Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Aug. 17

Hi, everybody! Our high temperature was under 100 degrees yesterday!
We celebrated with chili followed by fresh plums.

Anything new in your garden?

About the photo above:

I’m often amused by the names certain industries give to their products. Paint companies, for example, seem to look far and wide for color descriptors - like Pidgen, or Hale Navy. This also applies to plants. How did they come up with Better Boy tomatoes, or Gala apples?

At any rate, I laughed out loud this spring when I came upon this variety of caladium, FROG IN A BLENDER. Of course, I had to buy a few! Liz953

Of course!

And there's more important information from Sabrina:

A plant for a true Moron:

I debated mightily about sending this in but then I said "Self, the Horde will want to know." For the record I do not have one of these, I just saw it in a rare plant catalog and couldn't stop giggling. And wondering how long it would take a True Moron to complain that the spines are in exactly the wrong place . . .

Best Regards,
Sabrina

Boobie Cactus (Myrtillocactus geometrizans 'Fukurokuryuzinboku')

May flower in summer. Which would alter its "boobie" appearance.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Due to massive rabbit assault I have started growing lettuce, radishes and spinach in a self watering container (actually plastic bin with PVC pipes for drainage). Lettuce is first up and doing great. Haven't watered it since I first wet the soil and planted. And no rabbit predation. :-)

Skating Judge

Looks great! Time to pinch off some leaves for some baby lettuce? Mmmmm.

I have this crabapple tree in my yard. I didn’t plant it, so I have no idea what it is. The birds like the fruit. I’ve noticed for a while that in the spring, I will get mostly pink blossoms, but some white blossoms. I’m thinking the original root stock was some kind of apple tree, and the branches that grew below the graft are actually apples. This year I have a lot of apples. Any idea what kind of apple they might be? -

Nancy@7000ft

That's kind of a reverse situation. Often, crabapples are used as rootstock for apples!

Anybody familiar with apples used as rootstocks at high altitudes?

Ah, Nature

By-Tor, Bee in Flower

Photo opportunities can be found in your neighborhood.

Gardens of The Horde

Sunflowers Again!

Hi KT

These sunflowers have grown so very tall this year. Haven't done much of anything other than stake them up. I like having them around our little patio structure. When I sit in there I am surrounded by green and yellow and bumblebees. Beautiful on summer nights with the moon and the bats.
Thanks as always for the Garden Thread!

Mrs. Leggy

Massive! And fun!

Thanks for sharing them!

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, Aug. 10

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.

posted by K.T. at 01:23 PM

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