What's blooming in your yard?

[marstec]

Wanna see my naughty tomato? Or, am I the only one who thinks it looks like buttocks...

[Patty Smyth]

Wanna see my naughty tomato? Or, am I the only one who thinks it looks like buttocks...

Awesome!!! I have an 18 inch english cucumber looking for a hot date

[walkonby]

Wanna see my naughty tomato? Or, am I the only one who thinks it looks like buttocks...

Awesome!!! I have an 18 inch english cucumber looking for a hot date

AHEM!....watch how you talk around my Blushing Susie will ya?

[avoncallingu]

MOSQUITOS are blooming in my garden! I'm getting attacked in the middle of the DAY! We sat out tonight for a while and used a revolving fan and that worked for quite a while to keep them away.

[Patty Smyth]

Kind of a crummy forecast for the next 2 weeks. Temperatures are going well below normal.

[avoncallingu]

Poopy! Doesn't Mother Nature know we don't get much summer as it IS!

[redhdlois]

Wanna see my naughty tomato? Or, am I the only one who thinks it looks like buttocks...

With something coming out of it's bottom LOL

[Patty Smyth]

Hey gals, remember that problem with Impatiens? Well mine were doing fine until this week now I think it may have that disease/blight. They are shriveling up and dying. Never had that before.

This is a pic. (NOT MINE) but this is what mine look like in one of my boxes I guess it's true.

[marstec]

Patty,

Look under the leaf...if it is covered with a whitish substance, then you have Downy Mildew. When I was in Vancouver, there were lots of impatiens, and I didn't see any signs of the disease. I yanked all mine out a couple of weeks ago. They've always done so well for me but I won't be buying them any time soon.

[Patty Smyth]

Yeah I will be switching over to begonias and coleus for my shade spots now

At least New Guinea impatiens are not effected

[Patty Smyth]

A little visitor this morning

[Sunshyne1]

Yeah I will be switching over to begonias and coleus for my shade spots now

At least New Guinea impatiens are not effected

Thats what I did this year....Coleus (they really are very pretty and offer a huge variety) and Begonias in the front garden which gets very very little sun.

I love impatients...but didn't risk it this year.

[Patty Smyth]

So this Impatiens mold sure does damage fast half my box is gone and the other box has started

[avoncallingu]

Thats what I did this year....Coleus (they really are very pretty and offer a huge variety) and Begonias in the front garden which gets very very little sun.

I love impatients...but didn't risk it this year.

I'm with you Sunshyne! I didn't buy any impatiens, but I sure am missing my "Red Hat Garden" where I used to plant red and purple impatiens and they would fill it up beautifully. I tried red geraniums and another purple plant that I forget the name of - and it's so sad - neither did well and it looks so empty!

[avoncallingu]

My dh surprised me this year by suggesting that we buy the goldfish that I have been wanting to buy for our tiny pond. We have 4 - 2 really orange ones - 1 really "goldy" colour and 1 that is like a calico cat (it's hard to pick him/her out with the dark bottom of the pond). My nephew suggested the names "F", "I", "S" and "H" for their names and that has kind of stuck in my mind. "F and H" are the orange ones "F" is the one with the "fan tail", "S" is the spotty one and "I" is the golden one. (in my mind) They still won't come when I feed them but they aren't hiding so much any more. We're going to have to bring them in during the winter because the pond isn't deep enough to over-winter them. In our last house we had a HUGE-ish pond with lots of Koy and they stayed there all winter. I've been checking "Freecycle" and "Kijiji" for someone who wants to get rid of an aquarium because all the bits and pieces cost quite a bit.

Going to have to say, "good-bye" - the train is getting close to the station.