What does your garden look like ... Today?

[alp]

Nice Harvest, @DirtMechanic !

I love the bit when the tidy insect is flying toward the flower. How could you manage to stand so still? Or was it tripod?

Here a few of mine

Agapanthus Alba totally open, more or less!

Yellow Tanz Echinacea

Can't wait to collect the seeds.

Echinacea the whole family

Nicotiana - tiny flower but packed with details

 

[Upsy Daisy]

I've taken a final lot of July pics and will post a few at a time, don't want to overdose you all

 

[alp]

Whey hey! They are sooooooooo nice. Stunning photos. You lot have me glued to my seat.

What is the first one and this one please

Please store seeds for me for these two. Why does the last one look like a marigold? Now I must switched off.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Thanks....different camera, its a real faff to post them though...have to transfer them first from my camera on to my laptop. That was why I never posted many pics when I first join the forum, tablet is so much easier..instant in fact, but lacks colour quality.....this one is a tad better I think ,but not the standard of yours and @JBtheExplorer 's

Now your asking ME!!.......I was going to ask YOU to id them!!

If I can save them long enough to get seeds.....then they are yours @alp

 

[MaryMary]

Thanks....different camera, its a real faff to post them though...have to transfer them first from my camera on to my laptop. That was why I never posted many pics when I first join the forum, tablet is so much easier..instant in fact, but lacks colour quality.....this one is a tad better I think ,but not the standard of yours and @JBtheExplorer 's

I've noticed that, too. The pictures I take with my phone seem clearer, and more true to color.

Same flower, same day -

Tablet:

Phone:

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Certainty makes a difference

 

[alp]

Please stick to your camera, @Upsy Daisy ! Soooooo much better even though it's a bit of a hassle! Quite true, @MaryMary ! Phone is better. Very blurred with the tablet. People were saying that tablets like those marketed by Amazon took good pics. I wouldn't be able to do anything with a tablet.

 

[alp]

@DirtMechanic Something is wrong with your courgettes. If I were you, I would remove the yellowed zucchinni plant altogether. Seems to be under some sort of fungal attack.

 

[DirtMechanic]

@DirtMechanic Something is wrong with your courgettes. If I were you, I would remove the yellowed zucchinni plant altogether. Seems to be under some sort of fungal attack.

I did remove them, and its not a fungal attack. It is all out WAR.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Speaking of spreading the word...

I was asked today if I'd like to be featured in a potential news story about the native gardening movement, where me and my native garden would be featured. I'd love to, but there's no way I could do it! I carry a ridiculous amount of anxiety with me at all times, but even more so when the focus is on me. Plus, I'm terrible at putting thoughts together to make a single meaningful sentence, let alone an entire interview.

I'm entirely flattered to be asked, though.

Oh you should do it. If I have learned anything about TV spots it is that they will be edited and polished to fit the thesis of the story, which is usually less about the person interviewed than one might think at first.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Oh you should do it. If I have learned anything about TV spots it is that they will be edited and polished to fit the thesis of the story, which is usually less about the person interviewed than one might think at first.

Oh, I'm well aware of that. The problem is, I don't want the handful of sentences I say be "Garden good. Pollinators good. Garden do good thing for pollinator."

 

[DirtMechanic]

Oh, I'm well aware of that. The problem is, I don't want the handful of sentences I say be "Garden good. Pollinators good. Garden do good thing for pollinator."

But if you do not, who then will? But to be fair, I have no problem communicating basic ideas to tjose who play Fortnite all day off their couch.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

This Cabbage white has been in my rain garden all day.

Monarch

Bee on Blue Giant Hyssop. This is one that I grew from seed in Spring. Very happy with how quick they grow!

Rattlesnake Master is close to blooming.

Side Oats Grama started blooming today. I think I'll be adding more of this native grass specie!

and... a new garden! I'm fairly certain that this garden will have about 5 or 6 species of prairie plants. I'll be seeding it this autumn.

 

[DirtMechanic]

This Cabbage white has been in my rain garden all day.
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Monarch
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Bee on Blue Giant Hyssop. This is one that I grew from seed in Spring. Very happy with how quick they grow!
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Rattlesnake Master is close to blooming.
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Side Oats Grama started blooming today. I think I'll be adding more of this native grass specie!
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and... a new garden! I'm fairly certain that this garden will have about 5 or 6 species of prairie plants. I'll be seeding it this autumn.
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I am typing on my tv screen and just want so say "WOW!" those pictures sure are bold and beautiful on a big screen! I was missing a lot on my phone screen.

 

[alp]

I am typing on my tv screen and just want so say "WOW!" those pictures sure are bold and beautiful on a big screen! I was missing a lot on my phone screen.

DM: If you watch them in MacBook Pro, it's another ball game altogether. I especially love the Side oats .. Very pretty. How come American butterflies are so still, I have to run with camera to chase the hyperactive ones here in Essex!