Gardening, anyone?
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Do you have to move the solar lights into the sun during the day? I have a shady yard, but a couple of spots that could recharge them.
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Katy..I have wine..!! Would love it if you could come and have one with me :-)
Wren... NO I don't move my lights.. The spot light under the tree only gets a bit of scattered light during the day, and the one up on the table only gets morning sun for a a very small window of time. As long as they get SOME sun they seem fine.
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Lucy - the lights look great!
Last summer we had six (low voltage electric) uplights put in, one pointed at the waterfall, and the rest up at the trees. The tree uplights look kind of stupid in the winter when the branches are bare.
I would love to take an old chandelier, remove the lights, and put in solar lights, then hang it from a tree. I think I saw that on Pinterest.
The landscape designer came yesterday. I think the most we're going to do is move two of the big pots of Encore Azaleas over to underneath the remaining redwood tree in our yard. It provides shade, and the pots will sort of frame the tree trunk.
We may have to paint the trunks and bare branches of the Japanese Maples along the fenceline, since they have never seen sun in their lives. We don't want them to fry.
The back neighbor is taking his time about putting in the concrete block wall on his side. (He's already done the side neighbors.) They've dug the foundation, then the wall will have to go up, then the raised bed will have to be rototilled and amended, THEN he will plant his replacement trees.
That puts us into summer, and too late to plant new trees. Oh well. I'll think of something.
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Lucy, we too have several solar lights around the garden and our pond. I have two tall wrought iron plant hangers with solar lights on the top waiting to be put out as well. Came home today to everything in bloom and sprouting up. What a welcome home after of week of fun but tiring travel.
Scottie
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Thinking about this for my garden.... just have to find a tree to hang it in where it will get enough sunlight to charge! (Sorry the pic is so huge....)
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Scottie- lovely pics!
Blessings- that outdoor chandelier is very cool. And it's solar? Amazing.
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That looks quite nice on the table. Clever trick.
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I'm loving all the pictures.
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Slow.. Yay.. Happy to see you :-)
Scottie.. Lovely photos , and I bet your lights look great around the pond, with the reflection in the water.
Blessings.. The chandelier is a wonderful idea.. Would look great hanging from a high branch with a table set up under it !!
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caught this cutie eyeballing the cherry tree. Then posed for a pic.
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Teka: So sad to see the snow; I'll appreciate just a few rainy days here in AZ
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Rain, rain, glorious rain today... After reaching 91 this past week, everyone in the garden is thirsty.
Why, oh why, can't "they" build a pipeline from the East coast to the West coast (and covering all the states that get hammered), to carry off all the excess rain and snow, and deliver it to California - where we desperately need it? They built the Alaska pipeline; it shouldn't be that hard. As for cost, how much would be saved by not having to pay all the costs associated with heavy winter storms and flooding?
If only it was that simple......
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Blessings I'd gladly give you some of our rain. Or snow. And thanks so much for that chandelier idea. I have a brass chandelier we will be replacing in our dining room. It may get a coat of paint and go out on our deck. Fabulous idea.
Beautiful spring picture, Scottie. Jack birdie cute little visitor. Do you know what kind of bird that is?
Tekaunfortunately I can relate to that photo. We've had several dustings of snow. My daffodils just hang their heads.
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I am loving all the spring bloom photos.
Yeah, seems something should be in the works for the drought stricken western states. Getting it from the east would work, but couldn't they also find a way to redirect some of the massive, melting snowfalls in Colorado?
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Thanks Teka!
TwoHobbies- I have it narrowed down to a finch. A male finch clearly. What's not so easy to tell is whether it is a house finch or a purple finch. Male house finches have plenty of red too, so the most distinguishing difference is in the curvature if the beak. I wasn't in a position to evaluate this. But I loved him all the same and will gladly share some cherries with him.
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Good morning friends- sorry I have been absent for a bit, been dealing with a bad spring cold and today have felt the best I have in a month and hoping it is gone.
I have been out in the yard this weekend and during some cleaning in one area, discovered some irises that I planted in 2014 coming up with flowers this year! My painter who was here a couple years ago doing a major paint project for me gave me a bunch of bulbs and planted them along the back garden wall. Now at least a couple have some buds! They will be either purple or yellow, will share the final outcomes with you!
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I've been following you all on this garden thread and thought it is time to contribute. Last year I enlarged my planter garden (the soil is AZ is to rocky for me to work) with mostly flowers as I was getting ready for my BMX and needed a colorful place to enjoy as I recovered. This year I planted mostly vegetables - tomatoes, carrots, leeks, radishes, lettuce, snow peas, and cilantro with a few strawberries for later in season.
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Welcome to our thread MagicLight. A garden is a good place to be to heal from all we go through. Love the photos!
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Jazzy.. Looking forward to seeing your Irises in bloom :-)
Katy...I love your photo.. So lovely to see the birds enjoying your spring too!
Magic.. Welcome.. Great photos.!!
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I have also fallen in love with the caladium plants.. I love how all the leaves on the same plant are different. They look like this here from October to June, then die down, and in September 2 new plants should pop up, and the lady at the nursery said just to separate them, and there'll be 2 new plants.. There are so many different ones.. I want more 😃 l love colour from foliage.. It's there all the time.
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Lucy: love the pinks and greens and you end up with twice as many as at the start.
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Lucy- are those caladium plants in need of shade? I have a super sunny yard and those look like they might do better in a shaded area. So pretty.
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Magic.. Thanks !
Jazzy.. This caladium lives in part shade , but I read they can do well in full shade, and there are other varieties that are sun lovers.!!!
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They were mainstay shady plants in Houston. Very popular there.
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This is not my claret cup, but one of my neighbors that is in the strip next to the road and saw it in it's glory yesterday so I had to go snap a picture! One of my fav kinds of cacti!
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Jazzy: I also saw a few of the claret cups on my morning work. I'm not good a plant names but I think the photo I have here is night blooming cereus.
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Magic light- I have 5 different kinds of cacti in my gardens that feature the colors of fuschia, yellow, tangerine and red. I think the claret cup is the first that will bloom this year from what I can tell (May will be month for most of the rest of them). I love my cacti, and that one is surely pretty.
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Jazzy and magic.. Years ago I had a neighbour who had the most wonderful garden.. You know, one of those gardens that have different " rooms " in them.. Anyhow, one of those rooms was a cactus room.... and it was just magical. I was amazed at how beautiful they were. I love your photos !
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Okay ladies, this is not my photo but from a friend who lives in TX that posted the most AMAZING bluebonnet and other wild flower pics on FB this evening. I used to live in TX at one point and loved going around to see the beautiful wildflowers.
This field makes me want to roll around in all those beautiful bluebonnets!
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Zazzy.. Wow !! That IS amazing.!!
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