tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post3332954360466370..comments2023-07-25T06:29:01.026-07:00Comments on Conscious Gardening: Not Much Bloomin' Here...except the Heat!ConsciousGardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12253940238405185012noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-59343098251110036332009-06-20T11:17:50.340-07:002009-06-20T11:17:50.340-07:00In Oregon the most undesirable 3 months are Novemb...In Oregon the most undesirable 3 months are November, December and January, when we freeze and drowned!<br /><br />Thanks for the Texas weather report. What are Texas degrees in November, December and January?<br /><br />I blended some raw sunflowers from the bulk section of the grocery store and fed them to one plot were my eggplant is growing and now at least 20 sunflowers are growing. Have you heard of such a thing?wmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921417933389584453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-15528140624156946292009-06-19T16:16:47.919-07:002009-06-19T16:16:47.919-07:00We've been lucky so far this year in No Cal bu...We've been lucky so far this year in No Cal but I so sympathize with your heat travails; I always feel like some nocturnal rodent or lizard in summer, scurrying from cool dark place to cool dark place. <br /><br />Add my kudos to the others for your echinacea description! And I was interested to know that the plant I know as lion's ear is lion's tale in Texas. Probably neither name comes from a biologist.<br /><br />Here's a Chinese tea that helps with heat: honeysuckle flowers (plain old Hall's honeysuckle is also the medicinal honeysuckle of choice) and chrysanthemum flowers (C. morifolium or morifolii, depending who you're reading). Makes a good iced tea.Pomona Belvederehttp://www.tulipsinthewoods.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-80623508770388572772009-06-19T10:52:35.279-07:002009-06-19T10:52:35.279-07:00You sure do have lots of blooms even in your heat!...You sure do have lots of blooms even in your heat! I would just melt... cannot understand how I grew up in the south! Here in Massachusetts we are up to our knees in rain... with more to come... chilly too. Love your chickens and all your flower photos... your orchid is lovely.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-86665072955764464182009-06-17T23:12:09.497-07:002009-06-17T23:12:09.497-07:00Funny post, Cheryl. I feel the same way about the ...Funny post, Cheryl. I feel the same way about the heat and always say I should live in Norway or someplace like that. (But I wouldn't say it in the winter.) Stay cool. Only three and a half months of summer to go.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-70984688238525349662009-06-17T07:12:05.441-07:002009-06-17T07:12:05.441-07:00So much to see in your garden. I wouldn't be a...So much to see in your garden. I wouldn't be able to stay in there with the lovely orchid, I'd have to get out there. <br /><br />My Esperanzas have buds, in the 'Texas plants' garden. I'm trying to hurry the Pride of Barbados, too. Coneflowers on the other hand are ready to be cut back for rebloom.Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-7462357101994550352009-06-16T19:57:23.638-07:002009-06-16T19:57:23.638-07:00Looks good. Our crepe myrtles suffered from the Ap...Looks good. Our crepe myrtles suffered from the April freeze, but they're coming back reasonably well. I love coneflowers, too. Great pics!Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440306286962105757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-36647880673191381342009-06-16T16:37:02.144-07:002009-06-16T16:37:02.144-07:00You have every right to bitch about the Austin wea...You have every right to bitch about the Austin weather, especially given the tough summer you all had last year. When I lived there I was about played out by August and ready to move to Canada. I think it's gotten worse since then. But your plants are looking good. Yes, coneflowers look like the flowers I used to draw as a kid!Dig, Grow, Compost, Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10111150807638669133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-3536642193973125932009-06-16T15:48:10.822-07:002009-06-16T15:48:10.822-07:00No, the Wordless Wednesday is not my creation...bu...No, the Wordless Wednesday is not my creation...but I love it:)ConsciousGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253940238405185012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-37047902481828012832009-06-16T15:15:45.915-07:002009-06-16T15:15:45.915-07:00You have a wonderful site.
I love what you said ...You have a wonderful site. <br /><br />I love what you said about the coneflowers. I always felt that way but didn't know how to describe it. You got it right on the nose.<br /><br />Is the Wordless Wednesday original to you? Beautiful toad.Marthahttp://www.gulfcoastgreenie.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-34601552345232493102009-06-16T15:09:15.990-07:002009-06-16T15:09:15.990-07:00What a beautiful orchid. It looks to me like you h...What a beautiful orchid. It looks to me like you have a lot blooming! I feel your pain regarding the heat -- we had '90's and high humidity here in NC last week. It's hard to get anything done in those conditions!sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-19450282406008080962009-06-16T13:15:06.445-07:002009-06-16T13:15:06.445-07:00Hi there, from a much cooler Scottish garden! It&#...Hi there, from a much cooler Scottish garden! It's always fascinating to see what's dying (sorry flowering) in gardens around the world ;-) Thanks for sharing your garden with us!<br /><br />Ah... I do so few house plants that I forgot to include my blooming Phalaenopsis. I love your collection of plants... you've just reminded me that I have a cone flower for this year too. I hope it survived the winter. Will need to go and take a look :-o<br /><br /><i>If you want to see what's growing in my part of Scotland at the moment my post is up now too if you would like to <a href="http://blog.shirlsgardenwatch.co.uk/2009/06/blooms-and-babies.html" title="GBBD June 2009" rel="nofollow"> visit</a>. I've some videos for this month :-D</i>Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956905954971466579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-88193394194824246932009-06-16T12:15:59.264-07:002009-06-16T12:15:59.264-07:00Great photos - I saw the Purple Cone Flowers at th...Great photos - I saw the Purple Cone Flowers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center last month but didn't know what they were called.Brad Castrohttp://www.real-austin-texas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467954833951005991.post-65004908650304106532009-06-16T12:01:27.685-07:002009-06-16T12:01:27.685-07:00beautiful! i wish my esperanzas would bloom! the...beautiful! i wish my esperanzas would bloom! the plant is doing great, super green and happy...but nary a bud on either the yellow bells or orange. i need to talk to them more maybe..;)<br /><br />your lovelies do not look starved for attention however..beautiful as always! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998862149005133518noreply@blogger.com