tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900468266119198902024-03-05T15:46:29.704-08:00 Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterfly A day in the life...Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-44430744495426050052022-12-05T12:36:00.002-08:002022-12-05T14:20:56.872-08:00Decorations for the Christmas Season 2022 in Beautiful Sequim, WA<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm always ready to start decorating right after Thanksgiving. My cat Amelia gets involved too and began inspecting the tree bag and all the decoration containers immediately.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wCs_p79LeldFKVGeYOp4GDxDlJ3ut5BlZ5_LuDWlACuQcTodNtusn1Q4aaOkzvLCr00mmkzYpF2bHl9J_bmhSZv_WlEtkj-5YW1NbY2ooQOdWLQ9dhUIrbUCxrORdfykPVNQAQqqAfUA6YGE2S3Rm4Xex3g2qn0KuXby2nT_xE4wvHLRkVl3ntQ7/s2016/IMG_1764.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wCs_p79LeldFKVGeYOp4GDxDlJ3ut5BlZ5_LuDWlACuQcTodNtusn1Q4aaOkzvLCr00mmkzYpF2bHl9J_bmhSZv_WlEtkj-5YW1NbY2ooQOdWLQ9dhUIrbUCxrORdfykPVNQAQqqAfUA6YGE2S3Rm4Xex3g2qn0KuXby2nT_xE4wvHLRkVl3ntQ7/w480-h640/IMG_1764.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOwy4UXO6zQ51aRZh1Y-n-jSughELhdgv5TqlbRZ8qyZR9VH1I3G1-quCEx4X7Ivjp3tLeI2V4THgLv0vHXxHsHfIun_erDNsBDP6iOnh_9WIVfNOuIiNdtHAKubM7uY4uGTLRFyV56EoPXEIOZCDhQ5OX3O1dp0O0lLQXxx53d4RJqQJ6_e8WF61/s2016/IMG_1768.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOwy4UXO6zQ51aRZh1Y-n-jSughELhdgv5TqlbRZ8qyZR9VH1I3G1-quCEx4X7Ivjp3tLeI2V4THgLv0vHXxHsHfIun_erDNsBDP6iOnh_9WIVfNOuIiNdtHAKubM7uY4uGTLRFyV56EoPXEIOZCDhQ5OX3O1dp0O0lLQXxx53d4RJqQJ6_e8WF61/w480-h640/IMG_1768.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Our doodle puppy Lily (almost 10 months) wanted to get in on the action too.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhH_V57D0IyMl6ifx-czf4na3QVLrpfGKZoq4JcB-qjB1mAzT8DlNkjRASiLnOeCULTJHQS8lUoOoz4L1zJmjH3ZbYp59xlz6Mf9goafsqc5YUpt4J-5Matit9SHveAUKV0Ow0BGH4qB2Oti-lQAK0MaV1-H3OLZmkiWTfF2r4ALjDycdxMJZRdi5f/s2016/IMG_1769.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhH_V57D0IyMl6ifx-czf4na3QVLrpfGKZoq4JcB-qjB1mAzT8DlNkjRASiLnOeCULTJHQS8lUoOoz4L1zJmjH3ZbYp59xlz6Mf9goafsqc5YUpt4J-5Matit9SHveAUKV0Ow0BGH4qB2Oti-lQAK0MaV1-H3OLZmkiWTfF2r4ALjDycdxMJZRdi5f/w480-h640/IMG_1769.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I noticed on the first day of decorating that the Thanksgiving cactus had put on blooms too celebrate the occasion!</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDf7mAj3nEHcgG4xMzEu_AMk1MHC9z0PSYW-qmxErFKidoiXSEKkPqeb0HbhKA7LUPOJcJcmTyo1-_o2fWpudR25ANrBEHiRF_wwjj83m72mZCOzsftDJ4MiZSux1J1ChgFOVpLIw3IRWv07NXuN6o0ZMk0O6o6P3_NDnYuPXpKTzj8N8SqgTvCoe/s2016/IMG_1763.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDf7mAj3nEHcgG4xMzEu_AMk1MHC9z0PSYW-qmxErFKidoiXSEKkPqeb0HbhKA7LUPOJcJcmTyo1-_o2fWpudR25ANrBEHiRF_wwjj83m72mZCOzsftDJ4MiZSux1J1ChgFOVpLIw3IRWv07NXuN6o0ZMk0O6o6P3_NDnYuPXpKTzj8N8SqgTvCoe/w480-h640/IMG_1763.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Outdoor lights went up day by day including a wreath on the raised vegetable bed garden.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sz2C0hyNT60SBneWA7nERuTYZGu6s_4gTV2v4pb_URvAkucQmgKdd-mfr2MSEHoIOXfjabCrDaUlwx_i7cTpomQ-s6mQQ66VlAtlAAHutkOhcFEOVda5XbfILs94nLECbQiFeKwyv8HRPczqfn-JER3bvyAQV9M4KwtUNCNvzKUu6CJamwZumgnZ/s2016/IMG_1813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sz2C0hyNT60SBneWA7nERuTYZGu6s_4gTV2v4pb_URvAkucQmgKdd-mfr2MSEHoIOXfjabCrDaUlwx_i7cTpomQ-s6mQQ66VlAtlAAHutkOhcFEOVda5XbfILs94nLECbQiFeKwyv8HRPczqfn-JER3bvyAQV9M4KwtUNCNvzKUu6CJamwZumgnZ/w480-h640/IMG_1813.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbecfF0NdIzaOBVTFNwJOzEoI-rxPOt6wfIS5NUZ49cxUxDHRgLCjToO3AQNsCMiX4BJbTWKlj7IfA0k25CW8SSq6uX6GEO9F0WLaG4Huuxb48lvwd3xHrO2XJ-NUe_xH8QrZNCjo9JJM3tZ2VDrRiRerWu87TjjW8cED2HD7DTrOztjhuMfMWZ0s/s1504/IMG_1816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1375" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbecfF0NdIzaOBVTFNwJOzEoI-rxPOt6wfIS5NUZ49cxUxDHRgLCjToO3AQNsCMiX4BJbTWKlj7IfA0k25CW8SSq6uX6GEO9F0WLaG4Huuxb48lvwd3xHrO2XJ-NUe_xH8QrZNCjo9JJM3tZ2VDrRiRerWu87TjjW8cED2HD7DTrOztjhuMfMWZ0s/w586-h640/IMG_1816.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The front door received its wreath.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKwgCT_YICq1O-5GpqaAxIN9l4Dr19LnC43N11qSDjOgLlRLhu6ObSY05Pjb8L4f1b85_0k7VT1Nn87duTBoeGXMs-50CEZNDeEGflHvcVTRHKJPvxuTJNwCiNswin30gQmniwAAM0v8kU3SJJcuqMYd9qzDiEcxS5esyr3Nlw91vf54r7SqrdvLz/s1995/IMG_1818(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1995" data-original-width="1208" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKwgCT_YICq1O-5GpqaAxIN9l4Dr19LnC43N11qSDjOgLlRLhu6ObSY05Pjb8L4f1b85_0k7VT1Nn87duTBoeGXMs-50CEZNDeEGflHvcVTRHKJPvxuTJNwCiNswin30gQmniwAAM0v8kU3SJJcuqMYd9qzDiEcxS5esyr3Nlw91vf54r7SqrdvLz/w388-h640/IMG_1818(1).jpg" width="388" /></a></div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The kitchen also got some decorations. Lily and my old kitty Merlin are posing for the camera. Merlin will be 18 years old in April 2023.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQjXk6amd9Z5cT9T03hMM-ZgYTqJsjQ_obQfui3ocHwwTb0U2s1HcAYxhWRQ0WguFI2wq7wRhDqHMRXEvVaYwj8kzSBjRUfCxlze19ZY1YIsoFu_c4c5nTpyquaMgit5GYDbX8argYxlF4RbMfWwvZRkQ_UKdYBE4vBRhaQV7u8vTS--M4VSR-qyk/s2016/IMG_1823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQjXk6amd9Z5cT9T03hMM-ZgYTqJsjQ_obQfui3ocHwwTb0U2s1HcAYxhWRQ0WguFI2wq7wRhDqHMRXEvVaYwj8kzSBjRUfCxlze19ZY1YIsoFu_c4c5nTpyquaMgit5GYDbX8argYxlF4RbMfWwvZRkQ_UKdYBE4vBRhaQV7u8vTS--M4VSR-qyk/w480-h640/IMG_1823.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT_o-Jv5WeNRLILHVzn1MoqXcbJBeqKK4XhlVj-sxOXQBUAG0yO0OI60jGVDB46fUC8SN5XYL4CwspdP1Jz-ijfLB-qn91kvNx862Ugw3w3hJ4NF7YrwniuS2OmnFvtjCJju7Uxd4-JaEdLvqhG2TN_w5-E-IIDRYrJ5xxXqcx5hIyTxLBpcJYMR8/s2016/IMG_1825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT_o-Jv5WeNRLILHVzn1MoqXcbJBeqKK4XhlVj-sxOXQBUAG0yO0OI60jGVDB46fUC8SN5XYL4CwspdP1Jz-ijfLB-qn91kvNx862Ugw3w3hJ4NF7YrwniuS2OmnFvtjCJju7Uxd4-JaEdLvqhG2TN_w5-E-IIDRYrJ5xxXqcx5hIyTxLBpcJYMR8/w480-h640/IMG_1825.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We tried Snoop's wine one evening in honor of the Holiday season - hah! </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkLLkTLg3vwrvQrnarKXNfi4xpAw4vTI4byxBAcGApFDpriLK5PW96shQce1wDenTANyp_-7cm-i_REX0FCFuf7E0B_Pf3bVgZwkzUdIkamgu3hePBn4Qe3ds-Zl33YeZmj3N1WXl2hqy2JnI-G0ToFMgX-OZpbPzU09RCAdn0waVHH9Eg3NXdlqO/s2016/IMG_1826.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkLLkTLg3vwrvQrnarKXNfi4xpAw4vTI4byxBAcGApFDpriLK5PW96shQce1wDenTANyp_-7cm-i_REX0FCFuf7E0B_Pf3bVgZwkzUdIkamgu3hePBn4Qe3ds-Zl33YeZmj3N1WXl2hqy2JnI-G0ToFMgX-OZpbPzU09RCAdn0waVHH9Eg3NXdlqO/w480-h640/IMG_1826.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My vintage terra cotta nativity. I purchased all the pieces separately from Ebay and it took me several years to acquire it all.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUu57ZQ_gQZ42YDFjRRxH99uzCHjel6ZVvAtNqOuJaFjUKB0lM64rbwfCbzZUi4Yy2Qez2OKtpGAWtCMtnuppvHBlISrnkQPz9wua6jRE4WhIhnGDn28vzN0DCGnPIElhxyN6BVQ8J45Y78cyCos9do3cmzPoS1d_eFeQB4Cfm_PBfiqhb4rpoajVw/s1351/IMG_1844(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="1265" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUu57ZQ_gQZ42YDFjRRxH99uzCHjel6ZVvAtNqOuJaFjUKB0lM64rbwfCbzZUi4Yy2Qez2OKtpGAWtCMtnuppvHBlISrnkQPz9wua6jRE4WhIhnGDn28vzN0DCGnPIElhxyN6BVQ8J45Y78cyCos9do3cmzPoS1d_eFeQB4Cfm_PBfiqhb4rpoajVw/w600-h640/IMG_1844(1).jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpLbYWgGFZhmKFA6VjRodsP5C1TQVqp995MTLxgvYCkcI6YBxToJ14KyeKKRPNPFa_0ESsMlAYpUNsZpf3kxb8_dePtIBsQeWIMSwUj5X3_m6YN3gg9JoGcHdJFHx64yrAc7mnmnUk5k7eE00IBnqeGnhFmgpE_e02G1xc4Ne0ICyRDZJTYAtDVKE/s1640/IMG_1847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1640" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpLbYWgGFZhmKFA6VjRodsP5C1TQVqp995MTLxgvYCkcI6YBxToJ14KyeKKRPNPFa_0ESsMlAYpUNsZpf3kxb8_dePtIBsQeWIMSwUj5X3_m6YN3gg9JoGcHdJFHx64yrAc7mnmnUk5k7eE00IBnqeGnhFmgpE_e02G1xc4Ne0ICyRDZJTYAtDVKE/w640-h552/IMG_1847.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5e9AAmnhqJrTSEs9wWMHMfJBiM04IYiyIRugo9r23KM_zROYMduXaE45Aqc4Nfbp1kAyvSFf6eqYWLmfdBhC2PsjvEG6rQ8PLE5m_c6friXfA1BsNz4lF5PIv56w8OsvSu-zOI2ySfkUyIgmajZrfIH2g-Aujo_KdPDjDJKBHfKzc2FZ_GnFgVCP/s2016/IMG_1892(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lily is checking out the decorations in the garden room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5e9AAmnhqJrTSEs9wWMHMfJBiM04IYiyIRugo9r23KM_zROYMduXaE45Aqc4Nfbp1kAyvSFf6eqYWLmfdBhC2PsjvEG6rQ8PLE5m_c6friXfA1BsNz4lF5PIv56w8OsvSu-zOI2ySfkUyIgmajZrfIH2g-Aujo_KdPDjDJKBHfKzc2FZ_GnFgVCP/s2016/IMG_1892(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5e9AAmnhqJrTSEs9wWMHMfJBiM04IYiyIRugo9r23KM_zROYMduXaE45Aqc4Nfbp1kAyvSFf6eqYWLmfdBhC2PsjvEG6rQ8PLE5m_c6friXfA1BsNz4lF5PIv56w8OsvSu-zOI2ySfkUyIgmajZrfIH2g-Aujo_KdPDjDJKBHfKzc2FZ_GnFgVCP/w480-h640/IMG_1892(1).jpg" width="480" /></a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEB8Zt6a3xJs71KklQ7PPx_ZcS6l-FP8t37u1d9nlyn2bFCSZwDrz89s7ztwM3S3m1uVbjOmHHVQR8zN8KRbRi5N3RqN-3sTXxxjQ37y_3P517MBCZrPoUhn45Mb1o4emyNppDOIj8oy4RynJR2AIbct6hNUON2gf6iKQxx7ikmZO5ePLNah38q1V0/s1280/IMG_1849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Li<img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1137" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEB8Zt6a3xJs71KklQ7PPx_ZcS6l-FP8t37u1d9nlyn2bFCSZwDrz89s7ztwM3S3m1uVbjOmHHVQR8zN8KRbRi5N3RqN-3sTXxxjQ37y_3P517MBCZrPoUhn45Mb1o4emyNppDOIj8oy4RynJR2AIbct6hNUON2gf6iKQxx7ikmZO5ePLNah38q1V0/w568-h640/IMG_1849.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Christmas Tree #1 is up in the garden room. Amelia is modeling for the camera.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuT1qnr2hTERae0pMR6my23bV3ipC1v8mPE4w0G00aeiKTFPFFPWQ6tLCpptmyQ7JqGPADDo5hIQ99cQNXTGyt7GCXc0TSpo_40s4WrUI-187kZAf4SgdTFxc--oleyyawKxcO9tTEns3XIpm_Wx5RXuBzc9zeSkqbXK2PCOxifyREk4V99O34xLAe/s2016/IMG_1854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuT1qnr2hTERae0pMR6my23bV3ipC1v8mPE4w0G00aeiKTFPFFPWQ6tLCpptmyQ7JqGPADDo5hIQ99cQNXTGyt7GCXc0TSpo_40s4WrUI-187kZAf4SgdTFxc--oleyyawKxcO9tTEns3XIpm_Wx5RXuBzc9zeSkqbXK2PCOxifyREk4V99O34xLAe/w480-h640/IMG_1854.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-_2mx6prCrBWG2LrCQQsrYWndl54bM-My1iP7PMqXVU3vUZkMGw_zT-lDCHcfuXq43vhwpFAKnfwwdc6_WCol9-4FK56LUOsRuq526KoEcRw4OaJ-h7U8kkrKQKrTSBxYeVuQL23k9g7V6_SD_ZNX7LL2Zr3rCfvaNTDooO3Ke-LUStzuolIg8MX/s2016/IMG_1916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Happy Holidays to all! <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_2ZiRuPdH_qgM0KFPF3N6UiR7aDJdyBPFCjnjBo8a4vv3e_kSf-gdeptDaH83jvR-xebAp-yaR78qFJPiwRTwLvKyaIPKpewZBKP03C71mBpwFksFDGKuBr38juiWoqVViJ7uYOANu2cd-6CsAnhrdiSHVtdenKXfJtua8ps8PWTbYMefXxPe-_N/s1941/IMG_1911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1941" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_2ZiRuPdH_qgM0KFPF3N6UiR7aDJdyBPFCjnjBo8a4vv3e_kSf-gdeptDaH83jvR-xebAp-yaR78qFJPiwRTwLvKyaIPKpewZBKP03C71mBpwFksFDGKuBr38juiWoqVViJ7uYOANu2cd-6CsAnhrdiSHVtdenKXfJtua8ps8PWTbYMefXxPe-_N/w640-h480/IMG_1911.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-20801111672895745382022-08-17T14:31:00.000-07:002022-08-17T14:31:32.241-07:00August 17th Summer Garden Update: Composting, Slug Eggs and More in Sequim, WA<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It has been almost a month since I posted last on the status of my vegetable garden and the flowers I planted in my yard. I've had success and some of the plants I'd given up on are pulling through the pest onslaught. I also ordered myself a tumbling composter from Home Depot and I really like it. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmimIBfdD10lAh5ikhfb-qe6XEISSDS-Gl_9F6JHkJE7KSn3ItjKfFI6LKKFUb63ce1tge7xzz-EICyVJ4XELzH46698oaTWOhgXrwiab-TnOc9ulhWXl9NYUuM3SxD18ghphlsKy07gVFC0rb5UtX2-OCSl1ND-04obYt-UfuobN4voNmpWhbVRnf/s2016/IMG_9738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmimIBfdD10lAh5ikhfb-qe6XEISSDS-Gl_9F6JHkJE7KSn3ItjKfFI6LKKFUb63ce1tge7xzz-EICyVJ4XELzH46698oaTWOhgXrwiab-TnOc9ulhWXl9NYUuM3SxD18ghphlsKy07gVFC0rb5UtX2-OCSl1ND-04obYt-UfuobN4voNmpWhbVRnf/w400-h300/IMG_9738.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I put it by the garden and one side is nearly full of nitrogen and
carbon waste. I used about a 60% carbon (sawdust) 40% nitrogen split
(kitchen waste). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWpRChTrJjjgz4oiMikRXi8pRB06qXMjyuuPXucrHAZqeHdI4evjiIJqkapdtEl4RLYtUq2ym0XPZxVQuOukqNVX2oLGF3cX8IG9ylY7DVPJlci3MN8txoSWdYdYqGL30eEXtWpq-WbzFhSUqAJtUuwzRJCbxzJJU1obkY9upk1KIxArIDTx2v--W/s2016/IMG_0094.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWpRChTrJjjgz4oiMikRXi8pRB06qXMjyuuPXucrHAZqeHdI4evjiIJqkapdtEl4RLYtUq2ym0XPZxVQuOukqNVX2oLGF3cX8IG9ylY7DVPJlci3MN8txoSWdYdYqGL30eEXtWpq-WbzFhSUqAJtUuwzRJCbxzJJU1obkY9upk1KIxArIDTx2v--W/w400-h300/IMG_0094.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The contents are already starting to warm up and it is
looking like it should.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaHY0pQOrigF8s6hAiY_d1uHZi7lWy-eM3ALxx97MB5NyQAzkjx47euupS1wAdO3_4AWN_JkFcJZPrKTbPRd6109E1-y1TYAZa90pdSkiD21XV4P5XvHP5zDZTsokEFCrSEvYyBVhr0RzNK6WESrYyKj_hrIHP3Jhw5AVcYG6URyo0q7awBMC_SPU/s1780/IMG_0095.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1780" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaHY0pQOrigF8s6hAiY_d1uHZi7lWy-eM3ALxx97MB5NyQAzkjx47euupS1wAdO3_4AWN_JkFcJZPrKTbPRd6109E1-y1TYAZa90pdSkiD21XV4P5XvHP5zDZTsokEFCrSEvYyBVhr0RzNK6WESrYyKj_hrIHP3Jhw5AVcYG6URyo0q7awBMC_SPU/w340-h400/IMG_0095.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In previous posts I've complained about my concern on the lack of pollinators but honestly I've had good luck and the plants, if they flower, are producing for the most part. My best producers are the Zucchini. However, as seen in the picture below, some of the fruit is succumbing to blossom end rot.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6UWwIV5R-6IPDAAyx2u7Y9zBmawazpRA27vae9ovqx62gKbyFk7zH6nrfCmQW9G8cyZfF6cELxybUo6gmOMJuggDOAZqxKpFQpBrCMM7S8h9Kv4n0Mj6P1cYyZWdcGPpCX3SiAL2BMa91wOrHP7RLL0lS2TRS_PIlZ7WjSx8ib3FxYPiY_lixPQR/s2016/IMG_9949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6UWwIV5R-6IPDAAyx2u7Y9zBmawazpRA27vae9ovqx62gKbyFk7zH6nrfCmQW9G8cyZfF6cELxybUo6gmOMJuggDOAZqxKpFQpBrCMM7S8h9Kv4n0Mj6P1cYyZWdcGPpCX3SiAL2BMa91wOrHP7RLL0lS2TRS_PIlZ7WjSx8ib3FxYPiY_lixPQR/w480-h640/IMG_9949.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I've been reading up on it and it appears to be cause by a calcium deficiency and there are competing arguments on how to address it. So far I'm getting plenty of edible Zucchini. I did not have this problem in Texas so it is my first time to figure out how to address it.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgOClBXIKQv-A0FHMG0waOKhptrD1LU9TGqZ0Q9Ev1fSKVQoj-MKMHbJuUSQTIlr87WiUf6Moxs8ETIQEMpVSWaZkSmDmt_DBiklF9zMrgQ_KMNSQIWfIhtD6ZjrMMPQW-BQkSAdINXUTtsf8DP7SWPsOtgICruOJBMcLUdSlsLEy93P1XkCbyYgA/s2016/IMG_9950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgOClBXIKQv-A0FHMG0waOKhptrD1LU9TGqZ0Q9Ev1fSKVQoj-MKMHbJuUSQTIlr87WiUf6Moxs8ETIQEMpVSWaZkSmDmt_DBiklF9zMrgQ_KMNSQIWfIhtD6ZjrMMPQW-BQkSAdINXUTtsf8DP7SWPsOtgICruOJBMcLUdSlsLEy93P1XkCbyYgA/w480-h640/IMG_9950.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> I'm throwing the affected Zucchini in the compost bin.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ImCnsB0pfAb4NptVcsH34-PnR9drjBrcFTwx3wzyrwEf_4VLb3aRvvYF2YyaP2uBYGg4oMQpSWWtP6pl75pQNxc2tf4QU7IeSwrHTug7UUTF4AvsSYIqWkT1QVZGqPhoDYJA5KsIJfnFsJ-f1fo56Mo9UJ0Wh8DrvEJ6WDE6tRiec_z63TryA9L3/s2016/IMG_9951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ImCnsB0pfAb4NptVcsH34-PnR9drjBrcFTwx3wzyrwEf_4VLb3aRvvYF2YyaP2uBYGg4oMQpSWWtP6pl75pQNxc2tf4QU7IeSwrHTug7UUTF4AvsSYIqWkT1QVZGqPhoDYJA5KsIJfnFsJ-f1fo56Mo9UJ0Wh8DrvEJ6WDE6tRiec_z63TryA9L3/w640-h480/IMG_9951.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I used my first harvested large Zucchini to make a mock apple pie. The flavor was pretty good, but it released too much water when baking and the pie was too runny. We ate it anyway but I'll make Zucchini bread next time.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijF_O4t2E9I7tqZAadxys3P_F49igJRgOz24QQWpHA5Udic8WslfqMHbhcKK3ZgUhr85HrqwGxbmbAB7TGo7ts21L7pqq7q-xfTVyXZU6iH-BlhsZ_ZRBYPdrKTsxtcL74llAy6-HrKAJmYw8qW-TGpQeT4tcMLX39NpP4xAkZJbATAUjuGrSwuH5i/s2016/IMG_9792.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijF_O4t2E9I7tqZAadxys3P_F49igJRgOz24QQWpHA5Udic8WslfqMHbhcKK3ZgUhr85HrqwGxbmbAB7TGo7ts21L7pqq7q-xfTVyXZU6iH-BlhsZ_ZRBYPdrKTsxtcL74llAy6-HrKAJmYw8qW-TGpQeT4tcMLX39NpP4xAkZJbATAUjuGrSwuH5i/w640-h480/IMG_9792.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AiS27GPdUxYj2X4Bx8CR7N4jZ-ceU2cTtNM0_l_dXRRNeNaKGFHJMpb1T_6lgkJEk8lT8T3cVE6alVesKZnq-SG8u0bsN6-uj_jMDSmM3lGSWcrH_af6NZ-1c4aVamTIsVopz5Mwu2AsfRPFt6N1jTyo73k8Xc-CXY47OYys4d5obyASa9NNXJpg/s2016/IMG_9794.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AiS27GPdUxYj2X4Bx8CR7N4jZ-ceU2cTtNM0_l_dXRRNeNaKGFHJMpb1T_6lgkJEk8lT8T3cVE6alVesKZnq-SG8u0bsN6-uj_jMDSmM3lGSWcrH_af6NZ-1c4aVamTIsVopz5Mwu2AsfRPFt6N1jTyo73k8Xc-CXY47OYys4d5obyASa9NNXJpg/w480-h640/IMG_9794.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The next big success story is the tomatoes. I have several varieties planted and they are growing well and producing a lot of fruit. I've already harvested several red "Early Girl" varieties. The smaller "tommy toes" tomatoes (as my mother referred to them) have not turned red yet.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzT80zPOqkATGm96BYvuj6XGc22gkyeMh3qkfXXvDSxgHMBywIiUl8pGYholOjQsAHvbYxfJdnkUbG-gNnxug_1Wa0EZCCd6iuwn8FbrNzwJOw7efXOLww9ooDdUfpbAqmuDQG-eYBRjpA-Vav449qr4na1EytfIyQRhN8msFs4gUMU_Ve3Pb5mPsR/s2016/IMG_0086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzT80zPOqkATGm96BYvuj6XGc22gkyeMh3qkfXXvDSxgHMBywIiUl8pGYholOjQsAHvbYxfJdnkUbG-gNnxug_1Wa0EZCCd6iuwn8FbrNzwJOw7efXOLww9ooDdUfpbAqmuDQG-eYBRjpA-Vav449qr4na1EytfIyQRhN8msFs4gUMU_Ve3Pb5mPsR/w480-h640/IMG_0086.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTX0p6yh0MWw7Sxhvu_RZNOvMCpYDeqV2NLMLuDzLV4HDXPNJyLaoRDxB6ibOUWEV7ZeSX7EePnXAJhxoFhpltOVDsvbt_ciqdbYEnCOSyiZ8vBtypXARCJC5QXDoj7l6Ey9yHQSlhFxDg_T9-isez5jdbutLLvOKLpz_PHk9Vogeqe6BZh6EyISTH/s2016/IMG_9946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTX0p6yh0MWw7Sxhvu_RZNOvMCpYDeqV2NLMLuDzLV4HDXPNJyLaoRDxB6ibOUWEV7ZeSX7EePnXAJhxoFhpltOVDsvbt_ciqdbYEnCOSyiZ8vBtypXARCJC5QXDoj7l6Ey9yHQSlhFxDg_T9-isez5jdbutLLvOKLpz_PHk9Vogeqe6BZh6EyISTH/w480-h640/IMG_9946.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately, a couple of the plants have become afflicted with some type of plant disease with small black dots on the leaves (which is totally new to me here in Sequim) and my best guess is some type of fungus. I'm going to add more mulch and pinch off the lower leaves as a start to tackling the problem. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HTlkSRt5tJ1Orxy5t4haygOZ1fA_a9QzM0poQIM0MhY4JXNodakuuG8G2CUtQ_x2iXYQSd9mvSmLcv9LLRt5N3yJ96fNUi1xmLQZtyvNH6fu-uH_jQHC_z8By1wW05TAKUvdjWV1QaRccgLzFb3tadcBVccsZ4vBf6X7JmY75aZBNv9YHToH-QrZ/s2016/IMG_9947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HTlkSRt5tJ1Orxy5t4haygOZ1fA_a9QzM0poQIM0MhY4JXNodakuuG8G2CUtQ_x2iXYQSd9mvSmLcv9LLRt5N3yJ96fNUi1xmLQZtyvNH6fu-uH_jQHC_z8By1wW05TAKUvdjWV1QaRccgLzFb3tadcBVccsZ4vBf6X7JmY75aZBNv9YHToH-QrZ/w480-h640/IMG_9947.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> So far it does not seem to be affecting their productivity.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYXPmfmw6LpBIn8fyGEIk9lB2IlW0wAWzdV5Kfrhtk4Pps-SeuEfWlbpOtIlLyRDrU6Gf5RMYUBT5z3vR-mvmvgRqgP2Ppk5GXEGX62YX1unxQiw0QLE7lWSQPBiI7OkthF1r1iqhydetigcW7KvsY2_Ck4gyXdn23qRJohgvz8_uI2s6vc9VSS5W/s2016/IMG_9945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYXPmfmw6LpBIn8fyGEIk9lB2IlW0wAWzdV5Kfrhtk4Pps-SeuEfWlbpOtIlLyRDrU6Gf5RMYUBT5z3vR-mvmvgRqgP2Ppk5GXEGX62YX1unxQiw0QLE7lWSQPBiI7OkthF1r1iqhydetigcW7KvsY2_Ck4gyXdn23qRJohgvz8_uI2s6vc9VSS5W/w480-h640/IMG_9945.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The next good luck I've had is the Cucumbers started growing and blooming like crazy after we had a warm week (in the 80's). The temperature gave them enough of a push to start doing well. I'm hoping for an excellent harvest. <br /></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHihdOK9YNZqw1UybmK6hXCht7-qPlZ8_AdrfIrG8Upp01It62HSEccRXT97VJbycaSY12Kd1bFvYmRejazJXyeF1Co7UKqxNUtMJVLZzhSO03jw3I_Pcejji13_gWQi7I0rU9-xbDtqUv-WARt51EB97IhSarSARwlGj2i4-BLTWk0OQKyXYpFQaP/s2016/IMG_0081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHihdOK9YNZqw1UybmK6hXCht7-qPlZ8_AdrfIrG8Upp01It62HSEccRXT97VJbycaSY12Kd1bFvYmRejazJXyeF1Co7UKqxNUtMJVLZzhSO03jw3I_Pcejji13_gWQi7I0rU9-xbDtqUv-WARt51EB97IhSarSARwlGj2i4-BLTWk0OQKyXYpFQaP/w480-h640/IMG_0081.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszmWWvkCeQzV5XuSAV5HHTKF3dZ0paQU_TnCVD1DS4v8lbQSnv0bebKcnKuxD4EDuEhD1KYwGoFgyb104oJSjjF1bjGHllSJT3Y_hRO2AMvoxzvF28_m18Hp1w90ahol4QZjGnGycT6aAiG33ioZxjGmXPnIowZEIM4KAZrGa7FQ-NWpa9IRaDoMG/s2016/IMG_0082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszmWWvkCeQzV5XuSAV5HHTKF3dZ0paQU_TnCVD1DS4v8lbQSnv0bebKcnKuxD4EDuEhD1KYwGoFgyb104oJSjjF1bjGHllSJT3Y_hRO2AMvoxzvF28_m18Hp1w90ahol4QZjGnGycT6aAiG33ioZxjGmXPnIowZEIM4KAZrGa7FQ-NWpa9IRaDoMG/w480-h640/IMG_0082.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I expressed concern in my last post regarding leaf miners attacking the beans, radishes, beets, and spinach. They are all growing and doing well. I think the warm week of weather we had gave them enough of a push and I'm hopeful for a good harvest now.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNLEgHe1PoLNQ7pVylIOLEo5PGAwvqGbIKtIeRzziS1_xkSH_KADwu1adUISEQHMeGOsNF1SgkjSLKEr_58LmUaC3n5-uCpO1e8gF3smWgpRQf6jw5Jq7GgcI8cv8nlQIDfhezKC5iVjg5l3gzap0-o0eWQJigYqjnp2yNaiC03q6FXQTIXi4g0uM/s2016/IMG_0083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNLEgHe1PoLNQ7pVylIOLEo5PGAwvqGbIKtIeRzziS1_xkSH_KADwu1adUISEQHMeGOsNF1SgkjSLKEr_58LmUaC3n5-uCpO1e8gF3smWgpRQf6jw5Jq7GgcI8cv8nlQIDfhezKC5iVjg5l3gzap0-o0eWQJigYqjnp2yNaiC03q6FXQTIXi4g0uM/w480-h640/IMG_0083.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The entire bed is growing well and the two eggplants at the front of the bed are starting to grow finally as well.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKfUczoTggWRvFbi5Jf30fLuhXghiTiKUr_0iom-wjw3E5ZMI0lZyKQd-G0EZ7XjnNkpKY-0Nv4Qf39Smjbrq6DLpCT6DGu70449pfCCpUMXOONsvg_mw2MB4VvrPB6iadISAiPZ2-aaSi2MFczym89Lvp2efod7PiA66cS-dhPemHhdQAtZOOby7/s2016/IMG_0098.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKfUczoTggWRvFbi5Jf30fLuhXghiTiKUr_0iom-wjw3E5ZMI0lZyKQd-G0EZ7XjnNkpKY-0Nv4Qf39Smjbrq6DLpCT6DGu70449pfCCpUMXOONsvg_mw2MB4VvrPB6iadISAiPZ2-aaSi2MFczym89Lvp2efod7PiA66cS-dhPemHhdQAtZOOby7/w480-h640/IMG_0098.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> The following pictures just show plant growth over the
past month. I have concluded that these plants really love the heat and
they started doing well after we had a week of 80 plus temps. The
temperatures dropped the following week to the 60's and 70's but the one
week of warm temps was enough to get them growing.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckUv3-b5GZKqn1xZ0vWpNv5KZrcpwAJl2rMnlH4YJGntFyP7Js6Ezsive1F6QknOcVPVjac3TUsENWvxYS2oHdv8dsYM65mIMRCW5ufcmX4CQrj8Ma5liXaplENMWXuSHmQnsmSP4TvtDcULRqIeisjvTH6F9YF0P8Hj22qslfIHASR0E5cVX6kW_/s2016/IMG_0090.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckUv3-b5GZKqn1xZ0vWpNv5KZrcpwAJl2rMnlH4YJGntFyP7Js6Ezsive1F6QknOcVPVjac3TUsENWvxYS2oHdv8dsYM65mIMRCW5ufcmX4CQrj8Ma5liXaplENMWXuSHmQnsmSP4TvtDcULRqIeisjvTH6F9YF0P8Hj22qslfIHASR0E5cVX6kW_/w640-h480/IMG_0090.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhd1YJS9aR47w_PKfBI77--uoX9_YROpTOZATGDjK1S30ct5pY-lOn8Y3tU06QSYT6LDbyrR8cNSqWxiQoZ_SNipprQNWIY7blrLhbw0cD3JxsstdFfDUDLJ9WrAgKHoVRHM34QXzMHeAWbudiLWfSGuMzwPdJpACXCaI9gQFA7XkBXth5PTf9ZxEH/s2016/IMG_0087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhd1YJS9aR47w_PKfBI77--uoX9_YROpTOZATGDjK1S30ct5pY-lOn8Y3tU06QSYT6LDbyrR8cNSqWxiQoZ_SNipprQNWIY7blrLhbw0cD3JxsstdFfDUDLJ9WrAgKHoVRHM34QXzMHeAWbudiLWfSGuMzwPdJpACXCaI9gQFA7XkBXth5PTf9ZxEH/w480-h640/IMG_0087.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNrkzgS26MZ-9RIVTh4tCg44jxN-wwHvxK3edF7evGlZe_jtpXsa0uikIF9l0sKTbO8gHtDaE3K5wO4feF_DldEkQq9hSA6ArFTxcvC43vPN0Ja_mo8ca58bRe8PxhoPrEEjqZf6daGc8FjXd_yMtWDA6IbobbxkGGzddwrP-sPFDgslBN-xhXR5O/s2016/IMG_0088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNrkzgS26MZ-9RIVTh4tCg44jxN-wwHvxK3edF7evGlZe_jtpXsa0uikIF9l0sKTbO8gHtDaE3K5wO4feF_DldEkQq9hSA6ArFTxcvC43vPN0Ja_mo8ca58bRe8PxhoPrEEjqZf6daGc8FjXd_yMtWDA6IbobbxkGGzddwrP-sPFDgslBN-xhXR5O/w480-h640/IMG_0088.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I almost harvested the Broccoli too late. I kept hoping the heads would get a little bigger and they were almost ready for the blooms to pop open.</span><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSHgp1pkVzC3-bO8Nv6UL_uG_r3VcQkTCOFaAR9L0Zx8UFnRQTpPxa5dF2tSh89gaONfqDXu52uatxCTypRLGWzzV0o_gXnqphB7jZKfPaWzNxjx49ciJfI2L-IvoB0gtYynw7vuAm6hKYnuCNASrhDCsDX2ZSn6DhZfF8R_Dpydc5baeFD8xIbvL/s2016/IMG_9789.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSHgp1pkVzC3-bO8Nv6UL_uG_r3VcQkTCOFaAR9L0Zx8UFnRQTpPxa5dF2tSh89gaONfqDXu52uatxCTypRLGWzzV0o_gXnqphB7jZKfPaWzNxjx49ciJfI2L-IvoB0gtYynw7vuAm6hKYnuCNASrhDCsDX2ZSn6DhZfF8R_Dpydc5baeFD8xIbvL/w480-h640/IMG_9789.jpg" width="480" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sTQ-GWYuNTQfkSctwohpjj_WwDrvGKzHNmsETfsW4u7VCU-ay4gWbNWHFwRfM8jZQg2CzpG_K8bbN38W8P6a59BIHdtBTlPQhIc5laxv1zxtJbPxJuT2EcajN4rj3zoo3L8Rv0j_cHV2igG9jrzWJUwROzXDgkJAT0tAe3nWn7h57Jb9TL3xmCuI/s2016/IMG_9791.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sTQ-GWYuNTQfkSctwohpjj_WwDrvGKzHNmsETfsW4u7VCU-ay4gWbNWHFwRfM8jZQg2CzpG_K8bbN38W8P6a59BIHdtBTlPQhIc5laxv1zxtJbPxJuT2EcajN4rj3zoo3L8Rv0j_cHV2igG9jrzWJUwROzXDgkJAT0tAe3nWn7h57Jb9TL3xmCuI/w480-h640/IMG_9791.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYdr8JhFzMAFCb7HPuVO6kQ_0e-B946frM3dhCxBujcKNupTqBE-FxjyKtMvbCjf4DZVGcurlk636omx0yphm5Hp_rRGxx2XaxJcrfbplwtU4xBesqBpdUko2iYpR5H-e1TR-LwTDy_mQbmr58DAc3v1Q9vysSL-rkWVJFjDVx9tq4BIlov2M1U3k/s1392/IMG_9725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYdr8JhFzMAFCb7HPuVO6kQ_0e-B946frM3dhCxBujcKNupTqBE-FxjyKtMvbCjf4DZVGcurlk636omx0yphm5Hp_rRGxx2XaxJcrfbplwtU4xBesqBpdUko2iYpR5H-e1TR-LwTDy_mQbmr58DAc3v1Q9vysSL-rkWVJFjDVx9tq4BIlov2M1U3k/w560-h640/IMG_9725.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRQdHhz9AB0Dmxx-GwUSSrFFMOS4kTFhV2WWtp72mIl8_CReRaM1ePYb6PvIPYl-tnU5FtHFGfQZMRmF2YC5Nplz0sicbv_Q-KhsZo7r026C0X89hyo80aJM2Rmjmr3WtVdCu_Y7WF_W9_ncab45Ii6NNLdaDtS8lnwxcv7j2jM51KroblbGe172J/s3454/IMG_9935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3454" data-original-width="2590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRQdHhz9AB0Dmxx-GwUSSrFFMOS4kTFhV2WWtp72mIl8_CReRaM1ePYb6PvIPYl-tnU5FtHFGfQZMRmF2YC5Nplz0sicbv_Q-KhsZo7r026C0X89hyo80aJM2Rmjmr3WtVdCu_Y7WF_W9_ncab45Ii6NNLdaDtS8lnwxcv7j2jM51KroblbGe172J/w480-h640/IMG_9935.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The plants I have been most disappointed in are the Bell and Jalapeno Peppers. They were my top stars in Texas but apparently not so here in Washington. They remain small and puny looking. Some of the plants are putting on flowers and there are some small fruit but they are not robust and healthy. I did fertilize them but it didn't help much.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdTX8tNowD-M9zCa2aKGnx6SKve2TqzfQkcFdajNyE7g3KX36C1K7hKsGWVivGHfJJ401woRU3lcLSlifl3jU7kchbK_7n53zu-ONy4ZYyMYvh_jBVbw73OM5dZ0DY3ITXApsD-b8K7jZ3-TbGSe6GanlzoQbiWfMe7GTzlaBnVUpoQQpG1WItFNX/s1655/IMG_9732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="1241" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdTX8tNowD-M9zCa2aKGnx6SKve2TqzfQkcFdajNyE7g3KX36C1K7hKsGWVivGHfJJ401woRU3lcLSlifl3jU7kchbK_7n53zu-ONy4ZYyMYvh_jBVbw73OM5dZ0DY3ITXApsD-b8K7jZ3-TbGSe6GanlzoQbiWfMe7GTzlaBnVUpoQQpG1WItFNX/w480-h640/IMG_9732.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhde88yvYpJj977GyNhVtjlSXK1gszteMRakFcRnTJzuogGJjeIx5ZUWoSWAbv6yAQxx_5n-0eSMbl_YpXAehE7bWt81UeZLHdn3HZHbJnLdsuLzNTaa1f0pnyXoh33muA-XCMzJvu9kcfHS6ICstEV524oxXiXT6_V5jWsLCWotoJuTgecd1AjRy0A/s1633/IMG_0096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="1195" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhde88yvYpJj977GyNhVtjlSXK1gszteMRakFcRnTJzuogGJjeIx5ZUWoSWAbv6yAQxx_5n-0eSMbl_YpXAehE7bWt81UeZLHdn3HZHbJnLdsuLzNTaa1f0pnyXoh33muA-XCMzJvu9kcfHS6ICstEV524oxXiXT6_V5jWsLCWotoJuTgecd1AjRy0A/w468-h640/IMG_0096.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We were changing out some large planter pots in our front yard and after lifting one of them off the ground we saw some eggs that were new to us. We had a clue they were slug eggs but I confirmed it after looking them up.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3GZzpZvUh-mmdUWRXGKdRkXJ10Khq3TMqelku1rRWu5_o0QmB85hHLxwvy588HTT05w94odYHYERUVCFAbmH0chZQM-Vm-T4DN9MYPdFbLel9t3olRGP8jfOTCkdOXvyDa59vH0GyajZrST6Dv4Au8YqG9ru1yW3O9pb0Izby8s0MUvbaj13ooig/s1455/IMG_0066.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="1031" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3GZzpZvUh-mmdUWRXGKdRkXJ10Khq3TMqelku1rRWu5_o0QmB85hHLxwvy588HTT05w94odYHYERUVCFAbmH0chZQM-Vm-T4DN9MYPdFbLel9t3olRGP8jfOTCkdOXvyDa59vH0GyajZrST6Dv4Au8YqG9ru1yW3O9pb0Izby8s0MUvbaj13ooig/w454-h640/IMG_0066.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><p> They looked like fish eggs to me.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ9ZHtB3gbRuBxZo9ofOIGdH_MLCvFBtp0FFb8M9CbjS1l_gisExKxOnERYehhe4Rb23VadhR99-5aPKqtdHSlv3Wn_Gx7j2VKC_IAwolstWib8JxxcgFkeYyL5HEANS_0zFVxQiwltz3ziGcOUFKluWfucCRIR9zV2DmeHEGqidQ_TKJNyBd8JZT/s2016/IMG_0078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ9ZHtB3gbRuBxZo9ofOIGdH_MLCvFBtp0FFb8M9CbjS1l_gisExKxOnERYehhe4Rb23VadhR99-5aPKqtdHSlv3Wn_Gx7j2VKC_IAwolstWib8JxxcgFkeYyL5HEANS_0zFVxQiwltz3ziGcOUFKluWfucCRIR9zV2DmeHEGqidQ_TKJNyBd8JZT/w480-h640/IMG_0078.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Closer up for viewing.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOQq1qqABY969YZltakipAAxADisLQ7mnDHWbwTvWyHW8W7RY6gKe8X5YMAJ8ep0PvxN77sTGh0tbvTPiQSpWzqBQQcDL-rthVoK6t5Qh_aSBxIRbSYXlvjkvbYSU2H4sswXcbeEl9jLmC0i_wcnn76RnJvwpmwKgw2nzVIE7EYqIADWCs1vgBD3W/s2016/IMG_0079.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOQq1qqABY969YZltakipAAxADisLQ7mnDHWbwTvWyHW8W7RY6gKe8X5YMAJ8ep0PvxN77sTGh0tbvTPiQSpWzqBQQcDL-rthVoK6t5Qh_aSBxIRbSYXlvjkvbYSU2H4sswXcbeEl9jLmC0i_wcnn76RnJvwpmwKgw2nzVIE7EYqIADWCs1vgBD3W/w480-h640/IMG_0079.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Since I'm retired and have time, I decided to save them in a small container. I'm going to cover them up and watch them hatch! Hah!</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapWq9z9reed-4_DVhZds7oMig7sur9NpzcmnxwrpPmZOKZ_BYxtQm1qTkAdJxoeHhpQI4tX2Nj5hvyorMKyp2OG_D0yfqHM3UvMvhloa1_b8s948k8W6OELrzD7BRLzMMq8YHYU8wZXAT_BVO4fH_pSkRDUZHjrk8tQ1nPzkxuwg8ioPFl7hwGTWv/s1584/IMG_0080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapWq9z9reed-4_DVhZds7oMig7sur9NpzcmnxwrpPmZOKZ_BYxtQm1qTkAdJxoeHhpQI4tX2Nj5hvyorMKyp2OG_D0yfqHM3UvMvhloa1_b8s948k8W6OELrzD7BRLzMMq8YHYU8wZXAT_BVO4fH_pSkRDUZHjrk8tQ1nPzkxuwg8ioPFl7hwGTWv/w610-h640/IMG_0080.jpg" width="610" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A good insect post: I saw a small spider. I move them to a safe space if they are in an area I don't want them to be. This is a new spider to me. I did not see this type in Texas. I believe he is some type of a hobo spider.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhoxP0DUpTYTaLwZ6NXxwjFEzbxsgWVgj3nsixgjzY7LoxrSGnN2Wiur4T7sZQomUsXjOBa8yLjCnt-D1GXiypjBETAjURHbI-q4ZI6Ltvuih1aRMXm3fhJXIlIEvoyAkzMvjRTDq1grD0guV5bVj1cBw0GJDD2Tx_dyGQKG-Aool71SRWXnT_mRV/s2283/IMG_0035.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2283" data-original-width="2006" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNhoxP0DUpTYTaLwZ6NXxwjFEzbxsgWVgj3nsixgjzY7LoxrSGnN2Wiur4T7sZQomUsXjOBa8yLjCnt-D1GXiypjBETAjURHbI-q4ZI6Ltvuih1aRMXm3fhJXIlIEvoyAkzMvjRTDq1grD0guV5bVj1cBw0GJDD2Tx_dyGQKG-Aool71SRWXnT_mRV/w562-h640/IMG_0035.jpg" width="562" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'll close today's post with pictures of the Beebalm flowers in my backyard which are blooming now and look so lovely. I try to plant flowers to bring in the pollinators and this is one of the best. It grew back from last years plantings.<br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquXDiubfuDB3LQ4UX7UjUMZEsAOUJ5N5t02XA9yqT84o2enKld0ne4xtfRNTUh9GzF9rnzO9ndFS5iZy76YFQzUsUv1TbVZjxDhuPKA4uZkRM7KGdjvpwh566sn0onoFd_iQ5EdDgOnqWA7JaXrCjIEH7X2yeI3qXQMRArU5wkuvaUMvgXAtagYlT/s1554/IMG_9717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="1201" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquXDiubfuDB3LQ4UX7UjUMZEsAOUJ5N5t02XA9yqT84o2enKld0ne4xtfRNTUh9GzF9rnzO9ndFS5iZy76YFQzUsUv1TbVZjxDhuPKA4uZkRM7KGdjvpwh566sn0onoFd_iQ5EdDgOnqWA7JaXrCjIEH7X2yeI3qXQMRArU5wkuvaUMvgXAtagYlT/w494-h640/IMG_9717.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_0jleOO5bl5PDNZTUDNlRYnKSHtA-OVHn7--2sNCIj4L8aO5lnkkDU-0Lzim7VJ9o1nDI6mLEEdoGM8UieALQSrjIOWb99lQpuDM6KWSRZBpG_TlrPnZzH_xclAW-PLo_yPmbOIY_ROdcsh-bzsTLMYygcwAzO0dBmuMxOnstjXwM34cNqiLqhi7/s2016/IMG_9719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_0jleOO5bl5PDNZTUDNlRYnKSHtA-OVHn7--2sNCIj4L8aO5lnkkDU-0Lzim7VJ9o1nDI6mLEEdoGM8UieALQSrjIOWb99lQpuDM6KWSRZBpG_TlrPnZzH_xclAW-PLo_yPmbOIY_ROdcsh-bzsTLMYygcwAzO0dBmuMxOnstjXwM34cNqiLqhi7/w480-h640/IMG_9719.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsv16JT0iF6tZG5j-5KQnaJgPCZbF22NyPIm1R6UbbVCBXYyxMT15LJKMcn-AGlaniW6OrraUhPTsVHqtQedzWkma1sNtNP-NmN3yAAdso6rQkDNSmT1h6xVAry-ZvO56NZWXU-PBdGe6KOdpbUdcDYjOXiya6pvejM6RTYUTwVQsaivSbYQ45vOrj/s1977/IMG_9720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="1977" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsv16JT0iF6tZG5j-5KQnaJgPCZbF22NyPIm1R6UbbVCBXYyxMT15LJKMcn-AGlaniW6OrraUhPTsVHqtQedzWkma1sNtNP-NmN3yAAdso6rQkDNSmT1h6xVAry-ZvO56NZWXU-PBdGe6KOdpbUdcDYjOXiya6pvejM6RTYUTwVQsaivSbYQ45vOrj/w640-h480/IMG_9720.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></p><p> </p>Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-14795024824682801892022-07-25T08:52:00.006-07:002022-07-25T08:55:18.856-07:00Garden Status One Month In - Success and Potential Failure<div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This blog post is a status report on the state of the vegetable garden one month in. Several types of plants are doing great while others, not so much. I also believe each type of plant that is failing may be due to differing issues. I'll be speculating on each problem and whether there is a remedy or if next year I just need to not plant certain types of vegetables.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPIBxW2ycQx2MDBDaGgnOeMsD76RlrtNbV8Zm6v2exuM1uBqih7N2CoUIu9LxK_eeCg5bzTsf8v1o4qSr3-67VsN0wwgfj4b7Q8h2XhBT0w0P3FQyxwpd34rzgAsyIj-3cEPvC-2dJ9q92s3l7qpS4JNlNUtI7d5t3sWtyEu_Q3mv6HUP476lbx_v/s1873/IMG_9581.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="1873" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPIBxW2ycQx2MDBDaGgnOeMsD76RlrtNbV8Zm6v2exuM1uBqih7N2CoUIu9LxK_eeCg5bzTsf8v1o4qSr3-67VsN0wwgfj4b7Q8h2XhBT0w0P3FQyxwpd34rzgAsyIj-3cEPvC-2dJ9q92s3l7qpS4JNlNUtI7d5t3sWtyEu_Q3mv6HUP476lbx_v/w400-h295/IMG_9581.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I'll start with the good news first, the <b>Tomatoes</b> are looking great. I planted six varieties and all are healthy with plenty of flowers and green tomatoes. There are no pest or disease issues identified.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfZvAjRQZE3wGas-iLeyQRwPhnxbXLWHmgm1WFb2ee20-sGLKMLYGSjsChttPcJANJ0mBOjfir49aYHK-f2JMzyKXIdPqd_vqsHuQvnFJo9ITDAffxuHpPExHM1UZRGbrWmLL5wmVMr2tZ69sQTHi8PMqbyC45i95C84RxwwUewahWJ0ike-6LC9u/s4032/IMG_9542(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfZvAjRQZE3wGas-iLeyQRwPhnxbXLWHmgm1WFb2ee20-sGLKMLYGSjsChttPcJANJ0mBOjfir49aYHK-f2JMzyKXIdPqd_vqsHuQvnFJo9ITDAffxuHpPExHM1UZRGbrWmLL5wmVMr2tZ69sQTHi8PMqbyC45i95C84RxwwUewahWJ0ike-6LC9u/w480-h640/IMG_9542(1).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiluJp7lNzTIEul-8-UIC2SBptTfZEG2wq16YdhveZyOHTpXxFnSnTHC1BPsGh8xrCnkzicfd7Q2mHH36RWpyndrtTrrLDGt_mh3x6YpgaBm8D5SEO7rpm4AjGkZ5Xh5lHNxmnYsFrIeGXJo32Zax3bTF9bJYRPYwUpIHK9NDWhuk2FLGS9FujytGe/s4032/IMG_9541(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiluJp7lNzTIEul-8-UIC2SBptTfZEG2wq16YdhveZyOHTpXxFnSnTHC1BPsGh8xrCnkzicfd7Q2mHH36RWpyndrtTrrLDGt_mh3x6YpgaBm8D5SEO7rpm4AjGkZ5Xh5lHNxmnYsFrIeGXJo32Zax3bTF9bJYRPYwUpIHK9NDWhuk2FLGS9FujytGe/w640-h480/IMG_9541(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5M2uUc36SukO7mV0YAID7zD5MiKb_on3u44hM-LmOfYMcEdJ7thq8IiK-jwyoKr_kLlU6zEpmBEgtAzKlHM47LwIqf-oH0-wK8RDpbdHcEG9fndX-sdcvi6vstkfElgrPs6UoOvldUKZYeJEE967mJPFSgN9KFNbrYNP7JgrFpJ4evDkErcHJNbN/s4032/IMG_9543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5M2uUc36SukO7mV0YAID7zD5MiKb_on3u44hM-LmOfYMcEdJ7thq8IiK-jwyoKr_kLlU6zEpmBEgtAzKlHM47LwIqf-oH0-wK8RDpbdHcEG9fndX-sdcvi6vstkfElgrPs6UoOvldUKZYeJEE967mJPFSgN9KFNbrYNP7JgrFpJ4evDkErcHJNbN/w480-h640/IMG_9543.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Next up is the <b>Zucchini </b>and it is also going gangbusters. We planted 4 plants (all the same variety), and they are blooming up a storm and all have baby zucchinis. No pest or disease issues identified.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuNSCRv9re5e0QXY--zb5JgoCZ8AAy1KXfU2N_G7aR3w-dKnTsySy6ND-9G-i024kfJWJLHFg5gIteR6_Vs8MZj8gQp2sSdwXnc8irx4FOqPA3f2ck8y01vk4r3AbH6AvA2xz9ZZCxy-jQTykFOc6n1T2lvXdLG5BhQSJ1NGS66DIHC0vgXK768Wf/s1024/LRWDUIqyQDmYAJj83huzKw_thumb_13ad9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="806" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiuNSCRv9re5e0QXY--zb5JgoCZ8AAy1KXfU2N_G7aR3w-dKnTsySy6ND-9G-i024kfJWJLHFg5gIteR6_Vs8MZj8gQp2sSdwXnc8irx4FOqPA3f2ck8y01vk4r3AbH6AvA2xz9ZZCxy-jQTykFOc6n1T2lvXdLG5BhQSJ1NGS66DIHC0vgXK768Wf/w504-h640/LRWDUIqyQDmYAJj83huzKw_thumb_13ad9.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhnR7IcjVuwYpJ_LCe0eNH-kXRozpA6h8mv4FiyuD78IYevvtelN1xfnx-bVzCzKLIrOm3fGDCcG6bky1Wfzhtgf3Pq2PXGKqZT1SmJt4aiJrtKFU0rk_tgBfaE74BwWGl6T5cCpvSm54Fg_y2c107fojhLH0p2haMUo4_CrtrYFCTmqQGaeuVkSU/s2016/IMG_9548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhnR7IcjVuwYpJ_LCe0eNH-kXRozpA6h8mv4FiyuD78IYevvtelN1xfnx-bVzCzKLIrOm3fGDCcG6bky1Wfzhtgf3Pq2PXGKqZT1SmJt4aiJrtKFU0rk_tgBfaE74BwWGl6T5cCpvSm54Fg_y2c107fojhLH0p2haMUo4_CrtrYFCTmqQGaeuVkSU/w480-h640/IMG_9548.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJyI-Rueo1OXXUGWxQ0EjSxK7_w4q-7d_rFjUHWKltjjS_VJ_Vpbvc8O0vE2XeS7Rgx_sWnd_E_I5Z5h-Pni_bL_wfp6-ZvEqj8iX2aUurjfkkWDGcVZ6PTzJUDdr4IyDmI5_2srkKg_triYkQEvheKCKA0s09zmQB6Iu3O9GaS7mhhTxhUnRoLkp/s2016/IMG_9550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJyI-Rueo1OXXUGWxQ0EjSxK7_w4q-7d_rFjUHWKltjjS_VJ_Vpbvc8O0vE2XeS7Rgx_sWnd_E_I5Z5h-Pni_bL_wfp6-ZvEqj8iX2aUurjfkkWDGcVZ6PTzJUDdr4IyDmI5_2srkKg_triYkQEvheKCKA0s09zmQB6Iu3O9GaS7mhhTxhUnRoLkp/w480-h640/IMG_9550.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogIEKkuouUGoRVcIoQVUIphPV9ICQZeVxKoqL8GeQ_G_KVX3sr6Hv39utgQ8dRyP4jt4jEh4IVnAoErIRQb0uHP1EWZOHolYltN6HBv74aiCqGlAPXsuYYqM9WFH5TEeW5s1QejBmERGsi8NmFE4SKOwbSer3DsMFWDjxpDD6SjmwLLdPiCTiAJhB/s2016/IMG_9549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogIEKkuouUGoRVcIoQVUIphPV9ICQZeVxKoqL8GeQ_G_KVX3sr6Hv39utgQ8dRyP4jt4jEh4IVnAoErIRQb0uHP1EWZOHolYltN6HBv74aiCqGlAPXsuYYqM9WFH5TEeW5s1QejBmERGsi8NmFE4SKOwbSer3DsMFWDjxpDD6SjmwLLdPiCTiAJhB/w480-h640/IMG_9549.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Broccoli </b>is also doing great. We planted 6 plants, all the same variety, and all 6 are healthy and growing broccoli heads. I did have to tie them up because they were so top heavy they were falling over. No pest or disease issues identified. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUNAMS1dWXuWH5KNoW2CsJ9EKxUVPC5Uwmvp8PWTmce1ZFZmJ0qQR15wEYmXhBEfZ2FiTliQS58za_yj7cJ3jBsDuXZJ8FD2sVka63gFd4KTkmNmedPP56PP6GwTfxHaDRpzVlRh764lbKDcjZc5kUvJk3dfCmUO_c0cSKSnGcTK1jhZOno_0xKMM/s2016/IMG_9556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUNAMS1dWXuWH5KNoW2CsJ9EKxUVPC5Uwmvp8PWTmce1ZFZmJ0qQR15wEYmXhBEfZ2FiTliQS58za_yj7cJ3jBsDuXZJ8FD2sVka63gFd4KTkmNmedPP56PP6GwTfxHaDRpzVlRh764lbKDcjZc5kUvJk3dfCmUO_c0cSKSnGcTK1jhZOno_0xKMM/w640-h480/IMG_9556.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlds5Itrx7oVVeBeC2cAC390sX_iIcEaDHhIBIF4TOhcfvN-MxsSZ-IA_yI0eOOUFAE7KHrwCk0_GqDDW2bcaMX80kNdfTUH1-a-mBgk4GqKwVd9okhDj323kLytaQewX26T7smLOjBAFjM4eY_A3UjQhh0xKPQmtf5hJ2kFmVY1oY9b8s_02_QZfu/s2016/IMG_9557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlds5Itrx7oVVeBeC2cAC390sX_iIcEaDHhIBIF4TOhcfvN-MxsSZ-IA_yI0eOOUFAE7KHrwCk0_GqDDW2bcaMX80kNdfTUH1-a-mBgk4GqKwVd9okhDj323kLytaQewX26T7smLOjBAFjM4eY_A3UjQhh0xKPQmtf5hJ2kFmVY1oY9b8s_02_QZfu/w480-h640/IMG_9557.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXEaup5xVK-W2fZ2WeOLD2fU4-SaLe0MVxrs5ftos4uVfGBSDUaelQti4Xir6V9OCv5A7vZZlpf_0fBKwdd3yrS3vF9O6tZUKftbMCa7SYcNLq4iZzxArNVtd60atDszlzFjYf985S9aA_nfsk11q0BNbQwNUUWitAIdHk65sJzL5g4OBaOpAfP2F/s2016/IMG_9558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXEaup5xVK-W2fZ2WeOLD2fU4-SaLe0MVxrs5ftos4uVfGBSDUaelQti4Xir6V9OCv5A7vZZlpf_0fBKwdd3yrS3vF9O6tZUKftbMCa7SYcNLq4iZzxArNVtd60atDszlzFjYf985S9aA_nfsk11q0BNbQwNUUWitAIdHk65sJzL5g4OBaOpAfP2F/w480-h640/IMG_9558.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Cucumbers </b>are also flourishing. We have two varieties and all are growing well and starting to grow up the trellis. There are a few flowers (not a lot) but no fruit yet. I'm hopeful I will start seeing flowers this week. If I don't, than there may be a problem.<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi235G4qBvEBU2u3o8k8w9zIqCj6iv_mxZPkZiic0o70P3GJEoFYalUvU5v4qVGLUUPXTlE1r6cO7K0jan5FZYSYTjJ7Pc_Tne5HM6k6kcOMmX62YbjTMLzThPi6944GpPmehi1g_yu29Qjasi1Qw3lcZ2-UVCD_uTBoxNWjwf4iincpjdFWelwZ5N/s2016/IMG_9560.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi235G4qBvEBU2u3o8k8w9zIqCj6iv_mxZPkZiic0o70P3GJEoFYalUvU5v4qVGLUUPXTlE1r6cO7K0jan5FZYSYTjJ7Pc_Tne5HM6k6kcOMmX62YbjTMLzThPi6944GpPmehi1g_yu29Qjasi1Qw3lcZ2-UVCD_uTBoxNWjwf4iincpjdFWelwZ5N/w480-h640/IMG_9560.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggQMyH5ST84l5mPp8FKSwAjzJsWO0toDs3BKS2Ys9XUbtC44yn5kanyyI8JJUkwvMGPuS_k7D4Hzm-kfeLKefjws3iF_hR2qZchFWvCMtVG_OB0KW4sWX9AoPSKGNYA7h7uHtOiNuhzik8k4TFfFIR6EZjZeQrrQJKI8_Os0L1lczrpyAEsojXCtQ/s2016/IMG_9554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggQMyH5ST84l5mPp8FKSwAjzJsWO0toDs3BKS2Ys9XUbtC44yn5kanyyI8JJUkwvMGPuS_k7D4Hzm-kfeLKefjws3iF_hR2qZchFWvCMtVG_OB0KW4sWX9AoPSKGNYA7h7uHtOiNuhzik8k4TFfFIR6EZjZeQrrQJKI8_Os0L1lczrpyAEsojXCtQ/w480-h640/IMG_9554.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Problematic Vegetables</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My one lone <b>Cabbage </b>plant looks pretty good. There are no disease issues. However, we do have pest issues. Check out the holes on the leaves.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7x_qXDh1ulbPTsWgNhu5lAFBnTmTSHLN0kM6dSYWaEH29h4ecC0pEmig8by5Gido-GPDbrl4pUYqkGd_u50lE68DeKmxR04QQaqPUdaQ0jDW7EAdXe_Foi1E99XIcLFYsOb3EQaL6UAGW_icHNfYBs8YV13-B7TUxk7EVUS9ewkNdSfrdvJ7bRFY/s2016/IMG_9559.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7x_qXDh1ulbPTsWgNhu5lAFBnTmTSHLN0kM6dSYWaEH29h4ecC0pEmig8by5Gido-GPDbrl4pUYqkGd_u50lE68DeKmxR04QQaqPUdaQ0jDW7EAdXe_Foi1E99XIcLFYsOb3EQaL6UAGW_icHNfYBs8YV13-B7TUxk7EVUS9ewkNdSfrdvJ7bRFY/w480-h640/IMG_9559.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I found the culprit, a slug. So far I've only found one in the garden, but I applied slug bait on the gravel on the ground surrounding the raised beds. I'm hoping this will reduce any problems with slugs.</span><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVrRJL47fEkRBJyuv4ac8IRJBjqFrmAINbFZL0d1TlfH2WStWf4rDpw0ZA5S8gXWXFtqkfz8nGKpZzUm0z7FortyzJDTelTGUZ2ZXVYzwEFEeCwmVZsja8BNjouNJ9UuU7s8hlIZUZ5gj-SZ8ZivH_hg5B1fXaqFId_F3PPyrsLvQ97JmqHm0QbrG/s1024/JOSqANMFRqWaH2PjSgOUmg_thumb_139df.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="941" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVrRJL47fEkRBJyuv4ac8IRJBjqFrmAINbFZL0d1TlfH2WStWf4rDpw0ZA5S8gXWXFtqkfz8nGKpZzUm0z7FortyzJDTelTGUZ2ZXVYzwEFEeCwmVZsja8BNjouNJ9UuU7s8hlIZUZ5gj-SZ8ZivH_hg5B1fXaqFId_F3PPyrsLvQ97JmqHm0QbrG/w588-h640/JOSqANMFRqWaH2PjSgOUmg_thumb_139df.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> In the front of the broccoli is <b>Swiss Chard</b>. It
has been affected somewhat by some kind of pest (most likely leaf
miners) but not greatly. One of the plants bolted (it bloomed early)
and I cut the bolts off because we eat the leafs of this plant, not the flowers.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iUY--ZZpjXZBPRp3P1k3V4QPU9ZZgUqnnoCZE5WdnJnOqm1QfseuVG6wSoYa6CNhsdfRBlOm9YkF0mR7MxckIx-iWkh8XnQmuuyLKHZc4tSZcAhE-2TpauA0ygt5X9xF_BwKg1kyNy7MoquJKfnkhUmA75tSZzkyy4bbAUO_eMUG6VVfoK7F6hDq/s2016/IMG_9574.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iUY--ZZpjXZBPRp3P1k3V4QPU9ZZgUqnnoCZE5WdnJnOqm1QfseuVG6wSoYa6CNhsdfRBlOm9YkF0mR7MxckIx-iWkh8XnQmuuyLKHZc4tSZcAhE-2TpauA0ygt5X9xF_BwKg1kyNy7MoquJKfnkhUmA75tSZzkyy4bbAUO_eMUG6VVfoK7F6hDq/w480-h640/IMG_9574.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Next up are the <b>Radishes, Beets, Spinach and Beans </b>- this one entire bed of vegetables. All of these were seed planted, not transplants. Something is attacking all of these plants and I wonder if it is leaf miners as I originally suspected and was identified in the Sequim Gazette that I linked to in my previous blog post. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://www.sequimgazette.com/life/get-it-growing-leaf-miners/" target="_blank">https://www.sequimgazette.com/life/get-it-growing-leaf-miners/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In addition, none of the plants are growing well even though I have fertilized all the garden once thus far. They do not look healthy at all. I also wonder if all of these plants are affected by the cooler soil temperature and that they do not get enough sun. This particular bed gets slightly more dappled shade than and possibly these specific plants can't handle that.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmvDFoqGyzPRjluIR7ZTAERJlJT8JrMXoTPjCCD13ghDK635XqV_SLay_0xIQQHYcOa_aZLBNYVcHcoJfRcbQyg5iKP_6HGfQ9-KQBUEWFl2CHvNNs4QTnMD8zCGtTInJj-cCgJxfZ3SX8hbpDuMl4ZLQyny8SVTkofc8uT7nSwk72TPWy2dsD0i1/s2016/IMG_9562.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmvDFoqGyzPRjluIR7ZTAERJlJT8JrMXoTPjCCD13ghDK635XqV_SLay_0xIQQHYcOa_aZLBNYVcHcoJfRcbQyg5iKP_6HGfQ9-KQBUEWFl2CHvNNs4QTnMD8zCGtTInJj-cCgJxfZ3SX8hbpDuMl4ZLQyny8SVTkofc8uT7nSwk72TPWy2dsD0i1/w640-h480/IMG_9562.jpg" width="640" /></a></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwHN9Xv2Un996ymS3WDL1ukdDMnEEfnsD-dXMWDA4ckZaShpEv5GmX90T2OLRQ4DrRLXdanJf5mWv5E7FmXSI8paxBN_KvQnKyF0ipqop03HLJyJLpLQguC1PQQbv5wYTzEDTq2bxhw640OVmc531h1minzk_zjqNOlPkNA0CaROwlW_L0RILrqAd/s2016/IMG_9553.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwHN9Xv2Un996ymS3WDL1ukdDMnEEfnsD-dXMWDA4ckZaShpEv5GmX90T2OLRQ4DrRLXdanJf5mWv5E7FmXSI8paxBN_KvQnKyF0ipqop03HLJyJLpLQguC1PQQbv5wYTzEDTq2bxhw640OVmc531h1minzk_zjqNOlPkNA0CaROwlW_L0RILrqAd/w640-h480/IMG_9553.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF1xc_GDZtPmto_TwQNYioKPCDVln5sssVrRx6Y4MxPSrLzvZ0OLiBysYIwPKFwLo5sExb_MFj4U3BY4EBh0C_pHewtykfP3qNz9HrPGdxWHo7k9NDHmXT0MiIfjHnW2bRj4o9l_al93eNtv2mFZvdx9CK3DeuFnmGXf-_F7dMmatPdCGZPokXkHg/s2016/IMG_9552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF1xc_GDZtPmto_TwQNYioKPCDVln5sssVrRx6Y4MxPSrLzvZ0OLiBysYIwPKFwLo5sExb_MFj4U3BY4EBh0C_pHewtykfP3qNz9HrPGdxWHo7k9NDHmXT0MiIfjHnW2bRj4o9l_al93eNtv2mFZvdx9CK3DeuFnmGXf-_F7dMmatPdCGZPokXkHg/w640-h480/IMG_9552.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I want to discuss the <b>Peppers</b>. I planted different varieties of Bell Peppers as well as Jalapeno Peppers. Peppers were our most prolific and healthy plants in North Texas. These plants do not seem to be affected by disease or pests but they are not thriving. I believe they are affected by cool soil temperatures. They have also been fertilized once thus far.<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiu-Vnnef4S7rr6p1L55vo4XhyEL9ICacJ7lpXuJ9xr5oiLs3ph_nGiclvIET1IU9rsd1-xCvoVhipboiVBRX5l4Bufx7QyVTJbE9SaWCAk3h4OROaRRMOa2UugSwsVQwpwkIJ3IH9JN9H3LDJDo8qraZdTYp7UI7N-k3Sru8wfE4c4EazVQ7_Hed/s2016/IMG_9547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiu-Vnnef4S7rr6p1L55vo4XhyEL9ICacJ7lpXuJ9xr5oiLs3ph_nGiclvIET1IU9rsd1-xCvoVhipboiVBRX5l4Bufx7QyVTJbE9SaWCAk3h4OROaRRMOa2UugSwsVQwpwkIJ3IH9JN9H3LDJDo8qraZdTYp7UI7N-k3Sru8wfE4c4EazVQ7_Hed/w480-h640/IMG_9547.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3LFlv9N1TM_5x7Ik1bfsjOGcxIzfRvTFC-05CUIw_eAO9uWIZHrJBlY0rS9wZNNyXJEkGzbyKn9-NqG6NM7q2Bx6Cy2e0CJUH-fKBwFGOhS7lHTGXWaCTDqG_Uy5HP2fuzJkYlXAp3PRw7sE_bKxYmNfxz6Ah_Gn0a0spGy7O3XaDCf-zFcFMcFd/s2016/IMG_9544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3LFlv9N1TM_5x7Ik1bfsjOGcxIzfRvTFC-05CUIw_eAO9uWIZHrJBlY0rS9wZNNyXJEkGzbyKn9-NqG6NM7q2Bx6Cy2e0CJUH-fKBwFGOhS7lHTGXWaCTDqG_Uy5HP2fuzJkYlXAp3PRw7sE_bKxYmNfxz6Ah_Gn0a0spGy7O3XaDCf-zFcFMcFd/w480-h640/IMG_9544.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I have the same issues with <b>Eggplants</b> as with the peppers unfortunately. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4wD6Zzj-xV4PrInLHHzQn_mxkB-ttshHuwHb0Y0YPfitqw4KOkkimrPzOuwGFyvLZpgFSsxv-vE0Udfra6zWtnFXR3APgscB3ZKbjFsZt8tHgAQDEkFNDjpfGYnNXIzGn2_OV2qEXVg7t4mY1a9hEErlkSqvgGWa5KyXpRbNEu7OkBcWhXTAvnop/s2016/IMG_9573.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4wD6Zzj-xV4PrInLHHzQn_mxkB-ttshHuwHb0Y0YPfitqw4KOkkimrPzOuwGFyvLZpgFSsxv-vE0Udfra6zWtnFXR3APgscB3ZKbjFsZt8tHgAQDEkFNDjpfGYnNXIzGn2_OV2qEXVg7t4mY1a9hEErlkSqvgGWa5KyXpRbNEu7OkBcWhXTAvnop/w480-h640/IMG_9573.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> They are failing to thrive although they do have purple blooms. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7G3NxL1D3rOcLsCj-yD53VOf0VBGXoZhS9Zm4xk8PHEPiFlaf94u370eNw6Jfvt88jmz-s1C2Kj3gM-P9lCh0byMl7EOzdmuFx81lZAe8YHdp0zoFMSZ99zAkMR7Vjfw9eD5tbVcSd56higrA3SNINHouz3yVrp5ygiy2-K6qZyt37Om3G6Sp9UDB/s1786/IMG_9572.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="1052" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7G3NxL1D3rOcLsCj-yD53VOf0VBGXoZhS9Zm4xk8PHEPiFlaf94u370eNw6Jfvt88jmz-s1C2Kj3gM-P9lCh0byMl7EOzdmuFx81lZAe8YHdp0zoFMSZ99zAkMR7Vjfw9eD5tbVcSd56higrA3SNINHouz3yVrp5ygiy2-K6qZyt37Om3G6Sp9UDB/w376-h640/IMG_9572.jpg" width="376" /></a></div></span> <br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Next up are the vegetables in the cloth pots. These include a
different variety of <b>Big Kahuna Beans</b> which are doing great, <b>Carrots and Lettuce</b>
and some flowers (<b>Nasturtiums and Cosmos</b>). In this case the carrots and lettuce have the same issues as previously identified with the spinach, beets, and radishes which leads me to believe they also don't like the cooler soil temperatures and are not getting enough sun. They are also impacted by the leaf miners.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ema4pJzh9vd9UFSUKov0Npz4kOtr-sqaaOVfOtbslJq0_BZVMYTGpJ6yU685k-ncfNwEzeuK_rXOKpFNE7-h429SutxbpQm1mf_D1Ii8awQ5VYCWIFOyz7MMdZtdfSdrIwjq4xNJL3L5m-_xVd2cyhT6u9ukOxk8cZ0yz9XhUIztdET2b8SqfzEX/s1024/1hjVsLgzRcqsHsvG1ZXS5Q_thumb_13ae5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ema4pJzh9vd9UFSUKov0Npz4kOtr-sqaaOVfOtbslJq0_BZVMYTGpJ6yU685k-ncfNwEzeuK_rXOKpFNE7-h429SutxbpQm1mf_D1Ii8awQ5VYCWIFOyz7MMdZtdfSdrIwjq4xNJL3L5m-_xVd2cyhT6u9ukOxk8cZ0yz9XhUIztdET2b8SqfzEX/w480-h640/1hjVsLgzRcqsHsvG1ZXS5Q_thumb_13ae5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p></div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIi1Hp-Wc0gwiPAMNmt-ZfKKUvIUO1pKfrPea_5O7Ooq1CqGZjv_UUARs7eRqG26oJ7xTZhPSKFLdE9eaxg0MwQO5bytEn021f7R2Y1wMYN2eGu9P-BgLJJSOIRGij2ndb6cIUlMf_-afFB7ZJIR80ACtImjQC8Bk93bDrmEwP54-vbNwbJdl9KVd9/s1024/0YyS9u8xRUy%25ADrpNXwEDQ_thumb_13ae6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIi1Hp-Wc0gwiPAMNmt-ZfKKUvIUO1pKfrPea_5O7Ooq1CqGZjv_UUARs7eRqG26oJ7xTZhPSKFLdE9eaxg0MwQO5bytEn021f7R2Y1wMYN2eGu9P-BgLJJSOIRGij2ndb6cIUlMf_-afFB7ZJIR80ACtImjQC8Bk93bDrmEwP54-vbNwbJdl9KVd9/w480-h640/0YyS9u8xRUy%25ADrpNXwEDQ_thumb_13ae6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I still have serious concerns about what I see as the lack of pollinators but I must say that even though there appears to be a small number of them, they are doing their jobs for the tomatoes and zucchinis. I have a few honeybees.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LX8kUHAW3oXTAddsT2LYwLopnGFjKO7oqHfwWN60AwCmdPqiJWi_iiYs-SWzPsf9YkskzFhak3XBDhOK46HbskfCQco7U52imXJEEMOX3BZPmz9N0PqyJbQPgK-jH_N-FliM2_QdyZk9XK4pufdcYqV687OC1LU6wbl_m0O5ku4DoCu8qnxxxqOz/s1144/IMG_9129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1052" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5LX8kUHAW3oXTAddsT2LYwLopnGFjKO7oqHfwWN60AwCmdPqiJWi_iiYs-SWzPsf9YkskzFhak3XBDhOK46HbskfCQco7U52imXJEEMOX3BZPmz9N0PqyJbQPgK-jH_N-FliM2_QdyZk9XK4pufdcYqV687OC1LU6wbl_m0O5ku4DoCu8qnxxxqOz/w588-h640/IMG_9129.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrxStMrU5LqW_-tr6woTzXnk5GeQM56OwnVJ8ztlUV7SL9lyS8I-yI6HjQVUkSbN3VP8O3eaENx3otWwZqtcCszMOXFaKMAhx4OZG9WRkdzCuzb5AEw5yC-HDEAGp0CaICliYqrKyyBB8sbLkkuXHxPuK8_OWfe2rIUVHXYteAa7ai_vQUDWigEcv/s1362/IMG_9128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="1195" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrxStMrU5LqW_-tr6woTzXnk5GeQM56OwnVJ8ztlUV7SL9lyS8I-yI6HjQVUkSbN3VP8O3eaENx3otWwZqtcCszMOXFaKMAhx4OZG9WRkdzCuzb5AEw5yC-HDEAGp0CaICliYqrKyyBB8sbLkkuXHxPuK8_OWfe2rIUVHXYteAa7ai_vQUDWigEcv/w562-h640/IMG_9128.jpg" width="562" /></a></div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We also have a small bumble bee here in Washington that is quite a bit smaller than the Texas bumblebees I am familiar with. I have also seen some very small solitary bees and what my grandmother called "news" bees but I have been unable to get a picture of them yet.</span><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxXSKODn1EFSja7HothNrssgBWIFqhDAhjJ777ahK4tclW2VMZDVVwqUS7qH9hiaBGPz3V5P6vgti9t0iAOmOE-OgvqxFGFssXI1W4Q_HiSuKSFO3T3PAe6SEVDWL6BSY4GRxKyY6AqtcypEUC3J2rjX2areh6zImaAP4AOHPD1a9B1pxEbyfCW3P/s1485/IMG_9120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1243" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxXSKODn1EFSja7HothNrssgBWIFqhDAhjJ777ahK4tclW2VMZDVVwqUS7qH9hiaBGPz3V5P6vgti9t0iAOmOE-OgvqxFGFssXI1W4Q_HiSuKSFO3T3PAe6SEVDWL6BSY4GRxKyY6AqtcypEUC3J2rjX2areh6zImaAP4AOHPD1a9B1pxEbyfCW3P/w536-h640/IMG_9120.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-6x8Tq7HLkpt56_du0jWFdcS5SDWt8pchrS8CPh0Lp3BRzfocqAF3lIkrofI_O6nC9qVZ-9VhHhcSSJNlr8q5TKzZfi73ExGojeDo67BLTxuCTz6hqnm-InHHWYGmb2HQMbBml-nwcWZsvmsB1rnVy6v1e4m-XlAKSHdouqIzThkjXnfRdWxctDi/s634/IMG_9113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="579" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-6x8Tq7HLkpt56_du0jWFdcS5SDWt8pchrS8CPh0Lp3BRzfocqAF3lIkrofI_O6nC9qVZ-9VhHhcSSJNlr8q5TKzZfi73ExGojeDo67BLTxuCTz6hqnm-InHHWYGmb2HQMbBml-nwcWZsvmsB1rnVy6v1e4m-XlAKSHdouqIzThkjXnfRdWxctDi/w584-h640/IMG_9113.jpg" width="584" /></a></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I like to see my garden from my front porch - it brings me so much happiness, even when problems arise. I'll continue to refine my gardening approach and hopefully can learn what plants will bring the most success up here in Sequim, WA.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHa5lWtB1QGULo8fxGjxVWbRcOZ1p63eGlHrFmMKXjYqmaxfyH_-iuVhL2GY2H0IGXtQchEjeQnQTaHciplIh-HoxXWZJ_VW4-H1B6bCv8leOFluQuMCI-x0Vq_MpAMmKh0Ld1p2d3nsnktGgj-ju78Q8nazjUGqyMTmwstQ7rgVXig0zzq4jfouYU/s2016/IMG_9566.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHa5lWtB1QGULo8fxGjxVWbRcOZ1p63eGlHrFmMKXjYqmaxfyH_-iuVhL2GY2H0IGXtQchEjeQnQTaHciplIh-HoxXWZJ_VW4-H1B6bCv8leOFluQuMCI-x0Vq_MpAMmKh0Ld1p2d3nsnktGgj-ju78Q8nazjUGqyMTmwstQ7rgVXig0zzq4jfouYU/w640-h480/IMG_9566.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As a final note, I collected some small hag stones when I visited the beach last time and placed them in the planting pot for good luck and and to ward off evil spirits. Hopefully they will help me to overcome disease and pests in my garden. I'll keep moving forward with this years experiments!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.oklahoman.com/story/lifestyle/2021/08/09/hag-stones-have-holes-they-just-rocks-source-good-luck/5462286001/" target="_blank">https://www.oklahoman.com/story/lifestyle/2021/08/09/hag-stones-have-holes-they-just-rocks-source-good-luck/5462286001/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CFMc_F5GCMVQOyCTu44LOGzL9zY3c5F7GttL1Ic0XjKH3OpjW4E1ovA0HTn2NZ-1PYBcd4J7LCS596aPVriQcNzQ7gozDYfuJrKOlrkdWWw7jvvx-Dc9eDJZRpCt82DSMtoff-EhreMCIMNqfh_tDaTL52xwxXTIaQs7FSUUtSKdW5AWuxsP-GC-/s2016/IMG_9565.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CFMc_F5GCMVQOyCTu44LOGzL9zY3c5F7GttL1Ic0XjKH3OpjW4E1ovA0HTn2NZ-1PYBcd4J7LCS596aPVriQcNzQ7gozDYfuJrKOlrkdWWw7jvvx-Dc9eDJZRpCt82DSMtoff-EhreMCIMNqfh_tDaTL52xwxXTIaQs7FSUUtSKdW5AWuxsP-GC-/w640-h480/IMG_9565.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p></div>Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-54602710110593794012022-07-10T08:10:00.079-07:002022-07-10T11:59:05.350-07:00My Experience: Perennials Versus Deer in Sequim, WA<p><span style="font-size: medium;">After we had our rock wall built in the front yard and removed all the large juniper bushes and the thicket of overgrown shrubs and volunteer plants, I vowed to only plant perennials that would not take over the gardening area. I also consciously tried to select perennials that would attract pollinators (natives where possible - I'm educating myself on natives here in northwest WA). We also consciously chose a house without grass in the yard because I spent many man hours mowing and trimming very large lots over the years and I vowed to never do that again. Because my neighborhood has a large deer population, I made it a point to only purchase those perennials defined by the growers and the nurseries as deer resistant. I'm sharing my experience so my gardening friends who share their neighborhood with deer can make more informed plant choices.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Two Mother Does each with a set of twins (all six are in the photo). </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQj5qeJjmliPeXbbRrdSTTRovvi2e0tshndcvl_4v2LOn3KnwJmkvTF88MbnTUgGqcTeOFjdA4j3aFSGY1Le1aNOqH8C7dRg0O3ozTKkuYPgVdE-4YFEKDnWg3ultgxZwTp5yuk7gF5ntxENGKRnBuE5yo5nwUSxlfWvp2he3W5G_fnBDNsZTtltnl/s3602/IMG_9011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2702" data-original-width="3602" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQj5qeJjmliPeXbbRrdSTTRovvi2e0tshndcvl_4v2LOn3KnwJmkvTF88MbnTUgGqcTeOFjdA4j3aFSGY1Le1aNOqH8C7dRg0O3ozTKkuYPgVdE-4YFEKDnWg3ultgxZwTp5yuk7gF5ntxENGKRnBuE5yo5nwUSxlfWvp2he3W5G_fnBDNsZTtltnl/w400-h300/IMG_9011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A different Mother Doe with her single fawn that walked through prior to the six above.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu12mfdy12_6vJib_I_iLNXK8ergNCBQt6KmJVUjxdSz7LEd8qr352WNVsFt9fVhNSb3ZobG5Fue0F4CzU7kFc2oYWL95wFl9YAx7DoCrKX4eXy0yCLVdXBGRja8tnEDK-xxwyoCOINfwYF3c04bJCfy88jOOpU2sD047AFevdrfoPqRl3p6GXO2N_/s1024/wfMSAboIRViCKdZFJAYJ0g_thumb_139c0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="911" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu12mfdy12_6vJib_I_iLNXK8ergNCBQt6KmJVUjxdSz7LEd8qr352WNVsFt9fVhNSb3ZobG5Fue0F4CzU7kFc2oYWL95wFl9YAx7DoCrKX4eXy0yCLVdXBGRja8tnEDK-xxwyoCOINfwYF3c04bJCfy88jOOpU2sD047AFevdrfoPqRl3p6GXO2N_/w570-h640/wfMSAboIRViCKdZFJAYJ0g_thumb_139c0.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I am going to divide this post into two sections. Those perennials that were labeled as 1) deer resistant; and those perennials that 2) deer won't touch. Many of these perennials are drought tolerant and I was able to grow several of them in north Texas. Both Sequim, WA and north TX are Zone 8 which is determined by the the lowest freezing temperatures in the area. However, Dallas, Texas gets over twice the annual rainfall (38") as opposed to Sequim, WA (which gets about 16" per year). Drought tolerance is a good thing in my specific location, although that is not the case for much of the Olympic Peninsula (think rainforest). We just happen to be in the Olympic rainshadow and information on that is linked below. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course north Texas turns into a fiery hell furnace from early May through the end of October which is definitely different than Sequim's heavenly summer temperatures. I have learned each area has pluses and minuses for growing certain types of plants. Neither one is absolutely perfect for everything. I will say in my personal opinion, northwest Washington is definitely superior overall.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span><a href="http://www.olympicrainshadow.com/olympicrainshadowmap.html" target="_blank">http://www.olympicrainshadow.com/olympicrainshadowmap.html</a></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">1) The following perennials are defined as "deer resistant". However, deer seem to eat them anyway, regardless of what the nursery tag says. <br /></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This <b>Peony</b> had only two beautiful blooms this year. The new bud shown here was eaten disappeared the following day. At least the deer did not eat the leaves. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyu6UOWPlr-G3vTLPT6p_oLUiDteYRF6zARVVYwG6wITQUtrdClSYT3w9i2tamY3sfovgzphcwdqh5P0cMZwk3BuXQfwRKxE92iNfQytgRoZl6eRVd_bkKWlC1Z-4POj_tuld8ACOEhtHB2nNLZjvxgg6fy0YP0P0oZgc_CJTkIoA98rbkKlgaKu8/s1024/fFdW093RRnC6wr19sWEnLw_thumb_1393e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyu6UOWPlr-G3vTLPT6p_oLUiDteYRF6zARVVYwG6wITQUtrdClSYT3w9i2tamY3sfovgzphcwdqh5P0cMZwk3BuXQfwRKxE92iNfQytgRoZl6eRVd_bkKWlC1Z-4POj_tuld8ACOEhtHB2nNLZjvxgg6fy0YP0P0oZgc_CJTkIoA98rbkKlgaKu8/w480-h640/fFdW093RRnC6wr19sWEnLw_thumb_1393e.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This <b>Penstemon</b> (beardtongue) plant had red tubular flowers, and it is also defined as deer resistant. All the flowers were nipped off overnight after planting. Luckily the leaves were left. Hummingbirds will sip nectar from the flowers. It is drought tolerant.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdBQJsxCrHv841k645v70boFsgirb6qVKWQHtHd8T4KVvcS7Pv4xUSIeaixCmQ3CeBJ3yNphS_rrVUbnAT_CSWpZgTJMRxYqkMgsVW-sW4YmVgHpMkMdIhFlQAdW7C3A6ycTeTbK88hAgsKApBksYzJQN6K0Ng5XiHMTdwoftKRgbtfbVuCaik3Xg/s1024/BdHYPW+xRI2zPIjIWfF92g_thumb_13944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdBQJsxCrHv841k645v70boFsgirb6qVKWQHtHd8T4KVvcS7Pv4xUSIeaixCmQ3CeBJ3yNphS_rrVUbnAT_CSWpZgTJMRxYqkMgsVW-sW4YmVgHpMkMdIhFlQAdW7C3A6ycTeTbK88hAgsKApBksYzJQN6K0Ng5XiHMTdwoftKRgbtfbVuCaik3Xg/w480-h640/BdHYPW+xRI2zPIjIWfF92g_thumb_13944.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is a picture of another <b>Penstemon</b> plant which has not lost its flowers yet, for reference.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiH9X9BVOIZDwOaZ42QoZQ1RJegoXaULucngOWdXvB8Dl_0IxCl20Tqihh-QFCMeyPjYjcVntPFSGfhlV9kcm7Cs_EHxqfEsKKrd8MltNlP_1Uyxvs1TqeC4cJ_DTvxJmL_kpuIrH2mcOudjo5T0Hn9-32J8qgY8bBTMgfL5tAwxqidrdrW1p7gci/s1787/IMG_8985.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1787" data-original-width="1254" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiH9X9BVOIZDwOaZ42QoZQ1RJegoXaULucngOWdXvB8Dl_0IxCl20Tqihh-QFCMeyPjYjcVntPFSGfhlV9kcm7Cs_EHxqfEsKKrd8MltNlP_1Uyxvs1TqeC4cJ_DTvxJmL_kpuIrH2mcOudjo5T0Hn9-32J8qgY8bBTMgfL5tAwxqidrdrW1p7gci/w450-h640/IMG_8985.jpg" width="450" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Blue Lupine</b>. It was not flowering when planted but the leaves were unfortunately nipped at anyway. Lupine is a native in this area and it attracts pollinators and hummingbirds. I was hoping it had more resistance to the deer. My neighbors have big groves of this beautiful plant, so I'm hoping these nips were an out of the ordinary thing. At least the plants are still alive.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLpcdWO76OMfwmgQmTeoe6TSnzcXJTNhqJ4yttsqTFTLJISUV7G5Dh3PckJE2D3zi4tC_-PkS6fXItH5OpjrlhFwiBQ42N03W5coDpfqTzqLXDrVT5YJRhm0RS6Rt4bpRg2GOyN6sZ-r5IEJoesPAKDJi9gOo0PLQiNvs6VLT4vXywGXrDYfRVNok/s1024/GDD4X4rATjOakutmGYiifg_thumb_13948.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghLpcdWO76OMfwmgQmTeoe6TSnzcXJTNhqJ4yttsqTFTLJISUV7G5Dh3PckJE2D3zi4tC_-PkS6fXItH5OpjrlhFwiBQ42N03W5coDpfqTzqLXDrVT5YJRhm0RS6Rt4bpRg2GOyN6sZ-r5IEJoesPAKDJi9gOo0PLQiNvs6VLT4vXywGXrDYfRVNok/w480-h640/GDD4X4rATjOakutmGYiifg_thumb_13948.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is a <b>Pink Lupine</b> suffering the same fate.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveWncpJMmNd6sEAVAN3qS_zAnw_kuYwI3k26JGxxPO8Eekhd0XU8URjMEcceL_JdtlRCentMu4A00D0neDE5P79osXDpiuHvzZecFGhtu2RZ566f92JzpOrjHAbEOpx6IyL7cw65O2jRSN6grm92Z4OuyUTuE_ROfBknTkgxJkGNbAMBEJcYTk_CH/s1024/yC%25FT2EZRdO30mgQNPbp2w_thumb_13940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveWncpJMmNd6sEAVAN3qS_zAnw_kuYwI3k26JGxxPO8Eekhd0XU8URjMEcceL_JdtlRCentMu4A00D0neDE5P79osXDpiuHvzZecFGhtu2RZ566f92JzpOrjHAbEOpx6IyL7cw65O2jRSN6grm92Z4OuyUTuE_ROfBknTkgxJkGNbAMBEJcYTk_CH/w480-h640/yC%25FT2EZRdO30mgQNPbp2w_thumb_13940.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Astrantia Star of Beauty </b>(front plant) was totally decimated. In the back is a tiny <b>Monkey Puzzle Tree</b>. The deer leave this tree alone. I moved this tree to another location because I did not want it eventually shading the flowers.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XpaHb-ApFjilVyaZp6cwGSfTuWZPnTB1ipEA1AAprswQZUT-JrKfRClp4FqaEsEuK1aFkcxTCJ5k16L7_ofnG65xGzk1wDyZxbkGQzbllw7mKzhZxD08uU6dkjb9Gy1XgOAHqqYmRNH_OiCg7zDjtRNd1v0Px_7orlVUtwp5vGelHLVsy40rcmBf/s1024/J6uFZZywT0q9cYInOZkfRQ_thumb_13949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XpaHb-ApFjilVyaZp6cwGSfTuWZPnTB1ipEA1AAprswQZUT-JrKfRClp4FqaEsEuK1aFkcxTCJ5k16L7_ofnG65xGzk1wDyZxbkGQzbllw7mKzhZxD08uU6dkjb9Gy1XgOAHqqYmRNH_OiCg7zDjtRNd1v0Px_7orlVUtwp5vGelHLVsy40rcmBf/w480-h640/J6uFZZywT0q9cYInOZkfRQ_thumb_13949.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Anemone x hybrida Lucky Charm</b>. Although the leaves were left intact, all the beautiful flowers were nipped off.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_J0SeYQChSyHzCgPrMWvNQOieBALAIAywO5feqCXF9qSCCC7aoqVKh0-Xwxa6IbaDYUW9BBCI47X6bBUrzrwppizO_UaePKovH3kErHNogEGZAd3gfXeL_frT5znXdncRzRHckJrtxPpkhpBF8Kkq2PhAaWz0AxWuoNjcrrlUaKx_t3Srv1006C-B/s1024/Ad%25y3lFKR5eysMQU9KYNjQ_thumb_13990.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="891" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_J0SeYQChSyHzCgPrMWvNQOieBALAIAywO5feqCXF9qSCCC7aoqVKh0-Xwxa6IbaDYUW9BBCI47X6bBUrzrwppizO_UaePKovH3kErHNogEGZAd3gfXeL_frT5znXdncRzRHckJrtxPpkhpBF8Kkq2PhAaWz0AxWuoNjcrrlUaKx_t3Srv1006C-B/w556-h640/Ad%25y3lFKR5eysMQU9KYNjQ_thumb_13990.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><p> <span style="font-size: medium;"> Every single flower on this <b>Carpathian Bluebell </b>plant was eaten. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1sFXX6Xh7WA-VgvCfWaJHohXsArQnhaN6nr-CCGUjRC2BKDIuI4wEdkl7onYmGzrUjCPYLSCu5iCaPuMScA3pf2AaFZrKsJnMt7RYa6sCerQ2Yx4TT02Mrs7I3VTrHu6I-h6o19Z46NH39ujei0cRT97mE6KaXnWqk50rqtwkzN77_WsquAgZZ4C/s1024/J7qlhQanQZecD2zDu+g8hw_thumb_1393f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1sFXX6Xh7WA-VgvCfWaJHohXsArQnhaN6nr-CCGUjRC2BKDIuI4wEdkl7onYmGzrUjCPYLSCu5iCaPuMScA3pf2AaFZrKsJnMt7RYa6sCerQ2Yx4TT02Mrs7I3VTrHu6I-h6o19Z46NH39ujei0cRT97mE6KaXnWqk50rqtwkzN77_WsquAgZZ4C/w480-h640/J7qlhQanQZecD2zDu+g8hw_thumb_1393f.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is another <b>Carpathian Bluebell</b> that has not been chewed yet for comparison.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjmJDcr6bNi1f32iuOErJmwX-3ILE6xxTYR_l9IjXqXN-TY8-AElVxpzgjaBN-hyPfG7Ax6dHh3Q5bqN2cgjuzeCG1L-0T0tuxemxakpgYqCLoiQm-HTfh1wi_jvRHWjQZlQAMAN5Aa_omtZyyqti_XUayjKa-hfDh5baHG0QuAXmv9RcyOl0lYkx/s1024/cFOdR0HnQZC9Tq%25siuNjlw_thumb_139ae.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjmJDcr6bNi1f32iuOErJmwX-3ILE6xxTYR_l9IjXqXN-TY8-AElVxpzgjaBN-hyPfG7Ax6dHh3Q5bqN2cgjuzeCG1L-0T0tuxemxakpgYqCLoiQm-HTfh1wi_jvRHWjQZlQAMAN5Aa_omtZyyqti_XUayjKa-hfDh5baHG0QuAXmv9RcyOl0lYkx/w480-h640/cFOdR0HnQZC9Tq%25siuNjlw_thumb_139ae.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Columbine </b>also suffered the same fate with the flowers being continuously nipped off as well as many of the leaves. These perennials can live in the sun here, but in Texas they definitely needed to be planted in semi-shady areas.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1I_joZVcd-nLQ50mBWMwQPJSqj1IkP5NxnKIxbLZe6gkTEhzT459QxZyY9thJlGISE19eHJNnZXgCxBkEH-i3z8nXnTd6j0TKYrC7La6Bg9n7pLbl3sNolmpclXUUUfxrO0GY43iV6WS5CQ9eE-QtRpG1OJLQKNR_bRhxHxA9zGgGXcBqH9lNHE8/s1024/KClkjUM6QeK1VBlbVuz1zg_thumb_13945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1I_joZVcd-nLQ50mBWMwQPJSqj1IkP5NxnKIxbLZe6gkTEhzT459QxZyY9thJlGISE19eHJNnZXgCxBkEH-i3z8nXnTd6j0TKYrC7La6Bg9n7pLbl3sNolmpclXUUUfxrO0GY43iV6WS5CQ9eE-QtRpG1OJLQKNR_bRhxHxA9zGgGXcBqH9lNHE8/w480-h640/KClkjUM6QeK1VBlbVuz1zg_thumb_13945.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is a different color <b>Columbine </b>on the other side of the yard. Neither the flowers or the leaves escaped the deer's nibbles.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2ZGq8hEM-gPhmMhO9cJ_s-J4lxzh_ioZ0eqoPAFbiAF1xrEhwEOpjXCCkv37YsHM-opR6OHOsK77tcExd0qVKK1XR9Fvq1hvoh5vanqUCVhDfk-xTxMfKP1ru-aBPqqO-HIo6CUitKQxTQXFHr4H1tlozjJk6-ZBDXKyLSmDdBK56ssIbB0RIhpt/s1024/sUgsvQwbTCKnX0LxIIcnsA_thumb_13942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2ZGq8hEM-gPhmMhO9cJ_s-J4lxzh_ioZ0eqoPAFbiAF1xrEhwEOpjXCCkv37YsHM-opR6OHOsK77tcExd0qVKK1XR9Fvq1hvoh5vanqUCVhDfk-xTxMfKP1ru-aBPqqO-HIo6CUitKQxTQXFHr4H1tlozjJk6-ZBDXKyLSmDdBK56ssIbB0RIhpt/w480-h640/sUgsvQwbTCKnX0LxIIcnsA_thumb_13942.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Black Eyed Susan</b> perennial - since the leaves are fuzzy, I was really surprised that this one was also eaten.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IGiOTubTvWLChG1mnR0RVYK9d1K7MSYyQJfTO7BF6-8D6DcyAXrgIqwP4pPn1iLue_CJLAWZxLKmGhb5kOBxx23c5tlUjeHGkrAI8ExJs1I8W5U0_wJE7dSw71GlQ89Qg8yZOtIfSz_TgNn0CGr6i3QyjAY2E3JlOVa5RHcjgrWdYgIIE3hj0sYc/s1024/Qi2ORcacSlezt0ydBslQug_thumb_13941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IGiOTubTvWLChG1mnR0RVYK9d1K7MSYyQJfTO7BF6-8D6DcyAXrgIqwP4pPn1iLue_CJLAWZxLKmGhb5kOBxx23c5tlUjeHGkrAI8ExJs1I8W5U0_wJE7dSw71GlQ89Qg8yZOtIfSz_TgNn0CGr6i3QyjAY2E3JlOVa5RHcjgrWdYgIIE3hj0sYc/w480-h640/Qi2ORcacSlezt0ydBslQug_thumb_13941.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p> <span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>African Daisy (</b><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><b>Osteospermum) </b>is a perennial that m</span></span>y neighbor grows in great abundance with no deer bothering hers, but alas, my yard deer thought the flowers were just another tasty treat.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLQnkGBP3l_HLVUQeXMk_nQJNQPRfPfDPwkOYKziqSc4d9T7Brwp94XeY7Jy-20VDAXhpuJ4KE0eoRECSjHStF0HEFURJAB8q69QreuWw1dBFiaQVusx3u4A7E0EpxIKFfZwc3IJUYRKwnMpIxzQojNxcup1xl1K0QJLvT_gQ2dy4PaRWdCBNo29b/s1024/rgSDJ2+6Q8OoLuNlXdHWFg_thumb_1398f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLQnkGBP3l_HLVUQeXMk_nQJNQPRfPfDPwkOYKziqSc4d9T7Brwp94XeY7Jy-20VDAXhpuJ4KE0eoRECSjHStF0HEFURJAB8q69QreuWw1dBFiaQVusx3u4A7E0EpxIKFfZwc3IJUYRKwnMpIxzQojNxcup1xl1K0QJLvT_gQ2dy4PaRWdCBNo29b/w480-h640/rgSDJ2+6Q8OoLuNlXdHWFg_thumb_1398f.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Who would have thought deer would eat <b>Hen and Chickens (Sempervium)</b>? They kept pulling the entire plant out of the ground as they munched on it.<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzYHapNXmLwf4mkpb6TFsD1408ekUOv7cV-bxOhA6UB-kTBYUVaXR6tcWtGae27nnmUxYbY95I1Xbswmw7byUNmA0d6ObjcamnmA-abLZOZv2hSe86noQy8w01K-qKvNJ9HkzaVi9W24-AIRuY8x7w4LrY9VJ8IbwYsCYvSTrKNfXUjKgYzCB7o4N/s1024/wGJsbBkNQNKrOeOBtmCEGg_thumb_13943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzYHapNXmLwf4mkpb6TFsD1408ekUOv7cV-bxOhA6UB-kTBYUVaXR6tcWtGae27nnmUxYbY95I1Xbswmw7byUNmA0d6ObjcamnmA-abLZOZv2hSe86noQy8w01K-qKvNJ9HkzaVi9W24-AIRuY8x7w4LrY9VJ8IbwYsCYvSTrKNfXUjKgYzCB7o4N/w480-h640/wGJsbBkNQNKrOeOBtmCEGg_thumb_13943.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">This plant was covered in sweet little pink flowers. It is a <b>Pink Hardy Geranium</b> which is native in most of North America. It was decimated. There is a fern behind it (native here) which luckily escaped intact.<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2HQ0eew8i05tkYdibEi7DFyOsTflCtTRyzx248UgTgHpAbCX_ca13D753NtC8tX5RLBSyC3CSd9BoAmNms4EX5lHaNzRQE4e2TWDxFYNi02V6Gfq4qa6CtltVDiDQvQGY71RHmsegpWJZMWRHeYng4I3dJBWSMyhr5F5TVS9E2esg8SC8rET628E/s1024/ypl9kytLSByURESduSKuoQ_thumb_13947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2HQ0eew8i05tkYdibEi7DFyOsTflCtTRyzx248UgTgHpAbCX_ca13D753NtC8tX5RLBSyC3CSd9BoAmNms4EX5lHaNzRQE4e2TWDxFYNi02V6Gfq4qa6CtltVDiDQvQGY71RHmsegpWJZMWRHeYng4I3dJBWSMyhr5F5TVS9E2esg8SC8rET628E/w480-h640/ypl9kytLSByURESduSKuoQ_thumb_13947.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I have another <b>Hardy Geranium</b> for comparison with its flowers. It hasn't been eaten yet.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFv_9KPaXClPlp8dXGTldaqIBLrTKLkF0_1wpT2y4ozrfkgCN6lSe6nlt9A02ujIZambrxfBWhz7tv1Cvqt8nHPHd1YXTq_cH8igA74wzo9V4b7mWO4BaOBUgJX31K0Frsuzpo1ZL60h-mWW1RRhugt-3WDeQq8WFTtPei-I7MjSx-MxUNZrODXmAy/s2829/IMG_8993.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="2829" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFv_9KPaXClPlp8dXGTldaqIBLrTKLkF0_1wpT2y4ozrfkgCN6lSe6nlt9A02ujIZambrxfBWhz7tv1Cvqt8nHPHd1YXTq_cH8igA74wzo9V4b7mWO4BaOBUgJX31K0Frsuzpo1ZL60h-mWW1RRhugt-3WDeQq8WFTtPei-I7MjSx-MxUNZrODXmAy/w640-h560/IMG_8993.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This perennial is a <b>Crocosmia Aurea</b>. The deer cannot leave it alone. I actually planted it in 2019 when we bought this house. It is the first thing I planted here. I planted it because many of my neighbors had one blooming in their yards and I loved them. I'm not as lucky as my neighbors. Every time a new flower bud appears, the deer nip it off. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">My neighbors must be spraying it with some kind of repellent. That is the only conclusion I can come to.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdn2ic459JF1-ccNQuyYpqmLgEFMYcSUiLiRYlODZrLD7jB2be2SOADPLm2AlQYln3XJY1sCczoVyNOqNoyTGVoRDbsLVyGmebNHKecYnk_fPE-NvJdeB4SHSgt6iPWMzhwbdryVO5fItAsliXGHZri5CGf5FZSJDiRNkqIrF09EXbmXQXpc0uFz1/s1024/KY7aew4tRqeNsRHMKp1hDg_thumb_139bc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdn2ic459JF1-ccNQuyYpqmLgEFMYcSUiLiRYlODZrLD7jB2be2SOADPLm2AlQYln3XJY1sCczoVyNOqNoyTGVoRDbsLVyGmebNHKecYnk_fPE-NvJdeB4SHSgt6iPWMzhwbdryVO5fItAsliXGHZri5CGf5FZSJDiRNkqIrF09EXbmXQXpc0uFz1/w480-h640/KY7aew4tRqeNsRHMKp1hDg_thumb_139bc.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a picture of a flower bud before it has been munched. They are supposed to be a very pretty red. Unfortunately, mine never make it beyond this stage.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ph_VT1oRA3sqcAWE9XTRRPfNMf0cz0FTKVsDNhUHpgVBxW2ApCuanvTRluE0ShHutikecUBZKP9YMMMj-8px-6n8ZUrMqS0fwup9RR81ZcXc4KZ5nk0Cb_FB8rDIGFZN8qM0_7VFSPCVxs-WWj2sQzNeTYmx6a-nRI7fZL2GXJIsQwR3-xRFTxMB/s1024/yAT7NE7cQlS9rAFm4xvgoA_thumb_139bd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ph_VT1oRA3sqcAWE9XTRRPfNMf0cz0FTKVsDNhUHpgVBxW2ApCuanvTRluE0ShHutikecUBZKP9YMMMj-8px-6n8ZUrMqS0fwup9RR81ZcXc4KZ5nk0Cb_FB8rDIGFZN8qM0_7VFSPCVxs-WWj2sQzNeTYmx6a-nRI7fZL2GXJIsQwR3-xRFTxMB/w480-h640/yAT7NE7cQlS9rAFm4xvgoA_thumb_139bd.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Variegated <b>Rock Cress </b>had one whole branch ripped off but it ultimately was not eaten. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogjjC6_r4lju2M_AUz5aFPuPgKXaYXOl4h9LPCiVlpn3RwVaTKdoE5aIE8lsjuv867fjcuAbvPRTfM-4VLfpnfDx8SpMdIWvnZpJdXYvO2kiMWMaEs_9dys2Uc4Lv8hFcxFiTvaXYiCQ5cb84DXRxVzp57-a6HYCmTivJlvP-maWkPqO1rWNp3vso/s1024/MxfEsoKaQLOvEoLGNBdTgg_thumb_13995.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogjjC6_r4lju2M_AUz5aFPuPgKXaYXOl4h9LPCiVlpn3RwVaTKdoE5aIE8lsjuv867fjcuAbvPRTfM-4VLfpnfDx8SpMdIWvnZpJdXYvO2kiMWMaEs_9dys2Uc4Lv8hFcxFiTvaXYiCQ5cb84DXRxVzp57-a6HYCmTivJlvP-maWkPqO1rWNp3vso/w480-h640/MxfEsoKaQLOvEoLGNBdTgg_thumb_13995.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a variegated sport of <b>California Lilac </b>which is actually a shrub. Some varieties of these shrubs obtain the height of a small tree. This specific one will only get 3' tall. When it blooms, it is covered in beautiful purple blossoms and the bees absolutely love it. It is native to California. Although the deer didn't decimate it, they definitely nibbled some leaves.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTJoFHKI_4wn6zSFpo8575CnHM-_DGakptkSZdFrjtH22LDJHCak75oAq4XIKWXUbKw7QHY4wh3h0YcoCAck_oR3aN7jyOp6SGqc7hrTZvkdQ9aSYFjvEJbBuV1nbZ7GA0X7sddMoSsAUC6Gq3E2P5k29eXqvB2o3le3ReTgehwpe5dhSBpVJtJCd/s1024/qd%25HI5snT2CoCwsYzii8Qw_thumb_13992.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXTJoFHKI_4wn6zSFpo8575CnHM-_DGakptkSZdFrjtH22LDJHCak75oAq4XIKWXUbKw7QHY4wh3h0YcoCAck_oR3aN7jyOp6SGqc7hrTZvkdQ9aSYFjvEJbBuV1nbZ7GA0X7sddMoSsAUC6Gq3E2P5k29eXqvB2o3le3ReTgehwpe5dhSBpVJtJCd/w494-h640/qd%25HI5snT2CoCwsYzii8Qw_thumb_13992.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">2) The following perennials were not bothered by the deer <u>at all</u>. I highly recommend them. </span></b><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This perennial is an <b>Agastache Mint</b>. It attracts hummingbirds and the leaves smell minty and wonderful. So far, the deer have not touched it. After it is established it is considered drought tolerant. I grew this plant in north Texas.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrFg7nqRCehU6c39xGz6b_OI-zvBiNpzZ4H5E6vjbDOSP491PxLv3-AnWH3z1XnBmEP2L1tbeYZ0C4heQb7VKspLQf9tDUXpttXhvB94gqFFEfgRd62pa_vsIg6zvse1Y3ilT1mE1W8sY4cvffyHCmyPnA9KR7-3yu93uWBFY5_NFknneA8vpzbVo/s1024/%25zxWbU%25xS4aHZuaCn3Zogw_thumb_13998.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrFg7nqRCehU6c39xGz6b_OI-zvBiNpzZ4H5E6vjbDOSP491PxLv3-AnWH3z1XnBmEP2L1tbeYZ0C4heQb7VKspLQf9tDUXpttXhvB94gqFFEfgRd62pa_vsIg6zvse1Y3ilT1mE1W8sY4cvffyHCmyPnA9KR7-3yu93uWBFY5_NFknneA8vpzbVo/w568-h640/%25zxWbU%25xS4aHZuaCn3Zogw_thumb_13998.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This <b>Brunnera</b> has not been touched and I highly recommend it. It does well in the shade too. It has tiny and long lasting blue flowers.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4RseEYpWBkOnmReO5L-a5SNyjpwM2wHdKC6wcKgGFa8ny9ock1-xtcM6cz5CECCdrlnbTKkjUFjTkPirIx8dnZwKd1yC5XsluKazXCNvrmIiqVo4J4Pfng0bRq99X1VwykY64Z6v1az8as9c6lcz6jsm0ipKgDE8NptcXrA7mw_Y4e3wW56XR6DaV/s1024/+rYpNWqmSPSMFOOKxEwGJA_thumb_13994.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="889" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4RseEYpWBkOnmReO5L-a5SNyjpwM2wHdKC6wcKgGFa8ny9ock1-xtcM6cz5CECCdrlnbTKkjUFjTkPirIx8dnZwKd1yC5XsluKazXCNvrmIiqVo4J4Pfng0bRq99X1VwykY64Z6v1az8as9c6lcz6jsm0ipKgDE8NptcXrA7mw_Y4e3wW56XR6DaV/w556-h640/+rYpNWqmSPSMFOOKxEwGJA_thumb_13994.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This volunteer white <b>Snapdragon</b> has not been bothered either. It is about 3 feet tall. I always thought they were annuals, but this one came up again this year. Excellent choice for northwest Washington. I bought a 4 pack and planted some red ones this year. I love them. They never grew well in Texas and looked beat down in the Texas heat until they died.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kzN-3Ezx8lUDnFEPBLybSBsUkPRvrdwvRcwavjwjncTgv9HmmPy0g0SbL5hpXTi8yelOqZPLCi_pUf9HigW6exvSSuXAOiL3vvtGAC0JOlZGLwoI9H3Q3dtSvYAuPSRyAs0VR8vYBTZyUUyxJqAi7LqIDjYP25xI_HaB7o5vllVCuIiW2i9zoYlC/s1024/EevbggMjSsiSDdbT5VvHIw_thumb_1399b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="762" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kzN-3Ezx8lUDnFEPBLybSBsUkPRvrdwvRcwavjwjncTgv9HmmPy0g0SbL5hpXTi8yelOqZPLCi_pUf9HigW6exvSSuXAOiL3vvtGAC0JOlZGLwoI9H3Q3dtSvYAuPSRyAs0VR8vYBTZyUUyxJqAi7LqIDjYP25xI_HaB7o5vllVCuIiW2i9zoYlC/w476-h640/EevbggMjSsiSDdbT5VvHIw_thumb_1399b.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Red Hot Pokers</b> are also an excellent choice here and deer do not bother them even when they are blooming. They are very drought tolerant. I grew them in Texas as well.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDTpEj_bmXL2tKW89TnMI72mRv6BSwq0W3lPotqy5cvqot7F5ZvfwqEPaIcB2Qw5x00yC7uoIpk9WcJaCYOFgLbHlsQEnjLmC8WQKP4A9jRqqD4_toasxVb_V0CxHB8CcG6tolwBi02wG6Eob0525CNZGD17anD9VK4qqgAb20cx9tBYzc-7a7s1z/s1024/ELyQF+hsSGSQrHYwGum1AQ_thumb_13993.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDTpEj_bmXL2tKW89TnMI72mRv6BSwq0W3lPotqy5cvqot7F5ZvfwqEPaIcB2Qw5x00yC7uoIpk9WcJaCYOFgLbHlsQEnjLmC8WQKP4A9jRqqD4_toasxVb_V0CxHB8CcG6tolwBi02wG6Eob0525CNZGD17anD9VK4qqgAb20cx9tBYzc-7a7s1z/w480-h640/ELyQF+hsSGSQrHYwGum1AQ_thumb_13993.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Salvia Greggii</b> "Hot Lips" is an excellent choice that deer do not bother at all and it attracts hummingbirds. This perennial is very drought tolerant and I grew many colors of this plant in Texas.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlw2Qb8yJxBJzeDG13Tv9fZwZYqokvUAkbhm0bZq9g6wFO6q_WH_wibrN2-LDSMrYqHB0U7w_v4QTrxtn1-OSR4_KP7Huzb7sOI4hCkzR1ZU59IOYRylIIRw6-nYdtcJl3EFZ9NT49WhB67O91ntdnyFdgNoTDnpeaV3VvmmfbfQQElzDXKlnX8gt/s1024/lAvrTf2SR1Cj7paPPNY2KQ_thumb_13999.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="788" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlw2Qb8yJxBJzeDG13Tv9fZwZYqokvUAkbhm0bZq9g6wFO6q_WH_wibrN2-LDSMrYqHB0U7w_v4QTrxtn1-OSR4_KP7Huzb7sOI4hCkzR1ZU59IOYRylIIRw6-nYdtcJl3EFZ9NT49WhB67O91ntdnyFdgNoTDnpeaV3VvmmfbfQQElzDXKlnX8gt/w492-h640/lAvrTf2SR1Cj7paPPNY2KQ_thumb_13999.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Hellebore</b> (lenton rose) is a wonderful plant. It blooms constantly from late winter into summer. The deer completely leave it alone. My plants have almost doubled in size in the 5 months since I originally planted them. It grows well in the shade, although I have one in the sun as well and it looks beautiful too.</span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P8aqfMlmGF6TR3KYG3YaLrakeQOFOgawPBj-DLavmioEnAAXS1bMqHVl7U1VrcYP5_qxv8lcV_oAvU_N_1ZZ4DjU-a0flGqSWlmr9slO3HajIpg3Z2Mgeiv0knp-1V3L-spBW86vu5HvxjmAYaqbY88VArt0ncYc71I5xnDwWskBxWwFy5kPhkD3/s2016/IMG_5785.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4P8aqfMlmGF6TR3KYG3YaLrakeQOFOgawPBj-DLavmioEnAAXS1bMqHVl7U1VrcYP5_qxv8lcV_oAvU_N_1ZZ4DjU-a0flGqSWlmr9slO3HajIpg3Z2Mgeiv0knp-1V3L-spBW86vu5HvxjmAYaqbY88VArt0ncYc71I5xnDwWskBxWwFy5kPhkD3/w640-h480/IMG_5785.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Russian Sage</b> is also avoided by deer. They do not touch it. It is very drought tolerant and blooms all summer long. The plants can get quite large and I grew this successfully in Texas too.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtahurlLnqzqQEQpV4RMwTMEdmgtYd5m20GMrog_mKcjgo_hCAgrHLbWwT1vqgzLXDvweEvBKMCsDIkNmh6Xlkf3RIdUsWpxNspEi2nHtZVzFB2G11sS1F9bbaH_FkpUfW-G3JTSGHdA6HQJO4QUqj3JQLqoGx7M4jOXb8fY3y6ZiekZGMR0x5hAm/s1779/IMG_8986.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtahurlLnqzqQEQpV4RMwTMEdmgtYd5m20GMrog_mKcjgo_hCAgrHLbWwT1vqgzLXDvweEvBKMCsDIkNmh6Xlkf3RIdUsWpxNspEi2nHtZVzFB2G11sS1F9bbaH_FkpUfW-G3JTSGHdA6HQJO4QUqj3JQLqoGx7M4jOXb8fY3y6ZiekZGMR0x5hAm/w468-h640/IMG_8986.jpg" width="468" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lamb's Ear </b>is another great choice. It needs full sun. The deer avoid it.</span><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JCrSaP4PTH_0SQ4fXl5I3Jts0fKEk5IDZRVhkJCLcoSTnVhX0zqPXi5OqZKXn0gJ7WPtZRMu4_UlNFr0ZYOx8CWSwNk0NT23BlTVD71pwldypfXuHFdaRywZlCrqBpqqip0Wf5W0l16jjao3Vf6ww61P8D1zUjS2f-MLZMBV0HrwOT5m6AZDEOxb/s2016/IMG_8987.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JCrSaP4PTH_0SQ4fXl5I3Jts0fKEk5IDZRVhkJCLcoSTnVhX0zqPXi5OqZKXn0gJ7WPtZRMu4_UlNFr0ZYOx8CWSwNk0NT23BlTVD71pwldypfXuHFdaRywZlCrqBpqqip0Wf5W0l16jjao3Vf6ww61P8D1zUjS2f-MLZMBV0HrwOT5m6AZDEOxb/w480-h640/IMG_8987.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This variety of an <b>Euphorbia</b> is an excellent choice. I have seen several varieties in the nurseries around here. It is not a native - it is from South Africa. It blooms constantly and the deer leave it alone.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpXSG0o_0vcpxDOTsy84YugtTMMn8Uiq9Uo4JyDNVTQEiNt_aYWuVJUo-2ObOErM2Q2xaim-tmMF8arHKs7X7ka-iPzRWkocJ-Fe-20R8C1ykSRyAVnImS6NZV1mTk5gU3Tlz78J1eMCzcUcE9lEtWW0hezO63K16U4_jmypccL-tObazxDj06pJ7/s1024/PVotuO71RDePcPvKIS2iCw_thumb_1399a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="954" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpXSG0o_0vcpxDOTsy84YugtTMMn8Uiq9Uo4JyDNVTQEiNt_aYWuVJUo-2ObOErM2Q2xaim-tmMF8arHKs7X7ka-iPzRWkocJ-Fe-20R8C1ykSRyAVnImS6NZV1mTk5gU3Tlz78J1eMCzcUcE9lEtWW0hezO63K16U4_jmypccL-tObazxDj06pJ7/w596-h640/PVotuO71RDePcPvKIS2iCw_thumb_1399a.jpg" width="596" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lavender</b> are not attractive to deer and my experience here is that all varieties are avoided. I have never had a single plant nibbled on. <b>English Lavender </b>are growing in the pots below.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q_IuV1Rm0swjVX99EBu84wDhNcoIIzvY1biCg7I-wHAwSHc1oDFVtJyGUi6W3tvdiU0-XNukxGHZyZyiQ_aRIhok2e-xtcbJM_hKeQoEYiRgEZLbkkc-wSBFjXd8-V_81pZYJHkQRm2YOMRndtbhNJFI5dfNPi02qH-a2-qZkP8C_pVGggNqmmd-/s1024/U668E8c%25S++IZWMMeA3rgg_thumb_1399c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="760" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q_IuV1Rm0swjVX99EBu84wDhNcoIIzvY1biCg7I-wHAwSHc1oDFVtJyGUi6W3tvdiU0-XNukxGHZyZyiQ_aRIhok2e-xtcbJM_hKeQoEYiRgEZLbkkc-wSBFjXd8-V_81pZYJHkQRm2YOMRndtbhNJFI5dfNPi02qH-a2-qZkP8C_pVGggNqmmd-/w476-h640/U668E8c%25S++IZWMMeA3rgg_thumb_1399c.jpg" width="476" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>French Lavender</b> in the foreground in the photo below is also not touched by deer. Behind it are 4 smaller English Lavender and none have been eaten. All varieties are very drought tolerant once established. I did not have good luck growing lavender in north Texas gumbo clay. It grows perfectly in Sequim, and in fact Sequim is known nationally for its lavender. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://sequimlavender.org/">https://sequimlavender.org/</a></span><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsEsMTmBDPjyqDxgGTXBMcDCVrV1tAssZo6EazIGnrcerSYjjsfWOlg22cEel8tgAaDz8buoXyez33-5xDHqdqoMB7d32NcV7kYAs_eQgeT1rxro9PV-xxqi7NbITMq0FTIaKvnGTnXFRkVw1GaVA5b4r2AgRpoeimzhYaq3svPWQJArI7KSNUO_k/s1038/XGOOi8gISIG4V98XvMmDkA_thumb_13957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1038" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsEsMTmBDPjyqDxgGTXBMcDCVrV1tAssZo6EazIGnrcerSYjjsfWOlg22cEel8tgAaDz8buoXyez33-5xDHqdqoMB7d32NcV7kYAs_eQgeT1rxro9PV-xxqi7NbITMq0FTIaKvnGTnXFRkVw1GaVA5b4r2AgRpoeimzhYaq3svPWQJArI7KSNUO_k/w640-h466/XGOOi8gISIG4V98XvMmDkA_thumb_13957.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Ferns </b>are rarely nibbled on and I have several varieties. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjxHU9FLcLuEulnQ1OOsZjBh2cZhvzFQYW68o0T0DpTl9QZq-mrqrFTczk6nS1cQCiyZTPO2T8YVoUzmn0v7c2DbZmxDqiBqb17Y7FVlO8uVMPyb-qPAtLxbH-dSmVjYABkF5VUGy7O_5zuZrn9adDIyP8mV9x0vCY_RkmB6bDUtsj4lIsEF7iWr9/s1024/W%25ZKiOxaRgag%25FFwXC+ZPQ_thumb_13991.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="846" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjxHU9FLcLuEulnQ1OOsZjBh2cZhvzFQYW68o0T0DpTl9QZq-mrqrFTczk6nS1cQCiyZTPO2T8YVoUzmn0v7c2DbZmxDqiBqb17Y7FVlO8uVMPyb-qPAtLxbH-dSmVjYABkF5VUGy7O_5zuZrn9adDIyP8mV9x0vCY_RkmB6bDUtsj4lIsEF7iWr9/w528-h640/W%25ZKiOxaRgag%25FFwXC+ZPQ_thumb_13991.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><p> <span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>Ice Plant </b>has not been bothered to date either.</span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tK3Ej3QSwkHSLGYSE79Pd8xaCwFXcO8AdLRNBKAW-JesMoF6FYigiK0lIal5QiaUJQLvTkIyJMCipWcr1SoLKyCwHyIEv3uk_q-eUm_Z_8FLDfbEGDBXbpJst1YRCG5slfavOic_IWRZLDl4uPAO3SMWofUskHlEupngehiaIUAcLQnHqVbkx5CK/s1024/GyObTYZwSs6GAbOHKnmHAQ_thumb_139af.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="798" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tK3Ej3QSwkHSLGYSE79Pd8xaCwFXcO8AdLRNBKAW-JesMoF6FYigiK0lIal5QiaUJQLvTkIyJMCipWcr1SoLKyCwHyIEv3uk_q-eUm_Z_8FLDfbEGDBXbpJst1YRCG5slfavOic_IWRZLDl4uPAO3SMWofUskHlEupngehiaIUAcLQnHqVbkx5CK/w498-h640/GyObTYZwSs6GAbOHKnmHAQ_thumb_139af.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some pictures of my yard. One of the reasons I decided to plant only perennials was so I would have pretty color every year with minimal need to replant. I made it a point not plant new shrubs (there are existing rhododendrons in the yard) so I wouldn't need to prune as much. The yard previously was overgrown with juniper bushes and other various thickety plants I also eradicated a lot of English ivy. There is also a lot of <b>Heather</b> (low green patches on the ground) which the deer avoid. Unfortunately the variety in my yard does not bloom much and gets huge. I took out a lot of it, but left a few plants. I may end up ripping all of the Heather out.</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Front Yard </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtJ0o_89BTyYzP5q9bKxUoLxITBeMyGuOqZC5YlIWYQtHznZntxVyHXESmGjGTpwilD50D7zrqG07HasNxZUH8EK-qOipMHkqlUANCT4LDPdvLoexW7KJNzKId9pXj4l-wMXHnn0tQ7VJZrlE34qwDOB1Jf58QKDeXTgh2r4noAEXyPGtjObjzk_x/s1024/o4Je12DtR%25KVBiQ%259xH9Gw_thumb_139b2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtJ0o_89BTyYzP5q9bKxUoLxITBeMyGuOqZC5YlIWYQtHznZntxVyHXESmGjGTpwilD50D7zrqG07HasNxZUH8EK-qOipMHkqlUANCT4LDPdvLoexW7KJNzKId9pXj4l-wMXHnn0tQ7VJZrlE34qwDOB1Jf58QKDeXTgh2r4noAEXyPGtjObjzk_x/w640-h480/o4Je12DtR%25KVBiQ%259xH9Gw_thumb_139b2.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'm hopeful all the plants I've put in the ground so far will live, even though they have been munched on. They all look relatively healthy, other than missing flowers and some of their leaves. I have a feeling that if I can get them established, we can weather this deer storm. I'll always be adding new plants to my yard too - I love to experiment. If any of my gardening friends have some good recommendations, please leave me a comment. Happy gardening!</span><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdsj8VBaa3utSOiLS0ZaoB5NBiwuu8NpLgMntkFUM-pwbE9gK9tYoGEX1aUtbM5pm2pqAKoCT90JuTDwSlhYF93r1jhoeI31_obQcLPlyxD7BlM9L-QNUGz4EkW1Bxgs7V0Qm0JgcER7t3J5AuMarwb_bk4WwsOxDPwcVgAxglbxilEmkQiwvu1Me/s1024/Du7Mfg0BRymaYBBhUJFMQg_thumb_139be.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdsj8VBaa3utSOiLS0ZaoB5NBiwuu8NpLgMntkFUM-pwbE9gK9tYoGEX1aUtbM5pm2pqAKoCT90JuTDwSlhYF93r1jhoeI31_obQcLPlyxD7BlM9L-QNUGz4EkW1Bxgs7V0Qm0JgcER7t3J5AuMarwb_bk4WwsOxDPwcVgAxglbxilEmkQiwvu1Me/w640-h480/Du7Mfg0BRymaYBBhUJFMQg_thumb_139be.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-6738633401611748772022-07-07T14:43:00.000-07:002022-07-07T14:43:13.444-07:00Status Update on the Vegetable Garden - Sequim, WA - The Good News and the Challenges <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>It has been 9 days since I wrote my first garden journal update here in Sequim, WA and this post provides an update. I've got some good news and I've encountered some challenges but all is fair with Mother Nature. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>First the good news. The seeds I planted are all coming up. This includes radishes, beets, spinach, beans and dill in this raised bed.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WyR54QmPfexZ-SNEvCUzWTr_izqa0WMcqDQFvQNS0QDc_VjWAYTFWV2j89c0-siSEaag7_iAser1b00pUQfc6BjmIJ5cV721qWmWQkuQ-SMy1-tCU-ERQ8d-wtfLNbJnQKAyTRa71rOacKjyhwnJeiqp-ps9Si_BoGgh39Fruob1w3prSr3ELmsh/s1024/EijhkytMTd+ZMo7NaBKSSg_thumb_1396a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WyR54QmPfexZ-SNEvCUzWTr_izqa0WMcqDQFvQNS0QDc_VjWAYTFWV2j89c0-siSEaag7_iAser1b00pUQfc6BjmIJ5cV721qWmWQkuQ-SMy1-tCU-ERQ8d-wtfLNbJnQKAyTRa71rOacKjyhwnJeiqp-ps9Si_BoGgh39Fruob1w3prSr3ELmsh/w480-h640/EijhkytMTd+ZMo7NaBKSSg_thumb_1396a.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span> </span>Seeds are also sprouting in the 10 gallon planting bags. Left to right: 1st bag, nasturtium and catnip; 2) Big Kahuna bush beans; 3) lettuce; and 4) carrots.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8zb3FMpuE1rdttEReCLanPMDXUwnpHkE9aAxzQ6VWo-OYnAllqyeCJn-3ystdF-fUw-woP5Btj8eozV1O-6U38GczQS2mqV2lFzvssTSbt808ymEJbgLVFGzw4dGqseN_Q61KcGz_tQ5UYZdggRcmBM7sNMgHj6BIDaJRrUPC_UfQOWaUaGOrSej/s1024/DnZKDu6ORzSWdxf4d8gWhw_thumb_1396b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8zb3FMpuE1rdttEReCLanPMDXUwnpHkE9aAxzQ6VWo-OYnAllqyeCJn-3ystdF-fUw-woP5Btj8eozV1O-6U38GczQS2mqV2lFzvssTSbt808ymEJbgLVFGzw4dGqseN_Q61KcGz_tQ5UYZdggRcmBM7sNMgHj6BIDaJRrUPC_UfQOWaUaGOrSej/w400-h300/DnZKDu6ORzSWdxf4d8gWhw_thumb_1396b.jpg" width="400" /></a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">In my last blog post entry, I expressed concern about the lack of bees in my neighborhood so we installed a "bee spa" to attract the solitary bees. I did check with my neighborhood HOA and they confirmed my suspicions that honeybee hive keeping is not allowed, or any type of animal "husbandry" for that matter. My previous neighborhood in Forney, TX also did not allow keeping farm animals but we had a privacy fence around the entire one acre lot and we kept hens for fresh eggs. HOAs were not our concern back then. Unfortunately here in our Sequim neighborhood, we have a smaller lot and no privacy fence, so we'll have to follow the rules. </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcLNrs94ZTkeU_YD_LWELLlQUsvk-BZ4SulZmHdzCdPKpk01VKtytdeQebwN6S_xIC3wTjJGz-Wq2jMpXhMhb6DAGRMIL01r43B_Y3TEIR-gUDLdbl6e9Mx2q98PPISJCsVAEK0fH-cEtwZS_lx5xrbZ15rqNr0lsVKJYYdAKW-Am9f4y1MnO9fkc/s1024/VbCHE38PTDyFXFF6MCM8Tw_thumb_1398b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="847" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcLNrs94ZTkeU_YD_LWELLlQUsvk-BZ4SulZmHdzCdPKpk01VKtytdeQebwN6S_xIC3wTjJGz-Wq2jMpXhMhb6DAGRMIL01r43B_Y3TEIR-gUDLdbl6e9Mx2q98PPISJCsVAEK0fH-cEtwZS_lx5xrbZ15rqNr0lsVKJYYdAKW-Am9f4y1MnO9fkc/w530-h640/VbCHE38PTDyFXFF6MCM8Tw_thumb_1398b.jpg" width="530" /></a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">This beehouse attracts solitary bees such as: </span><p class="a-spacing-base"> </p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Mason Bees</span> (metallic, solid black, and other colors) have a cell partition material of mud and chewed plant material.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Resin Bees</span> (striped) have a cell partition material of plant resins, sand, and pebbles.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Leafcutter Bees</span> (striped) have a cell partition material of cut or chewed leaf sections.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Carder Bees</span> (black and yellow, or black and white) have a cell partition material of compacted fibers, hair, resin, and sand.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Carpenter Bees</span> (various colors) have a cell partition material of compacted sawdust.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="a-list-item"><span class="a-text-bold">Masked Bees</span> (various colors) have a cell partition material of a plastic-like membrane.</span></span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEb5YvTYbJYRJxUwqpltl-yt1tK9RBzuemf2JtBd50W70XK_sFumVoPRXr17qs0Npu7141dArLyvkhnw_yBQ5w2RUBZNWdc2_q3U71es_-bSRl0SUftjqgnqD-6V591z3m_y6qvQA-AD7dSFoKONkf-s04S_O9Ms69qihrzCIZYYI_T_lkF6a1QBC3/s1024/AlBjsZTTS+GdcEOpYt8foQ_thumb_1398a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="810" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEb5YvTYbJYRJxUwqpltl-yt1tK9RBzuemf2JtBd50W70XK_sFumVoPRXr17qs0Npu7141dArLyvkhnw_yBQ5w2RUBZNWdc2_q3U71es_-bSRl0SUftjqgnqD-6V591z3m_y6qvQA-AD7dSFoKONkf-s04S_O9Ms69qihrzCIZYYI_T_lkF6a1QBC3/w506-h640/AlBjsZTTS+GdcEOpYt8foQ_thumb_1398a.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> <span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">I placed rocks in the bee waterer to give the bees something solid to land on when they get a drink. </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Now for a challenge. Unfortunately the underground irrigation system in our front yard was periously close by where the garden fence posts were drilled. Apparently one of the double PVC pipes was bent sideways and the water pressure finally cause the pipe to fail, so my poor husband dug up both sides of the post trying to find the leak. After the leak was located and fixed (a total of about 3 hours of labor), everything is working well. </span><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lxEn17f2yY5Nix5_T0L5o2sGxtB4BTN5LrV4yCZ1Ynh00_k6Q9KOY5SDKfcb0EnWuQJ-0tdIqHAaJulrUSYVrzXgtBXE3hhEqLkhZta_n-vs0J3ASFhMrruyeU6lo2cm1EWWprGeofngEo0qdNFlIKpiyuOUvhla6mN9zJcMyTsyQ6jnGxOOfwhy/s1024/%25idtGztYQyO3lITg2VszZw_thumb_13979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lxEn17f2yY5Nix5_T0L5o2sGxtB4BTN5LrV4yCZ1Ynh00_k6Q9KOY5SDKfcb0EnWuQJ-0tdIqHAaJulrUSYVrzXgtBXE3hhEqLkhZta_n-vs0J3ASFhMrruyeU6lo2cm1EWWprGeofngEo0qdNFlIKpiyuOUvhla6mN9zJcMyTsyQ6jnGxOOfwhy/w640-h480/%25idtGztYQyO3lITg2VszZw_thumb_13979.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8o2X_OC3hUZjcJYz5YokDJp-bKUiyOqnhwSgnE33XAOsjSffrBJ5Tpx9NB-jzNL2wzb8F3mj0N2MceEN3RDb80bi41k_Axd83Zfb8pDFjJGuoEPduz_swVI4E01CySJLkSCept_0LJp48taDow3l3StQG_jqloAOC4DPCckgU2D7sAdhwpu2bg74L/s1024/kc8br+9FRA2QSFNMaUYj7w_thumb_13970.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8o2X_OC3hUZjcJYz5YokDJp-bKUiyOqnhwSgnE33XAOsjSffrBJ5Tpx9NB-jzNL2wzb8F3mj0N2MceEN3RDb80bi41k_Axd83Zfb8pDFjJGuoEPduz_swVI4E01CySJLkSCept_0LJp48taDow3l3StQG_jqloAOC4DPCckgU2D7sAdhwpu2bg74L/w480-h640/kc8br+9FRA2QSFNMaUYj7w_thumb_13970.jpg" width="480" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>Unfortunately, the pipes were located on the inside of the post, and he started digging on the outside of the post first - double work. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOcP3WLbScNhGAXdA4bpBqsQaU0P9d_Wst72n5omSpAMIuvXxAYNKWW24iwbQ-8k2Oi0Rs6aD9fBKVb7qUFsxboX_BdqDMC17YnAtS15Zk_0ZULEkWgvbsLivDa2FOl_lJlBGJvnaleeIqLh3Tbderhrj2-7A8BRQIp_44NBCz1A-Im1AfehiLmZA/s1024/y4VXdZlMTVesTBsMkOea%25Q_thumb_1396e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOcP3WLbScNhGAXdA4bpBqsQaU0P9d_Wst72n5omSpAMIuvXxAYNKWW24iwbQ-8k2Oi0Rs6aD9fBKVb7qUFsxboX_BdqDMC17YnAtS15Zk_0ZULEkWgvbsLivDa2FOl_lJlBGJvnaleeIqLh3Tbderhrj2-7A8BRQIp_44NBCz1A-Im1AfehiLmZA/w480-h640/y4VXdZlMTVesTBsMkOea%25Q_thumb_1396e.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>Here is the repaired piping. The hole was back filled and all is well now thank goodness.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagXGsWX74qXfDu5NyxMjj2_BjqWXDoqmdMSKAqoHTMEsBANSXE9ECrHEiaZ1ii8rcpWCqjX8IVCM-j0EBRdSLsS5SEEfzVUNVPvq-aw57IOC23iWX8iL0BptMZvuYv37X_TFVxVc3slED8-GQiw8mOuAzo3c4uR9uYJgQWEaVLM1NuIm7Ye4r9ljl/s1024/BnuHbIztQkaIStMH0N8rOA_thumb_13980.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagXGsWX74qXfDu5NyxMjj2_BjqWXDoqmdMSKAqoHTMEsBANSXE9ECrHEiaZ1ii8rcpWCqjX8IVCM-j0EBRdSLsS5SEEfzVUNVPvq-aw57IOC23iWX8iL0BptMZvuYv37X_TFVxVc3slED8-GQiw8mOuAzo3c4uR9uYJgQWEaVLM1NuIm7Ye4r9ljl/w510-h640/BnuHbIztQkaIStMH0N8rOA_thumb_13980.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Another challenge I'm facing now is insect pests. I read an article in the Sequim Gazette this week (very fortuitous) regarding Leaf Miners. This article could not have come at a better time. As stated in the article: <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Leaf miners are one of the most common insect problems in Pacific
Northwest gardens. They affect a large number of vegetable crops such as
spinach and bush beans as well as ornamental plants and weeds. Although
a common plant problem, leaf miners are fairly host-specific and result
from the larvae of a variety of flies, moths, and beetles. The spinach (or beet) leaf miner is the larval stage of a small
gray insignificant fly about ¼ inch long with prominent black hairs. The
fly lays eggs, usually on the underside of leaves of susceptible plants
including spinach, beets and chard and broad-leafed weeds such as
lamb’s quarters." </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.sequimgazette.com/life/get-it-growing-leaf-miners/" target="_blank">https://www.sequimgazette.com/life/get-it-growing-leaf-miners/</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately for me, these plants make up a lot of my garden. I will now have to wage war. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">New bean sprouts are already being attacked. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrp9UwlvL9-fPh4Pa2xt0klJ52oeP6ertYvngRyA4j_oJItPJ54ab6C7RCma_8wGIG9-gXefpTk2JvGLjQBPhdwylsaCEbBlPWdNDZIPTSUQhpIeP-7oJR-DpP-HFqVpynWXpmzeKx9HZ0madvmU5XDaSxDJLCmzuZKvaj2--XCUj2wFFkBbi8hHR/s1024/XfTtSHNKQKi7x46dZA4z%25Q_thumb_13973.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="848" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrp9UwlvL9-fPh4Pa2xt0klJ52oeP6ertYvngRyA4j_oJItPJ54ab6C7RCma_8wGIG9-gXefpTk2JvGLjQBPhdwylsaCEbBlPWdNDZIPTSUQhpIeP-7oJR-DpP-HFqVpynWXpmzeKx9HZ0madvmU5XDaSxDJLCmzuZKvaj2--XCUj2wFFkBbi8hHR/w530-h640/XfTtSHNKQKi7x46dZA4z%25Q_thumb_13973.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>The cabbage leaves are also being attacked. It is possible that slugs may be contributing to my woes as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIJaj6FkCCIo8bSIvoewfETl-eKYokfHchfkouM7n4kt_uQGtXBkmu-GIRH1PbgYXOxQWyOP-7nALfh3NGSku0xlyD-9qlLu0iTaub4emAAWn6NdHbjYBXXrGdLUxAia2rkepBjLRKF76-rAq31XrkCk-O5YvWQmVcb3CHmX-d_RhtEUsdWjt1JVU/s1024/guIja8NTQH+B%25QSheD4I3g_thumb_13975.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIJaj6FkCCIo8bSIvoewfETl-eKYokfHchfkouM7n4kt_uQGtXBkmu-GIRH1PbgYXOxQWyOP-7nALfh3NGSku0xlyD-9qlLu0iTaub4emAAWn6NdHbjYBXXrGdLUxAia2rkepBjLRKF76-rAq31XrkCk-O5YvWQmVcb3CHmX-d_RhtEUsdWjt1JVU/w522-h640/guIja8NTQH+B%25QSheD4I3g_thumb_13975.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Lower broccoli leaves and swiss chard leaves are also being chewed on but it is not catastrophic.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdrDXKfllVt-4gRjw_oGf4CpUNe7Fgiwb9OEkYteik1iKjhEUJIzFNHo5kKMEz-S58BEiSk-ZJ26Gr7t0K2yg7TWIUEPN7DfHo5fzlhi247quLoL3QiRrnShwSJwGeOAFET97rAgvshzT7K7pBYz2iwSZJWyyN6iVBZOUqF6fLj5SFDG_TcfJ5SoU/s1024/yaTNfZPVQLOrOneZTgTDfg_thumb_1397b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdrDXKfllVt-4gRjw_oGf4CpUNe7Fgiwb9OEkYteik1iKjhEUJIzFNHo5kKMEz-S58BEiSk-ZJ26Gr7t0K2yg7TWIUEPN7DfHo5fzlhi247quLoL3QiRrnShwSJwGeOAFET97rAgvshzT7K7pBYz2iwSZJWyyN6iVBZOUqF6fLj5SFDG_TcfJ5SoU/w480-h640/yaTNfZPVQLOrOneZTgTDfg_thumb_1397b.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvkemsb1iPEaAAxNtQRs23ECi0SKTzM_v9X4Q2c-A8HTF2EXaB_xfGhD71E0g78OHfJd6DougAkoBd2fsQDO7w3seP1NzqTnPXJXe_vNjv7DNjM0KFpSqwYfVVmYwhdRs1QAETHWe11AVooqelFeDWz2mxpwul1S09DjRx4K0X-zwoWMsUPmWEx5R/s1024/zHWUA0hSR4ism+PIfgqcCg_thumb_13974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvkemsb1iPEaAAxNtQRs23ECi0SKTzM_v9X4Q2c-A8HTF2EXaB_xfGhD71E0g78OHfJd6DougAkoBd2fsQDO7w3seP1NzqTnPXJXe_vNjv7DNjM0KFpSqwYfVVmYwhdRs1QAETHWe11AVooqelFeDWz2mxpwul1S09DjRx4K0X-zwoWMsUPmWEx5R/w480-h640/zHWUA0hSR4ism+PIfgqcCg_thumb_13974.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">I observed that the warm weather crops I planted (which include tomatoes, different varieties of peppers, zucchini and yellow squash, as well as cucumbers and eggplant,) are not experiencing any of the problems. I actually have tiny tomatoes growing on four of the six tomato plants.</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj70KkDiYIWII87e9roXtozjquJQnhOUixJbnzl6MGGQx-H-_8kN62hxqI478N-b34koa840FcQ-5fHI8Q7rFU4Trpiz6kyr7IBw_w3SlK7ZbQOxAn9hleY_2llhD6V-fYclxw5vy5x3BrAO7V9-Q7sCj54spObnFW4hpSUrdpn0SIzqrjcHdCvYfn/s1024/k9KtftPdQ6meO%25BRE7tQ%25w_thumb_1396c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj70KkDiYIWII87e9roXtozjquJQnhOUixJbnzl6MGGQx-H-_8kN62hxqI478N-b34koa840FcQ-5fHI8Q7rFU4Trpiz6kyr7IBw_w3SlK7ZbQOxAn9hleY_2llhD6V-fYclxw5vy5x3BrAO7V9-Q7sCj54spObnFW4hpSUrdpn0SIzqrjcHdCvYfn/w640-h480/k9KtftPdQ6meO%25BRE7tQ%25w_thumb_1396c.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWlxrPi4fLW8pQaLi1jcMFEXPlZVaVU0PDj31Jb3kr1XC63iWgxIrXn82zYYgIUllrKbT1aXQ0mPFiVbTIz3CX0gu8EqddIBd5sY1Gunu1ccJv5Re_teg7TIlAHq5RQ4UeWRRnDThMhcIs1G6ky6rYMEQ6DRc7H5mnnsO4itSEwxIxcqkYYxJ_g8t/s1024/Xx2TgxjAQaGdvpUVmp7Nlw_thumb_13977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWlxrPi4fLW8pQaLi1jcMFEXPlZVaVU0PDj31Jb3kr1XC63iWgxIrXn82zYYgIUllrKbT1aXQ0mPFiVbTIz3CX0gu8EqddIBd5sY1Gunu1ccJv5Re_teg7TIlAHq5RQ4UeWRRnDThMhcIs1G6ky6rYMEQ6DRc7H5mnnsO4itSEwxIxcqkYYxJ_g8t/w494-h640/Xx2TgxjAQaGdvpUVmp7Nlw_thumb_13977.jpg" width="494" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The first Bell Pepper has popped out and more little flowers have emerged since last week.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EfTSm5pGzLsTHh2ZJxIHgz3vH4ygUKk49ojIFyzIn-DqrR176IJW_0ZgAX7Iv1zIRLAmDCBrIqx2cHA0iTr7NhJBVtbRUKKVLI1H0BTMqNGg-6GWQ0cWXKWq6KFA8NheyDJ70tDcCVTD70zIEJ0pJaGTuhA9P6abv7XIMEckvhv6hYE0c09z3hWe/s1024/yA7ebfsdS26sjjgqSXR%25vQ_thumb_13976.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EfTSm5pGzLsTHh2ZJxIHgz3vH4ygUKk49ojIFyzIn-DqrR176IJW_0ZgAX7Iv1zIRLAmDCBrIqx2cHA0iTr7NhJBVtbRUKKVLI1H0BTMqNGg-6GWQ0cWXKWq6KFA8NheyDJ70tDcCVTD70zIEJ0pJaGTuhA9P6abv7XIMEckvhv6hYE0c09z3hWe/w480-h640/yA7ebfsdS26sjjgqSXR%25vQ_thumb_13976.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>The zucchini and yellow crookneck squash are growing well.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthn0LFj12266npqurYunAxEDoMBWmJktj8MU4bqlE4OH8RmFPG4ohW5t747PFv-TftkXqTE4kr_SAEjCnO9OjTNUuJWtLyZ9Ha6idbuTkzh3BQGYNpesAKfZrr23NyRWU3XRNsA6GQLhaQr8AdNOyeZGeuUpN-c8q8x20T3lxEeKYOM85QTHUdQIb/s1024/avxQxSc3SWecSGKECM7CCA_thumb_1397a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgthn0LFj12266npqurYunAxEDoMBWmJktj8MU4bqlE4OH8RmFPG4ohW5t747PFv-TftkXqTE4kr_SAEjCnO9OjTNUuJWtLyZ9Ha6idbuTkzh3BQGYNpesAKfZrr23NyRWU3XRNsA6GQLhaQr8AdNOyeZGeuUpN-c8q8x20T3lxEeKYOM85QTHUdQIb/w640-h480/avxQxSc3SWecSGKECM7CCA_thumb_1397a.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">The zucchini leaf is bigger than my hand now. It grew a lot this past week.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Sf72M-fKfLa_qHpWyAy1r3L-ANysQG6t98sUHAlmXDrGVCKnuA8QE-_dlQn3BU2Mmef9ZnA76koIVJ827A38_-nWhzv_kC9h33uaJDRmg6iLq0rlSexWjO5gVZN4ZWEs3Ip2JOGUcKZM-8_Ox0X3KtBdFUsNjjmuANNjPTFid-jVzxkBFeRXF40K/s1024/NdYPHkmZQgiT1X+Oubbfwg_thumb_1397d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Sf72M-fKfLa_qHpWyAy1r3L-ANysQG6t98sUHAlmXDrGVCKnuA8QE-_dlQn3BU2Mmef9ZnA76koIVJ827A38_-nWhzv_kC9h33uaJDRmg6iLq0rlSexWjO5gVZN4ZWEs3Ip2JOGUcKZM-8_Ox0X3KtBdFUsNjjmuANNjPTFid-jVzxkBFeRXF40K/w480-h640/NdYPHkmZQgiT1X+Oubbfwg_thumb_1397d.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the cucumber plants has grown enough that I can wrap it around the its back trellis.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptTjuXLSONhdVmo-s_w4gyV3EQvlk-33yJdwjfDtV3krJvINrZ7z9uOHU0Gw0GeltC26_yXMASzRw0bn0ISQNR67zbnU-S-dFe0wglXzpBN_783eMGQ9C-5yqXcG9yCdH-W71iFWhXiBa5xmAKJNMVcwxm6kkzUUzhjxSlr0QpfyG0Db26jGXVqk2/s1024/YRCfoNNlTNef45nBMVerbQ_thumb_13981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptTjuXLSONhdVmo-s_w4gyV3EQvlk-33yJdwjfDtV3krJvINrZ7z9uOHU0Gw0GeltC26_yXMASzRw0bn0ISQNR67zbnU-S-dFe0wglXzpBN_783eMGQ9C-5yqXcG9yCdH-W71iFWhXiBa5xmAKJNMVcwxm6kkzUUzhjxSlr0QpfyG0Db26jGXVqk2/w480-h640/YRCfoNNlTNef45nBMVerbQ_thumb_13981.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"> <span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Final overall photos for use to compare next week's growth. All of the tomatoes and most of the peppers have cages now. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIX8-dMznCOCafnn-uIJZNckse13b3n7PBYXlWfZVTCMnRmKkuqXhJzyaA__auoK6L-v-cEek2fwVZmZO9LMZdc3qVVVCTMoLJycRg2n4nz5QnQMizYniYq4kevoXg2WNy8gSZfy0f8ppJXluLLDJdW0CZd0HCk0nCWncB_uniQGSmYAyGZg9i_k5/s1024/%25UYGFa1RSKOoGP+hWzxgTg_thumb_13985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIX8-dMznCOCafnn-uIJZNckse13b3n7PBYXlWfZVTCMnRmKkuqXhJzyaA__auoK6L-v-cEek2fwVZmZO9LMZdc3qVVVCTMoLJycRg2n4nz5QnQMizYniYq4kevoXg2WNy8gSZfy0f8ppJXluLLDJdW0CZd0HCk0nCWncB_uniQGSmYAyGZg9i_k5/w640-h480/%25UYGFa1RSKOoGP+hWzxgTg_thumb_13985.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlZ4BS409LdmKYmbZa0BRLkfMBGvpbHy9CMwhlcrqXHRxbzI47wJRUua_kZTXULbcDOlX1nTvoV1xXqKUA29wRbWX7AqKA-1kwgsrOJs-H_RPQlAt-MIwMGcea5MrpeCZshSlRD6eRuAVpz65x4C_fprmz1-O7UJRnuRnlEYk8heJAf8c2dDqbK8s/s1024/I4vDWhCVQc267ZlMq1jpgg_thumb_13986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlZ4BS409LdmKYmbZa0BRLkfMBGvpbHy9CMwhlcrqXHRxbzI47wJRUua_kZTXULbcDOlX1nTvoV1xXqKUA29wRbWX7AqKA-1kwgsrOJs-H_RPQlAt-MIwMGcea5MrpeCZshSlRD6eRuAVpz65x4C_fprmz1-O7UJRnuRnlEYk8heJAf8c2dDqbK8s/w640-h480/I4vDWhCVQc267ZlMq1jpgg_thumb_13986.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1RfkkVC_jHJIoAgQjuBLdOO9N43plCPqxbWsMBQaDWvc3QpH4knT2mfVIHDNE-XQn1VCWLYbI7o8qbDzkZ6FOzbXIpfAHO7J8k0t6iGFkrSRPlUBDLxnyZIuZoeWQe6LvWDiReRZU7bA_-xMXHX_Q_ApvZC45RIbvocXk9zjd0Ia2A_piidvpE_h/s1024/Od3A5HTfStesGMf1bzFGiA_thumb_13987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1RfkkVC_jHJIoAgQjuBLdOO9N43plCPqxbWsMBQaDWvc3QpH4knT2mfVIHDNE-XQn1VCWLYbI7o8qbDzkZ6FOzbXIpfAHO7J8k0t6iGFkrSRPlUBDLxnyZIuZoeWQe6LvWDiReRZU7bA_-xMXHX_Q_ApvZC45RIbvocXk9zjd0Ia2A_piidvpE_h/w640-h480/Od3A5HTfStesGMf1bzFGiA_thumb_13987.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kbwznsiJq1MtCf-An2jWSuzJ5co-4XmQ0w1B03XnpkCA9hAJ1nAcFbB3jrgdwxzrwD8QdZ7vbTgGSrBMMENCR_k8W8bUHxFMNRM3qCoHikNAdfixvnzVizCXs7IsPtDmuHP5JoZrJxt14R7PX5Q9vMz95bHkko4GJB5FNd3HpJJfYF0OEbEDirbw/s1024/yjMYMsr4TLKlar%25TNH+Rjg_thumb_13989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kbwznsiJq1MtCf-An2jWSuzJ5co-4XmQ0w1B03XnpkCA9hAJ1nAcFbB3jrgdwxzrwD8QdZ7vbTgGSrBMMENCR_k8W8bUHxFMNRM3qCoHikNAdfixvnzVizCXs7IsPtDmuHP5JoZrJxt14R7PX5Q9vMz95bHkko4GJB5FNd3HpJJfYF0OEbEDirbw/w640-h480/yjMYMsr4TLKlar%25TNH+Rjg_thumb_13989.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>Overall I would say we have enough sunlight (that was a concern because the trees cast long shadows in the early morning and evening. I only have to sprinkle the beds once a day so watering is very easy and we are not planning on installing an automatic watering system like we had in Texas (which was absolutely needed there due to our hotter than heck summer weather). Now - on to the next week of gardening and pest diversion!<br /></span><br /></p><p><br /></p>Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-7723924881686641242022-06-28T10:43:00.004-07:002022-06-28T15:08:35.351-07:00First Gardening Blog At My New Home Located on the Olympic Peninsula in Sequim, WA and My Looming Bee Crisis<p><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">It has been a long while since I have entered a vegetable gardening post (over 5 years!). We finally completed our last move to our new home so I've decided to start the blog back up again to journal my new gardening experiences. I'll definitely be learning new things. We purchased our retirement home in 2019 in Sequim, WA on the Olympic Peninsula and made our final cross country move from north Texas in October 2021. We made numerous cross country trips to update the 1980 house which needed new flooring, lighting, updating in general as well as clearing out the extremely overgrown front and back yards. Large trees that were either sick or dead were also removed (but the up side is that the tree removal provided extra sunshine for a vegetable garden).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">While I was familiar with growing two vegetable gardens a year in north Texas, I'm learning that Sequim, WA vegetable gardening is entirely different. Although both north Texas and Sequim are in Zone 8 (orange), that designation refers to coldest temperatures and frost dates. The difference I'm learning with Sequim, is that warm soil temperatures (60 degrees) dictate success for many of the warm weather crops such as tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and peppers. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdH7XjzgJSswMSPXIphPIdYoEUCbeqS7YRqhW2FNe2mYjna7rVS94KabCG09Z01VYHQNxKm6AqliscxlFRG3O_N6BC-opnJMoc1NnB_Ix0DD1GuUV7bwOP3XcfpWNuH7agrVMyOQGDJYE5J2t3LTs5zfYP_wnxm22qgsKnlILolkYeYllBCAvMIuW/s320/Zones4-8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="320" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdH7XjzgJSswMSPXIphPIdYoEUCbeqS7YRqhW2FNe2mYjna7rVS94KabCG09Z01VYHQNxKm6AqliscxlFRG3O_N6BC-opnJMoc1NnB_Ix0DD1GuUV7bwOP3XcfpWNuH7agrVMyOQGDJYE5J2t3LTs5zfYP_wnxm22qgsKnlILolkYeYllBCAvMIuW/w400-h248/Zones4-8.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">With that in mind, my husband built several raised beds as well as a protective 6' fence to surround it since my new neighborhood has a large deer population. The deer eat anything and everything and I'm going to do another blog post on what plants they won't touch versus "deer resistant" plants that they didn't show any hesitation in decimating. You'll notice the twin fawns are enjoying my planted perennials in this photo. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYiccver8bkcry5mpvoPj4_w1USXHxEQnXXvHxvQTa3dN63tiPhg6HW7dvTGb52Wxq9hWIge7vYtFXdB6SAjAKeSB4pzfr84KjM896g-iZFcY80_Wo-HVVtBG8CUEmbocoEDnjcPl-nLYU9pbisfuxa38YLZrmP4Vp46MaISr-LmfGUIWlcb_TNnS/s1022/ndalUfwYQB6vMl+QKmoISA_thumb_13804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="852" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYiccver8bkcry5mpvoPj4_w1USXHxEQnXXvHxvQTa3dN63tiPhg6HW7dvTGb52Wxq9hWIge7vYtFXdB6SAjAKeSB4pzfr84KjM896g-iZFcY80_Wo-HVVtBG8CUEmbocoEDnjcPl-nLYU9pbisfuxa38YLZrmP4Vp46MaISr-LmfGUIWlcb_TNnS/w534-h640/ndalUfwYQB6vMl+QKmoISA_thumb_13804.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Fawns were also watching my husband while he was working on the fence in anticipation of some tasty vegies.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTpRbAxRnseSveqel0rzUux06uwL8tilCHXku0S_BwDNT3yq2qz0BARI0Fhbz5kCzc8s7FZNQ6hpHbkd-3gY_gR4CPGdcgKQMD1Gcu_0ECn4KPAJtwNF5QTUHaZZGBq6tNAsFF9E_MjI3kuyogR-u-UTsNO554wGTaEOiIHNksF_JDtayMf9XiS9b/s1024/JSoyZr7lQk+VbYAxtyUT0g_thumb_13829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1024" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTpRbAxRnseSveqel0rzUux06uwL8tilCHXku0S_BwDNT3yq2qz0BARI0Fhbz5kCzc8s7FZNQ6hpHbkd-3gY_gR4CPGdcgKQMD1Gcu_0ECn4KPAJtwNF5QTUHaZZGBq6tNAsFF9E_MjI3kuyogR-u-UTsNO554wGTaEOiIHNksF_JDtayMf9XiS9b/w640-h484/JSoyZr7lQk+VbYAxtyUT0g_thumb_13829.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span> </span> Here is the vegetable garden<span style="font-size: medium;"> area, the photo is taken from our front porch deck on 6/26/22. The garden was planted on 6/18/22. We purchased approximately 2 yards of garden soil and compost mixture in bulk. Each yard of topsoil weights approximately 2100 lbs for a total of 4000 lbs of soil.</span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuqvzohXhpBPZ5zUEXVeBrHqlUVPSs6-fQ53v3b-OFyzppb4sT88N0ENLA5Igs2iws0oUlXvCI4t6ckeMhTI5QgA7V5f7RHr487fsl3ELUUi89bR-q-R1UDuIgcyrEnQYEpy0EE_GeNzofNroXE83Je3fwYDl9vmDb2OcLWjlbNykvABSWnNDIPRs/s1024/AQ4%25896QToeWxeDvCMULMw_thumb_13916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuqvzohXhpBPZ5zUEXVeBrHqlUVPSs6-fQ53v3b-OFyzppb4sT88N0ENLA5Igs2iws0oUlXvCI4t6ckeMhTI5QgA7V5f7RHr487fsl3ELUUi89bR-q-R1UDuIgcyrEnQYEpy0EE_GeNzofNroXE83Je3fwYDl9vmDb2OcLWjlbNykvABSWnNDIPRs/w640-h480/AQ4%25896QToeWxeDvCMULMw_thumb_13916.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Vegetable plants in these beds include cucumbers, cabbage, broccoli, and Swiss chard. The bed with seeded plants coming up contain, radishes, beets, spinach, and beans.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolNqGGpXzgCSh5ARyv45EQd9pAM0FcuVAaGJZoP4UPq8BcDiEZ-BCRapujkqRiOoMjBRSpngCOiCuGKUTGrdcQwuCdlue8T_6nAjPkR_IuhkvQNFu8LtqjC7klAUggqNp3PAp_-krubiDy51XoBo6iN8KA_XSngqbPzTtkcqKkOBBwnzJ4Z__An1X/s1024/OJUwh%25uPSnu+%25PaQH+zhvg_thumb_138d5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiolNqGGpXzgCSh5ARyv45EQd9pAM0FcuVAaGJZoP4UPq8BcDiEZ-BCRapujkqRiOoMjBRSpngCOiCuGKUTGrdcQwuCdlue8T_6nAjPkR_IuhkvQNFu8LtqjC7klAUggqNp3PAp_-krubiDy51XoBo6iN8KA_XSngqbPzTtkcqKkOBBwnzJ4Z__An1X/w640-h480/OJUwh%25uPSnu+%25PaQH+zhvg_thumb_138d5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The beds on this end contain several varieties of tomatoes (we tried to select varieties with early maturation dates to ensure harvest before temperatures drop and daylight recedes too much.) We also planted several varieties of bell peppers and jalapeno peppers. Eggplant, yellow squash and zucchini too.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PUMhwkWfULW0QMnXmxJSQowTaOtys0PKy6IwKMWP6gRqI3W6TQx_PXvpXBWqWT8R5Ln1YyvgZih93LbnhTuT8AqruduInwMsrljHE1L357z-faJR4gLyGMs56yk0Ujm-iG7Wj4JRpJPUi0d9_5FMbkT7LLuKvEi1VjCFTH1XuldoIhOdKh_JM5lS/s1024/ckeIW6YjRCyDpDuipaDzpQ_thumb_138d7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PUMhwkWfULW0QMnXmxJSQowTaOtys0PKy6IwKMWP6gRqI3W6TQx_PXvpXBWqWT8R5Ln1YyvgZih93LbnhTuT8AqruduInwMsrljHE1L357z-faJR4gLyGMs56yk0Ujm-iG7Wj4JRpJPUi0d9_5FMbkT7LLuKvEi1VjCFTH1XuldoIhOdKh_JM5lS/w480-h640/ckeIW6YjRCyDpDuipaDzpQ_thumb_138d7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> <span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">On this end, we added 5 planting bags that are the 10 gallon size. In these bags we planted seeds for carrots, lettuce, more beans, dill, catnip, and nasturtiums. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWWaUKI2AGGMKvU5mmS1LtxIQFC6Xv2TjtozJv5JNbz4c_dfdW8uopYaZ-9wYAM_-d3xS7U5AKQWttcsC5Er3QcBSVkDbVZV45v31prby2MRrOsHXxOam00DYB-aQTg3Ld1JMymYxwBSjY301IzgSRa6HPsk41NETVtuIZMwA7qQy5tuda4F3Am-P/s1024/iVADMQ2zRIeX62xYOe4S+w_thumb_13918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWWaUKI2AGGMKvU5mmS1LtxIQFC6Xv2TjtozJv5JNbz4c_dfdW8uopYaZ-9wYAM_-d3xS7U5AKQWttcsC5Er3QcBSVkDbVZV45v31prby2MRrOsHXxOam00DYB-aQTg3Ld1JMymYxwBSjY301IzgSRa6HPsk41NETVtuIZMwA7qQy5tuda4F3Am-P/w568-h640/iVADMQ2zRIeX62xYOe4S+w_thumb_13918.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Seeds planted in 2022.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVmpX0W3AxBft3J40vvjVIXJI4ep3CA5S6ducQszwwrnJG87jPR-uDy3uysBPic17iV7G8xJphUFCuN1Hv1GYoJYrKBG--6wLxz6nqUOKhGhXaqULHMANu8Bv_kVkpjzpUZFfH1xiqskkkWicw-sC_eRA7vG7ftNsb6OCBFNVUHHA9hGhL735SE6F/s1911/IMG_8693.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1911" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVmpX0W3AxBft3J40vvjVIXJI4ep3CA5S6ducQszwwrnJG87jPR-uDy3uysBPic17iV7G8xJphUFCuN1Hv1GYoJYrKBG--6wLxz6nqUOKhGhXaqULHMANu8Bv_kVkpjzpUZFfH1xiqskkkWicw-sC_eRA7vG7ftNsb6OCBFNVUHHA9hGhL735SE6F/w640-h478/IMG_8693.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm adding a few photos from this morning 6/28/22 to show additional growth. Broccoli, cabbage, Swiss chard and cucumbers in the back. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDU6frScupTUlrDXIwf7o3jRSqoNDH7AmNOaHlW1_hRom1qoj3R09XQ366FFRladD3c3rMws6ivgoQSA3RxsjOR5K6ppMB0AohTG1-Ti8sojMbwg9gnyBz3nUiWztiv4b6CZYUw4IHYsREJSnSIQVRvKkLZy4CD339Z1_cpBYFMEwJggwhhMpNKHHz/s1024/vDLxpe4OTZyocb3qUCkbnw_thumb_1395d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDU6frScupTUlrDXIwf7o3jRSqoNDH7AmNOaHlW1_hRom1qoj3R09XQ366FFRladD3c3rMws6ivgoQSA3RxsjOR5K6ppMB0AohTG1-Ti8sojMbwg9gnyBz3nUiWztiv4b6CZYUw4IHYsREJSnSIQVRvKkLZy4CD339Z1_cpBYFMEwJggwhhMpNKHHz/w480-h640/vDLxpe4OTZyocb3qUCkbnw_thumb_1395d.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">In this photo you can see the two back climbing grates that were made from leftover hog wire for the cucumbers to climb on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhM6qnyxmqBEhZLKALCbf6rN0fx1p33BrNi5hKfzjNG_b0MAr5AZc7k35kVr2N3-OPLKo7z9uyYG84k4kLDv_mdKMFnbqQ5xQ5LZCkEM62dyn2JsUh_qWiz4U-keUouU7zf7IbKvuphgeii2zaheZGvPXAxLv14TxKmPZODiQi2pnyRZa91OyMcT5f/s1024/PF%25R5LXJRG6b6EtM0NjUWg_thumb_1395c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhM6qnyxmqBEhZLKALCbf6rN0fx1p33BrNi5hKfzjNG_b0MAr5AZc7k35kVr2N3-OPLKo7z9uyYG84k4kLDv_mdKMFnbqQ5xQ5LZCkEM62dyn2JsUh_qWiz4U-keUouU7zf7IbKvuphgeii2zaheZGvPXAxLv14TxKmPZODiQi2pnyRZa91OyMcT5f/w640-h480/PF%25R5LXJRG6b6EtM0NjUWg_thumb_1395c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The tomato plants have their new cages supplied by my sweet next door neighbor! Bell and jalapeno peppers, eggplant, squash and zucchini. We also have an Olympic fig tree we will be planting in the back yard. We had a brown turkey fig tree in Texas.</span><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVecA1eYO_ov6XEcycVdach3YindkY-35mEqKyHKK6YUOMA1xCuS8vGSjgAVzwFgJzseNXfjCRkrPKzZqNFpggswR_1T-08Izm2lUPkj98mgJzwgBzBou0uqDZd_rxOtt821muwhmKYEinq5ZgGfYQAutXc3vc7uvtl7Q0636J5oivaG9aOqsKHut/s1024/qCIkupQiTHOMo8%25t5%25Jn%25A_thumb_13961.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVecA1eYO_ov6XEcycVdach3YindkY-35mEqKyHKK6YUOMA1xCuS8vGSjgAVzwFgJzseNXfjCRkrPKzZqNFpggswR_1T-08Izm2lUPkj98mgJzwgBzBou0uqDZd_rxOtt821muwhmKYEinq5ZgGfYQAutXc3vc7uvtl7Q0636J5oivaG9aOqsKHut/w640-h480/qCIkupQiTHOMo8%25t5%25Jn%25A_thumb_13961.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdWsyZoJ78Dzz2q-HWsL9gv7lUrTEBfLJRXi1u_XOFRMu4pFsuCZgy4Bv-gGYPy4JQrlJREgTB388NqaCYTLwNYZYuneuIk46voZ0BzKx7x8OajaAvyULP7mB9nEc1R3NLYplva7xYZ8XxZv8zRex_YumGQ7aJMh3vDzqHC7vn8OGHNNHfvB94cdv/s1024/dTiQE4IqQ2G2JY9g%25ODSow_thumb_13962.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdWsyZoJ78Dzz2q-HWsL9gv7lUrTEBfLJRXi1u_XOFRMu4pFsuCZgy4Bv-gGYPy4JQrlJREgTB388NqaCYTLwNYZYuneuIk46voZ0BzKx7x8OajaAvyULP7mB9nEc1R3NLYplva7xYZ8XxZv8zRex_YumGQ7aJMh3vDzqHC7vn8OGHNNHfvB94cdv/w480-h640/dTiQE4IqQ2G2JY9g%25ODSow_thumb_13962.jpg" width="480" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The beans began sprouting this morning to join the radishes, beets, and spinach.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jioKTzGHpQzyiKymeOmE96l_5MVa5GbD2ggydwzRuYsO9gzVJczC4j5FwBXFjxRZoS3fuzdXw_FRElTWS3LSIEvJhD4Fq4N1L9PDd-PLQTbZeCZTq7IYQkqnNqGOAditFNIOHdnVE77zn2OX3nKzSJgwVYEizNOlbu567atpdaX4rNThWbsXimGG/s1024/1kG+nsSZQMOa7Q1xywrQ9A_thumb_13958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jioKTzGHpQzyiKymeOmE96l_5MVa5GbD2ggydwzRuYsO9gzVJczC4j5FwBXFjxRZoS3fuzdXw_FRElTWS3LSIEvJhD4Fq4N1L9PDd-PLQTbZeCZTq7IYQkqnNqGOAditFNIOHdnVE77zn2OX3nKzSJgwVYEizNOlbu567atpdaX4rNThWbsXimGG/w480-h640/1kG+nsSZQMOa7Q1xywrQ9A_thumb_13958.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally I want to discuss a looming and potentially huge problem facing my garden and the possibility I won't be able to produce "fruiting" vegetables at all (those plants that need pollination which include, tomatoes, peppers, squash, zucchini, and cucumbers). We live in a golf course community and I suspect that a lot of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides are all being used liberally to keep the greens beautiful. Unfortunately, I've observed we have no honeybees! I do see a few small bumblebees and other solitary bees, but definitely not what I'm used to having when I gardened in Texas. I'll be checking with my Home Owners Association to get their position on me potentially keeping a small bee hive near the garden, but I am skeptical. In the meantime I have planted several good perennials that will hopefully help to bring in the solitary bees I've seen. Here's what I've planted so far.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">French and English Lavender are planted right next to the garden. They should be pulling in bees but I rarely see any bees on them. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fJug66_TnVwZ0SPUzFCCXGG05XUs2Nmob8IGrP36cM3n31iBHeKrWDlkN8sn0rOhpKAsY0vs5LSsOwM71fffY7THScjkuRMwyCyzKwzDs-7zL_BBCIhbDISmGr4wo3280LJWhR7lmeeELXg2pxQTyg8YTWYHVnvgMjxOMpGhcyKMIKaWaW74V6gd/s1038/XGOOi8gISIG4V98XvMmDkA_thumb_13957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1038" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fJug66_TnVwZ0SPUzFCCXGG05XUs2Nmob8IGrP36cM3n31iBHeKrWDlkN8sn0rOhpKAsY0vs5LSsOwM71fffY7THScjkuRMwyCyzKwzDs-7zL_BBCIhbDISmGr4wo3280LJWhR7lmeeELXg2pxQTyg8YTWYHVnvgMjxOMpGhcyKMIKaWaW74V6gd/w640-h466/XGOOi8gISIG4V98XvMmDkA_thumb_13957.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>My volunteer snapdragon from last year came up again in the driveway and I continue to water it. It is over 3' feet tall. Snapdragons should also be pulling in bees.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVmYtnych8wJMGcHNb2CZISiHP5fLoaXrDUMc43_ZAs2DBBZwvSJ_BhAURBV1DNVczdJ3opZtZUA7AGOD9IQSWXCPGmhn79bZfdgFtH-LKLbpOFXMOBT6tAJsqLCs84mI4JtsNLIUW62Vdlmmi_XQZ43uZe4r_ZQ-WRpChaV13rV2IvYbRLGJIyrZ/s1024/W7wnioCDQpydc7BXqhHSFQ_thumb_13953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVmYtnych8wJMGcHNb2CZISiHP5fLoaXrDUMc43_ZAs2DBBZwvSJ_BhAURBV1DNVczdJ3opZtZUA7AGOD9IQSWXCPGmhn79bZfdgFtH-LKLbpOFXMOBT6tAJsqLCs84mI4JtsNLIUW62Vdlmmi_XQZ43uZe4r_ZQ-WRpChaV13rV2IvYbRLGJIyrZ/w480-h640/W7wnioCDQpydc7BXqhHSFQ_thumb_13953.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Salvia Meadow Sage is a perennial and it survived in the backyard deck pot over the winter. I severely pruned it in the early spring.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBRF4u13YMuNpsKbcU-TOVVTL4ShV90oJVX0hUPmYBJN_YuwWWY1LfKxYIHu0ElAiUjBpwkR3WXo9kjHTuKRYH7c98xWhBEokfNVP4jvjI-IlEnUgIzDN0C3-jXvaY3clEHwC-8igEegplbAdoDlnrbqwkr1EBpB8pfEzJpjq6qsj7ZXUHRSIujVw/s1024/mNCPadDiTYSYNUJ%25xsDc5g_thumb_13967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBRF4u13YMuNpsKbcU-TOVVTL4ShV90oJVX0hUPmYBJN_YuwWWY1LfKxYIHu0ElAiUjBpwkR3WXo9kjHTuKRYH7c98xWhBEokfNVP4jvjI-IlEnUgIzDN0C3-jXvaY3clEHwC-8igEegplbAdoDlnrbqwkr1EBpB8pfEzJpjq6qsj7ZXUHRSIujVw/w480-h640/mNCPadDiTYSYNUJ%25xsDc5g_thumb_13967.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">I have three large pots of English lavender blooming beautifully in the front yard next to the garage.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Tfs_HtM3KQVGU3qRu5sI1HYUK5QXzULqRPJ5fKhHMe84369091Xivq4JWEKbYr_m544fC1m2rYG1bZO_g8KyhWdWp-0UKYenNUdsiWxKeAdkUuPnJ1bSFsO1UHvLmobDdfGyDcCFfX9sm5KaMfoEBKcg5MOCrFxv5HS5_Eoy2kXa7fDj3RiTx7eP/s1029/7QlMrpF+QSufs1Hf5SNgfg_thumb_13955.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="764" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Tfs_HtM3KQVGU3qRu5sI1HYUK5QXzULqRPJ5fKhHMe84369091Xivq4JWEKbYr_m544fC1m2rYG1bZO_g8KyhWdWp-0UKYenNUdsiWxKeAdkUuPnJ1bSFsO1UHvLmobDdfGyDcCFfX9sm5KaMfoEBKcg5MOCrFxv5HS5_Eoy2kXa7fDj3RiTx7eP/w476-h640/7QlMrpF+QSufs1Hf5SNgfg_thumb_13955.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><p></p><p><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">I have a large pot of herbs with flowering chives and thyme that have flowers also attractive to bees. The plants in this pot also lasted over the winter and came back well after a severe pruning in the early spring.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsctiss_dnFkFDq89l7k-SwMBHHFM3pXmLZwNwUfrgxoCiyJWlJx9Y1gBeUgksghqGvjhMn5Url4Dk8CdsurkJZPcvxHQMX9_N8Yl6sXDaQPf4IYV_LaSpq5C3iaLjIsuvPxRjoWRewcx2YNM7-XCQvVApsiO-BLAKhCpmKQwObrhwh2PlPSIYfiXn/s1024/6kMiOyhTSaeehBjQR+uH+w_thumb_13968.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsctiss_dnFkFDq89l7k-SwMBHHFM3pXmLZwNwUfrgxoCiyJWlJx9Y1gBeUgksghqGvjhMn5Url4Dk8CdsurkJZPcvxHQMX9_N8Yl6sXDaQPf4IYV_LaSpq5C3iaLjIsuvPxRjoWRewcx2YNM7-XCQvVApsiO-BLAKhCpmKQwObrhwh2PlPSIYfiXn/w480-h640/6kMiOyhTSaeehBjQR+uH+w_thumb_13968.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">I planted several of the salvia greggii, the hot lips variety. I grew these plants in north Texas and they were fantastic for bring in pollinators.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcVYKR81qcwwSFnUu0FqOKd_aLBy27sKCuj3f8sJW7_8XtPOi76dwKfeaeznP88LeV0D3HaZSpFSratgiDTIQfGPgtn10I9Xa0hM__AeR8ScEEuJqOou6PpMBwXvScyNLe1MOdALK25td-5RnpB_Zc-25qoa8BTWVEyyq3XegU9cuHK8KDTESnAw5/s1024/6dxg5ovaRmSS9KTHuWjwmw_thumb_13952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="987" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcVYKR81qcwwSFnUu0FqOKd_aLBy27sKCuj3f8sJW7_8XtPOi76dwKfeaeznP88LeV0D3HaZSpFSratgiDTIQfGPgtn10I9Xa0hM__AeR8ScEEuJqOou6PpMBwXvScyNLe1MOdALK25td-5RnpB_Zc-25qoa8BTWVEyyq3XegU9cuHK8KDTESnAw5/w616-h640/6dxg5ovaRmSS9KTHuWjwmw_thumb_13952.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><p></p><p><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Even my hanging strawberry plant should be bringing in bees. See all the beautiful flowers? But I have very few strawberries, which means very little pollination. I fear my fruiting vegetables will suffer the same fate. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclI1LTOHyxmTJApZp3YXq8lZ-tMRzXeCZrvXbez11LHrcRlrWiHKwprfwPawoyR6NWwvNiGuHBW3L3yZ2l7ed5EVr2kEleJIKqKskCy03cGXv3Bf44fnYlVO29vdtoiUvUcP0SMprvi_MxBfqrNFljxjksy0EzS6H-mdyRMRvoMdkXN4Kqzx-Qfzn/s1024/4fCwxWYESfyMYW2KlxjiNg_thumb_13969.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="790" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclI1LTOHyxmTJApZp3YXq8lZ-tMRzXeCZrvXbez11LHrcRlrWiHKwprfwPawoyR6NWwvNiGuHBW3L3yZ2l7ed5EVr2kEleJIKqKskCy03cGXv3Bf44fnYlVO29vdtoiUvUcP0SMprvi_MxBfqrNFljxjksy0EzS6H-mdyRMRvoMdkXN4Kqzx-Qfzn/w494-h640/4fCwxWYESfyMYW2KlxjiNg_thumb_13969.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> <span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally, and unfortunately, I actually do have some pollinators setting up shop literally on our garage light. But they are HORNETS. If it were any other place other than the location where we walk by every day, I would leave them be, but the nest will be removed today. </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgudmn4uONL5q55SYEFpn89CtANrFNXadeuBg4TEYO9XXeUhNVDcrwkKm2HBHvH7WxW-qh3lIABksKzhsrt0EF7jc2txcAJnQPXOiVTJ6FBCtTMvI9DZv73zzjfNilfxyDN2d0hAmsIX1tnbrSaBDXXilwvYhu2njBE-Q3uBkUaIxCvRl3_OToFwYS/s1032/407hps90TfOySUYu%25S034w_thumb_1394d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="762" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgudmn4uONL5q55SYEFpn89CtANrFNXadeuBg4TEYO9XXeUhNVDcrwkKm2HBHvH7WxW-qh3lIABksKzhsrt0EF7jc2txcAJnQPXOiVTJ6FBCtTMvI9DZv73zzjfNilfxyDN2d0hAmsIX1tnbrSaBDXXilwvYhu2njBE-Q3uBkUaIxCvRl3_OToFwYS/w472-h640/407hps90TfOySUYu%25S034w_thumb_1394d.jpg" width="472" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6g5kuV6R-hmmksIYuPO9LO75Ax28xAMmdlwJixW3_viDrZci4Qiz7-DsCQVV58nbgX31IznUbSlz0OJjkkRey18I3yeoCL8pFWk0_Eu_WCsr-2djjJNWYAqUAm0abWaPWBjfP3nguQFZJqJ9O1MhJEEB1i1VtjbvHG_lQxt-fsGqvceOWO09V76H/s1024/NAo5eYwRS2uQyYpysXgdKg_thumb_1394e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1024" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6g5kuV6R-hmmksIYuPO9LO75Ax28xAMmdlwJixW3_viDrZci4Qiz7-DsCQVV58nbgX31IznUbSlz0OJjkkRey18I3yeoCL8pFWk0_Eu_WCsr-2djjJNWYAqUAm0abWaPWBjfP3nguQFZJqJ9O1MhJEEB1i1VtjbvHG_lQxt-fsGqvceOWO09V76H/w640-h498/NAo5eYwRS2uQyYpysXgdKg_thumb_1394e.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p></p><p><br /><span> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">In the end, I have ordered a bee house and a deck "bee waterer" for the vegetable garden to help attract solitary bees and I'm investigating adding a small hive. I'll finish today's post with early morning and late afternoon photos of the sun on my garden. I'm looking forward to getting gardening again and I'm hoping I can overcome my pollinator crises.<br /><br /><br /><span> </span>Very Early Morning Sunrise</span><br /></p><p></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRIH9VQQFrxFGgCf2Xugc2BP9IWMqO5LNZxMQAuWoNSFc1YK-ZHUxZ2fCpYiUxMM7YX6PhWz98momPOckC0Dfpnq2OSq6PqWHYeqTiDdUegdXI5mSullNuiActVK3JPvR5F1vCGLGSvGGc8qM4uHLmx6oET45OJrnHQvcwY0uVfZOnfR1mMTqFr5D/s1018/hnXttYvQT3+EPGjriKWISw_thumb_1391c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1018" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRIH9VQQFrxFGgCf2Xugc2BP9IWMqO5LNZxMQAuWoNSFc1YK-ZHUxZ2fCpYiUxMM7YX6PhWz98momPOckC0Dfpnq2OSq6PqWHYeqTiDdUegdXI5mSullNuiActVK3JPvR5F1vCGLGSvGGc8qM4uHLmx6oET45OJrnHQvcwY0uVfZOnfR1mMTqFr5D/w640-h496/hnXttYvQT3+EPGjriKWISw_thumb_1391c.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span>Evening Sun</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJXl_Q56psDwTi18KoMD7NKWrvTje-Gd-8PcQMUd5GW_TcoDhWy0hTIUOWq4UgOUSFi_rSuTa8_lGxvRBEC225T8r-iwcldH420k6SRTsRbrZ8BhnG2HGIfzhqYk_TgR96HaWUZCd7Euof8HIujqoYAaDeOwu0uR4IW8BvchMIPbS3sYJaGgSrDKo/s1026/KDJK0vu2SDiZ5jjvcVSElA_thumb_13913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1026" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJXl_Q56psDwTi18KoMD7NKWrvTje-Gd-8PcQMUd5GW_TcoDhWy0hTIUOWq4UgOUSFi_rSuTa8_lGxvRBEC225T8r-iwcldH420k6SRTsRbrZ8BhnG2HGIfzhqYk_TgR96HaWUZCd7Euof8HIujqoYAaDeOwu0uR4IW8BvchMIPbS3sYJaGgSrDKo/w640-h490/KDJK0vu2SDiZ5jjvcVSElA_thumb_13913.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-88739808817233705502020-12-05T21:10:00.002-08:002020-12-05T21:10:48.208-08:00Olympic Peninsula Mushrooms in My Sequim, WA Yard. 2020<p>Nature Diary Post: I recently moved to the Olympic Peninsula from north Texas and have been observing the different kinds of mushrooms located here versus those native in my old home in the Dallas area. These specimens are just a few examples of the mushrooms that I've managed to snap pictures of in my yard. There are so many around the entire area and I look forward to exploring and discovering more about them. I have no idea whether these mushrooms are poisonous or not. I simply wanted to document their existence until I can identify them. <br /></p><p>The first three photos are the same mushroom taken several days apart to show the changes.<b> </b>They were located in my front yard and have a thick beige cap with a brown center and a thick white stem.<b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMHtpPCdLcplpZYCNyo1CIkLVE-HGbuZVOAlFLvivcWGne2Ox7XOLaUDXkHFwvqAlbBY5sdQNGrxmMadFvwnDSth8KDrACBWsAoRO_TC54yMDX38l_7frVFBy9Um4-CVNlzpjbwzOEbg/s1280/IMG_3248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1280" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMHtpPCdLcplpZYCNyo1CIkLVE-HGbuZVOAlFLvivcWGne2Ox7XOLaUDXkHFwvqAlbBY5sdQNGrxmMadFvwnDSth8KDrACBWsAoRO_TC54yMDX38l_7frVFBy9Um4-CVNlzpjbwzOEbg/w640-h460/IMG_3248.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlKHgp5ppt33wsvqz7XkfoqcYkFyn5MQs5RJfIN4v6xel3MtPGysrVGH7_3ZsTL2Qx8htqZ6ptZtwQu0GAViDDupyh2H_3voDVhiW5Ncn27LvTL-5fy6OLlh-rz6CqnLkjfvUo0BsEEE/s1280/IMG_3286.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1280" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlKHgp5ppt33wsvqz7XkfoqcYkFyn5MQs5RJfIN4v6xel3MtPGysrVGH7_3ZsTL2Qx8htqZ6ptZtwQu0GAViDDupyh2H_3voDVhiW5Ncn27LvTL-5fy6OLlh-rz6CqnLkjfvUo0BsEEE/w640-h546/IMG_3286.jpg" width="640" /><span style="font-family: times;">I </span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyS1qxsgUo6xa4f7CsO2zFjMScTr9hlujyYwSqE_OSiT1VYNJMvvKmndbrXydh8ADTcGLoB_g6Hcr_9Wko45prs0JsjHfFkD_2zlwCO367qfWPGfcUf7igVO_wIp6jeAdmU_G-FBa9eQM/s1632/IMG_3287.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1224" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyS1qxsgUo6xa4f7CsO2zFjMScTr9hlujyYwSqE_OSiT1VYNJMvvKmndbrXydh8ADTcGLoB_g6Hcr_9Wko45prs0JsjHfFkD_2zlwCO367qfWPGfcUf7igVO_wIp6jeAdmU_G-FBa9eQM/w480-h640/IMG_3287.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>The next two photos show many white mushrooms emerging in the front yard with a tall cap and a mature specimen of the same variety.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXau5WNTuzNdfzsiCoEP9EqsMmtFLipxa9UmNRMkiCdLrWouV8Ir73DJZOx6lD_vnGZ_ljUdAbMyiV7ow4qsqRON7f6cgZi4mHLsjGnpuPJvjZtNXYZTSzBBD2btKWqtE-N1Cp0nR8tI/s1434/IMG_3588.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1434" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXau5WNTuzNdfzsiCoEP9EqsMmtFLipxa9UmNRMkiCdLrWouV8Ir73DJZOx6lD_vnGZ_ljUdAbMyiV7ow4qsqRON7f6cgZi4mHLsjGnpuPJvjZtNXYZTSzBBD2btKWqtE-N1Cp0nR8tI/w640-h520/IMG_3588.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9BAKrA69KumaXErbbPlWgOpjkE0CwhQCiQR_v99MMKU_8ZZpcpg93harcwctxod7iyKiSJ1xCO9MXoCmicMyQn-SOam2jaqMYTn4omibBiwm5FXrkW1HraZtMgI-ytRAcvwJqT3r0HQ/s1632/IMG_3589.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1224" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9BAKrA69KumaXErbbPlWgOpjkE0CwhQCiQR_v99MMKU_8ZZpcpg93harcwctxod7iyKiSJ1xCO9MXoCmicMyQn-SOam2jaqMYTn4omibBiwm5FXrkW1HraZtMgI-ytRAcvwJqT3r0HQ/w480-h640/IMG_3589.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> </p><p>The next two photos show a group of mushrooms and then a close up of the cap. These mushrooms were also located in the front yard. They do not have a thick cap like the first photos although the coloring is similar.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUE5DJhlY4T3u5u3OXd2OLWRLIi3rajP044ZT0ZStfCz-59ZwfvQJPee1I2DO0mrX58Nl-6vcRp3uHtOJaw5Bq39u2OAgQnlLL5JTSnsHZfvch2Jq8TIIXcEfTuQp75vnyyOYQ3FI-wc/s1632/IMG_3591.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUE5DJhlY4T3u5u3OXd2OLWRLIi3rajP044ZT0ZStfCz-59ZwfvQJPee1I2DO0mrX58Nl-6vcRp3uHtOJaw5Bq39u2OAgQnlLL5JTSnsHZfvch2Jq8TIIXcEfTuQp75vnyyOYQ3FI-wc/w640-h480/IMG_3591.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Nsk2-eNW1gFUy8hFIaXSL9JHkFrLhdLya_4m2a-ziwF4JBy9GsKJKpaVA28ln7a2oO-8B6IIu5b-Rkrd8nrAsgCePgzidUHODxeYkwTqlrz2Zs6tQAZ0SWYdGRPkpIlnAFiag0_7H9I/s1280/IMG_3592.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1280" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Nsk2-eNW1gFUy8hFIaXSL9JHkFrLhdLya_4m2a-ziwF4JBy9GsKJKpaVA28ln7a2oO-8B6IIu5b-Rkrd8nrAsgCePgzidUHODxeYkwTqlrz2Zs6tQAZ0SWYdGRPkpIlnAFiag0_7H9I/w640-h606/IMG_3592.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>The next two photos show very tiny green mushrooms were very unusual - these were also in the front yard. These were one inch or less in height.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopFTua6cSfk2tX8rF3VXMZUTKJaudw9724Z8APLMAqkNuZL_oFldknWdW2zp66fVKTFCg_UILANQ8_6y5O_Wq8lTOlO5xIUZYLLXqPWPYExu44Zioon1AJTNZq7hysz_pY449tTjJWPw/s1416/IMG_3597.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1220" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopFTua6cSfk2tX8rF3VXMZUTKJaudw9724Z8APLMAqkNuZL_oFldknWdW2zp66fVKTFCg_UILANQ8_6y5O_Wq8lTOlO5xIUZYLLXqPWPYExu44Zioon1AJTNZq7hysz_pY449tTjJWPw/w552-h640/IMG_3597.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwlbFVOwvwFMzY0gVJ_G9z3fim_0vrP5A26ZBI_HAYNI-N7fDYwuJrU4fLPF9q19Y4H8ZMIx61C5swxtc3eg5G_7gTQzPD8B5JB6EwS8W0dS2O1YxSCpuZmUvXz6w-GdU606q-lokj_0/s1632/IMG_3599.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwlbFVOwvwFMzY0gVJ_G9z3fim_0vrP5A26ZBI_HAYNI-N7fDYwuJrU4fLPF9q19Y4H8ZMIx61C5swxtc3eg5G_7gTQzPD8B5JB6EwS8W0dS2O1YxSCpuZmUvXz6w-GdU606q-lokj_0/w640-h480/IMG_3599.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Another group of tiny mushrooms with tiny thin stems.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFHd0eNfG4JATxTvCcBnAoHIwrAhFGP9ixC7yL0-QOhG3W1T__p1CN6kglsv9JfL44zrQVkxH30SqAES4p0FSHqJW6sFY6AOzZupkzDvyyDKIjBTiLVfdg68pMIn7ZI1NNWraaQvQ_ng/s1374/IMG_4719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFHd0eNfG4JATxTvCcBnAoHIwrAhFGP9ixC7yL0-QOhG3W1T__p1CN6kglsv9JfL44zrQVkxH30SqAES4p0FSHqJW6sFY6AOzZupkzDvyyDKIjBTiLVfdg68pMIn7ZI1NNWraaQvQ_ng/w522-h640/IMG_4719.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>A lone small white mushroom with a pointed cap, also in the front yard.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmJR0dfYtELpliQVcfWhbEml7DPU7QIWpJD20-uJf4l0R9Ywtg-BisjVYA-qkSRn4s__v19a9AKZZFYEB95M1Za0kuj4E_wfvBp4yMv_MEXIDGp3_Hms0TSAMs0Im0PEJ4YYH3JWQOsM/s1280/IMG_4721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmJR0dfYtELpliQVcfWhbEml7DPU7QIWpJD20-uJf4l0R9Ywtg-BisjVYA-qkSRn4s__v19a9AKZZFYEB95M1Za0kuj4E_wfvBp4yMv_MEXIDGp3_Hms0TSAMs0Im0PEJ4YYH3JWQOsM/w576-h640/IMG_4721.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>In my backyard was a huge cluster of white mushrooms.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJANwFmv2hQ5ln6YSMcYJW2-nK0XQTnFYhmISLUM6QlgqRRyjRr0T90BJ7zjg1QCxxARoEhP7qPD6CAvyucBxcZEPPcbseXBCIKhyvzAJSWej_OsfU-8AQ1xJYe1SLEG1DgSJLcxxZD_g/s1632/IMG_4722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1224" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJANwFmv2hQ5ln6YSMcYJW2-nK0XQTnFYhmISLUM6QlgqRRyjRr0T90BJ7zjg1QCxxARoEhP7qPD6CAvyucBxcZEPPcbseXBCIKhyvzAJSWej_OsfU-8AQ1xJYe1SLEG1DgSJLcxxZD_g/w480-h640/IMG_4722.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> </p><p>Here is a picture of the same white mushroom that has been broken off showing the underside of the cap.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnvwGELCRFUOkicywxNoYxtjGjhXXmOngjtg3jxUO3UEE8XlAgVAI-tkQvlq5Etxs2aqQc0ezgVnsYbedf3-9JoxJ0_TUv6qz4_5UONG9FrDav1Vht4jko4gW0qDrNlQCbBK7mq8YA-s/s1420/IMG_4723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1136" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnvwGELCRFUOkicywxNoYxtjGjhXXmOngjtg3jxUO3UEE8XlAgVAI-tkQvlq5Etxs2aqQc0ezgVnsYbedf3-9JoxJ0_TUv6qz4_5UONG9FrDav1Vht4jko4gW0qDrNlQCbBK7mq8YA-s/w512-h640/IMG_4723.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_HiaJx5SB9Ok3vI1Ewem2I69EujvNtBU2myTrF3nrB447F5TIs7R1WnavWqyj6Uk8OIvKx4beB33kfO7nVpm9xScW1B9EFcinCRRZRV_O6rc290rtpEryc8voTNGQTLCucAYzsCuryo/s1340/IMG_4725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1224" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_HiaJx5SB9Ok3vI1Ewem2I69EujvNtBU2myTrF3nrB447F5TIs7R1WnavWqyj6Uk8OIvKx4beB33kfO7nVpm9xScW1B9EFcinCRRZRV_O6rc290rtpEryc8voTNGQTLCucAYzsCuryo/w584-h640/IMG_4725.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><p></p><p>Another grouping of mushrooms, also in the backyard, with a dark gray cap and white stem.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghQTNaGdNpwg5W_r7H35N2fxgDg_cf1LMZJDqBaMPSuIpD8yuaAaU25SFvil7Vm97JHz7L1wWasvSDAVxOXMB2OJJTlzLL2-oMTkzTvhVjFrd9PzpmrnkGPLxs3GvDxVzdBzKztjxbt0/s1280/IMG_4727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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These are older and getting worn and weather beaten.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiJ90OWlH_n8ALAsh5fbNWszGc0SoAn0VXNClA0dnkj3yamiSW7XcIo_yZEyu4raVO3NnBDQ2AISOcqf946KXv0XBA4RFiMhiW0cpJMtAyYZCvvDkWAEFVGsmwmPdpqEVhvU47mTtJLM/s1340/IMG_4730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1128" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiJ90OWlH_n8ALAsh5fbNWszGc0SoAn0VXNClA0dnkj3yamiSW7XcIo_yZEyu4raVO3NnBDQ2AISOcqf946KXv0XBA4RFiMhiW0cpJMtAyYZCvvDkWAEFVGsmwmPdpqEVhvU47mTtJLM/w538-h640/IMG_4730.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0Sequim, WA 98382, USA48.0795365 -123.101843819.769302663821158 -158.25809379999998 76.389770336178856 -87.9455938tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-5546402360919935472019-03-07T12:46:00.003-08:002019-03-07T12:54:29.892-08:002019 - The Bulbs are Blooming at the Dallas ArboretumWe took a walk today at the Dallas Arboretum and enjoyed the beautiful bulbs in full bloom for the first of week of March 2019. I've visited many public gardens and my personal opinion is this garden is one of the best in the nation. Also, I highly recommend obtaining an annual pass, that way you can go for an entire year, bring a guest, and parking is included - it is definitely worth the initial cost. I go walking in the early morning, bring my husband or a friend and have a lovely view that provides incentive to explore. <br />
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When you first walk into the the Arboretum you can see downtown Dallas on the other side of White Rock Lake.<br />
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Down this row of old crepe myrtles, with their beautiful sleek bark, you can see the frog fountains at the end of the path. <br />
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There's always plenty of seating - in fact my husband and I sit numerous times on our outings to just enjoy the beauty. <br />
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One of my favorite features at the Arboretum is the "cave" which has been made with large fossil ammonites and white quartz geodes.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBy5mYtFJxsvdg9-LPA3treDXzI7ZGBJsJ3wp9iTP2l92yhxKnpZKZpKPt7w2KcX3jUZqxhGW_5KfUf-e1rt0vymbUzF22c9jYh8ep0L1C4rnI_YwioVBtpo8dnAz73NiHZhUBTYtmVs/s1600/PBxwGVr%252BTLinlHxjHOYpvg_thumb_12c1f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBy5mYtFJxsvdg9-LPA3treDXzI7ZGBJsJ3wp9iTP2l92yhxKnpZKZpKPt7w2KcX3jUZqxhGW_5KfUf-e1rt0vymbUzF22c9jYh8ep0L1C4rnI_YwioVBtpo8dnAz73NiHZhUBTYtmVs/s640/PBxwGVr%252BTLinlHxjHOYpvg_thumb_12c1f.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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You can quickly see how many color combinations were used this year for tulips, daffodils, narcissus, hyacinths, violets and pansies.<br />
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I'll end my post here at the end of the pathway where we see White Rock Lake again. Even on a cool breezy day it is definitely worth the trip!<br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-35453936977417708682018-12-29T07:19:00.002-08:002018-12-29T07:20:28.648-08:00Family Holidays - 20182018 did not see a lot of blog posts from the Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterfly, but I hope that 2019 will be a more active year. I close out the year fondly remembering the good times and having the will in my heart to look at the bad times as good learning experiences that provide hope for the future. Here are some photos to chronicle our holiday season this year. <br />
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Playing Scrabble at Thanksgiving <br />
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Christmas Hedwig <br />
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Our patio looks very festive this year. <br />
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The pansies and fern are doing well. Our temps have only gotten below freezing a couple of times.<br />
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Snickerdoodles. <br />
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Pumpkin performing tricks on Christmas morning.<br />
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Merlin snoozing under the Christmas tree. <br />
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Amelia's perch to watch birds and squirrels.<br />
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The reluctant Christmas lion - Merlin.<br />
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Who is that lion? <br />
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Morgan watching who's coming down the stairs. <br />
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Morgan with her Christmas rat. <br />
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Our gumdrop tree with spice gumdrops. <br />
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Mama finally got her antique Christmas clock this year. <br />
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The wax covered amaryllis I purchased were beautiful. <br />
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Blackberry pie. <br />
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When Pumpkin visits she greets all newcomers!<br />
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Our Christmas mantle.<br />
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Christmas salmon is ready to go in the oven. <br />
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The vegetables are ready for roasting in the oven. <br />
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Wild rice is done. <br />
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Our Christmas dinner table. Our advent wreath glows in the evening.<br />
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A toast to 2019. Prayers for a good new year.<br />
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Pumpkin is always waiting for a morsel to fall to the floor.<br />
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The holy family. <br />
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Both amaryllis bloomed on Christmas day and adorned the holy family.<br />
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I cut out different snowflakes this year for decorations. <br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-87582662851178881202018-11-10T18:47:00.005-08:002018-11-12T09:01:42.961-08:00Antique Family QuiltsBoth my husband, Joe Kordzi and I inherited many vintage/antique family quilts, including some that are very old. These quilts are precious to us. My husband plans to build a "ladder" that will hold the majority of these quilts for display.<br />
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This blog post is for my family, so that they may be able to identify the quilts and to also give credit to our ancestors who so lovingly made them for us to appreciate and cherish. <u><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>All the quilts are linked to the ancestors who made them and are included on my family tree located on Ancestry.com.</b></span></u><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Joseph John Kordzi III Family Quilts</b></span></u><br />
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Betty Jo Glisson Kordzi was an expert seamstress who had her own sewing and alteration business where she made many quilted garments, in addition to sewing garments such as wedding gowns. Her business was located in Arnold, PA. This is a picture of her at a craft show showing all the quilts and quilted garments (jackets, coats, robes) she made for sale.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110150978048/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110150978048/facts</a><br />
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Quilt 1: Mary Althea Stewart Glisson (born in 1906 in Benton, Arkansas, made the quilt top.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110184849419/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110184849419/facts</a> <br />
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Betty Jo Glisson Kordzi - born in 1925 in Drumwright, OK, quilted the pieces together.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110150978048/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110150978048/facts</a> <br />
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"Flower Garden Quilt" Pattern with hexagon diamond design - Queen Size. Gift to Joe and Stephanie from Betty.<br />
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All top piecing and quilting done by hand.<br />
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Quilt 2: "Lone Star Quilt" made by Betty Kordzi - King Size - all piecing and quilting done by hand.<br />
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Close up of hand quilting<br />
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Quilt 3: Circle Quilt by Betty Kordzi - king size.<br />
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All piecing and quilting done by hand.<br />
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Quilt 4: Vintage baby quilt - all work is hand quilted and embroidered. Family of Betty Kordzi - Date and origin unknown.<br />
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Quilt 5: Double Wedding Ring quilt by Betty Kordzi - King size - gift to Joe and Stephanie Kordzi in 1990.<br />
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All piecing and quilting done by hand.<br />
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Quilt 6: Orange/Black/Yellow quilt - by Betty Kordzi - gift to Joe Kordzi in the late 1970's while he was in college.<br />
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All top and quilting by hand.<br />
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Quilt 7: Small wall hanging - gift to Joe Kordzi from his mother, Betty Kordzi. All top piecing and quilting by hand.<br />
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Quilt 8: Small wall hanging - gift to Joe Kordzi from his mother, Betty Kordzi. All top piecing and quilting by hand.<br />
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Quilt 9: Small wall hanging - gift to Joe Kordzi from his mother, Betty Kordzi. All top piecing and quilting done by hand.<br />
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Quilt 10: Quilted back for a jacket Betty Kordzi was working on when she died in 1991. All quilting done by hand.<br />
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Quilt 11; Small wall hanging - gift to Joe Kordzi from his mother, Betty Kordzi. All top piecing and quilting done by hand.<br />
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Hand knit 100% wool afghan made by Betty Kordzi for Joe Kordzi when he obtained his Eagle award from Boy Scouts - 1974.<br />
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Quilt 12: Quilt Top by Betty Kordzi - Pieced but not quilted.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Stephanie Johnson Kordzi Family Quilts</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Note: All notes written by Vivan Simmons Flud, Stephanie's maternal grandmother.</span><u> </u></b></span><br />
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Quilt 17: Full size crazy quilt by Vivan Simmons Flud born in 1913 in Myra, LA. Quilt made in 1930s.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110144139519/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110144139519/facts</a><br />
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Quilt 18: Quilt made by Ida Bell Culbertson Simmons, born in 1888 in Swain, AR. Twin size.<br />
See <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110144304586/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110144304586/facts</a><br />
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All top piecing and quilting done by hand.<br />
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Quilt 19: Quilt made by Aulcie May Ricketts Flud. She was born in Red Rock AR in 1890. The quilt was given as a wedding gift in 1932.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110144304683/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110144304683/facts</a><br />
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Quilt 20: Quilt made by Mary Beasley Culbertson. She was born in 1864 in AR. She gave the quilt as a gift in 1912.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110150969893/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110150969893/facts</a><br />
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Quilt 21: Full size crazy quilt made by Ida Bell Culbertson Simmons in 1930s.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110144304586/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110144304586/facts</a> <br />
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Quilt 22: Full size quilt made by Ida Bell Culbertson Simmons, early 1900s.<br />
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Quilt 23: Quilt made by Gertrude Wilson Simmons. She was born in 1879 in AR. She gave the quilt as a gift in 1912.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/112054696570/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/112054696570/facts</a><br />
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Quilt 24: Quilt made by Eveline Beasley Jones. She was born in 1861 in AR. She gave the quilt as a gift in 1912.<br />
See: <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110185221727/facts" target="_blank">https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115165243/person/110185221727/facts</a> <br />
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Quilt 25: Quilt made by Elisabeth Brown Simmons. She was born in 1852 in North Carolina, she died in 1935 in AR. No date on quilt.</div>
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Quilt 26: Vintage Butterfly quilt using flour sacks - family of Stephanie Johnson Kordzi - date and origin unknown although Stephanie believes it was made by Aulcie May Ricketts Flud. Quilt is queen size.<br />
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Quilt 27: Vintage Log Cabin Quilt - Stephanie Johnson Kordzi family - date and origin unknown<br />
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Quilt 28: Vintage quilt from Stephanie Johnson Kordzi family - date and origin unknown.</div>
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Quilt 29: Log Cabin Quilt - all piecing done by hand.</div>
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Quilt 30: All piecing done by hand. Date and origin unknown.<br />
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Beautiful pansies. <br />
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A gorgeous multi petaled tulip - wow!<br />
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The understory has been cleared out in numerous places and there are views of White Rock Lake all over now.<br />
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Pansies. <br />
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Daffodils and cast iron plants. <br />
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Hellabores <br />
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Gorgeous snowdrops. <br />
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Spring has sprung and we loved our visit - you should go!</div>
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Last year at this time we were in the middle of a huge downsizing effort. We moved out of a large home (we closed on December 8, 2016) and we moved to a town home almost half the size. Moving last year didn't leave much time for decorating. When my kids came home from college for the holidays they complained because they were used to a lot of holiday cheer and things were pretty sparse around here. I promised them I would decorate but I also made the pledge that if I wasn't using any decorations, they would be donated to Good Will. <br />
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The first day of decorating -we purchased a Noble Fir and got it set up.<br />
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The lights were next, before the ornaments. <br />
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Our Christmas tree theme is always "nature" and our ornaments include bird nests and animals. I was raised in New Mexico so I always add red and green "chili peppers" to my lights for some pretty Christmas color.<br />
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Here are some of my ornaments.<br />
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Our nativity.<br />
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Our advent wreath.<br />
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The kitchen.<br />
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When you push the button on our sweet mariachi's hand he sings "Feliz Navidad".<br />
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A small front yard is definitely easier to decorate. I even put lights out front. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHYqOWG5KbQQFCCACMHMdDZOT5sleK2b5rmsuF9EjThM3NLDBPh-wCFE-YSThlHuGt3bRHbw7mhtYuru0WNjSz6QRmeGbML6pt6jeXN468oSxAhJ1TbrnB3OfXqPP3pK3v8l3IQtV2to/s1600/25bt8irWQaCgRMrsDZpenA_thumb_efba.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1024" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHYqOWG5KbQQFCCACMHMdDZOT5sleK2b5rmsuF9EjThM3NLDBPh-wCFE-YSThlHuGt3bRHbw7mhtYuru0WNjSz6QRmeGbML6pt6jeXN468oSxAhJ1TbrnB3OfXqPP3pK3v8l3IQtV2to/s640/25bt8irWQaCgRMrsDZpenA_thumb_efba.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Hedwig says Happy Holidays! I wish all my friends the very best of the season! <br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-47214352568754029862017-09-11T14:50:00.004-07:002017-09-11T14:50:56.412-07:00A September Morning at the Dallas Arboretum<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I've started walking every morning at the beautiful Dallas Arboretum now that I've retired. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lucky for me it is near my residence. We've had cool weather (for Dallas anyway) this past week (early September 2017) with mid-80's for highs. I'm anxious to observe all the seasons there now that I've got more time. I wanted to share some of the beautiful flowers from this morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Inside the structure were beautiful fossil ammonites and quartz geodes - my favorite!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were running rivers of beautiful New Guinea Impatiens....</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The colorful cannas were glorious. I have never seen them used at the Arboretum as much as they were this season. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The colors of fall are making their appearance now too.</span> <br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-45036063659469411722017-04-16T10:12:00.000-07:002017-04-16T11:35:03.507-07:00Dallas Urban Wildlife - Spring 2017<span style="font-size: large;">This is my first garden post since I've moved back to Dallas. We left suburbia and I'm now in the middle of an urban <span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: black;">environment with </span><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: black;">only a patio from which to garden. </span> </span></span> I miss our large vegetable garden but I don't miss all the yard work associated with maintaining our large yard. We're taking a break for a while. Behind our townhome is a small creek which has as its water source, a small spring, in addition to runoff from rain events. Wildlife flock to this area and I hear a lot more and different kinds of bird songs (many I don't recognize) than I did at my previous home. Below are some of the animals visiting my new home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I recently saw two buckeye butterflies mating in my patio area. I suspect that the small creek behind my home contains some of these food plants for their caterpillars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My neighbor had a raccoon causing havoc in their attic and they didn't realize when they captured and released her to another area that she had a litter of raccoon cubs. They fell down in the wall space behind the bathtub on the first floor. They had to remove the bathtub to get to them but they were rescued and a urban wildlife rehabilitation center called. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was one male and three females. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our patio area has a lot of very large Burford and Yaupon hollies and we have a Bluejay family nesting in the Yaupon this spring. Here is one of the parents sitting on the nest. We can see the nest clearly out of our second story bedroom window.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have two chicks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have embraced houseplants and and am fully pot gardening now. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I always buy orchids from the sale rack (after they
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<span style="font-size: large;">St. Francis of Assissi is present on our patio - he is the patron Saint of Ecology. <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/st-francis-of-assisi-21152679" target="_blank">http://www.biography.com/people/st-francis-of-assisi-21152679</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love succulents so I chose several that like semi-shade. I also purchased coleus because it likes the shade as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love terrariums and have several I've made in the past couple of years. I watch for sales on glass containers and then always buy several. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My patio only gets full sun for 2-3 hours per day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Salvia greggii is one of my favorites and it can live in semi-shade to full sun. I decided to try it here because hummingbirds love it. I've also purchased several baskets of new guinea impatiens because they do require shady conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've also planted several varieties of mint, basil and parsley in my small space - all these can tolerate semi-shade areas. So far they are growing and doing well. Begonias also like shady areas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Caladiums, impatiens, petunias, and hostas all appear to be doing well in our semi-shady environment. I also planted thyme in the foreground. So far so good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have a squirrel who has been enjoying the birdseed lately. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to get a corn cob merry-go round - we'll see how the squirrels like that. I'll report back -hah!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To bring my first gardening post of 2017 to an end, I'll share a picture of Festus and Merlin who are getting a birds eye view of all the wildlife on our new patio.</span><br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-30063748511377957492016-05-07T05:19:00.001-07:002016-06-25T05:17:37.553-07:00Early May 2016 - Irises, Antique Roses, and Other Flowers in BloomWe've had quite a bit of rain here in North Texas so far this year. It makes for lots of lovely flowers. Here is a sampling of what is in bloom around my yard this spring for another entry into my garden journal.<br />
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I'll start off with the bearded irises.<br />
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Antique rose bush in bloom. The cannas are coming up as well. <br />
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Newer variety of daylillies that stay in bloom more consistently. <br />
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The mockingbirds around my house are prolific and sing up a storm.<br />
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Another view of the antique monsters as the sun is going down.<br />
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Pomegranate bloom.<br />
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Butterfly weed reseeds itself each year. <br />
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Walkway to the front door.<br />
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I'll start and end with bearded irises. This has been a good year for them. <br />
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On April 15, 2016 we had a bee swarm visit our bald cypress tree. I noticed it AFTER I had mowed underneath it - that realization definitely gave me a start and made me be aware to be more observant! Experience from a previous year makes us believe the bees will hang around for a couple of days and then move on. Hopefully that happen this time as well.</div>
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The following morning it is still there. If it hangs around for several days we'll call a beekeeper to come collect it.<br />
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One evening when I was watering the flowers on the front porch I spied this little green tree frog hanging out waiting to catch a meal. I found a link to its evening croak. I have definitely heard it!<br />
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The red hot pokers in the front yard have started to bloom. The hummingbirds have been hanging out regularly.<br />
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Our vegetable garden is coming along. All of the seeds and starts have been planted. <br />
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Bush beans.<br />
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Cantaloupe and watermelon are just starting to peek out of the ground. <br />
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On to the April flowers. An antique rose, this is souvenir de la malmaison - this bush was severely damaged in last year's torrential rains - I had to severely cut it back. At least it is blooming.<br />
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This is my mammoth antique climbing rose.<br />
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Another climbing antique rose.<br />
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Mutabilis (butterfly rose) is also an antique climber. This bush was also severely damaged last year and I had my son cut half of it away. The rose petals turn different colors giving the impression of butterflies covering the bush.<br />
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The blackberry bushes are also in bloom. We lost about one third of our bushes last year as well to the rains. <br />
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We should still be able to get enough blackberries for several pies this year. <br />
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The star jasmine vine is in full bloom and it smells wonderful each time you pass it. It is an evergreen vine. <br />
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The purple wandering jew (or purple heart) is an excellent groundcover and it is in bloom now. <br />
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The ladies always get up early. We usually let them out in the late evening to wander about and look for bugs.<br />
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The front yard irises and roses are blooming well now. <br />
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Red knock out rose that we planted a couple of years ago is finally blooming well. The irises in this bed are ready to pop. <br />
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The red yuccas in the front bed are starting to send up red stalks. <br />
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The groundcover, Ajuga is blooming now. I have it in full sun and it does well now, but I believe it is best planted in dappled sunlight. <br />
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I noticed the clematis is blooming when I was out mowing yesterday. This vine is a perennial and comes back each year looking better and better. <br />
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And finally, a couple of sunrise pictures taken from our front porch.<br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-20378587395270026502016-03-26T07:57:00.001-07:002016-03-26T07:57:08.779-07:00Spring has Sprung - 2016My posts have been slowing down because I've been devoting significant amounts of time to getting 20 years worth of family pictures published in photo albums. However, I have been noticing that flowers are blooming and creatures are getting ready to start families in my yard. Here are a few pictures of the changes I've observed for Spring 2016.<br />
<br />The first blooms of the season are the daffodils. <br />
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We had an amazing sunrise one morning. This is the shot of the clouds from the backyard.<br />
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<br />From the front yard - this is a shot to the east. <br />
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Tadpoles have already transformed into baby frogs. <br />
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We had so many frogs last year because of all the rain. My husband found a lot of dead frogs that became mummified. <br />
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Our burr oak had a lot of acorns last year. Here is one that started to sprout.<br />
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Our wisteria tree is in full bloom this year. The first time since we planted it about 7 years ago. <br />
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The purple martins have returned - we have 4 families so far. <br />
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My husband found a beautiful silk moth <i>Antheraea polyphemus</i> on the evening of March 22nd. It's wing span was 5".<br />
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All four of our hens are now laying. They all have different colored eggs.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjR6Rg77qSlmBQoc1BdcjRCZkw8wcZVNGJ4GDlHBfCqBrCaBoRDZK7RLkOT0gK3R3fZnKsEIBWiyKcXHIqIAtLJv9T_7sggypqB91lZ1euHGZSk_XI04Tx9F11uQz7SkB9090CJMdC-c/s1600/IMG_4459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjR6Rg77qSlmBQoc1BdcjRCZkw8wcZVNGJ4GDlHBfCqBrCaBoRDZK7RLkOT0gK3R3fZnKsEIBWiyKcXHIqIAtLJv9T_7sggypqB91lZ1euHGZSk_XI04Tx9F11uQz7SkB9090CJMdC-c/s640/IMG_4459.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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At sunset they hunt for bugs. <br />
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The garden at sunset. <br />
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The onions continue to grow and do well. We are going to have to replace some tomatoes and peppers. We had one morning with a temperature of 35 and a light frost. I'm going to the store today.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIQ0ZCGj83jvayuSdDKqvKdcxJMTeBEx__IaKZV9sOQJ5NmDQazH0ZH-g1yv1_irAyR_ix5pqtLUeUWJAb_6ajbcj_AZ07rqJyiMPcH0BudkKkbFghAS4rmZ7GnZ5c6GmVvOA_Fis2Ks/s1600/IMG_4507.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIQ0ZCGj83jvayuSdDKqvKdcxJMTeBEx__IaKZV9sOQJ5NmDQazH0ZH-g1yv1_irAyR_ix5pqtLUeUWJAb_6ajbcj_AZ07rqJyiMPcH0BudkKkbFghAS4rmZ7GnZ5c6GmVvOA_Fis2Ks/s640/IMG_4507.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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First large rose blooming this spring! <br />
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The mutabulis antique rose is blooming. We lost half of this rose last year because of all the heavy rain. <br />
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The grape hyacinths are blooming. <br />
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The salvia and indian hawthorne are starting to bloom as well. <br />
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All the irises and daylillies are coming up now. None are starting to bloom yet. The red knock out rose on the left is blooming now. <br />
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This is a picture of the blooming chinese fringe flower (lorolpetalum) in the front yard.<br />
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Merlin enjoys his visits to the garden. Catnip. <br />
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He even likes oregano. <br />
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And finally, a picture of Festus who enjoys being on the back porch in the springtime!<br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-58066104268876201772016-01-15T17:04:00.003-08:002016-01-16T05:33:52.824-08:00First Post of the New Year 2016 - Outside and InsideHappy New Year 2016! This is an entry into my garden journal on the status of both outdoor and indoor gardens this year.<br />
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We started cleaning up the vegetable garden so that we could mix in compost in a few weeks. We'll be planting the cool season garden in mid-February. <br />
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We let some broccoli go to flower. We have lots of bees now because it has been so warm.<br />
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That is a red Knock Out rose behind the vegetable garden. It is in full bloom.<br />
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The oregano is going gangbusters now too.<br />
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We planted cauliflower last fall and some of them are now finally putting on heads. <br />
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The trailing rosemary is also in full bloom and attracting lots of bees! <br />
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We have had such a warm winter. The climbing roses are in bloom!<br />
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This antique rose in the front yard has several blooms on it along with all the rose hips.<br />
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The Old Blush antique rose is also in full bloom.<br />
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It is incredible that the asparagus fern is still going strong, even in January.<br />
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Since it is wintertime I made several terrariums so I would have a bit of green in the house.<br />
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I took the lid off the terrarium so it would be easier to see inside. However, I keep these terrariums totally enclosed and never have to add water. I make sure that the base has a thick layer of gravel to allow for good drainage. I also add a layer of charcoal to keep the soil sweet.<br />
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I collect minerals and fossils and decided to include this picture since it shows some of my rock collection.<br />
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I also bought a new plant that is in the African Violet family. Episcia - otherwise known as the flame violet.<br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-80788259936786259652015-12-05T19:15:00.001-08:002015-12-05T19:21:29.834-08:00The 12 Days of Christmas at the Dallas Arboretum - 2015Today, December 5, 2015, we visited the beautiful gardens at the Dallas Arboretum. The weather was perfect. Clear skies, no wind, and 58 degrees for an afternoon temperature.<br />
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Across the street are the ticket booths. <br />
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A Partridge in a Pear Tree. <br />
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Two Turtle Doves <br />
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Three French Hens <br />
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Five Golden Rings. <br />
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Eight Maids a Milking. <br />
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9 Ladies Dancing. <br />
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Ten Lords A Leaping.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQieHdxotC6J3JYjKP4JmswFPQao57jXNTm7m5gHotnMiP-NcdaLj7TluWpdxTmrux6yHTM8Vt7El_kd3z5zwBzmJcTBezpi52whj17Fg0EnlUT_XqAjsOcKb8lOnhBybWwrrxzLIqGU/s1600/IMG_4737.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQieHdxotC6J3JYjKP4JmswFPQao57jXNTm7m5gHotnMiP-NcdaLj7TluWpdxTmrux6yHTM8Vt7El_kd3z5zwBzmJcTBezpi52whj17Fg0EnlUT_XqAjsOcKb8lOnhBybWwrrxzLIqGU/s640/IMG_4737.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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Eleven Pipers Piping.<br />
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The crepe myrtles have beautiful smooth bark. Perfect shapes in the wintertime after the leaves have fallen. <br />
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You can see Dallas high rises across White Rock Lake. <br />
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This may be the last vegetable gardening post I make before we get our first frost in 2015. Our first freeze this year was on November 21, 2015. We got down to 32 degrees according to my thermometer. My last mow of this season was on November 14th.<br />
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My husband lets the girls out each afternoon for a stroll and bug hunt. We are careful to put them back up each evening to prevent bobcat, possum, and raccoon attacks. <br />
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The beans are ready for harvesting now. <br />
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Read to wash, string, and snap. <br />
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The beans after washing. Notice all the bean "waste" on the counter top.<br />
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Next job is to blanch the beans. First, boil the beans 3 minutes. Remove them immediately and put them in an ice bath. Them remove them quickly and dry on towels.<br />
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Bagging up the beans for freezing. Make sure you suck all the air out of the bags. We have used a Food Saver to bag all our produce but we have had continous problems with it. This is the last time we used it. We will NOT buy another. My husband is glad to tell it goodbye. We'll use ziplock freezer bags from now on. You can suck all the air out with a straw.<br />
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The finished product - ready for the freezer. Make sure you label and date the bags.<br />
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On to some other vegetables. The tomato plants look ratty but they are covered in green tomatoes. We'll pick them all the night before the first frost and make salsa. See last years post.<br />
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We also have had a lot of jalapeno peppers this year.<br />
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I bagged and froze these jalapeno peppers in gallon size bags several days ago. Peppers (both bell and jalapeno) do NOT need to be blanched. Just core, and cut up and bag them.<br />
We'll probably get one more harvest from our jalapeno plants this year.<br />
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We had lots of bell peppers this year. They are gigantic. Again, to freeze them, blanching is not necessary. <br />
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They grew huge after all the rain we received.</div>
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This was our first cucumber harvest from the fall garden. <br />
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More cucumbers and bell peppers and tomatoes picked today, 11/8/15. </div>
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The butternut squash, a winter squash, is growing well. Winter squash are squash with thick skins that won't go bad quickly. Pumpkins are also winter squash.<br />
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We will also pick them the night before the first frost. <br />
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I added this photo that I took on 11/21/15. We had our first freeze on 11/21/15 so we did a last minute harvest of tomatoes.<br />
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Winter squash and persimmons. <br />
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We picked all the persimmons, butternut squash and ripe tomatoes today. We also pulled the rest of the cucumbers and pulled up the cucumber plants. The apples came from the store.<br />
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The broccoli plants are growing tall but are not putting on heads this year like they should. How irritating. Hopefully, they will start doing that - like now please!<br />
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I believe this is the last year for my poor asian persimmon tree to live. It is broke down and looking sad, but will still give us an abundant "last' crop of fruit this year. <br />
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The other side of the tree. I will pull the persimmons off the night before the first freeze. <br />
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<u><b>Around the Yard:</b></u><br />
So far this fall, beginning in mid-October through the first week of November, we have received around 15" of rain. Rain equates with mushrooms popping up.<br />
I believe these are <i>Entoloma strictius</i>, which are poisonous!<br />
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The start of a fairy ring (mushrooms growing in a circle). <br />
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A finally, to close this post, something kind of interesting. We found a mummified American bull frog in the yard.<br />
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<br />Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-44195056302403428472015-10-03T07:14:00.002-07:002015-10-06T18:22:39.514-07:00Progress in the 2015 Fall Vegetable Garden - Early OctoberWe had a cool front come through North Texas yesterday, October 2nd. The low this morning is 54 degrees with a projected high of 81. I love it. The fruits of my husband's labors in the garden are starting to show now. <br />
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These are pictures of the vegetable garden in the late afternoon yesterday. All of the plants, with the exception of the peppers and tomatoes (which were planted in the spring and "over-summered", were planted with seeds in late August. <br />
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Winter squash <br />
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We thought the seeds were acorn squash but now believe we have butternut squash.<br />
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Pickling cucumbers starting to grow up the trellis. <br />
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Another patch of cucumbers. <br />
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Broccoli coming up from seed. <br />
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Bush beans (blue lake) are coming up.<br />
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View of bell and jalapeno peppers. <br />
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The tomatoes are ragged looking (on the left) but they are covered in blossoms. We are hoping for a fall crop - we have seen some bees, hopefully they are doing their job. The asparagus in the center raised bed needs another haircut. <br />
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We have lots of jalapeno peppers. Time to make poppers again.<br />
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The bell pepper plants are lush now. <br />
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Giant cinnamon basil which came up volunteer this year - trailing rosemary on the right.<br />
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On to the flowering plants around the house - we don't have many in bloom now, but I'll share for the sake of remembering. This is a perennial blue salvia and attracts hummingbirds. It dies back each winter and then comes back to bloom most of the summer and into fall.<br />
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The marigolds in the vegetable garden are huge this year - this was one tiny plant in a 6 pack.<br />
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After all the rain in May, we then had a very dry summer. We just had the shrubs in the front yard trimmed and are replacing some of the plantings - the 3 red yuccas here were just put in. We had mulch spread too. So far we have had 12 cubic yards spread in the front garden beds and it still isn't finished. We still have to get the mulch put in the back yard beds too.<br />
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A large agave we put in.<br />
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The red yuccas we planted are blooming now. <br />
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Spider Lilies (also known as Naked Ladies because they don't have leaves) are coming up and blooming now.<br />
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We found a huge paper wasp nest. <br />
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The Flame Acanthus is blooming now and it attracts hummingbirds. This particular bush came up volunteer in the garden so I let it stay. It is a perennial, I just cut it back each winter.<br />
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Well, that's all for now. Enjoy the cool fall weather!Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-4792417232855932792015-09-03T18:59:00.001-07:002015-09-06T05:24:07.699-07:00Early September 2015 - A Hot Summer for Planting the Fall GardenIt has been a while since I've made a post - after all the rain came in May, our scorching summer began and this year I spent more time in the air conditioning. Today is September 3rd and I noticed our forecast over the next several days is projected near 100 degrees each day of the Labor Day weekend here in North Texas. <br />
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I saw a giant swallowtail flitting around my lemon and orange trees on my back porch. I had never noticed how their inner and outer wing patterns were different until I took these pictures. Their host plants are typically citrus and I'm betting this one was a female laying her eggs. Their caterpillars look like bird droppings so I'm going to start looking for them in a few weeks.<br />
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On to the vegetable garden - my husband had more energy than I and decided to plant a fall garden. Here are tiny broccoli plants coming up - he's going to have a lot of thinning to do. The weeds are already coming up too - sigh. You can see how pretty the marigolds have gotten over the summer - these plants were one tiny plant in a 6 pack this spring.<br />
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We have winter squash coming up now as well. They will also need to be thinned. The bell peppers survived the hot summer with abundant fruit. <br />
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Broccoli in front and winter squash in the back.<br />
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Beans. <br />
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Tomatoes from the spring are looking ratty but still producing some fruit. We decided not to pull them up. The cats cradle has done very well holding up the large tomatoes.<br />
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More beans coming up in the back raised bed.<br />
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Our chickens get let out of the tractor in the late afternoon to roam around and search for bugs. <br />
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Another close up of the loaded bell pepper and jalapeno pepper plants. <br />
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More jalapenos.<br />
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Papa offering a tomato. The girls checking it out.<br />
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Our persimmon tree is dying but it is giving this last year all it has - we'll be able to harvest its last crop in November before the first frost. <br />
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I found a wheel bug on the fig tree. This bug is beneficial in the garden. Read more about it here. <a href="http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-09_wheel_bug.htm" target="_blank">http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-09_wheel_bug.htm</a><br />
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The jujube tree is is also loaded with fruit. This fruit is similar in texture to an apple tree although not as juicy. <br />
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Close up of the jujube fruit.<br />
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The pear tree is also loaded with fruit this year. <br />
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And finally, we have been having a lot of frogs around here this summer. They hang out in the shrubbery around the house during the day and jump in the pool at night. This one is an American Bullfrog and it looks like it came straight out of a fairy tale.<br />
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Rainbow Magic Sparkle Butterflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945099235069370341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690046826611919890.post-51988329641645930232015-06-21T10:38:00.000-07:002015-06-22T04:17:17.854-07:00Summer Solstice 2015 - Garden UpdateThis week's garden post starts on Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. My husband found a group of insects clustered together while he was trimming trees and shrubs.<br />
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It was larvae evolving to a bright orange beetle - it is a type of ladybug. <i>Chilocorus stigma</i><br />
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Next is a vegetable garden status update. Our experimental "cat's cradle" tomato cages made with fence posts and twine is working great even as the tomatoes start to get large and heavy! I took the tomato plant pictures immediately below a week ago. I have pictures taken from today Summer Solstice to compare the growth.</div>
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This is an excellent year for tomatoes. Our vines are overflowing! <br />
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The peppers are doing well. We have both bell peppers and jalapenos. <br />
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The cucumbers are growing up the trellis. This is a good year for them. <br />
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The squash and zucchini are starting to wind down and the squash bugs
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Here is a picture of the herb garden. The honeybees
are constantly buzzing around it, they especially love the catnip and basil flowers. These same bees keep our
vegetable flowers pollinated. Asparagus continues to grow on the top. We have rosemary, chives, basil, dill, parsley, oregano, catnip, and bay plant. <br />
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These pictures were taken today on Summer Solstice. You can see that the tomatoes have continued to grow. My husband added another row of twine today to hold them up.<br />
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Our typical harvest about every other day.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuskNPDZpYnt0vqxr7T7TxFrTHuUBKMqqou7WxhG6e6AGhfMdpr30QSnsJ1YcDOxb4MQo5t5unvTkhRr9ujYYThGMaLBrWslAw0vlcV8xmTEgdkAM9zWtReeDMn3Ny4VZXHHH_EzgCTFQ/s1600/IMG_1500.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuskNPDZpYnt0vqxr7T7TxFrTHuUBKMqqou7WxhG6e6AGhfMdpr30QSnsJ1YcDOxb4MQo5t5unvTkhRr9ujYYThGMaLBrWslAw0vlcV8xmTEgdkAM9zWtReeDMn3Ny4VZXHHH_EzgCTFQ/s640/IMG_1500.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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We harvested the cabbage today. We didn't plant very many this year. I plan to chop them up in a food processor. My goal is to make sauerkraut. Hopefully I'll get to make the sauerkraut this week. Otherwise they will get frozen and used in stir-frys. <br />
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I harvested garlic several weeks ago. They have been drying for a couple of weeks. I cut off the ends - they are now ready for use in cooking. The jalapeno peppers were harvested today. <br />
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I'll make jalapeno poppers for my husband for Father's Day today - they are now his new favorite snack. The hardest part is frying up the bacon and cutting up the jalapenos. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkq6NvNDHRY" target="_blank"></a><br />
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I made the poppers several weeks before and they turned out excellent.<br />
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Around the yard now. The Vitex is blooming now - it blooms most of the summer. This small tree is a magnet for bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies. They come in several colors and grow to approximately 20 feet tall. They are drought tolerant but they grow lots of branches and require constant pruning. <br />
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We found a dove nest in our Japanese black pine tree. Unfortunately we think the doves abandoned it.<br />
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I found this five lined skink in one of my patio pots this morning. This is a more unusual visitor to my yard. In fact, this is the first one I have seen around here.<br />
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A nice morning on the front porch. <br />
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We had a beautiful sunrise in my neighborhood this week. I loved the sunrays. <br />
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The echinecea (aka purple coneflower) is blooming now.<br />
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I also have another variety of daylily blooming now. I really like the curly leaf on this one.<br />
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We had beautiful clouds this week after getting another 2" of rain.<br />
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I'll end the post with a picture of a blackberry cobbler I made this past week using our our harvested blackberries. We harvested 13 quarts of blackberries this year from about 5 bushes. I think the huge amount of rainfall in 2015 sharply curtailed our harvest this year. I tried a new blackberry cobbler recipe I found on Youtube. It reminds me of a dump cake recipe. It is easy and good and I highly recommend it. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dgIUclq0DI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dgIUclq0DI</a><br />
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The recipe appears to have turned out perfectly. I decided to put it in a blog post so that I will remember it and others who are interested can try it too.<br />
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First I collected all the ingredients.<br />
54 ounces of coconut oil<br />
24.25 ounces of distilled water<br />
9.7 ounces of lye<br />
2 ounces total of essential oil<br />
1 ounce approximately vitamin E<br />
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24.25 ounces of distilled water<br />
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9.7 ounces of lye<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">When making soap always pour the lye into water. I do this step outside because of the toxic fumes that form. Also, don't forget to wear eye and skin protection. The lye will burn anything it touches!</span></span></b><br />
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The temperature on my batch spiked at 180 degrees. <br />
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Wait until it comes down to 100 degrees and then add melted 54 ounces coconut oil. I purchased the 54 ounce container so there is no need to weigh the ingredient.<br />
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Mix with a hand mixer until trace phase where there are thick ripples in the mixture.<br />
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After the trace phase I gave the mixture a big squirt of vitamin E - approximately 1 ounce.<br />
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Add essential oil next. I made soap with two different oil combinations. <br />
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First I split the entire mixture into two separate batches. Then to each batch I added 1 ounce total of essential oils. In this case I prepared the following:<br />
Batch 1 got 0.5 ounces of eucalyptus oil and 0.5 ounces of sweet orange oil.<br />
Batch 2 got 0.5 ounces of sage oil and 0.5 ounces of lemongrass oil.<br />
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Pour the soap into molds. I use the flexible rubber molds. It is easy to get the soap out after it sits for 24 hours. Then let the soap harden for 24 hours. Keep the soap warm as long as possible by covering the soap molds with towels.<br />
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After 24 hours remove the soap from the molds and cut up the soap and or trim it as necessary.<br />
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Both soap batches smell wonderful so the combinations I tried are keepers.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5BfgPjmpBXPmrZwvZdW2QgpIUBpSVg6PobNraRWi8iMsnJi-Yxv3DMbmqhIIIm9Xucf4Hzkd_mCxVpo3qrxS8PN6ZyX1KPUu3GzQb5v_jjG0wLnlD0FkR4st3KucSkJzN91XPc8_in4/s1600/IMG_4564.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5BfgPjmpBXPmrZwvZdW2QgpIUBpSVg6PobNraRWi8iMsnJi-Yxv3DMbmqhIIIm9Xucf4Hzkd_mCxVpo3qrxS8PN6ZyX1KPUu3GzQb5v_jjG0wLnlD0FkR4st3KucSkJzN91XPc8_in4/s640/IMG_4564.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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Let the soap cure for 5-6 weeks and the soap should be ready to use! <br />
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