Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, May 30

Good afternoon KT

The Lilacs are in bloom and smelling nice here in Southern NH. Mrs. R says she smells Lily of the Valley too but my old nostrils detect nothing!

Not an easy time of year for the flora and fauna. 95 Tuesday and 45 the next day...

Thanks as always for all the wonderful threads on Ace.

Rodent

Don't you love lilacs? Time for changeable weather, eh?

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Would you like to try growing some perennial vegetables? Take a look at Skirret or Nine Star Broccoli, among others.

Some techniques to try, courtesy of Biden's Dog. I would probably stick with rooting hormone for the first one. Anybody tried this?

The Secret Rose Trick pic.twitter.com/prB6Z2BmjL

— Wisdom Walk (@wisdom_walkss) May 26, 2026

How about this?

Never Buy Ginger Again! pic.twitter.com/RMxyRn66K1

— Wisdom Walk (@wisdom_walkss) May 27, 2026

Ah, Nature

I don’t know what this wild bush is but my mom used to say the strands looked like little chandeliers. Thank you for gardening thread.
NorCal Sierra Nevada Foothills Lurker

Name that plant!

History of Photography

From Dr_N0

Hi, KT … Here's a bit of interesting material about autochromes from Public Domain Review that the Saturday Readers will likely not have heard of - but will still be interested to learn about. There's so much to know and share about flowers that just never sees the light of day that it's good to see a venue like PDR present it for inspection. I hope things are going well for you, and you're still producing a KILLAH column every week. Good on ya!

Today, the Coronado Flower Show, hosted each spring in the small San Diego Bay resort town for which it is named, is the largest tented flower show in the United States. But when it began in 1922, the display was little more than a few shaded tables of wildflower arrangements; the pet project of the photographer Harold A. Taylor (1878–1960), who had arrived in California from England in 1896, at the age of eighteen.

A true working photographer, Taylor documented Yosemite National Park (developing in an onsite darkroom), historical Spanish missions up and down the Pacific coast, and took some of the earliest aerial photographs (many destroyed by a studio leak). As the Hotel del Coronado’s resident photographer, he captured visiting dignitaries; more informally, he immortalized sports teams for the local high school yearbook. His images illustrate volumes of poetry, a 1920 historical romance, and the 1916 “pictorial survey” of the San Diego Exposition. “No man has done more to exploit the attractions of southern California or to spread a more general knowledge of the beauty of its scenery”, wrote San Diego chronicler Samuel T. Black in 1913.

Despite his range of subjects, it was flowers that were perhaps closest to Taylor’s heart. . .

See image at the link. Lovely.

And recent flowers on a hot day in the UK:

I hope you’ve had a wonderful day, another scorcher here ☀️
I have to say I was rather pleased with this bouquet 🙄😂
Clocking off early today.
Enjoy your evening.
Cheers 🥂 pic.twitter.com/cLYes7X1Rh

— Garden Brocante (@GardenBrocante) May 27, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

From a Long Time Lurker:

My cousin saved an amaryllis bulb from her grandmother’s funeral a decade ago. The blooms this year were spectacular. Wish this pic did them justice. Her granny would be so pleased.

A lovely flower. Amazing that it has persisted for a decade!

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, May 23

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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