Thanks all - thought you'd enjoy the color. My bad though - the ones at the bike are purple dome asters, not sure what I was thinking calling them mums. Too many late nights getting ready for my 6 straight weeks of craft shows, I guess. I've never made anything with the crabapples, they are very hard - even the birds can't eat them. They usually hang on the tree all winter and then in the spring, the robins clean them up. I guess they soften up after being frozen. I noticed a blue jay trying to eat them the other day and he gave up. We have 2 trees of them and they are both really loaded this year. I don't fertilize at all. When we put the beds in back in 2003 we did haul in top soil and mixed mushroom compost with it. Other than that - all I do is plant stuff. It goes crazy on it's own. I think it's the mushroom compost but I would think by now it would all be leached out of the soil. Arlene

I live in the Florida panhandle, but know Indiana 231, because we (I, now) have a cabin in Indiana, and we have been going there since 1986. I have seen a lot of interesting things when there. I miss going, because at my (advanced) age, I don't like to drive there by myself! LOL I will have to look up your town and see how far away from me you are. Welcome to garden junk and thanks for the mental pictures you shared with us. Love the Finland picture!

I've eaten Reliance, Contender, Madison, Red Haven, and a whole host of the 'Flamin Fury' series from local growers here in upstate NY (zone 5b), but my favorite fresh eating peach in recent years, hands-down, has been Vivid. They ripen about 2-3 weeks after Red Haven here. I was also very impressed with Desiree last summer after trying it for the first time. It's a very early variety, but easily compared to some of the "peak season" varieties in terms of flavor. I couldn't find it this summer though. You might be interested in checking out the descriptions in the peach section on nursery sites, with Cummins being a good example: https://shop.cumminsnursery.com/shop/peach-trees

was wondering what happened to my reply yesterday ... and finally figured out you have two posts going on this https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6213001/is-this-cause-from-insects-or-disease-on-my-meyer-lemon-tree-leaves#n=4 if your plant has been entirely in the house... i dont understand how some slug got thru the door.. across various rooms.. and found this plant ... hence i wondered if it was outside for summer.. where a slug could have found it ... and stowed away in the bottom of a pot... i see the other responses in the other post.. and warn to do no further harm for a couple leaves .. i stand by snipping them off... and watching for further damage ... before you start slathering on goos or fully submerging your plant ... and in the case of slugs.. go hunting after the plant is in the dark.. and see if you can find an active big slug.. etc .. if so.. destroy her and be done with it ... just put it in a closet for a few hours or something.. create a night cycle ... your plant looks very good overall.. it might not be time for nuclear warfare ... ken