I couldn't help it lol

[Countrygardener]

I took a bunch of pictures today and I can't help myself, I had to share them with my fellow gardeners.....the hard part is narrowing it down to just a few :>)

More to come.....................

 

[Countrygardener]

Jupiter's Beard

Smoke Tree

Grape Arbor & Sweet Peas

What to do with that old satellite dish....make a gazebo and grow Star Jasmine on it

 

[Sunshine]

Very pretty. I love that Smoke Tree. Nice garden you have.

 

[DrCase]

Very nice
How big is your yard ?

 

[j.w]

You have lots of nice plants! Like that idea w/ the old satellite dish and all the antique relics you have placed around the property. What part of Cali do you live in?

 

[Countrygardener]

Dr. Case, I live on 20 acres so I do have a pretty big yard...backyard is 5000+ sq ft. Problem is, where do I stop....told myself I'm not buying anymore plants this year, only doing cuttings and dividing. The gardening magazines have started coming and I've already made a list of things I want....I need to stop LOL.

j.w I am located at the southern end of the central valley of Cali...not quite southern Cal, but close

 

[DrCase]

I feel your pain
When i go out to the family farm , i cant stop lol

 

[Becky]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing

 

[Jennywren]

Lovely garden. I see you also have a love of old farm equipment.

 

[sissy]

great garden and I have 3 purple smoke trees and just last week bought 3 more at 2.99 each .They are only 2 feet tall but for that price I thought it was great .I am going to keep them in bigger pots for the summer and winter and then move them to the basement .I love old farm equipment too and out here you can pick it up every where .I bought 4 more milk cans for 5 dollars a piece .I love them for tables on the porch and even added lights to a couple of them

 

[Countrygardener]

Smoke trees are pretty neat, I think that one is over 30 years old, it's been neglected and needs some pruning, but it still looks good.

I love old farm implements!!! Some of that, is stuff my husband's grandpa used on his farm years ago. My hubby is a real collector, sometimes he is lucky and finds really neat stuff, but he has also bought a few things lately too. More fun when you can get stuff for free or rock bottom prices

 

[sissy]

Free is always better .Iam going to an etate auction here saturday at the Dehart place .I love going on auction zip to see wht auctions are out there .This auction is alot of farm stuff .I will drive around or even go to the local dump here .Seems when pople clean out houses here everything goes to the dump .I found some pretty good stuff yesterday when I went to town to make offer on another house .Not for me for friends ,don't want to jinx it but the bank has 24 hours and price is firm and final .I don't like wasting time with banks ,so take it or leave it is my attitude .

 

[sissy]

want to keep mine more trimmed to keep them bush shaped rather than tree shaped .

 

[sissy]

I have a purple plum tree that color also and was told it does not produce fruit but mine has had plums on it the last 3 years .'m not complaining the fruit is good ,but funny thig is I have neighbors that have them and there trees are older than mine and none of them have fruit ,is this just a strange tree or is it because I have other plum trees .The leaves on it are a burgandy purple color .

 

[Countrygardener]

I have no idea, but when I was a kid, my parents had a fruitless mulberry tree that had lots of fruit on it every year. It didn't taste good at all and made a mess, until they finally removed it and planted something different.

 

[JenH]

I love your satellite gazebo! What an awesome idea.

 

[taskeinc]

With that much space, there's no need to stop. I would do the same thing if I had 5000 sq feet of gardening space. I have the same problem of rescuing plants, buying plants, but mostly I root plants from other plants. Also, I'm talking about plants inside the home. I always think, I don't have anymore room for 1 more plant but I always find a spot. I couldn't imagine what I would do outside.

Your garden is gorgeous, so you're making very good use of your space.

 

[claudine]

Countrygardener, I really like these pictures, your garden looks so pretty! Especially the smoke tree is very interesting, I haven't seen anything like it before. Grape arbor is beautiful too, I'd love to have it in my garden

 

[maddie]

wow! I would like to have your kind of space.. why would you want to stop? I love your pictures.. Love those irises and that jasmine gazebo.. that would be a lovely place to sit and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

 

[Marck]

I have no idea, but when I was a kid, my parents had a fruitless mulberry tree that had lots of fruit on it every year. It didn't taste good at all and made a mess, until they finally removed it and planted something different.

In most cases 'Fruitless' Mulberries (Morus alba and other spp.) are cultivars that only produce male flowers, but plants are known tochange the sexual morphology of their flowers due to age or environmental conditions, as well as actual mutations. Likely, what wa sexpected to be 'fruitless' turned out to be otherwise.

A neighbor's 'fruitless' White Mulberry (Morus alba) is currently dropping its male catkins into my garden. I don't mind that; its just more organic matter for the soil, but it would be nice if the tree produced fruit as well.