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Post by barbieq25 on Jun 20, 2011 8:53:13 GMT
Helen is right...a blank canvas just waiting there, Heatstroke.
Pixey, Helen is right there too...what a paradise! Just stunning! The plant in the very dark pot on the steps is some kind of begonia. I've never seen such huge flowers on a begonia. Love the stone work etc. You are very lucky, Pixey. I am jealous. ;D
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Post by TheBad1 on Jun 20, 2011 19:37:55 GMT
There's some great shots in here. @ BarbieQ ... lovely arrangement. Very artsy. They all look great. Nice table runner @ BP ... great colour on that tulip. At least you know they grow well in your garden with the 2 yellow ones peeking thru' @ Leif ... great shots. Love that blossom one. @ Helen ... what a lovely garden your brother has. I love gooseberries. Nice in natural yoghurt would love to see the other side. @ Lance ... What a shot. And what a colour. Some black foliage behind that and it could win shows. Stunning. @ Pixie ... truly beautiful. The plants look great against the greys and greens. Pretty clematis And if you get fed up of looking at your garden, I bet you've really got to struggle to enjoy those views ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few shots of the tidy parts of my garden. Between the -18 frosts killing things over the winter, and only just feeling up to doing a bit to tidy up.
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Post by barbieq25 on Jun 20, 2011 21:32:16 GMT
Welshy, I love the mix of contrasting colours & leaf textures. Love the stones too.
Is that Japanese Blood Grass in the first one on the left foreground? There a few plants that I recognise but I'd love to walk through your garden too. The part of the building I can see looks very nice. The wooden stump or is it a big chunk of petrified wood, looks good in the garden. A very happy garden.
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Post by Pixey on Jun 21, 2011 12:52:08 GMT
@bbq and @welshy - thanks so much for the lovely comments on our garden. It's breaking my heart, but we are selling up in preparation to move back to America. I just can't take the climate here anymore, I'm really going to miss the view though @welshy - your garden looks lovely with all the green grasses - as BBQ says, A Happy Garden
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Post by blackpenny on Jun 21, 2011 14:27:51 GMT
Lance, that is a gorgeous rose.
Pixey and Welshy, your gardens are beautiful.
Pixey, it's sad to have to leave, but I'm sure you'll have a nice garden wherever you move to. I know what you mean about the climate. Here it's dry, which I like much better than humid. Gardening is a challenge here, and some people are successful, but not me.
We have some nice trees though, I'll have to get some pictures of the white mountain ash. It's flowering now, then it will have berries, and it looks really nice in autumn when the leaves turn colour.
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Post by Leif on Jun 26, 2011 8:10:32 GMT
Something you ALSO can find in your garden around here. (Or maybe UNDER your garden) Not so welcome
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Post by lancemcknight on Jul 1, 2011 0:56:54 GMT
Thanks everyone for the nice words about the rose. Alas, that rose bush is dead. It's a shame because it was stunning beautiful, but no matter, we'll replant something new in that area. In the while, here's a snapshot of my wife's mini herb garden: There are basil, rosemary, and clinatro - which makes great cooking herbs as well as spices.
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Post by barbieq25 on Jul 5, 2011 10:23:48 GMT
Leif, what are those dirt mounds? Ants?
Lance, it is great to have fresh herbs. Must get some good photos of my veges up here too. I have now got the garden to the point that almost every meal I can add something from the garden, even in winter.
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Post by Pixey on Jul 5, 2011 13:02:25 GMT
Hee, hee, me thinks it's one of these
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Post by barbieq25 on Jul 5, 2011 13:23:41 GMT
Of course! We don't have these. I've never thought about what a problem these things could be.
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Post by Leif on Jul 5, 2011 14:00:59 GMT
;)I think it is. The problem is, unless you do something drastic, you never see them.
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Post by lancemcknight on Jul 13, 2011 0:02:16 GMT
Welshy, I have been meaning to comment on your garden. It looks something straight out of a magazine. That looks like it took a lot of work, sweat, a few swear words here and there, and some, ahem, choice drinks. That garden is a joy to behold. Pixey, same thing I can say about your garden. It's gorgeous! Thought I would share a snap shot I took earlier this evening. It's a sunflower that grew at the base of an apple tree (I didn't plant one, I swear), and I just decided to give photography another shot. I then edited it with Paint.NET and improved the shot.
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Post by Pixey on Jul 13, 2011 7:28:40 GMT
@lance - wow! What an amazing shot of the sunflower. The bee is for real, I'm sure
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Post by barbieq25 on Jul 13, 2011 8:10:07 GMT
A snap-shot??!! I thought it was a professional image. So there! You take professional images, Lance. I really like the focus & the bright sun rays coming in from behind. Very kind of the bee to model for you too. ;D
Sunflowers are really amazing & this shot is a wonderful capture.
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Post by Leif on Jul 13, 2011 15:42:08 GMT
Great shot at the moment the insect has landed on the flower . The color have a beautiful gradient. I really like this photo.
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Post by Helen on Jul 13, 2011 16:47:35 GMT
I agree. This is Like I mentioned on DA, I like the color of the bee and how you captured it so nicely.
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Post by barbieq25 on Jul 27, 2011 23:05:47 GMT
Ok, got some shots of my garden early this morning. This is the veges in the backyard. The other veges are in the neighbours' front yard. The bromeliads in the mango tree. Most of them also have pansies around them for as long as they will last. These are all of the plants that I have put into ceramic dishes or other things that I could find. I will be putting these on sale this weekend out the front of our house. I will be sad to see some of them go. Drilling the drain holes in the ceramic is very hard work. Takes a lot of time because you have to go slow & it is hell on the bits too. The mini laundry trolley that we found at the local rubbish tip shop. Only cost a couple of dollars & hubby did a few minor repairs. I love it. The big white concrete pots belonged to my step-mum. My brother was instructed to take everything in her greenhouse to the rubbish tip. He brought it all to me. The hanging pots that you see on the steps are all from her too. This was done to stop Garden Enemy No: 1 The photos are very poor. I need Lance to come over & take some good shots. At least you have an idea of what I have in the backyard. I'd plant in every available space if we owned the house & had no dogs. When we first moved in, the yard was just the big trees you see & the golden cane palms that we tiny things struggling to survive. We didn't even have lawn. The neighbours behind us gave me the big rocks you see as a garden edge. Their yard is a mess & what you see raked in a heap I did to stop the rubbish from coming into my yard. The grass was as tall as a man. Snakes, ticks & spiders, people! I want to keep my fur kids safe. They will not allow their kids into the yard at all. Hmm... Anyways, there it is. I've done some more air plants but I'll wait until I do the rest of them. Waiting for more plants to come in. Fortnight they think. Could get them on eBay but really want to see them to plan the setting. I have varnished the driftwood & have it sitting outside to let it cure & get rid of the strong smell.
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Post by Leif on Jul 28, 2011 15:04:26 GMT
That is quite a collection you've got there. Impressive. And most of them are something i haven't seen in this part of the world. Only a few hat would only grow indoors here. You seams to have what we call "green fingers" here. ;D
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Post by Helen on Jul 28, 2011 21:54:31 GMT
Wow, barbie, a great look into more of your gardening. Is that "Garden Enemy No. 1" your dog?
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Post by barbieq25 on Jul 28, 2011 22:14:38 GMT
A few Leif are plants that I have been given & hopefully they will grow for me. I think they are a ginger of sorts & they usually die back over winter, so I don't want to trim them up in case I do more harm than good. Green thumbs is what we call them here. Which is a bit odd because you need all of your fingers to do the gardening. ;D Yes, Helen, gardening enemy no: 1 is our German Shepherd Ziggy but she is getting better. Even her excited way of the tail is dangerous to plants, hence the fenced off area under one of the trees. Odd isn't it, that many plants that are tropical (most of mine) will grow indoors but many of your plants will not grow at all here because they need the cold & the snow & we cannot replicate that too easily or economically.
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Post by blackpenny on Oct 30, 2011 20:39:39 GMT
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Post by venicet on Oct 30, 2011 22:11:17 GMT
kewl. I've never seen a bunch together ever. The past few years I've rarely seen any at all. They are the only bug I'm not squeamish about
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