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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited August 2015

    I can't remember if you did, but yeah: those plastic greenhouses do often look cheesy. Mine are just bathtub bathtubs, but nice! I've been playing around with scenting my own bubble bath over the last year or so.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited August 2015

    My seedum are coming into color now. I have a grape purple one (neon) and mauve colored one (autumn harvest) that are starting to do their thing. I should have pics for you in a week or so. The seedums are the only thing that seems to bloom late summer to fall. That and my pampas grass which is huge and beautiful this year and just putting up it's wheat-like blooms.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited August 2015

    First of the sedums coming into full color. This is the neon seedum that is a deep purply pink and in my front yard rock garden!

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  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 2,118
    edited August 2015

    Those are gorgeous, Jazzy. Mine just have a flush of blooms starting.

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited May 2022

    Jazzy, lovely shade!

    Husband planted a box elder sapling over 30 years ago, and now removed for $800. :o(

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited August 2015

    Teka- always hard to cut down and old tree. Will you keep the stump there or have it removed (that might be another $800, yikes!)

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2018

    Having the stump removed would disturb the driveway bank.

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  • Scottiemom11
    Scottiemom11 Member Posts: 1,298
    edited August 2015

    Jazz. . .lovely sedum. . .mine bloom dark purple but then flop over rather than stand up. We have found that we can cut them down and they will grow back again the sane season.

    Teka. . .sorry about the tree. Our WSA cut down an 18yo Sugar Maple last year. Said it was in the way of their sewer easement. They did at least remove the stump. Maybe you can decorate yours with potted plant.

    Scottie

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited August 2015

    my wisteria re-bloomed. I am wondering where the technology is that facilitates fragrance in a link?

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited August 2015

    Lovely! We'll see what, if anything my wisteria does--at the moment a race between the wisteria and the morning glories.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited August 2015

    Teka, One of the plant nurseries here has stumps planted with little ferns and alpine plants.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited September 2015

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    Jazzy- love that sign!

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited September 2015

    Jackbird- that came off of Facebook but if I ever saw one, I would buy it and put it in my front garden. LOL!

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    I was just going to ask. If I ever run across a sign painter in need of work, I'll get two! One for you too

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited September 2015

    Thanks Jackbirdie!

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2018

    Jazzy, nice sign!

    September 1st, stung on the finger by a yellow jacket. :o(

    I must be careful not to disturb yellow jacket wasps if nesting in the stone wall, or in the ground while doing clean-up this Fall. Colonies are most dangerous in late Summer and early Fall when colonies are at their peak size. Unlike bees, yellow jackets are aggressive and free to sting me as many times as they want without injury to themselves. They aren't like the sweet honey bees and bumble bees.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited September 2015

    Teka- another sister on the threads has been stung by wasps and so do be careful. I always think of jellowjackets in the fall and know they are in the ground, and you can get surprised when you find them. I started seeing more around recently in my yard.

    I hope your finger feels better.

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2018

    I was putting recyclables outside early in the cool morning and didn't see the sluggish yellow jacket on the garbage bag. My finger smarted throughout the day!

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  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 43,890
    edited September 2015

    Faith is sending you her love to make it better.

    Pulled up my beans, grew a big stalk of them

    and very little beans cause of the heat.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited September 2015

    I worry about DH setting the ladder down on a nest when he's cleaning the gutters. A man did that and was stung so many times it was fatal. DH shouldn't be up cleaning gutters in the first place, either.

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2018

    We only had one small bunch of bush green beans, but still enjoying the grape tomatoes.

    Usually can see the yellow jackets coming and going from a nest.

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  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 43,890
    edited September 2015

    I had to put plastic bag in a slot were they were going into

    my shed to make a nest, I was in time, hope someone can

    fix that by next year. I used to clean the gutter every year

    for my parents. ( I have 2 brothers.)

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  • GG27
    GG27 Member Posts: 2,128
    edited September 2015

    I haven't posted on here for quite a while, but I always check what everyone has posted. My garden isn't great this year as we are in a drought situation. But my Brugs are doing quite well. One of the pink ones is just starting to bloom. The evening scent is intoxicating.

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    Keep up with the pics, I really enjoy seeing everyone's gardens. Cheers, GG

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited September 2015

    I was going through some photos of my gardens from a few years ago and noticed what a difference there has been in my back yard gardens since 2012. We were in a drought here from about 2007 to very recently, and started getting better monsoon summer rains as of last summer. My gardens struggled getting going for a long time after I built the house, but when I looked at some photos from 2012 to now, I can really see the huge difference. Several friends who have been here to the house this summer have commented how much the gardens have filled in, but you know when you live in a place and see it daily, you don't notice the change as much that comes through time.

    Here is a photo from August of 2012 (top) and another of the same area in my backyard border garden taken this morning(bottom). What a difference, eh?

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited May 2022

    GG, I would like to grow some brugs. Wish I could have a whiff.

    Jazzy, yes, the area filled in nicely. The geranium is in bloom.

    A bird seed escaped. ;o)

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    I must be careful not to disturb yellow jacket wasps if nesting in the stone wall, or in the ground while doing clean-up this fall. Colonies are most dangerous in late summer and early fall when colonies are at their peak size. Unlike bees, yellow jackets are aggressive and free to sting me as many times as they want without injury to themselves. They aren't like the sweet honey bees and bumble bees.

    Daughter pets sluggish bumble bees on flowers during the cool fall.

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    Jazzy- what a difference! Looks great! Nice job.

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  • 70charger
    70charger Member Posts: 963
    edited September 2015

    speaking of yellow jackets, hubby tore one up 2 nights ago with the tractor bucket. No idea it was in the mound of dirt as he has been up there weed wacking with no sign of them. He got stung about 8 times. Now we have to figure out how to get rid of the 3 open chunks of nest. Gotta love this country living.

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  • Scottiemom11
    Scottiemom11 Member Posts: 1,298
    edited September 2015

    Teka OUCH. We have had a ground nest of yellow jackets which they built in the center of my sedum last year and dh got stung. Sprayed them last year and they came back. This year I almost got stung and I'm way more allergic. Used stronger stuff this year. If they comeback again I'm calling the professionals.

    Scottie

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2018

    My finger is still swollen and itching!! :o(

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