A Smile in Lake Tahoe
shive
5 years ago
Two more started reblooming this weekend.
Grandma's Smile has two rebloom scapes. It's a reliable rebloomer here.
Lake Tahoe Autumn rebloom
Boundless Beauty with Cobalt Rings, which has two more rebloom scapes coming. This photo shows just how giantic those Boundless Beauty blooms are.
I've enjoyed seeing the goldfinches mining the cones for seeds for the past week.
Debra
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Apple Tree Recommendations for South Lake Tahoe Zone 6b
Comments (16)William's Pride is pretty good for its season- here it starts in the 2nd week of August and finishes by the end of the month. The first are a bit tart (probably border-line ripe) and by the end they get sweeter, sometimes with a bit of watercore. I like those late apples, but by then I'm getting better apples from Priscilla, with Sweet Sixteen (one notch down on leaf health, but note bad) around the corner. WP's flavor is a bit like Liberty, except much earlier. Liberty does build up higher brix levels (~16-17 vs 12-14 off the top of my head- I can look at my notes later). Priscilla is an interesting option for late Aug and early September. This is the 3rd bearing year for me. The first crop (on a 2nd year tree) was a small crop of tasty apples. Then last year, I had some more tasty ones, while other fell off early and were mushy. This year, they were uniformly good, with an interesting (a hint of anise?) sweet flavor and good crunch. Most were in the 14-16 brix range. While that is lower than Liberty, they have less acid and seem sweeter. The one thing which makes me a bit hesitant to recommend it to you is that I'm not sure if it was our cooler summer this year that kept them from falling off early- I'm guessing that your area may consistently have hotter summers....See MoreLake Tahoe/Sierra Nevada (California) conifers
Comments (10)The pics with Lake Tahoe are too high an elevation for ponderosa, which looks much like Jeffrey. The whitebark mimic is given away by its horizontal lower limbs -- whitebark's would be upswept, and its trunk would be forked several times by the time it was this tall. The highway picture has no pines that I can see. The tips of the crowns are mainly bluntly-pointed with one spirelike. If this was a solid red fir forest, all would be spirelike if young or very battered if old-growth. So it's not red fir. That leaves bluntly-pointed Doug-fir with scattered white fir, as found on north slopes of ridges that have mainly ponderosa pines on the warmer slopes. Areas like this can be seen on Highway 50 between Pollock Pines and American River canyon, and probably along I-80....See MoreLake Tahoe, a Flamingo and King of the Hill (photos!)
Comments (17)More beauties, today.BEYOND THE SEA IS a very pretty one, and I love CHORUS LINE.mine bloomed good the first 2 years I had it and it has not bloomed since, no blooms last year or the year before and none this year either.CHOCOLATE RUFFLES is soo pretty. I love that one and my favorite one is WONDER OF IT ALL.Thats one I really love.I have only had a couple that didnt open good,and several that needed a couple extra hours to open up, but every bloom opens for me.I LOVE IT. jean...See MoreWindows Lake Tahoe
Comments (0)Going to replace some windows (7) and 2 Patio Window Sliders in the Lake Tahoe. It is a vacation condo, so looking for most bang for the buck. Sounds like Vinyl is what most window people are recommending, and can handle the snow in the winter and 80's during the summer. Local glass company recommended Milgard Styleline Windows and Tuscany Patio Doors - $7,350 installed.Home Depot said they could match the price, but also quoted me 5,900 for their Jeld Wen line. So about $1,450 difference. These are both new construction installation (sounds like better than replacement windows installation). Since it is not my primary residence I cannot use windows toward the tax credit, so that is not a factor. For me, price is important, but don't want to be too cheap where have to end up paying more to replace terrible windows. Also one difference is warranty. Jeld Wen is 10 years, Milgard is lifetime glass. Home Depot installation said lifetime warranty on installation, but the local company said 5 years (sounds like 1 yr is industry standard). But I have heard nothing but bad things about HD installation. Any recommendations? Also any other window brands in the same price range? Thanks...See More
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