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Melissa Northern Italy zone 8
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Comments (1)Thank you, Jill! Kim...See MoreGarden Notes---Updates!
Comments (9)I am finding lots of monarch eggs! Susan, if you would like to mail some GF eggs my way, I'd sure be glad to feed them. I have one lonely GF hanging around my garden everyday looking for a mate, but another has not appeared. Haven't seen the GSFs since the weekend, so don't know if they moved on. The BSTs have wiped out the food sources, so I'm starting seeds for the fall. Don't know if the plants will get big enough, but last year I was still getting BST eggs in October. I released the last of my little Gorgones, they were too cute. And, I released the last of the QMs. No failure in either of these. I'm still waiting for my very slow and hungry spicebushes to pupate. They have been with me for almost a month! I am still finding and leaving SBSs on the SB. My 2 Tigers that made it are in chrysalides now. Does anyone know how long they pupate? I found a moth on my patio this morning that looked like one of yours, Susan. Made me think of you and MissSherry. I took a pic so I could look it up and ID it. My little buckeye still keeps coming around daily and nectaring on the lantana. I planted rib grass that I got from Shady Oaks. I've gotten some nice plants from them this year. Their prices are really great. My GST that I got from them is pupating finally! I hope that when I release this one, it finds a mate. I've been seeing a few around recently. The tulip tree that was devoured by the TSTs is starting to leaf out again. I still see the Moma coming into the yard to nectar. I want to plant a Pussy Willow this fall. Anyone who lives in zone 6b, will it make it with our heat? I keep reading how its a prime host for Mourning Cloaks and Viceroys. Susan, I had a heck of a time growing Tithonia from seed this year. I only ended up with 2 plants after 2 attempts. And, I planted lots of seeds. I ended up ordering some from Marilyn and I got some great plants that have really done well. Oh yes, my patio smells like chicken poop! But my plants are lovely. Thanks, Susan and MissSherry. Everything is getting a good helping of chicken fertilizer. It doesn't seem to burn the plants, but makes them grow lush. And last of all, my A. Serpentaria that I ordered online has all put on new leaves and is doing great. I ordered off Ebay from a guy in W Va. He was very quick to send them to me and gave me detailed instructions on how to grow them. OKSandy...See MoreEnd of July already! Garden notes July 27th -
Comments (6)We had a lot of rain in the area over the weekend but it skipped over our house. My yard is really starting to dry up. I've been watering quite a bit. I HOPE that doesn't encourage mosquitoes Proudgm. I think they would need water that stands for a few days to breed in and my puddles dry up pretty quickly. Spray your hubby with the hose if he says that again. lol Oakleaf - I saw LOTS of Black Swallowtails last year and the year before but they've been very scarce this year for some reason. I have bronze fennel and rue planted for them for host plants but have only seen a couple caterpillars that I think got eaten before they could finish. : ( I also haven't seen very many Buckeye butterflies this year which are usually very common. I've seen more yellow Tiger Swallowtails this year though. Those are so pretty. I was pulling weeds this week and found my Chinese Astilbe that I thought died the year before last. What a nice surprise. It's very small though and needs to be moved to another spot. I also found a little sprig of epimedium that I thought was toast after the late freeze. It sure took a long time to come up again. Kaye - Hope you're enjoying your retirement. Some people don't get started on gardening until after they retire. You've got a nice head start....See MoreGarden notes
Comments (20)These raised beds are in full sun, but maybe the slugs were using the brassicas as shade. I've seen a lot of insect damage in that bed, but I was blaming it on grasshoppers. Garden update: Tomato flower buds, no tomatoes. Lots of testosterone-laden zucchini flowers, no zucchinis. Two big cauliflower plants and one big broccoli plant, no heads. Melon plants are growing. It would take a miracle to get melons this year. Or a heck of a lot of sudden global warming, which I DON'T want to see. Now for the good news. I still have a refrigerator stuffed to the gills with peaches, which I'm determined to process THIS WEEKEND. I've harvested 11 windfall apples. Apparently they don't ever turn anything but green. Might be enough for a cobbler. I have a lot of lettuce growing, and some carrots, and about five spinach plants. The potatoes are all doing well. Even the Carola is sprouting, which is strange. It sprouted with the rest of the potatoes last spring, but barely got up above the soil before it died. Nothing happened for three months, and now it's growing. I have actually harvested two tiny snow pea pods from my plants. Next year I might trellis them on one side of a raised bed to shade the brassica from the afternoon sun. The large Brussels sprout plant is growing sprouts. They're almost pea size now. The fall brassica seedlings are still hanging in there except for one Packman broccoli, which is pretty thoroughly bug-eaten. And there you have it. I have a ton of stuff to plant, a couple Buddleias still from the swap, a blueberry bush, and bunches of garlic. At least it's warm today. Monday the cold hits. My poor plants!...See Moreingrid_vc zone 10 San Diego County
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