Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug 1

From Mr. Jimm:

Good morning, Katy!

Last summer I tore out all of the coneflowers and roses from our front garden bed, and replaced them with 40 different varieties of daylillies, about 50 plants in all.

The new bed is simply beautiful! Daylily flowers each last only for 24 hours, but each plant sports multiple stems with multiple flowers on each stem. The result is a riot of colors, with a different set of flowers blooming every morning. Something nice to get me out of bed in the morning!

Just BTW that daylily bed is 7 feet by 22 feet.

I love these! There are more if we can get them formatted to present to The Horde! The one at the top is an unknown variety, and the bottom one is 'Autumn Red'.

Hoping for more photos! What a lot of work, though.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

From By-Tor:

Rib eye, homegrown tomatoes, and esquites (Mexican corn) for lunch after tennis practice.

Looks great! The quality of those tomatoes makes a difference, and go with the corn!

Ah, Nature

Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar Island update

As a 100% pureblooded cracker, let me offer everyone a friendly, culturally-appropriated "aloha" now that I'm fully moved and integrated on these conquered isles.

I have curated a veritable smorgasbord of photos highlighting both notable flora and fauna I have encountered thus far. Of particular note are the trees...not the ubiquitous palm trees most associate with these tropical climes, but instead a curious and impressive type that spreads a wide canopy, with very few lower branches, which reminds me more of something from an African savanna documentary. They come with a variety of different colored flowers, which I presume delineate different species.

Impressive! Which are your favorites? We may get more later.

Adventure

Time to take a trip?

This is just a little bit of how beautiful our country is, stunning. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/uXLNg9t0qV

— Kathleen Winchell ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@KathleenWinche3) July 26, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

We may see some hummingbirds soon.

And since I really like daylilies, here is Chesapeake Crablegs showing off next to a Shasta daisy.

badgerwx

I don't usually get blossoms every year. Not sure why, but I really like it when they come out.

Diogenes

Vibrant!

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, July 25

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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