Great news on the peppers, Mom! :) I was at Walmart amongst the ‘Bonnie’ plants and there were no Shishito for sale. :( I see that they’re selling both ‘Bonnie’ and now another brand called ‘Expert Gardener’ which is one of their bagged soil lines. The plants were small, in 4-packs, but they were MUCH less expensive. Walmart panders to the ‘cheapskate’ in all of us...as they should! ;)
“Our iris garden is loaded with buds, and the bowl of beauty peonies too.”
My ‘Festiva Maxima (white with red speckles) is ready to bloom, and the ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ (pastel pink) are right behind her. I started these from el-cheapo rhizomes from Walmart a number of years ago - they are doing really well! Beau had to ‘re-locate’ some of my ‘Cat’s Eye’ Iris when he repaired the 14-year-old bed, but I have room for her children in other parts of the garden. That was a ‘Freebie’ I got from Jung’s with an order a number of years back. She needed dividing, anyway.
“We have many more orioles coming too for grape jelly. Happy gardening!”
I have more Orioles (Orchard and Baltimore) than I’ve ever had before. My checker at the Piggly Wiggly told me that others were buying more grape jelly than normal because they have more than usual, too! Glad to hear that! I spotted an Oriole nest in our big Maple tree and saw both the male and female going in and out. I usually can’t spot the nests until the leaves are off the tree in the Fall, but I was lucky this time around. :)
We integrated the Buff Orpington chicks with the Barred Rock chicks today and so far no fighting. Yay! No goats have been trucked home as of today, but there are 16 GORGEOUS Heifers in the pasture, living their best lives before they have babies and become milking machines.
The six puppies and Taylor are doing very, VERY well. Beau examined the puppies today and said they were all, ‘fat as ticks’ so Taylor is feeding them well. Good Girl! :)
Nice report. Our local grocery usually runs out of grape jelly in the squeeze bottle this time of year. I’ve bought 7 or eight bottles already. In the store with hubby day before yesterday. Went to get a couple more bottles. He said, they’re out the shelf space was empty. Then he laughed when I pulled out two bottles I had hid last time I was in the store, way back behind the strawberry jelly. Was that wrong??? I did leave one hidden bottle behind. We’ve got two pairs of orchards and maybe 4 pairs of Baltimores. When the feeder gets low they chatter at us.
You must have some of my orioles! I’ve only had a couple at my jelly feeder this year. Usually I have them all day long at my feeder, there are so many.