My mums and sunflowers did better than I thought they would..first time I've had my mums bloom so heavily! I planted my sunflowers late, but, the chickens will have at this tomorrow.
A lot of seeds in there. Heavy thing.
Oh, that Alysum goes crazy every yr. I pull it back, it comes back. I let it go this yr.
Cynthia love your little froggie in the yellow mums. Your flowers are gorgeous.
I have a red one like yours, I can't get over how packed with blossoms they are. I suppose the nurseries force them to bud. I had one free giveaway plant that survived several bad winters. Then the mild winter killed it -
. Bought 3 replacements two years ago, lost one during the winter.
,and a second one the next. Had the one survivor that croaked early this spring. Bought two more this year. One is booming like gangbusters, the other (yellow) was starting great, then bugs attacted it ( but, not the red one.) Yellow is 1/4 the size of the red. I've been nursing it along but, I'm sure it won't survive.
Just got two more and put them among hostas so maybe they will protect them from whatever has been killing them. They are supposed to be hardy. Oh well.......
Flowers are dying here too... Trees that havent deep roots are tying. people dont realize when they stop watering lawns the trees die too.
Some lovely specimines are dead right here on this street.
San Diego is known for its Zoo... But what people dont know is San Diego county has the larges collection of endangered and even extinct botanicals... MORE than any of the animals in the zoo.
I just hope the botanical gardens both private and public are given dispensation for water usage.... sigh.
ron, believe it not, I only watered those flowers probably 6 times this yr.! Serious. It rained here and there, but I only got the water can out a few times for the flowers. I didn't even water the veggies that much this yr., and you should see all of the tomatoes we are just now getting. What? If you can see the lawn in the third photo, didn't water that much either. My DH and I just didn't feel right using that much water this yr. A lot of us here were not using much. My lawn is usually very green. Very. The flowers..? We face the North side is all that I can think of. So, if this is the trick, to not water so much to get them to bloom, that's great.
ron, believe it not, I only watered those flowers probably 6 times this yr.! Serious. It rained here and there, but I only got the water can out a few times for the flowers. I didn't even water the veggies that much this yr., and you should see all of the tomatoes we are just now getting. What? If you can see the lawn in the third photo, didn't water that much either. My DH and I just didn't feel right using that much water this yr. A lot of us here were not using much. My lawn is usually very green. Very. The flowers..? We face the North side is all that I can think of. So, if this is the trick, to not water so much to get them to bloom, that's great.
I have lived in California my whole life, so the concept of not watering in the summer if foreign. During the summer, we usually have a trace of rain.
Like Perchie(Deb) said, people are forgetting to water trees and bushes here. On the fourth of July, someone tossed a firework into a tree. The tree was so dry that it burst into flame and caught an apartment building on fire!
lol I took the boys "home" last summer and went to the back side of the Island, where the tourists don't go. LOL In town it is wall to wall cars and so different than the deserted streets of late fall and winter. I miss the quiet . . . . .great place to visit. Glad you had a pretty good time!! I would move back in a heart beat.
Morning everyone!
Sitting here supping my morning cuppa and trying to get caught up with y'all.
Deb, I understand totally. There is no expiration date on being a mom.
FINALLY! Got the last of my tomatoes processed last night. I now have 18 pints of chili starter cooked up and ready to go for winter. Just add meat (preferably venison) and beans and I have a warm homemade supper waiting when it's -30 w/o the windchill and my sweetie has been out digging a trail to the coop for me. Yum
Now I have to get after some of those pumpkins I have sitting all over the porch and picnic tables.I store a few whole but the rest get processed into cooked pumpkin and stored for all those pies my family and friends put their "orders" in for every holiday/hunting season. I also need to get the dehydrators fired up for all those herbs going nuts in my garden. Been waiting for cooler weather because those things really heat the house up but I just can't put it off anymore. In a normal year that chore would have been done weeks ago. Maybe I'll have DH help me drag those things out to the workshop then I can load them up in the evening and let them run overnight. In case you're wondering, I have two rather large Excalibur dehydrators. Wait! That would work great! Then I could just leave them out there for when I dry the onion and garlic for my powders that I always make out of the older "leftovers" in the winter then I won't stink up the house this year. DH will be happy about that. He claims the smell makes him crave spaghetti
Alaskan, did you get any of the snow? We are supposed to hit 70o today, we still have stuff growing, crazy!!!
Now, I need to get outside and harvest the last of the Kale, swiss chard and stevia so I can do a final cleanup of that garden. It's time, no matter what Mother Nature thinks!!!
Have a beautiful weekend everyone, I know we will. The geese are really on the move overhead and the fall colors are just becoming brilliant this year.
Lord, I truly love this time of year and really appreciate it so much today, last year at this time I was sitting in a wheelchair staring out the window by now.
Sorry but I have to say it,
I am just so BLESSED!
Heavy thing.
