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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 22, 2020 8:59:46 GMT
Neither, Mick ~ think something you eat, something called different names in the UK and the US. Of course! What a dimwit....
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 22, 2020 17:05:21 GMT
The flower from a zucchini? That's my first thought but it looks very big. Close -- it is a squash flower, but from some giant winter squash. Of course! What a dimwit.... Well, I wouldn't say that!
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Post by bjd on Mar 22, 2020 17:14:01 GMT
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Post by bjd on Mar 22, 2020 17:17:26 GMT
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Post by htmb on Mar 22, 2020 17:50:01 GMT
Beautiful! A nice reminder that, for those of us in the northern hemisphere, it’s spring!
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 22, 2020 17:54:14 GMT
Great much needed pictures bjd. Thanks.
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Post by fumobici on Mar 22, 2020 19:25:05 GMT
Beautiful photos bjd, you are clearly a couple weeks or more ahead of us here.
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Post by bjd on Mar 22, 2020 19:30:51 GMT
Thanks everyone. We are ahead of usual conditions here too.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 22, 2020 22:12:18 GMT
Just beautiful, Bjd. Your hard work in the new garden is certainly paying off, and with such gorgeous specimens, too. I adore that iris. What is the flower in the penultimate picture -- some kind of daffodil on steroids?
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Post by bjd on Mar 23, 2020 6:42:24 GMT
Those are 3 double tulips bunched together.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 23, 2020 6:55:53 GMT
It certainly looks more like spring where you live than up here.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 23, 2020 16:24:39 GMT
Those are 3 double tulips bunched together. Absolutely gorgeous!
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 23, 2020 17:09:05 GMT
On the radio on Saturday mornings, there is a programme where gardening advice is given by Alain Baraton, the head gardener of the domain of Versailles. As snooty and sophisticated as the gardens of Versailles might be considered, he has a very down-to-earth manner and always seems to have excellent advice about spots on leaves, trees that will not bear fruit, sickly shrubs that must be sacrificed and obviously pruning and planting times. However, last Saturday, he talked about the problem of Versailles itself. While the gardens are doing just fine, he has to make tough decisions about the seasonal plantings -- the flower beds and other such things. Versailles is going to be closed for quite a bit of time, so should they fill the flower beds that people might never see? Should they continue to weed the unwalked walkways? A lot of the gardening money comes from Versailles entry fees, and that money is going to be missing this year.
His decision is to keep the gardening on its normal schedule and hope for the best, because it is more difficult and expensive to "bring a garden back" than to keep it going in perfect shape. I wonder what other closed public gardens and domains are doing.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 23, 2020 17:52:49 GMT
As I read through this I was thinking no, plant up etc. as normal.
Pleased to hear he took my advice...
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Post by bjd on Mar 23, 2020 18:51:22 GMT
I was thinking just yesterday that all the plant nurseries have ordered lots of plants, bushes, flowers, etc because it's planting season here. And they are all closed, although I imagine some employees are there to take care of things, water, etc.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 23, 2020 19:06:23 GMT
The garden centres are still going to lose a bundle of money unless you can order online and get delivery.
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Post by fumobici on Mar 24, 2020 1:53:06 GMT
My girlfriend is a manager at a wonderful local garden shop. Tomorrow will be the last day they are open to the public until who knows when. They have been doing free deliveries and on-line ordering since this began.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 24, 2020 3:13:33 GMT
I wish them luck, Fumobici. A good garden shop is a treasure for the community. Will they close the doors but keep doing deliveries & fulfilling orders until they run out of stock, or .... ?
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 30, 2020 4:28:06 GMT
My old faithful amaryllis are blooming and seem unfazed by the heat.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 31, 2020 9:17:55 GMT
How absolutely beautiful Bixa! I still am working on posting photos and my son showed me how to transfer the images from my phone to my computer, and that's how far we got before lockdown…..
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 31, 2020 15:18:00 GMT
Thank you, dear Tod! I believe all of the hosting sites will just direct you to choose a picture from your computer to upload, so if the pictures are now on your computer, you should be good to go. If you haven't picked out a new photo-hosting site yet, Basics in Image Bank should give you some guidance. You could also use the "Add image to post" feature in either Reply or Quick Reply. For some guidance on that, go to #s 915 and 917 here: anyportinastorm.proboards.com/post/333431/thread
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 5, 2020 18:19:34 GMT
I so hope I can keep this gardenia going, as it's been a source of pleasure ever since I brought it home. Even one flower sends its perfume out all over the patio.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 6, 2020 1:50:39 GMT
Once again this little darling has bloomed for me, even though it only gets minimal care ~
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2020 4:50:37 GMT
I never tried growing calendula here, thinking it would hate the heat. But I recently got a little pot of it & it has thrived in the very bright sun and killer heat we've had lately.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 10, 2020 12:40:59 GMT
It's amazing how well those orchids do with neglect.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 10, 2020 12:49:01 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Apr 11, 2020 11:45:03 GMT
Beautiful Mick! Wish I could show my Strelizia blooms but still haven't mastered the process yet.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 11, 2020 17:57:03 GMT
Lots of Spring color at your house, Mick haven't mastered the process yet. Speak to me so we can figure it out, dear Tod -- everyone loves your pictures!
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Post by tod2 on Apr 12, 2020 8:10:07 GMT
Bixa you're so patient. Before lockdown my son came over and showed me how to export photos from iPhone to computer. Now unless I could slow him down and write the process on my A4 worked there is no way I would remember. But, I am going to ask him to whatsApp the process step by step. So lets see if that works...
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2020 17:06:02 GMT
Last of the daffs- variety is Sundisc Apple blossom time
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