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| YellowRose |
Posted - May 28 2024 : 1:41:30 PM
There's something peaceful about being in a garden after the thunder and rain have passed. This morning the thunderstorm didn't let up until after lunch. The sun came out and I waited a couple of hours for the grass to dry a bit before I ventured out to see how my plants faired during the heavy rain & wind. Happy to tell you there wasn't a broken stem or a blossom lost. My 5 tomato plants are thriving, and each has several blossoms though the plants are just a little over a foot tall. The zinnias are beginning to bloom and the yarrow finally has started to grow. Herbs on the back deck are healthy and the yellow pansies are hanging on. Don't know how the pansies will do in the summer heat but for now they are beautiful.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 29 2024 : 4:43:45 PM
Judith, I got so tired of the Horn Worms I stopped planting as many tomato plants each year.Same thing here. Destroyed a plant in a Day!!
I've tried everything!
Connie
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| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Jun 28 2024 : 12:46:57 PM
Connie --watch out, they are still around. I had a beautiful tomato bush growing in a pot. It was totally gone in two days flat. Very disappointing, not sure if I'll replant or not. I was so looking forward to tomatoes that taste real. Three years ago we had a yellow cherry tomato that grew up over a 6 foot fence and produced pounds of the sweetest fruit. It lasted two years and never had a hornworm.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21, 6/24
I'm old and I do wear purple |
| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 28 2024 : 12:36:03 PM
Sara, I bet it was! I love cherry tomatoes! I had tons year before last. Last year, it was a battle with the horn worms!
Judith, wow, we should never complain about no rain!! |
| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Jun 28 2024 : 12:20:50 PM
Tara -- Out west we go all summer without rain. Our last rain was at the beginning of May and I don't expect to see any until October.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21, 6/24
I'm old and I do wear purple |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 28 2024 : 08:48:04 AM
Connie you were posting when I was. The thunderstorm came out of the northeast so it might have been the same one that hit you. I know you enjoyed your cherry tomatoes.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 28 2024 : 08:44:39 AM
Tara, on Wed we had a pop-up thunderstorm and it rained for about an hour. The first rain in almost three weeks. As we go into July and Aug we will see little or no rain, so I understand your need for rain.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 28 2024 : 08:41:52 AM
Sara,I ate the first cherry tomatoes Tuesday.
We got an hour long hard, soaking rain Wednesday!!We were driving home in it and it rained so hard I coukd barely see to drive,and it washed my truck like the car wash!!
Double Blessing!!
Connie |
| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Jun 28 2024 : 08:12:02 AM
Plz send rain to SC, 20 days now and no rain
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 28 2024 : 07:49:34 AM
It was a good morning for me, I harvested two tomatoes, and had one with an avocado for breakfast. To enjoy the fruits of our labor is a very good thing.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 25 2024 : 2:32:03 PM
Judith! That is an awesome thing to see!
Connie |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 25 2024 : 1:34:50 PM
What a wonderful story about your grandson caring for the caterpillar then setting the butterfly free.
Might be Mason bees, I hope I get to see them again and again.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Jun 25 2024 : 12:30:19 PM
Sara -- They might be Mason bees. Very beneficial, I don't think they sting, and you can buy little houses for them.
My grandson (age 31) found a catterpillar and put it in a jar with some leaves. It made a crysalis and hatched out a beautiful swallowtail butterfly. He sent me a video of setting it free.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21, 6/24
I'm old and I do wear purple |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 25 2024 : 04:31:39 AM
Daylight at six so I was out watering while the morning is cool. The orange milkweed I planted last year wintered over and is blooming. I planted the milkweed for monarch butterflies but haven't seen butterflies around any of my flowers this year. The other day I did see wee bees on my zinnias. My sister thinks they are cousins to bees but not a true bee. I have no idea what they are but glad to see them doing their best to pollinate my zinnias.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 22 2024 : 10:58:41 AM
Yep! So true. Storm starts in Texas, winds up here! We got a good soaking rain on Wednesday. High of 96 Sunday and Monday.I'll have to start watering daily soon!
Connie |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 22 2024 : 08:44:21 AM
Well, rain is over with in my part of Texas, may see a shower now and then but we are in the beginning stages of a drought. I water my five tomatoes daily and when it gets hotter it could be twice a day. All five plants are loaded with different sizes of tomatoes, so I don't complain about the watering. I water in the cool of the morning and when I do water in the evening it will be when my house shades the raised beds. All plants need afternoon shade in Texas.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 04 2024 : 11:49:12 AM
Connie it does seem like Texas and TN are often on the same page when it comes to weather. A thunderstorm starts off in Texas, heads northeast and ends up in TN.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 04 2024 : 11:27:19 AM
Good news Sara! We had afternoon thunderstorms yesterday too.
Almost everyday for the last 2 weeks.
Your right, come August, we will be glad!
Connie |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Jun 04 2024 : 10:57:44 AM
Another thunderstorm this morning with heavy rain. Not complaining because come Aug we will be glad our lakes are full when there's no rain in sight. I just came in from checking on my raised beds and the one teeny tiny tomato is still hanging on, not growing because of not enough sun. That's about to change, forecast days of sunshine ahead.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 02 2024 : 10:17:46 AM
Judith, if I don't have an excuse, I'll invent one!ha,!
Connie |
| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Jun 01 2024 : 5:41:50 PM
Thank you Connie. I think I'll take a trip to the nursery and see if they have it. Any excuse to go to the nursery :-)
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21
I'm old and I do wear purple |
| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 01 2024 : 5:37:09 PM
Grace, I've seen some of your garden pictures from years past
.they are fabulous!
Connie |
| Killarney |
Posted - Jun 01 2024 : 5:35:55 PM
Judith, that is Creeping Jenny! It's easy to grow, spreads fast! Easy to pull it up where you dont want it. I use it I my patio pots too.
Connie
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| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Jun 01 2024 : 5:32:49 PM
Connie -- what is the pretty light green plant on the corner?
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21
I'm old and I do wear purple |
| katmom |
Posted - Jun 01 2024 : 5:30:38 PM
We are still slow to bloom over here where I live.. but... I think in another 3weeks everything will start popping!! and then I will post pictures of my garden babies...
In the meantime I will have a glass of wine and enjoy all of your garden photos...
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Jun 01 2024 : 12:30:57 PM
Fortunately, as it shades the backyard in the summer, or unfortunately as it showers nuts, we have a huge pecan tree. I used to wish for squirrels as I wore out my back picking nuts up and pulling up little trees. Squirrels arrived several years ago and they are a mixed blessing. They do dig up some of my succulents in pots but the cats and I do enjoy watching them chasing each other up in the branches, jumping from one tree to another, plus they do eat most of the nuts so I don't have to pick them up.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21
I'm old and I do wear purple |
