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WHAT'S UP WITH THIS?

White Surprise

Salvia 'Victoria Blue'

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Blue Surprise

Dwarf Lobelia

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Never a dull moment!

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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-08-09, 18:56:01

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Right now: Loving Welcoming the Flowers by poet and performer John Giorno, a set of screenprinted poems in 18 parts. Although I feel a need to defend some of les fleurs, (why are lupins self serving and unkind?) I love the bold, cheerful colours in constrast with the somewhat morbid sentiments expressed.

Via MocoLoco.

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It's steamy this morning after a night of intermittent rain. We welcomed every drop. The geraniums manage to look good through the moisture-heavy glass.

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Posted by J.P. Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-09, 18:55:36

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"There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling."

~ Mirabel Osler

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~ A frog's delight

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Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2007-08-09, 18:54:37

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"Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. "

~ John Updike

~ Garden Angel

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Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-09, 18:54:27

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This skeleton of a leaf in decay looks like it is fossilized into the concrete. It is, however, the lacy remnant of a leaf that was slowly completing its life cycle and returning to the earth.

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Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to foliage on 2007-08-09, 18:54:16

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This year's tomato crop was a good mix of a different variety of tomatoes. Pictured above (from left to right) are White Tomesol, Dr. Wyches Yellow, another White Tomesol, Black Cherry (also pictured on the vine) a roma tomato (don't remember the name) and red and yellow pear tomatoes. The White Tomesol was a sweet tasty tomato but it was hard to get used to the white color in the salad - it looked kind of blah. . . .

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Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-09, 18:54:06

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Opuntia maverick

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Posted by blog@cactusjungle.com (cactusblog) Reblogged by Old Roses to cacti on 2007-08-09, 18:53:37

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Building and maintaining a compost operation for handicapped people has unusual and lasting rewards.

reBlogged to compost on Aug 8, 2007, 4:00AM

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A few weeks ago, Pam at Digging posted about how Austin, Texas is trying to become certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Community Wildlife Habitat. I remembered having plans to one day do this myself (just for my yard, not the whole community!), and decided to get myself moving and do something about it. . . .

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Posted by Talbin Reblogged by Old Roses to environment on 2007-08-09, 18:53:14

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Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2007 I bought the Dona tomato plant because I had heard so much about it in the tomato underground.  Supposedly, seeds for this plant are a bit hard to get a hold of.  Not so much because they are not sold anywhere, but it is because the places that sell them tend. . .

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Posted by Hanna Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-09, 18:52:52

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This is a *rough draft* of a design I'm working on-- to be printed on T-shirts for my little town's annual parade day/celebration.

Ultimately, it will be printed in color, on a pale green background.

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Posted by lisa beerntsen Reblogged by Old Roses to whimsy on 2007-08-09, 18:52:17

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Yesterday's rainfall amounted to 4/10ths of an inch in total, but it stayed cloudy, cooler and dampish all day, which was a blessed relief.

Here's the Agriculture Canada drought map for southern Ontario again, now updated to Aug. 6. Red means record dry, and brown extremely dry. (We are in the record dry patch under where it says "Toronto" - close to the tip of Lake Ontario.). . .

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Posted by Yvonne Cunnington Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-09, 18:51:44

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We got almost half an inch of rain today (4/10ths of an inch). Earlier on, the forecast predicted lots more rain tonight coming with thunderstorms. Whether these materialize or not remains to be seen. At the moment - late afternoon - it looks like the potential for overnight showers might already have evaporated. . . .

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Posted by Yvonne Cunnington Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-09, 18:51:21

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Adrian Higgins has an interesting article in The Washington Post titled “How to be a better plant buyer”. The Post has “put together an illustrated tutorial available online” he says. Where online is hard to say as I could not find a link anywhere in the article. . . .

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Posted by Trey Pitsenberger Reblogged by Old Roses to nursery on 2007-08-09, 18:50:45

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I was following this guy all over the garden trying to get him to stand still and smile so I could get a shot of him. I was positioned between the bottlebrush tree and the hibiscus and clicked. The butterfly flew off over my left shoulder back toward the mandevilla, so I turned that way....

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Posted by Jan Goldfield Reblogged by Old Roses to beneficials on 2007-08-09, 18:50:13

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We are using the scanner as a camera. Put the flower or other material on a flatbed scanner, don't close the cover, scan it and see what happens. These are things we learn about at

Gardeners Gumbo

We talk gardening, but also share photos of pets, family, flowers, vacations. We talk about our fun times, our not so fun times. We get info about most any question we have from members who are experts.

Come join us. We would love to see and meet you.

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Posted by Jan Goldfield Reblogged by Old Roses to photos on 2007-08-09, 18:49:53

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My pocket camera a Nikon S-1, that I take on dogwalks, was too finicky and frustrating to use. Granted it was small and thin so easily pocketable but lacked image stabilization so I often ended up with blurred images in spite of it having blur detection ability. I would often get the message "the image is blurred, do you want to keep the photo" so I would have to take the picture again with often the same results and still have some blurred pictures that the camera missed detecting. . . .

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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to photos, weeds, wildflowers on 2007-08-09, 18:49:39

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The fruit garden is now finished for the year. I picked the last of the white currants yesterday and froze them. They look like pearls (or fish eggs, depending on how romantic you're feeling). They're good in summer pudding but...

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Posted by Rosemary Reblogged by Old Roses to fruit, harvest on 2007-08-09, 18:48:59

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This will be our first post for a long time. During our time away, we've been to Australia, which was amazing. However, July is NOT a good time to be away from te garden. On our return, we were sure...

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Wordless Wednesday

The Balloon flower is a pretty flower once it becomes established in your garden. I have three of this bluish purple kind, as well as two white balloon flower plants and one pink balloon flower plant. Yes, I love balloon flowers. Can you tell. . .

reBlogged to flowers on Aug 8, 2007, 8:02PM

Posted by Tricia Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-08-09, 18:48:38

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I have a new friend in Tampa that is a palm tree expert. This is one of his more rare trees. I've never even heard of it before. It's called Purple Piccabean Palm Tree or Archontophoenix purpurea. Here's his website for more info on his unique trees. . . .

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Posted by ldybug Reblogged by Old Roses to trees on 2007-08-09, 18:46:13

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Well that's it about art blogging for today but now it's time to go back to the garden!

My Garden is literally full of pretty pinks and purples at the moment which I like to share with all the garden lovers amongst you:

Above is a tiny pink carnation and below a pink Hibiscus syracus:

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-08-09, 18:45:48

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Goldfinches Still Enjoying My Zinnias!

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Posted by Jill Reblogged by Old Roses to birds, zinnias on 2007-08-09, 18:43:39

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This evening I was sitting outside with my mom and dad when I spotted some activity at the hummingbird feeder. I was surprised to see two small hummingbird moths along with several hummingbirds. I was able to get pretty close to them but the pictures still didn't turn out too well since it was getting dark and I couldn't use the flash. . . .

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Posted by Robin's Nesting Place Reblogged by Old Roses to birds, insects on 2007-08-09, 18:43:29

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This evening I was doing my daily Japanese beetle inspection, and I came across a couple of bagworms on my arborvitae. I was so excited to see the worm and not just the bags I normally see. Of course my family thinks I'm nuts for getting excited over a disgusting ugly worm. . . .

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Posted by Robin's Nesting Place Reblogged by Old Roses to pests on 2007-08-09, 18:43:03

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Fallen Sycamore leaf. (Platanus occidentalis.)



They seem to take the drought stress worse than most other trees here.

I walked out of a meeting last night and felt like I was stepping into a sauna. It's hot, it's been hot, it will be hot... but you really don't expect 90°F at 9:00 PM. (That's 32°C, for those of you in the metric world.)

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Posted by Rurality Reblogged by Old Roses to foliage, weather on 2007-08-09, 18:42:35

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The landlord’s been at it again with the mower. This time, he took out the crazy bed that housed the bulbs Steve and I planted back in the spring.

I remember, when Steve planted them, wondering if he’d be around to see them bloom. Then he left, and I wondered if any of the bulbs would grow at all, because they weren’t very productive. . . .

reBlogged to gardens on Aug 8, 2007, 11:29AM

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Posted by Colleen Vanderlinden (nospam@example.com) Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs, shows on 2007-08-09, 18:41:35

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I've discovered another charming old fashioned cottage garden flower! It is Agrostemma githago, with the common of Corn Cockle. It is a hardy, self-sowing annual, which grows to 3 ft. and blooms in early summer. (These have been done blooming now since our hot weather began in July, but I am just now getting to this post!)

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Posted by Connie Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-08-09, 18:41:26

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It’s been about two months since I planted some fancy dancy seeds and I am glad to update that we have some progress.

The Silver Fern failed to spout but I have about six Manuka Tea Tree Leptospermum scoparium
seedlings:

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Posted by anne Reblogged by Old Roses to seeds on 2007-08-09, 18:40:55

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Isn't it amazing how many styles and forms of birdhouses there are out there in our gardening world. It is equally fascinating to watch the reaction of we mere humans to our flying cousins. I live on an island that's a major flyway for migrating birds. . . .

reBlogged to birds on Aug 8, 2007, 9:58AM

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Here are a few container gardening pictures for you. You see, I enjoy growing plants in containes and have even written an ebook about how to succeed with them. I tend to take pictures of these wonderful plants where I find them so here are a few shots of annual plants in containers. I hope they give you some good ideas and food for your own imagination and garden. . . .

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Ah, fading flowers. I understand that many folks don't like it when their flowers start to fade but I rather enjoy looking at flowers in all states of development. I enjoy them right from the bud stage through the height of color to the fading and seedpod. Here are a few pictures for you of fading flowers - just to show you that there's beauty there even if the. . .

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Posted by Jane Berger Reblogged by Old Roses to trees on 2007-08-09, 18:25:36

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I'll be the featured segment guest on World Talk Radio's Arbor Talk show today at 1:50 p.m. Tune in and listen to me talk tomatoes. Hosts Peter Felix and Ken Six are always good for a laugh while sharing their arboriculture expertise and answering callers' questions about tree care.

And -- whatever you do -- DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

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Posted by Jessica Damiano Reblogged by Old Roses to shows on 2007-08-09, 18:24:37

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Posted by Elizabeth Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2007-08-09, 07:02:32

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Red Canna Lily

I ordered some mixed Cannas for the container garden this year. I usually try and order named varieties but got off to a late start. This particular Canna seems to be dwarf with green foliage. What is unusual to me is the little white part in the flower. It is probably a common occurrence but I don’t remember seeing it before. The flowers on this plant are relatively small compared to most Cannas. The color is vivid red and I the camera had just a touch of trouble handling it. Another feature I like about this flower is the very thin yellow edge to some petals. You probably wouldn’t notice this if you didn’t look closely. . . .

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Posted by Digital Flower Pictures Reblogged by Old Roses to canna on 2007-08-09, 07:02:20

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I wonder if all those air quality alerts take into account the fact that the goldenrod is blooming? Not that goldenrod is the culprit, mind you. I actually like goldenrod as a flower. But I dread its appearance. Mother Nature, in all her wisdom, decided to make it the warning signal of hay fever season. Now, it is nice to have a highly visible and distinctive flower to see that lets people know why they are sniffling. But it does seem a bit unfair to the poor goldenrod.

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Posted by millionbells Reblogged by Old Roses to weeds on 2007-08-09, 07:01:57

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Last year, Rebecca K. gave me a Suyo Long seedling. It took me a year to admit that I killed it. She laughed at me and confided that she had killed hers, too.

Rebecca vowed to test her luck again and this year, to my shock and delight, she trusted me with yet another seedling. . .

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Posted by Jaime Chismar Reblogged by Old Roses to cucumbers on 2007-08-09, 07:01:48

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