
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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.
 
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Post by: FISH on September 27, 2021, 08:53:04 AM
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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.
A bird from South Africa? I starting to believe that you really are Monitor 49 @Rikki Gins . It is a grand flowering plant.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on September 27, 2021, 09:02:55 AM
Here on the East Coast the temperature is starting to drop. I love FOUNTAIN GRASSES during this time of year.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on September 27, 2021, 01:11:49 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 02, 2021, 07:19:51 AM
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  ;)

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on October 02, 2021, 07:15:51 PM
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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 03, 2021, 06:06:58 AM
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.
Thanks for asking @anniem .  :)
PS/ 3 days away from the MSM is good for the soul.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 03, 2021, 06:09:01 AM
Yo @Rikki Gins what kind of bug is this? This little creature tried to crawl up my leg.  :o

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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 03, 2021, 01:40:04 PM
Yo @Rikki Gins what kind of bug is this? This little creature tried to crawl up my leg.  :o

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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.
https://alltheabovetreeservice.com/2018/11/05/how-to-find-identify-the-spotted-lanternfly/
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on October 03, 2021, 07:44:16 PM
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.

Glad to hear it was a good trip, @FISH
Yes, MSM sucks.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 04, 2021, 07:38:05 AM
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.
https://alltheabovetreeservice.com/2018/11/05/how-to-find-identify-the-spotted-lanternfly/
OH NO---no natural predators in their new environment, :'(
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 04, 2021, 01:07:51 PM
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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Post by: anniem on October 04, 2021, 01:41:04 PM
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?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 04, 2021, 05:56:04 PM
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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Post by: FISH on October 05, 2021, 07:31:05 AM
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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HA! My brother has a home in Jersey. He pointed out a bird to me. At first he called it a BUZZARD. Then he called it a VULTURE. I asked him to make his mind up. With all this chatting I failed to capture a photo of this bird.
Interesting photos @Rikki Gins  :)
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Post by: FISH on October 05, 2021, 07:33:53 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 05, 2021, 08:41:42 PM
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 see a tree face wearing a metal mask.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on October 06, 2021, 09:18:52 AM
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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Ahhh! I love vultures! They are one of my favorite birds of prey.  :)
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Post by: FISH on October 06, 2021, 09:25:07 AM
I see a tree face wearing a metal mask.
HA! The mask has the Great Seal of NJ on it.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 06, 2021, 09:26:02 AM
Ahhh! I love vultures! They are one of my favorite birds of prey.  :)
WOW!
Look who is back in town. Hello @PolkaDot  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on October 06, 2021, 09:35:23 AM
WOW!
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!

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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Post by: FISH on October 06, 2021, 10:21:31 AM
Hello @FISH ! I am procrastinating....I have a rather long list of things to do....*sigh* so I'm off!

Side note, yesterday we harvested the last of the apples and pears off of my espaliers. They turned out super yummy and beautiful!
WOW WOW WOW @PolkaDot  :)
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
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Post by: anniem on October 06, 2021, 10:42:49 AM
https://vimeo.com/624695832

@KSM
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 06, 2021, 12:05:57 PM
https://vimeo.com/624695832

@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.   
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Post by: KSM on October 06, 2021, 05:09:45 PM
https://vimeo.com/624695832

@KSM
Wow Annie you weren't kidding! I like that.
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Post by: anniem on October 06, 2021, 09:08:15 PM
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.

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.
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Post by: anniem on October 06, 2021, 09:09:06 PM
Wow Annie you weren't kidding! I like that.

Me too. They buzz. They can get really close when they are chasing one another.
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Post by: FISH on October 07, 2021, 01:00:13 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 07, 2021, 01:22:17 PM
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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
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Post by: FISH on October 07, 2021, 01:31:30 PM
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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

 Holy cannoli!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on October 07, 2021, 06:59:38 PM
@anniem great video. +1 ;)

Thanks!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on October 07, 2021, 07:00:09 PM

 Holy cannoli!

Yum!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on October 08, 2021, 03:16:05 AM
WOW WOW WOW @PolkaDot  :)
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.  :(
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 09, 2021, 07:48:38 AM
It’s the pretty ones you’ve got to watch. I’m sorry to hear the bastards are invading.  :(

@Rikki Gins suggested my talking with the insects. Summer temperatures are starting to change. I hope that the cold weather sends these creatures back to into the universe.
I look to the sky's for a change in temperature.

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Post by: FISH on October 09, 2021, 07:57:32 AM
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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 09, 2021, 01:04:47 PM
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

@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.
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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%.

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.       
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-07/knp-complex-windy-fires-may-have-killed-hundreds-of-sequoias
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Post by: FISH on October 10, 2021, 08:00:32 AM
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-07/knp-complex-windy-fires-may-have-killed-hundreds-of-sequoias

I was enjoying reading this story. Until I read this=
Park officials on Wednesday wrote on Facebook ...
 Why updates on FAKEBOOK?  ::)
Wishing for some rain for the giant sequoias.

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Post by: FISH on October 10, 2021, 08:17:51 AM
@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.
No matter where you go, I will find you
If it takes a thousand years




Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 11, 2021, 01:46:45 PM
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This cloud picture resembles a head, looking down at one of my trees.  If you click on the image it will appear slightly larger and clearer.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on October 11, 2021, 06:28:53 PM
OK. It might be a bit too late to actually get the fresh vegetables out of the garden, but if you like pico de gallo then try making this version of blended salsa that tastes pretty much like pico.

No dicing required!

In a blender put:

1 large sweet onion
2 cloves garlic (I use a garlic press)
3 jalapeño peppers
4 large ripe tomatoes

1/4 cup olive oil
Juice of 2 limes
1/4 teaspoon salt

About 10 sprigs of cilantro

Blend until the chunks are gone

Enjoy

You can vary the heat by using your judgment on how many peppers to put in. Some people don’t like cilantro. It’s ok without it. But I won’t respect you.

You can eat this as soon as you make it but the olive oil helps give it some body so if you can rest it in the fridge for a bit the consistency won’t be as watery.

I’m guessing it would be safe refrigerated for about a week but mine doesn’t last that long.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 13, 2021, 12:57:09 PM
Yum!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 13, 2021, 01:31:35 PM
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Allow me to introduce to you my friend, Mr. Assassin Bug. He landed next to me a couple weeks back while I was out back, enjoying a cup of coffee.  Despite his name, we got along just fine.  I asked him if he was a beneficial insect or a pest and he challenged me to find a single aphid in the garden.  I set my coffee cup down and made an inspection.  No, I couldn't find one aphid.  I went into the house and got my phone before rejoining him. 

"I couldn't find a single aphid out there."  I told him.  "That's because I ate them all." he said in return.  Definitely a beneficial insect.  I took some pictures of him and enjoyed his company for a little while before he flew away.

But it doesn't end there.  Just yesterday I was out at my picnic table, shelling some peanuts for the bird feeder when I felt something land on my bare arm.  Yes, it was Mr. A.  He looked a little worse for wear and was missing part of a back leg.  He asked if he could stay on my arm a bit in order to warm up, and I said sure. 

"What happened?" I asked, "Did you get in a fight?"  "Yes." he answered, "I was mating."  "Oh."

He stayed on my arm for a good ten minutes.  Finally I walked back to the house to get my phone but he flew away without a fair thee well.  I went online and found that Assassin Bugs can deliver a burning bite when threatened.  Glad I was on his good side.   

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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 14, 2021, 01:34:38 PM
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EllGab Garden Neighborhood Walk.  A Rose of Sharon flower.  I used to have some bushes out back but they kept dying off due to the heavy clay soil.

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I forgot to take a shot of the actual bush itself.  Here's what they look like.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 15, 2021, 08:26:06 AM
I was on a road trip for a few days. I am back to the EllGab Garden. Some good reads. Thanks @GravitySucks & @Rikki Gins .
I was visiting the Grand Canyon Of Pennsylvania. The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania stretches 50 miles and reaches depths of 1,000 feet.

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Pine Creek Gorge
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on October 16, 2021, 02:23:31 PM
When I was making the clearing for my tipi grounds two cedar trees spoke to me and said they wanted to be the base of an outdoor table. Got the table top mounted today. Need to put some landscaping fabric and decomposed granite around it after I clear away the vegetation.

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Post by: GravitySucks on October 16, 2021, 02:36:45 PM
While walking around I saw a few fall wildflowers.

Late Purple Astor

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Camphorweed

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on October 16, 2021, 04:20:37 PM
Little Lady Tresses

The leaves in the background are yaupon. Makes a great tea. Only natural plant in North America with caffeine.

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Hogwort

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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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Post by: GravitySucks on October 16, 2021, 04:39:00 PM
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.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on October 16, 2021, 05:25:18 PM
Fascinating, Gravity.  Thanks for keeping us up to date.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: KSM on October 16, 2021, 09:37:28 PM

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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@GravitySucks

I LOVE that!  If you can see it in your mind..   well, you know.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on October 17, 2021, 03:21:49 AM
The table is great.  Needs a robot sniper dog sleeping under it.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 17, 2021, 07:46:21 AM
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.

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.
@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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 17, 2021, 01:57:14 PM
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A  picture of the night sky a couple nights ago when the moon was sharing some space with Jupiter, upper left to the moon, and Saturn, the less bright planet to the right of the moon.

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A second shot shows a mysterious green object that appeared off to the right of the moon.
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Post by: FISH on October 18, 2021, 09:35:25 AM
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Look @anniem a red leaf in PA.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 18, 2021, 01:31:05 PM
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Look @anniem a red leaf in PA.

Beautiful picture, @FISH!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 18, 2021, 01:32:48 PM
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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
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Post by: anniem on October 18, 2021, 07:13:54 PM
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Look @anniem a red leaf in PA.

HA! Did you bring it from NJ?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on October 18, 2021, 10:10:39 PM
@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.

@FISH the flowers are Frost Asters
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Post by: FISH on October 19, 2021, 11:18:40 AM
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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! I had a plant that refused to flower all SUMMER. Today, it started to flower.  ::)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 19, 2021, 11:20:26 AM
HA! Did you bring it from NJ?
Beautiful picture, @FISH!

@anniem & @Rikki Gins are the leaves turning colors in your area?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 19, 2021, 11:23:31 AM
@FISH the flowers are Frost Asters
Thanks @GravitySucks .
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 19, 2021, 12:48:32 PM
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Some roses have decided to bloom once again after having done so last summer.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on October 19, 2021, 09:54:17 PM
@anniem & @Rikki Gins are the leaves turning colors in your area?

Yes!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on October 20, 2021, 09:32:13 AM
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Some roses have decided to bloom once again after having done so last summer.

The roses are coming out to see the FULL MOON @Rikki Gins .
Yes!
The Fall leaves want to see the Hunter's Moon @anniem .
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: anniem on October 20, 2021, 09:42:25 PM
The roses are coming out to see the FULL MOON @Rikki Gins .The Fall leaves want to see the Hunter's Moon @anniem .

We just got home from a drive south about an hour, leaves are turning away down there.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on October 21, 2021, 03:17:24 AM
Outside my door
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 21, 2021, 05:01:49 AM
Outside my door

A very nice picture Dot!  Hibiscus.  No wonder it is outside your door.  A beautiful flower for a beautiful lady.
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Post by: FISH on October 21, 2021, 07:42:17 AM
We just got home from a drive south about an hour, leaves are turning away down there.
thanks for update.  :)
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Post by: FISH on October 21, 2021, 07:43:00 AM
Outside my door
@PolkaDot what a beautiful color.
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Post by: FISH on October 21, 2021, 07:44:28 AM
CLOUDS.

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Post by: GravitySucks on October 21, 2021, 08:31:23 AM
Outside my door

Hibiscus?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 21, 2021, 03:47:53 PM
CLOUDS.

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oooooh, I like those, @FISH
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 21, 2021, 04:04:03 PM
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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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 22, 2021, 02:31:46 AM
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!
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 22, 2021, 02:33:45 AM
@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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 22, 2021, 02:36:16 AM
Hibiscus?
Indeed!
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 22, 2021, 02:39:03 AM
I took some other pics on my walk yesterday.

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Post by: FISH on October 22, 2021, 07:20:35 AM
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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.

@Rikki Gins since you shared a photo of a moth...well here is my moth photo. I was on a road trip with my brother. My brother is an EAGLES fan.  ::) On his front bumper plate there is an imagine of an eagle.  I wonder if this moth is also a fan of the Eagles?

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Post by: FISH on October 22, 2021, 07:21:42 AM
I took some other pics on my walk yesterday.

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GREAT PHOTOS @PolkaDot .
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 22, 2021, 12:54:25 PM
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. 
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 24, 2021, 12:25:47 PM
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.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 26, 2021, 01:13:45 PM
@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.

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Post by: FISH on October 26, 2021, 03:53:07 PM
Yes @FISH.  I found this burning bush growing along the route I take for a daily walk.

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WOW @Rikki Gins  :o

The burning bush (or the unburnt bush) was a supernatural phenomenon described by Exodus 3:1–4:17 that occurred on Mount Horeb.
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Post by: FISH on October 26, 2021, 04:00:10 PM
WHAT A NICE SURPRISE for me.  All summer long, I was waiting for my ORANGE A PEEL to bloom. After a rain storm looks who came out to play.

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black-eyed susan vine
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Post by: FISH on October 26, 2021, 04:02:29 PM
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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Post by: Walks_At_Night on October 26, 2021, 04:22:08 PM
I will see Rix's burning bush and raise him a burning tree spied on my walk today:

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Post by: FISH on October 27, 2021, 07:21:58 AM

 burning bush VS burning tree
  :-\
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 31, 2021, 03:29:30 PM
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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.
 
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Post by: FISH on November 01, 2021, 01:53:19 PM
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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.

Sorry @Walks_At_Night RIKKI WINS the burning bush VS burning tree contest.
I purchased some shares in ADVISORSHARES TR PURE US CANNABIS. I am losing $$$. That marihuana store better get busy soon! Tell that staff to wake up and get working.
However,  MIND MEDICINE (MINDMED) INC is starting to gain.  :)
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 02, 2021, 08:28:57 PM
@Rikki Gins , your 100years question reminds me of this hotel
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 02, 2021, 08:51:34 PM
@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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Post by: ShayP on November 02, 2021, 09:03:00 PM
@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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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 03, 2021, 02:27:56 PM
Fallingwater. @Rikki Gins  I've been there several times.  I too would love to live there.  It's awesome.

Really nice that you were able to see the place, @ShayP.  Thinking back, I've been in a house that looked out at the Pacific ocean and another that looked down at a river, but certainly not anything like Fallingwater.  What a fantastic place. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 03, 2021, 02:33:46 PM
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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.

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Post by: FISH on November 03, 2021, 05:49:47 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on November 03, 2021, 07:51:43 PM
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
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Post by: FISH on November 06, 2021, 07:28:49 AM
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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.  ;)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 06, 2021, 11:38:55 AM
@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.
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 06, 2021, 02:06:14 PM
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
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Post by: anniem on November 06, 2021, 08:09:34 PM
I agree with FISH, Annie.  Very nice pictures.  I really like the trees that grow in your neck of the woods.

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.
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Post by: anniem on November 06, 2021, 08:11:07 PM
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
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 07, 2021, 08:12:17 AM
It is nearly an ounce more than anything I've ever grown here!   :D

@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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 07, 2021, 03:30:20 PM
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.
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Post by: anniem on November 07, 2021, 04:17:48 PM
@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

I think you are right! We've only been here a bit over a year. Our neighbor tried to build a dome made of wire, but still is not able to keep the wild ones out. We have a deck on the second story, not sure if we could manage something but I definitely lack the motivation.  :D

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Your photos look like you are in a good ecology for mushroom hunting / cataloging.

There is a couple undeveloped lots around, the one across the street is quite a bit lower than ours. We chatted with some people who were looking around in it, they said they were looking for mushrooms. If it weren't so dry apparently mushrooms would be plentiful over there.
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Post by: anniem on November 07, 2021, 04:18:15 PM
@anniem - Ponderosa's smell like vanilla- give the bark a gentle scratch. It's really quite lovely.

Oh, yes I will. I'll let you know. Thank you!
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 07, 2021, 06:44:44 PM
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.
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Post by: FISH on November 08, 2021, 07:26:18 AM
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.

Off with their heads. :)
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Post by: FISH on November 08, 2021, 07:28:33 AM
@anniem - Ponderosa's smell like vanilla- give the bark a gentle scratch. It's really quite lovely.
GET scratchin' @anniem  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 08, 2021, 02:01:20 PM
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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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Post by: anniem on November 08, 2021, 05:19:42 PM
GET scratchin' @anniem  :)

Oh I was out today and forgot. Tomorrow then.
 ;D
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Post by: anniem on November 08, 2021, 05:21:58 PM
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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.

Pretty!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 12, 2021, 11:14:42 AM
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Out in the back alleyway, some busy bees.
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 12, 2021, 06:33:02 PM
       Singing to my five tomato plants tonight as I covered them in preparation for tonight's temperature dip:

       Is it the end, my friend?

       Satan Frost is comin' round the bend...


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Post by: FISH on November 13, 2021, 09:21:46 AM
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Out in the back alleyway, some busy bees.
FUNNY
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Post by: FISH on November 13, 2021, 09:28:12 AM
       Singing to my five tomato plants tonight as I covered them in preparation for tonight's temperature dip:

       Is it the end, my friend?

       Satan Frost 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..



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Post by: PolkaDot on November 13, 2021, 04:11:49 PM
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. ;)
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 13, 2021, 04:15:32 PM
There was an autumn straggler in my neighbor’s lawn. A terrible place for it, some would even be scandalized by its presence in the lawn, BUT this time of year it was a welcome surprise during my walk.

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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 13, 2021, 05:08:37 PM
The Light Pours Out Of Me
Time flies
Time crawls
Like an insect
Up and down the walls..



LIKE

During the snare drum crescendos, I could almost see Patrick McGoohan escaping The Village via jetpack.
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Post by: FISH on November 14, 2021, 08:15:57 AM
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 .
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Post by: FISH on November 14, 2021, 08:17:38 AM
LIKE

During the snare drum crescendos, I could almost see Patrick McGoohan escaping The Village via jetpack.
YES @Camazotz Automat  :)

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Post by: FISH on November 14, 2021, 08:21:47 AM
I had plans to visit Yellowstone in Montana. However, life made other plans for me.

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https://www.visitgardinermt.com/item/352-yellowstone-wonders
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 14, 2021, 12:40:14 PM
LIKE the red Christmas branches @PolkaDot .
Me too. I really enjoy making the Christmas pots.  :) It's fun and festive.
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 14, 2021, 12:41:27 PM
I had plans to visit Yellowstone in Montana. However, life made other plans for me.

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https://www.visitgardinermt.com/item/352-yellowstone-wonders
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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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 14, 2021, 04:32:37 PM
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.
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Post by: FISH on November 15, 2021, 08:15:12 AM
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.
ENJOY!
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 15, 2021, 10:55:28 AM
ENJOY!

Thank you.

Everyday is Communion.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 15, 2021, 01:59:08 PM
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Danger Will Robinson!  Do not step on without suitable footwear.  (Star thistles.)
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Post by: ShayP on November 15, 2021, 02:31:28 PM
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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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 15, 2021, 04:21:20 PM
Tomatoes are great and those look wonderful.


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!
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Post by: FISH on November 16, 2021, 07:03:34 AM
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Danger Will Robinson!  Do not step on without suitable footwear.  (Star thistles.)

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
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Post by: FISH on November 16, 2021, 07:04:26 AM

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!

Bwahahaha! Hah!
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Post by: GravitySucks on November 16, 2021, 07:08:26 AM
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 feet
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Post by: FISH on November 16, 2021, 07:25:09 AM
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 feet
I guess these plants do not want to be eaten.  ???
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 18, 2021, 01:49:27 PM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 18, 2021, 02:11:05 PM
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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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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 18, 2021, 09:21:26 PM
Tonight's full moon "take of eight," from plant #4.
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Post by: FISH on November 19, 2021, 08:06:43 AM
@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.

 "Wild parties" with the Sandburs @Rikki Gins  :)
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Post by: FISH on November 19, 2021, 08:07:33 AM
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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.
pretty
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 19, 2021, 01:52:43 PM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.  I see a space alien face looking down at swimming dolphins.
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Post by: FISH on November 20, 2021, 08:07:51 AM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.  I see a space alien face looking down at swimming dolphins.
Your alien must be #8 @Rikki Gins . The Sirians are those types of aliens that in spite of having a humanoid structure prefer to live around in the water. These aquatic aliens are mostly found in oceans and lakes where there is huge depth. They are known to have come from Sirius B Star system.
https://proofofalien.com/top-10-different-types-of-alien-species-on-earth/
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 23, 2021, 11:48:16 AM
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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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Post by: PolkaDot on November 24, 2021, 09:56:36 AM
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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.
Nice! I love the lunar eclipses. So beautiful.  :)
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Post by: FISH on November 25, 2021, 07:27:37 AM
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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.

GREAT PHOTOS @Rikki Gins .
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 27, 2021, 08:24:11 PM
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)
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Post by: GravitySucks on November 27, 2021, 08:37:05 PM
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.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 28, 2021, 08:23:56 AM
@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.

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)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on November 28, 2021, 09:19:10 AM
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)

@Camazotz Automat yaupon is supposed to be an immune system builder. The way I prepare it ends up with an iced tea that doesn’t taste much different than a really good iced tea. My girlfriend drinks it hot. I don’t care for hot beverages.

She crumples the leaves and lets them steep in a cup using a tea strainer. I run mine through a bullet blender to make a powder not unlike a macha tea powder. I find that using the powder imparts more flavor in a shorter time than just using crumpled leaves. I make a batch of iced tea one gallon at a time using spring water and then just strain it when it cools. It doesn’t keep quite as long as regular iced tea. Seems like it starts getting floaters in it if I don’t use it up in a week.

Glad to be of service in your continued enlightenment. I used to know quite a bit about plants and their uses for nutrition and medicine. I taught survival refresher training for a few years in the Air Force. Sadly most of that knowledge is in offline storage at the moment. I have an app that identifies plants using the camera on my phone. But I still don’t remember most of what I look up a few days later.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: FISH on November 28, 2021, 12:34:02 PM
I like all the tea talk.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on November 28, 2021, 12:53:36 PM
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)
I hate to burst your bubble but Lemon Balm is in the mint family and mint LOVES everyone!!!
>>>Apologies, Debbie paid me good money. Now I feel dirty.  :(
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on November 28, 2021, 01:05:54 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on November 28, 2021, 01:35:12 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on November 28, 2021, 01:38:29 PM
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....
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 28, 2021, 02:15:09 PM
@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/traveling with that infamous 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.)

I have said too much. But I'm shook up about this yaupon revelation.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 28, 2021, 02:28:53 PM
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Just yesterday I took some more pictures of this South African Sutera plant.  This thing has bloomed steadily since the last shot I took of it in September.  (https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg360351#msg360351)  There have been some frosty nights here but so far, they haven't harmed this plant. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on November 28, 2021, 02:31:13 PM
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…

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on November 28, 2021, 02:38:02 PM
@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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Don’t feel bad @Camazotz Automat, my favorite plant whisperer, @Aldous Burbank is my go to resource for natural medicines, yet he had never heard of yaupon. He’s a frigging Indian. He’s SUPPOSED to know this shit. My mention of how I was making my own tea when we were just shooting the shit one day sent him own a rabbit hole of discovery. Maybe my legacy will be somewhat like Johnny Appleseed’s.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on November 28, 2021, 05:34:28 PM
@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. 

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 28, 2021, 07:02:12 PM
@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. 

@GravitySucks

An impressive tray of goodness.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on November 29, 2021, 01:14:37 PM
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…

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.
I like the mushroom info! They really are beautiful! I've saved the article for reading.

On the down side....dewormer? Really?  :o You need to be careful with that shit.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on November 29, 2021, 01:17:43 PM
@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. 

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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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on November 29, 2021, 01:56:53 PM
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A dry irrigation ditch.  The water was turned off at the source due to drought conditions.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on November 29, 2021, 08:51:23 PM
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.

@PolkaDot For my yaupon iced tea I use a little bit of this maple/honey blend. Regular iced tea I just use turbinado cane sugar, but lately I’ve been mixing in some Prince of Peace ginger honey crystals.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 29, 2021, 10:14:36 PM


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.

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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on November 30, 2021, 08:06:37 AM
I mis wrote. I meant Ape Girl, not Wolf Woman.

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?
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 30, 2021, 10:13:23 AM
Are you sure she wasn't Sasquatch?

I'm sure. Brooke Shields was closer to my age at the time.

Ape Girl was an "older woman."  (I would say about twenty-three)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 02, 2021, 01:31:10 PM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.  Can you spot the UFO?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 06, 2021, 12:53:52 PM
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Ellgab Garden Cloud pictures.  Cloud and jet trail.

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Hummingbird cloud.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 08, 2021, 01:49:51 PM
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Neighborhood walk.  A flowering Yucca plant.

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Title: Re: Refuting Douglas Dietrich
Post by: Camazotz Automat on December 08, 2021, 06:49:23 PM
I picked these two sweet monsters this afternoon.

Hmmm. I am going to camouflage my post within the Dietrich blur.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 11, 2021, 01:36:39 PM
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A friend, patiently waiting for me to prepare some more hummingbird solution.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on December 13, 2021, 07:49:27 AM
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A friend, patiently waiting for me to prepare some more hummingbird solution.
I love this!  :)
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on December 18, 2021, 03:57:08 PM
I finally did my Christmas porch pots. I was planning on finishing them yesterday but got sidetracked AND I'm having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit. It's the lack of snow. And possibly my bad attitude. *shrug* Tomorrow we'll get the tree and I'll be ALL IN! Maybe.


 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on December 19, 2021, 12:29:56 AM
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Love the porch pot pics, @PolkaDot.  And thanks for bringing the sexy Jennifer along, too.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on December 20, 2021, 02:19:07 PM
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Love the porch pot pics, @PolkaDot.  And thanks for bringing the sexy Jennifer along, too.
I bring all the Jennifer's to the party. You're welcome! Anytime you need an upgrade I'm here for you!
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: PolkaDot on December 20, 2021, 02:52:18 PM
It's been warm and crazy dry here  :( So, I've resorted to watering the lawn and trees. My son was so excited about the sprinkler being out he immediately wanted to go "play in the sprinkler".
Kid: Mom! Can I go play in the sprinkler?
Me: Ummm it's December
Kid: I know but it's warm out!
Me: It's barely 60
Kid: I know! It's warm!
Me: Sure, what the hell
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 06, 2022, 11:04:41 AM
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Had a nice snowfall on Christmas Eve, but it has long since melted.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 13, 2022, 12:06:56 PM
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Spotted a rainbow awhile back.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 14, 2022, 11:56:04 AM
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Some early signs of a returning spring.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: GravitySucks on January 14, 2022, 12:04:23 PM
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Some early signs of a returning spring.

We are only in the 4th week of winter. We haven’t even celebrated 2nd Christmas yet.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on January 28, 2022, 11:36:37 AM
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Cloud picture of the day.  (Though taken last November.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 03, 2022, 12:07:03 PM
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While looking up at my maple tree branches I noticed that the buds are entering their 'fuzzy' state.  They do this every year, shortly before developing their leaves.  I always take it as being an early sign of spring.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 07, 2022, 03:07:57 PM
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EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 15, 2022, 12:12:20 PM
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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.

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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.

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I enjoyed looking at the tires.  I love the smell of new tires on storage racks.  Smells like victory.

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Sadly, the coffee, soda pop and popcorn machines were all shut down due to Covid.
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on February 15, 2022, 12:39:28 PM


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.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 15, 2022, 01:36:24 PM
    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?
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Post by: Camazotz Automat on February 15, 2022, 08:25:51 PM
LOL!  You wouldn't happen to have a Six Million Dollar Man lunchbox in stock?


A questionable fetish:

A hot, leggy, curvy redhead ... Straight off a Travis McGhee novel....

Wearing lingerie printed with scenes from my LAND OF THE GIANTS lunch box....

The matching Aladdin brand thermos, filled with an otherworldly Margarita...

As she pours us a drink to share from the army green screw on lid, I notice her breasts making the LOTG scenes so 3D...

The growling cat scene is ...  Printed... And...
Growling....
Down there...

An axe, that looks like it was constructed from a giant's wooden match and razorblade, is propped up in the corner of my bedroom...

I have constructed it with great care for the next Comic Con...

"Let's take a ride on the Spindrift," she says, pushing me back onto the bed, saddling me.


(hit Irwin Allen's LOTG theme)

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(forehead in hands)

IT'S MESSED UP, MAN!

IT'S NOT RIGHT!

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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 28, 2022, 11:45:51 AM
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A couple of Mardi Gras crocus.  So named because they always make an appearance while Mardi Gras is going on.
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Post by: JUAN on February 28, 2022, 01:34:59 PM
Seeds started for tomatoes, more lettuce, beets.  At least I won’t starve from inflation.
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 28, 2022, 03:37:14 PM
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A couple of Mardi Gras crocus.  So named because they always make an appearance while Mardi Gras is going on.
Ahh! I love it when the crocus start to pop! They're like little spikes of sunshine. :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 07, 2022, 02:21:56 PM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  Some wispy clouds in conjunction with a jet trail.

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A closer look.
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Post by: JUAN on March 07, 2022, 06:11:23 PM
Who is able to plant now?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2022, 01:01:39 PM
Who is able to plant now?

I'll be starting some tomatoes by seed, come April.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 15, 2022, 01:08:39 PM
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Found this during my neighborhood walk.  Could it be yet another missing glove of a number of years back?
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Post by: JUAN on March 15, 2022, 01:46:01 PM
My corn is sprouting.
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Post by: GravitySucks on March 15, 2022, 03:03:04 PM
My corn is sprouting.

Out the side of your sandals?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 18, 2022, 02:08:41 PM
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EllGab Garden Neighborhood Walk - Clouds
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 20, 2022, 01:33:50 PM
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EllGab Neighborhood Walk - Clouds and blossoms.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 22, 2022, 01:23:23 PM
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EllGab Neighborhood Walk - Clouds
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Post by: PolkaDot on March 23, 2022, 09:58:47 AM
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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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 23, 2022, 10:53:42 AM
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!
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Post by: PolkaDot on March 23, 2022, 08:10:37 PM
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.

How early to start the garden? I am thinking about the early spring things (ahem, peas) that I always end up skipping.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 24, 2022, 02:02:02 PM
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Out on an EllGab Garden neighborhood walk when I came across a towering tree just off an alleyway.  You can't tell by looking, but there is actually two trees there.  The tree that you can see is a cedar and the one behind it is a redwood.     

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Here you can see the two trunks, the cedar on the left and the redwood on the right.

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A close up of the cedar's ancient bark.  The pictures don't show it, but these are very tall trees and are hundreds of years old.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 26, 2022, 01:07:22 PM
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Out on an EllGab Garden Neighborhood walk when I spotted a unicorn shaped cloud.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 28, 2022, 11:55:12 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  Some flowering plum trees at a local park.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 31, 2022, 12:28:57 PM
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EllGab Neighborhood Walk.  The big forsythia plant is once again in full bloom.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 02, 2022, 12:09:43 PM
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Here we have the official Polka Dot Plum Tree, blossoming out just as it did last spring.  There were no plums on it last year.  Keeping my fingers crossed but I have read that potted plum trees won't set fruit, so will have to wait and see.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 04, 2022, 12:15:03 PM
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Another military craft circling the EllGab Garden.  Or chasing that small UFO to the left.  Not sure which.  (Click on photo for a larger image.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 06, 2022, 12:49:42 PM
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EllGab Neighborhood Walk.  Movie time!  Pull up a lawn chair and make yourself comfortable.  As you can see, the tape on this old vhs cassette seems to be intact.  Just a simple matter of us holding it up to the sun and reeling it off by hand as the film progresses.  Sound?  Afraid not, guess we'll have to imagine it as being a silent movie.

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The name of the movie, you ask?  Oh, yes, I did examine the remains closely and, while it doesn't show in the picture, I did notice a label that read, "The Godfather."
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 08, 2022, 04:03:26 PM
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EllGab Neighborhood Walk.  Some grape hyacinths along with some Erodiums.

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A closer look at the Erodiums.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 16, 2022, 11:48:24 AM
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Last Tuesday night at 10:30 I received some info on my emergency scanner that prompted me to go out to the EllGab Garden Alleyway and look due East.  That big plume of smoke is about three miles distant and it was coming from a place that I used to buy heating oil from.  The whole place was burnt to a crisp along with four other buildings.  The fire might have been started by someone down by the tracks.  Here is another pic taken by someone else.

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Post by: JUAN on April 16, 2022, 12:12:54 PM
Who is down by the tracks?

The wind here was so strong it blew over some of my corn.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 16, 2022, 05:09:53 PM
Who is down by the tracks?

The wind here was so strong it blew over some of my corn.

Most likely a homeless person who lit a 'warming fire' during some cold, wet weather.   
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 22, 2022, 11:35:26 AM
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Some clouds.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 28, 2022, 11:08:26 AM
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Lilac time.  (Click on all photos for larger and clearer images.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 02, 2022, 12:01:38 PM
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EllGab Garden Neighborhood Walk.  The girl with the red heart balloon is still there.  You might remember that I took a picture of her a year ago.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 06, 2022, 11:43:38 AM
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EllGab Garden Neighborhood Walk.  Some metal numbers and discs attached to a telephone pole.

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Apparently the pole was last inspected nine years ago.  Osmose is a utility wood pole inspection service that tests the poles for signs of decay.  How can they tell if the pole is decayed?  They hit it with a hammer and can tell by the sound if the pole is decayed or not.  If the sound of the hammer strike points to a decayed pole, they will then bore a hole through the thing to measure the amount of decay.

From the Osmose website: https://www.osmose.com/pole-inspection-treatment-maintenance?hsLang=en

Well, you learn something new every day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 10, 2022, 12:37:20 PM
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The setting sun as seen through a front window.  I don't normally take shots of it due to all the power lines, but this one was especially golden.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 14, 2022, 11:59:09 AM
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I was out back doing some trimming when I was visited by this little fellow.  It is a Green Lacewing, and a very young one at that.  Lacewings like to fly about on summer nights and surprise you with a quick kiss.   
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 18, 2022, 02:12:56 PM
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The scene of that oil storage fire that I reported on last month.  A large wooden building was burnt to a crisp in the middle there.  Years ago I used to have a job running automobile parts.  Every so often I would pick up some antifreeze there.  One time the old man who owned the place showed me his collection of vintage, glass advertisement globes that sat atop the old fashioned gas pumps.  They were really something.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 23, 2022, 10:55:45 AM
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EllGab Garden Walk.  I see occasional road food while out walking the neighborhood beat, but I hardly ever see eating utensils such as this spoon.  Real metal too, not plastic.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 27, 2022, 11:31:14 AM
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The first flower to bloom in that pot that has a mixed variety of perennial flowering plants that return each year.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 01, 2022, 12:47:15 PM
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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.
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Post by: KSM on June 01, 2022, 01:34:49 PM
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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.  :)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 01, 2022, 03:28:32 PM
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. 
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Post by: KSM on June 01, 2022, 05:05:13 PM
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.

I've never had hydrangeas before. What do I do with the ones that no longer want to live? @Rikki Gins
 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 01, 2022, 10:27:36 PM
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.

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.
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Post by: KSM on June 02, 2022, 10:32:41 AM
@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.

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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 02, 2022, 11:09:58 AM
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

Glad to help, my friend.  Oh, people thought that we named our dog after the character Vera in a tv show called Alice.  Not true, though, because she was named after Yul Brynner's sister Vera.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 05, 2022, 12:04:31 PM
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Some pretty clouds shortly after the sun had set.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 09, 2022, 12:33:32 PM
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The roses are a blooming.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 14, 2022, 02:49:18 PM
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I found this caterpillar on a plant.  It was very slow moving.  I wasn't sure if it was dying or looking for a place to enter into it's chrysalis phase.  After awhile, I couldn't find it anywhere.

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Two weeks later I spotted this newly hatched Swallowtail Butterfly.  Was it that caterpillar?  I can't rightly say, but the butterfly did appear very close to where I spotted the caterpillar.
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 15, 2022, 01:14:30 AM
I've never had hydrangeas before. What do I do with the ones that no longer want to live? @Rikki Gins
That’s a dog 🐶 not a hydrangea.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 19, 2022, 11:34:34 AM
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A couple of cloud pictures.  It's the same cloud.  At first it looked like a resting dog, but then it changed into a swimming sea turtle.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 23, 2022, 11:45:15 AM
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This foxglove has returned for a second year in a row.
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 24, 2022, 12:57:22 PM
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This foxglove has returned for a second year in a row.
Beautiful!!
I should start a poison garden. Wouldn't that be fun? Foxglove, Lilly of the Valley, Delphinium....It could be quite beautiful.
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Post by: JUAN on June 24, 2022, 01:03:40 PM
I have a Savage Garden, filled with pitcher plants.  Savage to bugs.
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Post by: PolkaDot on June 24, 2022, 01:04:26 PM
I have a Savage Garden, filled with pitcher plants.  Savage to bugs.
;D
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 27, 2022, 12:34:42 PM
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A flower head ready to burst into bloom.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 01, 2022, 11:45:27 AM
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Here is the flower that opened up from the above picture.
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Post by: PolkaDot on July 07, 2022, 05:31:21 AM
Good news: My trees have apples, pears, and cherries! I'm getting excited!!
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Post by: GravitySucks on July 07, 2022, 05:51:08 AM
Good news: My trees have apples, pears, and cherries! I'm getting excited!!

Pics or it didn’t happen
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Post by: PolkaDot on July 07, 2022, 05:57:23 AM
Pics or it didn’t happen
Oh 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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 08, 2022, 12:27:53 PM
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My dianthus plants were in bloom recently.  They are pretty much faded by now, though.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 12, 2022, 11:59:39 AM
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The honeysuckles were in full bloom a couple weeks back.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 16, 2022, 11:49:24 AM
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Cloud picture of the day.  Almost had the makings of a great white shark in the lower part of the picture.
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Post by: KSM on July 16, 2022, 01:57:08 PM
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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..


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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 17, 2022, 01:41:55 PM
When I see pictures of beautiful flowers, lawns, and even vegetables, I'm like..


Ha, same here!  Oh, by the way @KSM, how is your hydrangea doing?
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Post by: KSM on July 18, 2022, 11:17:30 AM
@Rikki Gins The hydrangeas are not well. They are getting far too much sun out front. Really should have done my research and planted them in the back where it is shady for 80% of the day.  Did nothing but petunias for many years and those babies are tough. And beautiful when plentiful.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 20, 2022, 02:23:22 PM
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My gold rose plant started blooming several weeks back.  This was the first rose to show up.
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Post by: Bart Ell on July 23, 2022, 10:42:34 AM
They are late but they are finally here, @Rikki Gins

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Post by: KSM on July 23, 2022, 11:11:26 AM
They are late but they are finally here, @Rikki Gins

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Holy cow, Bart! Do you have to climb every tree?
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Post by: GravitySucks on July 23, 2022, 11:20:47 AM
Holy cow, Bart! Do you have to climb every tree?

That’s why he has the chimp
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 23, 2022, 12:02:14 PM
They are late but they are finally here, @Rikki Gins

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@Bart Ell   Deliziosa!
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Post by: Bart Ell on July 23, 2022, 07:22:14 PM
Holy cow, Bart! Do you have to climb every tree?

Climb?
Have you ever experienced a peach tree?
You would have to be quite the little nugget to have to climb one of them.
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Post by: Bart Ell on July 23, 2022, 07:22:50 PM
That’s why he has the chimp

Chimp Covfefe only goes outside to fuck.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 24, 2022, 12:25:11 PM
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Cloud picture of the day.  See the crescent moon?  (Click on picture for a larger image.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 28, 2022, 12:54:55 PM
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Some neighborhood roses that I spotted while out on a walk.
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Post by: PolkaDot on July 30, 2022, 10:23:58 AM
 Some wildflowers from a short hike
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 02, 2022, 01:21:50 PM
Some wildflowers from a short hike
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Oh, those are nice, Dot.  I've seen those yellow flowers here in the Pacific Northwest.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 02, 2022, 01:30:29 PM
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Those small, white flowers will hopefully turn into luscious blackberries within the next several weeks or so.  They tend to dry out though.  If they were on my property, I'd water the plants and make the berries become a bit juicier.
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 04, 2022, 12:53:37 PM
@JUAN here is a picture of the biggest of the turkey berries. About 10’ tall. Lots of flowers starting to blossom. Going to be a bumper crop. Too bad I will be in Thailand.

Supposed to leave tomorrow night unless Pelosi mucked it up. I’m supposed to change planes in Taiwan. They canceled a bunch of flights today because of the chicomery.

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Post by: JUAN on August 04, 2022, 02:17:10 PM
Mine’s about 8-feet, but my soil isn’t very good.  Lots of blooms, too. I wonder if I can pickle the berries either vinegar or fermented.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 06, 2022, 01:16:43 PM
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An Oregon Grape plant growing in the EllGab Neighborhood.  Not really a grape, it's a berry and yes, they are edible, though too bitter to eat off the vine.  Anything that takes sugar though, like wine, jams or pie, and they do just fine.   
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 10, 2022, 02:14:52 PM
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Some nice roses growing just outside of a neighbor's backyard.  (Click on them for a larger view.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 14, 2022, 03:05:55 PM
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Utterly dry baked ground on an alleyway, and yet some small wildflowers insist on blooming.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 18, 2022, 02:24:47 PM
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A close look at a common, everyday dandelion flower.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 23, 2022, 12:45:22 PM
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I came across this stand of sweet peas while out on a walk.
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 24, 2022, 02:56:26 AM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 26, 2022, 10:17:22 AM
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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.

Ready to take home and grow your own.  I like that.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 26, 2022, 10:18:57 AM
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I got to see a fire hydrant being flushed out during my last neighborhood walk.
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Post by: JUAN on August 26, 2022, 10:42:45 AM
@GravitySucks - I hope you’re collecting turkey berry recipes.  Looks like I’ll have a big crop.
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Post by: GravitySucks on August 26, 2022, 12:09:36 PM
@GravitySucks - I hope you’re collecting turkey berry recipes.  Looks like I’ll have a big crop.

@JUAN I ate some raw ones yesterday picked before they got too tough. I’ll keep my eye out but the only thing I have tasted that had them was Paenang Curry so far.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 01, 2022, 05:12:15 PM
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Here we have a nice little clump of milkweed, a type that monarch caterpillars like to eat.  They also like to enter into their cocoon stage on these plants.  (Click on the image for a closer look.) 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 04, 2022, 02:16:05 PM
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Some yellow lilies growing in the neighborhood.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 10, 2022, 12:59:49 PM
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Some Yucca plants growing in a neighbor's yard.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 10, 2022, 01:10:27 PM
Some Yucca plants growing in a neighbor's yard.

Yucca huh? One Yucca related thing I learned recently is that there are bare breasts in the movie The Beast of Yucca Flats. Never knew that because of those censoring bastards down at the local UHF station but I have recently viewed the real deal and they are there. Right off the bat too.

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Post by: PolkaDot on September 12, 2022, 08:02:55 PM
Apples are happy
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Post by: PolkaDot on September 12, 2022, 08:07:10 PM
Pears…not as much. The late season hail storm wreaked havoc on them.  :(
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 17, 2022, 11:36:59 AM
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Somebody has an Inula plant growing in their front yard.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 22, 2022, 12:58:43 PM
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Some clouds colored by the setting sun.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 30, 2022, 12:43:34 PM
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Some more chicory growing in the wastelands.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 03, 2022, 02:35:23 PM
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Got up to 106°  here in the Pacific Northwest last July.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 08, 2022, 05:22:53 PM
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Look closely and you can see God's rays behind those clouds.  (Click for a larger image.)
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 08, 2022, 10:06:42 PM
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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 ?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 09, 2022, 12:23:34 AM
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....

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/chicory-coffee#caffeine-free
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Post by: PolkaDot on October 11, 2022, 06:58:33 AM
@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....

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/chicory-coffee#caffeine-free
Nice! I really enjoy Chicory in my coffee. We have a local place that serves it https://www.luciles.com/ (https://www.luciles.com/).
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 14, 2022, 02:16:07 PM
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Somebody has some artichoke plants in the EllGab neighborhood.  (Click for larger image.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 16, 2022, 01:43:49 PM
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Normally I can perceive objects in clouds, but not this time I thought.  But then I saw the side profile of a dog's head, starting with it's nose to the left of the cloud.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 22, 2022, 12:50:00 PM
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Beginning to see some strange sights around the EllGab neighborhood.  Must be that time of year.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 25, 2022, 01:04:51 PM
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Poor bat.  Done in by a strong piece of cobweb.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 29, 2022, 12:22:29 PM
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Introducing my EllGab Garden neighbor, Mr. Jon Bone Jovi.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 02, 2022, 12:45:32 PM
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I walked by this clump of sunflowers awhile back.

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A couple of weeks later this fence was built next to them.
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Post by: JUAN on November 07, 2022, 06:07:21 AM
At @PolkaDot 's command here are a couple of photos from the garden.
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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Post by: JUAN on November 07, 2022, 06:08:28 AM
Well it only uploaded one picture. Here are the Sea Island peas.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 09, 2022, 01:43:10 PM
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Just when I was thinking that I hadn't seen a robin this past year, one showed up in my birdbath.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 15, 2022, 12:15:59 PM
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A common sight from last summer.  Watching this big boy returning to base after dropping it's retardant onto a forest fire.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 18, 2022, 12:02:11 PM
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Glowing clouds from the setting sun.
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Post by: PolkaDot on November 27, 2022, 06:02:53 PM
At @PolkaDot 's command here are a couple of photos from the garden.
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.
Nicely done @JUAN !!
See? Now we're ALL happy.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 28, 2022, 05:18:14 PM
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From last summer.  Another air tanker returning from a retardant drop on a forest fire.  (Also , two bees photobombed the picture.)
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Post by: JUAN on December 02, 2022, 12:29:03 PM
Just dug up a huge pile of toomerick roots.  Christian Wilde can stay back in gay porn.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 04, 2022, 01:33:13 PM
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An interesting, scorpion shaped cloud.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 08, 2022, 03:56:03 PM
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Late last summer while on a neighborhood walk, I came across this area where some dry weeds had been mowed down.

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Much to the detriment of the lawn mower.  The upper handle appears to have been lost during the job, along with the back right wheel.

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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 14, 2022, 12:57:54 PM
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Clouds and trees.
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Post by: ShayP on December 14, 2022, 01:06:05 PM

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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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 14, 2022, 01:36:54 PM
And purchase some of that liquid soap so it can blow bubbles...Lawrence Welk Show style.  ;D

Well, look at that.  And here I thought it was some kind of futuristic radiator fan.
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Post by: ShayP on December 14, 2022, 02:06:51 PM
Well, look at that.  And I thought it was some kind of futuristic radiator fan.

LOL!  I was quite aware you knew better.  ;) I know how you operate Mister @Rikki Gins   ;D
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 20, 2022, 11:53:04 AM
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In memory of ShayP / Sean.  Rest in peace, old pal.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 30, 2022, 12:52:21 PM
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Some odd perspective vapor trails.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 06, 2023, 01:04:03 PM
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My beloved ash tree last autumn, losing its leaves for the last time.  It is slated for removal some time next week.  It has developed a nasty, up and down crack over the years and it might split apart at any time.  I planted it myself, quite a number of years back. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 13, 2023, 02:08:47 PM
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Goodbye tree.  (The sawdust streamed out of the back of his chainsaw.  I didn't know that they did that.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 18, 2023, 02:28:18 PM
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Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 02, 2023, 12:16:54 PM
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I grew one pepper plant last summer and was able to harvest two small peppers in late November.  Like its predecessor, I chopped this one up and mixed it in with some scrambled eggs.  Delish.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 08, 2023, 12:30:06 PM
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A leaf from the oak tree got stuck in the cedar tree a couple months back.  It remained there for some time until recent winds blew it away.
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Post by: JUAN on February 08, 2023, 12:47:33 PM
What variety of sweet potatoes should I grow this year?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 11, 2023, 12:32:14 PM
What variety of sweet potatoes should I grow this year?

Beaureguard, if you have the space for them.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 11, 2023, 12:48:00 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 15, 2023, 02:45:08 PM
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Clouds.  From the grocery store and gas station parking lot.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 20, 2023, 01:51:17 PM
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The Bacchasaurus in Sunday night's Bacchus Parade.  The above 'Mardi Gras' crocus are still in bloom.  I walked by them just yesterday.
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 24, 2023, 09:43:53 AM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 04, 2023, 02:16:03 PM
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.

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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. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 07, 2023, 12:33:36 PM
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As seen from the EllGab Garden a number of nights ago.  That's Jupiter on the left, and brighter Venus on the right.  Of course it is an optical illusion that the planets look so close.  Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system but it's way, way back in outer space and that's why it looks smaller and less bright than Venus.
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Post by: PolkaDot on March 07, 2023, 10:14:53 PM
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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. 😕
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 07, 2023, 11:06:56 PM
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. 😕

So am I.  I once worked at a large mail order place that sold plants.  When the season was over, they gave us workers all of the leftover stock.  I had lots of rose plants and shrubs that I stored in a big cardboard container.  I never got around to planting them though, and they all dried up and died.
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Post by: JUAN on March 08, 2023, 04:12:56 AM
Bush beans planted, sweet potatoes ordered, more lettuce planted, mustard still going strong.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 13, 2023, 02:07:49 PM
Bush beans planted, sweet potatoes ordered, more lettuce planted, mustard still going strong.
@JUAN, what brand sweet potatoes did you decide to go with?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 13, 2023, 02:10:14 PM
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The single yellow crocus shown earlier has dwindled away, but it was replaced by two more, who now flank the first one's mummified remains.
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Post by: JUAN on March 13, 2023, 02:28:50 PM
I got Beauregards.  I’ll send the excess vines to you.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on March 13, 2023, 02:45:22 PM
I got Beauregards.  I’ll send the excess vines to you.

Gonna be in the high 20's as a low later on this week.  Hope you don't catch any of that down your way Juan.
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Post by: JUAN on March 14, 2023, 04:29:42 AM
Supposed to be in the mid-30s here.  My mustard is loving it.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 17, 2023, 10:58:06 AM
                                                       The Palisadian, March 16, 1923.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 24, 2023, 12:19:17 PM
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A column of gold at sunset.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 05, 2023, 01:00:03 PM
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Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 07, 2023, 01:17:21 PM
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An EllGab Garden action shot.  The fire engine zipped by as I was taking pictures of clouds.   
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 12, 2023, 12:13:27 PM
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I planted this daffodil back in the mid - seventies, and it still continues to bloom.  Got it from a mail order outfit that I used to work at.
They sold roses and flower bulbs.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 17, 2023, 10:30:19 AM
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The EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 21, 2023, 01:15:17 PM
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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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on April 22, 2023, 03:07:12 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 23, 2023, 11:35:45 AM
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.

@PolkaDot  I approached the portal close enough to catch a glimpse of ferns the size of trees, and heard the buzzing's of giant mosquitos.  I didn't enter it because I had no insect repellant with me.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 23, 2023, 11:38:59 AM
                                            White Pine (Nevada) News, April 22, 1923.

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Post by: PolkaDot on April 26, 2023, 10:07:24 AM
                                            White Pine (Nevada) News, April 22, 1923.

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I lived some of my younger years on a ranch in White Pine County.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 28, 2023, 10:22:41 AM
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Another EllGab Garden flyover from my military friends down south.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on April 29, 2023, 11:48:43 AM
                                                       The Saratoga Sun, April 26, 1923.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 02, 2023, 02:52:15 PM
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It has been 80 plus degrees here at EllGab Garden Central.  Until, that is, this wet cloud moved in and gave us a nice bit of rain.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 04, 2023, 01:04:16 PM
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EllGab Garden - Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 06, 2023, 11:55:42 AM
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The hyacinths are especially vigorous this year.  Usually, only a single stem or two show up.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 08, 2023, 12:09:20 PM
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My stand of tulips did especially well this year.  I counted twelve of them.  Far more blooms than in past years.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 11, 2023, 12:36:56 PM
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EllGab Garden - Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 15, 2023, 11:08:24 AM
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EllGab Garden - Cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 26, 2023, 12:40:19 PM
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First rose of the season.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 27, 2023, 07:09:37 AM
Anyone ever try this?

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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 30, 2023, 12:32:53 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 30, 2023, 12:51:23 PM
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An EllGab Garden action shot.  I was on a neighborhood walk when I noticed a large plume of smoke.  It wasn't a fire though, and it wasn't smoke.  When I got to the street, I saw a machine that was emitting steam.  Some workers were replacing a sewer line with some kind of contraption that does it without having to dig up the older existing pipes.

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Later on in the day, I captured a cold front (on the right) as it pushed into the warmer system on the left.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on May 30, 2023, 05:58:43 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on May 30, 2023, 11:08:56 PM
Gonna try it when I scarf up some copper. Thanks Rix.

Anytime, my friend.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 06, 2023, 12:18:21 PM
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Had some dazzling cumulus clouds up in the EllGab Garden skies a couple weeks back.

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It isn't uncommon for the space brothers to fly inside of them as they monitor us earthlings down below and sometimes you can spot their craft.  What, you can't see it?

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There, just look for the small dot under the arrow.  (Click for larger image.)

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Here is the spacecraft under full magnification.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 09, 2023, 12:14:41 PM
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Here we have The White Rose of York, so named after the House of York.  You remember them, don't you?  Right, they were the armed force that fought in the War of the (what else could it be?) Roses.  This EllGab Garden rose bush is in good company.  My old pal, George Washington, planted one just like it at Mount Vernon.
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Post by: JUAN on June 09, 2023, 12:17:12 PM
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.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 09, 2023, 12:24:34 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 09, 2023, 12:35:15 PM
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.

Just the other day, while watering my tomato and pepper plants, I wondered how JUAN's sweet potatoes were doing.  We've had rather hot weather here on the west coast.  Coupled with some thunder storms, complete with hail.

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Post by: GravitySucks on June 09, 2023, 05:50:38 PM
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
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Post by: TigerLily on June 09, 2023, 10:13:23 PM
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 )
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Post by: GravitySucks on June 09, 2023, 11:48:55 PM
@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.
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Post by: HamsterMuscle on June 10, 2023, 05:34:12 AM
@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 )

I've never been to Thailand.

Maybe you got the idea from someone else. I won't say his name,  but it starts with a "P" and ends with a "B"
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Post by: TigerLily on June 10, 2023, 08:59:00 AM
@TigerLily I just escaped Arizona and I’m in New Mexico. They turned me into a Gila monster.

New Mexico has some beautiful areas. Hope you are well in your new incarnation
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Post by: KSM on June 10, 2023, 11:37:00 AM
@TigerLily I just escaped Arizona and I’m in New Mexico. They turned me into a Gila monster.
@GravitySucks

Grav, it's hard to tell by scale from the grass and sticks. How big is that thing?
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 10, 2023, 04:19:35 PM
@GravitySucks

Grav, it's hard to tell by scale from the grass and sticks. How big is that thing?

and did it taste good?
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Post by: HamsterMuscle on June 10, 2023, 10:30:32 PM
and did it taste good?

And did you eat it the long way?

Asking for @TigerLily the new forum pervert
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Post by: TigerLily on June 11, 2023, 12:03:33 AM
And did you eat it the long way?

Asking for @TigerLily the new forum pervert

I Can do that  @HamsterMuscle

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Post by: GravitySucks on June 12, 2023, 05:19:19 AM
@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 I”!! Get from what the Brujita told me.
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Post by: KSM on June 12, 2023, 07:42:37 AM
Almost 2 feet. About as big as I”!! Get from what the Brujita told me.
Yikes. Gives me the eebies.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 16, 2023, 12:17:05 PM
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Here is a real EllGab Garden miracle.  This red rose died over thirty years ago and yet it reappeared three weeks back, though several feet away from where it originally grew.  This is the Red Rose of Lancaster, a symbol for the army that opposed the White Rose of York army back during the War of the Roses.  Research has shown that the English war began on May 22, 1455.  Richard's army (the white rose) went up against Henry's (the red rose) force.  When the dust settled, Richard was dead and Henry was the victor.  I used to have both roses next to each other but like I said, the red one disappeared quite awhile back.  After all these years, I was thinking that Richard's rose was the sole survivor, but now Henry's rose is baaaaack.

https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg454527#msg454527
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 20, 2023, 12:58:48 PM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on June 21, 2023, 10:02:22 AM
For the first time, I am trying to have sort of a real garden. I've learned three things so far:
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 21, 2023, 12:25:14 PM
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.

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. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 25, 2023, 09:48:10 AM
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  EllGab Garden Cloud Pictures of the Day.
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Post by: JUAN on June 25, 2023, 01:00:50 PM
It’s still freezing here in the Ellgab garden SE. only 83 today.  Sweet potatoes are peaked.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on June 28, 2023, 12:25:12 PM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 01, 2023, 01:37:20 PM
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This plant began to flower about a week or so ago.
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Post by: JUAN on July 02, 2023, 11:37:37 AM
Exciting news - my toomerick has sprouted.  Up about six inches.  Four plants are up so far.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 02, 2023, 11:56:38 AM
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?
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Post by: JUAN on July 02, 2023, 12:01:42 PM
Very nice.  Are you going to boil the rhizomes, or dry them out?
What do George and Christian “Not The Pornstar” Wilde do?
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 02, 2023, 12:20:32 PM
What do George and Christian “Not The Pornstar” Wilde do?

I wouldn't know.  Have an outside facility prepare the stuff?  Like Art did with his Pizza Punch.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 05, 2023, 02:08:07 PM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.

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The top cloud picture vaguely reminds me of this cloud that I photographed back in 2002.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 11, 2023, 11:54:58 AM
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Some lavender flowers.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on July 24, 2023, 11:38:39 AM
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Every once in awhile, I'll shop at a Farmer's Market and once I've bought some items I make it a point to visit this tree out by the parking lot.  It is a very old tree as the size of the trunk indicates.  It would take a good five or six of me to join hands around it.



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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 03, 2023, 12:12:49 PM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Early Evening.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 08, 2023, 11:38:52 AM
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I finally had some luck growing some orange Butterfly Weed flowers from seed.  It took awhile though.  I planted them in a pot back in 2019. https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg156578#msg156578
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 23, 2023, 01:44:55 PM
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EllGab Garden Clouds.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 29, 2023, 11:47:04 AM
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The EllGab Garden moon from several nights back.  Slightly color tinged with smoke from some forest fires.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on August 30, 2023, 01:49:49 PM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day. (Click for larger image.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 01, 2023, 12:36:50 PM
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The blue super moon of a couple nights ago.  So named not for its color, but for the fact that it was a second full moon within one month.  Mine looks a bit yellow and I noticed additional pics online that had a similar shade of color.  Oh well, that's what I get for not using a real camera.  But, it will have to do, as the next blue super moon won't happen until 2037.
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Post by: Peter Wyngarde on September 02, 2023, 02:48:04 AM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 02, 2023, 03:33:57 AM
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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Post by: Peter Wyngarde on September 02, 2023, 04:51:18 AM
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
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 02, 2023, 05:03:57 AM
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

Very good advice there, Peter.  Thanks!
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 02, 2023, 05:05:32 AM
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. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 02, 2023, 05:16:48 AM
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.

Right, JUAN.  I do have a small structure that can be covered with a clear sheet of some type of plastic stuff.  Good for starting seeds, etc.  For some reason I thought that greenhouse glass didn't magnify the sun's heat.  I guess not.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 02, 2023, 12:26:12 PM
Ooops, sorry @Walks_At_Night.  I wasn't paying attention at such an early hour.  Thought you were JUAN.
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Post by: JUAN on September 02, 2023, 12:29:26 PM
Well, to answer - I have trouble with tomatoes because it gets too hot here.  Tomato blooms won't set.
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Post by: Peter Wyngarde on September 03, 2023, 03:28:21 AM
Well, to answer - I have trouble with tomatoes because it gets too hot here.  Tomato blooms won't set.

Is it a problem for everyone or is it just something you have trouble with? I thought tomatoes grew pretty much anywhere, no matter how hot it was as long as you remembered to water them. It's that early stage when the plants are young and tender that's the problem, when they get a bit older I think they should be OK. Over here, it isn't the heat that I have to worry about early on, it's the slugs and snails, although they don't bother the tomatoes but they try to eat pretty much everything else. Bastards!
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Post by: JUAN on September 03, 2023, 03:32:21 AM
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.
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Post by: Peter Wyngarde on September 03, 2023, 03:50:06 AM
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.
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Post by: JUAN on September 03, 2023, 05:10:23 AM
Things grow, but the soil is Sandy and drains quickly carrying nutrients away. I’m near the ocean so the air is salty, too.  I knew nothing about gardening until a few years ago. I thought you planted in the spring, stuff grew, and you harvested in the fall.  Not here.  There is very little that will grow through the heat of summer without extensive watering.  Here it’s more plant in September and harvest in December - plant in February and harvest in May.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 03, 2023, 05:16:43 AM
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.

Melons seem to do pretty good. yes.

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Can buy them right of the back of some guys truck

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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 04, 2023, 01:05:02 AM
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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Post by: Peter Wyngarde on September 04, 2023, 07:40:09 AM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 07, 2023, 12:57:31 PM
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.

So true!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 07, 2023, 01:02:54 PM
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EllGab Garden countryside.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 13, 2023, 12:45:20 PM
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EllGab Garden countryside.  Part of a hill I used to play on as a kid.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 15, 2023, 11:53:04 AM
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EllGab neighborhood walk.  I passed by these colorful flowers but on closer examination, discovered that they were plastic. 
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Post by: JUAN on September 16, 2023, 09:42:18 AM
My lunch today is the year's first sweet potato from the garden.  Yum, yum.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2023, 01:47:59 PM
My lunch today is the year's first sweet potato from the garden.  Yum, yum.

Congrats, JUAN.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 18, 2023, 01:50:08 PM
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An irrigation ditch out on the EllGab Garden countryside.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 20, 2023, 11:56:44 AM
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Queen Anne’s lace and flowering thistles growing out on the EllGab Garden countryside.  (Click for larger images.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 22, 2023, 01:30:36 PM
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A mushroom shaped cloud.
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Post by: Peter Wyngarde on September 23, 2023, 01:46:57 AM
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?
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on September 23, 2023, 04:41:11 AM
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?

Seem to be. Mine did fine and I don't know what I'm doing. They like it hot though. Not for you.
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Post by: JUAN on September 23, 2023, 06:14:09 AM
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.
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Post by: Peter Wyngarde on September 23, 2023, 06:41:43 AM
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.

Oh, they grow on vines? I didn't even know that. I thought they grew like normal spuds. I've grown a few measly peppers in the past, even melons, but they have to grow in the greenhouse or it's hopeless.
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Post by: Peter Wyngarde on September 23, 2023, 06:43:44 AM
Seem to be. Mine did fine and I don't know what I'm doing. They like it hot though. Not for you.

What sort of soil do you have there? Sandy or clay? Acid or alkali? If I dig down more than a foot or so I hit pure sand.
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Post by: JUAN on September 23, 2023, 08:33:51 AM
The sweet potatoes grow underground like regular potatoes.  The above ground parts, for most varieties, grow as vines.  The leaves are edible, too.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 26, 2023, 10:34:04 AM
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Some flowers being displayed at the Josephine County Fair, up in Grants Pass, OR.  (Click for larger image.)
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Post by: GravitySucks on September 26, 2023, 05:43:47 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 27, 2023, 10:21:58 AM
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.

It looks to be getting its fair share of sunlight and that might account for its robust growth and blooms.  Also the roots of that plant must have liked where you placed it as it is important for it to develop a good root system.  In any event, you've got a fascinating flowering plant there, Gravity. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 27, 2023, 10:26:42 AM
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Another flower display at the county fair.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 28, 2023, 10:01:39 AM
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 More flowers on display at the county fair.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 29, 2023, 11:00:36 AM
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 More sunflowers that were on display at the fair.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on September 30, 2023, 12:32:50 PM
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Yet more sunflowers. (Click for a larger image.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 01, 2023, 11:18:27 AM
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   Another flower display at the fair.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 02, 2023, 10:58:28 AM
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Another first place flower at the fair.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 03, 2023, 12:18:56 PM
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Some potted cacti on display.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 04, 2023, 11:11:05 AM
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Naturally there were some cut roses on display.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 05, 2023, 12:51:56 PM
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I especially liked this deep red rose.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 06, 2023, 01:26:24 PM
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I believe that these are dahlia flowers and somewhat unusual ones at that.
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Post by: JUAN on October 06, 2023, 01:50:39 PM
Those look like some kind of space alien.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 07, 2023, 03:09:12 PM
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  A white hydrangea.  (Click to enlarge image.)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 09, 2023, 11:38:15 AM
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Eucomis autumnalis, or more commonly known as the Pineapple Lily.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 10, 2023, 01:08:30 PM
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Here we have an example of the species pullum burrito, which I consumed after visiting the flower display.  It was very tasty and filled to bursting because of the compliment I paid to the beautiful Hispanic girl who prepared it.  The only drawback was that the fork broke apart while I was half way through.  I was too lazy to walk back and get another one, so I went caveman and ate the rest of it by hand.  It seemed like for every bite I took, some of it fell to the tabletop, but still it was great.  I get myself one, every year that I go to the fair.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 11, 2023, 12:12:03 PM
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Of course it wouldn't be a county fair without a visit to the goat pens.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 12, 2023, 02:48:43 PM
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  A goat.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 13, 2023, 01:21:03 PM
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  Another goat.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 14, 2023, 02:37:44 PM
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Yet another goat.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 15, 2023, 02:01:34 PM
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  One last look at the goat pens before exiting the building.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 16, 2023, 12:16:45 PM
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A couple of trees at the fair.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 17, 2023, 01:31:46 PM
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Passing through the carnival section, on the way out to the parking lot.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 18, 2023, 12:26:17 PM
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Had to shoot through a thin layer of clouds, but still managed to get a shot of last Friday's solar eclipse.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 19, 2023, 12:55:44 PM
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Elephant head shaped cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 20, 2023, 11:58:11 AM
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Some geese flying over EllGab Garden Central.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 22, 2023, 11:09:45 AM
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  EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.
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Post by: KSM on October 23, 2023, 08:23:34 AM
The colors of fall showing here in DTC (Denver Tech Center)
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 24, 2023, 11:46:38 AM
The colors of fall showing here in DTC (Denver Tech Center)

Right you are @KSM.  Very nice fall colors there.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 24, 2023, 12:03:13 PM
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While out on a neighborhood walk, I came across this big butterfly bush, (Buddleia davidii).  I used to have one myself, but it languished for years with hardly any flowers, thus no butterflies ever visited it.  Not sure why it didn't get big like the one shown above.  Perhaps it wasn't getting enough sunshine or the ground was lacking in nutrients.  I've seen some butterfly plants that were as big as midsized trees.  (Click for larger image.)

https://www.almanac.com/plant/butterfly-bush
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 25, 2023, 12:10:09 PM
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A gazelle shaped cloud.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 26, 2023, 01:20:05 PM
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I had a nice crop of Banana peppers this year.  They are about five to six inches long and have a mild, peppery flavor when chopped up and mixed with scrambled eggs.  They can be harvested at this stage, but they will eventually turn red.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 27, 2023, 12:41:33 PM
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  EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on October 30, 2023, 10:19:31 PM
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Mr. Jon Bone Jovi returns to the EllGab neighborhood.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 02, 2023, 12:41:16 PM
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   EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 03, 2023, 01:43:21 PM
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An Ellgab Garden passersby.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 04, 2023, 02:34:39 PM
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Some no-fun-zone property owner painted over the little girl with red balloons.  Here is what the painting used to look like:

https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=359.msg354775#msg354775
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 06, 2023, 09:22:45 AM
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   EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 07, 2023, 12:33:55 PM
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I came across this heart shaped rock while walking down the EllGab Garden alleyway.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 08, 2023, 10:52:44 AM
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I passed by these flowering crocus bulbs while taking a stroll.  Fall blooming ones at that.  Most species of crocus come into bloom during early spring.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 09, 2023, 11:17:16 AM
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  Crisscrossing jet contrails.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 10, 2023, 11:55:01 AM
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Enough with closeup shots of plants, rocks and stuff.  Here is a portion of the EllGab Garden backyard, as autumn approaches.  That's a willow tree to the far left, a spire tree and then a locust tree.  That big plant in the middle, behind the fence, is a hawthorn bush.  There is an alley behind the fence, which is good because that way there aren't any properties butting up against mine. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 13, 2023, 12:11:22 PM
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Now just a faded, yet delicious, memory of EllGab Garden 2023.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 14, 2023, 10:29:24 AM
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The last rose of 2023.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 16, 2023, 12:33:50 PM
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One final harvest before Jack Frost visited the EllGab Garden.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 22, 2023, 09:50:01 AM
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A couple of jets peering down at the ellgab garden.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 25, 2023, 10:12:27 AM
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The blueberry plant shows off its autumn color.
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Post by: Walks_At_Night on November 25, 2023, 04:27:39 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on November 25, 2023, 08:03:54 PM
Looks like some F-15's. Tired old birds at this point but still look pretty mean.

@Walks_At_Night  Thanks, WAN, I was wondering.  Those are a couple of stills from a video.  I had seen the jets earlier, across the valley, so I waited out back.  I started to hear a loud rumble and powered up my phone.  Then it started to get really loud.  I was just able to raise my phone up and wasn't really sure where they were.  Suddenly, they came streaking over the house and I was just barely able to get about three seconds of video of them flying overhead.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 08, 2023, 11:08:34 AM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day Early Evening.
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Post by: JUAN on December 14, 2023, 05:10:34 PM
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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 14, 2023, 11:17:06 PM
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.

Oh, that's good news, @JUAN.  I'm very happy that the Beauregard variety performed well for you.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on December 29, 2023, 09:54:02 AM
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While out on an EllGab Garden Neighborhood walk, I came across this fury creature sorting through somebodies' trash bin.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 02, 2024, 11:26:45 AM
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A holly plant showing a bright green color that even a colorblind person such as myself can see.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 04, 2024, 10:53:06 AM
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Came across this nice example of automotive art while out on an EllGab neighborhood walk.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 08, 2024, 10:51:16 AM
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A layer of jet contrails over the Ellgab garden.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 11, 2024, 11:31:34 AM
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Sun above & shade below at the EllGab Garden.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 14, 2024, 09:46:44 AM
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  EllGab Garden Cloud Pictures of the Day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 18, 2024, 10:39:54 AM
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I got up extra early, a couple weeks back, and was greeted with a number of interesting cloud formations over the EllGab Garden.  Here is the first one.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 19, 2024, 11:47:16 AM
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The previous clouds from a little further back.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 20, 2024, 10:51:51 AM
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More clouds from that morning.  This one had a different tint of color to it.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 21, 2024, 02:05:15 PM
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A dark, somewhat forbidding cloud, just to the left of the one that was shown yesterday.
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Post by: JUAN on January 21, 2024, 02:27:58 PM
The one in the center looks Romulan.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 22, 2024, 11:20:44 AM
The one in the center looks Romulan.

I kind of see a flying cow with wings.  Either that, or a floating alien head, what with those two bright eyes.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 22, 2024, 11:22:02 AM
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This cloud was the darkest one up there.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 23, 2024, 11:22:07 AM
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By this time, the cloud with a tint of color had begun to dissipate.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 24, 2024, 10:44:51 AM
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As the sun grew brighter, the colorful clouds began to recede.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 25, 2024, 10:35:05 AM
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A large gray cloud would eventually move in, putting an end to my cloud-fest.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on January 29, 2024, 10:00:44 AM
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The EllGab Garden hummingbird feeder.  A rare sighting of two hummers sharing the feeder.  Usually one will chase the other away.  If it gets cold enough, as was the case above, they will get along. but only temporarily. 
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 03, 2024, 10:26:16 AM
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Had a light dusting of snow here at the EllGab Garden.  This was almost a month ago.  No other snowfall since.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 05, 2024, 11:20:13 AM
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Spotted these early crocus popping up while out on a neighborhood walk.  Back on January 14, to be more precise.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 07, 2024, 10:57:17 AM
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Just to show you what I'm up against here at the EllGab Garden.  Here is a typical cloud picture taken from the center of the garden.  Several E.G. trees mixed in with neighborhood trees, telephone poles & power lines.

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There are a few spots where I can get an unencumbered photo, depending on how high the cloud is up in the sky.  I have to zoom in a bit at times, but whatever works.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 10, 2024, 10:58:37 AM
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My two yellow crocus plants have returned for yet another year.  They both popped up overnight back on February 1st.  I call them the Mardi Gras Crocus because they seem to appear just before the Mardi Gras festival down there in New Orleans. 
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 10, 2024, 07:38:35 PM
The crocus are such happy little flowers. Been snowing here..will probably have to wait a couple more months for them.  :)
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Post by: JUAN on February 11, 2024, 04:58:59 AM
I'm actually going to plan my garden this year.  See if that improves yields.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 12, 2024, 02:16:30 PM
Mardi Gras is in full swing.  The Krewe of Bacchus Parade was held last night.  The Bacchagator and the Bacchasaurus made their usual appearances.

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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 12, 2024, 09:03:27 PM
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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 13, 2024, 05:02:49 PM
@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.

Oh Yay! How nice. I hope it grows well for you. I adore my plum trees (as you know). I didn't get fruit last year because of the late frost and crazy spring/early summer hail. I'm hoping that our boomerang winter weather doesn't snuff the flowers this year...I put them on the north side so they generally bloom later then they would if they were planted on the south where I keep my apples/pears. It's kinda funny bc now that I think of it, the plum pops about the same time as my cherry trees and I'm pretty sure the plum should be the early bird.  ;) Aren't I sneaky!?!?

I can't wait to see pics @Rikki Gins !
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 13, 2024, 05:06:07 PM
P.S. Earl Griffith looks like trouble...and not necessarily the nice kind. Please tell the story @Rikki Gins
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Post by: Smokin Hot Bob on February 16, 2024, 06:43:03 PM
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
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Post by: KSM on February 16, 2024, 06:49:59 PM
Winter in Cascadia

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Lookin' out my back door

When rampant pretty stuff makes the otherwise lack of lawn slightly tolerable.  :-\
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Post by: Smokin Hot Bob on February 16, 2024, 09:33:17 PM
When rampant pretty stuff makes the otherwise lack of lawn slightly tolerable.  :-\

The sick fetishism that goes into procuring those immaculately dressed lawns just doesn't do it for me anymore.
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 17, 2024, 05:07:40 PM
Winter in Cascadia

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Lookin' out my back door
oh wow! nice! It snowed last night so....ya.....
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 19, 2024, 12:31:40 AM
P.S. Earl Griffith looks like trouble...and not necessarily the nice kind. Please tell the story @Rikki Gins

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@PolkaDot  Oh, Earl?  He does look rather fierce, doesn't he?  He was one of the world's worst burglars. Always leaving a hat, mask or a crowbar at the places he broke into.  Plus he never wore gloves, so his finger prints were left behind. Through research, I found out that he was a fairly nice guy, so I made an honorary alias out of him.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 26, 2024, 10:33:46 AM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 28, 2024, 11:23:57 AM
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.
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Post by: PolkaDot on February 28, 2024, 01:25:01 PM
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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.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on February 29, 2024, 11:35:02 AM
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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Post by: PolkaDot on March 01, 2024, 03:05:27 PM
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.

Very cool! My grandfather used to hunt wild edible mushrooms too...though I have never risked it. Toadstools are a funny lot, depending on how sensitive you are and how many you eat nearly all of them can be hard on a person's system.

I spent ...maybe 6 years at the botanic garden. The people were great! Doing field work was my favorite but being in the collections was really rewarding as well. I'm not just a pretty face  ;).

Yay! A Slice of Life. I like it @Rikki Gins !
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on March 01, 2024, 04:23:44 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 04, 2024, 09:52:02 AM
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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.
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Post by: PolkaDot on March 04, 2024, 10:04:43 PM
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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.
❤️ Yes! Plant that baby!
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 06, 2024, 11:14:06 AM
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I keep coming across these very low growing, little blue flowers every spring and have wondered what they were called.  I ran an image search on them and found that they are 'little blue flowers' well, that's nice to know.  But I kept digging and later found out that they are actually called Common Field Speed-Well.  It's Latin name is Veronica persica.  (Remember that, there'll be a test later.)  According to Wiki, the flowers grow in fields and lawns and prefer moist conditions.  The plant is purported to be an aid for snakebite treatment, hemorrhaging, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma.  One herbalist by the name of Mohamet Allumback, used the plant to treat patients with heart trouble.  (I wonder if he practiced what he preached?  He died at the age of 106 or possibly 108.)   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahomet_Allum)


Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 08, 2024, 10:43:15 AM
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The EllGab Garden cloud picture of the day.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 11, 2024, 10:45:25 AM
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This old fellow has bloomed once more here at the EllGab Garden.  I say old because he was planted many, many years ago.  In fact, there used to be quite a few daffodils scattered around the garden, but they dwindled away over time..  This one is the sole survivor.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on March 11, 2024, 04:35:21 PM
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.

Just got back from the Home Depot.  They want $5.98 for a Cabbage plant and $7 for a bag of cow poo.  Sheesh. 
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: JUAN on March 11, 2024, 04:41:37 PM
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.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Walks_At_Night on March 11, 2024, 04:54:12 PM
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.

Gonna have to do so.

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Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 13, 2024, 12:09:37 PM
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We had a rare snowfall on March 2nd.  Here is the EllGab Garden willow tree covered with the stuff.
Title: Re: The EllGab Garden
Post by: Rikki Gins on March 21, 2024, 09:29:51 AM
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Out on an EllGab Neighborhood walk when I noticed a ray of sunlight on the front of this house.
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Post by: Rikki Gins on March 25, 2024, 01:21:14 PM
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Had a bit of a snowfall back on the 6th that piled up on some of the local hills.  Mostly melted by now.