Was in central New York yesterday using the windsheild wipers as the snow splatted as we drove along.
What's Growing in the Garden
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Finished getting wood chips around the raspberries. About 4 yards of chips.
Red raspberries:
Black raspberries:
Still need to get a trellis built for the blacks. They are small yet, just planted them last summer, and filled in with rooted tips a couple weeks ago.
Red raspberries:
Black raspberries:
Still need to get a trellis built for the blacks. They are small yet, just planted them last summer, and filled in with rooted tips a couple weeks ago.
Literally have about 20, 000 orchid flowers blooming right now.
A few years ago I counted 250 spikes and each spike had 50 or more orchids on them and there are a lot more now.
Cindy put one orchid on this tree 31 years ago. It had 4 green leaves & one spike.
Now we have lots on seven trees & have given bunches to friends.
A few years ago I counted 250 spikes and each spike had 50 or more orchids on them and there are a lot more now.
Cindy put one orchid on this tree 31 years ago. It had 4 green leaves & one spike.
Now we have lots on seven trees & have given bunches to friends.
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Everglades tomatoes. They're very small and tasty !
That’s just awesome! Never seen an orchid garden like that. Chuck
I'm stilll hooked up to San Antonio Weather notifications and had been getting lots of notices. Knew something was going on, but did not know about that!
They would have looked even better but those darn Yankees sent that cold spell down here this winter and we had to cover everything cuz it was almost freezing.
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Nothing big or flashy, but planted some soapwort in some shady areas last year and they just started to bloom. Provides a nice little flash of color around the spent daffodils and wild bluebells. Another nice thing is they germinate very easily from seed, so started another 24 of them to add in shady areas.
I grow hundreds of zinnias every year. This year is exceptional. This is just one of my 4 beds
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Love zinnias. We grew them along the sidewalk in one of our many rental homes growing up. By many rental homes, I mean, one of the many homes my parents rented for us to live in...
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It's starting to look a little more like a garden. Potatoes and peas peeking through and garlic is looking good.
Planted another row of peas and transplanted onions. Cole crops are next, then tomatoes and peppers. Still dropping into 40's at night, so no big hurry.
Planted another row of peas and transplanted onions. Cole crops are next, then tomatoes and peppers. Still dropping into 40's at night, so no big hurry.
Not very edible but planted about 2000. Probably a foot tall then. 7- 8' across now. Moved it 3 times it really likes this spot. Kathie trims it back and up every few years and I whine because it looks naked, but she is right. It loves the attention. Turns orange in fall. @Tom Smart I think you have commented before. It has grown a bunch.
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Beautiful! A nice looking spot for it.
Here is the east coast companion to yours, Mike, Jabba the Maple. Gave this thing a serious haircut early this season before it leaved out. Now think I coulda done a lot more. A bit of frost burn from a couple nights below freezing in early spring.
Very nice. Kathie is like @Tony she just gets under it, stands up and does a deep trim
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Since we are showing maples, here is mine. Not nearly as large as Tom's or Mike's, but this one has lowly beginnings. A $9.99 twig found at Aldi 11 years ago.
Nice
Lace leaf, nice recovery!