HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW ???

[susieq]

Was trying to upload pics of 'study' and becoming impatient with camera programme decided to go out into the garden and 'cool off'   On going into the garden relised what a mess it was in and thought I should do something about it before it became a jungle with all 'terrible things in it'

So here is the 'mess'

Hopefully, there will more pictures of a 'tidier' mess soon

[Queen Bee]

Sue, I don't see any picture?

[susieq]

Yeah Rachel I know:(  I have probs with the digi-cam software I have, so have sent them to Denis to upload for me...so shouldn't be long.......Hopefully can soon work it  out

[susieq]

Aha!!! Now I'll go again!!!!

Hpoefully I don't have doubles.....

[12noon]

I would love to have a nice garden, but i'm not that good with plants, so my garden is totally concrete.

[marjorie]

You can always have fake plants. They're not as beautiful as a real garden thou.

[Queen Bee]

Very interesting garden you have there, Sue!

You can always have fake plants. They're not as beautiful as a real garden thou.

I tried to get my family to consider this at one point. No one seems to want to put the energy into taking care of our plants (I think it's a bad combination of lack of time, lack of gardening skills, and lack of care), so I recommended that we put in fake ones instead. I think you can spray them down with hairspray to keep them fresher looking for longer periods of time, but I know they don't have nearly as nice a look as real garden plants.

You still have to deal with weeds though, even with fake plants... Unless they are all potted in styrofoam or something.

One of these days I'm going to have a nice garden of my own... Because I'll make sure I have enough time and resources to take care of it. It's hard to take care of a garden and juggle school and work at the same time.

[SensoVision]

Sue, it seems you have nice garden, especially my girl and me are jaleous about your pavement
After our family have moved from other city to Kerch we don't have garden and I've missed it a bit... I even try to grow some vegitables and flowers but it was hard to take care of it so I've stop my gardening experience after some time...
But I'm lucky because my girl have a garden where I can help her
Here some pictures of it:
Garden in September - this one was taken yesterday
Red Rose - another photo of other rose bush.
others pictures were made around month ago or so.

Rachel, and others who don't have time for caring about garden but wish to have some green space around you, why don't you plant something form these plants:
rose bush, cactuses, ipomea, clematis, sunflowers, biola and many others. All these flowers was only once watered when was seeded, and maybe while they are small, but after this all of them are growing themselves(we don't have a lot of rains here, this summer there was maybe 7 rains and 2 or 3 are heave ones)

[rosie]

Lovely gardens! I saw this title yesterday and somehow lost it before I looked at the thread. I do have a small garden but di hno gardening this summer. Too busy working on my auction and I did some anitique shows. I will hve to check back here  looking for some more garden pics![/color][/b/][/color]

[SensoVision]

Rosie, I know you had a gaden, why don't you share some photos made there? Maybe you can also recommend some plants which could grow in US climate without attention from the owner

[rosie]

LOL! Denis My garden is pretty awful at this time! Maybe in the spring lol! I have been meaning to get out and do some yard work before the fall weather gets too bad ,but the picture is not pretty! 

And this to Suzi...


When I bought my new computer my camera did not work with the software it came with anymore. I called HP and they sent me a cd that works with XP...[/blue]

[susieq]

Rosie,

And this to Suzi...


When I bought my new computer my camera did not work with the software it came with anymore. I called HP and they sent me a cd that works with XP...

I appreciate your information......thankyou

[Queen Bee]

Rachel, and others who don't have time for caring about garden but wish to have some green space around you, why don't you plant something form these plants:
rose bush, cactuses, ipomea, clematis, sunflowers, biola and many others. All these flowers was only once watered when was seeded, and maybe while they are small, but after this all of them are growing themselves(we don't have a lot of rains here, this summer there was maybe 7 rains and 2 or 3 are heave ones)

Thanks for the recommendation! Now if I could just get my family to plant them. I don't have enough time or I'd do it myself (Believe me)...

[susieq]

Denis, seems like you have a nice garden from your girl-friends' place to spend time in Maybe too, this helps you feel better, if ever you get fed up.....Nature can do some wonderful things

I am waiting for my Canna Lillies to open then I can make some more pics....of before they open and afterwards in bloom.....

[susieq]

OK, here are the Lillies (Irisis) through the different stages....Sorry about the length of time from beginning to bud to flower, was over a month.....