Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, July 13

Here's a royal poinciana tree I found near my home. I am filled with envy that I do not have a yard big enough for one of these spectacular orange red beauties. sigh
Just call me "Dirk Bohunk" like my legion of admirers...well at least my dog would if he could talk.

Well, that is a spectacular tree, alright. Doesn't grow in many places in the USA.

It's been pretty hot around here. And we've had a few raindrops this morning. I guess this is our "monsoon". We're chopping weeds. What are you doing in the garden? Seen anything interesting in the neighborhood?

Here's a bloom from my Chinese hibiscus. It's a smaller plant and not as prolific a bloomer as the solid pink hibiscus in my yard, but it makes up for it in blazing colors.
Dirk Bohunk

A little different flower form than the usual Tropical hibiscus we often see. But similar to some other members of the genus. Lovely.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Not only does By-Tor grow his own tomatoes, but his friend brings him home-grown tomatoes, too! I'm thinking some of these might be Juliet.

He had some with breakfast:

We'll be over for breakfast some time next week.

Ah, Nature

Hi KT,
The other morning I took a walk down the street here in San Diego and saw this growing in the grass under a Eucalyptus tree. I don't recall ever seeing one of these so I did a quick search and found nothing similar. I am wondering if any readers know what it might be.
Napoleon XIV

You don't usually see the gills on top of the toadstool like that. Anybody know what it is?

A Monarch found our one milkweed plant and deposited 2 eggs…
Nan in AZ

So fun!

Puttering

Art for a hot summer:

Hans Thoma, Germany
(1839–1924) pic.twitter.com/sLpJbhED8b
— Academia Aesthetics (@AcademiaAesthe1) July 8, 2024

What do you do with those flowers after you gather them? Some unusual ideas

Flower Arrangement Ideas

pic.twitter.com/SOf1ZDpWDf
— Figen (@TheFigen_) July 8, 2024

Adventure

Travel to Switzerland, see a rose.

Gardens of The Horde

A dish garden of three: a pitcher plant, a Venus flytrap, and a sundew. The white flower is from the Venus flytrap. I missed a picture of the sundew flower but it was very similar in form to the flytrap although a light purple instead of white.
Lirio100

Ambitious and fun! Also check out the expert commentary from our outdoor carnivorous plant expert Tony Litwin and Ladyhobbit in the comments from last week (below) starting at comment 72. Perhaps dish gardens are an interesting way to replicate mini-environments.

Hi KT!
The sunflowers are doing well this year, in spite of a late start. I'm really enjoying the bees that are visiting. I'm always impressed with the size of the leaves. Giant solar panels providing a lot of photosynthesis for these huge plants. And such beauty from such small seeds!
Thanks for all you do!
Mrs. Leggy

Love seeing those big, exuberant plants and flowers! We may want growing tips!

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, July 6

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 01:19 PM

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1 Gardening? Does lawn mowing count? 2 hours on a 50" zero turn. 🤮

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2024 01:28 PM (NzK/m)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2024 01:28 PM (NzK/m)

3 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Fixing a gutter and will be back

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2024 01:36 PM (fwDg9)

4 Love that hibiscus! Mine is finally starting to bloom, but not picture worth yet.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2024 01:39 PM (pgG81)

5 Deer ate the cucumber leaves sticking out of the fence but didn't get a cucumber nor flower. So picked 3 cucumbers, 3 green sweet peppers and 20 little chile peppers. Made chile with 11 of them and it was hot

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2024 01:43 PM (fwDg9)

6 Love the flower arrangements!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2024 01:43 PM (OX9vb)

7 It is humid and hot out there

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2024 01:47 PM (fwDg9)

8 I am once again disappointed with my peach tree. Year one, no peaches. Year two, four peaches. Year three, dozens of peaches formed before a hard frost killed them.

Now, year four--hundreds of peaches! Possibly thousands! One branch so heavily laden it broke off the tree. But all of them are tiny, like plum sized. I have to get them cut up and canned today and tomorrow if I am to save any of them. Going to be veeeeery busy.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2024 01:48 PM (OX9vb)

9 Hi KT!

My wild black raspberries are finished. I made a conscious effort to save them this year, instead of eating them right away. I flash froze them and have about a gallon.

I want to make jam or jelly with them. My brother says he uses SureJell and just follows the recipe on it.

Any tips or tricks? Should I keep the seeds or try to strain them?

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 13, 2024 01:48 PM (NMT5x)

10 I've got one of those Royal Poincianas growing in my front yard here in Coral Springs FL. I'm not crazy about the flower color tbh, but as a shade tree it does well and is appreciated in summer. They are wide spreading, with very fine leaves, giving a wide swath of high dappled shade. All things living under it appreciate the relief from mid-summer FL sun.

Posted by: Ex GOP at July 13, 2024 01:49 PM (GpUII)

11 I guess I need to learn the sweet spot for pruning to get a good yield of bigger fruit.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2024 01:49 PM (OX9vb)

12 I visited Guadalajara one summer and those Poinciana trees were everywhere - spectacularly beautiful! In terms of weather, that city had the most perfect climate I’ve ever seen. It’s near the equator, but at the same elevation as Denver, so the high temp for the •year• is about 88 degrees ; and the low for the year is about 40.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2024 01:49 PM (pgG81)

13 Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2024 01:48 PM

Next year, thin heavily when they are very tiny. Avoid broken branches and small peaches.

Also, prune after they bear. Look for instructions on Youtube. You won't get peaches next year where you got them this year.

Posted by: KT at July 13, 2024 01:52 PM (rrtZS)

14 This is my second attempt at the carnivorous plants. They are not indoor plants. I tried to keep some in a cold window area but it didn't work. This year I am going to actually try what the nursery said and bury the pot in the garden over winter (I know, following directions, who knew?)

The soil is the recommended mix of peat moss and perlite; I plugged the drainage hole to help keep the soil moist enough for them. So far so good.

Posted by: Lirio100 at July 13, 2024 01:57 PM (I5U35)

15 Hi
Not much to report except it’s been hot but we did a little rain. My tomatoes are showing a few flowers so maybe they will survive the heat wave. Oh, wait. Tuesday predicted to be 100 degrees. Sigh.🤞

Posted by: Sharon(willows apprentice ) at July 13, 2024 01:57 PM (t/2Uw)

16 Thanks, KT. I was so thrilled it was producing this year that I left it alone, knowing some would fall. But it was a disaster of abundance.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2024 02:03 PM (OX9vb)

17 haffhowershower at July 13, 2024 01:48 PM

If you make jelly, you won't get much. You could mix the juice with peaches or a similar fruit, though. If you want jelly, try a steam juicer.

I think seeds are fine with raspberries if you make preserves. Blackberry seeds are a little large, so jam may be better for blackberries.

Follow the recipe of whatever pectin you use.

Posted by: KT at July 13, 2024 02:03 PM (rrtZS)

18 >> Not only does By-Tor grow his own tomatoes, but
>> his friend brings him home-grown tomatoes

Now those are some real friends!

Posted by: 40 Miles North at July 13, 2024 02:03 PM (uWF4x)

19 And still not 1 ripe tomato, and not too many green ones showing

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2024 02:04 PM (fwDg9)

20 Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2024 02:03 PM

Peaches need to be at least a hand width apart before fruit fall.

Posted by: KT at July 13, 2024 02:04 PM (rrtZS)

21 I am wondering if any readers know what it might be.

Napoleon XIV

I'm not saying that it's aliens.

But...it's aliens!

Make sure you keep your windows closed at night so you don't turn into a Spore Person.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 13, 2024 02:05 PM (eDfFs)

22 Thanks for the thread KT.

Those are phenomenal flower arrangements, what great skills.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 02:07 PM (KjscJ)

23 Every gardening thread should be a mushroom thread.

Those, however, don't look very appetizing. Probably a variety that grows in cat piss.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 13, 2024 02:07 PM (2UBPP)

24 There's an excellent book called "Grow a Little FruitTree" that tells you how and when to prune. You do need to thin fruit and orchards sometimes put up props on the branches, to support the extra weight.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 13, 2024 02:09 PM (xjTDL)

25 Didn't grow them; but, I'm trying my hand at lactobacillus fermentation.
1.5lbs of pickles with fresh dill, sliced cloves of garlic, and some pepper corns.
It turned cloudy after a day and half.
Not a lot of bubbles, but, some.
One of the pickles escaped from the weight so I opened it up and wow! The smell is just like dills we've purchased.
Can't wait to try them.
Any hints on how long I should let them ferment would be greatly appreciated!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 02:10 PM (KjscJ)

26 Those tomatoes look fantastically delicious.

I used to think I needed a sugar-mama, but what I really need is a tomato-mama.

My green thumb is contaminated and regulated by the Department of Energy.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at July 13, 2024 02:15 PM (2UBPP)

27 We winter in SW FL enjoy the royal poincianas which bloom in June all over Naples. At about the same time, jacaranda trees bloom.

One of our favorites, blooming much earlier, is the geiger tree. And after the geigers and before the two mentioned up top, there's the yellow trumpet, the tabebuia tree.

Posted by: M. Gaga at July 13, 2024 02:16 PM (9jRyN)

28 I'm eating my very second cucumber of the year right now. Lots of little ones and medium sized ones on the vines, so I'll probably lose count soon.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2024 02:18 PM (VGOMa)

29 Didn't grow them; but, I'm trying my hand at lactobacillus fermentation.
1.5lbs of pickles with fresh dill, sliced cloves of garlic, and some pepper corns.
It turned cloudy after a day and half.
Not a lot of bubbles, but, some.
One of the pickles escaped from the weight so I opened it up and wow! The smell is just like dills we've purchased.
Can't wait to try them.
Any hints on how long I should let them ferment would be greatly appreciated!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 02:10 PM (KjscJ)

One of the kiddos got into fermenting food/pickling for a few years.

They got quite good at it. Made all kinds of things, buuuuut I guess they got tired of it after at while and quit

Weirdly, the thing he thought came out the best and made several times was-

Fermented Blueberries!!!

They used that as a condiment for everything.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 13, 2024 02:18 PM (eDfFs)

30 Dash my lace wigs, when I canned peaches I used to take the skins, the cut out bruises, the spare chunks and the not pretty halves and put them in the crock pot to cook down to make Peach Butter. after cooking a good while, I ran them through the hand mill to get out the chunks and pits, before cooking it down further before canning. You can add pectin and sugar if you like, as well as any spices.

I suspect that if you have lots and lots of tiny peaches, you could just toss them all in with some smushed ones and lemon juice ones to start to cook them down in their own juice.

Secret be told, I gave up trying to can peaches like my mom, and now I just buy a flat and crush them and cook them for peach butter. I can't make them pretty.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2024 02:20 PM (D7oie)

31 Hello Greenies!

I had to reposition some hot peppers in my vegetable garden because the tomatoes were engulfing them and blotting out the sun. Next year I'll just plant a handful of carefully selected mater plants and not the vibrant and diverse bus load of this year. Who all look fabulous, thanks for asking. So far only Sungold and Indigo Sun cherries have ripened, but they were delicious.

So glad I bordered them with zinnias and coneflowers, which the bees love. And the sunflowers are as high as an elephant's eye.

Oh, monarch sighting in my pollinator garden!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 13, 2024 02:21 PM (kpS4V)

32 I have those mushrooms in the yard, and I see them around. They pop up over night and shrivel in the morning when the sun and heat get to them. I never knew what they were, though yesterday I saw a fairy ring in the neighbor's yard that I suspect were those.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2024 02:21 PM (D7oie)

33 "This is my second attempt at the carnivorous plants. They are not indoor plants."
----

Not so! We thrive in a little pot by your bedside!

Posted by: Totally Harmless Carnivorous Plant Outreach Program at July 13, 2024 02:24 PM (kpS4V)

34 Any tips or tricks? Should I keep the seeds or try to strain them?
Posted by: haffhowershower at July 13, 2024 01:48 PM (NMT5x)

I think just using the recipe for blackberries would work for you. I think it is the same as the raspberry recipe in the sure-jell box.

I want to know what your secret is, I planted some in my yard, and this is the normal range for the black caps, but they are not juicy like the ones in the woods are, and not really abundant, though this is the second year on them.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2024 02:26 PM (D7oie)

35
Not so! We thrive in a little pot by your bedside!
Posted by: Totally Harmless Carnivorous Plant

Forgot to sign that didn't you, Audrey II?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 02:27 PM (KjscJ)

36 Poinciana,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3qeyD8XLg8

Posted by: Braenyard, can't help himself at July 13, 2024 02:29 PM (aNKhG)

37 The mushroom is a Parasola or Inkcap. Both names would apply. Non-poisonous.

Fun fact: All mushrooms are edible.....Some only once though.

Posted by: Tennessee Jed at July 13, 2024 02:32 PM (Fu71C)

38 The cherries are in the road side stands now, so I canned cherries Wednesday, we made 36 pints. I was working with a young lady who had never canned before so this was sort of a teach-along.
she got 12 pints and I got the rest.

Today I am going to make a batch of cherry jam, by pitting and grinding up cherries. Never did it before, but if it doesn't work I will wind up with cherry syrup, and there are worse things in this world.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2024 02:34 PM (D7oie)

39 Back in my growing up years, the highway from Homestead to Miami was 2 lane. There was a section near the Univ of Miami that had large Royal Poinciana trees that arched over the road. Like traveling in a tunnel of beauty.

Posted by: AlmostYuman at July 13, 2024 02:34 PM (bj34f)

40 I watch “Iguana Sniper” on U tube. Her name is Jessica and one of her favorite trees to hunt in is the poinciana. Iguanas love to eat the flowers. She has a licensed business where she hunts iguanas with some very impressive air rifles.
Also, she’s easy on the eyes.

Posted by: RetSgtRN at July 13, 2024 02:37 PM (eTkTC)

41 Eris , what a delightful garden!

Mine is a freakin' mess this year. Roma and San Marzano tomatoes are producing well, all green, will probably be ready to start canning in about three weeks. Waiting for Artisan Blush and Mr. Stripey to ripen for eating. Green beans appear to be feeding the rabbits. Sunflowers about 12' high, corn is tasseling.

But the weeds are winning it all.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2024 02:37 PM (OX9vb)

42 I love cherries, but they stain everything.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2024 02:38 PM (fwDg9)

43 Had a nice surprise this morning. The summer squash plant that I thought was a goner has a bunch of new blossoms coming along. The ones from earlier in the season had withered in the heat. Although the heat is still here we did get some rain, finally, over the last two days. Here's hoping the blossoms do okay this time. This must be one very determined plant.

Posted by: JTB at July 13, 2024 02:40 PM (zudum)

44 Mrs. F. put up some cherry jam a few weeks ago. Cherry season is mostly done around here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2024 02:40 PM (RIvkX)

45 I am wondering if any readers know what it might be.

Napoleon XIV

I'm not saying that it's aliens.

But...it's aliens!

Make sure you keep your windows closed at night so you don't turn into a Spore Person.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 13, 2024 02:05 PM (eDfFs)

Mmmmm mmtt mtooo mmmmm mmlate....

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at July 13, 2024 02:41 PM (AiZBA)

46 Greetings! Everything in my yard is waning at the moment, so lots of clean up is happening. One thing I never planted but seem to have a lot of is California poppies. I get a kick out them, they open up and track the sun during the day close up their little blossoms when the cool of the evening comes.
The mushroom is interesting. Those of you with an inclination toward identifying biological organisms would do well to focus on mycology. Scientists say those are the ones of which we know the least, some say fewer than 10 percent of those have been identified.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 13, 2024 02:43 PM (MeG8a)

47 The mushroom is a Parasola or Inkcap. Both names would apply. Non-poisonous.

Fun fact: All mushrooms are edible.....Some only once though.
Posted by: Tennessee Jed at July 13, 2024 02:32 PM (Fu71C)

Thanks TJ. Common in Britain and Ireland. That little bugger was far from home.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at July 13, 2024 02:43 PM (AiZBA)

48 Been promising my Emerald Beauties to cut them up.
Today's the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Qd2SDxSYE

Posted by: Braenyard, can't help himself at July 13, 2024 02:43 PM (aNKhG)

49 KT,
Thanks for including that lovely painting in the thread. What a nice reminder that everything isn't always brown and crispy from the summer heat.

And the photos of the sunflowers are wonderful.

Posted by: JTB at July 13, 2024 02:44 PM (zudum)

50 I want to know what your secret is, I planted some in my yard, and this is the normal range for the black caps, but they are not juicy like the ones in the woods are, and not really abundant, though this is the second year on them.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2024 02:26 PM (D7oie)

I wish I knew! They started growing on their own, so I guess the conditions are just right. Mostly shade, on the end of a landscaped area that has a couple of large trees and then perennial plants. The previous owners must have made it like a fairly maintenance-free flower garden.

They probably would have thought they were invasive and pulled them out, but I like raspberries so I've been letting them grow. The area gets a little bigger each year.

They should produce more as they get older.

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 13, 2024 02:45 PM (NMT5x)

51 Everything here in in July hiatus. I'm getting a few tiny toms from a volunteer I let grow- I usually eat them right there.
We lost another branch off the big oak by the garage. With good luck, one of us had left the double gate open, and it landed in the opening instead of doing any damage to the fence.
We cut some of the medium branches off to make walking sticks.
He's using the occasion to have the tree guys take off the giant limb over the garage as well. That will be a load off his mind.

I'm planning a re-do of my whole garden area, remembering the advice of the Mother Earth News lecturer- "Don't stress your plants!"

Herbs and pollinators exclusively- take the L on the veggies...

Posted by: sal at July 13, 2024 02:56 PM (y7DxH)

52 Dash, waiting for that first perfect beefsteak tomato is killing me! I'm looking forward to sampling Delicious Hunt, Paul Robeson, and Black Brandywine, which are new varieties for me.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 13, 2024 02:57 PM (kpS4V)

53 Just cleaned out bird baths, never see birds in them much but can tell they visit it

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2024 02:58 PM (fwDg9)

54 It's disgustingly hot and humid here today. Blecch.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 13, 2024 03:00 PM (kpS4V)

55 How long to ferment pickles, found the answer after more hunting.

Taste after 5 days, done in 10 to 14 days.
You can stop "really just slow down fermentation a lot" by putting them in the fridge.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 03:02 PM (KjscJ)

56 We've been seeing birds in the bird dishes a lot lately.
Yesterday 2 adults and a juvenile road runners. The quail chased the road runners away if they got to close to the bird blocks.

A great horned owl has been stopping in at dusk. It sits on some yard art (15ft off the ground) and then lands and either drinks at the dish or steps in and drinks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 03:04 PM (KjscJ)

57 From Boise area: Gorgeous and creative ideas in that flower arranging video. I'm more of a "get some flowers from the garden, stick 'em in a vase-like container, arrange until they look nice" kind of gal.

Temps here over 100 all week, high 108. I broke down and bought a flat leaf parsley and a basil because my seeds just didn't do it this year, and Fair is only a month away! Tomatoes are appearing but are still green. Cut down the pea vines. Bush green beans just starting to produce. Onions are drooping at the neck, telling me it's time to harvest (I planted about 150!, have harvested about 50 so far). I had about 18 little bulbs left over, so just planted them today.

Zucchini has one that will be my Largest Zucchini for Fair, and we've harvested 2 others. Cantaloupes have some fruits bigger than golf balls. Pumpkin has some fruits. Cucumbers are starting, but not big enough to pick yet. Propagating strawberry runners.

Printed out the rules for Fair so I can look for new categories to enter (nasturtium, yarrow, catnip grow in my yard).

Posted by: Pat* at July 13, 2024 03:06 PM (Uikgi)

58 The Mister prefers seeds in boysenberry preserves.

If that makes a difference to anyone growing berries.

Posted by: KT at July 13, 2024 03:08 PM (rrtZS)

59 As sad picked 3 green sweet peppers, they practically fell off when I touched them but not ripe at all. Wondering if should pick the bunch of Anaheim peppers that are green and been on a month at least.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2024 03:10 PM (fwDg9)

60 I got a surprise tomato plant! Bought Petit Chocolat seeds from Tomatofest, and raised three seedlings. Two are great; the third turned out to be a big heirloom tomato with the bumps like a Pumpkin. It got into the PC seed packet somehow. I suspect they are Polish Giant, but smaller because it's planted in a container. Going to taste the first one tonight!

Posted by: skywch at July 13, 2024 03:23 PM (uqhmb)

61 54 It's disgustingly hot and humid here today. Blecch.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Im sorry, Eris. It's sunny and 72 with 50% humidity and a very slight breeze coming out of the north. The mountains are out. I brought my second cup of cofeveve out to the beach with a book and my field glasses. I've seen a couple ospreys and a bald eagle.

Ive been out here a couple hours. Should go in and make a sammich.

Looking forward to seeing you in October!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 13, 2024 03:24 PM (xZri3)

62 My birdbaths are quite the battlegrounds. Until the deer show up. Everyone leaves the deer alone.
It's so dry here right now there is little standing water. The deer have figured out what yard to sleep so they get morning sprinklers and search out the birdbaths later in the day.
I cemented the front yard one in because the little ones kept knocking it over. Now they can put their front legs on it and drink.
The deer are why I quit gardening as I can't keep them out of one.
Things will be going along great and some morning everything is nubs.
I figure if I need emergency food I can use the deer and then try and grow something. A sort of "you ate my garden now I eat you" deal.

Posted by: Reforger at July 13, 2024 03:25 PM (xcIvR)

63 Pets are up

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 13, 2024 03:26 PM (xZri3)

64 Hey AZ deplorable, I ferment pickles quite a bit. This time of year when it is hot, they ferment quicker, unless you keep your house very cool. I tend to put them in the fridge on day 5. They stay crunchier that way. I think if you waited 14 days they would be pretty mushy. Just my experience.

Posted by: WeeKreekFarmGirl at July 13, 2024 03:36 PM (oqo12)

65 *hugs Nurse*

*gnashes teeth over weather envy*

Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 13, 2024 03:38 PM (kpS4V)

66 skywch at July 13, 2024 03:23 PM

That's fun!

Posted by: KT at July 13, 2024 03:49 PM (rrtZS)

67 AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 02:10 PM

I've never tried to make lacto fermented pickles, but you can try them before they are fully fermented.

I've made refrigerator pickles with less salt and some vinegar, and leave some chips on top of whole pickles at the bottom for early snacks. I like to include garlic, fresh slightly brown dill seed heads and a little whole cayenne.

Posted by: KT at July 13, 2024 03:53 PM (rrtZS)

68 Hey AZ deplorable, I ferment pickles quite a bit. This time of year when it is hot, they ferment quicker, unless you keep your house very cool. I tend to put them in the fridge on day 5. They stay crunchier that way. I think if you waited 14 days they would be pretty mushy. Just my experience.
Posted by: WeeKreekFarmGirl

Thank you!
I'll move them to the fridge right now!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 04:00 PM (KjscJ)

69 and leave some chips on top of whole pickles at the bottom for early snacks.
Posted by: KT

Smart!
I'll definitely do some slices next time.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 13, 2024 04:06 PM (KjscJ)

70 The tree at the top looks like something you'd see in Hawaii. It's beautiful.

I always mean to plant some sunflowers and I never do, I like them.

I love the carnivorous plants, fascinating.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 13, 2024 04:22 PM (zFMBg)

71 Napoleon XIV

I did a google search and it says the mushroom like picture is a Parasola plicatillis commonly known as the pleated inkcap, is a small mushroom with a plicate cap. It is a widely distributed species in Europe.

Google search will even tell you if your go to buy a plant if it is healthy or not. Just take a picture through the app.
Amazing.

Posted by: Linda Lee at July 13, 2024 04:43 PM (pXqHW)

72 27 We winter in SW FL enjoy the royal poincianas which bloom in June all over Naples. At about the same time, jacaranda trees bloom.
One of our favorites, blooming much earlier, is the geiger tree. And after the geigers and before the two mentioned up top, there's the yellow trumpet, the tabebuia tree.

I am on the lookout for a tabebuia tree. And for a tibouchina tree, with purple spike flowers in May. One of my neighbors has a pair of tibouchina trees in his front yard, each about 25' high. Stellar

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Posted by: indecent acts at July 13, 2024 05:02 PM (1K7nZ)

74 I now have 8 half pints of jam, and the canning season is started.
I was out of the standard pectin, so I had to fake my way through it. I boiled the jam until I got it to soft-ball stage, and jarred it up. I had to improvise a recipe, but jam is easy, since it is fruit, jam, pectin, and some amount of sugar. I put in vanilla this time, too,

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2024 05:21 PM (D7oie)

75 Deer are so destructive.

Around here, I've seen gardens inside fully-enclosed chain link dog kennels. Some homes have several. Effective, if just a bit small.

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2024 05:58 PM (njWTi)

76 To Lirio100: Depending on where you live determines whether or not CP need to be in the ground or not. Most do well in pots kept outdoors in a tray of water kept filled all the time, and kept in full sun for maximum growth and color.
If kept indoors, they need to be kept under grow lites and their winter habit of dying back needs to be allowed with the pot kept in a cold storage area like a basement until spring. If kept outdoors all year, you don't need to worry about that as they will naturally die back, although you still need to keep them wet all year long.
What you have appears to be a Sarracenia Flava, a Drosera Filiformis and a Dionea. The Drosera has blusih to purplish flowers and self seed and will drop seed in your bog. The Flytrap will not self seed and has to be pollinated either by an insect of by hand.
If you do it by hand, wait until you have two or more flowers, take a small paint brush, brush one open flower collecting pollen on the brush, then take the brush and brush it across another flower. If successful, you will get black seeds in the fall.
Have fun growing them and remember to let them feed themselves.

Posted by: Tony Litwin at July 14, 2024 07:24 AM (reJvG)

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