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The little plastic "pond" seemed to be drying up every day instead of every few days so I figured it must have a crack in it somewhere and time had arrived to replace it. Being cheap, paying $8.99 for something I'd be able to find for $5.00 or less in another month, wasn't an option. (yes, I can be frugal. Then again, I can go broke saving money too..) Besides, that blue was getting on my nerves. The weather had been in the very tolerable 80°range for the past week or ten days so I decided I didn't really need to have my own personal pool in Phoebe's yard anymore. . ..

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A close up of the new pond mascot.

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This morning, my brother John brought over 12 dozen ears of corn, his turkey fryer and a corn cutter (the simple one). A few hours later, there were 19 bags of corn in my freezer. John said his focus was speed. We started on the back deck, with the turkey fryer filled with water. While the water came to a boil, we shucked the corn. The fryer cooked 25 ears at one time. I had two of my large canning pans filled with cold water to cool the corn. We then moved inside where John had arranged an assembly line. He cut the corn from the cob while I bagged it. I tested the speed of his corn cutter against my trusty knife and it was four cobs to one. Now maybe he can figure out how to speed up making grape jelly (the grapes are just starting to turn purple), tomato sauce (the Roma tomatoes are just starting to turn red), and pickles (the cucumbers are starting to accumulate in the fridge.)

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See my 3 Rs dress show below!

This summer we are visiting colleges, and have seen about 9 colleges. If you have little ones, the years go by really fast. It seemed like yesterday when he was walking to now he is going to be off on his own. (A tear streaming down my face and my other children yelling hooray, he’s gone.)

This is my first child going off to college, so he gets to see every college is heart desires except Stanford because it is too far. Kind of like the first child has the most pictures and the last one has none because you can’t find your camera by then. So by the time we get to number 4, his oldest brother can take him. (Just kidding….maybe. . .

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We were all outside preparing the motor home for a camping trip this weekend and I looked over to the butterfly bush to see a hummingbird moth. It was amazing! I didn't have the camera but my son ran in to get it and took some pictures. It was moving so fast, especially it's wings, that it was hard to get good focus, but this was the best of the pictures.



What we saw was a Hummingbird Clearwing (Hemaris thysbe). Last year I had a different type of hummingbird moth visit that was much larger. It's amazing how brave they are-- all five of us were standing next to the butterfly bush ooohing and ahhhing, and it wasn't even phased. It darted around to each of the blooms and when it was done it darted off towards the pasture.

I always love a little excitement in the garden!

~Brenda

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In the rain yesterday the Dahlia Night queen stands out like an olympic torch. It is a gorgeous double flower around the yellow centre. Another Dahlia is in the foreground to the right, and the Rose Margaret Merrill to the left. One photo with three flowers vying for the cameras attention. . ..

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More Wordless Wednesday

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playing hide and seek

rain storms in the past
week knocked down tree branches so a good
clipping was necessary..
naturally curious.. Babie investigates all the debris..

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Posted by Naturegirl Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardens, cats, weather on 2008-08-14, 07:54:06

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Yard Doctor, Trey Rogers is in Beijing and he's started the monumental task of moving 5,500 modules of Kentucky bluegrass in time for the Olympic soccer finals. See how it's going.

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Some gardeners find it very hard to cut flowers from their garden. But if you have prolific blooms, you might consider drying some flowers to enjoy when your current...

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When you want buy and plant a tree in your yard, you will usually go to a garden center or home center and buy one. It will come in a container or in a ball of roots wrapped in burlap. What most folks do not realize is that containerized or B&B trees are always more expensive than a tree that has its roots bare naked. What's more, according to the Urban Horticultural Center at Cornell University (http://www.hort.cornell.edu/UHI/), a bare root tree will establish itself in the soil more quickly than those other guys in clothes. The problem is that you can only buy bare root trees from a catalog or from, a tree nursery that specialized in selling bare root trees. . . .

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You probably think it’s good I have a husband in the paving industry when I need a new pathway, and it is. However, I’m sure you’ve heard the old saw about the cobbler’s children having no shoes. Well, it’s the same here. When it’s nice outside, all of the men and equipment are working on jobs that pay. When it rains, not much paving can be done anywhere. . .

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Yesterday I had to move a couple hostas and I was surprise how hard the soil was around their rootball. Like a hard rock. Then after looking at the corner bed I noticed that the ground is real dry & cracking. So this morning I lugged the hose around to water my shade plants that really don't care to be so dry. Of course this means that since I spent an hour wresting with that hose it will rain this afternoon.

My dwarf delphinium that I started from seed this spring is blooming. Such a nice array of blues. I really like this one and its so short that it can be towards the front of the bed. Hope it overwinters.

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Balloon Flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
(plat-ee-KO-don) (gran-dih-FLOR-us)

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Gray clouds, gray moods, gray hair... not much I'm enamored with there... though I've come to appreciate at my age that my gray head of hair is at least preferable to many of my friends' lack of hair of any hue (doesn't the old saying go: "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king"). However one gray I do especially like is when the blue hydrangeas just pass over into that metallic gray stage. Every time I see one, I think I should be drying flowers.

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Pelargonium 'Red Flowered Rose' is a...

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Green With Envy Tour at the Greene Garden in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The Greene Garden is a shady green space across the street from Fort Greene Park. When I saw this, I imagined the wonderful shade gardens that could be created here. There are...

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To help you figure out when to harvest your vegetables and fruit, we have listed over 19 different crops, with specfics for each crop, such as: garlic, onions, potatoes, corn, pumpkins, melons. . . .

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She says, he says She says: “Mom, you’d better cut that plant back. It’s blocking the entrance to the house!” He says: “What gorgeous color! Don’t touch it!...

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Showman, designer, and mobile gardener Simple lets go another wonderland before an audience of plant experts, among them seedsman-writer-fan Allen Bush.

Originally posted by Julie

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Graham and I spent a lovely few hours in the back garden this evening.  We were watching something on television after dinner, and I looked out the window, noticing how nice it was outside.  Since we’ve had so many rain days this year, I felt like I should take advantage of a pleasant night and get out into the garden.  The days are slowly getting shorter.  It’s dark around 8:45 now instead of mid-summer’s 9:30.  It’s a good thing I headed out, because while I tied up the tomatoes and pulled weeds, Graham mowed the lawn.  Then he helped me out by putting down the rest of the straw we . ..

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I'm definitely having an off year in the summer vegetable garden but instead of focusing on what I haven't accomplished, I'm going to talk about some of the good stuff that's going on in my yard. It's not like I'm living in a barren wasteland devoid of plant activity. No sir, there's some good green stuff going on that's definitely worth an update. . . .

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Posted by Anthony Reblogged by Old Roses to fruit, trees on 2008-08-14, 07:47:18

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This is a hardneck marbled purple stripe variety though you'd hardly guess looking at the outer skin.

Coming from Russia as the name suggests it's supposed to do well in cold climates. . .

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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to garlic on 2008-08-14, 07:46:50

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No, there is no debauchery or ribald action going on in the garden, it is just the Lycoris squamigera blooming. I don't know all the scientific names of plants but this one is one of my favorites because I love the way it rolls off your tongue. As much as I like to say it though, the common name, "Naked Ladies," is much more fun and amusing. Actually, this plant has a host of common names - Surprise Lily, Resurrection Lily, Magic Lily, Mystery Lily and the list goes on. Elizabeth Lawrence refers to them as "Hall's Amaryllis," a name which I never hear today. I've always heard them called "Naked Ladies" because the flowers appear on tall stalks with no foliage underneath. . . .

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Posted by Phillip Reblogged by Old Roses to lilies on 2008-08-14, 07:46:23

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If you've been visiting here a while you are probably aware of the fact that while I am a complete nature nut, I don't really know a lot of the names of the things I am so graciously admiring. And, given the choice of searching the Internet for half an hour to figure out a name or posting the photo here, confessing my ignorance, and getting an (often) instant answer, I choose this. Love it. . .

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While I probably ate more local food for the week as a total last week, I never did get around to posting a fully local meal. THIS week I am relying on a Greek dish made with zucchini, local eggs and onions from the garden. We are all looking for good zucchini solutions this time of year. In addition to this weeks Greek offering and the ones I have listed from past years, here is a new recipe that I served last week that was well received as a backyard appetizer when sliced into bite size pieces. . ..

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My Naked Ladies (Amaryllis belladonna) are blooming right now in my Carmichael yard, and they were also blooming (some just spiking) in Mendocino during my trip a couple weeks ago. I wanted to point out this website showing pics of a wide variety of Naked Lady hybrids. The link appeared at the end of a recent S.F. Chronicle article. My friend, Weeder, has some and I wonder if they're as tough as A. belladonna. They're pretty... and tempting to someone who doesn't just garden, but also collects. Pictured above is a variety growing in Weeder's garden. x Amarcrinum?

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I'm just waiting for things to get back into a routine here after a three-day weekend spent geocaching in beautiful urban Kendallville, Indiana, followed by two days of working, one night spent at Jenna and Joe's, and seven-mile and four-mile runs on Sunday and Tuesday. I'm kinda tired.

But once again, there's much to blog about - new things since the last time I got behind and posted a list. I've got some nice photos taken at Earth Girl's haunt, the Gene Stratton-Porter Historical Site. We visited there on Saturday and enjoyed the beautiful weather for a stroll through the wildflower gardens and a tour of the cabin. . . .

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I can't believe I said that My Hope wouldn't bloom. Well, I can believe I said it, but I can't believe it bloomed anyway. Its first -- and possibly only -- bloom this year was on August 10.

My Hope


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It's almost mystical, in a way. There were no scapes coming from this plant at all, but sometime around the beginning of August I rearranged the garden a bit and returned the Grey Buddha to its accustomed place under the elm (right next to the 'My Hope' plant). As soon as I did that, a scape appeared -- seemingly overnight. . ..

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Enough. Said.


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