Gardening, anyone?
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I found this thread today, and I am glad I did! Since this whole journey began I have gotten back into gardening for peace. I currently have 4 raised beds and several grow bags overflowing with goodies. I live in N. Alabama and we've had some weird weather but everything is thriving!
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Welcome MayDayMelK - I am a little late starting garden because we had to clean up from our snowpocolypse this spring. I started some green beans, squash, tomatoes and bell pepper. We will see if we get any produce.
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jazzygirl— we have 4 large pots with dinner plate dahlias. They bloom from mid June thru frost for us. Sooo pretty.
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Dodgers girl- they are so beautiful and the first time I have ever seen them. I did not buy any as my pots are full. Are you able to bring them in and winter them? I read they are annuals so I wonder how you keep them going?
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jazzygirl- we dig them up in the fall and store them in a brown paper bag with vermiculite
The flowers are so big that we have to stake the stalks to keep them upright. Probably put more work into these dahlias compared to other flowers we have but DH really likes them.
On the other end of dahlias for us is sunpatiens. An annual that we love. Have literally had people stop and ask if they can by the flower pot.
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jazzygirl- found another photo of our dahlias
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How how big do these plate dahlias get? They are stunning
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jo6359- our dahlias get about 7-8 inch wide but add to that the layers upon layers of petals, makes each bloom a good 5-6 inches thick.
In July, we joke that it’s like having a fireworks display in the garden.
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Wow. I have trouble keeping regular small dahlias propped up. Can't imagine what I would use if they were larger.
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Dodgers- lots of love to keep them going. I don't have the space for it but do think they are so beautiful
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Thunder, lightening and hail the last two days - so far new veggie plants have survived.
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gmafoley-Is that hail on the ground
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Happy Saturday All,
Got out in the garden with my cell phone today. . .have to go back to work on Monday and really need more recovery time. Still it was nice to be outside.
Our stream and lake have a blue/green algae bloom that I have not seen in all of our years here. Hope it goes away soon.
Scottie
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looks so nice, I could use a couple hours there. I see the algae but still it looks nice.
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magicbean- I've been contemplating for the past several years to sign up for Master Gardener class. Let me know how your class goes and I might actually make the plunge.
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Yes Jo, We had pea size + hail! and thunder and lightening.
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Visited my faraway property. These beautiful blue hydrangeas get absolutely no human attention. One of my ancestors planted it many years ago. Property has been in my family 119 years plus.
Gumdoctor
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gumdoctor, those hydrangeas are beautiful. And I thought they required careful attention to the soil to get that color.
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McBaker - It must be completely dependent on the soil. I do nothing because I am not there. This plant is over 5 feet tall and so gorgeous. I am so blessed to have this legacy from my family.
Gumdoctor
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I thought some would like an update on the rosebed. 1st picture of pathetic flowerbed was in late August 2018. 2nd picture is same flowerbed today.
Perhaps I inadvertently bought some double knock out roses on steroids...
Gumdoctor
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gum doctor -what a difference a few months make. Stunning roses
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Beautiful roses. Talk about inspiring photos.
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Jo and Wren - Thank you. The pitiful state the flowerbed was in motivated me to do ANYTHING to make it better. I was hughly motivated. Now I am very fortunate to have such a good result. Most are getting so tall, they are at the level of my hipbone!
Beginner's luck.
Gumdoctor
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Gumdoctor wow the roses are looking good and I adore those old fashioned blue hydrangeas. McBaker we cant grow the blue hydranges here (I am south of you in IL) because we don’t have acid soil. Even adding acid to the soil, I could only get pink with a tinge of lavender. Mine weren’t thriving so I planted limelight’s instead, and they are doing fabulous.
Love the dahlias, especially that fuchsia pink one.
Scottie, love your lakeside garden and the statues.
I have a little lull in my perennials this week but luckily I see the daylillies are ready to bloom. I thought you might enjoy some wildflowers pics I took on our lake walk yesterday. Some of these thistles are taller than me.
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Two hobbies- thistle is one of my favorite flowers. They grow wild here but have not seen any blooming yet along my bike path. That one is a beauty!
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it's funny. Growing up thistles would grow wild near the creek beds and in our pasture. My mother always referred to them as pretty weeds.
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I like that second photo... what is that orange flower?
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April, we call those Black-eyed Susan, a type of Rudbeckia. Jo thistle flowers are so pretty but the plant part is not. Every week I pluck these weeds in my flower beds but love them when I see them in a meadow. LOL. Our house backed up to a vacant lot for a long time so I fight a lot of these plus wild morning glories, ground cherries, etc, etc.
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it’s beautiful... I’m surprised that it’s a weed!
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April, You'd know it was a weed if you saw the plant. The pretty ends with the flower. All stickery.
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