Gardening, anyone?

Two hobbies- hummers like quiet and no sudden moves! When I just sit on the patio reading, they fly up to me!

Teka- lovely photos. Looks like the gardens have done pretty well this year?

There is a thread for everything here! I was on the birding thread for awhile, but dropped off but will find the hummingbird thread. I have to mix up some new solution for my feeder today, the little guys and gals have drained it in two short weeks!

Teka- I don't have a good space for veggies here, but have entertained one of these years to go down and do the community garden in the valley where people go to do their veggie gardens in a field. I love the idea, but need to have more regular work schedule with my project work to commit to it. Maybe next summer?

Meanwhile, I scarf up the goodies at the local farmers market. Corn is finally in now and must get some this week!

Such great recent pics from everyone! Really enjoying them.

My veggie garden had a setback midsummer with a monster hailstorm, but things have recovered and I'm looking forward to September tomatoes, beans, and squash. I planted collard greens as an experiment this year (I'm in the Rockies...high altitude gardener), and they have thrived, I guess because of all the rain this year. I have more collards than I can give away.

My grapevine did not have much hail damage, and I just cut the first bunch of grapes today:

Teka, yes - they are sweet when fully ripe. I probably should have left the bunch I cut on the vine for just a few more days, but they still taste very good.

Wish I lived closer. I love collard greens.

oh, those grapes are lovely! A work of art, truly.

Teka, can we have some goat cheese with the walnuts and grapes?

You ladies are making me hungry. Those grapes are so beautiful. Fresh off the vine.

It's been a long time since I've seen a bumble bee.

I certainly hope so. The farmers had better figure out how to reduce the dependence on insecticide and consumers had better realize that perfectly shaped produce has a price.

Just found this board. Dh and I love to garden. We spend way too much adding plants to our gardens each year. It's always a work n in progress.

Scottie

Scottie- what a fabulous collage! Love it!

Monis- I enlarged the picture and could see some! It is a gorgeous healthy plant! I imagine the sound is as spectacular as the sight. It reminded me of this:

Flight of the Bumblebees

TwoHobbies. Thanks and my dh is from SC.

We have lots of hydrangeas and depending on their location in my gardens they bloom in white, pink, blue and purple. Different soil over the GA red clay. We do fertilize them but don't add anything extra to change alkalinity/acidity of soil which supposedly effects the color.

Scottie

Hi Jazzy, I really like your garden buddha. Very serene and peaceful. Love the pic of the bumblebee - I have had lots of the smaller honeybees all summer, but finally saw a big old bumblebee in my yard this week.

Jackbirdie - hi, hope you are well. Nice concert clip - thanks for posting!

Scottie and Monis, great pictures. Hydrangeas really are lovely. I enjoy seeing them when I travel back East. My oregano plant is blooming too, and right now is the bees' favorite thing in the garden.

I am trying to decide if I have the energy to get out and do a fall vegetable planting this weekend. I have seeds for radishes, carrots, beets, snowpeas, and salad greens - which were all marvelous in early spring - and I want to do a 2nd planting. It's almost too late now but what the heck, might as well try.

Ok, the forecast here is for 100 tomorrow. I had to reread your text a couple of times to understand it. Frost??? Linda