The EllGab Garden

[Rikki Gins]

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?

[JUAN]

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.

[Enard P Farkwark]

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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[Rikki Gins]

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.)  

[Rikki Gins]

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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.

[Walks_At_Night]

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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[Enard P Farkwark]

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.

[Walks_At_Night]

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.

[JUAN]

Shotgun

[Rikki Gins]

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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.

[StarrMountain]

I've missed you guys.  +1 to everyone on this page.

[Walks_At_Night]

I've missed you guys.  +1 to everyone on this page.

Always nice to see you Starr!

[Rikki Gins]

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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

[Rikki Gins]

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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[KSM]

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!