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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:50 PM
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What? No garden picture thread? Outrageous, I say.


:hi:
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 09:59 PM
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1. Mine:
Edited on Wed May-21-08 09:59 PM by ocelot






But this is Minnesota. Nothing is growing yet. x(
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:02 PM
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2. Excellent!
I envy the green that seems to be the dominate the natural growth.

It looks like you have done a top-notch job with that garden.

:thumbsup:
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:13 PM
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30. It looks remarkably like my garden!
Edited on Thu May-22-08 12:13 PM by LaraMN
Only bigger!

I just planted much of my vegetable garden in the last couple days. The short growing season sucks! I have gone completely overboard this year. I think I ripped out half our lawn in my mad desire to add more flower bed and garden space everywhere. I am calling it an ecologically responsible endeavor. I figure if there's less lawn to mow, we'll use less gas running the mower. I also have other back-up excuses if that one goes over poorly.

:P
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 05:14 PM
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34. I went nuts and had almost the entire lawn torn up.
I like flowers and shrubs and vegetables and I hate mowing the lawn, even with my electric mower. But the seeds are taking their damn sweet time sprouting. The lettuce and snow peas have just put in an appearance, but the beans are still sulking. If I'm lucky I may have something to eat by the time the snow falls.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:04 PM
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3. swEEt garden!
What is the tall plant?? Is it a flower? Is that spinach in front?

I didn't start taking pictures yet, I'll remember to take some tomorrow to post. I made my veggie region a lot bigger :headbang:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:06 PM
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4. Spinach and peas in front, the tall one is a sunflower.
I have only a 5 ft x 15 ft area, without full sun.

I feel lucky to have this much green.

I'm looking forward to your pictures.

:hi:
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:55 AM
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27. I took some
Edited on Thu May-22-08 08:57 AM by stuntcat
front bed, it's mostly perennials so they haven't started blooming yet-


my veggie area, the plants haven't gotten big here yet, and the left side is just seeds-


new plant I got for the shade-


grapes, gonna EAT them-



(I just replied to myself by mistake :blush:)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:03 PM
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29. mmmmmmmmm grapes.
Thanks for the pictures, stuntcat

:hi:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:41 PM
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5. My dear Ptah!
Ah, your garden puts me to shame, sweetie...

Here's my lonely tomato plant, and my orange harvest:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:46 PM
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6. That's what I'm talking about!
Green and fruit!

:hug:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:38 PM
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19. And I should add, your citrus picture is a wonderful photograph, Peggy.


It deserves a thread all by itself.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:41 PM
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21. Aw...sweetie...
That is too nice!

I think I did have a thread on these...

But I've forgotten!

:hug:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:46 PM
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7. Ok
Plums:


Lemon blossoms:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:48 PM
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8. mmmm. plumb buds and lemon flower.
Thank you.

:thumbsup:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:49 PM
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9. You're welcome
There are little lemons now. Just haven't gotten around to taking pics of them. :hi:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:52 PM
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10. nice! I just planted some blue fescue plants and some fountain grass on sunday
ina flower bed i have that i redo almost every year, i either plant the wrong stuff or don't deadhead things enough so i decided that since i've had good luck with ornamental grass i'd try it out this year in the dreaded bed of soon to be dead plants and so far so, i love that color combination and the shapes. I'll take some pics tomorrow and post them for you.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:29 PM
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15. I will check this thread tomorrow for your pictures.
:thumbsup:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 10:59 PM
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11. Ptah! We planted a vegetable garden this year -
It's too dark out now to take pictures, of course, but I'll get a few tomorrow. It's going great guns. We planted pumpkins, zucchini, green onions, carrots, sugar snap peas, and sweet corn.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:27 PM
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14. You make me miss the northern growing season.
If you have lilacs, I'll love you forever.

:hi:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:31 PM
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17. I do, but I have few blooms right now.
We have some neighbors with huge lilac bushes that are in full bloom. I'll see if I can sneak a few pics for you. :)
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:00 PM
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12. I had some rose bushes that went nuts last month- the joys of living in southern california
Edited on Wed May-21-08 11:01 PM by Beaverhausen
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:31 PM
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16. Oh my! I'm swooning, and I'm a guy!
Simply gorgeous!
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:33 PM
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18. Oh, I understand. My boyfriend is the one who took those pics
he took zillions. That one bush was out of control. We had enough rain in the early spring and it was warm enough that we all got roses really early. Sadly, they are gone now. But many buds are coming back.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:38 PM
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20. here are two more
Edited on Wed May-21-08 11:39 PM by Beaverhausen

The blooms on this bush, right next to the pink one, are incredibly fragrant.


This is the small bush, but isn't this a beautiful color?
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:44 PM
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22. I have a similar blossom
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:47 PM
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23. beautiful!!!
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:01 PM
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13. Here's a picture of me in my organic pasture with my organic cows.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-21-08 11:55 PM
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24. Gurnsey?
:shrug:
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leftyclimber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 06:26 AM
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25. Here's mine and Betaben's
We started out organic in the "main" garden, but the apartment complex landscapers decided without our permission that we could use some pesticide. :grr: Now that we have an enormous mint infestation, it's about to become completely "inorganic" unless someone has some mint-murdering suggestions I don't know about (hint, hint :hi:).

The picture isn't crooked; our whole place runs downhill.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 06:43 AM
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26. Thomas Jefferson's garden
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 07:17 PM
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35. Where are the 'workers'?
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 09:17 AM
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28. The weather has been shitty
I hope to get out there this weekend. I'll talk some updated pics then.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 07:19 PM
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36. I hope your weather improves soon.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:30 PM
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31. my iris, which just finished their bloom season.






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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 07:19 PM
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37. Thanks for the iris pictures.
:hi:
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 12:52 PM
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32. We are just about the luckiest people...our renter is the....
most imaginative gardener. She has most of our 1/4 acre
from her house in the back...and we love to see what she has done all back there.

I am not the world's best photographer but here is some of what she has done:





The Tikkis
BTW her name is Ruth and she is a total Democratic supporter.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 01:07 PM
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33. how great!
that's beautiful. I think bottle trees rock, and I wish I had Tonka trucks to set plants in.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 07:20 PM
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38. Props to Ruth.
And you for the pictures.

:thumbsup:
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