Seriousness What's out in your garden now .... - Page 88

kennyc · 08-28-2010, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The late great Cain dog once bookmarked the entire bottom row of books in my bookshelves in the garage. It isn't my favorite memory of him.

Um yeah.....my late great Barkley marked everything in my basement! Books included!

poohbear_nc · 08-28-2010, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

It did NOT! And by the way, Mr Chicken, where were you this afternoon between 3 and 3:30 CET?

I'll take the Fifth Amendment on answering that question! And a fifth of single malt scotch too!

[I don't even know what CET is!] [A new and more confusing version of DST?]

[If you're served martinis at Florence's place, make sure it's an olive, and not a deceased caterpillar!]

Ea · 08-29-2010, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by tommyr

VERY nice! I grow Oncidiums and a Brass. I also grow some carnivorous plants. I LOVE gardening!

Thank you

They surprised me with all those flowers all at once, especially the white ones. I bought two new the other day. I've had a couple of Oncidiums, but they take up so much space. I looked up 'Brass' - Brassia(?) - the flowers are so beautiful I could deal with it taking up extra space though

FlorenceArt · 08-29-2010, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I'll take the Fifth Amendment on answering that question! And a fifth of single malt scotch too!

[I don't even know what CET is!] [A new and more confusing version of DST?]

[If you're served martinis at Florence's place, make sure it's an olive, and not a deceased caterpillar!]

CET is Central European Time, when I live although I'm not in Central Europe, go figure. 3 pm CET would be 9 am Durham time.

I took the last caterpillar away, but I'm not telling you where

kennyc · 08-29-2010, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

CET is Central European Time, when I live although I'm not in Central Europe, go figure. 3 pm CET would be 9 am Durham time.

I took the last caterpillar away, but I'm not telling you where

To the library?

kennyc · 08-29-2010, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

Thank you

They surprised me with all those flowers all at once, especially the white ones. I bought two new the other day. I've had a couple of Oncidiums, but they take up so much space. I looked up 'Brass' - Brassia(?) - the flowers are so beautiful I could deal with it taking up extra space though

Very pretty flowers.

GeoffC · 08-29-2010, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

CET is Central European Time, when I live although I'm not in Central Europe, go figure. 3 pm CET would be 9 am Durham time.

I took the last caterpillar away, but I'm not telling you where

you ate it !!!!!

Ea · 09-14-2010, 11:33 AM

Warning: not safe for arachnofobics

The great game of life and death - just outside my living room window a few minutes ago. Some kind of beetle (odd-looking, very flat, sort of rectangular, with bright colours, was captured by a Cross spider (Araneus diadematus).

FlorenceArt · 10-10-2010, 10:37 AM

My tomato plants have lost most of their leaves, but a second crop of fruits is coming to maturity. Yesterday and today I harvested three cherry tomatoes for breakfast

The rest of the plants seems to have simply stopped growing, which I suppose is hardly surprising given the season. I'm wondering whether to eat the tiny leaves of rocket and tarragon before they shrivel and die, or to give them a chance to grow a bit more. Well, the tarragon at least won't grow more than this, I sowed it in the spring (well, late spring probably) and it's all of 3 cm high now.

It's supposed to be a perennial plant, so hopefully next year it will do better.

I did have a nice surprise last time I watered the plants (I hardly do it anymore now, it's been raining a lot and they don't need it if they have stopped growing I guess). There is some grass growing in the bowl I left on the windowsill for that purpose. I'm not sure it's the seeds I sowed, more probably random stuff brought by the wind or some flying creatures. It's nice anyway! I hope that in the spring the poppies I sowed will bloom

GeoffC · 10-10-2010, 03:34 PM

Well done on the tomatoes !

From 12 seeds grew 5 sweetcorn plants, and on one of those we had a decent cob !

Very tasty too

kennyc · 10-10-2010, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Well done on the tomatoes !

From 12 seeds grew 5 sweetcorn plants, and on one of those we had a decent cob !

Very tasty too

Just one?

Ea · 10-11-2010, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Just one?

Perhaps the weather wasn't sunny and warm enough?

GeoffC · 10-11-2010, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Just one?

Unfortunately, yes - just the one.

All the plants had flowers? that sprouted from the top (with seeds?) - but there was only the one cob that grew up against, halfway down, the stem.

First time I've grown them, but they may be worthy of another try next year.

kennyc · 10-11-2010, 06:46 AM

Thanks and better luck next year. I've never tried to grow corn except when the family did when I was a kid but we had a huge garden and always had several rows of corn...mmmm....mmmmm good!

MrPLD · 10-11-2010, 06:54 AM

I've got a lot of things happening on this property - I could bombard you with everything but I'll try small pieces at a time.

First up, I've got dinosaurs running amok, smashing down the grass-trees and hogging the water supply.

Always something new... always something exciting ( I'll put up the pictures of a few snakes and spiders later )

(I just realised, if you click on the grass-tree lizard image after it's loaded up, it'll show it FULL SIZE which is probably bigger than most screens - you can almost even see the image of me kneeling in front of it reflected in its eye!

)

Paul.

09-14-2010, 11:33 AM	#1313
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	Warning: not safe for arachnofobics The great game of life and death - just outside my living room window a few minutes ago. Some kind of beetle (odd-looking, very flat, sort of rectangular, with bright colours, was captured by a Cross spider (Araneus diadematus). Attached Thumbnails

10-11-2010, 06:54 AM	#1320
MrPLD Author's pet-geek Posts: 933 Karma: 1040670 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96	I've got a lot of things happening on this property - I could bombard you with everything but I'll try small pieces at a time. First up, I've got dinosaurs running amok, smashing down the grass-trees and hogging the water supply. Always something new... always something exciting ( I'll put up the pictures of a few snakes and spiders later ) (I just realised, if you click on the grass-tree lizard image after it's loaded up, it'll show it FULL SIZE which is probably bigger than most screens - you can almost even see the image of me kneeling in front of it reflected in its eye! ) Paul. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by MrPLD; 10-11-2010 at 06:57 AM.

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10-10-2010, 10:37 AM	#1314
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	My tomato plants have lost most of their leaves, but a second crop of fruits is coming to maturity. Yesterday and today I harvested three cherry tomatoes for breakfast The rest of the plants seems to have simply stopped growing, which I suppose is hardly surprising given the season. I'm wondering whether to eat the tiny leaves of rocket and tarragon before they shrivel and die, or to give them a chance to grow a bit more. Well, the tarragon at least won't grow more than this, I sowed it in the spring (well, late spring probably) and it's all of 3 cm high now. It's supposed to be a perennial plant, so hopefully next year it will do better. I did have a nice surprise last time I watered the plants (I hardly do it anymore now, it's been raining a lot and they don't need it if they have stopped growing I guess). There is some grass growing in the bowl I left on the windowsill for that purpose. I'm not sure it's the seeds I sowed, more probably random stuff brought by the wind or some flying creatures. It's nice anyway! I hope that in the spring the poppies I sowed will bloom

10-10-2010, 03:34 PM	#1315
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Well done on the tomatoes ! From 12 seeds grew 5 sweetcorn plants, and on one of those we had a decent cob ! Very tasty too

10-11-2010, 06:46 AM	#1319
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,918 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Thanks and better luck next year. I've never tried to grow corn except when the family did when I was a kid but we had a huge garden and always had several rows of corn...mmmm....mmmmm good!