Garden News - Page 4

Only because you asked for these, clc!

Wow Bee....your garden looks amazing !!.

Are those Marigolds ? I plant Marigolds around my squash to keep the squash bugs down. Do you pick the seeds from your Sunflowers?

Thanks for the pics. They give me insinspiration the spring. 

I can't wait to see theics from your fall harvest :)

ok, thats it...i am planting a garden next spring.....

thanks bee...LOL

Beautiful  Lady Bee:   Love the Sunflowers  I have artificial ones in my kitchen

Here are my passion flowers growing wild on side of  house..

They are so unique and smell good too  ..They do take over everything near them...THEY wrap their little fingers around everything in their path..

My Plumerias are blooming : YEA:

Bee, your green thumb is showing.  Your garden is great!   

I would not put mint in full sun, YR.  I did put a pot out the front here and

despite watering it,  it has frizzled and died.   Mint is such a thug, I was

surprised, I thought it could survive anywhere !  Yours looks nice n healthy.

So far, the refrigerator dills have been given the seal of approval from the connoisseur taste buds of my eldest teenager. They are tasty! And nice and crunchy, I must say so myself!  It is getting very easy to do, now. That is, if you have the pickling cucumbers growing and pickle them fresh.

I am also attempting, for the first time, old-fashioned brining or rather fermenting of cucumbers to make sour pickles. It is a complete science project! And a bit scarey for a first timer. I do believe I have the proper scum, though, (google images is such a big help!). The brine smells good, like an old country store barrel, so I am optomistic. It has been sitting for only two weeks, I have at least one more to go. Then, I am supposed to be able to pack and process them. Check out the "good" scum, lol! I hope! 

And thanks to all, for the nice garden comments! You should see the weeds in the flower beds... something had to give! 

Nice scum!

HM: I found out the Texas sun will fry the mint...even on the patio it was too hot ..so I moved it to just get a few hours in morning and then it still gets so dry...have to water it the minute I get up...in morning ...

I do not get up till 9 or 10  so it has had its sun...the other pot is under the lilies on patio on other side and I water it several times a day..

eventually I will put in the flowerbed where little sun gets on it..

Here are my marigolds out front that are doing great...have to water every night as they have shallow roots..