Even though my season isn't finished yet, I'm already preparing for next and I have tons of ideas and questions.

I planted some blueberry bushes a couple weeks ago and now I'm looking for a good spot to put my Blackberry (hopefully thornless) vines.

I'm going to transplant my strawberries this weekend, so I can actually get enough to make jam next year.

Anybody else doing anything? It's going to be a long winter, start planning now.

Just Dahlia

I'll maybe try that next year, I love Heinz and I can't imagine the reaction I'll get with home made ketchup. DH is still asking me about all the jars of chicken and beef stock.

I have a couple (a lot) of pictures, hopefully I'll get them in order from 'before' to 'after'
this is before of my lemon grass and area.
the second is after
the third is before (different angle)
the 4th is after

There doesn't look like that much of a difference, but believe me I was cutting and trimming for quite a while.

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Just Dahlia

But wait, theres more

This is before of the side crap I had to pull out, and re-do the sprinklers because the banana trees were blocking the water flow


After

This is my new 20 gallon, half buried compost bin that KUXJ and tick helped me decide on. Bought 20 worms at Wal-Mart and threw them in, don't see them any more. Might have to get more.

This is my pineapple top that I planted and it looks like it's doing pretty good.

KUXJ

Jd,

Just love what you've done to the place. You certainly have an eye for presentation.

Even though I see different uses for our property, I just hope I can come up to the caliber of gardening you display in yours.

In your second pix, are those two turquoise colored trees, palms? I can't tell from where I'm sitting......

And those banana trees

Looks like you found the perfect place for the compost bin, if you didn't drill holes for ventilation those worms are in there.

You definitely earned the "garden of the month" award.

Steve

Just Dahlia

Those are some palms that light up, I'll have to take a picture at night someday to show you. The whole back yard lights up

KUXJ

Another novel approach.
When I have Christmas lights up, I'll leave 'em up all year round, then on special occasions light 'em up to accent the mood.

They'll help when eddie comes to roost.

Just Dahlia

Monster storm today and this afternoon going into the night, my nice clean yard is now a big mess.
Lost a couple 100 lb pots with large trees and one might have cracked the concrete steps going down to the pool. One of my fake lighted palm trees is snapped in half and my white fence to keep the dogs away from the pool is down. My Dahlia is lying on the ground next to my wisteria tree and my pond is overflowing downhill towards the pool. Hopefully the fish are holding on to something.
I'll post the icky pics a little later.

The hammock is still hanging so Eddie is OK!

KUXJ

JD, are you, and the family (dogs too), the house, all right?
I hope so!

But, That does it!!!!

Even though I'd be chompin' at the bit to give a compliment......Hold me back eddie!!!!!

From now on to the end of time, I will not, EVER AGAIN, praise anyone on how nice their flowers, veggies, garden or lawn look.

My Mom warned me once, when I said something nice 'bout her 6year old Cybidium.....

Oh No, she said, you never praise another person's, "growing things" ,cause they'll end up dying.
I felt so bad a month later, I went, and got her a new one.

I feel just awful

Just Dahlia

We new the storm was coming, so it wasn't your praising and nothing died (that I know of) just broke a lot of things.

We are all OK and at the end I got a beautiful apology rainbow! It was a double, but the second part was faint. I'll post that pic too.





Looks root bound to me, maybe it was meant to be

Just Dahlia

If you look close you can see the second rainbow

firmbeliever

Couldnt rate you JDahlia,
but wow!!!
Love your grounds.


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