What does your garden look like ... Today?

[alp]

JB - Do let me know if you're upgrading please! I just need to do a bit more research as I want to do videos as well. Have you done any videos, JB? Would love to ogle!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

JB - Do let me know if you're upgrading please! I just need to do a bit more research as I want to do videos as well. Have you done any videos, JB? Would love to ogle!

I'm personally not a big fan of the video quality, but it's not terrible. I just always want better than I have. I don't like the stabilization feature. It seems to overreact. For that reason, my best videos are ones where I had the camera mounted on a tripod.

Here's a few different videos showing it in different situations.

The first one is moving objects. Jets, in this case.

The second one is garden scenes.

The third is general usage, some scenes from a camping trip.

and just for fun, because I just took this video on Monday, here it is during canoeing:

 

[alp]

I'm personally not a big fan of the video quality, but it's not terrible. I just always want better than I have. I don't like the stabilization feature. It seems to overreact. For that reason, my best videos are ones where I had the camera mounted on a tripod.

Here's a few different videos showing it in different situations.

The first one is moving objects. Jets, in this case.

The second one is garden scenes.

The third is general usage, some scenes from a camping trip.

and just for fun, because I just took this video on Monday, here it is during canoeing:

I really enjoyed the first video. Amazing feat people do with their planes. I feel ill just looking at the vertical rise and plunge! Not for a weakling like me!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I love having color in my garden. Not as much as I'd hope for this time of year, but I'll take anything I can get!

Orange Milkweed.

American Robin.

Scarlet Bee Balm 'Jacob Cline'

Blanket Flower

Bush's Coneflower

Hoary Vervain

Blue Dasher dragonfly

 

[alp]

JB: Such a lovely thread.. Feast for our eyes! The video was a bit long. I will watch the rest later as I will be busy. My Asclep??? tuberosas are all showing buds. So pleased. Normally, they disappeared after first flowering. I was thrilled to see them after the horrific snow we had this year.

Keep buying the gallardia seeds, but they never came to anything.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Great videos @JBtheExplorer .....puts my garden videos to shame,you have a very steady hand......think I must have the shakes

Love the Orange Milkweed especially

 

[alp]

I have selected two photos good enough for this thread.

Agapanthus Midnight Star!

Tree lily! My very first!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Bee.

Monarch Butterfly

Rabbit.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I got home today after a few days of camping to find my garden more active than it's been all year. Tons of pollinators including three Monarchs! Also, a lot of color. Grey-headed Coneflower started blooming while I was away.

(Camping photos will definitely be posted soon )

 

[alp]

Will post some tomorrow. Hope I don't lower the tone of this thread!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Will post some tomorrow. Hope I don't lower the tone of this thread!

That's the beauty of this thread. This is all about the good, the bad, and the ugly. The successes and the failures. Whatever is happening in your garden is perfect for this thread. It's what separates it from the "What's looking good" threads.

 

[alp]

Just a few. Not half as good as yours.

This Crazy Love always bloom wedged between two taller stem. I think this position is in its DNA. It did the same to me last year!

The pink is so delicate!

Please don't ask me why the vine is there! Where is this hole wherein I want to hide!

 

[Lillywhite]

I am the proud owner of this Crown of thorns (I think that's what it is). It is two inches short of being four feet tall which makes me wonder if I have the correct name for it. Most posts state they can grow to almost three feet. I purchased it at an estate sale because I thought it was unique. I am concerned about the way it was pruned. Should I just leave it alone?

 

[alp]

Welcome to the forum, @Lillywhite !

Have a look here

A bit difficult to understand.

A lot of the videos are in Urdu or Hindi!

Or better still, start a new thread and see if anybody has experience with this exotic plant.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Some photos from today.

Stout Blue-eyed Grass with Butterflyweed in the background. Also notice the hollow stems that I leave standing in my garden for bees to nest in.

Blazing Star in my rain garden.

Purple Poppy Mallow & leaves from Partridge Pea.

Bush's Coneflower