Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Hanging in there. Part 3, 1 by stormyla

stormyla wrote:
Hi Everybody! Chris, i kept coming over here several times this weekend but kept getting myself all confused! So what else is new, right???

I've been trying to transition all of my non work stuff over to another computer and every time I came over here I was on the wrong computer to post recent photos. Some of my photos are on one computer, others on another computer. To make matters even more confusing, the new computer is a MAC and I can't figure out how to copy & paste on it. So sometimes I have both computers open and keep switching the mouse from one to another. Talk about getting all turned around!!!

Billyp, I kept expecting when i'd open those photos that one of them was going to be your bikini shot!! LOL The kids look like they really had fun, I know I would have.

Chris, big news!! I have two ripe tomatoes. I'm so excited. Going to sample them today and see how they taste.. My grand experiment has been worth waiting for, at least so far.

Ronnie, I finally found a couple of Caladiums had emerged in the garden yesterday. Hip Hip Hooray!! All of mine are bulbs that I saved from last year and I was soooo late in getting them planted. So what else is new...eh?

Ok, don't everybody laugh at once, but I have never in my life eaten an onion fresh from a garden. My neighbor stopped by and brought me a bunch, so I'm going to try them along with the tomatoes. She also brought me some green beans from her garden, so I'm anxious to try those too.

Billy, my neighbor also has some peas that she'll be harvesting next week, so I can have some them. I don't know what has happened to all of the fresh peas in south eastern, Pa, but there have been none to be found anywhere.

We finally got about two hours of a soft rain on Saturday. It was a perfect rain, no run off. Just wish it could have continued for 3 days. But I'm grateful for what we got as I didn't have to water anything on Saturday and only had to do the pots yesterday. LOL and the HUMIDITY finally returned and with a vengence!! The skeeters are alive and biting. There's more rain on the forecast for Wed, Thurs, and Fri., so I really hope it does materialize.

Finally got all of the front and the house beds weeded and mulched and now have to start some work on the big ones. There is deadheading galore waiting for me out there in the Daylilies. Still fighting the black spot on the roses, can't figure out why it's so persistent this year.

Planted the Lorraine Sunshine 16" tall Heliopsis seedlings yesterday. I was very disappointed in them so far. Over half of them came out all green and not variegated.

Sally, your Cardinal Climber vine is doing great on my trellis. I really like the interesting leaf shape.

Gita, were you able to get the Marmaduke Begonia cuttings that I gave you to root and prosper? So far I've only heard of Sally having any success with them. I actually got up way too early this AM (at 3:30) & feel like I need to go back to bed. LOL I actually beat RCN up online today!! And that was 2 days in a row. What's wrong with me???

Gita, my orange Clivia which bloomed in March, is actually blooming again from some of the other plantlets in the same pot. And now it is also growing seeds too. No blooms so far on the yellow one.

Well, here's the best shot I could get of that butterfly's full wing spread.