How Does Your Garden Grow?
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Love those Mums, Sur Steven! Doris, Greek Oregano is a perennial if you put it in the ground . I need to go out there and cut mine back to encourage new growth before the growing season is over so I can freeze it.
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i got my chocolate mint and a Coleus plant which is getting ready for another transplant. It looks like it is growing into a small tree. love doris
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Well we're finally moving towards Autumn, the grass no longer needs the weekly attention - it had recovered from the ravages of our modest heatwave. I may even have reached the point where I no longer need to mow it. I have a new neighbour - the house adjacent is rented and neighbours there come and go - they, unlike many before, have an electric hover mower and have taken to mowing the shared piece of grass that span our two properties. None before has bothered and I've naturally included it in my mowing. Unfortunately the cutting height of their mower is shorter than my petrol mover so the grass looks like a rebellious teenagers hair cut close cropped their end while longer at mine. To start with they seem to have decided to nominally halve the parcel of grass so it was a 50 - 50 clip. Now they've tried to mow the whole piece - but their power lead isn't quite the business leaving some forlorn sweeps toward the edge my side but not quite reaching I'm sure one day we'll bump into each other and can have a chat - or they'll have moved on by next summer. I'm just waiting for my border plants to finish seeding before clearing the bedding - the last couple of years has seen most of the bed covered in self seeded plants from previous years plants I've put in. I may even reach a point where I no longer need to put in bedding at all. The fruit trees are almost spent now, plums and both apples are cleared of fruit - I did manage to salvage some eatable plums I'll have to watch for that overcropping and mould next year and pull off some fruitlets if nature doesn't do it for me. We just have the figs ripening - they are doing so nice and slowly and my wife delights in harvesting the newly ripened ones almost daily to eat fresh. Soon I'll be able to close the patio doors and forget that area for another year other than to pop out to the bins with household rubbish. It's been a sad consequence of my dogs passing that the garden has been a greater joy than before, being able to plant bedding and use the lawn without concern for their former "usage and abusage" . Remind me of that in a couple of years when I or my family start billing and cooing over puppies...... Martin
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So sorry about your dog, Martin. I'm glad you're enjoying your garden and it's "safe" for a while
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We have our dog on a cable that runs from the house to quite aways back to the shed. They way there is only a narrow distance where you need to watch where you are stepping. There & then other areas when the darn next door neighbors dog comes visiting.
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Yeah, can't stop those visitors
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Now that its rained I can wait and see to see how things go. love doris
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Very sorry to hear about your dog, Martin. Had our kid plant a huge pot of mums today. Good thing weather was on cool side, as it took a bit longer to get several big rocks out. Started planting hyacinth bulbs - 5 in, 15 more to go!
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Just noticed a peculiar phenomenon. On the parcel of land over the road that I tend - it's covenanted to my property - I've found a plethora of mushrooms.. Five different varieties to the best of my inexpert eye. Now I've lived at this address over twelve years now and never seen mushrooms, let alone such a variety of types. I've noticed spores have spread to the lawn my side of the road - not in numbers yet so I'm rubbing them out as they occur. I'm not sure they're all that good for lawns generally. I'm not even going to think about whether they are edible varieties or not I'm perfectly happy with my tubs of mushrooms at the supermarket - not going to accidentally poison myself for the sake of a few pennies. Goodness knows why, where or how they've arrived. Martin
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^ Which way do the prevailing winds come from? Hasn't England experienced out of the ordinary weather at times over the last year or so? I found this... "Pollen and spores can travel hundreds of miles in the prevailing wind due to their small size and low weight." Read more: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5529132_do-pollen-spores-travel.html#ixzz2ixPXcosp
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Have any dogs sniffed around this area? It could be dogs carrying the spores Martin. So sorry to hear about your dog... My condolences to you and your family. : (
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WE get mushrooms in our grass occasionally. Seems to be when it's been very hot & damp out. Usually in the semi shady areas. One area was where a tree had broke at the base (bad storm) and the remaining stump suddenly had mushrooms.
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Great points! We have a lot of deer in the woods and countryside here. They eat mushrooms in the springtime and could easily be part of the propagation process. We have a lot of these Morel/Sponge mushrooms in the springtime around here. They are excellent to eat! The deer eat a lot of them. Don't know what other types they do, although. Morel Mushrooms... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Morchella_conica_1_beentree.jpg
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The answer could be both, wind and dogs ,the area is used as a public toilet area by some local dog owners although they - mainly - clear away after them. I think the other deposits found are local cats who tend not to carry poop sacks with themselves. Must take photographs and try to identify the types - I do have a good book that details the varieties and associated risks. (mushrooms, that is, not cat poops ) Martin
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i have a blue Jay I call Jazzy that will come and collect some insects, a family of doves who come and run other birds off from my terrace garden and a little lizard munching out on other bugs. it kind of works out to a nice little eco system. love doris
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Saw some pansies Saturday at the market. Was wondering if I can grow them indoors over the winter?
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My husband finally planted 2 blueberry bushes, a red hydrangea & a dragon tree (from the pine tree family) today.
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Well I made chili last week with the last of our home grown tomatoes. mmmm Now we just planted about 12 little tomato plants. All different varieties so we will get tomatoes at different times. Can't wait for a ripe one!
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varigated ajuga...I don't have this one...mine is just the purpley rusty colored leaves.
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Ok. I remember this thread, now. LOL!!! Yes, I must get some ajugas to plant. Honestly, I have already done so much yard work, and I'm not halfway done. Yikes!!!! Wow, Oobu. those are nice, too.