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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD FEBRUARY 17, 2017
freerepublic | 2/17/2017 | greeneyes

Posted on 02/17/2017 6:03:17 PM PST by greeneyes

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Oddly, I got a 12pk with 3 nasturtiums in each cell at the farmers’ market two weeks ago which were intended to sell as microgreens you clip and sprinkle your salad with. I chose to plant them at 1/10th the cost of nursery Nasturtiums. I’ve had horrible luck germinating them over the years, and had given up.

The variegated Alaska variety hates me; I bought an Empress of India (blood red blooms) that’s doing great.

My neighbor threw the remains of a salad over her deck that had Nasturtium blooms in it. They germinated and covered the rocky hill slope garden, she asked me what are those plants? Talk about grrrrrrrr. I can’t get one from seed but she did, unknowingly.


41 posted on 02/17/2017 8:16:18 PM PST by txhurl (The LEFT are screaming at the Tsunami, and the Sky, trying to set fire to the Ocean- S.Tom)
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To: greeneyes
Here's the Empress of India:

The foliage is blue-green rather than pea-green of 'normal' varieties.

42 posted on 02/17/2017 8:25:10 PM PST by txhurl (The LEFT are screaming at the Tsunami, and the Sky, trying to set fire to the Ocean- S.Tom)
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LOL. That’s the breaks sometimes. Thanks for the beautiful picture. Really pretty plant.


43 posted on 02/17/2017 8:29:54 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: txhurl

Beautiful. We have a 5 pot pole hanger that those would do great with...


44 posted on 02/17/2017 8:34:00 PM PST by tubebender
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To: tubebender
This is the variegate Alaska, which has suicided at me for two years running (too much sun? they're supposed to love full sun)

But again, my neighbor unwittingly, accidentally grew them in a semi-shady, sloping, entirely unattended rock garden beneath her deck. Full TX sun is quite different from full sun elsewhere, maybe that's where I'm going wrong.

45 posted on 02/17/2017 8:47:42 PM PST by txhurl (The LEFT are screaming at the Tsunami, and the Sky, trying to set fire to the Ocean- S.Tom)
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To: txhurl

Once they go to seed you never get rid of them for example my compost piles…


46 posted on 02/17/2017 8:53:15 PM PST by tubebender
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So you can grow them too, without even trying?


47 posted on 02/17/2017 9:10:57 PM PST by txhurl (The LEFT are screaming at the Tsunami, and the Sky, trying to set fire to the Ocean- S.Tom)
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To: txhurl

They are a weed in my garden. I think I have posted a couple of photos over the years


48 posted on 02/17/2017 9:20:12 PM PST by tubebender
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On the fence beyond the Marigolds. They are all volunteers but beyond the wheel barrow is some thing else...

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49 posted on 02/17/2017 9:28:07 PM PST by tubebender
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Those are the climbing variety, rather rare. What’s the yellow beds, coreopsis? What type of Iris in the foreground, and are those Mandevilla to the right of the Nasturtiums? Wish you were my neighbor, I’d be all over that stuff.....


50 posted on 02/17/2017 9:35:46 PM PST by txhurl (The LEFT are screaming at the Tsunami, and the Sky, trying to set fire to the Ocean- S.Tom)
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To: tubebender

Oh, yes, single-bloom marigolds, I see now. I see the corn stalk shadows in the SE of the photo, too :)


51 posted on 02/17/2017 9:38:54 PM PST by txhurl (The LEFT are screaming at the Tsunami, and the Sky, trying to set fire to the Ocean- S.Tom)
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To: greeneyes

~waving~

I am wore out from politickin’

Got blossoms all over last years tomato and pepper plants. My lemon has dozens of blossoms and I took it out on the deck along with my hibiscus and bouganvilla last week. The boug got frostbit, not sure which night but it’s back inside and recovering. Meanwhile that lemon tree has little lemons from pollination before I brought it in for the winter and now has a zillion more blooms with bees all over it. Gonna have to cull when I revive. Had some much needed rain the day before I left for Austin. Haven’t checked my rain barrels but they were low. Hopefully full again.


52 posted on 02/17/2017 9:50:27 PM PST by Wneighbor (A pregnant woman is responsible for TWO lives, not one. (It's a wonderful "deplorable" truth))
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We got enough snow in the one day to totally cover my International Harvester Truck (and the tiller.) It is Friday the 18th and we are getting some semblance of normalcy after the Nor’easter that came in this past Sunday (I am in Waterville , Maine.) Our days will start getting above freezing so as to initiate the melt off and shrink the huge snowbanks around town which makes driving very stressful. i will look forward to the safety and tranquility of weeding this year...but it was a dry snow that fell but just a lot of it. For my house we got 2 feet on top of the 12-16 inches that were on the ground already...Anyway I do know that spring is just around the corner and all in all not a bad winter so far ...SNOWY but not too bad.


53 posted on 02/17/2017 9:52:32 PM PST by mythenjoseph
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To: tubebender

By 77 the warming trend had already started; by 2006 we were back to about 7-10 years into another cooling trend. By 2024/8 we will be warming again.


54 posted on 02/17/2017 10:15:38 PM PST by Jumper
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To: txhurl

Bearded Iris in the near bed and a rose to the right of the nasturtiums. Blueberries in the cage to the right of the wheelbarrow. The house next door is for rent and we need a garden helper...


55 posted on 02/17/2017 10:54:36 PM PST by tubebender
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To: Wneighbor

I’m worn out from same. LOL Been staying up too late reading an following up on WikiLeaks stuff. Also watching the Where is Eric Braverman on you tube put out by George Webb.


56 posted on 02/17/2017 10:55:37 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: txhurl

The yellow and orange flowers are a form of Marigolds...


57 posted on 02/17/2017 10:58:58 PM PST by tubebender
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[family and friends shocked as txhurl throws it *all* away and runs off to hermit garden for the Benders, wherever that is]


58 posted on 02/17/2017 11:23:18 PM PST by txhurl (The LEFT are screaming at the Tsunami, and the Sky, trying to set fire to the Ocean- S.Tom)
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Why shucks the Benders live in Benderville on the shore of Bender Bay in Bender county…

More flower porn. last one is a Red Shafted Flicker…

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59 posted on 02/17/2017 11:27:08 PM PST by tubebender
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I was discussing our proposed green house with Barb. I am suggesting a heat storage in the ground system. More complex, but much more energy efficient. What with the possible mini ice age as a result of global warming, this is looking to be a wise investment.


60 posted on 02/18/2017 3:34:37 AM PST by Redleg Duke (He is leading us in Making America Great Again!)
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