Sunday, June 6, 2010

busted!

Needless to say the slugs are very happy with all the rain we've been getting. Earlier today, I picked a couple off an aloe, this one is dining on Datura leaves.
Yesterday I found a couple of dead slugs floating in the Gunnera tank, they had drowned. Is it wrong to admit I smiled?

Friday, June 4, 2010

frustrated commenter

Well since I’ve wrapped up my week of ‘tweet posts’ now I can get back to my long winded rantings and observations. Thank god, that was hard! So is anyone else out there having trouble commenting on blogs? It seems to be primarily WordPress blogs but includes a smattering of others too. There are things I want to say to you inspired gardeners out there, but when I go to post my comment *poof* it disappears! One blog even goes so far as to tell me that it thinks my comment is spam, talk about insulting! If I try to re-comment I get the message “oops! It looks like you’ve already said that” duh! I know I have…but where did it go?

I’ve researched this and the only helpful hint I could find was that perhaps somehow ‘danger garden’ ended up marked as adult content. Nope. I looked into my settings and not the case. So what’s going on? Anyone have any ideas?

Oh and if you haven’t heard from me (Nestmaker, Lost in the Landscape, Rancho Reubidoux, Far Out Flora, Gardening Gone Wild, and whatsitgarden, just to name 6), it’s not that I don’t love you, I do! I’m just being censored by the internet.

Melianthus major (Honey bush) blooms

Is it too much to ask that my Melianthus blooms in 2010, like this one at McMenamins?
Who am I kidding; I just hope mine lives thru winter.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Urban Plants

Do you ever find yourself cheering for a plant that seems to be making it against all the odds? I do.
Go holly go!

Bog or Pond?

I’ve never seen the Gunnera bog tank this full of water, even in the wet winter months.
Same for the Papyrus.
Have I mentioned its wet here?

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Trying to look on the bright side of all the rain

Since the nonstop rain has bent my peony stems I don’t feel guilty cutting them and bringing them inside, where I can enjoy their fragrance.

The weather forecast

Think they’re purposely optimistic for the future knowing they can be realistic later?(my way around the short post challenge, post often)

Flower mulch at Joy Creek Nursery

I don’t know if I could tolerate the mess in my garden, but it’s beautifulI love these Rodgersia leaves; you can’t have too many big leaves!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Meet the newest resident of the danger garden

Agave parryi truncata…one of my purchases on the recent visit to Cistus.
Oh my…what sharp spikes you have!

Finally...a Memorial Day gift

I’ve been waiting for this: wine on the patio, a blue sky above
I enjoyed it all the more because the forecast for the week ahead: more rain