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Post by reindeermoss on Apr 8, 2014 7:20:24 GMT -8
Many years my magnolia blossoms are tricked into blooming before a harsh frost and get destroyed by the cold. This year we have profited by the late cold weather.
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Post by Fia on Apr 8, 2014 8:44:44 GMT -8
Very pretty. Do they smell nice too?
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Post by reindeermoss on May 16, 2014 7:33:41 GMT -8
I have managed to get a few garden pictures now. Hoping you other gardeners will post some as well. Pretty sure these are cornflowers. They have self-seeded and I have several of them now. Peony buds. My aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania dug up a lot of roots for me about ten or twelve years ago, all different colors of peonies. They have done well in my garden. I will snap some more pictures when they are blooming. An orange honeysuckle vine at the back of my house. It had taken me years to finally build a proper trellis for this plant, which had become a tangled jungle in the ground. When I installed the trellis last year I cut the honeysuckle nearly to the ground. It is coming back well this year and keeping the hummingbirds happy. I'll post a picture of the naked trellis below. Apparently I have not shared any photos from the spring gardens except the magnolias, so I will post some others later. Sorry, I thought I already had put them up.
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Post by reindeermoss on May 16, 2014 7:48:43 GMT -8
My trellis is angled at the top to follow the angle of my roof. It is made from a pvc/composite board I cut into narrow strips. It is white throughout and will never need paint. It is true we acquire wisdom as we age. This is the backside of the trellis. All fasteners are visible only on the back. Also I attached angle iron along the two outer vertical edges to keep it all square. PVC is great, but very bendable and I wanted this thing straight – it needed a little help. Hoping by the end of the summer this will be thick and tall. That is zebra grass at the front of the picture. It will get to be six or seven feet tall before long. It obscures my AC units behind the house.
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Post by reindeermoss on May 16, 2014 7:54:15 GMT -8
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Post by Fia on May 16, 2014 10:15:26 GMT -8
BEAUTIFUL!
Makes me hang my head in shame, but I will get out there when the weather cools down a bit this week. Now if I could just shake this cough.
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Post by reindeermoss on Jun 3, 2014 14:59:45 GMT -8
This is just a few snaps of the little creatures hanging out around my pond. This is an immature skink. I thought they all looked like this, but I just found out they turn to an earthy color and the males have a bright orange or reddish head. (Isn't the internet great? So glad Al Gore invented it.) This is an adult skink. There are many scurrying around my gardens and the pond. Two tiny toads that have just matured from the tadpole stage – they are about the scale of the nail on my little finger, slightly smaller than a housefly.
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Post by Fia on Jun 4, 2014 10:49:10 GMT -8
How interesting. I'd never heard of a skink. Closest thing in my yard is lizards which I love because they eat other things I don't like.
The baby toads are cute with their tiny little legs.
The ferns, etc around your pond are beautiful.
Thanks for posting.
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