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[Philmar]

Spanish colonial window - Antigua, Guatemala by Phil Marion (214 million views), on Flickr

 

[Lutrinus]

Spanish colonial window - Antigua, Guatemala by Phil Marion (214 million views), on Flickr

What a great photograph! I really like the colors.

 

[Jeff15]

 

[SquarePeg]

Garden updates:

Bunnies have invaded so I’ve had to put up some chicken wire. So frustrating. Looks meh but I was getting tired of losing all my zinnia and cone flower seedlings and having clematis stems chewed through.

Winter sown salvia - 25 seeds, 3 plants??? Poppy 25 seeds 1 plant???

Knockout roses are in bloom out front

Chicken wire palace - painted it black to lower the profile.

Clematis climbing a rose of Sharon that I cut way back last fall. I’ll remove the trellis before next spring I think.

Major wheeler making slow progress

Turkey visitor from yesterday. Fence hopped then flew onto neighbor’s roof when I opened the back door. Didn’t know they could get so high up.

One of the only hydrangeas that has any blooms on it. I dug up one and have two others that are leafed out but no blooms.

Fungi

 

[vintagesnaps]

It got so dry here that plants fizzled out early. Before that it was tons of rain. Lousy spring for gardens.


Tell it to come back in November.

 

[SquarePeg]

It got so dry here that plants fizzled out early. Before that it was tons of rain. Lousy spring for gardens.


Tell it to come back in November.

I’d rather dry than too much rain. At least I can water when needed. Not much I can do about all the excessive rain.

 

[terri]

Garden updates:

Bunnies have invaded so I’ve had to put up some chicken wire. So frustrating. Looks meh but I was getting tired of losing all my zinnia and cone flower seedlings and having clematis stems chewed through.

Winter sown salvia - 25 seeds, 3 plants??? Poppy 25 seeds 1 plant???
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Knockout roses are in bloom out front
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Chicken wire palace - painted it black to lower the profile.
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Clematis climbing a rose of Sharon that I cut way back last fall. I’ll remove the trellis before next spring I think.
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Major wheeler making slow progress
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Turkey visitor from yesterday. Fence hopped then flew onto neighbor’s roof when I opened the back door. Didn’t know they could get so high up.
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One of the only hydrangeas that has any blooms on it. I dug up one and have two others that are leafed out but no blooms.

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Fungi
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I can't believe you had a turkey on your roof!

Looks like your Major Wheeler is rebounding, too. I had one bloom, and the vine looks healthy but no more flowers so far. Love your roses!

 

[SquarePeg]

I can't believe you had a turkey on your roof!

Looks like your Major Wheeler is rebounding, too. I had one bloom, and the vine looks healthy but no more flowers so far. Love your roses!

That’s the house behind mine. That bird was really high up!

 

[adamhiram]

I planted this little strawberry patch 15 years ago, and after 2 moves and several repottings, it's still a steady producer.


20230610-DSC_8397a by adamhiram, on Flickr

 

[SquarePeg]

I planted this little strawberry patch 15 years ago, and after 2 moves and several repottings, it's still a steady producer.


20230610-DSC_8397a by adamhiram, on Flickr

How do you keep the hungry wildlife away?

 

[adamhiram]

How do you keep the hungry wildlife away?

When I built the wooden planters, I also built removable cages to go over them! Simple wood frame with some plastic netting attached to let light through, but not birds, squirrels, rabbits, or groundhogs. Thanks to good metadata, I found this photo from 2018.


20180823-DSC_9192a by adamhiram, on Flickr

 

[cgw]

How do you keep the hungry wildlife away?

Firearm restrictions being what they are in Canada, I'm limited to chicken wire and bird netting. Otherwise...

 

[terri]

When I built the wooden planters, I also built removable cages to go over them! Simple wood frame with some plastic netting attached to let light through, but not birds, squirrels, rabbits, or groundhogs. Thanks to good metadata, I found this photo from 2018.


20180823-DSC_9192a by adamhiram, on Flickr

Great job - perfect solution! I'm sure you drive the critters nuts with those gorgeous berries.

 

[SquarePeg]

When I built the wooden planters, I also built removable cages to go over them! Simple wood frame with some plastic netting attached to let light through, but not birds, squirrels, rabbits, or groundhogs. Thanks to good metadata, I found this photo from 2018.


20180823-DSC_9192a by adamhiram, on Flickr

Nicely done! I read a tip recently that some people paint small rocks to look like strawberries before their plants fruit and it fools the birds so they get annoyed at the rocks and then won’t peck at the real ones when they come in.

 

[Jeff15]

Peony