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Hubby working on devising a way to keep the squirrels out of the tomatoes. They really kicked my ass last year. Don't think I can bare a repeat.

we've got plenty of black squirrels that just loved to feast on our tulips - just when they were about to open up .
i was told that BLOODMEAL is a good deterrent and also a good fertilizer .
so the last two years i've applied bloodmeal liberaly on all the plants and the squirels have - so far !!! - left them alone .
mind you , bloodmeal is rather expensive : about $10 for a two pound box Shocked

perhaps i can get it for free at the abbattoir .
hbg

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hamburger was always famous for his well-tended hedges

he made pineapples out of evergreens, but never anything like this

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/jfa0634l.jpg

at least that I heard about Laughing

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Bloodmeal? Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.

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The trillium has awakened; sorta makes the
heart sing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/nekonomad035A.jpg

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Ah, trillium!

In the Magnolia Bed, the jack-in-the-pulpit showed up. I thought that it was a goner last year. And it has a second shoot coming up next to it!

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my first tomato is almost ready to be plucked and eaten..

i should write this on my calendar Cool

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I got my onions planted today, tomatoes are blooming and cukes are growing.

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I'm jealous!!

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My backyard is torn up because we're having a drainage system put around our house. It's a big mess!

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Ah, you can't beat a house with a drainage system.

:wink:

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I got my onions planted today

bought a five pound bag of the finest vidalias for $3.49 yesterday - and NO digging required :wink: .
hbg

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cone flowers this morning

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2577309265_a3b063edba.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/2578142482_19d7d4649d.jpg

Hollyhocks;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2577309725_48c1346dd9.jpg

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Shasta;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2578190578_18a0555abf.jpg

Ice plant and Creeping Rosemary

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/2577357373_ae9b2e9233.jpg

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Two different hucherella hybrids (lime ricky and ginger ale, I think) infront of a cut-leaf japanese maples which has leaves turning from the initial red to green.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/Gigipix/In%20and%20Around%20Cambridge/2008june_hucherellas2small.jpg

And a lamium which is growing into the roses nicely, though the landlord doesn't like it (sigh).

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/Gigipix/In%20and%20Around%20Cambridge/2008june_lamiuminrosessmall.jpg

This is a closeup of the itea starting to bud.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i175/Gigipix/In%20and%20Around%20Cambridge/itea.jpg

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weigelias are in full bloom right now .
we have several in the sideyard - both pink and red . planted four more in the frontyard last year and thought they had been frozen out by the late and heavy cold in march/april , but they have now recovered and will hopefully develop strong and deep roots this year .

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/775/13june2008011bh8.jpg

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Dys, I love those cone flowers! Are they the sunset/sunrise variety? I have some called harvest moon that are in the magnolia bed, they aren't blooming yet here. They do have buds, so I'll snap a picture when they pop open. Looks like you could use some mulch.

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We've various lilies ...

... out of those, the first blossom today

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In dys' garden, I think, his roses are really beautiful:

Even at night :wink:

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i brought the garden into the house .
since we expect rain tonight , i cut some of the peonies last night and brought them inside .

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3572/13june2008035hp6.jpg

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It's so nice to see the different gardens - dys and his desert flowers,
littlek with the lusch north eastern foliage, Walter and his German contribution, and hamburger with the Canadian peony. They look beautiful!

I cut off a few hydrangea this morning with some Jasmine from our
garden.

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/661/img5146xd1.jpg

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