I’m planting hyacinths.
:-)
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Good Morning! :-)
In the area of Florida where I live the only bulbs that seem to thrive are Amarylis and tropical lilies.
The rain lilies are nice but Michigan Bulb didn’t apparently get them in stock this year.
My gladioli die after a few years.
Caladium do fairly well in Florida.
Raining here now as a front comes through. Behind the front will be much cooler weather & some gusty winds!
My niece’s youngest Berkshire sow had her first litter last night - 7 ‘littles’ on scene this morning. She’s been sending me pics since #1 arrived. The sow had the first 5 in 18 minutes, which is really fast - it was exciting!
Company from out of town coming Monday, so I have to mow the yard & front fields again tomorrow - will probably have to wear long pants, a jacket & mittens to stay warm. The ground is still so soft from the almost 5” of Ophelia rain that when I do a ‘zero turn’, the back wheel that stays in place & pivots tears up a hunk of grass. I am having to make some broader turns to keep that from happening. The grass is still growing like crazy - perfect conditions. This colder weather behind the front should start to slow it down.
After the neighbor’s escaped horses tore up the weed barrier I had just put down, I have not been inspired to get in the garden. With much colder air coming, I need to finish up that project so I can use the fire pit. 🔥
Elephant ears also do well in my area of Florida.
They don’t flower.
Hosta bulbs will last a few years here in Florida.
They thrive on Cape Cod and I believe they do well in the DC area.
I’m planting hyacinths.
:-)
I am flooded with iris rhizomes of all colors which I'm going to share with friends and neighbors, all of whom said they'd be happy to get them.
Meanwhile, speaking of experiments:
For some time medical hyperbaric chambers have been used to hasten healing of skin injuries and various other ailments... Around the world, evidence is mounting that these chambers can reduce infection (as the skin itself absorbs oxygen), heal diseases, decrease stress, and enhance stamina....
Particularly interesting experiments were conducted by the late Dr. Kei Mori of Keio University in Tokyo. Dr. Mori raised Kai MoriKai Moriplants under special light that filtered out IR and UV radiation.... One long-lived tomato plant (shown right) was grown in a special nutrient-rich hydroponic solution to be exhibited at the Japan Expo ‘85. Under piped sunlight and controlled atmosphere, this veritable “tomato tree” grew over 30 ft high and yielded more than 13,000 ripe tomatoes during the six months of the Expo! (Hiroshi, Koichibara, “Tomatomation,” UNESCO Courier, March 1987.)Dan Carlson was inspired by Genesis 2:6 (“But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground…”) to do experiments with “misting” plants...A purple passion plant, which normally grows to about 18 inches, grew under Carlson’s care to a Guinness World Record 1,300 ft high plant. Carlson grew 10 inch long potatoes and cantaloupes the size of soccer balls. Genesis Park staff worked with a local “big pumpkin” grower to test the Sonic Bloom formula. The result was a 1,458 pound pumpkin that was the world’s record as of its weighing in September, 2003! - https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/early-earth/experiments/
Mrs. Augie and I survived our trip to sunny Florida. Spent five nights on Pensacola Beach, then bopped over to St. Augustine for two nights. Visited #2 Son Clint, his BFF, and the two grandkids. Would have liked to stay longer, but they had to work and the Atlantic was raging, so we headed back to PB for two more nights before going home.
It’s amazing how fast, even in a drought, the weeds grow when you turn your back on them for a few weeks. Punting on any new fall plantings was a good move on my part. I spent some quality time with the weed whacker to knock down the undesirables that took over while we were away, and picked up most of the garden hoses and soaker lines.
Now that I’m home and getting back into a normal routine I’ll get some lettuces going in the greenhouse and resume the cleanup work. Garlic planting time is just around the corner, the hoop house needs to be re-skinned, the greenhouse needs a new roof, tomato cages need to come down, and the whole thing needs to be dug up and converted to raised beds.
I’m tired from just thinking about all that.
The Salanova is something I've wanted to try for a couple of years and is something the market gardeners in every metro foodie area sell year round. The tie die tomato is just cool looking and is supposed to "have a taste that rivals the heirlooms".
Will try a small patch of the lettuce this Fall.
