Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, July 2

Happy Independence Day Weekend!

From Don in Kansas, Red, White and Blue selections from among his flowers. More great photos and information at the link.

Critters

Today we have another great video from PointyHairedBoss:

Last year I discovered that we have hummingbird moths. I'm not sure if they were new arrivals or if I just had not noticed them before. This year I got ready with my slomo camera & got some cool video. You can get a good idea of their size from the clips of them feeding on dandelion flowers.
And the wings have panels - like a clear stained glass window.
Amazing what you miss when things go so fast.

They do look an awfully lot like hummingbirds in the garden. Love the music.

And here's an even smaller critter:

Hi KT--
This little fellow dropped on my glasses when I was out walking. I wonder if anyone knows what kind it is?
An image search shows that it looks a lot like a "Green Jumping Spider." But there are two problems with that.
1. They're supposed to be kind of large, and this chap was very small, about the size of an ant.
2. They're supposed to be exclusive to Australia. Now, I haven't been keeping up with the news, but I think if East Tennessee became part of Australia, I'd have heard about it somewhere.
I'd be curious to know what kind. Even if you don't like spiders, it's quite beautiful.
Thank you for the Gardening, Pet and other weekend threads!
BeckoningChasm

A lovely color. Can anybody identify this species?

Edible Gardening

For the last couple of weeks, we have had photos of berry plants, then of berries, in the Gardens of the Horde. Well, here's a recipe! Blueberry Kuchen. But you can substitute other berries, or sprinkle some raspberries on this one for a red, white and blue presentation with whipped cream or ice cream.

One day I opened the refrigerator to get lunch, and there was a half-eaten blueberry dessert with a note that said, "Kristen, please help yourself and share with the kids." I cut a slice, took a bite, and swooned.
This is the simple recipe from that summer. Sometimes I make it with blueberries and peaches or top it with fresh raspberries instead of blueberries. It is delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or dollop of whipped cream, in fact, its quite delightful in the morning with a cup of coffee.

Today's Adventure

One year ago, July 5th 2021 a group of older scouts from the NASA area of Houston went on a backpacking trek in New Mexico at a scout ranch called Philmont. We were supposed to go in June 2019 but the trip got cancelled due to a forest fire. The trip was rescheduled for June 2020 and then the apocalypse happened. Third time's the charm and we went in July 2021! Philmont is a scout ranch but it's also a place for living history.
We were 10 days on the trail carrying everything we needed on our backs and filtering our drinking water from streams. We had to hang our food in trees every night so that bears couldn't get to it. Some locations we passed through were an old gold mining operation from the 1910s, a farm that was in operation in the 1890s, Waite Phillips (Phillips 66) hunting lodge from the 1940s, an old fur trapping camp, and a WWII training airplane crash from 1942. Our crew climbed 3 mountains including one called The Tooth of Time which was named because when wagon trains were heading west they knew when they saw that mountain they had two weeks until they would arrive at Santa Fe.
Our crew had two medical issues, neither of which was due to a panic educing virus (surprise!) . We made some spectacularly stupid decisions, one of which led to one of the medical issues. Our sister crew was a crew from Illinois that helped us out of one of our stupid messes we got ourselves into, but they didn't know it at the time. Another crew from Pennsylvania also helped us out when our clean water supply fell off a pack and went tumbling down the side of a mountain we were climbing. We gave up on it but they hauled it up and gave it back to us, much to our surprise. We were very grateful we didn't have to rely on rainwater for drinking that night.
My favorite part of the whole trip was when two of my sons who were on the trek with us met up with my third son who was on staff there for a family picture. All my kids got to go to a place I went to as a teenager and they got to have an adventure there too. It was one of my lifelong goals.
I hope this is the type of adventure you had in mind for this thread and you'll consider using it.
Rihar

arriving at fur trapping camp

black powder shooting

ground squirrels

WWII plane crash

Norman Rockwell "Tooth Of Time" re creation

tooth of time: Norman Rockwell painting referenced

hiking to the Tooth of Time

Well, that was an adventure, for sure! There's a lot of history in this country. Good to see the kids exposed to some of it. The Rockwell re-creation is fun!

Gardens of The Horde

Hello KT,
I thought I would send you an updated photo from the one I sent in March. From daylily awakening to putting on a show! I hope everyone is enjoying the Summer!
Jeff L

They look great!

Hope everyone has a nice Independence Day Weekend. If you didn't see your photos here today, check again next week.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? June 25, featuring apple blossoms, several kinds of berries, adventures with seedlings, a family-friendly hiking adventure and peonies. We have a recipe for some of those berries today.

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 01:21 PM

Comments

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1 Howdy, KT

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:23 PM (u73oe)

2 Called em

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:23 PM (u73oe)

3 Gardening Thread: Weed it and Reap

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 02, 2022 01:24 PM (sJHOI)

4 Howdy, Duke!

Posted by: KT at July 02, 2022 01:24 PM (rrtZS)

5 Out grow bad garden is coming along nicely. Already harvested several peppers and the tomatoes will be plentiful soon. We planted a wide variety just to see what works best here.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:27 PM (u73oe)

6 Great story of adventure from the campers and lovely photos. Thanks, Rihar, for sending it in and to you, KT for posting that. Also liked the red, white and blue flowers and garden with day lilies and whatever else in there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2022 01:28 PM (FZ2cV)

7 Dry as a popcorn fart hereabouts in N. Indiana. Water from below what does not fall from above. Last week was Serviceberry flood (Amelancher). The best production i have seen from this tree since The Arbor Day Foundation sent it to me about 14 years ago. Size and flavor of a small, mild blueberry. They go into my pancakes and topping for cheesecake. Berbs LOVE them.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at July 02, 2022 01:28 PM (3Or4S)

8 Speaking of blueberries... I was all excited about mine since this is the second year and they had time to grow roots over the winter. One of the five never produced berries, and the rest sprouted a bunch and then.... stopped growing. The berries haven't shriveled up and fallen off either. Any ideas on what the problem is? They're in (large) tubs and I think the soil is not nearly acid enough for them. I used a water-chemical-dirt mix style test (not the strips and not a device) which showed pH of 6 or 7 (!) based on color.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2022 01:28 PM (llON8)

9 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Lots of unripe peppers and green tomatoes but only pepper ripe so far was a chili pepper half the size of a pea.
My basil looks like it should be in early October, I suspect it was started in a hothouse a year ago.

Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2022 01:28 PM (2JoB8)

10 I never got a chance to go to Philmont, it looks nice. I mostly went to San Isabel and Spanish Peaks in CO in the summer.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 02, 2022 01:28 PM (skf6d)

11 It has been a cloudy and cool summer so far, the potatoes and onions are going great guns, but the corn and tomatoes are poking along, and frankly the peppers are just sitting there.

But apparently the secret to the potatoes is using fertilizer. Who would have thought that was important?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2022 01:29 PM (xhaym)

12 I miss lilacs the look and smell. They're impossible to grow this far south. They did pretty well in KS though.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 02, 2022 01:31 PM (skf6d)

13 Stupid autocorrect. Grow bag.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:31 PM (u73oe)

14 My cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen and I have a ton of them on just one plant.

And b/c I went away, somehow my parsley has decided to produce parsley root, so I'm gonna have the roots (and probably need to replant) sometime later this week.

And my "every year destroyed mint" has also come back with a total flourish, so I guess I can use that instead of parsley and think some mint oregano thoughts (vs my parsley oregano ones - my oregano has also gone haywire, although weirdly my basil hasn't...it's just my little plant producer that can).

My beets have given me tons of greens but no beets yet. Not sure what's taking so long, but it's my backyard with less sun, so it could be that simple.

Posted by: Nova local at July 02, 2022 01:33 PM (exHjb)

15 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 01:34 PM (arJlL)

16 Forgot to mention that I also liked the cross in the garden.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2022 01:34 PM (FZ2cV)

17 Hummingbird moths are beautiful, but the caterpillars they come from are murder on tomatoes.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:35 PM (u73oe)

18 Lilacs are my favorite flowers/trees. I would like to die during May, if only so I could have them for my funeral. They don't last very long.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2022 01:39 PM (FZ2cV)

19 I've made a decision on the planters I'm going to get to replace my hedges. Three foot tall two foot diameter Concrete planters that taper at the bottom. I can paint as desired. Need 5 or 6 of them. $65 a piece. Now have to rent a truck to get them.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 02, 2022 01:40 PM (UMHqX)

20 Just got in from weeding the garden. Since we have straw down everywhere something's not supposed to root, ain't much of a chore anymore.
Picking blueberries now (pH should be 5.5 or so). Already got my serviceberry treat for the year... a pie! Still have jam in the basement.
Have eaten peppers, snow peas, beets, and turnips. Maters and beans are coming on. Cucurbits all coming on.
Tomatillos are flowering now.
Got 3/4" of rain this morning. Came gently. Nice.

Posted by: MkY at July 02, 2022 01:40 PM (cPGH3)

21 Pretty spider might be Lyssomanes viridis. Found in southwest US and Texas.

Posted by: Not an entomologist at July 02, 2022 01:41 PM (a/3gi)

22 Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:35 PM

The caterpillars of some related sphinx moths feed on tomatoes, but I don't think the caterpillars of these clear-winged hummingbird moths do.

Posted by: KT at July 02, 2022 01:41 PM (rrtZS)

23 In N.GA we have Magnolia Green Jumping Spiders, which are pretty tiny but common.
They probably go under several different names, but are usually of the Lyssomanes variety.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 02, 2022 01:43 PM (vuisn)

24 Lovely photos this week! I ordered two varieties of seed poppies, so hope I can plant those next year. I ordered more garden seeds and I have irises that I will be moving with my raspberries. I just need to find a place to move to.

And I bought canning jars too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 01:44 PM (YynYJ)

25 BTW loved the camping story.

Posted by: MkY at July 02, 2022 01:45 PM (cPGH3)

26 I've been to this place:

https://lilacgardens.com/

She was hybridizing lilacs in her porch. Her house is park of the garden and the entire yard is edged with her lilacs. They sell plants and starts. It's wonderful when they are in bloom.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 01:47 PM (YynYJ)

27 I'm guessing the garden also serves as a pet cemetery by the cross. Day lily's look great, I've got 'em all over the place.

Posted by: From about that time at July 02, 2022 01:48 PM (4780s)

28 Heh. It made me chuckle to see all the hiking photos on today's thread. I just finished a morning hike through my own local forest...

Posted by: Castle Guy at July 02, 2022 01:50 PM (Lhaco)

29 Two weeks ago, our adventure was removing a rock chuck from under our woodpile. The little bastard was eating my young, tender veggie plants. The removal involved a bb gun and a pitchfork. Satan's minion did not die easily.
Planted a dozen perennials in a garden bed in front of our white picket fence this morning. Every couple of weeks I purchase more flowers to expand it. Our smaller nurseries are closing for the season, so I've picked up a few bargains.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 02, 2022 01:50 PM (2NHgQ)

30 The caterpillar we found on the tomato plant was big and green with horns. Wife looked it up and said it was the larval stage of the hummingbird moth. Must be truss since she is never wrong. Just ask her.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:52 PM (u73oe)

31 I've seen far too many traditional lilacs go unpruned, which is a disservice to a great plant.
Each year, about 1/5 of the oldest canes should be removed, and only 3 or 4 young shoots allowed. The plant should be in a constant state of rejuvenation, with the oldest cane perhaps 5 years old.
A little thinning every year. Never have to worry about scale or borers, nor the height.

Posted by: MkY at July 02, 2022 01:52 PM (cPGH3)

32 I am the typo king today.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:53 PM (u73oe)

33 Found in southeast US...

Posted by: Not an entomologist at July 02, 2022 01:54 PM (a/3gi)

34 http://tinyurl.com/5fth7wr5

Hummingbird moth larva. Never realized it looks a lot like the tomato hornworm larva.

Posted by: MkY at July 02, 2022 01:54 PM (cPGH3)

35 Love the pictures!
Is it okay to post about other subjects in this thread? I'm in Washington DC attending a conference and just found out our organization is giving an award to General Milley tonight! A Patriot Award, oddly enough. I have been annoyed with others who are offended by conservatives who are invited to speak, so I don't want to be a hypocrite, but Milley seems like a controversial choice to me. Very odd and disappointing!

Posted by: LisaTheLurker at July 02, 2022 01:56 PM (dAEm6)

36 What a lovely gardening thread! That hike looks like fun.

Posted by: Infidel at July 02, 2022 01:56 PM (r2IDy)

37 MkY. So true. Hubby NEC and I hacked back one that hadn't been touched in decades. On top of the crazy growth, it had 18 inches of pine straw built up around the shoots from a pine that was cut down several years ago. I believe hubby is now down on me planting any additional lilacs. This is the second stand of them he's had to trim back since April. Both of these instances were part of a volunteer project, and I would never allow our own to get so out of control.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 02, 2022 01:57 PM (2NHgQ)

38 The hummingbird moths are way cool. You could see the muscles that flap the wings working away, assuming insects have muscles. I've never really given that a millisecond's thought before but how could the wings flap that fast without a muscle or six? And the really impressive question: if you could enlarge it to human size, just how strong would that little critter be?

Just one more thing to worry about: our future insect overlords.

Posted by: Tonestaple at July 02, 2022 02:01 PM (3qAOE)

39 Re: pretty green spider - perhaps a huntsman (found all over the world, non-poisonous)??

Posted by: Lola at July 02, 2022 02:01 PM (NIYa7)

40 If that thing landed on me it would be called an ex spider.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 02:03 PM (u73oe)

41 Re: pretty green spider - perhaps a huntsman (found all over the world, non-poisonous)??

Posted by: Lola at July 02, 2022 02:01 PM (NIYa7)

All spiders are venomous...size of fangs...dose...determine effects.

Posted by: BignJames at July 02, 2022 02:05 PM (AwYPR)

42 >>> 40 If that thing landed on me it would be called an ex spider.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 02:03 PM (u73oe)

It's just sleeping.

Posted by: the guy in the pet shop at July 02, 2022 02:07 PM (llON8)

43 I have two Turkish spindles made of lilac. It was from an old lilac that was removed. The wood was given to Ed Jenkins and he made spindles from it. It has a streak of lilac color in the grain.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 02:07 PM (YynYJ)

44 If that thing landed on me it would be called an ex spider.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Ditto here Duke.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:08 PM (BEFG1)

45 Thanks for the Gardening Thread KT!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:09 PM (BEFG1)

46
All spiders are venomous...size of fangs...
Posted by: BignJames

I didn't know that *all* are venomous.
I have read that the daddy long legs has a very powerful venom; but, it's fangs are too short to harm humans.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:11 PM (BEFG1)

47 Hummingbird Moth video should be entered in some kind of nature vid competition. Really well done.

Posted by: Not an entomologist at July 02, 2022 02:12 PM (a/3gi)

48 I didn't know that *all* are venomous.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:11 PM (BEFG1)

FWIW a quick google shows 2 small families lack venom glands...I try not to speak in absolutes..."always, every"..etc.

Posted by: BignJames at July 02, 2022 02:19 PM (AwYPR)

49 FWIW a quick google shows 2 small families lack venom glands...I try not to speak in absolutes..."always, every"..etc.

Posted by: BignJames

Don't worry the little buggers will develop poison glands so we can hate them all.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:23 PM (BEFG1)

50 Philmont is not far in New Mexico terms from the family cabin, north of Las Vegas, which got burned in the Hermit's Peak fire. I know Philmont suffered some damage, but it's a very big place.

Philmont is such a wonderful place, and I am so saddened that so many will not experience it because BSA management gave in to the pervs.

Is there a Drag Queen Merit Badge now?

Posted by: Gordon Scott at July 02, 2022 02:27 PM (eIFle)

51 If that thing landed on me it would be called an ex spider.

No way! Just relocate him/her. Most spiders are really harmless.

Posted by: jewells45 at July 02, 2022 02:28 PM (nxdel)

52 Can we institute a no spiders on the blog rule?

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 02, 2022 02:28 PM (MGB5H)

53 Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 01:52 PM

Some other sphinx moths are also called "hummingbird moths" because they look like hummingbirds in flight. There are at least a couple that feed on tomatoes. They tend to be bigger than the kind in the video. Both the caterpillars and moths are bigger.

Posted by: KT at July 02, 2022 02:28 PM (rrtZS)

54 BruceWayne at July 02, 2022 02:28 PM

Do we need a trigger warning?

Posted by: KT at July 02, 2022 02:29 PM (rrtZS)

55 In tomato news, I was reading that UK supermarket chain Tesco told Heinz to get stuffed after Heinz demanded a 30 percent price hike. Prices had already been up at least 15 percent. The story pointed out that a case of tomatoes had doubled in price, and just about every component of the beans was more expensive.

For those who haven't lived there, Heinz Beans are like mac & cheese to those kids. But a 15 oz can is now over one pound.

Posted by: Gordon Scott at July 02, 2022 02:32 PM (eIFle)

56 Thanks folks, I think it definitely is a Magnolia Green Jumper. I'd never seen one before.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 02, 2022 02:32 PM (m0zqP)

57 You know how it was when the pre-ONT post went heavy on the bats for a while.

Posted by: Gordon Scott at July 02, 2022 02:33 PM (eIFle)

58 No way! Just relocate him/her. Most spiders are really harmless.
Posted by: jewells45 at July 02, 2022 02:28 PM (nxdel

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If by relocate you mean squash with extreme prejudice, then ok.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 02:34 PM (u73oe)

59 Do we need a trigger warning?
Posted by: KT

Nah you can go ahead and shoot it

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 02, 2022 02:35 PM (MGB5H)

60 I love the flower pics, they are all so lovely!

The kids all look so happy and that warms my heart.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 02, 2022 02:35 PM (oeVy+)

61 But a 15 oz can is now over one pound.
Posted by: Gordon Scott at July 02, 2022 02:32 PM (eIFle

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Inflation in the UK is so bad it's affecting gravity!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 02:36 PM (u73oe)

62 No way! Just relocate him/her. Most spiders are really harmless.
Posted by: jewells45

They are left alone until the touch me or I get a web in the face.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:36 PM (BEFG1)

63 Heard neighbors mowing this am. Then kids frolicking in water. Quiet now, so must be eating. Such a nice sound. I expecting the frolicking to continue soon.

Posted by: Infidel at July 02, 2022 02:40 PM (r2IDy)

64 They are left alone until the touch me or I get a web in the face.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:36 PM (BEFG1)

That's when I do my Chuck Norris/ Bruce Lee imitation.

Posted by: BignJames at July 02, 2022 02:40 PM (AwYPR)

65 For the most part, I have a deal with spiders. Don't start none, won't be none. For the most part.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 02:43 PM (u73oe)

66 Excellent content! I'm saving that kuchen recipe for peach season.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 02, 2022 02:43 PM (Mzdiz)

67 We're going on 3 weeks with no rain and above normal temperatures here in the Bluegrass. The trees are starting to show signs of stress as they drop their leaves in huge quantities. It almost looks like fall.

I've been watering the garden every other day to keep it from drying up and dying on us. So far we're doing pretty good with the summer (yellow)* squash, zucchini, cucumbers and green peppers. The tomatoes are slow to ripen and we've already had one picking of green beans with more on the way. There's also potatoes due to be dug up at the end of July.

* I had so many yellow squash the other day I gave about half a dozen to my neighbor who has chickens. The birds love squash and it's good for them. Plus I got 18 fresh eggs in trade.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 02, 2022 02:44 PM (BFigT)

68 I have been watching my tomatoes like a hawk waiting for them to get ripe, I think I have a few more days until they are ready.
My workers take them on Saturdays so I need to go check right now before they get off work. I want to beat them, I want the first ripe ones, I have basil and I'm craving a tomato and mozzarella salad.

I have a sheet with the varieties and how many plants we planted and we planted 612 plants in April and they just planted another row but I'm not sure how many plants they planted.
We plant white onions near the tomatoes so its like a salsa field.
My workers don't like the yellow brandywine tomatoes, I think they're too sweet for what they use them for.
The girl foreman is really nice and she makes us chili rellenos with chilis, onions and tomatoes from our field and brings them to us still hot. Best chili rellenos ever. She uses pasillas for me and jalapenos for CaliGuy. Her sauce is so good.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 02, 2022 02:47 PM (oeVy+)

69 I am fine with rain we have, have water barrel but hasn't been but 1/4 down so far

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 02, 2022 02:49 PM (2JoB8)

70 That's when I do my Chuck Norris/ Bruce Lee imitation.
Posted by: BignJames

The scream or just the falling down part?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:50 PM (BEFG1)

71 Day Lily buds are one of the best forageable foods. And since they both grow and bud so prolifically, it's easy as can be to pick a meal.

They taste kind of like green beans with a bit of mushroom. Great with pot roast and gravy. They don't grow where I live now in the Rockies, but back east I was a big Day Lily bud fan.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at July 02, 2022 02:51 PM (eiN05)

72 Posted by: CaliGirl

That sounds like a great big wonderful garden
I miss growing a garden in Santa Barbara as a kid. We could grow everything except for plants that need cold hours.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:52 PM (BEFG1)

73 The scream or just the falling down part?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:50 PM (BEFG1)

Oh...all of it.

Posted by: BignJames at July 02, 2022 02:52 PM (AwYPR)

74 I am planning a landscape drainage project. $50 for a 10' PVC pipe? What the hell?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 02, 2022 02:52 PM (AutJR)

75 I am planning a landscape drainage project. $50 for a 10' PVC pipe? What the hell?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

It's made of oil...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 02:53 PM (BEFG1)

76 And Chinese prisoners in a gulag

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 02, 2022 02:58 PM (2JoB8)

77 Neat spider.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 02, 2022 03:02 PM (KFhLj)

78 I love that blue flower, would love to know what it is. Pure blue flowers are rather rare and hard to find; even Texss Bluebonnets tend to be purplish. There are some pure blue cornflowers that I love.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 02, 2022 03:06 PM (DIeYk)

79 41. Not at all spider expert & used poor verbiage.
My apologies.

However, here are a few sites that included green huntsmans and if they are poisonous:

Is the Green Huntsman Spider Poisonous and Does it Bite
Like most huntsman spiders, this species may bite humans when provoked which is however not poisonous but painful indeed resulting in local swelling and redness.

Entification for com; Spideridentifications for com; Bestlifeonline dot com

And, yes, there are huntsman spiders in the States including some pretty big gals and guys around the South. Happy 4th!

Posted by: Lola at July 02, 2022 03:06 PM (NIYa7)

80 That's a gummy spider. They are safe to eat.

Posted by: fd at July 02, 2022 03:07 PM (sn5EN)

81 “trending shows ws on Netflix today.

One is a doc on how indigenous people contributed to rick music and without them rock would basically not exist.

Another show chronicling racism in America since the 1700s. Released on 4th of July weekend of course.

And you say Netflix stock is down 80% in the past year? So weird.

In yard news, I give up. There is a small patch of yard where grass refuses to grow. Ive been trying for 3 years to get it looking good and it refuses to be. So you win shifty soil. I an removing it all and putting in rocks.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at July 02, 2022 03:12 PM (ZfBoY)

82 For those who haven't lived there, Heinz Beans are like mac & cheese to those kids. But a 15 oz can is now over one pound.
Posted by: Gordon Scott
====
They're $3.49 can in Rhode Island, that's well over 2 pounds already. Seems like they're better off.

Posted by: From about that time at July 02, 2022 03:13 PM (4780s)

83 What a great Philmont story. Philmont is a treasure. Mrs. E was a little girl living in Colorado Springs when she first visited it, and she took me about 10 years ago.

Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2022 03:16 PM (gktX6)

84 Blue flowers:
Flax
Delphenium
Larkspur

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 03:17 PM (YynYJ)

85 "One is a doc on how indigenous people contributed to rick music"

THEY are responsible for "Never Gonna Give You Up"?

Posted by: fd at July 02, 2022 03:18 PM (sn5EN)

86 If you like blueberries, you may want to plant some. $12.99 for 18 ounces at the store just now. They were organics but still.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 03:20 PM (YynYJ)

87 In yard news, I give up. There is a small patch of yard where grass refuses to grow. Ive been trying for 3 years to get it looking good and it refuses to be. So you win shifty soil. I an removing it all and putting in rocks.
Posted by: Joe XiDen

Try replacing the soil and planting seed before ya rock.

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 03:22 PM (arJlL)

88 Elvis stole his moves from Chief Ten Bears.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 03:23 PM (u73oe)

89 >>> 87 In yard news, I give up. There is a small patch of yard where grass refuses to grow. Ive been trying for 3 years to get it looking good and it refuses to be. So you win shifty soil. I an removing it all and putting in rocks.
Posted by: Joe XiDen

Try replacing the soil and planting seed before ya rock.
Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 03:22 PM (arJlL)

How deep and how far around the crappy area should be dug out?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2022 03:23 PM (llON8)

90 I just drove by a place that did meadow mix in the space next to the sidewalk. It was really pretty. I did buy some flowers this seed order.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 03:23 PM (YynYJ)

91 What a great video! I have seen hummingbird moths twice; the first time, I thought it was a humongous bee (fuzzy body).

I love red-white-and-blue flower schemes.

In my garden, I figured out I overwatered the tomatoes. Turning yellow. Ugh.

The lilies are beginning to bloom and there are EVEN MORE ferns coming up near the seven-year-old singleton that a friend gave me when it was uprooted during a porch addition. I don't know what spurred the reproduction, but I appreciate anything that makes it less likely for kids to hop the fence and take a shortcut across the lawn.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 02, 2022 03:28 PM (yKPAy)

92 I like running a weedeater. Mine is an Echo with a gator head and will cut scrub big around as my thumb. Problem is older I get smaller run time to kick my ass

Posted by: Eromero at July 02, 2022 03:29 PM (gktX6)

93 Critter thread is up.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 02, 2022 03:30 PM (u73oe)

94 Try replacing the soil and planting seed before ya rock.
Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 03:22 PM (arJlL)

How deep and how far around the crappy area should be dug out?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

I had a spot that just wouldn't grow anything, always yellow at the last house.
I was putting in a drip line when I found the builders had put all their cement wash out there. It was about 3 feet across and about 8" below the soil level.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 03:31 PM (BEFG1)

95 Try replacing the soil and planting seed before ya rock.
Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 03:22 PM (arJlL)

How deep and how far around the crappy area should be dug out?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

4-6 inches. Perhaps oil or gas was spilled there in the past.

Posted by: JT at July 02, 2022 03:36 PM (arJlL)

96 Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 03:17 PM

The one in the photo is a Phacelia. The red one is a Shirley Poppy (corn poppy - same as the Flanders Field poppies). The white one is Prickly Poppy - Argemone.

Posted by: KT at July 02, 2022 03:43 PM (rrtZS)

97 Another (very strong vote) for Magnolia Green Jumper on the spider ID.

Here's the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyssomanes_viridis

Posted by: nope at July 02, 2022 03:44 PM (1H+w8)

98 I bought Elka White Poppy (white breadseed type) and Hungarian Blue Breadseed Poppy. Both are from Adaptive seeds. I was trying to come up with some seeds and grains I could grow and remembered poppy seeds.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 03:51 PM (YynYJ)

99 Dogs have a built in cast iron bullshit detector that few humans ever admit to attaining.

Posted by: Ray at July 02, 2022 03:56 PM (sw3xv)

100 Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 03:51 PM

Corn poppy seeds are edible, but taste different from opium poppy seeds. J.L. Hudson sells a culinary variety.

Posted by: KT at July 02, 2022 03:59 PM (rrtZS)

101 JT at July 02, 2022 03:22 PM

Have you thought about a plant other than grass that doesn't need to be mowed (or mowed so much)?

Yarrow comes to mind right off the bat, but there are other plants that take poor soil, too. Subshrubs, maybe.

Posted by: KT at July 02, 2022 04:02 PM (rrtZS)

102 I will put in opium poppies too. The leaves and stems, if prepared right, provide pain relief.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 02, 2022 04:03 PM (YynYJ)

103 I will put in opium poppies too. The leaves and stems, if prepared right, provide pain relief.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Unfortunately you can be arrested for growing opium poppies in the US.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 02, 2022 04:13 PM (BEFG1)

104 "Unfortunately you can be arrested for growing opium poppies in the US."

Yeah, but that's just a drug charge. It's not like you walked past non-existent barriers to the Capitol grounds.

Posted by: Gordon Scott at July 02, 2022 04:29 PM (eIFle)

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