What's Growing in the Garden

View from the kitchen window. Not bad, except for the propane tank.

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It has to be Memorial day weekend because the peonies just started to bloom (along with the iris).

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trc65 said:
View from the kitchen window. Not bad, except for the propane tank.

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It has to be Memorial day weekend because the peonies just started to bloom (along with the iris).

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Wonder if you could take an air raft and inflate it under and around the propane tank to disguise it as a giant yard hog dog????

Calling for rain and frost here this weekend, hope not, we planted last week.
 
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As soon as it dries out a little more, flowers will be planted in front of the tank to partially hide it. Although it sticks out like a sore thumb in the picture, I don't really notice the tank, it's just something that has always been there.

Haven't been able to plant anything for almost 3 weeks we've been so wet. We're supposed to have a night or two in the 40's, but only frost risk is up near IL - WI border.
 
Nature Man said:
Beautiful yard! Looks like a large river in the background. Ever give you any troubles with flooding? Chuck
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Not a river, just bleached out corn stalks in the neighbors field (that part of the picture is overexposed which hides the detail). Soybeans haven't been planted there yet as we've been so wet.

We do have plenty of large creeks around here that will occasionally flood over some of our roads. House though is probably 75' elevation above any of them.
 
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This is what happens to strawberries after a few days in the 80's.

Picked these in about 45 minutes. Only about 1/3 through the patch.

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Apollo 20, and Tunguska Thunder**ck.
Crazy big purple buds.

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trc65 said:
Not a river, just bleached out corn stalks in the neighbors field (that part of the picture is overexposed which hides the detail). Soybeans haven't been planted there yet as we've been so wet.

We do have plenty of large creeks around here that will occasionally flood over some of our roads. House though is probably 75' elevation above any of them.
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Tim, what you could do for fun is to get a boat and put it out near that "island", and get the grandkids in it with fishing poles. Get back to where the above picture was taken earlier. Take another picture if it's not too late. Show it to your neighbor and ask him if he knows where this is. It might get you in trouble, but it also could be fun in showing how optical illusions work. The Bleached Out Corn Stalks River. ........... Jerry (in Tucson)
 
The pile keeps getting bigger. Up to 7 gallons now, maybe another gallon and a half to go. Taking a break, picking in 89° heat is tough!

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The pile keeps getting bigger. Up to 7 gallons now, maybe another gallon and a half to go. Taking a break, picking in 89° heat is tough!

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Cool about the strawberrys, but 89 degrees?? It's not even warm yet. What do you do with all those strawberrys/berries? (Spell check has picked up this one, but not the first one in the first sentence. Hence, both spellings) ............. Jerry (in Tucson)
 
Nubsnstubs said:
Cool about the strawberrys, but 89 degrees?? It's not even warm yet. What do you do with all those strawberrys/berries? (Spell check has picked up this one, but not the first one in the first sentence. Hence, both spellings) ............. Jerry (in Tucson)
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Yeah, but it's 89° and 55% humidity.

We will eat as many fresh berries as we can, give away some to family and friends, but the bulk will be made into jam and I'll make a few batches of strawberry syrup that is fantastic on ice cream and cheesecake.
 
Was sunny, muggy and 83 degrees on the hill I was working today, dropped 1,000 feet into the city of Scranton at 4pm, 92 degrees with 85% humidity. That was rough for me. Glad it was 79 at my house when I got home. Always amazes me what a few hundred feet elevation does as well as a few thousand feet.
 
Wildthings said:
Bought one little pot of cucumbers that had 10 plants in it. Set them up in a 55 ga drum hydroponic style figuring I'd lose half of them. Been four days and all of them are putting on new leaves..go figure... Now to pluck some out cuz that size barrel is only good for 3-4 plants

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That picture was May 15th and this one was 4 days ago.......not quite a month.. easy growing in a hydroponic solution

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The wood is to shed the 14" of rain we've had in the last week. Don't want it going into the drum
 
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Was a nice muggy 86 here today and the humidity was a tolerable 70% percent ha. Today was a good practice for our 85-90% summer humidity days.
Our tomatoes and vegetables are doing well. Won't be long before we start picking a good bit.
 
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