Not being able to see EOE pictures, let me show this little thing whose mother died yesterday...
No, Walter, works of dogs...
But let's see the beauty of nature :
Francis, how old is the baby hedghog? Did you find someone to care for it?
Littlek - I dont know for sure but I suppose it's 15 days old. We are taking care of it...
Oh, thank god, I was hoping you'd say that. Good on ya!
I'm sure, Francis, you have an Iroquese hair cut now. :wink:
I would, too - although you hardly could see a difference (but perhaps the baby hedgehog!).
Walter, the photos of your balcony brought back lovely memories of our trip to Europe. It is lovely, colorful and cheerful. Hugs to you and Ulla.
EOE I hope you are able to post your photos. Looking forward to seeing them.
Francis, that poor little hedgehog looks like he needs his mommy. You, tender Francis, are just the one to fill the bill. Please keep us updated on his progress. Oh, and I can hardly wait to see your new hairdo.
Can you tell us about that gorgeous butterfly in the picture? It took my breath away. The curve of its wings and that creamy silvery color is stunning.
Diane - I'll keep you up to date on this issue.
The hairdo is just a transitory one...
There was plenty of butterflies on the lavender today. This one on the picture is very common here. I'll try to take a picture of a sphynx...
Here is a photo of a white floribunda Dys took this afternoon. Can anyone tell us what causes the brown at the edge of some of the petals?
Oops! here is the photo!
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We are officially in a drought. We have a total watering ban with the exception of new plantings which may be hand watered. I've been hauling my 2gallon watering can around for the past two weeks giving a little drink to individual plants just to keep them alive.
We've had no rain in almost a month. The past week has been in the 90s and after a short reprieve today we're supposed to jump back up in the 90s again tomorrow. There's no rain in sight.
Mr B and I have decided to put our plans for three new garden beds on hold until the fall, or perhaps even next spring.
As dry as everything is, the garden still looks fairly pretty. The monarda are in bloom, as are the lavender, thyme, campanula, lilies, astilbe and borage. The balloon flowers, monkshood, coneflower, speedwell, and ligularia have buds and the Rose of Sharon are starting to open. The Canna are growing quickly but they'll fade fast if I have to stop watering them.
I noticed dozens of baby Northern Sea Oats. I pulled out many of them, but I left a few clusters where they've happenend to come up in an open spot. I also recently planted some Stonecrop Sedum, Baby's Breath, and Geum.
Oh J_B, you have my sympathies. I know too well what it is like to live under drought conditions. Oddly enough, it was in Connecticut where I had most trouble, although that can be directly traced to a drought that caused usual planting methods to be discarded. In Arizona and here in New Mexico, we are used to planting mostly native plants or those that need very little water.
Dys just told me that I forgot to post that the rose pictured above was named by him: Lady Diane Floribunda Rose. What's not to love with that?
until the aftenoon rains came I was making progress in our tiny garden, I am building a small retaining wall across the left side that will hold a bed of shrubbers and vines the first to be planted is a clematis.
and here we see some of the tomato plants in the raised baed across the back
Looks great, Dys. Dont forget to plant your clematis about three inches deeper than the pot it came in, as the stem that is covered with soil will also sprout roots and make the plant a lot more robust.
Also, although it sounds barbaric, take all the flowers off, so that it diverts its energy to growing roots. Cover the surrounding soil with rocks, so the roots remain cool and moist.
But you probably know this already, and I'm teaching you how to suck eggs...............
I'll post a picture of my Clematis tomorrow.....it is dark here at the moment, but when I arrived home today (after being away for four days), all of the buds had burst into full bloom. A bit of sun works wonders........
