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July 27, 2024
Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, July 27
Hi KT!
I’d like to say that I planned this and captured it due to photography skills. Truth is I got this with my iPad and it was sheer luck. The gladiolas are about done blooming, but this little guy found a good one for a nice snack. And yes, the railing needs work. I’ll get to it…eventually.
Duke Lowell
Hi, everybody! It's too hot to do much gardening here rignt now, and I don't remember where I got the photo of the gaillardia with the bumble bee below. But I appreciate that there are flowers like gaillardia that stay open for business during weather like this.
We have lots of baby lizards and a snake sighting. The lizards mostly stay in the shade unless we walk nearby.
How are things going in your garden and neighborhood? Harvesting anything? We have pomegranates sizing up.
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Edible Gardening/Putting Things By
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More photos of edibles as Moron Analyst tames the wilderness:
Aronia-Choke Berry
I guess these are supposed to be good for you.
Wild Raspberries
Wild raspberries are tasty.
More Raspberries
Wild Grapes and Mulberries
There's a limit to how many wild grapes and mulberries you can eat.
Baby Grapes
They're so cute when they're little.
Blueberry Bush
Mmmmm
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Some ideas about food policy. Regulation is not always the answer to healthy food supplies. Especially in the case of family farmers and gardeners.
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Puttering
rock balancing
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Adventure
The water is inviting in the current hot weather, but . . .
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Gardens of The Horde
Normally petunias are not my thing, but this one, "Picasso in Purple" is such a prolific bloomer and the green fringed purple flowers are so unique and pretty that it gets a pot or two near the entrance of my house. They are hard to find in the garden centers, so ordering them online in the early spring is often the best way to get them. One plant will easy fill a 12" -14" diameter pot and cascade over the edge in no time. I usually end up cutting them back around mid-summer to control the size and make them fill in more at the center.
Here is a pot with a fairly young petunia plant and some agastache. The agastache is a pollenator plant that attracts butterflies and its chartruese leaves and delicate light purple flowers go wonderfully with the petunias. Given a sunny location these should grow in most zones in the summer. The agastache is also a pretty good self seeder.
I've also planted the petunia with a spikey, thin leaf, purple cordyline plant with good results.
Dirk Bohunk
Unusual! Nice growing tips, too. Thanks
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Five yrs ago I planted 3 New Dawn roses along a fence in my back yard. They are now a 30 foot hedge. they would easily climb 20 feet. The leaves are dark and very shiny. The thorns are DEADLY. Liz953
Extraordinary!
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Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
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Week in Review
What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, July 20
Any thoughts or questions?
I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.