Last weekend, my back yard hosted its first party since spring planting. It was great fun!
I didn't get any pictures, but even if I did, I wouldn't post them here!
Anyway, some pics:
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| The morning glories drooping in the sunlight |
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| Pumpkins on the left, watermelon on the right |
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| The cabbage. You'll see a pattern of decay in its leaves because of the caterpillars... |
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| Herbs and tomatoes |
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| Kelly's rose |
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| The toilet garden featuring Chloe |
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| Weeding the yard means large piles of weeds. Fortunately, I have places to put them in the woods |
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| Cacti! |
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The rainbow cactus has flowers. In the desert, they cluster together,
so I expect that the flowering is what makes this happen. |
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| Purple cactus is growing lots of new pods |
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| Almost every one of my cacti is growing new pods! |
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| The view of the entire vegetable garden |
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| The houseplants are looking good |
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| The oyster shells on the front provided convenient ash trays for the party |
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| Everything is green in the spring sun |
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| The red flowers keep multiplying! |
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| Close-up |
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| Pineapple and Swedish ivy |
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| Wild onions! |
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| Chloe... |
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She stomped these plants in a futile attempt to catch the dripping rain.
Fortunately, she didn't do too much damage. |
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| The basil. I don't expect it to last much longer. |
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| Chewed up catnip and mint. |
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| This is what I deal with. They are much worse at night when you can pick off a multitude. |
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| Fig tree has huge leaves! |
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| Lemons from when I bought the tree in February are still not ripe... |
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| Check this out. |
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| Thinned out. |
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| Pumpkins. |
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| Thinning out is a necessary step to make sure that the best plants have unhindered access to nutrients and sunlight. |
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| This dog. |
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| Cucumbers! |
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| Pumpkins and watermelons! |
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| Grapes of Wrath |
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| Another close-up of the fig tree leaves. It's such a nice-looking tree! |
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I'm beginning to wonder if my cacti are getting too much water this spring.
Even if they are, it won't matter, I don't think, when Drought 2012 hits. |
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| Texas prickly pear. I'm really excited about this year's growth! |
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| This guy was a bit of a late bloomer, but it looks promising. |
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| Not only are there caterpillars, but there are several different kinds. |
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| Notice the increasing decay. |
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| Toilet garden! |
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| Elephant ear is opening up. The leafy plant here isn't what you think it is. It's Virginia creeper. |
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| If you look carefully you can see that there are 3 different kinds of plants in here. |
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| Morning glories. |
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| Thinned out. |
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| This stuff is bunk. Don't use it. |
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| Sprouting stonecrop! |
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| Spider plant. I brought this guy back from the Dead! |
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| Kelly's rose started blooming! |
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| First ladybug of 2012 |
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| Chewed. up. |
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| The morning glories found the twine! Unfortunately, the bugs found them. |
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| You'll notice all of my herbs and lettuce are gone. This was not my idea. |
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| Lemon and fig. |
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| The morning glories look simultaneously robust and pitiful. |
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| As you can see, this cabbage is getting progressively worse. |
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| What's left of the herbs and tomatoes. |
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| I'm pretty sure that's a sunflower growing there. |
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| Toilet garden! |
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| I love this thing. |
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| The stonecrop is looking bad. I cut it off after this pic, and I'm hoping the sprouts pick up the slack. |
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| Looking good. |
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| Mary Jane "Mar-Mar" Binks, AKA Mars Bars |
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| A good note to end on. Kelly's rose in full bloom! |
