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neebee
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calif/texas
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hey there say, all....
finally got a chance to get back...
here is my main plant here, or was... it got attacked by aphids, or something... and got all yucky, :(
so i only have a few left... they were so lovely though, but huge...
wanted to see the milkweed pods open... and i still may, if these last, are okay...
here is the sequence:
god bless... happy garden day!
:)
hope you enjoyed the monthly progress...
here now, is my other bit of garden where all this grows:
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Here is part of our garden. We have oranges, peaches, avos, nectarines, lemons, blueberries, raspberries, potatoes, peppers, zuchs, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, grapefruits, bananas, apples, snap peas, sunflowers,grapes, pumpkins... Not all are fruiting yet (banana, grapes).
We also have a spice garden with much basil and quite a flower selection.
We decided to go big this year.
Margy is also obsessed with the butterflies, especially the Monarchs so we have much milkweed. We are now on the Monarch migration map.
The Hummingbirds love the yard.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, dee ee....
does or did, your milkweed... every get full of yellow bugs (aphids? perhaps)...
and or did it ever start turning brown and ugly-ish on the plant... (not just the pods?)...
i never rmember seeing them, thusway, in the woods... or last year, even.. this year, they looked bad... :(
had a great crop of flowers and butterflies, though!
this trouble is recent, ...
andsay, do you get those small long black and red beatle type bugs on them? i just noticed, that, too... these bugs are using the plants for "mating' ... oh my... i am either doing nature a good service, or a bad one---depending on these bugs... (i will look them up later tongiht) ...
right now, i am on a "tech mouse" hunt...
:)
thanks for any info...
god bless! nice to hear of the butterflies!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Hi Neebee,
I just took a look at the Milkweed and there are no pests of any type on them right now. Just the usual suspects (spiders and bees). We have had other pests on other plants and just sort of deal with it, no pesticides allowed. There are too many kids, dogs, cats, birds, etc. around.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, dee ee.... yeah, i just sprayed soapy water on them... but far too late... next year, i will look sooner... was very busy editing my books, this year, as a lump project, and not dragged out, as the usual way...
say, i DO have some pics of two of the critters using these plants (aside from the bees, and butterfly)...
here you go:
the bugs, and their "honeymoon" spot
(child friendly--as bugs are bugs):
*edit: must have been at least six 'couples' of bugs, there
that day... most likely more, later...
*as you can see, the milkweed leaves, were already turning yellowish, and thus they up and fall off... it could be natural-process, or, it was due to the other tiny yellow bugs, ruining the plant...
haha, oh my.... never took a picture of the "small hords of yellow aphids? or whatever they were)....
hmmm, i may go look that up...
thanks, dee ee.... for the share...
god bless...
:)
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 5, 2010 - 06:53pm PT
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eeewwwwww!
Don't worry NeeBee, we all got some bugs!
Just keep up the good fight.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, thanks survival....
say, funny, huh... you can bring in some bugs, to get rid of other bugs...
you can bring in plants, to get rid of some other bugs...
but who'd of thought that i'd bring in a plant, to BRING IN bugs...
:))
ahhhhh, nature, and the ways thereof... a mystery at times...
but always a lesson in progress, and most of the time, a joy....
*not when they eat our tomatoes, though... :(
(not that i have more than three, small ones)... :))
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Yo Neebe, as I'm sure you know...that cat is a monarch in metamorphasis.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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It's been a tough year in Seattle, but we're starting to see some progress. We ate the first tomato from the garden last week.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2010 - 01:02pm PT
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BIG JIM!!!
And roasting away.
The aroma is to die for!
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Bruce, growing peppers in New Mexico doesn't count. That's like growing moss in Seattle. Show us something serious. Peppers in Seattle is 5.12 gardening.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2010 - 02:24pm PT
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HA HA hhaaaa!!
Now that's funny.
Does that mean I have to grow moss here to qualify for 5.12???
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Does that mean I have to grow moss here to qualify for 5.12???
That would be a start. Or fiddlehead ferns, maybe. Or orchids. But peppers in NM is, well, easy. 5.2 gardening. Kind of like growing rosemary in Seattle.
Peppers a challenge up here. Some years I get a reasonable crop, other years (like this one) are not so great. But it's fun to try. And I somehow always manage to harvest enough to get me through the winter.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2010 - 03:09pm PT
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And I somehow always manage to harvest enough to get me through the winter.
I guess that makes you a 5.12 gardener, and me 5.2......sh*t......
Actually, what I like the best are the plants that have the least pests on them!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Aug 14, 2010 - 10:36am PT
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It is "just peachy" now on the ranchette. Two weeks later than normal, due to the cold April, May, June.
I never plucked a ripe peach from a tree until we moved here.
Tree-ripened peaches are a juicy delight.
Unfortunately, I haven't enjoyed a grocery-store peach, since then. I discovered they now taste like cardboard.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 24, 2010 - 12:33pm PT
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Nice Fritz! Yeah, I'm kinda picky (get it?) about my peaches these days too.
'Maters!! With MANY more to come!
Apples!! Yes, they're a little funny looking, but that's what happens when you try to be Joe Organic instead of Joe Chemical.
Laid up for hard times. That's a helluva lot more work than it looks like, for those of you that haven't done it!
And one special addition just for Ghost.
Yeah man, like growing moss in Seattle!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2010 - 01:16pm PT
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Grapes!!
And another treat for Mossgrower Ghost!!
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Aug 31, 2010 - 05:48pm PT
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Bad enough you should wound me. But to then rub salt in the wounds? (or rub hot peppers in the wounds)
My pepper crop is pretty pathetic this year. On the other hand we'll soon have enough tomatoes to feed an army.
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kbstuffnpuff
Sport climber
State of Confusion
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Aug 31, 2010 - 07:53pm PT
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Here's a quick look at a garden, harvested 2 weeks ago. Big round of applause for California laws!:
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2010 - 10:16pm PT
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Oh my goodneh.......
KB just took things to a whole 'nother level didn't he?
There ain't none of that in my garden.
Although there's some ditch weed growing in these parts.
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