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Wondering if it's an "evergreen blackberry"??
Here's a link
http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/detail.asp?weed=112
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Here's a link
http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/detail.asp?weed=112
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That's an incredible blossom! Beautiful! I'd love a dress in that color
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So precious! And what a wonderful garden you have! Love your enclosure thread
And sorry to hear things have been stressful!
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That's gorgeous! Never seen one like thatLook at this, it's purple with white inside. Looks better in person......
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Looks just like that, thanks!
Thanks -- trying to get through the last few weeks of grad school!So precious! And what a wonderful garden you have! Love your enclosure thread
On the plus side, the giant hollyhock towers in Steve's garden have been producing a ton of seeds!! I just threw a bunch to the other side of our yard. If the rabbits don't eat all of them, maybe they'll make a nice wall from our silly neighbors...
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Sounds like a good and pretty plan! Sunflowers can be good for that too. What is your major? Library sciences?Thanks -- trying to get through the last few weeks of grad school!
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Got Grapes?
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wow! That's an impressive haul! I like the creative paint job on the arbor as wellGot Grapes?
Wow, I'm so tired! XD I meant "if the birds don't eat" the seeds. HA
Talk about frazzled! I have 2 final projects, one due exactly a week from today, and then I'm also taking a professional certification exam next Tuesday. So I'm SUPER nervous!!Yup, master's in library & info science with an archival sciences concentration. When responding to my stress, my hubby says "Well, you picked a competitive industry!"
Poo. Can't say I haven't been trying to work hard.
Found a couple photos for you guys. Here's my balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus), which isn't in the tort garden. I don't think he can eat this, right? This photo's from early July and the plant has since had a ton of blooms!
In hubby's veggie garden, he found a huge dragonfly with some awesome camouflage! This dude was practically half a foot long or something like that, honest!
Here's my balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus), which isn't in the tort garden. I don't think he can eat this, right? This photo's from early July and the plant has since had a ton of blooms! In hubby's veggie garden, he found a huge dragonfly with some awesome camouflage! This dude was practically half a foot long or something like that, honest!
I had a very interesting plant called dinner plate aeonium. It was one of my favorites. This is what it looked like when I first planted it:
I was a bit disappointed because it didn't lay flat on the soil, but after it had been growing for a while it started looking like I expected it too. That's when I noticed it had a tiny rotten spot in the center, and this is what it looks like now:
totally rotten! So I went online to see if I could replace it and read a bit about them. Seems they are dormant in the summer. So if I had known that, I would have stopped watering it. I killed my favorite plant! I was able to find another one on Amazon, though, so I will soon be able to admire it in my garden.
I was a bit disappointed because it didn't lay flat on the soil, but after it had been growing for a while it started looking like I expected it too. That's when I noticed it had a tiny rotten spot in the center, and this is what it looks like now:
totally rotten! So I went online to see if I could replace it and read a bit about them. Seems they are dormant in the summer. So if I had known that, I would have stopped watering it. I killed my favorite plant! I was able to find another one on Amazon, though, so I will soon be able to admire it in my garden.
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Awww, the poor little dude didn't make it?
Do you think there's a chance it may come back later?Hubby sprayed weed killer all over the yard (except near the tort garden because I said so) so it's quite stinky outside now. I hope it goes away soon and that the smell doesn't bother my tort!
No, it's totally dead and rotten! Dang it anyway.
Sorry to hear you lost a plant you enjoyed so much.
I had no idea a succulent had a dormant time!! I only knew that about trees and our lawn (because why water the lawn in the summer anyway?) from living in the suburbs. Good to hear you found another; don't ya love Amazon sometimes? 
And eBay is not to bad either …Good to hear you found another; don't ya love Amazon sometimes?
Sorry to hear you lost a plant you enjoyed so much.
I LOVE AMAZON!!! I do almost all my online shopping there.
I don't like having to bid. I've never shopped ebay.
Most everything has a 'Buy It Now' price.
All our torts are having all organic food from our garden.
Kale, collar green and yam vine.
More kale and Yam.
more collar green------We eat them also.
Mulberry tree.
Grape vine.
This is the plant we bought back from Yvonne's house when we visited. it grow like weed and we just s scissor off the top portion to feed out torts, they will grow back in two weeks. All out torts love this.
So we planted more of this........
Kale, collar green and yam vine.
More kale and Yam.
more collar green------We eat them also.
Mulberry tree.
Grape vine.
This is the plant we bought back from Yvonne's house when we visited. it grow like weed and we just s scissor off the top portion to feed out torts, they will grow back in two weeks. All out torts love this.
So we planted more of this........
