Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 15

Hi KT, I took this at the farm stand in Sonoma this morning - the photo is not retouched or edited.

San Franpsycho

It's the season - even in Sonoma. What a great photo!

Mr Jimm has put in a daylily bed with a nice assortment of daylilies. Maybe we will se some more in the future, with some cultural information!

Some lovely specimens there. Including some fancies. But I like the plain yellow, too.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Eris Enthroned:

Here is a picture of some of my crop this year: Lemon Boy, Costoluto Genovese, Indigo Rose, and Rebel Starfighter Prime.

What a fantastic assortment! What's your favorite?

And:

Torture Garden

Here's a photo of my first T-Rex Yellow hot pepper, 1,500,000 Scoville Units.

Dear God.

Just the tip: no worse than a habanero. Go in deeper: dragon napalm.

I need to sneak this into somebody's Bloody Mary.

Too hot for me.

Nature

My condo is a second floor unit opening out to my personal terrace and then a larger common terrace. There are water gardens which mean mostly low growing succulents and some pretty container arrangements and some small trees in large containers. Yesterday I found this guy on one of plants. Where could he have come from? He is a handsome specimen so I took his picture.

Sharon(willow's apprentice)

I'm glad you didn't have a horde of them. One was enough. Though he is handsome.

The other day we were talking about giant spiders. I spotted this one down by the creek.

- fd

"Spotted". Glad you didn't run into it.

If he:
- brings you flowers
- listens attentively to everything you say and every sounds your body makes
- keeps a warm home fully of plants
- watches you carefully when you're nearby
- lives in a cave
- squeaks are you

That's not a man, that's an alpine pika pic.twitter.com/nX4uKBDWNs

— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 (@senatorshoshana) August 9, 2026

The monarch migration is about to begin.

Along the way, they depend on native flowering plants to rest and refuel. Planting native wildflowers and milkweed in your yard or in your community is one simple way to help these remarkable travelers complete their journey. pic.twitter.com/yyEFnmPgCJ

— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) August 11, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

The hibiscus next to the monarda started blooming the 2nd weekend of July, and so did the orange Helenium (sneezeweed) in front of it. There is also an Arctic Blaze purple salvia (front center) that I planted this year. I hope it will have enough flowers next summer to interest the hummingbird.

badgerwx

Nice planting for attracting pollinators and hummingbirds!

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, Aug. 8

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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