Thursday 23 June 2022

[damar]

Good day to All!
I hope everyone is having a good week despite what life throws at us.
I'm going to post a photo from the other day..nothing great, but its recent!

Lantana
Fuji XT-20
   

[Dave]

Thanks for atarting the Daily, damar.

I like your photo: beautiful colors, rock-solid composition, a variety of interesting textures, and professionally captured values.

Last night's sunset, looking NW from my street one house west of my house...

   

[damar]

Thanks Dave!
Thats a beautiful sunset! We have to drive somewhere to see big sky like that.
I saw your post reply on your garden: it's difficult starting from seed. I used to start them indoors
in peat pots, but I really don't have a sunny space indoors to do that now.
I was late getting my raised bed in so I bought plants already started.

[Rich]

Patty, G'day to you!
That's a great day brightener! I agree with what Dave said. You got the lighting at the right time!

Dave,
A lovely sunset!
I have one too but on a smaller scale! Shot from my balcony.

[damar]

Hi Rich!
Boy, was your sky on fire!!! Really cool photo!
Thanks for comment. I planted two tiny lantana starts and they are coming along real nice.
I know its a pesky, invasive plant, but it's all I have to offer butterflies right now.

Natalie: YES..30" (inches..not 30' FT)...it was a shift key failure!
My typing is terrible!

This is an early AM shot of my temporary raised bed. San Marzanos on the right, cucumbers on the left and some bell peppers and 1 sweet snacker pepper in the middle.
We'll be moving this bed this fall. (and yes, I would like to cap the block!)


   

[Luv2shoot]

Wow, Patty, your garden is growing as if it is on steroids.  My, Oh My!  It must be all the Georgia hot and humid sauna-type temps that you have down there. 

After being on vacation up north for a week, I can tell that my plants have grown a few inches, but they sure have a ways to go before they look like yours. 

The flower that you shared with us this morning is like the colors of the petunias I have in the pots in my front yard.  I chose a variety that was both yellow and peachy/orange.  The combination is really striking, just like your flower but mine is more of a pastel.  I was not sure if I was going to like them when they were first planted but now that they are cascading over the edge of the pot, I love them and the colors.  You took a great photo with excellent lighting.

Speaking of lighting, you boys have a good view of some pretty colorful skies.  I am in a tight closed-in neighborhood and in Michigan, we grow HUGE maple trees and other varieties. This is the 34th year that our city, Sterling Heights, has gotten the recognition as TREE CITY in Macomb, Michigan.  I miss seeing sunsets, but wouldn't trade our trees for anything.

[Rich]

Lorell, you have some pretty pastel colors going on there, good close up!

[damar]

Oh, how pretty Lorell!
Love the range of pinks and violets! Is that an asian magnolia?
Petunias: I love them! I have a shepherds hook with nothing on it
(my geranium pot got too heavy) Maybe next year!

Your night time temperatures may be little lower that ours and I don't know if humidity is a factor?
Probably the size at planting. Mine came in 19.3 oz containers which are approx 4.25' high and 3.5" Ø.

 did top dress with Black Cow composted manure but I put some wood chips down to reduce splatter when watering.
I'm not confident that my medium is deep enough and this frame is over where the pool was. DH roto-tilled the ground but we have some hard pan under our clay. I'll know by August! (when its hottern' 400 hunnerd hell)*
(it's a local saying) but if the roots are too shallow the plant will look bad by then or tip over! 

Yes, we are tree'd in too..we don't see big sky unless we get out of the neighborhood. Whats worse is we planted Leyland Cypress on the side property lines which has 'walled" us in. We are taking them out this fall. More sky, more sunlight!

* hotter than 400 hell--no I don't know what 400 hell is, but I guess its hot!

[Don]

Good afternoon all. Another hot one here today, temp is sitting at 100.3F right now... oh, wait, it just dropped to 99.9!  And almost 6:30 too. Yesterday the home weather station recorded 104 at one point. Supposed to moderate somewhat in the coming days though.

Nice photos today and a good variety. I'm thinking of using a sunset for my CD cover and calling it The Twilight Years. Haven't decided yet.

DW and I went to see the new Top Gun movie today around noon, and it was entertaining. Going to see the new Jurassic Park movie tomorrow. It has been a long time since we saw any movies but recently we have kind of started back. The theaters are still not too crowded.

Your little raised bed plants seem to be doing well Patty. I noticed that my Serrano peppers are starting to show some life finally. Couple of small peppers and a few blossoms so hopefully I will have some soon.

[Dreamin]

Hi, everyone!
Patty, that is a pretty pretty flower on your lantana.....I've never planted one, but it certainly is worth thinking about.....I used to have several flower  beds and would spend a lot of $$ on annuals every year because they bloom all summer, compared to perrenials.....but the older I got, the less I spent time planting and now, none. I have one 5 gallon pot of flowers, and they are red and white. I like your temporary raised bed.....some people put potting soil in the holes of the blocks and plant flowers, like marigolds and other flowers that discourage bugs or attract pollinators.
Dave, Rich, you have some wonderful skies!  I have great sky views, but I don't get the beautiful colors  very often.....glad you guys have shared yours! 
Lorell, that's a pretty pink flower, I can't ID it, tho.....
Patty, about 25 years ago the poultry company wanted us to plant a wind break, (actually to hide chicken houses from neighbors so they don't complain about all the chicken houses) they paid 80% of the cost .....they recommended Leyland Cypress. You saw Leyland Cypress go up all over the place....even in yards with no chickens. Well, those trees have a life span of about 25 years....then they go all to pieces. They also got eaten by bagworms ...They are shallow rooted and the tops start to die out and then they fall over. So, of the 40 trees I planted, I have 2 scraggly ones left. The clean up is a mess... I wish I had not planted those awful trees. I replaced them with about 100 Green Giant Arborvitae ....they said they were less succeptible to bag worms. HA!  For the first 6 years I had to spray heavily to kill bagworms. I lost about 4 trees to bagworms. Now that the trees are huge, they are less likely to die from the bagworms eating them, but they are too big for me to spray anyway. So far they are doing ok, an very pretty. I love how they smell.