Gardening, anyone?

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  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    Teka- oh the sunflowers! I heard there is a farm up the road offering to let people come cut some end of the season sunflowers if they want them. Wish I had time to go get some, but still settling in from vacation trip and busy work week. Those flowers are beautiful.

    Birds must fatten up for the flight. I think our hummingbirds are now gone, have not seen any since I have been back. They are usually done in this area including the ones migrating down by Oct 1st, but saw a few lingers coming through the first few days of the month. I leave the feeder up through October for any late ones.

  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 1,532

    For Angela

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  • lookforward
    lookforward Member Posts: 372

    Teka Your sunflowers bring a smile to my face, I hope the deer enjoyed them.

    Two hobbies beautiful fall colours.

    Gardening is over for me this year, but I do have some flowers blooming indoors.

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,931

    My Mom could grow African violets from a leaf. Their house faced north and Dad made shelves for them in the windows. I've tried it and ended up with rotten leaves. So I buy mine and get the self-watering planter for them. It has a glazed bowl with a matching pot in the hole. The bottom part of the pot isn't glazed so water just seeps thru. They love it.

  • lookforward
    lookforward Member Posts: 372

    Wren I know violets should have indirect light, but this is a south facing window and they seem to be thriving.


  • angelao
    angelao Member Posts: 42

    TwoHobbies,

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REMEMBERING!

    Angela

  • Scottiemom11
    Scottiemom11 Member Posts: 1,072

    Beautiful sunflowers Teka. Bit of fall color from my hike with Dh today. We don't get much in Georgia. Many leaves already falling.

    Scottie

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  • everymoment
    everymoment Member Posts: 6,656

    Teka: Sadly, I think your gardening days are over until crocuses arrive in the spring!! Here is AZ it is a lovely, extended fall and still using my AC at night. I miss the snow Sad

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703

    Gorgeous photos ladies ..They brighten my day ..🙂

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703

    A splash of spring colour ( from the Land of Oz ) here in in my front garden .

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,931

    Very pretty and cheerful.

  • lookforward
    lookforward Member Posts: 372

    Lucy great variety of plants, looks nice and warm outside.


  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    We have a warm spell here and lots of blooms going on in my pots. Hard to believe it is almost November, normally we have a hard frost by now but loving my patio and all the end of season color here at the end of October.

    Lucy- it is spring where you are and lovely blooms in your garden. Help to keep us going here through the winter months for those of us here in the northern hemisphere!

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  • Scottiemom11
    Scottiemom11 Member Posts: 1,072

    Very pretty Lucy and Jazz. We are having a major heatwave and drought here. On the bright side, our subdivision finally decided to dredge our lake of the silt that we got from the 500 year flood a few years ago. It looks terrible now, but I'm taking pictures of the progress and when it's done we will have really nice lake frontage again. Much deeper as well. We're on a corner with a stream going into the lake and they have dredged a cove at the edge of our property. Can't wait for them to finish and then start thinking about building the lake patio and firepit we want.

    Scottie

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  • lookforward
    lookforward Member Posts: 372

    Jazzy your flower pots look healthy and vibrant. You would never know it is the end of October


  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703

    Jazzy ..I love your pots. ☺

    Scottie ..Love your splash of colour , and your pumpkins !!! We have some self sown pumpkins on a vine near our compost heap at the moment ...

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    Thank you ladies. How about some cottonwood foliage pictures?

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,931

    Beautiful. And best of all for a Seattleite, blue sky above them.

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703

    Jazzy ..How bright , beautiful , cheerful !!!!

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    Thank you ladies!

    I grew up in the northeast and we had those beautiful fall colors each year to enjoy. I moved in and out of that area a few times, but have essentially been gone from that part of the US for over 20 years. I was back in NYC a couple weeks ago and due to the warm late summer to fall they have been having, the trees were still pretty green instead of having more color change.

    So I had to come back to NM to see my golden cottonwoods. We love them here, most of these large trees are 100 years old.

  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 1,532

    More fall color. My maple and burning bush and a tree on my trail walk yesterday.

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  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 1,532

    My allyssum are really enjoying the weather. Each purple and white section was one plant. They looked just horrible in our hot summer spell. We thought they were an epic fail.

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  • angelao
    angelao Member Posts: 42

    Ladies,

    All of your pictures are gorgeous! I add the new ones as you post them to my background slideshow so that I can admire all of them throughout the day.

    Thank you so much for sharing!

    Angela

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703

    Twohobbies ..What beautiful photos. !!! They definately have the ' Wow " factor !!!

    Angela ..what a great idea using them as a slide show ..if anyone ever gives me flowers I always take a photo of them straight away ..So I can keep them for ever ☺

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703

    My Bush Orchid's are coming out in bloom ..I love their long sprays of colour ..

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  • ananda8
    ananda8 Member Posts: 1,418

    Lucy55, The garden is stunning.


  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    Lucy- just wow on the orchids!

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,931

    Lucy, So nice to see green and blooms as ours is all turning brown for the winter. Your garden is lovely.

  • angelao
    angelao Member Posts: 42

    Lucy,

    We may just have to depend on your beautiful pictures to get the rest of us through our fall and winter. It is mighty dreary already in Alabama!

    Best to all of you!

    Angela

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    We are getting our hard freeze tonight. I said goodbye to the gardens today and said "see ya next spring." Sob........