Taming the wild garden part 2

Abe Lincoln Delph. This is chartreuse. Another specimen of Tiger Eyes.

I love that color, I have Black Night. and want to get more Delphs. they are so pretty.
Love the feathery grace of tiger eyes, Is that in your woodland garden? would it live here in zone 8? I would love it

I think every thing grows in zone 8. But the dry sunny stuff we have make the Delphs do awesome. Sumacs thrive in Seattle.

O Kay Dumb here, Is tiger eyes a sumac?

Never mind I just figured it out, need to go to bed.

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I put two 'tiger eyes' in last fall. I hope they do well. I have a wild type sumac in the front but it never gets good color on it in the fall. I leave it because it's healthy, etc, but the color is just blah.

I love chartreuse, too. Anything to brighten up the days a bit.

Steve, you need to check out the gardening clothes thread. I'll look for the link. I hope your dw understands you! If my husband posted a photo of me on the internet with my hiney front and center much of my 'understanding nature' would be toast! LOL!

I put a Tiger Eyes in around June '07 - it's bare now, what are yours doing?

The only thing about sumacs it the darn deer love them. So maybe if the deer are in your yard protect it for a while so it can get a chance to live. Great combinatios sofer.

We have no deer due to a 8' fence all around our property. Pixy you have to live where Fall is cold and beautiful. All sumacs are beautiful here year round. Well almost year round. Not so much on a cloudy day.
Tootsie I planted mine in spring of 05. They are doing great and so far no runners. All of the other staghorns were tough with that.
Off to the garden clothing thread.

I understand that the Tiger Eyes is a little better behaved than the others. That's one of the reasons I had avoided it before.

Thanks for the deer tip, Heidi. Good to know.

nice, love those rocks, btw!

Mine are not doing anything yet. But I have lots of stuff that isn't doing anything yet.

Pixy, that is the most optimistic view I have ever read!!! Perfect.

I agree Pixy. But mine are doing lots of root growth and are picking up trace minerals, nitrogen and water getting ready to grow like crazy next year. LOL

Okay, Mr. Scientist man! I am sticking my proverbial tongue out at you! LOL!!

Funny. But sofer, you can be a real smartie pants! (Oh, and by the way, the woven fences go up in minutes - you just need to collect the materials - so no excuses - get weaving!)

Yes but you have to collect the branches, limb them, group them in sizes, get to them in a timely fashion so they don't dry out, and then learn to weave. But you have slaves in England I forgot. It's easy for you. LOL

We don't have slaves!! We have minions - we are very civilized here.

Sofer, why do you instigate Laurie so? She will say 'off with your head' and then we will be without the traveling vet science guy. Do you have a deathwish? Minions! They have Minions!

I, too, would weave the willow fences - if only I had a spare patch of willow, or any other spare patch of sapling! Alas, it is not so. Plus, all my minions left today. I had them for only a day. and it was wonderful!

Pix - I'll be your minion any time. I so loved your fairy door - found this site tonight. I MUST have one.

http://www.miniature-gardens.com/wood-fairy-doors.html

{Edited to say fairY}

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I have always wondered do fairies open doors with their hands or just pass through. Or better do they just wave their wands and it is opened by minions.

Hey those fairy castles are pretty cool. I like the moss on the roofs

fairy minions?

Just picking on Laurie.

Katie Those remined me of the book called the "Hobbit" they had doors in trees and in banks, MMMM new thought coming.

Looks totally like that, Mary. LOL Could spend a lot of money here.

Make them, A new hobby, Ha like I need one, Just baiting myself. LOL

Actually, they make a miniature Hobbit house - check the listings on the left side of the site.

Yes - Make them! But all those tiny pieces - ooooh my eyes would ache.
When I first looked, I thought they were bigger - much bigger.
Too bad they're so tiny. I'd like that supersized, please.

OOOMy don't know if my eyes could do that, but what fun to try. I have a dremel tool. now to find a tiny saw.

yes, and a tiny hammer. Better get some tiny hands too, while you're at it!

I actually have a very tiny hammer, Tiny hands gotta work on.
Gotta go nite nite, this could be fun to make little tiny doors, gotta find the dimensions. maybe start my own shop, see if I can get the Gnomes cheap. Ha Ha
Night Katye
Hugs

Scenes from a fairy garden. They are so much fun to do!

Henk, getting ready to become a traveling gnome.

Going fishing in the pond. I've been doing fairy/gnome scenes in the garden for many years. should have invented the fairy houses. could have made a fortune. ON the other hand, I've got my pixy thrones going. They are going to be outstanding. Love them!

These gardeners are talking about the new hydrangeas they've planted. Nice guys.

Some of us like to find a quiet nook and read, rather than working. This is the Soferdig of the gnome group. He's the studious one. But he is quite knowlegable about gardening and can answer almost any questions you have.

These are the sedum gnomes. They have never grown larger and they are just the right size to consider sedum a challenge. Their favorite past time is to try to blend into the scenery and spy on people.

One of the gnome homes. They don't like people taking photos of it. I had to sneak.

These two gnome children have been told to stay off of the slick rocks but continue to press the limits of their parents. Fortunately, this time they got down safely. Weeks before the young male gnome was showing off and slipped into the waterfall, getting swept into the pond. One of the larger koi was on duty at the time and brought him safely to the shallow part of the pond. He had to pick fungus for 2 weeks as punishment. I think his name is Soferdig. You'd think he would learn, but he is always showing off for the little girl.

You have to be careful using beer to catch slugs in a gnome garden. The young adolescent gnomes are particularly susceptible to alcohol. It's a bloody shame. These young gnomes were directed, in disgrace, to leave the gnome village and go to a neighboring village to live with other families. It seems harsh, but they will receive corrective training, work very hard, and then be very glad to return to their own village - hopefully reformed and productive citizens. As human beings begin to accept the ways of gnomes and to value them and their ways, this problem will be less prevalent in gnome society. During the dark times when people refuted the existence of gnomes, they lost their purpose in life and took to the drink. Gnome children had no future to look forward to. Fortunately, in my garden, each gnome family accepts responsibility for a certain piece of land - working it and protecting it in cooperation with the fairies. It's a good system.

Sorry, fairies do not allow their photo to be taken.

Hmmm, Sofer, I think Pix has got you pegged! Travelling vet science guy may keep his head for a bit longer - particularly after see that cutiepie photo of he and beloved wife!