Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Jan 10

On December 20 (scroll down), we saw some lovely wildflowers, including alpine flowers from Neal in Israel, from photos he took in Montenegro. We continue with his adventures today:

The other location where there were some attractive plants to photograph was one of the country's oldest monasteries, which is known for its gardens, as well as its antiquity.

They seem to use shaping of shrubs to lead the eye.

And the hanging baskets are magnificent.

Striking entryway

Awww - A tiger under tiger lilies!

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Went up north here in Israel to get away for a few days and check up on our vacation home. The current crop of lemons on our tree is a few hundred fruit. I need a few Horde members to fly over and help us pick them.

Best regards from northern Israel,

Biden’s Dog

They look great!

We also had a bleg last week to get the Japanese going on development of tomato varieties (other than Momotaro?), so here's one:

CHILLING WITH THE RED 🍅 FRUIT/VEGETABLE and new blockbuster tomato variety called CANOVA at the Seed Co Vegetables trials site in Zimbabwe this afternoon. CANOVA is suitable for open field and green house tomato production.

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— Wendy Matashu Madzura (@WendyMadzura) January 8, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

Anything going on in your garden or your catalogs?

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Jan. 3

Any thoughts or questions?

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

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