MENA Gardens

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

VERY PRETTY

as with succulents i have orchids too.

Pics or it didn't happen !

I have been reading up on succulents. Apparently, some of them like conditions very similar to orchid culture - including a dry, cool period in the winter. I plan to get me some - which can then spend the winter with my orchids in a cool bright room.

He doesn't want any more plants, so I have to figure out how to hide them.

LOL hide them under/behind other plants.

[Nasturtium 500]

Pics or it didn't happen !

I have been reading up on succulents. Apparently, some of them like conditions very similar to orchid culture - including a dry, cool period in the winter. I plan to get me some - which can then spend the winter with my orchids in a cool bright room.

LOL hide them under/behind other plants.

I'm trying! We'll see how we can get this worked out. Sigh.

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

I attempted to post a photo...(u know i love em).

But it was confusing

from photo bucket (which was good advice from here)...I copy which one? then on here there are choices of image and link...aaaaaaaahhh

if some one can help...I assure you i will remember this time.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I'm trying! We'll see how we can get this worked out. Sigh.

Tell him you are growing baby fossils for archeologists to find in a few hundred thousand years ?

I attempted to post a photo...(u know i love em).

But it was confusing

from photo bucket (which was good advice from here)...I copy which one? then on here there are choices of image and link...aaaaaaaahhh

if some one can help...I assure you i will remember this time.

Just cut and paste the code given for "forum" or "message board"

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

That is gorgeous, inluvn !!!! 2 of mine that are in bloom are very much like it, only the flowers are more of a fuschia color than yours.

I was just out in the garden... look what I found visiting the jatropha -- a zebra longwing

It only seemed to want the jatropha - I watched while it scouted around and inspected a lot of other blooming things, but it returned over and over to that one plant. I just looked it up... it supposedly likes lantana, pentas, hibiscus and passionflower, which are in abundance in and around the patio - but it did not seem to be dining from those plants.

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

just now? amazing blessings you enjoy in your gardens!!

That creature is big...almost the size of a small pet to name

going to my garden with the camera now....I have peaches.

and thank you for the advice...simple copy and paste...

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

just now? amazing blessings you enjoy in your gardens!!

That creature is big...almost the size of a small pet to name

going to my garden with the camera now....I have peaches.

and thank you for the advice...simple copy and paste...

Peaches ?? Awesome !! San Antonio is a bit too hot, but they will grow for us Texans very well a bit north-northwest of here, up in the Hill Country (as close as about 30-45 miles away.) The old German towns of Fredericksburg and Stonewall are famous for their peaches and they are ready now.

Yes that butterfly was a big one - I bet its wingspan was 5-6 inches. They fly real slow, too... lol it's like a B-1 bomber.

So now all you creative types... I think my next garden project is going to be.....

Hypertufa.

Anyone here ever worked with this stuff before ?

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

I personally have never done this but it looks very creative and can be made into so many forms. If you do make some...please share.

Here are a few of the peaches..It is a a young tree but I am grateful the fruit stayed this season...

last season it got some curly leaf disease and they all fell while still green and small.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I personally have never done this but it looks very creative and can be made into so many forms. If you do make some...please share.

Here are a few of the peaches..It is a a young tree but I am grateful the fruit stayed this season...

last season it got some curly leaf disease and they all fell while still green and small.

Those look gorgeous, inluvn !!! You are in Southern Cali, right ? I think your climate is slightly more tropical than ours (no winter freeze or only rarely there ?)

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

hi

Yes so cal

just ate the plums and now soon figs

this is a artichoke plant outside of my kitchen window...just dont know when to pick it?????

Hope all is well with everyone in the heat!! Stay safe.

Edited July 8, 2012 by inluvnwaiting

[Nasturtium 500]

you should pick it before the leaves start to open. It may be too open now just check it.

[sandinista! 1,816]

I had some caprese salad with tomatoes my mom grew today-delicious!

[Nasturtium 500]

Yum!

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

Julianna the leaves ARE open right??...so should i leave it??? It is not like I cant go to the store to get artichoke ...just wanted to have one grown in my home and steam it....but from what you write it is too late?