Gardening, anyone?
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Gardens are still in pitiful shape due to hot summer and lack of rain, but here are some pretty gladiolas from the farmers market today!
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Nan, A plant nursery here has a big train display during the holidays. They must have spent days setting up the background. It had mines, cabins, Sasquach, little Norwegian villages, caves, etc. The kids liked the trains but the grown-ups loved the setting. They need you to do some fairy gardens for the summer. They sell little miniature things to make them.
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Nan, I LOVED your pics. Whimsical and relaxing at the same time. What area are you located? As you know, we have members from all over. I see rocks and so you can't be from my area (Gulf coast) a rock is hard to come by.. . but we have sand. Keep posting pics. I've learned so much from this forum.
Jazzygirl, love the glads. Isn't it strange how the weather has been? Not sure of the month of July, but for us the month of June was a record breaker for amount of rain. If I could, I would send to all that need it. So love how you improvised and purchased the glads. Love the colors.
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Gardennerd, I like the way your gourds are going to provide shade to the plants beneath them.
The glads are making me smile. They are so pretty!
Nan, Welcome to the gardening group. I really like what you have done with your miniatures! It is so much fun to come up with our own little scenes, isn't it?. I have to ask. Is the fish real or is that a miniature pond and koi?
~Heidi
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I made pickles and we got a bunch of stuff from the garden.
Coach Vicky
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Neighbor gave me a giant zucchini they were given by a friend. Thinking of making some zucchini bread from it soon
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Mmmm, CoachV the produce looks delicious. I wish my cukes would produce or I will be forced to buy them to make some pickles. I also drop some of my super hot peppers into store bought pickle jars and after a couple of weeks have very hhhhhhot pickles to enjoy.
MOmmy, I made 3 loaves of it Sunday. One was a yummy chocolate wave recipe and the other two were lemon zucchini bread. I intend to make at least 2 more loaves tonight. I found a chocolate and advocado recipe I want to try. Then I will only have about 8 zucchinis left to use. LOL Of course I still need to check the plants. tonight. I just wish my cucu7mber plants would take a tip from the zukes and produce like crazy.
~Heidi
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Gardennerd - lovely shady space provided by your gourds. Do you have a seat in that shade?
Nan - Beautiful little fantasies! Wish I could be that small and hang out there.
Jazzy girl- I especially like the colors you selected.
Coachvicky - Nice haul. What type of pickle did you make?
MOmmy and Heidibird - zucchini bread is a favorite, but I haven't ever made it. I am assuming that the basic recipe is the same as pumpkin bread?
I planted squash late hoping to avoid squash bugs, so mine are just now starting to bloom. Getting good production on green beans. I hope to get enough to can. We planted broccoli and Brussels sprouts for a fall crop.
The last several days we have had to water. Thunderstorms all around, just not here.
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I make refrigerator pickles, SummerRain.
Here is the basic recipe: http://thecreeksidecook.com/refrigerator-garlic-di...
I don't use mustard seed.
Coach Vicky
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Braved the heat to go outside and water my garden. Haven't seen rain since last Thursday.
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Mommy- I have not seen rain since May
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Yipes!!!!!
Hubby was happy that I had watered the garden
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Mmm, I like to make refrigerator pickles too. I have a glass top stove and I don't think they work well for canning. So I was afraid I might poison someone!
We are hitting 100 now and no rain in sight or for the past 12 days. DH doesn't like for me to be out in the heat when I get home and water the garden. But I can't stand to see my plants starting to shrivel. Between bad AC at work ( I sit in 80-82 temps all day) and going to the garden afterwards I notice I am exhausted even more. UGH I dislike the feeling of not having the energy I had a little over a year ago. I am not used to walking so slowly either. People used to tell me to slow down.
Jazzy, I hope ya'll get rain soon. My biggest fear is fire and while we were in the drought there were so many of them.
Speaking of fears, I really really don't like snakes. I may have mentioned that once or twice. So why do they keep finding me???? LOL
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My great-grandmother LOVED chopping heads off snakes with a hoe. They were in big trouble if she saw them. She lived in Missouri and Kansas, so no shortage.
We set records for rain in April and May. Now no rain since June 17. We're up in the high numbers but still a way from setting a record. It didn't even rain on July 4th, which is notoriously bad. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. We'll see if that happens. I hope it does.
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Finally - green beans and the sweetest yellow cherry tomatoes. An one zucchini! Been too sick to be in garden due to lupus complications so Hubby is picking and watering. Breathing better today so hope to get out early one morning this week.
Love all the photos and stories. First place I visit when on site.
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A few years ago my dad's sister gave me copies of old family recipes and one of them was for my Great Aunt's Refrigerator Pickles. Hubby gave me a cookbook full of recipes for canning and preserving foods. It even has recipes for making jelly and jams
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So the story here in the southwest is that the monsoons are getting started and there are some big storms around (the east side of town here got 2 inches in 30 min the other night). The west side of town where I live has had no rain in a good 6 weeks. The news says we may be dry again until the weekend.
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Gonna be another hot one today but we may see some storms tonight. They are saying our latest heat wave is going to last for a couple more days.
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Nan . . .luv the fairy gardens. I need some around my pond. Maybe end of summer sale.
It's been either too hot or too wet to do much in the garden this summer. I lost my new lilacs, but all the hostas are thriving. Also the wire fencing seems to have stymied the beavers, so the roses they attacked are all growing again. Too little time to enjoy though.
Scottie
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Bluebird, I hope you feel better soon. Good husband to keep up with the garden for you.
Wren and Jazzy. I hope we all get some rain soon! Too hot to be outside too long here but my plants need their water.
Scottie, sorry to hear about your lilacs but glad to hear your roses and hostas are doing well.
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No rain again, had to water again this morning early
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Kb870 - Good for you in figuring out a way to grow lettuce. I can only grow lettuce in the winter. And my winter garden is really my favorite. Its true, its so nice to go out and pick a few leaves for your meal. Salad no fresher then that. I generally have romaine, kale, collards, endive.
Bluebird - hope you can get out and talk to your garden some. You have a good hubby.
I've not been on a garden forum prior to this year, particularly with so many from all over. I love it though. It is definitely a reminder of how different our weather is, particularly the amount of rain, if any. We had a record rain month in June. Rainy in July also, but not sure if we are close to breaking a record. The weeds are winning out right now : ( Too hot to deal with them.
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Good morning ladies- I realized this week I have not had any rain at my house in close to two months. Monsoonal rains have started here and parts of the city are getting rain, but not here so far. Supposedly better chance of some tomorrow. Fingers crossed!
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Just thought I'd share a pic of my 3 new glazed pots I got today for my front garden ..
Jazzy hope you get some rain.!!!
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Harvested a handful of pea pods from the garden and a few beans that were ready to pick yesterday. More coming.
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Beautiful Lucy55!
Coach Vicky
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scottiemom......i have quite a few mini hostas and would be more than happy to send you some to get you started on your mini garden....I have 3 different kinds of minis growing around my pond ....a 1in, 3in, and 6in,....i cant remember their names tho sorry(they were all gifts from other gardeners)....pm me if you're interested, and if you think they would do as well in your part of the country.....do your hostas still go dormant in the winter....i brought some in one winter cuz they're so cute and they died back but came right back up in the spring...i thought you might be able to enjoy your garden a bit longer than us here in michigan....
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Lucy, Great pots - and already planted!
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Finally got a chance to get outside and weed my flowerbed
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Jazzygirl - I've my fingers crossed for you also for some rain. Sure wish mother nature distributed her rain better, we've had an abundance.
Lucy - love your pic. The pots are beautiful and I truly love your garden layout. I can imagine enjoying your porch overlooking your plants. Love it!
Mommyof2 - exciting to get some goodies from the garden. You reminded me that I have not grown any beans, or maybe sugar pods. . . might have to try a late season, since my tomato plants are dwindling from so much rain past few months.
Nan812 - you had me curious what mini hostas looked like. I had picked up a few this spring but my desire was BIG. I was surprised to see how small some plants are. With your miniature garden areas, no doubt they work just right for you.
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