Happy Solstice!

solstice98

16 years ago

My garden is 9 years old TODAY!

Hope you all have a wonderful mid-year day.

Kate

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dghays
16 years ago
Happy summer! Yesterday I had what will make the summer get off to a great start, 1.3" of rain. It had been a couple weeks since I got some. Two weeks ago I got 10" of rain in 4 days! Everything is showing its approval of the rain, growing like crazy.

Gary
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msmarion
16 years ago
Happy Anniversary Kate and Happy Summer to all.
**Gary would ya send some of the wet stuff down here to Martin county! We had a few drops last night and about 9 more this morning. LOL
Marion
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Yes, days will get longer now. If you ever visited the Winter Sowing forum here on GW, many northern gardeners do special plantings on the solstice. I've done it, too. Gives us a reason to garden on the short, dreary days of a northern winter. While I'm here in PA for the holidays, I won't plant any seeds but I have some to plant and nurture when I return south in January. Happy Solstice! Marcia
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We were so lucky in Orlando! Sky was clear and the cold weather has reduced the humidity so the stars were sharp and bright. We set the alarm for 2:30am and went out on the golf course where it was really dark, with quilts to wrap ourselves in of course. Sarah the 14 year old Sheltie wasn't thrilled to be woken up at that hour but once we got to the golf course she decided it was a party and dashed around like a puppy. We even saw two shooting stars. If I'm still around in 372 years I'll do it again! Kate
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Here where I am the sun is to our south now but will be making its way back north. Early part of February it'll be overhead, and after that to our north. But there's still just over 4 months of wet season left. I'm not a big fan of the dry season so never like to see it on its way back. The difference between sunrise of the shortest and longest days is only about a half hour, so not very significant.
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naplesgardener
16 years ago
I love the first day of summer, it just seems like it was here all along with this hot hot weather.
The only water I've seen in my garden is me with a hose and a little irrigation 2x week.
I did a new lasagna bed yesterday evening so my 4"pots of cardinal flower starts have a chance of living. They dry out so fast in their pots. As usual I threw in too much seed 3 months ago and ended up with too many babies.
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cindeea
16 years ago
WOW Summer Solstice already? It sure came fast. Happy summer everyone. My gardens are 4 1/2 years young!
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manature
16 years ago
Happy Solstice back atcha, Solstice! Ain't it grand!! Here we are, livin' the good life, enjoyin' our gardens and sunshine (even if I sometimes enjoy BOTH from INSIDE these very hot days). We have our plants, our birds & critters, and our GW friends! What more could you ask for this year's Solstice??

Hugs to ALL!
Marcia
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butterflygardener
16 years ago
Happy Solstice back!!!
I can tell its summer! I thought I was melting yesterday. LOL!
kat
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trinigemini
16 years ago
Happy Solstice Everyone :-) My garden is 1 year old :-) Still a baby and work in progress....then again I guess all garden are a perpetual work in progress :-)

Michele
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katkin_gw
16 years ago
Happy Soltice Kate and everyone. I love summer even with the heat. And I love GW and all my friends here.
Hugs to All. :o)
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Nicki
16 years ago
Yes, Happy Solstice!

It's officially "iced coffee and air conditioning season"!
And it's only four months and 10 days until Halloween! Just in case anyone was wondering...

We've had a few afternoon showers, and thank goodness for them! Cools things off a tad.

Wow, 9 years old? Mine's... let's see... counting on fingers... 8 years (9 years in November). Wow. It doesn't seem like we've lived here that long.

Cheers!
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