Awesome!!! Those are such huge blooms! We had great success with butterflies when we planted zinnias too. I just love their colors.Zinnias and Phlox are loving the Maryland heat! I planted the zinnia seeds just a few weeks ago.
Butterflies are loving them!
View attachment 277166 View attachment 277167
View attachment 277168
And, our Lord Baltimore Hardy Hibiscus are happy too.
View attachment 277169
Thanks, Great information. Now I know why I see very few monarch butterfly's. Will start to fix that next spring.Just found this lovely article on the importance of pollinators from Farmer's Almanac. This could be a good resource to educate new gardeners:
https://www.almanac.com/content/plant-pollinator-garden
Well I have no shortage of moths! And in the summer soooo many tiny caterpillars!!! And they eat peppermint leaves. That odd to anyone else? I thought peppermint was a insect deterrent?Thanks, Great information. Now I know why I see very few monarch butterfly's. Will start to fix that next spring.
This world can always use more milkweed!Thanks, Great information. Now I know why I see very few monarch butterfly's. Will start to fix that next spring.
I definitely would've have thought so too. Sounds like you could really benefit from some night-blooming flowers, especially in a desert environment. This might be helpful for you: https://www.ehow.com/list_6958711_good-flowers-las-vegas.htmlWell I have no shortage of moths! And in the summer soooo many tiny caterpillars!!! And they eat peppermint leaves. That odd to anyone else? I thought peppermint was a insect deterrent?
Oh good info! Thanks I will get some of those goingThis world can always use more milkweed!
I definitely would've have thought so too. Sounds like you could really benefit from some night-blooming flowers, especially in a desert environment. This might be helpful for you: https://www.ehow.com/list_6958711_good-flowers-las-vegas.html
I couldn't resist an article that listed evening primrose!Oh good info! Thanks I will get some of those going
Awesome. I plan on planting a few veggies for my garden. The plan is to go green and grow my own veggie garden and thereby have organic home grown veggies for the table. But it is a slow process. I have runner beans, kale, endive, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes. I need to still get cucumber, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower as well.I'd been thinking about looking around in my pile of junk. . . er. . . uh. . . stored used lumber, etc. for a receptacle to plant squash in. I wanted something tall enough that the SA leopard tortoises couldn't reach in. I eventually found a galvanized thing-a-ma-bob that my daughter used as a goat feeder. I set it up on some bricks, lined it with a piece of shade cloth (it had a rusted out hole in the bottom), filled it with dirt and leaves and horse manure, then planted some different kinds of squash and lettuce. That was a couple weeks ago. Yesterday as I was walking around looking at stuff with my great grandchillins I discovered lots of tiny sprouts. Hope it's not weeds!
View attachment 284816 View attachment 284817
View attachment 284818
It doesn't show up so good in the picture, but I see kale and lettuce sprouts!
How 'bout you all? Have any of you planted anything yet this year?
I'd been thinking about looking around in my pile of junk. . . er. . . uh. . . stored used lumber, etc. for a receptacle to plant squash in. I wanted something tall enough that the SA leopard tortoises couldn't reach in. I eventually found a galvanized thing-a-ma-bob that my daughter used as a goat feeder. I set it up on some bricks, lined it with a piece of shade cloth (it had a rusted out hole in the bottom), filled it with dirt and leaves and horse manure, then planted some different kinds of squash and lettuce. That was a couple weeks ago. Yesterday as I was walking around looking at stuff with my great grandchillins I discovered lots of tiny sprouts. Hope it's not weeds!
View attachment 284816 View attachment 284817
View attachment 284818
It doesn't show up so good in the picture, but I see kale and lettuce sprouts!
How 'bout you all? Have any of you planted anything yet this year?
I've been planting more cacti in the garden but the squash, tomato, watermelon, and cucumber we planted it up and growingI'd been thinking about looking around in my pile of junk. . . er. . . uh. . . stored used lumber, etc. for a receptacle to plant squash in. I wanted something tall enough that the SA leopard tortoises couldn't reach in. I eventually found a galvanized thing-a-ma-bob that my daughter used as a goat feeder. I set it up on some bricks, lined it with a piece of shade cloth (it had a rusted out hole in the bottom), filled it with dirt and leaves and horse manure, then planted some different kinds of squash and lettuce. That was a couple weeks ago. Yesterday as I was walking around looking at stuff with my great grandchillins I discovered lots of tiny sprouts. Hope it's not weeds!
View attachment 284816 View attachment 284817
View attachment 284818
It doesn't show up so good in the picture, but I see kale and lettuce sprouts!
How 'bout you all? Have any of you planted anything yet this year?
That sounds like an awesome garden!Awesome. I plan on planting a few veggies for my garden. The plan is to go green and grow my own veggie garden and thereby have organic home grown veggies for the table. But it is a slow process. I have runner beans, kale, endive, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes. I need to still get cucumber, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower as well.
I used to have two horses. My house is situated on a corner lot about an acre of land. Along the side street and in front of the pastures there's a line of bushes and trees, and under those plantings the ground is raised a bit, about three feet, from the street. The section along the front of the pastures is about 50' long. So I have an area 50'x 6' and that's where I've dumped the horse manure - for many, many years. I would dump the wheelbarrow, then spread the manure out. Over the years the manure under the top layer breaks down and turns to dirt. So when I want to use it for fertilizer I just scrape away the top layer and dig out the decomposed stuff. I haven't had horses now for about three or four years, so nothing's been added to the pile accept garden trash.do you dry out or add anything to the horse manure?
No wonder you have such an amazing garden!I used to have two horses. My house is situated on a corner lot about an acre of land. Along the side street and in front of the pastures there's a line of bushes and trees, and under those plantings the ground is raised a bit, about three feet, from the street. The section along the front of the pastures is about 50' long. So I have an area 50'x 6' and that's where I've dumped the horse manure - for many, many years. I would dump the wheelbarrow, then spread the manure out. Over the years the manure under the top layer breaks down and turns to dirt. So when I want to use it for fertilizer I just scrape away the top layer and dig out the decomposed stuff. I haven't had horses now for about three or four years, so nothing's been added to the pile accept garden trash.
I don't have a good picture of the manure pile, but it's on the other side of the white rail fence, under the trees on the left side of the picture:
View attachment 284988
Thanks Yvonne. So far none of the seeds that I planted have sprouted. So the next plan is to go to the garden center and buy them already semi-established.That sounds like an awesome garden!
All my seeds have sprouted except the squash. Now I have to remember to water them. We had a beautiful sunny day yesterday and I'll bet the soil has really dried out, but I'm not in the habit of looking at that area and I forget all about the little container garden. I'll have to try to remember to look at it this a.m. when I go out to feed.Thanks Yvonne. So far none of the seeds that I planted have sprouted. So the next plan is to go to the garden center and buy them already semi-established.
Don't forget to go and water them.All my seeds have sprouted except the squash. Now I have to remember to water them. We had a beautiful sunny day yesterday and I'll bet the soil has really dried out, but I'm not in the habit of looking at that area and I forget all about the little container garden. I'll have to try to remember to look at it this a.m. when I go out to feed.
Don't forget to go and water them.
"Skip an hour or two."
Yvonne have you watered them yet?
"Skip an hour two again"
Go water them Yvonne. ......