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pstan reacted to Bon in Eagle by Unilec
We saw both eagles today!!! Hope they were talking about rebuilding a nest, as they were sitting in a tree together.
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pstan reacted to lavender in Fall Blooming Iris
Immortality is the least problematic of the two. It always blooms and seems to be immune to iris borers. I almost lost Autumn Tryst to the borers a few years ago but it has come back. Time to divide it again. If I don't keep moving them the borers seem to invade.
I've got a yellow one that is so temperamental that it only set buds once in the fall, never in the spring, and the cold got the buds before it bloomed. Frustrating.
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pstan reacted to lavender in The Second Yellow Peony
Here it is Bon. I posted Bartzella peony last summer. I bought a big pot for an outrageous price (for me anyway) and it did bloom the first year. Later I picked up a single dried up root of Canary Brilliants from a sale table and after 2 years it has bloomed. It has a lot more pink in it than Bartzella. It is more apparent in the bud. The rain has messed up the shape but the buds are all kind of squished. The first picture is of Bartzella, the second of Canary Brilliants and the third of the bud.
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pstan reacted to Bon in Midge & Sienna
Midge & Sienna wore themselves out playing really hard, so they decided to take a 2 hour siesta!! They are 11 weeks old now. Midge belongs to SOB, & Sienna belongs to my hubby, but I get her most of the time!! LOL, & I don't mind at all!!!
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pstan reacted to Bon in We Are Adopting!
Chi Chi. Goes right along with our other kids Wiener Dog (wiener dog), LC (little cat), Finn McCool (fish) & Fish (fish).
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pstan reacted to lavender in Yellow Orchids
I love the yellow Phalaenopsis orchids. They are harder to grow than the more common white and pinks and don't bloom as well. They are a smaller more fragile plant but this year I've got quite a few of them blooming. Actually, the yellows die at a great rate.
The last is a yellow/ green with a rose center. As the blossoms age they turn white. You have two colored blooms on one plant. Next to last picture is the white version.
Fifth is light yellow.
Third has an orange lip.
Second is a yellow and white orchid.
The first is a mini Phal. Its not yellow but it is cute.
Sorry, it put the pic in reverse order but I think I have them straight now.
The last one had a double flower stem as did the fourth. It was a good year for blooming orchids.
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pstan reacted to lavender in Pretty Orchid Bloomed!
This one was worth waiting for. It is Beallara Marfitch 'Howard's Dream' I think it took about 2 years to bloom.
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pstan reacted to claugh in Rumbarger 2015
On April 20th DuBois FedEx employees came to the Rumbarger Cemetery as an early Earth Day event. This is the third year that the employees and YardWorks (814-594-6421) of Brockway, have come to landscape, reset tombstones and generally clean up the cemetery. From left to right: Justin Marchiori, James Burkholder and Cole Bouch from YardWorks, John Geist, Scott Smith, Ryan Morrison, Andy Daugherty, Nick Digilarmo, Greg Weible, Brad Bowser, Seth Ferut, Megan Hubert, Brian Hibbard, Lynette Crawford, Bella Sciamanna and Jason Charles. The Rumbarger Cemetery Preservation Society would like to thank them for their continued support.
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pstan reacted to lavender in It Bloomed?
OK, I've had this orchid for years. The only way to keep it alive is to grow it in a terrarium. In this case a big pretzel container. It is called Bulbophyllum saurocephalum. So finally it blooms. The pink slug like thing in the center in the flower stem. The flowers are too tiny to see.
Should I be excited?
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pstan reacted to lavender in Pretty Purples
I just realized how many of my garden veggies are purple this year. Fairy Tale eggplant, purple tomantillo, Indigo Rose tomato and Russian purple kale. The purple cabbage isn't ready yet and the purple rutabagas aren't either. The Fairy Tale eggplant is only about 4-5 inches long but there are at least 10 of them on each plant and you can eat them skin and all. The flesh is creamy and delicious. Highly recommend this one.
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pstan reacted to Bon in Big Bull under apple tree this morning
He might be a big one, but he is afraid of a little wiener dog going pee!!!
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pstan reacted to fadedgenes in Big Bull under apple tree this morning
Nothing wrong with those pictures, that's how I see at that hour of the morning.
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pstan reacted to Bon in Big Bull under apple tree this morning
My hubby woke me up around 5:30-5:45ish to say we have a big bull under the apple tree. He still has velvet coming off his antlers on his left side. The pics aren't real good and I was not steady at all, but you can see him.
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pstan reacted to Bon in We had an apple eater in the yard
All she had to do was walk to the rock garden and get a drink out of the birdbath, or walk onto the porch and drink Wiener Dogs bowl of water.
Or are you thinking she wants the type of drink I'm going to be making in an hour???
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pstan reacted to Pompeii in We had an apple eater in the yard
It looks like she enjoyed your apples.
The look on the second photo >> "Where is my drink?"
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pstan reacted to Bon in We had an apple eater in the yard
LC was meowing like crazy a little while ago. She would come in the bedroom meow and run into the hallway. So I get up to see what her problem is ... she was trying to tell me we have an apple eater in the yard!!! She is more than welcome to come back and eat all she wants, heck, bring a few friends too!!!
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pstan reacted to lavender in Garden updates
Things are picking up a bit. Broccoli has developed soft rot which means few side shoots. (Keeping a jar of bleach in the garden.) Cauliflower is OK but the heads are small. What cabbage that didn't get root rot from all the rain is doing fine. All summer squashes and cuckes are just starting to develop. Plants are a bit retarded. Kale was great and a new crop of lettuce is just starting. Got beets for the first time in 5 years. I switched types and used a different fertilizer which may have helped. Corn looks great but tomato plants are small for this time of year. Green beans are just OK but yellow beans are stunted. Eggplant and peppers are doing great which is unusual. Onions and peas are doing well. Tomantillos and winter squash are super.
Parts of the garden just were flooded with all the rain and crops that don't like a lot of moisture weren't happy. Parts of the garden that drained better fared better. Weeds are happiest of all.
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pstan reacted to Bon in For all my friends with pets...this is a great idea!
You can print and put in your wallet just in case.
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pstan reacted to lavender in DIY Ways To Fight Weeds and More Answers To Gardening Questions
The only way to successfully deal with weeds is to drink the gin until you think that they are beautiful.
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pstan reacted to Lyndsey33 in Rest In Peace Shmoopie11 <3
I just can't get over her passing away in her sleep so young. She is my age. It goes to show that you really need to live and enjoy your life While you can.
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pstan reacted to lavender in Another Interesting Flower
Pink lily of the valley. This is the first year they have bloomed. I put them in about 4 years ago. I never did find the first batch I planted but these have done well. I didn't really think that they would be this pink. They are growing among white and blue forget-me-nots. There is some sweet woodruff in there and the very pink stuff in the back is dead nettle.
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pstan reacted to lavender in Different Spring Bulb
Here is the picture of the Camassia I promised. They are a good late spring bulb after the last of the tulips.