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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 10, 2012 at 1:20 pm
I went on a garden tour last Saturday and saw four wonderful gardens in the San Francisco area, all in the East bay. Here are a couple snaps. There are a few more of each of these back on my flickr site.
You've got to love succulents, don't you?
Garden #1, Piedmont by serialplantfetishist, on Flickr
But what about the color orange? Not everyone's cup of tea but so good for a bright sunny spot like this next one .. and a big favorite of mine too.
Garden #2, Grand Lake area by serialplantfetishist, on Flickr
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 10, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Orange flowers are my favorites.
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 10, 2012 at 2:57 pm
(June 10, 2012 at 2:54 pm)Annik Wrote: Orange flowers are my favorites.
I should have guessed. Do have a favorite?
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 10, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Not really. A natural orange on a flower is just very attractive to me (my favorite color is actually red, lol).
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 10, 2012 at 4:01 pm
(June 10, 2012 at 3:00 pm)Annik Wrote: Not really. A natural orange on a flower is just very attractive to me (my favorite color is actually red, lol).
A favorite of mine, the rarest, largest and orangest passion flower of them all:
Passiflora parritae in the Chilean garden at the S.F. Botanical Garden by serialplantfetishist, on Flickr
Passiflora parritae in the Chilean garden at the S.F. Botanical Garden - 3 by serialplantfetishist, on Flickr
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 11, 2012 at 10:07 am
Got two weeks of solid rain to get through before i can take pics of our handy work.... stay tuned.
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 11, 2012 at 10:27 am
(June 11, 2012 at 10:07 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Got two weeks of solid rain to get through before i can take pics of our handy work.... stay tuned.
Aye, aye. In an area of water scarcity you've got to be glad to get it. (I'm in the same boat.)
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 11, 2012 at 10:29 am
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(June 11, 2012 at 10:27 am)whateverist Wrote: (June 11, 2012 at 10:07 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Got two weeks of solid rain to get through before i can take pics of our handy work.... stay tuned.
Aye, aye. In an area of water scarcity you've got to be glad to get it. (I'm in the same boat.)
Yep. Sure am whateverist. We just get out of a ten year drought and now we have had two years of floods and serious rainfall. One good thing about global warming.... Australia=just add water!!
Ummm... do you still have the plans for the ark?? I might need them
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 11, 2012 at 11:04 am
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Meanwhile my beautiful swamp is drying up and all of the lakes, creeks, and rivers that form the fabric of my earliest memories have been replaced by non-descript, weedy, and most importantly fish-less little meadows. You bastards are stealing my childhood!
I say we invade and take back the damned water.
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RE: What's growing in your garden?
June 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm
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The garden today:
View upon entering the back garden.
Turning down the near path to the pond.
View from beyond the pond back down both the near and far paths.
Looking down the far path, past the Y and on to corner deck.
Fletcher arriving at the Y from the far path.
Fletcher at the fork in the Y, from the far path back through the center arch.
Heidi at the Y, with the opening through the center arch behind.
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