Gardening, anyone?
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Teka - that is stellar. Lots of hummingbird moths early in the season.
The rufous hummingbirds are migrating down now. They are aggressive & chase all the others away from the backyard feeder 😁
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Rock garden perking up with summer rains
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Gorgeous photos 🤗
Here's one of my hanging pot I made this week..I love a splash of yellow to brighten my day !
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Such beautiful pictures! I'm inspired to get out today in this sunny but cooler than usual August weather and do some much needed work in my gardens, which are looking a bit tired and neglected as well as sparse from all of the nibbling that a beautiful doe and her two adorable fawns have been doing all summer long!
I have never heard of a hummingbird moth, but I will have to keep my eye open for them. I Googled them and found that they are in my area, so maybe I will be fortunate enough to see one. We built our house on 11 wooded acres, so I do get to see all kinds of beautiful birds, butterflies, moths and other wildlife, including the occasional brown bear, oh my!! I have been on the lookout for any luna moths; a few summers ago there was one outside our kitchen door one night, but I have not seen one again since. It was absolutely gorgeous! The picture is not that great since it was taken through a window at night. I'd love to see one again.
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super52, I saw this strange looking moth last year and took this picture of it with my phone... a few minutes later it was gone... i haven’t seen one since then
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April1964, That's the same kind-the luna moth. You got a great shot of it!
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Super52-- yours was right out of the chrysalis, while April1964's appears to have had a close brush with death.
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We now have squash, Beans, Tomatoes, grapes, apples and peppers.
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From Taos
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thank you so much!!! that’s so kind of you super52!!!
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please advise: yesterday i bought a beautiful clematis on sale... as I was gently (maybe I should’ve been more gentle) eased it out of the pot to plant it,the main stem started to break in half due to the weight of the plant... I ran and got some duct tape and taped up the stem and then trimmed off some of the upper vines and planted the poor thing anyway... I apologized to it and watered it... any hope that it’ll survive ?
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April, hmmm....I am not a very successful gardener, so someone else can probably give you better advice. My thoughts are that even if it doesn't survive this year, perhaps it will still come back next year if you keep it watered since the plant broke but didn't really die. We planted a young Kousa dogwood tree last fall and its trunk split down the middle over the winter after a wet, heavy snowfall. We screwed the trunk back together to see what would happen, and miraculously, it survived and is flourishing. I realize the stem of a plant is different than the trunk of a tree, but as long as the plant itself survives, it should come back in the spring. You just may not get to enjoy its blooms for the remainder of this growing season.
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thanks super! I just watered it and it stlooks unhappy ... I had no idea that the stem was that delicate... that’s amazing that your tree survived !!
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April, clematis are perennials and it shouldcome back. In fact, some you are supposed to prune. I would just prune it back where it broke and let the roots get established and I think you will be OK next year.
Taos sure looks gorgeous, Jazzy.
Veggies looking good, GMA.
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thanks twohobbies! I sure hope it grows back next year... it looks kinda pitiful now
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A Hummer visiting one of my red yucca flowers this am
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wow jazzy that’s a spectacular photo of the hummingbird... gorgeous silhouette
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April- I get out early on the weekends and they are out first thing for a drink from the feeder which lies below this spot. But they like to graze off the flowers too. I waited patiently until I could catch this one foto. I love my little hummers, they are drinking up a lot right now as they begin migrating (and some already are-I have an aggressive rufous in my yard which chases all the other birds away). By early October, they are all gone.
Did you know that hummers migrate from the exact same spot for summer and winter? Ours here in the area go to Costa Rica. I would like to go with them sometimes.....
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Tune ups for the front rock garden & back yard patio
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Thank you for making me smile, you hummingbird picture is amazing! Your gardens are not only gorgeous, they look so inviting! Wow, I am totally impressed!😊♥️🌺🌼
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beautiful and so inviting jazzy !!!
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Love the hummingbird photo. Gardens looking very nice. My containers are suffering and spent but I didn’t find anything at the garden shop yet to replant. Mums and pansies have not arrived.
My limelight hydrangeas are happy andhuge this year-almost 6 feet tall.
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ooohh!! 2hobbies those hydrangeas are so pretty !! I love the refreshing color
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I love hydragans. Those are really pretty!
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Had a new visitor on the front porch while it was raining.
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Is that a rufous ?
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I think so - we have rufous and anna's here and they have intermixed. here is one of the Anna's
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