Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, June 10

Hi, everybody! Anything going on in the garden or in the outdoors?

We've heard from Tom Servo, who sent in the lovely photo of the Luna Moth above. A Moon insect in June, sort of:

Here's one that was the highlight of my weekend - found this just out of a chrysalis in my front yard! My grandson noticed that if you zoom up on it, it's wings look more like a painting than like an actual living creature. Also it's the only moth or butterfly I know of that's shaped like a B-2 bomber.
God decided to have fun with design that day!

Plus a great idea that turned out well:

I had a very visible bed in front of my house where all the
foundation plantings froze, and I didn't want to make some big plan . So I
chose to just fill it with gladiolus bulbs and a few other things - you can see a
nice big bunch of Dahlias in the lower right of this photo. Easy to do, and
it has come out looking better than I thought it could!

Striking!

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Farm report:

Got our first good cantaloupe this week. Served it with a scoop of Tillamook Peaches and Cream Ice Cream. Once a year.

California cherries and strawberries have been a little late because of all the rain, and cherries have had more doubling than usual. But they have been good. Some orchards probably go flooded out.

Do you do anything with sweet cherries besides eating them straight?

Joy is a handful of juicy gems from the San Joaquin Valley! (H/t @AgWriterVLBoyd for the family fun day idea!) pic.twitter.com/x8q6AAH5xh
— Mike Hsu (@UCANRMike) May 28, 2023

Fresno State Sweet Corn returns to market. Have you got local corn yet? Do you grill it?

News about the Kern River and the California Aqueduct

Southern California will benefit from all that mountain snowpack coursing into the Kern River, in the form of more drinking water. Story from ⁦@ByIanJames⁩: https://t.co/6lCFGaEQVr
— Sammy Roth (@Sammy_Roth) May 20, 2023

Kern River, Merle Haggard

Tuesday was World Pest Day.

#WorldPestDay. Aphids (yellow) are pests of milkweed, feeding here in our habitat area, while ladybugs are at work devouring them. pic.twitter.com/yCaxKOCvsN
— Westside Farmer 🦅 (@JoeDelBosque) June 6, 2023

Here's a big farm machine to help control pests and weeds. I don't think this one is available for home gardeners.

We look forward to putting Vulcan in customers’ hands later this year. We’ve been putting our Vulcan intra-row cultivator and its sub-system components through a wide series of intense #fieldtests and are over the moon with the performance we've monitored.#innovation #agtech pic.twitter.com/NTHicE7IOS
— FarmWise (@FarmWiseLabs) May 26, 2023

Adventure

Above, a photo from Brookgreen Gardens a little earlier this year. The mom who took the photo will be moving away from South Carolina soon, and will miss the Botanical Gardens.

Gardens of The Horde

I've been worried that the El Nino means a dry summer for the
Mid-Atlantic, and so far it's worse than I expected. Not a drop of rain
for me in June so far, but my roses had a very nice first bloom in May.
They'll need a lot of water to keep going this summer, so I have my
hoses out for weekly waterings. My now-crispy lawn is on its own, though.
Carefree Beauty started it off in early May, followed by Macy's Pride,
then Orange Impressionist, Centennial, Salmon Impressionist and finally
First Crush. The roses have all recovered from being dug up and moved
around my yard 3 years ago.
badgerwx

Great news about the roses. They look great!

Carefree Beauty

Macy's Pride with Iris

Orange Impressionist

Centennial

Salmon Impressionist

First Crush

First Crush bloomed Last? Love them.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, June 3

Any thoughts or questions?

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:26 PM

Comments

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1 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Biggest news I have is continuing dryness

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2023 01:31 PM (xhxe8)

2 Gardens sprouting peppers, but as said watering every other day

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2023 01:32 PM (xhxe8)

3 During Pride Month!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 10, 2023 01:33 PM (IpWuW)

4 The killer Kern river. eight people drowned between 2022 and 2023.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at June 10, 2023 01:34 PM (Unxxm)

5 I finally figured out why my Cilantro kept dying. It's rayciss and only likes to be with its own kind. I put it in a separate big planter and it's going crazy.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 10, 2023 01:35 PM (IpWuW)

6 Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at June 10, 2023 01:34 PM

They had flooding upstream on the Kern River this season, fairly early. They don't have very good flood control in some of the little communities along the river.

But most of the deaths are probably from recreation.

Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 01:37 PM (rrtZS)

7 Hawkpilot at June 10, 2023 01:35 PM

Fascinating. Don't expect it to live long, though. Cilantro goes to flower fast and needs to be replanted. But you can eat the seeds.

Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 01:38 PM (rrtZS)

8 Can't make salsa without cilantro. Word.

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2023 01:40 PM (oRWDD)

9 You can compost cilantro too

Posted by: Skip at June 10, 2023 01:43 PM (xhxe8)

10 The killer Kern river. eight people drowned between 2022 and 2023.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty

That's what happens when you have water in it and people are not used to that water.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 01:46 PM (5SW2U)

11 What a pretty moth, love the B2 analogy!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 01:46 PM (5SW2U)

12 Got my basil, mint and something called Rue planted. It is edible but very limited in its usage. It has pretty yellow flowers though! Will send along pics when it's blooming.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at June 10, 2023 01:46 PM (wagHN)

13 The new lawn in the back yard is coming in really well, if a bit patchy in places. Its really delicate in some spots as well but its going to need mowing soon. I'm not sure exactly when to mow it, but I'm gonna try in the week after next.

I had to weed and feed it this week though, lots of other stuff is sprouting in the new sod because of all the watering.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 10, 2023 01:49 PM (0hOvj)

14 my gardening pet peeve of the day (since I've just been dealing with it) - gas powered weed eaters. I hate gas powered weedeaters! I've gotten to where I buy a ryobi (because I have the various attachments) and I use it for a couple years until suddenly one day it won't start any more. Now this is galling to me, since I am usually good at keeping small engines running - but when this day comes, I've found it's better to just dump it in the trash and go buy a new one, since it's less than $200. Makes me mad every time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2023 01:51 PM (S6gqv)

15 Bumper crop of baby quail around here.
Just saw a covey with 10 chicks a little smaller than a 50cent piece.
The largest covey of babies we've ever seen happened last week, 21 little guys.
I have tried to get pictures of them for all of you; but, they just blend into the desert so well they don't show up in the pictures.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 01:51 PM (5SW2U)

16 jewells45 fuck cancer at June 10, 2023 01:46 PM

Rue is used as an insect repellent sometimes, but it is a food source for some butterflies in the Black Swallowtail family. It is related somehow to citrus, I think.

Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 01:54 PM (rrtZS)

17 Just no puttering from the rough.

Posted by: Don't care if it is "Pride" month at June 10, 2023 01:55 PM (II3Gr)

18 AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 01:51 PM

They are so adorable!

Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 01:55 PM (rrtZS)

19 Those roses remind me of my grandmother. She had a pretty large rose garden, complete with several climbers on arched trellis. You could walk through them and into a "U" shaped walkway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2023 02:00 PM (Q4IgG)

20 We started using non ethanol gas in all small engines and boats, and dumping the weed eaters after two years became a thing of the past.

That was so infuriating. Planned obsolescence has gotten out of control.

Posted by: Derak at June 10, 2023 02:10 PM (T3SEt)

21 Beautiful photos! I've been looking for a Mary Rose (Ausmary) for my MiL (it's her name). They're quite beautiful. I've never raised roses but would like to give this one a try (https://tinyurl.com/4pe34crj).

Meanwhile in the garden, the first planting of yellow corn is tassling. Does this mean we'll get some for July 4th? I don't know.

We'll be harvesting our first broccoli later today. I'll leave the honors to Publius. The red potatoes are struggling, but the russets seem to be doing well. Green beans are full of flowers. Most of the tomatoes survived transplanting - 2 died, 5 are meh, but since they're Rutgers 250, I'll do everything possible to help them through.

The okra is doing well, although I still have to plant the white okra (that's going to be in front of the screen porch as a novelty). The seeds would NOT sprout in cells (despite 2 attempts), and I only bought 20, so the last 8 are going straight into the ground.

I've mulched the peas and lima beans with straw. Once they start vining, tilling will be impossible.

More peppers being planted this evening, along with the eggplants that have been brooding in bigger pots.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:13 PM (Mzdiz)

22 I love those two tone iris! Mine disappointed me this year, great foliage almost no blooms.

Finding the Luna was fun because we don't see them very often in E.T. , and finding it in my own yard was a true joy. In my travels over the years its seemed to me that the closer you get to the Mississippi River the more of them you see, as though somehow that is their source. I know that's kind of silly, but it still feels that way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2023 02:13 PM (Bgvlk)

23 Somewhere I think we have a battery powered weed eater and I should try to find it. Wet spring here means I couldn't keep up with just hand weeding.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 10, 2023 02:17 PM (3cGpq)

24 We started using non ethanol gas in all small engines and boats, and dumping the weed eaters after two years became a thing of the past.

That was so infuriating. Planned obsolescence has gotten out of control.
Posted by: Derak

We own a tree company. Have 20 or so saws, 3 blowers, hedge trimmers, etc.. Always use non-ethanol gas. BUT anything that sets awhile will have problems anyway, cause the oil separates from the gas.
At my house, I have a battery operated chainsaw and a battery operated weedeater. Go figger.

Posted by: MkY at June 10, 2023 02:19 PM (cPGH3)

25 We've had a lot of rain here in Colorado Springs. My rose bushes have loved it. My hybrid teas had some buds.... and then along came a danged squirrel and ate the buds. Not happy about this at all. I sprayed a capsaicin mix to help shoo them away.

I also found aphids. Flicked those buggers off and sprayed neem oil. Also this weekend I've been planting marigolds, mint and lavender to help repel the ants. Supposedly the strong scent of these plants are natural repellents. If not, no big loss, they all smell and look nice.

Posted by: TB24601 at June 10, 2023 02:19 PM (VamVj)

26 Miley, white okra?
Edible? The pods are white?

Posted by: MkY at June 10, 2023 02:20 PM (cPGH3)

27 Such a pretty moth! I'm a little envious.

Current garden status: a meadow on the outskirts of a forest haunted by witches. The bunnies and squirrels like it.

Today is the first weekend I've been home that hasn't had dangerous heat or forest fire smoke. The lawn is so high, my mower stalls.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 10, 2023 02:21 PM (/+bwe)

28 Dad used to do some weed eating and handle the mowing. This year I am actually enjoying mowing with the riding mower, good thing since I've had to mow 3 times already, and this is just rough farm yard mowing every couple of weeks, not trying to maintain a lawn effect.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 10, 2023 02:21 PM (3cGpq)

29 I use to grow hybrid tea roses. Loved them, but it was less work having a puppy, a pool, or an infant.

Posted by: MkY at June 10, 2023 02:22 PM (cPGH3)

30 Carefree Beauty started it off in early May, followed by Macy's Pride,
badgerwx

Finally, something to actually be proud of in Pride Month!

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2023 02:24 PM (DgGvY)

31 RE:21 Miley, okravangelist

Mary Rose - a David Austin rose. A friend of mine loves Austin roses and has around a dozen. I tried to find disease-resistant roses but have found that disease-resistant doesn't mean disease-proof. Even though it hasn't been that humid yet, I've already got signs of blackspot. I hope they won't be leaf-less by the end of summer.

Posted by: badgerwx at June 10, 2023 02:26 PM (H9xjb)

32 Also this weekend I've been planting marigolds, mint and lavender to help repel the ants. Supposedly the strong scent of these plants are natural repellents. Posted by: TB24601

I don't know about ants, but my Mom's flower garden has a bunny problem. They eat all the flowers except the marigolds.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2023 02:28 PM (DgGvY)

33 Wet spring here means I couldn't keep up with just hand weeding.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 10, 2023 02:17 PM (3cGpq)

Publius laughs at me because I'm a hand-weeder (my hoeing is piss-poor and my left shoulder gets aggravated by it). Yes, we till, but that's not even 2 ft on a 3 foot row. I still have to pull what's up close to the plants. And I do it barehanded, so my fingertips are like sandpaper.

Close to 3/10ths of an acre, hand-weeded. I'm a Moron.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:30 PM (Mzdiz)

34 The only thing ever kept the rabbits away from my flower beds is letting the clover grow in my front lawn. The rabbits really love clover and usually prefer it to my plants.

Posted by: badgerwx at June 10, 2023 02:31 PM (H9xjb)

35 my gardening pet peeve of the day (since I've just been dealing with it) - gas powered weed eaters. I hate gas powered weedeaters! I've gotten to where I buy a ryobi (because I have the various attachments) and I use it for a couple years until suddenly one day it won't start any more. Now this is galling to me, since I am usually good at keeping small engines running - but when this day comes, I've found it's better to just dump it in the trash and go buy a new one, since it's less than $200. Makes me mad every time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2023 01:51 PM (S6gqv)

Have you looked at push-trimmers? We have one and it's AWESOME.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:32 PM (Mzdiz)

36 Close to 3/10ths of an acre, hand-weeded. I'm a Moron.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:30 PM

Wow! I can barely hand-weed my 2X6 garden without a break!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 10, 2023 02:33 PM (/+bwe)

37 Those roses remind me of my grandmother. She had a pretty large rose garden, complete with several climbers on arched trellis. You could walk through them and into a "U" shaped walkway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 10, 2023 02:00 PM (Q4IgG)

{{{rose trellises}}}

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:34 PM (Mzdiz)

38 The battery powered chainsaw is the best chainsaw I've ever owned! It's an 18" I'd say it's medium duty, I wouldn't do anything really big with it. But when I think of how frustration I had in thr past trying to get the gas one to start up again after a while...

And what I use it for today is the occasional limb that gets knocked out of a tree. It's great for that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2023 02:34 PM (6Mu/L)

39 Miley, will your white okra bloom ivory with purple center likr Clemson okra? I can't do links, but there's a Joseph's Coat Rose here in ETEX (home of the Rose Festival). Three colors on one bush.

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2023 02:34 PM (oRWDD)

40 I also found aphids. Flicked those buggers off and sprayed neem oil. Also this weekend I've been planting marigolds, mint and lavender to help repel the ants. Supposedly the strong scent of these plants are natural repellents. If not, no big loss, they all smell and look nice.

Posted by: TB24601 at June 10, 2023 02:19 PM (VamVj)

I used a soap solution made with liquid Castille soap, and it cleaned those things off my clematis earlier this spring. Had to keep on it daily for a few days. I was so happy that I caught them early.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:37 PM (Mzdiz)

41 i should grow some okra...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 10, 2023 02:37 PM (UUBmN)

42 26 Miley, white okra?
Edible? The pods are white?

Posted by: MkY at June 10, 2023 02:20 PM (cPGH3)

Presumably esculent, and I'm assuming they will be a pale greenish-white. Will send photos when the time comes. Also of the red burgundy okra.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:38 PM (Mzdiz)

43 Testing.

Posted by: Test at June 10, 2023 02:39 PM (rgraQ)

44 I can't hand weed anymore. my SI joint will go out and then I can't do much for days after.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 10, 2023 02:40 PM (UUBmN)

45 Please tell me you SouthCarolinians plantedsome peanuts. Lie to me if you have to.

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2023 02:41 PM (oRWDD)

46 27 Current garden status: a meadow on the outskirts of a forest haunted by witches. The bunnies and squirrels like it.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 10, 2023 02:21 PM (/+bwe)

We never put in a lawn after we built the house. It's set back against a curve of woods, maybe 75 feet to the north, and the rest is reclaimed farmland gone to seed. So we're expanding gardens gradually, away from the house. Publius bush-hogs the rest, and my brother uses the push trimmer for fine tuning.

I decided that I didn't need a true grass lawn, and he was happy to go along with it. I can't imagine that an HOA would permit such a thing. I love being able to do what I want.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:43 PM (Mzdiz)

47 Even though it hasn't been that humid yet, I've already got signs of blackspot. I hope they won't be leaf-less by the end of summer.

Posted by: badgerwx at June 10, 2023 02:26 PM (H9xjb)

See, I know nothing about roses and fear that I may inadvertently kill it. Roses are one of those things that have a reputation for being cranky.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:45 PM (Mzdiz)

48 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 02:47 PM (T4tVD)

49 Wow! I can barely hand-weed my 2X6 garden without a break!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 10, 2023 02:33 PM (/+bwe)

A minimum of 15 hours a week, I'm sure. I take frequent breaks, keep hydrated and wear a broadbrimmed hat. I've got a wicked farmer's tan.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:48 PM (Mzdiz)

50 Miley, will your white okra bloom ivory with purple center likr Clemson okra? I can't do links, but there's a Joseph's Coat Rose here in ETEX (home of the Rose Festival). Three colors on one bush.

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2023 02:34 PM (oRWDD)

I don't know! I wanted okra flowers in my wedding bouquet because they're so beautiful, but it was a late afternoon wedding and the flowers die in the afternoon. So I had to settle for pods. Wish I'd had multicolored pods last year!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:50 PM (Mzdiz)

51 RE cranky roses

That's why you see the Knockouts everywhere. They are very resistant to blackspot and some other common diseases. I have a couple of those too, but they're not as showy as the ones I sent in. They say blackspot doesn't kill the rose but I think it can weaken it so something else does. I've lost 3 roses over the last 20 years where they just up & died in the late summer.

Posted by: badgerwx at June 10, 2023 02:52 PM (H9xjb)

52 15 Bumper crop of baby quail around here.
Just saw a covey with 10 chicks a little smaller than a 50cent piece.
The largest covey of babies we've ever seen happened last week, 21 little guys.
I have tried to get pictures of them for all of you; but, they just blend into the desert so well they don't show up in the pictures.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 01:51 PM (5SW2U)

It's funny how the females lay eggs all the time then they all hatch at once. I have a huge covey of them in a Lilac bush that I have fenced off so the neighborhood cats can't get in. I haven't seen them yet this year but there will be about 100 of them any day now.
Biggest problem those little guys have around here is the run into the road and freeze and sit (their defense mechanism) when a car comes. I hate going out and finding their little bodies in the road.

Posted by: Reforger at June 10, 2023 02:53 PM (B705c)

53 Welllll
Everybody's MoMee n'
and havin' fun

I'm just a fool for stayin' home and havin' none...

I never thought that I'd miss CBD...

Oh, lonesome me !

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 02:55 PM (T4tVD)

54 My Tribute to Hank Williams kilt da Thread !

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 02:59 PM (T4tVD)

55 I decided that I didn't need a true grass lawn, and he was happy to go along with it. I can't imagine that an HOA would permit such a thing. I love being able to do what I want.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 02:43 PM

Sounds like lawns near my hometown: around the house and outbuildings. Most everything else is mown by horse, cow, or by hay bailers.

Here, I'm close to a marsh. Mowing keeps down the mosquitos and ticks.

I can't imagine living with an HOA. My neighbors have statuary, work on their motorcycles in their driveway, and decorate for the holidays. That said, I have a soft spot for our new blight laws, living next door to hoarder's house that overflowed.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 10, 2023 02:59 PM (/+bwe)

56 My Tribute to Hank Williams kilt da Thread !
Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 02:59 PM

Nah. They just moved the party outside, to the garden!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 10, 2023 03:01 PM (/+bwe)

57 I have a wheel barrow in our front yard that used the have dianthis growing in it. For some odd reason, it all died last year. This year I tried using seed tape that Mrs. Old Blue picked up. I was skeptical, but gave it a shot and followed the directions faithfully. Behold! Little shoots popping up all over the place. I got tree rat repellent, but nothing seems to deter this little rat. So today I sprinkled it with cayenne pepper. I just ordered some super hot chili powder that should be here Monday. He declared war, and I'm going to win! Tired of him treating my seedlings like a salad bar!

Posted by: Old Blue at June 10, 2023 03:02 PM (Pxa/w)

58 I never thought that I'd miss CBD...

Posted by: JT

Now that's funny.
I have to ask, did you read the content?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:03 PM (5SW2U)

59 He declared war, and I'm going to win! Tired of him treating my seedlings like a salad bar!
Posted by: Old Blue

subsonic 22 shorts work the best.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:04 PM (5SW2U)

60 I never thought that I'd miss CBD...

Posted by: JT

Now that's funny.
I have to ask, did you read the content?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Looks around....he ain't here is he ?

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 03:04 PM (T4tVD)

61 Old Blue, I had to look up dianthis. Very pretty! I'd want to eat it, too!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 10, 2023 03:04 PM (/+bwe)

62 Looks around....he ain't here is he ?
Posted by: JT

I think he's a member of 5-eyes!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:05 PM (5SW2U)

63 I also ordered a slingshot with ceramic ammo. If that doesn't deter the little tree rat, I'm going to get a live squirrel trap, snare the little bugger and release him in an open space I know of that has lots of predators. Stoopid tree rats!

Posted by: Old Blue at June 10, 2023 03:05 PM (Pxa/w)

64 subsonic 22 shorts work the best.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:04 PM (5SW2U)

I have the weapons capable of that. However, the city of Arvada frowns on discharging firearms in the city limits. But don't think I haven't thought about it. Maybe he could be convinced to go play in traffic.

Posted by: Old Blue at June 10, 2023 03:08 PM (Pxa/w)

65 Waitin' on The Pet Thread....

I always wanted a ZZTop beard....

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 03:10 PM (T4tVD)

66 Yesterday I saw a squirrel raiding a mockingbird nest, stealing an egg and eating it. The mockingbirds were pissed! I never thought they'd do that, the nasty little buggers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2023 03:11 PM (6Mu/L)

67 I have the weapons capable of that. However, the city of Arvada frowns on discharging firearms in the city limits.
Posted by: Old Blue

Oh, I didn't know you were a City-dweller... Condolences!
JK!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:12 PM (5SW2U)

68 Please tell me you SouthCarolinians plantedsome peanuts. Lie to me if you have to.

Posted by: Eromero at June 10, 2023 02:41 PM (oRWDD)

I cannot lie; it never occurred to me. I did want to plant cotton at least once. Publius' daddy raised cotton back in the day.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 03:13 PM (Mzdiz)

69 I did want to plant cotton at least once. Publius' daddy raised cotton back in the day.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

You could make yer own Q-Tips !

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 03:17 PM (T4tVD)

70 Anyhow, I was pleasantly surprised about the seed tape. Supposed to be about 18 different varieties of flowers. I told Mrs. Old Blue that I was going to be known as the crazy old guy in 25 that went out and watered the dirt in his wheel barrow twice a day. I was tickled pink when I started seeing little leaves start to poke their heads up.

Posted by: Old Blue at June 10, 2023 03:18 PM (Pxa/w)

71 i should grow some okra...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 10, 2023 02:37 PM (UUBmN)

You absolutely should! So good for you, too!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 03:20 PM (Mzdiz)

72 18 different varieties of flowers. I told Mrs. Old Blue that I was going to be known as the crazy old guy in 25 that went out and watered the dirt in his wheel barrow twice a day.
Posted by: Old Blue

I'll bet that's going to be a pretty display!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:21 PM (5SW2U)

73 Guess the Pets went to the MoMee.....

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 03:21 PM (T4tVD)

74 Guess the Pets went to the MoMee.....
Posted by: JT

7 more minutes usually...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:22 PM (5SW2U)

75 Guess the Pets went to the MoMee.....
Posted by: JT

Pet nood!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 10, 2023 03:23 PM (5SW2U)

76 You could make yer own Q-Tips !

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 03:17 PM (T4tVD)

*noted for Burning Times*

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 10, 2023 03:24 PM (Mzdiz)

77 I miss sweet cherry time. When we were raising our children we lived on the edge of a large orchard. The farmer let us pick what was left after harvest. I always told the kids we were treasure hunting. Sweet cherries made great jam and even better pies. Such great memories! Thanks for the reminder.

Posted by: Grannysaurus Rex at June 10, 2023 03:24 PM (QiFeo)

78 JT, I know this because I lost the bar bet once.
"Lonesome Me" is by Don Gibson, not Hank.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 10, 2023 03:26 PM (jYCXf)

79 But most of the deaths are probably from recreation.
Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 01:37 PM (rrtZS)

A friend used to work for the rural fire district East of Salem, and every year they would put on a joint practice/demonstration for kids showing why not to "shoot" the culverts for the irrigation canals under the roads in the summer when it gets hot and swimming seems like a good idea It is easy to get stuck and drowned, or sliced up on rusty edges and drowned, or just drowned

Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2023 03:26 PM (xhaym)

80 JT, I know this because I lost the bar bet once.
"Lonesome Me" is by Don Gibson, not Hank.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT !

Posted by: JT at June 10, 2023 03:27 PM (T4tVD)

81 Ethanol is for cocktails.

I use 91 octane non-ethanol fuel and it is always poured rich with earth-destroying oil! Anybody who thinks they're saving the earth with poor-functioning garden tools is a fool.

Mowers, whackers chainsaws, - my aim is to smoke out NYC every time I fire up the chainsaw.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 10, 2023 03:31 PM (KVGVf)

82 Those multi-color irises are something I have never seen!

Posted by: m at June 10, 2023 03:44 PM (SbC6h)

83 RE Macy's Pride and irises

I got them at a Home Depot 19 yrs ago when I first started my garden. I don't know if they even had a name.

Posted by: badgerwx at June 10, 2023 03:56 PM (H9xjb)

84 Kindltot at June 10, 2023 03:26 PM

My Mom used to swim in irrigation canals. Never heard her talk about swimming under roads, though.

She got skilled, though. Once on a triple date with two other couples, the two male friends of my Dad tried to dunk her in a pool. She nearly drowned both of them.

Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 04:21 PM (rrtZS)

85 I've never seen a Luna Moth in real life. I'm kind of jealous.

Posted by: KT at June 10, 2023 04:21 PM (rrtZS)

86 If the cherries are really tasty, there's no need to do anything except enjoy them, especially those expensive rainier cherries. However, now and again, I will make a very easy recipe -Clafoutis- with them and it is delicious.

Posted by: keena at June 10, 2023 04:50 PM (RiTnx)

87
In my various places to grow stuff I have multiple tomato plants, a couple of varieties of lettuce, cucumber, zucchini, and pumpkin growing. Weird spring, which follows a weird winter. Have to water daily because of lack of rain.

When this happens (lack of rain) in my part of the country (SE PA) it usually means a hurricane will hit somewhere else and end up here, stall, and balance out the annual rainfall totals.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at June 10, 2023 05:18 PM (enJYY)

88
nood music

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 10, 2023 07:29 PM (ENBF0)

89 I bought a couple Easy Elegance Kashmir roses last year, and they’re lovely—and easy. Using a systemic insecticide has eliminated devoured leaves, and seems to repel deer (although I also use a hot pepper spray). I don’t get to call it organic gardening, but I do enjoy them.

Posted by: marbucks at June 11, 2023 02:37 PM (IENcU)

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