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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 20:24:24 GMT -5
@xmascookie Can you post a picture of that gooseneck plant not close up? I'd like to see how tall it is, and what the leaves look like. It's such a pretty flower! Thanks. I can't find a pic but they will be blooming pretty quick and I'll take some away and close up so you get the idea. They are tough, a little aggressive but will just expand your clump and not re-seed all over the place , manageable.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 21:35:42 GMT -5
Ugh, there is so much weeding to do and a storm came through and blew some plants around, and the patio really needs washed down. But here are a few.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 21:42:19 GMT -5
Ugh, there is so much weeding to do and a storm came through and blew some plants around, and the patio really needs washed down. But here are a few.
Beautiful! I  your wall also. And house. I need that wall. What is the huge leafy plant next to the barrels? Thank you for the pics! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 21:47:54 GMT -5
Its a yellow squash and zucchini I think, fighting for space  I love zucchini, carrots, onions, broccoli... that is what I grow the most of. Oh and tomatoes and peppers I guess. A few other things, but that is the majority. You can kind of make out my huge broccoli patch way in the back there by the garage. The tomatoes grow great by the house because the sun reflects off the stone and they get hot hot hot |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 21:53:14 GMT -5
Love your butterfly bush. Mine don't like it here. One is dead and one is just barely hanging on.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 22:17:52 GMT -5
I was actually disappointed at how little seems to be blooming right now, thus only pics of the bb and the calendula. I have some outside work to catch up on...
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 30, 2015 22:28:41 GMT -5
@xmascookie Can you post a picture of that gooseneck plant not close up? I'd like to see how tall it is, and what the leaves look like. It's such a pretty flower! Thanks. Be careful with goosneck loostrife. It is quite invasive in moist soils and it requires moist soil to survive and do well. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 17:47:54 GMT -5
@xmascookie Can you post a picture of that gooseneck plant not close up? I'd like to see how tall it is, and what the leaves look like. It's such a pretty flower! Thanks. This year 
Last year- right front corner of greenhouse 
The backside of fence is a mess . I throw all the extras there. Culvers Root & Cone flowers 
The rest are from today 
Sweet William & Sundrops Ladies Mantle, Feverview, Yarrow 
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Post by lexxy703 on Jul 7, 2015 11:13:41 GMT -5
Wow @xmascookie your gardens are amazing. Just stunning.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 18, 2015 13:50:17 GMT -5
Came across a large, white luna moth in my backyard this morning. Reading up on them, I found out adults only live for about 7 days. They don't eat once they come out of their cocoon and only live to mate and then die. The wing span on them I read is about 4 1/2 wide which is about right for the one I found (still alive) on the ground which I placed on top of a shrub in the shade (because it is so damn hot out). Here is a picture of a luna moth-not my hand or my moth. Handsome moth:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 15:40:14 GMT -5
Decades ago I saw one of those Readers Digest story things about a young couple looking to move to a small town and they were talking to a long time resident who said no one ever locked their cars... Well, except in late July/August.... Tourists? Asked the young couple. .... No said the lady, zuchinni season, if you don't lock up someone will leave some in your car.... I came home to a bag of zuchinni and cucumbers on my counter today More noodles for me I guess! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 16:58:45 GMT -5
Came across a large, white luna moth in my backyard this morning. Reading up on them, I found out adults only live for about 7 days. They don't eat once they come out of their cocoon and only live to mate and then die. The wing span on them I read is about 4 1/2 wide which is about right for the one I found (still alive) on the ground which I placed on top of a shrub in the shade (because it is so damn hot out). Here is a picture of a luna moth-not my hand or my moth. Handsome moth: That is too pretty for such a short life. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 18, 2015 17:14:09 GMT -5
Came across a large, white luna moth in my backyard this morning. Reading up on them, I found out adults only live for about 7 days. They don't eat once they come out of their cocoon and only live to mate and then die. The wing span on them I read is about 4 1/2 wide which is about right for the one I found (still alive) on the ground which I placed on top of a shrub in the shade (because it is so damn hot out). Here is a picture of a luna moth-not my hand or my moth. Handsome moth: That is too pretty for such a short life. Actually luna moths are considered silk moths in that their cocoon silk is used in manufacturing of silk. The silk of the luna moth is weaker than other traditional silk moths. Think of periodical cicadas, known as 13 and 17 year cicadas, and their above ground short lives: These immature cicadas burrow underground for 13 or 17 years feeding on the fluids of tree roots all that time, then come up to make a bothersome noise for all mankind, aka mating, for 4-6 weeks and then die. Their offspring will not be seen for 13 or 17 years depending upon which type of cicada they are. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 28, 2015 15:53:12 GMT -5
An out door garden project for the musically inclined.
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