➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Morrigan]

Catching up. Been MIA for a few days.

Hopefully doing something fun.

 

[Kiki]

Hopefully doing something fun.

 

[Kiki]

Except for the drought, the fields and ditches around here are filled with blackeyed susans and then overtaken with a wild type sunflower. Beautiful yellow for a couple of months. Then the indian paint brushes and evening primroses come alive. Spring is slowly waning, but still fresh in the memory.

We had a spoil pile of dirt, 20 foot tall that sprouted sunflowers in the back of my last work. Gorgeous when they started blooming. Mountain of yellow. Found out the local deer were sleeping in the sunflower forest. Too funny.

I'd cut some and take them to the ladies in the front office. they loved having fresh flowers around.

We saw deer daily these last few days. It was very neat to just walk out side and see deer feet away from you.

 

[adrikeen]

We saw deer daily these last few days. It was very neat to just walk out side and see deer feet away from you.View attachment 1439221

You need to visit my back yard then . I've had a few startle me (and the one time that buck charged me).

 

[Kiki]

You need to visit my back yard then . I've had a few startle me (and the one time that buck charged me).

We were in Texas hill country. Very very different than Houston.

 

[adrikeen]

Hey! I was impressed by the photos! When I picture Texas...it's either city or large prairie/ranch environment....and who knew about Galveston!!!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

I looked and saw scrub or bushes. Tiny aspen trees, huh? If that is all you have, it's a forest! LOL. I'm afraid your sunflowers will be larger than your neighbor's trees by the end of your very short growing season. Aspens grow slow, true?

Our sunflowers are coming to the end. They are bowing their heads and waiting. Interesting note. The cucumbers 10 feet from the sunflowers are producing fruit. The ones under the sunflowers are stunted. I'm guessing the internet was right about the sunflowers discouraging growth. Except for grass. The grass is invading under the sunflowers.

Our neighborhood was once wooded. Oak root rot is slowly killing all the oaks. A few people are replacing the trees, others are converting to a monoculture lawn. I like my "weeds". I'm looking at mulberries. If it weren't for the purple bird poop on the cars, I'd have planted some already. I hesitate.

That’s how my parents got their mulberry tree! We found a purple bird poop with seeds in it in the front flower garden. So we planted it. The poop! HA HA HA We planted a poop!

They now have 3 large mulberry trees.

 

[Kiki]

That’s how my parents got their mulberry tree! We found a purple bird poop with seeds in it in the front flower garden. So we planted it. The poop! HA HA HA We planted a poop!

They now have 3 large mulberry trees.

. I laughed out loud.

 

[debid]

I looked and saw scrub or bushes. Tiny aspen trees, huh? If that is all you have, it's a forest! LOL. I'm afraid your sunflowers will be larger than your neighbor's trees by the end of your very short growing season. Aspens grow slow, true?

Our sunflowers are coming to the end. They are bowing their heads and waiting. Interesting note. The cucumbers 10 feet from the sunflowers are producing fruit. The ones under the sunflowers are stunted. I'm guessing the internet was right about the sunflowers discouraging growth. Except for grass. The grass is invading under the sunflowers.

Our neighborhood was once wooded. Oak root rot is slowly killing all the oaks. A few people are replacing the trees, others are converting to a monoculture lawn. I like my "weeds". I'm looking at mulberries. If it weren't for the purple bird poop on the cars, I'd have planted some already. I hesitate.

So, get a white-fruited mulberry.

 

[debid]

That’s how my parents got their mulberry tree! We found a purple bird poop with seeds in it in the front flower garden. So we planted it. The poop! HA HA HA We planted a poop!

They now have 3 large mulberry trees.

My husband picked up a magnolia cone last fall and challenged me to grow a magnolia tree from it. Three have sprouted so far...