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@silvermouse said:
if any of your neighbors have one of these it is a golden rain tree seedling, but it looks rather tender. I guess wait and see how it flowers.
I would love to have one of these in my yard. They are beautiful and look as though they are a good fit size-wise.
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Looks like it, @Hobbes86 I didn't think so since all I have seen are the smooth leafed varieties (learn something new every day), but here are pics of cutleaf and lace leafed varieties and the stems do look sumac-y
Transplanted lettuce and radicchio this AM. Chard and sugar snaps are doing well. Tomatoes are taking off as are winter and summer squash. Getting a lot of green onions and radishes. Will pull garlic today. Supposed to get some needed rain this week.
We’ve got a garden of red potatoes, broccolini, tomatoes, various bell peppers, onions, and corn this year. The broccolini has way outperformed my expectations and we’ve already pulled a harvest on it.
@Hobbes86 said:
My attempts to keep those darned squirrels out of my planters. I used scrap fencing I had lying around.
22 cal pellet gun works well
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Garlic was a dismal failure this year, both the fall planted and the spring planted ones. Most just produced a single round clove (bulb) rather than a foot. Maybe the very deep freeze we had last winter?
Went into our garden shed this AM. Raw, eye watering wall of sharp garlic hit me. Opened the door and windows and got a box fan out of my others studio. Set it up to move the air around the racks where the garlic is curing. It will take a month before them bulbs turn mellow.
I planted the wrong sugar snap peas, grew 7' high on brush 4' high before I could prop them up -- not too successfully. At least now I can reach the pods.
Photo from last week, the garden is producing pretty well, my Wife has been staying on top of it. I enjoy the view when I'm out on the man patio having a cigar or pipe.
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I thought this was the most suitable place for this.
My son and I noticed a leaf cutter bee taking a cutting into its burrow a few weeks ago. I have since seen a couple more. It appears this is a popular plant for them to cut from.
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Can anyone tell me what this is? It has popped up in the area of my yard I allow to grow without hindrance, for the pollinators.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Is it showing any kind of seed pods or anything yet? My guess would be sumac.
if any of your neighbors have one of these it is a golden rain tree seedling, but it looks rather tender. I guess wait and see how it flowers.
Hemlock?
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I don't think so, the leaves are different
hemlock
sumac
I think it might be a Tiger Eyes Sumac.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
I would love to have one of these in my yard. They are beautiful and look as though they are a good fit size-wise.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Might also want to look at staghorn sumac
Looks like it, @Hobbes86 I didn't think so since all I have seen are the smooth leafed varieties (learn something new every day), but here are pics of cutleaf and lace leafed varieties and the stems do look sumac-y
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/563301865871202770/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/782359766502608280/
My yard:
My neighbor's yard:
Me:
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
I see those all over Tennessee. Now I know what they are.
Thanks!
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Transplanted lettuce and radicchio this AM. Chard and sugar snaps are doing well. Tomatoes are taking off as are winter and summer squash. Getting a lot of green onions and radishes. Will pull garlic today. Supposed to get some needed rain this week.
Cabbage root fly got my bok choi. Pulled all the plants for a large stir fry tonight.
We’ve got a garden of red potatoes, broccolini, tomatoes, various bell peppers, onions, and corn this year. The broccolini has way outperformed my expectations and we’ve already pulled a harvest on it.
My morning harvest: spinach leaves, radishes and radish greens, and turnip greens.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Correction, those are beets, not radishes. I'm not sure how I made that mistake.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
My attempts to keep those darned squirrels out of my planters. I used scrap fencing I had lying around.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Went heavy on peppers this year.
Jalapeño, Shishito, a sweet hot (all the Tag said), havasu, habanero, and ghost peppers.
Couple varieties of tomatoes but they never do well for me. My daughter planted some leafy lettuce, sunflowers, mint, and some other flowers.
22 cal pellet gun works well
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
these showed up this year just in time to feast on the aphids:
https://www.learnaboutnature.com/insects/beetles/orange-ladybug/
Pulled all of our garlic and set it up to cure. Must have 100-120 bulbs. Cannot have too much garlic.
Garlic was a dismal failure this year, both the fall planted and the spring planted ones. Most just produced a single round clove (bulb) rather than a foot. Maybe the very deep freeze we had last winter?
Garlic dry-beggar.
Pretty pleased for only 3 plants harvested!
Went into our garden shed this AM. Raw, eye watering wall of sharp garlic hit me. Opened the door and windows and got a box fan out of my others studio. Set it up to move the air around the racks where the garlic is curing. It will take a month before them bulbs turn mellow.
I planted the wrong sugar snap peas, grew 7' high on brush 4' high before I could prop them up -- not too successfully. At least now I can reach the pods.
Day Lilys are coming in.
Our garden and shed.
Looks good, those day lilies are beautiful.
Photo from last week, the garden is producing pretty well, my Wife has been staying on top of it. I enjoy the view when I'm out on the man patio having a cigar or pipe.
Lots of stuff blooming around these parts.
I thought this was the most suitable place for this.
My son and I noticed a leaf cutter bee taking a cutting into its burrow a few weeks ago. I have since seen a couple more. It appears this is a popular plant for them to cut from.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17