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Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 10:09 am
by MissS
This is a great thread with beautiful pics. Keep up the good work.

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 11:17 am
by RIPGaryColeman
Ginger2778 wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 6:23 am Just wonderful, gorgeous! Amazingly good detail on the photos too.
Thanks Marsha, daily reward seeing all the stripey things that visit.

My phone is from the dark side of the force, a Huawei.

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 11:17 am
by RIPGaryColeman
MissS wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 10:09 am This is a great thread with beautiful pics. Keep up the good work.
Gracias!

Sin duda son de mis favoritos.

Pollen boots

Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 11:20 am
by RIPGaryColeman
Boots here isn't that friendly, treated me as if I was a paparazzo on a motorcycle snapping pics.
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Face buried the whole time
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Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 12:21 pm
by RIPGaryColeman
MissS wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 10:09 am This is a great thread with beautiful pics. Keep up the good work.
Thank U!

Different types

Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 1:46 pm
by RIPGaryColeman
Today I was able to photograph these guys. Two different hornets and 3 types of butterflies showed up too, camera shy.


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Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 9:58 pm
by Ginger2778
Those close ups are stunning!

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 8:28 am
by PlainJane
Wow! Love the pictures!

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 10:18 am
by RIPGaryColeman
Ginger2778 wrote: Sat May 23, 2020 9:58 pm Those close ups are stunning!
Thanks Marsha.

Viva Huawei

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 10:18 am
by RIPGaryColeman
PlainJane wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 8:28 am Wow! Love the pictures!
Thanks. Ill keep em coming

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:53 pm
by bower
Sweeet! :D Bee faces are so cute. ;)

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 8:32 pm
by RIPGaryColeman
Bower wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 7:53 pm Sweeet! :D Bee faces are so cute. ;)
I like them too. Especially when they wear Hasselhoff Knight Rider sunglasses.

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 9:03 pm
by bower
Bumblebee Watch has a place you can submit photos and try to key out your bee - the key is very cool and fun to do, but you realize that you really need several pics to get important features - including the face!! And the Knight Riders. 8-)

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 10:10 am
by RIPGaryColeman
Bower wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 9:03 pm Bumblebee Watch has a place you can submit photos and try to key out your bee - the key is very cool and fun to do, but you realize that you really need several pics to get important features - including the face!! And the Knight Riders. 8-)
I've got plenty of pics, I'll give it a whirl. Thanks for the info.
Happy to see a few species interacting and working the flowers

Two more bees, everyone has boots now

Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 10:12 am
by RIPGaryColeman
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And yesterday's visitor
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Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 12:24 pm
by bower
Mmmm, forgot to mention your flowers are also GORGEOUS. No wonder the bees are happy. And your pics are superb. :)

Re: Jardín 2020

Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 1:19 am
by RIPGaryColeman
Bower wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 12:24 pm Mmmm, forgot to mention your flowers are also GORGEOUS. No wonder the bees are happy. And your pics are superb. :)
Many many thanks! I equate boots with happy bees.

Other garden pics, RIP Manola

Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 1:29 am
by RIPGaryColeman
Lemons are happy. Still lots of growth to be had. Tossed a generous amount of Yara triple 15.
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7 grow bags on tubes with young cukes, protected from my dogs, as young cukes and young corn are their favorite.

3 more grow bags will be sowed in 2 weeks.
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Had to bury the matriarch of my Guinea pig colony. 4 great years. Bottom rock is hers, top one is the patriarch (in ground about 5 months ago). 3 males and 1 female left.
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A few trickling in

Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 12:58 pm
by RIPGaryColeman
These are from the 2nd garden.

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There were quite a few Green Tigers as well, they never seem to make it out.

My saved Koroleva seed appear to be a F1 with an unknown black.

The first of the Elgin Pink x Anna Maria's Heart fruit are appearing. Saved seed will be F4. Hopefully I can get to F6 by Thanksgiving/Xmas.

I'm encouraged by a few of them , especially one plant that has practically no suckers, somewhat wispy and is TSWV strong. Placed as a forlorn hope, some have endured the combination of TSWV and benign neglect.



Another plant is generous with suckers and inflorescences as well, has set a lot of fruit, large pretty hearts. TSWV strong too.

The others are their usual selves, Mt Magic (great saladette) especially generous this year.

Two specimens

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:54 pm
by RIPGaryColeman
Waiting a few more days to deseed and BLT these two. I hope they have minimal seed like their parents, and taste just as good.
The one on the left was in the previous post.
Alpha 2 plant, in the face of adverse conditions, had over a dozen tomatoes growing on it. So I really hope the flavor is there.
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