What's blooming in my garden...

Yes, saw your colorful squirrel. Put it in a box and send it to me, I'll have it crosses with my black ones, that should give even more color to the next generation LOL.

LOL..that would be quite the looker! I just just about picture it...black ears and legs, red body and white tail. Imma thinkin' we could make a fortune.......now where's my tree climbing gear? How do you box up and ship a squirrel? ;)

on ice

Method 1:
deposit 5 lbs bag of peanuts, wait until squirrel is so stuffed that it cannot move anymore, snatch up squirrel and place into box, wrap box and mail

Method 2:
place open box with nuts inside, wait until squirrel is in box, quickly close lid, wrap box and mail.

ROFLOL......methinks I'll try method 1 PC. I

Yeah but the flaw with method #1 is that instead of eating the squirrel will turn into a "squirrelotiller" as it tries to enrich your lawn and garden with nuts :)

Lilypon, after the squirrel has had it's 5lbs of peanuts, and um, recycled them back onto your lawn, maybe you can start a new thread "peanuts in sask" I think you'd be a master gardener if you could grow peanuts in Moose Jaw! LOL.

Linda

LOL...Maybe the squirrel will do that for me Linda. .PC has a point, I'll just have to supply Mr. Red and White with the non-roasted variety!

On another note....DH's employer is located in St. Petersburg, Florida. DH doesn't have much to do today.........his employer has been evacuated. Small world isn't it when what happens way down there affects life in Moose Jaw, Sk.....

You're sure the squirrel just didn't get too near the paint pot eh? What do you do with the bush in the winter (you know that season that lasts from September to June). You have so many things to winter out of the winter - I'm wondering if there are any books in the Moose Jaw library? Should I be thinking my water lilies will bloom soon? What do I look for.

lol ;) well first I bug Tropicman/Rootdoc/Eclipse/Brugie........many have overwintered without a greenhouse. My options are the dining room window, under the lights in the basement, also have a small portable greenhouse (good for indoor and out), the room at work (if I'm allowed this year) or the unheated, but above freezing, third floor.

Lynn they might bloom this year.......I'm not sure about your temps. Last year Dad's Georgia Peach (which I sent you) gave lots of blooms, this year none. It obviously likes much warmer summers. Of the twenty varieties I have only 5 have bloomed (2 only once) and only one has bloomed well......the pads are less than 1/2 the size they were last year. We find every year makes certain ones bloom better than others......Dad has one variety (Perry's Baby Red) that has never bloomed in three years. The two we sent you are usually very good bloomers but this summer is the coldest we've had since 1909. The other one you received is James Brydon, usually a prolific bloomer.....Dad has had only 1 bloom on his and I have had none on mine. This summer truly stinks!! I think the cold overnight temps have really affected the rhizome. I've noticed in the water gardening forum that people in much warmer zones than us are also having delayed very sparse blooming....where their summer has been cool as well.

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I should say the rhizome won't be affected permanently.......it just seems to be this summer's curse.

Forgot.....there is also a couple that own a greenhouse in town. They are hoping to build a tropical year round greenhouse before winter. They said they would be tickled pink to overwinter mine in exchange for cuttings. Imma not holding my breath on it being completed this winter. My brugs may visit the third floor for dormancy so that the others can enjoy the window/florescent light space.

Just thought I'd add in a few pictures. NOthing terribly exotic, but that's what I have!!

Glenda

I can't believe how prolific this datura is. Every day there are three or four blooms opening, but they only last a day at the most. I think it has been pretty hot here for them.

Single white datura bloom

Just thought I'd throw in some fruit too!!!! We will be ready for grape pie in a week or so!!!

And plums!

My purple hydrangea. The deer have munched on it a bit this year.

Pickerl rush in the pond. This is the second blooming.

This rose bush has gone absolutely nuts this year. I just cut off about 10 dead heads tonight.

That large wave petunia you see is one plant!!!! It certainly likes where it is, and will soon be into the pond!

And lastly, my New Guinea impatiens. Just keeps going and going and going!!!
That's it folks. No more. Hope you enjoyed.

Glenda

I really did! :D Your plants are gorgeous and I love the Hydrangea....how difficult was it to keep alive in the heat the coast has been having?

Lilypon: the hydrangea has been doing well this year since hubby put in drip irrigation. Last year it had a terrible time on the very hot days. It would wilt and not come back until the sun went down and it cooled off. We had even considered putting a tarp up in front of it this year, but it has not wilted yet. Now if the [deleted] deer would just leave it alone!! : > )

By the way, your pictures are great.

Here's the whole hydrange aplant.

Glenda

And here are the little DEARS!!!!

Glenda

That is one gorgeous plant!! :D I had to ask because I had one outside last year.....made it through the summer but was very unhappy with the heat we had. If I ever try it again I will follow your method. :)

They are a pain but what an adorable family...I can say that because I don't have to put up with them! I have squirrels that are removing my plums.... :(

We have a few squirrels around here, but have never seen them remove plums. They DO clean up all the plum stones from the fruit that falls on the ground though. We never have to clean them up. One day POOF the stones are all gone. Last year we planted some crocus bulbs on the hillside, and the next time we looked, all there was were little holes in teh ground where the bulbs had been planted. Apparently squirrels like crocus bulbs!!!

Forgot to add my hosta. I can't have hosta anywhere except in pots on the patio. Because of the deer of course!!! They have been in the same pots for two years, and I think there will be a 4 way split coming this fall.

Glenda, your plants look great, and love the deer, I don't have to put up with them either, but did see one down the block last week. Must've been lost! Linda

Thank you for posting your lovely pictures Glenda......I really enjoyed seeing them and a different type of terrain. The purple, pinks, whites and greens were a treat to look at. :D

Is that a palm tree I see left of the door on the pink part of the building? Where is that part in relation to the building we see with the hydrangea? What sort of terrain are you on? Looks interesting.

Jagonjune: Not really a palm as such. It started out 4 years ago as a dracaena spike in the middle of the pot. It grew and grew, but this winter was very hard on all of them, and I lost all but one. We had a good freeze in early January, and even though I tied them up so they wouldn't fall under the weight of snow, it seems as though they just rotted at some point. I have new ones started. I love them, and they do well out here. The guy at the nursery tells me you have to watch them in wind as they root very shallow, and a good wind will topple them over if they get very big. Haven't had that happen yet!!! That building is the exact opposite of the one with the hydrangea. We have two buildings in our yard. The adobe colored one started out as a small house while the owner built the other larger white house. We have over 2 acres surrounded by bush and stone, and a winter creek that runs through the yard by the hydrangea. As a matter of fact, part of the inside of our house is built on stone.

Glenda

Pam, here is the squirrel I want to cross with yours. Educated type, browsing Daves Garden (Version 1.0 though :).

LOLOLOLOL....you continue to amaze me Milan! I do think however you should contine training it and send it to me. Forget the breeding I want an in-house expert!! When it's done it's teaching.....should take just a couple of years (slow learner am me).........we can then put them in a breeding program. :D

How long did it take you to get him/her up there??? Is it your usual visitor, or do you have many?

p.s. please post pictures of your balcony this year! Your potted plants always look so lucious.....what do you feed your plants???



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DH looked at your pic.......had to laugh and wondered too how you had managed to bring him in. He also quipped ours has also been educated but it has completed it's schooling and is now on it's own! ;b

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It seems to me that squirrels must be related to cats. Most couldn't begin to imagine that anyone would not be totally taken with their sweet looks - despite the havoc both species create in our domiciles. My biggest battle with the critters we have is their outsprinting me to seed heads, oak nuts and other such bounty I watch. They seem to know the exact second it is ready for picking and storing.

LOL.....they do seem to be quite talented at that Lynn. We've lost many a lucious closely watched plum to the little devils. I still enjoy watching them tho'.....as long as they aren't in my plum trees!

I will also be studying the book you sent regarding propagating of plants.....this spring I studied it regarding seeds starting. I will now be studying it's suggestions on propagating cuttings. I would really like to overwinter the plants I have a number of ways....would also be nice to have some available for trades. ;~D

Pam, took only a few month and many nuts LOL. This little critter feel right at home in my place, drinks water out of my aquarium, hides nuts under cushions, ....
One thing I really hate though is when she tries to climb up my leg when I have shorts on OUCH!
As for my Balcony, not much this year. Lost alot due to a late frost and was very busy thus didn't restock much.
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