Gardening, anyone?

ddfair

Wren,

Azaleas are pretty easy to grow here in the Pacific Northwest. You can't hardly kill them. That's one of the reasons I like them. I lost one once when we had a very icy winter.

Wren44

Hmmm. I'll have to try one. In Houston the gardening pages were all about the azaleas and I got the impression they were very hard to grow. I've just never bought one up here.

GmaFoley

My roses after our rain storm.

M0mmyof3

Didn't do a veggie garden this year. Got a tomato plant though. Got my flowers in the flower bed yesterday. I have marigolds and red and white begonias.

GmaFoley

https://www.facebook.com/esther.foley.5/videos/a.1...

Not sure if you all can see my video but if you are a bird watcher you will like it.

Wren44

That poor mother/father bird must be exhausted. I'm tired just from watching for a few minutes. Lots of fund to have birds to watch.

Jazzygirl

I have a family of quail in my yard this year. Today one of the babes seemed to be separated from the bevy of babes and might have been in trouble. I created a little place to cover it and think its gone and either the parents came to help or it found a better place to shelter. I hope this little one makes it, it got very cold here last night

M0mmyof3

Was watering my plants this morning when I noticed my Christmas Cactus is sprouting new growth and my new Pothos has new growth as well. Tomato plant has 5 tomatoes growing already.

DodgersGirl

I was watering my plants this morning, too, when I noticed a fairly large bell pepper and a handful of smaller peppers. All appearing in the last few days.

Plants are amazing as you watch them grow

Also, so many flowers in bloom out front that I am hit with their sweet smell the moment I step outside. So lovely!

M0mmyof3

One of my begonias that didn’t even have a flower on it when I planted it, now has one!

DodgersGirl

Begonias are so pretty. I used to have them planted in hanging baskets along a fence. Loved the color.

GmaFoley

We have baby wrens! Wait till the end of the video - so cute!

https://www.facebook.com/esther.foley.5/videos/pcb.10157337292524849/10157337286299849/?type=3&theater

Wren44

What great entertainment under lockdown!

GmaFoley

Going to try to set up camera when they fly out. I will probably miss them :-P

GmaFoley

The rose I transplanted last year is now blooming

TwoHobbies

I'm trying to grow edible plants again this summer. I have tried so many times in the last 7 years and been defeated by the chipmunks, squirrels and bunnies. But since coronavirus, I decided to try to grown some fresh produce in case it gets scarce or super expensive. What used to be my strawberry garden that I then switched to flowers in defeat is now back to 3 giant sunflowers, green beans and poblano pepper. In containers I have a cherry tomato plant, cucumbers that I'll attempt to grow on a tomato cage?, romaine lettuce and oregano, basil, chives and parsley.

I am seriously suffering from a lack of flowers though. Is there a Flowerholics Anonymous? By the time I got to the garden shop, there weren't too many annuals to plant. I'm not sure if they ordered less or if I was just two weeks late, which I was, so I just bought one prepotted flower pot for my front porch. I added to the porch my fairy garden that was indoors and put out an orchid that wasn't doing well inside. Along my walk I usually plant all in annuals. I ended up moving some sedums and some alyssum that sprouted from last year's seed and am trying hard to be satisfied with that. Then on my deck I moved my other fairy garden and a succulent pot that were also indoors. Trying to make do with those and my perennials but I don't like it!

Jazzygirl

Wren44

Oh! Rub in it. Ours are 6" tall and just trying to bloom. Our big tomato crop is in September.

Jazzygirl

Only my cherry tomatoes

GmaFoley

Tomatillos starting to bloom.

GmaFoley

Sugar pumpkins going to town too.

Teka

Daughter's outdoor pics taken at her home.

*columbine*

*cranesbill*

*clematis*

*mischievous cat garden gnome statue figurine*

Our resident woodchuck. I moved 2 smaller flower pots to higher ground.

Time to enjoy prior posts after a 3 week time out from the threads.

DodgersGirl

harvested my first bell pepper of the season today! Huge green bell pepper with no blemishes. Smells great. Will eat it to

Jazzygirl

Jazzygirl

DodgersGirl

thanks to all who posted the beautiful photos! My gardening is limited this year so your photos are the next best thing.

RK2020

RK2020

RK2020

RK2020

I hope you enjoy these flowers as much as I do.