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Yard Pictures from Sunday
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ysabetwordsmithYesterday before we went out, I took some yard pictures. It was finally sunny, so I got good ones this time.
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Yard Pictures: Flowers
Apr. 1st, 2022 10:24 pmysabetwordsmithI took a few more pictures of my yard today. The lighting still isn't great, but there's a lot going on.
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Yard Pictures
Mar. 27th, 2022 02:29 amysabetwordsmithI posted pictures of my yard today. This batch has the most garden-related images, along with links to the other sets.
This final set shows the house yard, along with some flower gardens. See the Forest Garden, the South Lot, the West Edge, the Savanna, and the Prairie Garden sets.
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This final set shows the house yard, along with some flower gardens. See the Forest Garden, the South Lot, the West Edge, the Savanna, and the Prairie Garden sets.
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Pandemic Garden Club monthly posts
Feb. 12th, 2022 05:38 pmscrubjayspeaksThe February post for my Pandemic Garden Club is currently open, if anyone would like to join in. It is a casual, open conversation post to talk about what we've been doing in the garden over the past month. I include photos from my own garden, located in California, USA, and any ongoing projects.
This month, I have updates on bulbs starting to grow, the continuing saga of all the succulents blooming, and my newly-acquired log seats.
About Pandemic Garden Club
Pandemic Garden Club started in April 2020, when Covid-19 lockdowns meant my local cactus and succulent club could not hold our monthly in-person meetings. Though the club eventually organized virtual meetings, the loss of it in those early days hit me hard. So I started posting on my DW on the weekend the meetings would normally happen. At this point, it seems to have become a permanent fixture on my journal.
This month, I have updates on bulbs starting to grow, the continuing saga of all the succulents blooming, and my newly-acquired log seats.
About Pandemic Garden Club
Pandemic Garden Club started in April 2020, when Covid-19 lockdowns meant my local cactus and succulent club could not hold our monthly in-person meetings. Though the club eventually organized virtual meetings, the loss of it in those early days hit me hard. So I started posting on my DW on the weekend the meetings would normally happen. At this point, it seems to have become a permanent fixture on my journal.
eien_herrisonMy garden's slowly coming along, and the vegetable patch has been bordered out into a raised bed with some soil in it (the gardeners are using the soil from the garden as they've said it's very fertile, so I suspect our only issue with it was the stones. This does mean there's a load of grass in it, but also the possibility of weeds; I'm going to be keeping an eye on how many weeds grow and if there are too many get some weed control matting). I also got a gardening catalogue through and from the advice of other people I've started to look in to companion/cooperative growing methods.
( Companion Growing Question )
( Overwintering Crops and Seed Sharing )
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gardeningName that plant!
Sep. 7th, 2011 02:35 pmiamshadowThings I know
- it's early spring.
- the flowers start out midblue and fade over time to almost white
- it's probably a bulb or similar, since all my jonquils, snowdrops, daffodils and irises are coming out now too.
Speaking of irises, anyone able to pin down what one in particular I have? It is from a root that looks rather like ginger, not a bulb. The leaves are very flat, point straight up, and are shaped rather like knifeblades.
- it's early spring.
- the flowers start out midblue and fade over time to almost white
- it's probably a bulb or similar, since all my jonquils, snowdrops, daffodils and irises are coming out now too.
Speaking of irises, anyone able to pin down what one in particular I have? It is from a root that looks rather like ginger, not a bulb. The leaves are very flat, point straight up, and are shaped rather like knifeblades.
Flowers in the garden
Aug. 5th, 2011 04:04 pmfulmarGot a new camera recently and it's a bit of a drizzly day so...
A few more behind the cut.
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A few more behind the cut.
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Name that plant, part 2
Jul. 31st, 2011 11:31 pmkakeFurther to my previous post, I have another batch of plants that I hope someone will be able to help me identify.
[IMAGE: A plant (no flowers) in a pot with long green leaves. Some of the leaves towards the top are a pale reddish colour, while others are yellowed and dead at the ends. There is moss growing on the stones that have been used to cover the soil in the pot.]
Bonus questions! Should I worry about the reddish leaves? Should I take the yellowing ones off? Are the reddish ones in fact on their way to becoming yellow ones? Should I get rid of the moss, or will the plant happily coexist with it?
( More under the cut. )Does anyone recognise any of these? As previously mentioned, I live in London, UK, if that helps. I would really appreciate any advice!
Name that plant
Jul. 17th, 2011 03:26 pmkakeI bought a house, and it came with a (well-maintained) garden attached. I don't know what any of the plants are, so I took some photos and am hoping people can help me identify them. (They're all ornamental. I have never grown anything non-edible before, except a geranium which has yet to produce more than one flower.)
[IMAGE: Plant in glazed green ceramic pot with long non-serrated leaves and flowers mostly withered. There's one flower left, white and fuchsia, hiding just under the rim of the pot.]
Does anyone recognise any of these? I live in London, UK, if that helps.
Help needed: lemon blossoms/pollinators
May. 7th, 2011 05:16 pmfeuer_flammenlosHello all!
Can someone suggest a solution for the pollination of my citrus blossoms? We're suffering from a dearth of bees (that's hardly news) AND the few I've seen ignore the citrus blossoms: so far, I've seen averages of 2/3 -bees on the thyme, 1-2 apparently in love with the roses (which are decorative, colourful and....nearly odourless) and the odd bumblebee on the melons. Blackberry and apple flowers are being (as far as I see) ignored.
Suggestion, please? é_è
Can someone suggest a solution for the pollination of my citrus blossoms? We're suffering from a dearth of bees (that's hardly news) AND the few I've seen ignore the citrus blossoms: so far, I've seen averages of 2/3 -bees on the thyme, 1-2 apparently in love with the roses (which are decorative, colourful and....nearly odourless) and the odd bumblebee on the melons. Blackberry and apple flowers are being (as far as I see) ignored.
Suggestion, please? é_è
Introduction and some photos
May. 2nd, 2011 01:56 pmteapot_rabbitHello all! Seeing other people's photos has made me even more impatient for my seeds to sprout and my seedlings to get big enough for transplant. The recent warm weather isn't helping either...
So, I'm in the California Bay Area; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a/9b, Sunset Zone 15. The weather this year was really weird - dry over the winter and then several huge rainstorms just when I'd usually start planting (it was so wet my peas - sugar snap and snow - rotted in the ground. That has never happened to me before.) As a result, I feel like I'm behind in getting my garden started.
I mostly grow vegetables at the moment, and I have a rather cottage-garden sensibility when comes to landscaping and flowers. I love roses, but since I'm renting at the moment, I can't really indulge myself there.
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So, I'm in the California Bay Area; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a/9b, Sunset Zone 15. The weather this year was really weird - dry over the winter and then several huge rainstorms just when I'd usually start planting (it was so wet my peas - sugar snap and snow - rotted in the ground. That has never happened to me before.) As a result, I feel like I'm behind in getting my garden started.
I mostly grow vegetables at the moment, and I have a rather cottage-garden sensibility when comes to landscaping and flowers. I love roses, but since I'm renting at the moment, I can't really indulge myself there.
( Photos thisaway. )
Growing Roses
May. 2nd, 2011 10:28 amamadiDoes anybody know anything about growing roses from bare starters? Costco is selling rose starters, which look like plain wood roots with nothing green, no blossoms, nothing, but apparently if you plant them, they take root and they grow. They're not high priced and are probably nothing special but the price is such that it's worth the risk to give it a try.
Has anyone ever done this or have basic info about what sorts of soil conditions, temperature concerns, feeding/fertilizing issues and whatnot I'd need to know before jumping into planting one of these starters and calling myself a rose grower?
Has anyone ever done this or have basic info about what sorts of soil conditions, temperature concerns, feeding/fertilizing issues and whatnot I'd need to know before jumping into planting one of these starters and calling myself a rose grower?
expectations
Jun. 7th, 2010 10:40 amfatoudustWhen we built this house, of course it was all completely bare. I live in juniper-pinon high desert, so every plant struggles for its survival here, between the drought and the wind and the crazy temperature extremes. So that first year, I ordered a whole bunch of bulbs, a collection, because I just wanted something in the ground. But the company totally flaked out on me and not only didn't send me my plants (they were waiting until all were available, and then were sold out...buh?) but failed to tell me they weren't sending me plants until it was almost too late to plant. Thankfully my friend flea came to the rescue and pointed me at Van Engelen who not only were a reputable bulb dealer but had great volume year end sales. I planted about two hundred muscari (four varieties), daffodils, tulips, and irises.
The muscari were lovely briefly the next spring and then were promptly eaten by the vast numbers of rabbits we have here. The tulips survived. Neither the daffodils nor the irises came up at all.
I was a little disappointed, but planted a new set of bulbs this past fall, crocuses, more muscari, more tulips. Again, rabbits ate everything but the tulips.
But then! This year, the daffodils from two years ago came out in full force. They were gorgeous and full and vibrant and nothing ate them! And just this past week, right after I was bemoaning to a friend that they'd never come up, my irises have also made an appearance! They are so lovely and colorful and also appear to be rabbit immune. So I guess it was just because I got them in the ground so late that first year. I am so thrilled to see them. And I will definitely be investing in more of those varieties for the future, since they seem to do fine with the local wildlife.
I also have onions and garlic doing great. I need to plant more garlic for next year; we really went through it this past year and it was so tasty.
flea came to the rescue and pointed me at Van Engelen who not only were a reputable bulb dealer but had great volume year end sales. I planted about two hundred muscari (four varieties), daffodils, tulips, and irises.The muscari were lovely briefly the next spring and then were promptly eaten by the vast numbers of rabbits we have here. The tulips survived. Neither the daffodils nor the irises came up at all.
I was a little disappointed, but planted a new set of bulbs this past fall, crocuses, more muscari, more tulips. Again, rabbits ate everything but the tulips.
But then! This year, the daffodils from two years ago came out in full force. They were gorgeous and full and vibrant and nothing ate them! And just this past week, right after I was bemoaning to a friend that they'd never come up, my irises have also made an appearance! They are so lovely and colorful and also appear to be rabbit immune. So I guess it was just because I got them in the ground so late that first year. I am so thrilled to see them. And I will definitely be investing in more of those varieties for the future, since they seem to do fine with the local wildlife.
I also have onions and garlic doing great. I need to plant more garlic for next year; we really went through it this past year and it was so tasty.
Yay, gardening!
Mar. 15th, 2010 09:32 amfatoudustHi, hi! It makes me happy to see this comm revving back up.
I live in the high desert in Arizona, about 6000 feet in elevation, so our climate is seriously whack. We generally get about 11" of precip a year, but this year has already been high, so perhaps we're breaking our drought? And because of our elevation, we get true winters (which this year has meant lots of snow) and our growing season is atrociously short. I'm not actually supposed to plant out until June.
So! Being a resourceful sort, we built our house to accommodate and I have a flourishing winter garden in our south-facing sunroom. Given the chance to do it again, I would expand this room significantly, add a tap and a drain, and reduce the overhangs to be more all-season for plants. As is, it's all seasons for humans (and thus cool and shady in the summer, warm and sunny in the winter) but only fall-spring-winter for the plants.
( Garden pic and explanatory text. )
We cleared the backyard recently (well, had a friend knock down the construction piles of dirt with his bobcat) and planted grass seed, but I really don't need a lawn, just some sort of groundcover to prevent erosion in our hardcore winds. Something the dog can run over and that I can pull tumbleweeds out of.
Bulbs are coming up in our east side flowerbed, but the rabbits are the only ones happy about this, evidently, as it's really a bit too early for them. And we have an outdoor raised bed, but have not made plans yet for it. I also need to cut down last year's Russian sage growth so this year's can spring forth. I hope to do a butterfly garden on the southwest side, but am not sure if I can manage it or not.
Anyway, yay! Hello, gardeners!
I live in the high desert in Arizona, about 6000 feet in elevation, so our climate is seriously whack. We generally get about 11" of precip a year, but this year has already been high, so perhaps we're breaking our drought? And because of our elevation, we get true winters (which this year has meant lots of snow) and our growing season is atrociously short. I'm not actually supposed to plant out until June.
So! Being a resourceful sort, we built our house to accommodate and I have a flourishing winter garden in our south-facing sunroom. Given the chance to do it again, I would expand this room significantly, add a tap and a drain, and reduce the overhangs to be more all-season for plants. As is, it's all seasons for humans (and thus cool and shady in the summer, warm and sunny in the winter) but only fall-spring-winter for the plants.
( Garden pic and explanatory text. )
We cleared the backyard recently (well, had a friend knock down the construction piles of dirt with his bobcat) and planted grass seed, but I really don't need a lawn, just some sort of groundcover to prevent erosion in our hardcore winds. Something the dog can run over and that I can pull tumbleweeds out of.
Bulbs are coming up in our east side flowerbed, but the rabbits are the only ones happy about this, evidently, as it's really a bit too early for them. And we have an outdoor raised bed, but have not made plans yet for it. I also need to cut down last year's Russian sage growth so this year's can spring forth. I hope to do a butterfly garden on the southwest side, but am not sure if I can manage it or not.
Anyway, yay! Hello, gardeners!
