Just some garden photos...
jajoana
7 years ago
Hello, guys!
Just wanted to share some yesterday's pictures with you. Seems to be a leaping year for some hostas.
Same flower bed under old apple-trees.
And you can find hostas almost everywhere in my garden.
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Just some update photos of my plants
Comments (7)Hello HaXuan, your pots look great. I once collected succulents. But over the year they don't look as good as your so I slowly gave them to friends. You are the first Vietnamese I know in this web site. I am also very new to the site, but because I like plants so I often check in to learn few things about expert gardener....See MoreJust some photo's was taking,passing some time
Comments (7)Kay,Blackie stays close to me when I am outside,and I really have to watch where my feet are going,as she will walk a few steps in front of me,and suddenly just lay down right in front of my feet,wanting my attention.She the cat that came here about 7 -8 years ago,so skinny and starving, and I went in the house to see what I could find her to eat, and I gave her some sliced ham.I didnt have cat food.She decided to stay and make this her home, so after she had some kittens,I had her fixed.I have one of her babies in the house,its the one that got hit by a car and lost a hind leg.I tell you what tho, that cat can move with 3 legs. Thank you Rita.Its not too hard to get a good picture of the Hummingbirds.Just have to stand still for a few minutes.They are pretty use to me out there watching them. Debbie, Mine are gone too., now.I will have to go out and bring the feeders in and get them washed up and put away for next sping.Like you, I miss them ,too, already. Julia,Thats a bummer, to have snow already.I can handle the snow, but,I hate the ice storms we usually get every winter. Val, Thank you for that nice comment. Thanks, Cindy. The hummingbirds here are now gone, too.It will seem like forever, waiting for spring again and the birds come back.I some times sit on the front porch a hour just watching the Hummingbirds fight over the feeders, when there is enough for all of them. Jean...See Moresome photos and questions about my garden
Comments (6)Dody, Dorothy IS one of the more knowledgeable and more experienced gardeners here and I agree with everything she said. CARROTS: With the carrots, without knowing how often you water or how well the soil does or does not hold moisture and without knowing how much light they get, I think they might be staying a tiny bit too dry or getting too little direct sunlight. I do think the ones closest to the raised beds' wooden edging might be too crowded too. If today was the first time you noticed drooping, it could be a slight reaction to last night's cooler temps. PEANUTS: I don't grow them, but they're a commercial crop in our county (though not as much as they used to be) and I've noticed about half the fields are harvested right now. I think that here the harvest doesn't end until almost November so think you can leave yours in the ground a bit longer. CATERPILLARS ON BRASSICA CROPS: Cats are almost always a problem on all brassica family crops. I tend to handpick them (wearing medical-type nitrile gloves) and either drop them into a dish of soapy water to drown them or feed them to my chickens. They most commonly are found on the underside of the plant's leaves. You also can use Bt 'kurstaki' as Dorothy suggested, and it is available in a powdered form (Dipel) or a liquid form (many are available, Bonide's Thuricide is the one I see most in stores here). There are various kinds of caterpillars that target brassica family crops and they tend to be more of an issue in spring, but sometimes in the fall as well. In my garden, the pests usually are the Cabbage Loopers or Imported Cabbage Worms but some folks have the larvae of the Diamondback moths too. BEETS: These likely have the same pests as the rutabagas so the solution would be the same. Dawn...See MoreOh just need some mudroom photos
Comments (5)What kind of space do you have that you can devote to a mudroom function? Is it already part of your home, or do you envision adding it to your current house? Depending upon your circumstances and the climate where you live, it is a very important place. My DIL turned the breezeway in her older wood frame house into a combo family entry/mudroom. She put a door from the garage into the breezeway, and added a fine red door for most coming and going of company and deliveries. (The real front door is seldom used.) There is a coat closet, hanging hooks, a highboy for sweaters and mittens, a bench to sit on for removing shoes. Yes, it is a house rule NO SHOES on the wood floors. So everyone, guests included, remove shoes. There is also a wrought iron spiral staircase leading to the media room above the double car garage. In the space adjoining the mudroom, there is the laundry so wet/dirty clothes can go directly into there. And beyond that, is the main floor bathroom. Oh yes. And there is also another exterior door opening to the back yard where the woodpile is located. So the old breezeway, now totally enclosed, has a door on each wall. She has three children, ages 6 to 15, girls not boys, who are very active young ladies with lots of friends who visit. The random sized slate tile floors are always clean...but she is a stickler for keeping it all perfect. Their home is in Massachusetts, 25 miles nwest of Boston, so it does have some extreme weather. Is that sort of what you had in mind? I might suggest that you find your way over to the KITCHEN forum, because so many homes keep the mudroom close to that these days. Especially if they want a Cadillac sort of house....See Morejajoana
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThank you, guys, for your encouraging words! I can't edit my post, so i'll give the names here (how could I forget about writing down the names?)
Left to Right
pic 3: Patriot, Rainbow's End, Pizzazz
pic 4: The King
pic 5: Hanky panky (upper left), Neptine
Pic 6 clockwise from down left: Sun Power, Tom Schmid, Krossa Regal
The King is a real looker. One more pic. This leaf really caught my eye.
jajoana
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agojosephines167, specially for you I edited the first photo, trying to name most hosta.
1. Mango Tango
2. Lakeside Prophecy
3. Victor
4. Whirlwind
5. Gold Standard
6. Krossa Regal
7. Curly Fries
8. Tom Schmid
9. Kiwi Full Monty
10. Golden Tiara
11. Fire Island
12. Amber Tiara (?)
13. Bashful
14. Cracker Crumbs
15. Dancing Mouse
16. Luna Moth
17. Kiwi Blue Baby
18. High Society
19. Halcyon
20. Touch of Class
21. Spartacus
22. Potomac Pride.
josephines167 z5 ON Canada
7 years ago
mazerolm_3a
7 years agojajoana
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agojosephines167 your'e always welcome! It didn't take a lot of time but the photo got much more informative.
Ligularia really brings some drama )))
I also like dark heuhera Purple Petticoats with red-legged Merilyn Monroe (not the best photo though)
As for Gold Standard - it is not the oldest, it just grows really fast. Actually half of those named hostas are in their 3d season in my garden. And the other - in their 2nd season. And I didn't name newcomers.
jajoana
7 years ago
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