Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, May 28

I thought that the photo above was appropriate for the Memorial Day Weekend, even though the rose is named for the Fourth of July:

This is the Fourth of July rose. Here in NoVa it's just started blooming, but will continue on and off all summer. It's a sturdy grower and pretty much trouble free.
Lirio100

It's one of those tough newer roses.

We have some special wildlife photos this week, and even a couple of videos:

Wildlife

From CaliGirl:

Here is a pic of the Golden Eagles that live on the ranch. I came around through a canyon and there were three of them. They are huge!

Here is a pic of the eagles on a water trough, they are giant.

And here are a couple of short videos, also from CaliGirl. Thanks to CBD for the formatting:

This particular trough is close to my house.

We have additional great wildlife photos from The Horde for next week. Not the kind that would maul you or carry your pets off, though.

Edible Gardening

From Black JEM:

You mentioned the weather in today's post. And it has been like that here. Wet and cold and then suddenly summer. It has made it tough to get spring seeds in the ground. I had sent an earlier picture which you posted of my indoor seedlings. Well, they are ready to go into the ground now:
I've got few more trays not pictured to go in as well. Only a few greenhouse plants purchased. It makes all the work of starting all the seeds seem worth it.

They will go in here:
The back garden will take tomatoes that don't need to worry about the rabbits. But the rabbits had wiped out so many plants last year - getting through an old fence - that I moved my fenced garden to the bigger plot. Picked a perfect year to do it - treated 2"x10" these days aren't cheap. But it turned out well. Looks good, and the rabbits have no way in. Some spring plantings in this picture are up - radish, lettuce, carrots, onions, peapods, and beets. Still pretty small. Some of the seedlings I started will join them.
With FJB's economy, what comes out of these gardens - and the fruit trees and berry patches - will be a bit more important than the normal joy in just growing some of your own stuff.
Hopefully I'll remember to send you more pictures when everything is in the ground and getting bigger.

Nice!

More photos would be great!

Gardens of The Horde

Sorry I wasn't on the garden thread last week. I had the coof & spent
most of the weekend napping. But now that I've recovered it's time to
catch up on those pesky weeds and enjoy all the late spring blooms.
My German (bearded) iris are in full bloom now. I like their fragrance
& it's really cool that each color has a different smell. Come August,
I'll need to divide my patch of yellow iris again & plant some in my
church's garden. I've already given them to all my friends that wanted
some. I don't know why this particular iris grows like a weed in my
yard.
badgerwx

Spectacular!

You can tell that Memorial weekend is almost here when the roses start
blooming. Carefree Beauty is on the south side of my house & always
blooms first. It makes a nice show with all the columbines that seeded
themselves around it. (may14)
And I got a perennial surprise this year. I bought a salvia a couple
years ago & planted it next to my yellow knockout rose by my back
porch. But it disappeared last year & I thought that was that. So I
was surprised when it suddenly popped up next to my porch's downspout.
I guess it wants to be in wetter soil. I'm going to leave it & see if it
comes back again next year. (may14b).

I would love to spend some time wandering around your garden.

Insect Photography

From a longtime lurker in Minnesota. Do you recognize the flowers? The species of insects?

Great photos.

Hope everyone has a nice Memorial Day Weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? May 21, featuring Kansas blooms, an award-winning pickle recipe and hiking in the snow.

Any thoughts or questions?

The comments here are closed so you won't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:22 PM

Comments

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1 Beautiful photos. Thank you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 28, 2022 01:23 PM (U2p+3)

2 I had a co-worker who lived (he's passed now) in my neighborhood. One day, all the kids coming out of the local school were slack-jawed. Apparently an Osprey had grabbed a fish from the local reservoir and decided to eat on on his roof.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 01:26 PM (ynpvh)

3 Kitties!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 28, 2022 01:27 PM (Dc2NZ)

4 Morning again KT

Beautiful pictures again too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 28, 2022 01:28 PM (JzBU4)

5 All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 28, 2022 01:27 PM

Kitties! NICE kitties.

Posted by: KT at May 28, 2022 01:29 PM (rrtZS)

6 Just had my fresh chives in tomato soup
Good afternoon Greenthumbs
First up my Rhododendrons, the yellow flower bush losses its leaves every winter and is the only one to get attacked by Japanese beetles
https://tinyurl.com/bdeeypym
Next are my two kinds of Iris
https://tinyurl.com/39ex3aea

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2022 01:30 PM (2JoB8)

7 The large-ish hawks I see soaring 'round here are maybe 1/4 to 1/3 the size of that thing. Maybe.

Posted by: klaftern at May 28, 2022 01:31 PM (taPSh)

8 I love how Iris flowers can be such a variety

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2022 01:31 PM (2JoB8)

9 We've had a lot of rain recently and everything is lush and green. The tomatoes are going gangbusters (well, throwing out leaves -- Michigan, so, we could still get an ice storm).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 28, 2022 01:31 PM (Dc2NZ)

10 Hi, everybody!

Posted by: KT at May 28, 2022 01:35 PM (rrtZS)

11 Garden plants are obviously growing, all this rain and sun should be helpful

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2022 01:35 PM (2JoB8)

12 Beautiful lilies badgerwx. We have many of the same and they too are in full bloom.

I rustled most of the tubers over the years from delightful neighbors.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 28, 2022 01:36 PM (MKu/Q)

13 I need to get some of that fencing. I have a 4' x 8' raised vegetable garden (tomatoes, onions, peppers, chilies). No bunnies around (the cat took care of that). But do squirrels eat tomatoes?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 28, 2022 01:36 PM (lKAqb)

14 Bees! The insect is bees!

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2022 01:37 PM (0IeYL)

15 14 Bees! The insect is bees!

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2022 01:37 PM (0IeYL)

They're the bee's knees.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 01:37 PM (ynpvh)

16 But do squirrels eat tomatoes?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 28, 2022 01:36 PM (lKAqb)
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Eat? No.
Take a single bite from each one? Absolutely.

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2022 01:38 PM (0IeYL)

17 16 But do squirrels eat tomatoes?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 28, 2022 01:36 PM (lKAqb)
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Eat? No.
Take a single bite from each one? Absolutely.

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2022 01:38 PM (0IeYL)

Birds like doing that too. A few pecks on this fruit, a few pecks on that one. Damn it! Stick to one fruit and ruin that one, please!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

18 Blackberries have been producing like gangbusters again this year. Just the other day picked 10+ lbs. Now, if I could just keep them from taking over all the other plants and spaces in my back yard...I bet my neighbors hate me for it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 01:42 PM (ynpvh)

19 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 28, 2022 01:43 PM (arJlL)

20 Welp, cigar is finished so my break is over. Later y'all.

Posted by: Weasel at May 28, 2022 01:45 PM (0IeYL)

21 So, fencing over the top too.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 28, 2022 01:46 PM (lKAqb)

22 We have all our flowers in pots out,but I still have not started my veggie garden.

The weather has been terrible- cold and wet. Hoping for this weekend. And hoping the nurseries have some tomatoes left!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 28, 2022 01:46 PM (CjFDo)

23 Never seen squirrels in my garden but there is a solitary chipmunk and suspect him as the tomato tester

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2022 01:47 PM (2JoB8)

24 Has anyone ever grown sweet potatoes? I ordered some slips but they're dying off. Probably didn't help that the USPS driver just shoved the little box in my mailbox instead of dropping it at the door, so the leaves were totally wilted when I got the mail that evening.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 28, 2022 01:47 PM (llON8)

25 The flower with thr bee looks like some sort of wild onion, except for the color

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 01:52 PM (xhaym)

26 I saw a black wildcat one night near Tatum Texas about 20 years ago, looked like caligirls, only black.

Posted by: Eromero at May 28, 2022 01:52 PM (gktX6)

27 I think the black insect is a carpenters bee.

I want to know what flowers the bees are on.

I honestly have no idea.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 28, 2022 01:59 PM (P8YqT)

28 do squirrels eat tomatoes?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Yes.
And so do mice and rats.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 28, 2022 02:01 PM (JzBU4)

29 It is raining so I won't be mowing today. I was out and noticed the cat's ear lilies are blooming, also called mariposa lilies, and my roses are starting to bloom.

I put up a woodshed for this winter, and salvaged old corrugated metal roofing for it. It leaks when it rains, but until it fills up with firewood it is lovely to sit under.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 02:01 PM (xhaym)

30 We have had a pillaged woodpecker visit the wooded strip behind our house.

This week it got bold and decided to have some suet. Apparently it has been around quite a bit as Mrs fluffy recognized the call.

Sorry, no photos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pileated_woodpecker

Birds are descended from dinosaurs, they say. With this bird it is easy to believe.

Posted by: fluffy at May 28, 2022 02:02 PM (UnQlg)

31 I have the Fourth of July rose.... I highly recommend it

Posted by: It's me donna at May 28, 2022 02:03 PM (bs+z0)

32 We have had a pillaged woodpecker
Posted by: fluffy

Gotta be careful that they don't burn after they are done pillaging!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 28, 2022 02:04 PM (JzBU4)

33 Effing autocucumber!

Pileated woodpecker

Posted by: fluffy at May 28, 2022 02:05 PM (UnQlg)

34 Honey bee, bumble bee, and probably a Mason bee.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 02:06 PM (xhaym)

35 32 We have had a pillaged woodpecker
Posted by: fluffy

Gotta be careful that they don't burn after they are done pillaging!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 28, 2022 02:04 PM (JzBU4)

I'd be worried about their rapacious nature as well.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 02:06 PM (ynpvh)

36 Sometimes we get novices who burn before pillaging :--)

Posted by: fluffy at May 28, 2022 02:06 PM (UnQlg)

37 As always, the best pictures of the week are right here. It's been cool and rainy here all week, and the grass is growing like gangbusters.

I have some herbs ready to put in pots on my deck but I think I mostly need new pots. And more sun, but that one I can't do anything about.

And if anyone if interested in the NoVaMoMe on June 11, please email me (address in nic) for details. Registration closes May 31 so there are only 3 days left!

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at May 28, 2022 02:07 PM (aeePL)

38 KT beat me to the word for those irises: spectacular!

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2022 02:08 PM (7EjX1)

39 36 Sometimes we get novices who burn before pillaging :--)

Posted by: fluffy at May 28, 2022 02:06 PM (UnQlg)

I always think of the Rich Little skit where he intones, as John Wayne in "The Conquerer",
"Go into the village, kill the men, rape the women, and ride off on their horses...and get it right this time!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 02:12 PM (ynpvh)

40 We've had several days of overcast and sporadic severe storms this week. The sun came out today and we got to inspect the garden. To our surprise, everything survived. I really thought the heavy winds would break the stems of the tomato seedlings.

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2022 02:13 PM (7EjX1)

41 One of the treasures of my new hearing aids is being able to hear birds singing again. After all the stormy weather I mentioned above, they were in exceptionally fine voice this morning. What a delight!

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2022 02:16 PM (7EjX1)

42 JTB, glad your plants survived this week's weather. Ours did for the most part, but I have some leaf lettuce in a barrel on the deck and it looks . . . beaten up. I'm hoping today's sun will perk it up.

Posted by: bluebell - NoVaMoMe 2022! at May 28, 2022 02:17 PM (aeePL)

43 I'm on a FB group for historical irises. Also on a group where people sell their plants. When I get settled, I'll plant a lot of irises. They are among my favorites! I have some yellow and purple ones that I planted here. They were discards that someone set out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at May 28, 2022 02:23 PM (YynYJ)

44 Raccoon is assho. Bastage got into my transpants that are outside by the driveway 'hardening' , getting acclimated. He just pillaged without eating them. Must have been digging for a worm. Assho. Two flats, one of tomato and one of pepper. I really like jalapeno 'Mucho Nacho' and ''Paquime'. Ginormous fruits, plenty of real flavor, crispy, crunchy thick-walled fruit. Good for pickling and i just love eating thise fresh with a squirt of lime and some sea salt. These i start from seed 6 weeks before the middle of May, i never put them out too early anymore. I have 3 banks of 2 tubes in a closet suspended from the ceiling with hooks and chain. They just want the weather to be settled with nite time temps in the 50's. N. Indiana here, i will be picking fruits through October and very probably into November before the hard freeze.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 28, 2022 02:25 PM (3Or4S)

45 Our dogwood, which started out about the size of an anorexic pencil, continues to flourish in its container. I suspect next year I will have to transplant it into the ground or into a much larger container. If it goes in the ground I'll need the time to prepare the hole in the clay and rock that passes for dirt in our yard. The bigger container sounds more inviting.

On the other hand, the crepe myrtle, planted in the ground, is going great and is taller than me. Never thought that would happen.

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2022 02:27 PM (7EjX1)

46 Helena Handbasket, I am in Oregon, and sweet potatoes aren't a usual crop here. I planted a couple last year to see what they would do, and one grew, but poorly.
I did some studying and figured I should plant them in a warm spot in a planter, and take the slips as they grew, and plant them instead.
My wife loves them, and says they grow fine in Korea, so they should grow here too.

(In that vein, I am also trying to grow Taro in a planter too)

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 02:28 PM (xhaym)

47 44 Raccoon is assho.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 28, 2022 02:25 PM (3Or4S)

I hear they make good eats of you remove their musk glands first.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

48 47 44 Raccoon is assho.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 28, 2022 02:25 PM (3Or4S)

I hear they make good eats of you remove their musk glands first.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

I guess that comment would've been more appropriate for the food thread...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 28, 2022 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

49 Well, I got my taters in yesterday afternoon. My mission today is to dig up the little patch of grass between the sidewalk and the south wall of the house, to make a bed into which I will set out 'mater and pepper plants.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 28, 2022 02:30 PM (1ISsd)

50 I have moved from having a garden plot to doing container gardening. We exchanged houses with our son and I am too far past 29 to deal with tilling up a whole new plot and the time to get the soil right.

So far so good. Have harvested lettuce, radishes, also the lower leaves from the collards, cauliflower, broccoli to use as greens.

The tomato, pepper and cabbage plants are looking great. The squash and zucchini just got transplanted and seem to be adjusting. May have planted the brassicas in too small of containers, but I think they will be okay with close attention to their watering.

Putting in potatoes today.

Going to take some adjusting to container gardening. But I am pleased that I can at least move the plants as I get used to how the sun falls on this yard.

Posted by: cfo mom at May 28, 2022 02:33 PM (Q8bDL)

51 We have a small garden around our patio, just various Home Depot flowers. What the hell is up with suicidal worms? They crawl out of their perfectly good soil and fry themselves on our paving stones.

Posted by: BPT at May 28, 2022 02:39 PM (RVt3p)

52 My wife bought a boat load of grow bags and we've been filling them with dirt and veggie plants. Looking good so far and much less work than building raised beds.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 28, 2022 02:39 PM (u73oe)

53 42 ... Good afternoon, bluebell,

Our leaf lettuce is just starting to show some green. I was afraid the rains might wash the seeds out of the container. Hope yours perks up. We usually have decent luck with leaf lettuce in our yard, black seeded Simpson elite. I'm looking forward to it to try some salad dressing recipes I found this winter. (We don't get the bagged salad stuff from the grocery anymore. Seems it is always being recalled for one reason or another.) The local Thursday farmers market produce has to be grown nearby and I have more confidence in it than in big commercial stuff. We still rinse the heck out of it, though.

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2022 02:39 PM (7EjX1)

54 I have moved from having a garden plot to doing container gardening.

May have planted the brassicas in too small of containers, but I think they will be okay with close attention to their watering.

Going to take some adjusting to container gardening.
Posted by: cfo

Have you thought of making the containers 'self-watering'?

https://is.gd/o5TvRC

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 28, 2022 03:01 PM (JzBU4)

55 We just got about 4 1/2" of rain this past week (and we needed it). Corn, beans and peas have sprouted nicely. I have about 30 tomato plants that have to get in the ground.

Priority is to get the electric fence functioning, though, or the deer will be all over our stuff.

I have a question about cutworms. Publius usually puts a small stake (like 1/4") next to each tomato stem to prevent the cutworms from taking them out. I was wondering if it would work to take a folded paper towel, wet it, and wrap the stems to make them invulnerable to cutworms. Thoughts?

Posted by: Miley the duchess at May 28, 2022 03:01 PM (Mzdiz)

56 Miley--For cutworms I use a collar cut from plastic water or coke bottles. Cut off each bottle's ends, and down one side. Then you can place it around the stem, it curls back into a "closed" circle, and you push it about 1" into the soil.

Posted by: skywch at May 28, 2022 03:05 PM (uqhmb)

57 Took note have again volunteer tomatoes popping up, had dozens last year too, but don't think going to let them this year. They took up room and while might have gotten a few small were not worth the space.

Posted by: Skip at May 28, 2022 03:06 PM (2JoB8)

58 skywch, I have done that in the past, but I don't have enough bottles at this time. I can make several from each 16 oz bottle, though. How high do they have to be above the ground to be effective?

Posted by: Miley the duchess at May 28, 2022 03:08 PM (Mzdiz)

59 Skip, I like to honor volunteers, but I don't have any this year. Fortunately we're blessed with plenty of space, so we're expanding into melons this year. I also have Candy Roaster squash, so that will be new. And 3 kinds of cukes this year.

Posted by: Miley the duchess at May 28, 2022 03:11 PM (Mzdiz)

60 Miley, I seem to recall from years ago reading how a guy put collars of folded newspaper around the tomato stems to protect them from cutworms. Don't remember any details or how well it worked.

Posted by: JTB at May 28, 2022 03:12 PM (7EjX1)

61 Three or four inches, I think, for the cutworm collars.

Someone also told me once that saucers of beer by the plants will keep them away!

Posted by: skywch at May 28, 2022 03:18 PM (uqhmb)

62 I get to proudly state that my very first corn seedling has sprouted up.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 03:18 PM (xhaym)

63 AZ deplorable moron

>>>Have you thought of making the containers 'self-watering'?

That video is interesting. A bit more work than I am willing to go through. Need to look at other ideas along those lines. Thanks.

Posted by: cfo mom at May 28, 2022 03:20 PM (Q8bDL)

64 Miley, I was told to use toilet paper cores for the beans. Newspaper should work.

The saucer of beer is a good way to trap and kill slugs, by the way. I use a yogurt container with water, yeast and flour though. The slugs and snails are attracted to the yeast, and will crawl in and drown

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 03:21 PM (xhaym)

65 toilet paper roll cores to keep the cutworms from the bean seedlings. Sorry

Posted by: Kindltot at May 28, 2022 03:23 PM (xhaym)

66 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip advising you of your Nood threads at May 28, 2022 03:23 PM (2JoB8)

67 You've not lived until a massive golden eagle steals the largest trout from the ice as your back is turned, while ice fishing.

Posted by: Idahonian at May 28, 2022 03:23 PM (qXAmw)

68 Nic pics and videos Caligirl. I have 3 Golden Eagles in my neighborhood. I'm assuming it's two adults and a younger one. I never tire of watching them. Kitty looks like a young female. Beautiful animals but the rule on my place is you violate my perimeter, I will remove you. Otherwise, I'm live and let live. We need predators too.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at May 28, 2022 03:25 PM (VTlqx)

69 Thanks for the advice for anti-cutworm treatments!

Posted by: Miley the duchess at May 28, 2022 03:29 PM (Mzdiz)

70 I'll take a guess and say the flower with the bees is a variety of pincushion flower (scabiosa)

Posted by: desertgardens at May 28, 2022 03:30 PM (MtQEC)

71 they were in exceptionally fine voice this morning. What a delight!
Posted by: JTB

One of my quiet pleasures is to sit on my front patio and listen to my birds celebrating their existence. Early morning and as dusk settles. I find it amazingly therapeutic.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at May 28, 2022 04:04 PM (VTlqx)

72 Love all the beautiful flowers especially the iris'. The multicolored ones are so pretty. Also the bottom pictures with the busy bees.

Posted by: AlmostYuman at May 28, 2022 04:27 PM (0mgRU)

73 I too like listening to the birds. Sometimes they start singing around3 am.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 28, 2022 04:30 PM (IDhUW)

74 Love irises. They remind me of my grandma.

Someone has Bagheera in their backyard? Way cool!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 28, 2022 04:33 PM (IDhUW)

75 From Boise area; We're setting up for a cool weekend, likely with rain, but we had a nice week, just one hot day (88 F).

First corn planted - four 10 foot rows of one variety, same for 2nd variety. Potato bags all set up; most have sprouts. Planted 20 bush green bean seeds, 4 cantaloupe seeds, more yellow carrot seeds, 1 yellow zucchini seed, and 1 green zucchini seed. Today we planted out 4 poblano pepper starts - moved the overhead cover from one tomato bed onto the peppers to keep them from scalding when the sun next comes out. (Weeded 3 raised beds while I was at it.) I planted some Miners Lettuce seeds in a pot, and that's sprouting. Also spotted a few sprouts from the black oilseed sunflower seeds I stuck in by the back fence.

We're harvesting radishes, spinach, a few lettuce leaves. I dug some XL green onions this week. (Instructions on my bag of mini onion bulbs said, plant 3 inches deep for green onions, 1 inch for big onions. These were planted 3 inches deep but forgotten for 2 years. They produce really big... green onions.)

Still need to finish cleaning up strawberry bed #2.
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Posted by: Pat* at May 28, 2022 06:26 PM (2pX/F)

76 Also from Boise area: The final tulips and the lilac flowers are gone, the lilies of the valley are almost gone, and the chokecherry flowers were brilliant white but have now turned brown (hope we get a lot of berries, so I can collect more for jelly).

In the 2 beds of blueberries, chives, flowers, and hollyhocks: I cut off all the chives' flowers - I really don't need more of them... The big lupines have several flower stems blooming now. Spotted the first chamomile flowers today. Husband says there are a bazillion hollyhock sprouts in there - I will have to remove those - the originals are overwhelming the beds as it is.

I dug a small catnip plant and gave it to a friend - she also got some cut alfalfa for her goats. Today I cleaned up the patio, set up the table and bench, swept all the tree debris away.

Husband has been ripping up dead sod spots and planting new grass seed - waging the gopher wars - checking and fixing irrigation sprayers, including the mini-sprayers on the compost bins - and today we both worked on trimming down the wild rose windbreak hedge (just starting to bloom).
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Posted by: Pat* at May 28, 2022 06:36 PM (2pX/F)

77 Yesterday I was working on my new garden when a bee swarm came through. It went down the street a bit then suddenly made a u-turn and made a 'beeline' for our largest pine tree. This is the 3rd year in a row that our trees have been a stopping point for a swarm. I hope they move on soon.

Posted by: az_desert_rat at May 29, 2022 01:23 PM (S6qq5)

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