How Does Your Garden Grow?
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Bright orange lilies in full bloom! Daisies getting ready to bloom soon. Going to buy a few flowering plants tomorrow for a couple of planters.
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martinput:
nowords:
Did Macca donate some stuff to the blue Peter garden
What triggered that query? have you seen something or read something? A brief web-query brought up nothing. Martin
was thinking about Blue Peter badges and if Paul had one
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Lots of weeding today... the rain really makes the weeds grow
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Planted pink, red & yellow rose begonias in planters today. Was a good day to do it - nice & cool for a change.
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a Wisteria I planted last year bloom and the bloom was huge. 5"round at least. Weather still miserable. I just want summer. We the same temps as Anch Ak. Too much rain bring out too many slugs.
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A crow managed to fly over the fence & into our veggie garden & ate the tops off the zucchini plants! And now out of the blue, our kid has requested homemade zucchini bread!
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Me wee gardein post, from spring 2010. http://torhershman.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-summer-time-summer-time-sum-sum.html Stay on groovin' safari, Tor
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i dont have a garden
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Thinking of the garden this morning and the creatures therin: I've been having the strangest encounters with a 'Robin" bird for the last several weeks now. For no apparent reason, he comes around in the wee hours of the morning, and literally thrusts himself (full-force) against my bedroom glass door window that faces the garden...startles the heck out of me!! And, it's not like he's flying into the window from mid-flight...he lands first, then rises up and crashes in repeatedly..like he's determined to come inside!! It's quite frightening actually and he shows up about the same time every day . Frankly, I'm surprised he hasn't injured himself....I've never seen anything quite like it, and I don't think it's his reflection cause I've covered things up to prevent that, and he still perservers. Anyway, always something to learn and ponder in nature, and its' many mysteries.
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Claudia611:
Anyway, always something to learn and ponder in nature, and its' many mysteries.
The only mystery there is, why haven't you opened the window and placed a couple of pieces of bird food (Bits of bread, if nothing else) on the ledge?
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Tor Hershman:
Claudia611:
Anyway, always something to learn and ponder in nature, and its' many mysteries.
The only mystery there is, why haven't you opened the window and placed a couple of pieces of bird food (Bits of bread, if nothing else) on the ledge?
Ahh..well, first of all, it's a solid glass door, not a window with a ledge. I have decorative, standing birdhouses placed throughout the garden, but I don't feed the birds, perse', being advised not to, as they become to dependant on it, and thereby disrupt the Eco System. So, the birds are not looking to be fed, and I certainly don't want to encourage my little Kamikaze friend by leaving food bits outside the door...lol..so, I'm afraid the mystery still remains very much intact.
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Huge beautiful doe in our yard last night, eating cracked corn under maple tree. I had just opened the back door & stepped out with my Yorkie. The doe looked right at me & I slowly stepped backwards to the gate to our side yard, softly telling the doe that she had nothing to fear. She watched me go into the side yard with my trusty little Yorkie & I closed the gate. She went back to eating the corn. From time to tome, she'd raise her head & look at us. I told her how beautiful she is & I would never allow any harm to come to her while on our property. I opened the gate & picked up my dog & stood watching this beautiful sight. The doe continued to look at us from time to time. Then our neighbor let their Rottie out & Gunther began to bark & spooked the doe. Anyway, as long as there is cracked corn under our maple tree, the doe & any of her friends leave our garden alone!
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Claudia611:
Tor Hershman:
Claudia611:
Anyway, always something to learn and ponder in nature, and its' many mysteries.
The only mystery there is, why haven't you opened the window and placed a couple of pieces of bird food (Bits of bread, if nothing else) on the ledge?
Ahh..well, first of all, it's a solid glass door, not a window with a ledge. I have decorative, standing birdhouses placed throughout the garden, but I don't feed the birds, perse', being advised not to, as they become to dependant on it, and thereby disrupt the Eco System. So, the birds are not looking to be fed, and I certainly don't want to encourage my little Kamikaze friend by leaving food bits outside the door...lol..so, I'm afraid the mystery still remains very much intact.
I didn't mean you should open up a birdy soup kitchen, just a once or twice time snack. Soooooo, you want the birds to become dependant for 'room' but not 'board', ehh? The "Birds" may not be lookin' to be fed but you ain't tried the one Kamikaze birdy, have you? BTW: the Eco System can't be disrupted, this planet used to be a ball of molten lava then the sky was red with deadly gas. Well, not that oxygen isn't a 100% deadly gas; it just takes O2 awhile to kill BUT...kill, it always does. Well, unless something else gets we'ins first. Now let us pray
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Ran out of cracked corn & had to go get more. Attempted to feed the ducks bread. Spoiled buggers refused to eat it! Since we had to drain & clean our pool, lots of worms came up, so the ducks were having a party eating worms. Going to see if any of the local garden centers have English daisies. "The Lawn Ranger" struck again. He forgot that there were some growing near our pool & mowed 'em down! I'm going to have to start putting up little plant signs as "The Lawn Ranger" has also "murdered" my silver pussy willow & my lilac primrose! Adding further injury to plants, I had reminded him that there was a mum growing near the holly bush by our front porch. The other day, he said: "Oh a weed!" & as I yelled "NOOOOO!" he plucked my poor little mum out of the ground! I told him he's a plant murderer!
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GG, moi must assume that this http://www.amiright.com/photoshops/v/variousartistsalbum_1190037397.shtml is The Lawn Ragner sans (waiting for 'Tonto' joke to coalesce) _____ . Stay on groovin' safari, Tor
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Tor, thanks for "Turfzilla" that is hysterically funny! Our older dog has been trying, without success to take a chunk out of the huge groundhog that lives under our neighbor's shed! She wants to have "Groundhog Alfresco"! Planning to plant some basil & oregano. The Lawn Ranger also destroyed my oregano when using the rototiller on our veggie garden.
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Thanks, GG, glad you dug me wee parody. Stay on groovin' safari, Tor
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Tor Hershman:
Claudia611:
Tor Hershman:
Claudia611:
Anyway, always something to learn and ponder in nature, and its' many mysteries.
The only mystery there is, why haven't you opened the window and placed a couple of pieces of bird food (Bits of bread, if nothing else) on the ledge?
Ahh..well, first of all, it's a solid glass door, not a window with a ledge. I have decorative, standing birdhouses placed throughout the garden, but I don't feed the birds, perse', being advised not to, as they become to dependant on it, and thereby disrupt the Eco System. So, the birds are not looking to be fed, and I certainly don't want to encourage my little Kamikaze friend by leaving food bits outside the door...lol..so, I'm afraid the mystery still remains very much intact.
I didn't mean you should open up a birdy soup kitchen, just a once or twice time snack. Soooooo, you want the birds to become dependant for 'room' but not 'board', ehh? The "Birds" may not be lookin' to be fed but you ain't tried the one Kamikaze birdy, have you? BTW: the Eco System can't be disrupted, this planet used to be a ball of molten lava then the sky was red with deadly gas. Well, not that oxygen isn't a 100% deadly gas; it just takes O2 awhile to kill BUT...kill, it always does. Well, unless something else gets we'ins first. Now let us pray
Stay on groovin' safari, TorAhh..yes..well we all have our very own theories and unique believe systems, don't we..lol... As far as the feeding vs. the shelter issue...I see them as totally seperate. Simply providing another form of respite or refuge for the birds is perfectly in keeping with the flow of nature, imo....just as natural as the birds nestling in the bushes and trees for their enjoyment and protection. I do also have several decorative bird baths throughout the garden...the birdies just seem to relish the water and I adore watching, as they partake of their rather charming and fanciful bath rituals. Whether it be they playfully popping their heads in and out of the water or their wings all a' flutter, splashing with wild abandon, alas...it's truly one of nature's simplest, yet grandest spectacles to behold...for me anyway!
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Our Egret flowers are finally getting ready to bloom this year! I just discovered that some plants actually take an entire year, after newly planting, before they bloom.
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I need help to identify a plant but first, how do you get images from your own files on to here???