The pears barely set fruit, and the apples aren't looking great. Plums look pretty good. These are purple leaf, purple plum "Hollywood". They...
Yes, I overplant too. I like those planters a lot. I'm saving some cedar fencing to make another planter for my garden too. Now that I know how...
So many beautiful garden photos here. I really enjoy looking at them all. Here are squashes I harvested today. One is a yellow summer squash,...
Buddleia - a noninvasive, intergeneric hybrid that doesn't make seeds. Sweetly fragrant. [IMG] European Linden, in bloom. Also sweetly...
@Melody Mc. what a nice harvest! I'm impressed, you are so much further north but you have earlier toms. Today I emptied the first two...
Is potato! Envol potato, an early white type. These were in 25 gallon containers in the big planter box, drip irrigated. The leaves were...
Nice looking onions. I would leave them be. My onions are not doing well at all. Maybe it was the long cool Spring. The garlic, on the other...
@Doghouse Riley, I came of age with the Linda Ronstadt version of Heatwave. That was released my first year in the Army. [MEDIA] Ronstadt had a...
@melody, I call that a success story! Your garden is now free of fireweed and soon you will have some nice coreopsis. I have a number of...
@Melody Mc. if your daughter and son in law run out of things to keep them occupied, you can send them down here. I have lots of stuff for them...
@Droopy, what beautiful roses. They must have a beautiful fragrance too. I think the old roses are my favorites. The bring another time to my...
Thanks all for the great comments. Today it's raining, soma good day to do some baking in the new stove. For starters, a loaf of bread and some...
Congrats on getting a start of Asclepius. I originally grew mine from seeds, which took two years to establish. Later I took starts which grew...
@Sjoerd best wishes and healing thoughts for your bride.:flower:
Today was mostly spent constructing the frame for the outdoor cooking station. I'm too tired to do much else. I did water the sweetcorn and...
@Droopy your tipsy planter is great! Colorful and fun. So is the entire view in your photo. And PLEASE GET BETTER! Milkweed with honeybees,...
Thanks @Droopy. I think electric range will work out, there is just a learning curve. Here is the start of the outdoor cooking station as of...
@Sjoerd, thank you. It's easy to cross pollinate hemerocallis and get seeds to plant. I think most if the really old ones are diploid, and most...
@Sjoerd You were busy, indeed, taking care of others as well as of your garden!
I grow thornless garden blsckberries. I love them too. Just not the massive garden thug Himalayan blackberries.
