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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2535 on: July 16, 2024, 08:57:56 PM »
Quote from: Rikki Gins on July 16, 2024, 11:07:37 AM
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The latest visitor to EllGab Garden West is this Nutmeg Moth.  It is a fairly common visitor to the garden, especially at night. It likes to munch on my tomato and dandelion leaves.  It would be happy to eat some celery, asparagus, tobacco, radishes, soybeans, cannabis, beets and parsley, if I had any growing, but I don't.

Nice @Rikki Gins !! Speaking of Moths, we found this beast while hiking castle rock with the kids. He’s a beast but was really sweet. I think he’ll turn into a Cecropia. As a side note, they’re apparently found east of the Rockies (thank you Art Bell!)
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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2536 on: July 16, 2024, 10:48:49 PM »
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Nice @Rikki Gins !! Speaking of Moths, we found this beast while hiking castle rock with the kids. He’s a beast but was really sweet. I think he’ll turn into a Cecropia. As a side note, they’re apparently found east of the Rockies (thank you Art Bell!)
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What crystal clear pictures, @PolkaDot.  I had to look it up of course, but I think you are spot on with what type of moth it will be.  Those Cecropia moths are absolutely beautiful.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2537 on: July 18, 2024, 09:27:52 AM »
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More clouds over the EllGab Garden.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2538 on: July 18, 2024, 10:04:44 AM »
We've had a bumper crop of spuds this year. Been making lots of potato soup with this recipe:

https://sugarspunrun.com/creamy-potato-soup-recipe/

Turns out wonderful

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2539 on: July 18, 2024, 02:16:40 PM »
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We've had a bumper crop of spuds this year. Been making lots of potato soup with this recipe:

https://sugarspunrun.com/creamy-potato-soup-recipe/

Turns out wonderful

@Walks_At_Night:  I absolutely love home grown potatoes.  What type did you plant, WAN?

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2540 on: July 18, 2024, 02:38:10 PM »
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@Walks_At_Night:  I absolutely love home grown potatoes.  What type did you plant, WAN?

Just some Russet's from the grocery store that we let sprout.  I know they say not to do that but it sure worked out well.  Last year, I got Kennebec's from the Tractor Supply but did not have nearly the crop these rascals pumped out.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2541 on: July 23, 2024, 11:29:30 AM »
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I had a wild sunflower plant appear in a metal pan that is substituting as a hanging planter.  The pan isn't all that big, so I didn't have much hope that there would be enough nutrients in the soil to sustain the plant, or enough room for it's roots to hold it upright.  I decided to give it a chance though, and as luck would have it, I was able to train it to grow between a metal bracket that holds the planter.  The second photo shows how the sunflower is growing between the bracket, and now there isn't any danger of it falling over as it gets bigger.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2542 on: July 24, 2024, 01:21:09 AM »
Quote from: Rikki Gins on July 23, 2024, 11:29:30 AM
I had a wild sunflower plant appear in a metal pan that is substituting as a hanging planter.  The pan isn't all that big, so I didn't have much hope that there would be enough nutrients in the soil to sustain the plant, or enough room for it's roots to hold it upright.  I decided to give it a chance though, and as luck would have it, I was able to train it to grow between a metal bracket that holds the planter.  The second photo shows how the sunflower is growing between the bracket, and now there isn't any danger of it falling over as it gets bigger.

Quite ingenious. That hanging planter reminds me of a catnip I had to put up on a fence post to keep the paw marauding felines at bay.

Here is a very special and prolific old plum tree that has been growing at the edge of a parking lot for years. It is a tribute to the town folk that it has been respected for so long.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2543 on: July 24, 2024, 08:44:15 PM »
I’ve been enjoying our little hummingbird visitors
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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2544 on: July 24, 2024, 10:34:03 PM »
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I’ve been enjoying our little hummingbird visitors
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Great hummer photo, Dot!

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2545 on: July 25, 2024, 06:34:28 PM »
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Here are some photos showing the sunflower plant as it watches the sun throughout the day.  The top photo has the seed head looking East, after the sun came up.  The middle photo shows the plant looking at the sun almost straight up during high noon.  The bottom photo has the plant looking West, as the sun begins to set.  I wish I had the proper set up to do time lapse photography. It would have been fun to see the sunflower moving it's head while following the sun.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2546 on: July 26, 2024, 10:51:55 PM »
Globe thistle - A pair from the edge of a gravel lot was brought to the backyard. Some people might consider this just another weed. No maintenance for the gardener and nature seem to appreciate it.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2547 on: July 27, 2024, 11:59:13 PM »
The mountain ash on the boulevard is in full fruition. Supposedly jellies or jam can be had from the harvest, but as far as I'm concerned, the berries have always been a necessary resource for the birds. The presence of the tree itself, according to English folklore, is reputed to ward off evil spirits. There is that.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2548 on: July 29, 2024, 11:09:56 AM »
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EllGab Garden Cloud Picture of the Day.

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Re: The EllGab Garden
« Reply #2549 on: July 31, 2024, 12:54:09 PM »
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The sunflower has blossomed out.
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