Speaking of their are too many rabbits and robins right now to count!
Your Neck of the Woods Chat Summer # 2 Count Down to Fall
One of our friends from VA swears that garlic keeps deer away.
I have the deer problem under control..it is the little guys that are impossible.
I would really love to upload a picture of a baby snake sunning on some gerbers this morning. Unfortunately I don't think my phone likes dg.
terp - take pic with phone email to yourself - save to your docs and upload to DG frm computer. I would love to be able to upload pics to DG directly from phone same as FB etc.
That is what I have been doing Chantell. But I would upload 5x as many pictures if it was directly from phone..
One step instead of five.
Want to create a free Dave's garden app for phones?
No problem Terp and Chantell, to pick up bulbs of garlic for others! Will do, and will get a list of varieties he grows for your preferred bulbs!
Sally, I usually drop by the market after I finish my paper route on Sat am. I have to pass by it to get to and from my route. Also, it is really close to where I live (less than 10 min away) so if you want to meet up just name a time or call me 10-15 min out.
Awesome coleup, thanks. Very great resource
coleup glad I have y'all up there to do this for me. Very much appreciate it!! Stronger flavor as to the type of garlic the better in my book. Completely trust your expertise though!!!
Terp - me, create an app? LOL Surely you jest!! Proficient at using them - creating would be a whole 'nother monster - God knows what fellow DGers would end up with.
See me in dmail please coleup?
Well, classes started and I have been buried in syllabi, nervous students/ emails, and other joys.
I'll take pics of the evil grass (I wonder if there are two types) tomorrow and load them. Sadly, I also have to go and pull out reams of the stuff this weekend, although it is supposed to be hot and humid (again).
Coleup and I did 'good' today. Really, she did. I just bought my own garlic to plant. I got all boogered in the brain there and didn't buy extra that I planned to. That place is busy!
He had Chesnok, Willamette, Oregon Blue, Music, Chinese White, elephant. Sold out of German White. He keeps all the biggest bulbs and sells the rest. Good sized ones were .75 $ each and the smaller ones Chinese White and Willamette were 4 for a dollar. So for sure a good way to get started on one's own garlic patch VS mailorder, unless you want to go big getting started.
Sounds like you had a fun morning, too. I was thinking about the garlic but never did get a chance to talk to Ric about it.
Added a little bump out on the water feature. Put in one of those mud pans like we used at Critter's to make a small bog area for extra plants. Ric has mentioned doing something to the black edges and I may see what I can do with those later. I have a few ideas on how to cover them.
Very nice. Congrats- you lasted about ten days between 'finishing' that feature, and adding to it. lol
Yay for garlic!!!
Heehee. 10 days? That long? It looks great!!!!!
Well the tray was just sitting on the patio full of extra plants, I had to do something with it. LOL The two Imperial Taro 'Illustris and a Justicia americana that I have for the swap are in there.
Holly--
Old--weathered--green moss would look nice to hide the back edges...like you see on rocks in the woods.
Have NO idea how you would keep it alive and thriving...There are all kinds of dried/preserved mosses
in craft stores. It does not have to "live" there--as long as it looks good. Reindeer Moss????
Allan Summers used to say if you want to start moss--you have to do it with buttermilk and water.
I am sure someone here will know of what i speak.
Gita
Yes, it would and I do know how to grow moss using buttermilk. It is a pretty sunny location plus it is so non-porous that I doubt it would stick. Nice idea though.
OMG, I JUST SAW MY FIRST HUMMINGBIRD!
This is so exciting for me! I've been planting flowers that are supposedly hummingbird friendly but never saw any. I figured it would take awhile for them to find these flowers. This morning, I saw a beautiful hummingbird hovering around the canna flowers. Thank you Holly for the canna bulbs!
i am like yourself Terry and get really excited whenever I see a hummingbird. They are such extraordinary creatures and a real treat to watch. Hope you continue to see more and more of them. I have some tall red Zinnias that the hummingbirds have been gathering around for a couple of weeks now. I love seeing them too.
Ruby
SS, I have seeds for 2 vines that attract hummingbirds if you have the space for them. One is cypress vine http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/93/ the other is the teeny orange morning glory. If you want some - please dmail me and I'll bring to Sally's
SSG, The Hummers love cannas I was so surprised when I first realized that.
The color red is an attraction to hummers, whether it is a flower or not. Every day hummers ply the numerous blooming pots of plants on our deck. Invariably, the hummer gets sidetracked repeatedly checking out the red berries on the Pyracanthas planted beside the deck. Fairly entertaining to watch.
The hummers do like the purple flowers on my Hyacinth bean too. I've had them go for tall mints--but they may have first checked me out for tall red cannas years ago.
Always with hummers and the reds ,only this year they have been at my bronze fennel of all things. Only they still pass by where the cardinal flower was,and they stay at the zinnia a while.especially the red ones!
I still have not really seen a Hummer around here....Maybe I am just not looking...
Maybe they do not recognize my yard as a feeding place--as I have never put up a Hummer feeder...
Have plenty of red flowers. My two Cardinal flowers--tall Zinnias--lots of red Cannas????
Do they feed a certain time of day?
Are the Goldfinches feeding yet? Need to get my Thistle feeder out....if they are...
have seen a few flit around....
Thanks, Gita
Gita, the goldfinches were all over the agastache last month, but I haven't seen them recently. I had thought about getting a hummingbird feeder, but knowing me, I'd just attract the wasps!
Gita, I have seen hummingbirds at different times in the past but the last couple of weeks I have seen them on the red zinnias about sun set.......7'ish? We used to have a feeder out front and they are lots of fun to watch as David mentioned. All birds are quite interesting truth be told. I have had many a laughs in the past while watching the antics of all sorts of birds feeding on our front deck.
Here is hoping that the upcoming weekend is a good one for all. Hope you have a productive and enjoyable one.
Ruby
Ric and I had our Garden Tour today. It was very well worth all the work we put into it. We very much enjoyed the gardens we toured before coming to ours and It worked out great by the time everyone got here they were very glad for the hospatility drinks and snacks. They just loved the gardens.
Good to hear it went well! How many gardens did you tour before you came home? (Smart tour people saving the best for last) I'm sure you and Ric have even more ideas now! Did you end up filling in with something where the impatiens pooped out? Were you the only ones with a tropical flare? Water features? A green house? Personable chickens?
Catch your breath but do tell all!
That's great Holly! And the storms held off too. Poured rain here in the last 20 min.
Sally, everyone in the library had to take cover in the 'meeting room' because of tornado! Rotation moving over to Eastern Shore now. Wind came up quickly but not much rain and no lightning. If a tornado is confirmed, that's the closest one I remember here. As a kid, closest was just a mile away!
Good news is I can move almost as fast as when a kid if life and limb at risk! Can't imagine 60 hours of same like Mississippi and LA experienced. My rain gauge only goes up to 5 inches!!
Wow bet that was "fun!" I remember the big news when Severna Park had a small one touch down- about ten years ago? Big news for us since we almost never have any. It didn't do much damage that I recall. Nothing compared to the Midwest.
I was at a Women's conference in Philly this weekend and many left a little early because of the big storm threat. DIL and I got to my car just before the rain started coming down in buckets. Poured most of the way home.
Coleup I can't believe how forgetful I was and walked out with out a camera. We were to do 4 gardens. Donna grows Roses hundreds of them. She also judges at rose shows and creates new breeds.
She backed out of the tour as she had so much deer damage she said they weren't worth coming to see. She thinks there could be a hundred of them that she won't be able to save.
So we only did 3 gardens, Liz has a very large property not sure how many acres she has but several. She runs the Hort Program at the local Community College. She had a lot of very large and impressive trees with wonderful shade gardens. She had several plants that I hadn't seen before and a few that are on my wish list. For me the highlight was the huge Red Wood.
Don is a florist, His garden is very small. They have issues with wildlife practically all his plants are in pots and most are tropical. He has an 8ft tall Brug, a lantana that was trained into tree form. A lest 6 varieties of EE. He has a deck and lovely small pond. Very natural. He had some amazing plants in his green house that were in bloom. It is really a small gem.
Peter Our current leader is bringing his wife back down for her to see the gardens. One of the local Garden Clubs was doing a tour yesterday also and their home was on the list. He said he needs to bring her to see our gardens.
Ric had stuck several of those dwarf red leaf begonias in the Veggie Garden, so we moved some of them into a few holes from the inpatients. I separated a caladium pot and added those to the window boxes and put a few pots of brightly colored tropicals in a few other spots.
Holly, thats quite a range of gardens for the tour!
Didn't know that deer could be so destructive to roses that they could kill them but then I only grow the roses that need no care from me. My hat is off to all rosarians out there. That certainly is a huge loss of time, hard work and beauty. Wonder what she would have to contribute to our discussion of 'flower show ethics'? Still, would have been nice to see just how it was set up, interplanting, etc. Hope that rose rosette disease spares her. Wonder if she will wait til Spring to pull them? 100 rose bushes is like me losing my big old white oak tree...My condolences to her.
Speaking of big trees, aren't those Dawn Redwoods just fabulous? I ate my lunch beneath one at the nursery where I worked. a 50 footer then, maybe close to seventy now. Yep, I think we in the East don't really fathom "fast growing and large" but this tree needs r o o m. I'm really drawn to it and just want to hang out in its anchientness. Also love the needles and the color is one not often seen round here. Harder to site than a banana grove, but I bet you are seriously considering it! I know they do Dawn Redwoods as bonsai but have never heard of them being grown in containers. Does hers both seed and sucker?
I would think that a florist would have a pretty interesting garden! How many new tropicals are on your wish list?
And, Holly, it is no surprise that your gardens are rating encore tours! Bravo.
Even with all of Don's EE's and he has some very impressive ones he was in awe of the big Portadoras. I'm giving him one when I dig them up. I was at Donnas home early spring to drop off some plants. She has a whole section with paths and Roses I don't think she grows anything else in that area. I sure would have liked to have seen it now. Yes those Red Woods are impressive too big for my yard
Just popping in to say a
Happy Birthday Pat!!!!
Yep, today is ecnalds Birthday. I'm sure all of us wish her the very best year ahead and that she enjoy every minute of this super fabulous day and be refreshed!
A super, suppppeeerrrr birthday, Pat!!!!
Happy birthday Pat!
From me as well. Happy Birthday!!!
Hope you and David did something special--other than bundling plants for the swap.
Gita
These are all from my trip back home--in Latvia--2008. Flowers are everywhere there!
All these are to wish YOU a great Birthday!
