tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post1857283431717861099..comments2024-03-01T20:10:19.114-08:00Comments on ROCK ROSE: HALF AN HOUR IN THE GARDENRock rose http://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-37202053137334195592019-09-04T20:09:43.869-07:002019-09-04T20:09:43.869-07:00So glad to see you've been out in the garden. ...So glad to see you've been out in the garden. It's your best medicine and despite the heat and drought, looks lovely. I've wandered mine and am seriously slapping myself for signing up for the September go-go. What was I thinking!? Cathttp://www.thewhimsicalgardener.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-69760002759113470932019-09-03T19:47:17.031-07:002019-09-03T19:47:17.031-07:00Styrotufa, thumbs up!
Hope you are feeling bett...Styrotufa, thumbs up! <br /><br />Hope you are feeling better. Your garden looks great. A Fling highlight it was. Hoover Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083294821646284424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-9739025636611945752019-09-02T15:34:02.965-07:002019-09-02T15:34:02.965-07:00You nailed it. Styrotufa! Why didn’t I think of th...You nailed it. Styrotufa! Why didn’t I think of that. Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-14845232438124032632019-09-02T13:31:37.947-07:002019-09-02T13:31:37.947-07:00How about "styrotufa?" The portmanteau a...How about "styrotufa?" The portmanteau amuses me, anyway!<br /><br />Your garden is looking better than my garden, which is just fried, fried, fried with the exception of the gomphrena. I can barely summon the motivation to drag my hoses around the pots once a day. Hoping we get a good rain sooner rather than later!gardener of good and evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089325540546505279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-48942694087671629582019-09-01T15:00:04.364-07:002019-09-01T15:00:04.364-07:00Thank you Pam. I am pretty good at hiding the not ...Thank you Pam. I am pretty good at hiding the not so good bits from the lens. And I take them early in the morning. At 5pm it is not so pretty a picture.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-18509443722757966512019-09-01T14:39:05.351-07:002019-09-01T14:39:05.351-07:00Your garden is looking beautiful even in this heat...Your garden is looking beautiful even in this heat and awful dry spell. And like you, I'm looking for all the signs of fall (please go away, summer) and finding hope in beautyberry and garlic chives. Pam/Digginghttps://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-31612017269547948432019-09-01T12:51:11.000-07:002019-09-01T12:51:11.000-07:00Must check that out but glad to hear it might be a...Must check that out but glad to hear it might be a bumble bee.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-57463073246510396922019-09-01T11:56:27.338-07:002019-09-01T11:56:27.338-07:00I think that is a Sonoran Bumblebee. We have seve...I think that is a Sonoran Bumblebee. We have several of them working our beds nonstop lately. I think they are somewhat new this far north...a sign of shifting weather patterns perhaps. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-37432475427712731432019-09-01T09:22:00.453-07:002019-09-01T09:22:00.453-07:00Even just a half hour in the garden is guaranteed ...Even just a half hour in the garden is guaranteed to lift our spirits, glad you got out there.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-57370928220882540972019-09-01T08:49:24.055-07:002019-09-01T08:49:24.055-07:00Your welcome Lorraine. Hope your home and garden a...Your welcome Lorraine. Hope your home and garden are spared the worst of the hurricane.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-44472243628933535562019-09-01T08:43:41.057-07:002019-09-01T08:43:41.057-07:00I did work hard to remove and trim a few things so...I did work hard to remove and trim a few things so it i presentable. But I haven't been out there for 3 weeks now and no rain and triple digits take their toll on the weaker plants. But Fall is around the corner.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-91812222068241455792019-09-01T08:42:05.995-07:002019-09-01T08:42:05.995-07:00Lisa. There were so many people I didn't get t...Lisa. There were so many people I didn't get to meet over those wonderful days. Maybe we will meet up on another Fling. Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-69243013455786467732019-09-01T08:40:55.216-07:002019-09-01T08:40:55.216-07:00I'm sorry Ca is having hot and smoggy weather ...I'm sorry Ca is having hot and smoggy weather but soon it will be that wonderful fall winter and spring. Our fall can't come soon enough and that is the plants saying it loudly too. Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-84110598421017145812019-09-01T08:39:39.810-07:002019-09-01T08:39:39.810-07:00Well it was just half an hour but I felt better fo...Well it was just half an hour but I felt better for having watered a few things and pulled a few of thewretched euphorbias I mentioned. More agaves will will be permitted in the front courtyard next year. Expensive but hardy and tough.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-52888871972348294092019-09-01T03:39:32.951-07:002019-09-01T03:39:32.951-07:00Your gardens look wonderful even in the heat of su...Your gardens look wonderful even in the heat of summer. Glad you were able to get out a bit in them and enjoy. Thanks for sharing ~ FlowerLadyFlowerLady Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678852154334714784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-62895260695988112722019-08-31T20:40:59.169-07:002019-08-31T20:40:59.169-07:00Your bee looks like a bumblebee with it's furr...Your bee looks like a bumblebee with it's furry collar. I find when you leave the garden to it's own devices for a while it carries on just fine without me. Your's looks like it is doing quite well too. Hope you are feeling better soon.luv2gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883799040439283011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-56856159188256695832019-08-31T16:33:09.378-07:002019-08-31T16:33:09.378-07:00What a great reminder of your wonderful garden (I ...What a great reminder of your wonderful garden (I was happy to visit it on the recent Garden Blogger's Fling in Austin). Thanks for sharing it with us now.Lisa Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546271182217310594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-31969187356535830392019-08-31T15:11:33.886-07:002019-08-31T15:11:33.886-07:00I didn't know you were laid up, Jenny, and I&#...I didn't know you were laid up, Jenny, and I'm sorry to hear it. I hope both your body and the weather give you a break and allow you to get back to more active gardening soon. It's been warmer here this week but not as hot as it's been out your way. Our air quality stinks (literally), however, and as I don't feel I can take deep breaths at the moment, I'm limiting my Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-32373943727326028072019-08-31T13:40:14.661-07:002019-08-31T13:40:14.661-07:00(so this is what you call being "laid up"...(so this is what you call being "laid up"?!...AHEM.)<br /><br />as I suspected, your idea of the water-starved garden looking dreadful is anyone else's idea of looking great...just came from the twins, whose garden now contains many, shall we say, "artful dried arrangements", much like mine which appears to be asking for a merciful death...do you have a painting of an old,lcpnoreply@blogger.com