Gardening 2017

[phesina]

WOW, indeed!!!

[cats4ever]

Wow! What do you feed them?

They're beautiful!

Honestly? Not much. But they have always wet feet (water in saucer), they love that.

[Karen]

Wow, they are huge!

[cats4ever]

These are a few of my special plants, I had them for many years:

Leopard Lily:


Pregnant Onion:


Wintergreen (this is where the "Wintergreen flavor" comes from. I tried a few of those berries, and sure enough...)

Flowers:


Berries:

[mon]

Wow, thank you! I had to google each of them as I grew so curious. I think I always confused wintergreen with spearmint! Very different plants. I enjoyed the photos, well done! I am sure you are one of the finest gardeners.

[cats4ever]

Thank you! Plants were always one of my favorite pastimes, it probably helped that I had an apprenticeship in horticulture in Germany, and then worked for 20 years with plants.
And then along came the cats...

[Karen]

I have been in charge of harvest at the garden my friend owns where she lets me grow some things. Here are a few pictures, each if from one day's "harvest" this week!

The first is actually from my nephew's gardens in Alfred, NY - his sister brought me goodies for guinea pig sitting while she went out there. No pictures of Pepper, her cavy - he was mostly intent on hiding, except for nightly snuggle time and one cannot get a picture of an animal that requires on hand on him at all times and is tucked under one's chin!

[cats4ever]

What a beautiful harvest, Karen!

[mon]

Outstanding, lovely photos. Magnificent vegetable photographer!

[cats4ever]

Today, I found the first flower of the season on my Nightblooming Cereus (a cactus). Each bloom only lasts for a few hours, and they usually open in the evening, there are several more buds on the plant.
I guess this one opened mid-day, because it's grey and rainy:

[Karen]

Aww, cool!

[Randi]

You have got to be quick to see that one bloom. I think my sister has the same one on her terrasse, unless there are more that only blooms once a year. It's beautiful and smells nice.

She gave me a Peace Lilly in the spring and it's really growing - they can grow quite big. I bought one more which turned out to have three separate plants in the pot, so I repotted those. So far they are doing fine, but I keep them in the shade.

Here's a link of how to care for them:
http://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-Peace-Lilies

[cats4ever]

I found those cute little pumpkins at the grocery store, and now they are part of the fall décor on my front steps. I'm still looking for the perfect big pumpkin.

[cats4ever]

I moved my tropical plants into the basement for "hibernation". When I was cleaning the deck, I came across this little mushroom that must have fallen out of one of the pots. It was about 2 inches tall.
I thought this was the cutest little thing, and I felt bad that I had knocked it loose.

[Karen]

Aww, cute little mushroom!