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  1. RonsGarden

    What's the weather in your area? 2023 Edition

    Happy New Year Woodie!! Didn't get much snow yesterday...maybe an inch and a half! The winds shifted out of the west and the snow stopped and moved south by 1 pm.....The ground was too warm for it to stay around long but as the temp dropped things froze up... Woke to light flurries....just a...
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    What's the weather in your area? 2019 Edition

    We got the 1-2 inches of rain yesterday evening.....the temp hit 54 at 12:20 this morning ....then the winds rushed in....60+mph then the power went out.......didn't come back on until 2:10am! It was a very noisy beginning of the New Year, and certainly came in with a Bang! 37 and very calm...
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    What's the weather in your area? 2017 Edition

    HAPPY NEW YEAR 34F with fairly clear sunny skies...going up to 37.... Rained last night after a brutally windy day yeasterday..... Nothing in the forecast for today, and there are just a few patches of ice left..... Rain and mild for the next 2 days!
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    Killdeer in the garden!

    Here's some photos of my first run in with a pair of mated killdeer who decided my new cactus garden was perfect to make a nest!
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    Growing Cacti and Other Succulants in Wet Zones 5/6

    It is amazing how may species of cacti are winter hardy in my zone 5/6. The more I research the more I find! There are various species of agave, and iceplants that should do wonderfully in my well draining sandy soil! Here is a list of cacti and succulant seeds I'll be starting this year...
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    Hoping someone seen this large shrub!

    When I was in town today I noticed these interesting fruit hanging on a large shrub! The fruit is the size and color of a raspberry. Each cell is 5 or 6 sided. Rather then me doing the research I'm asking everyone here to give it a try!
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    hibiscus and mallow id needed!

    Ok Guys, I finally need some id help to identify that these two species are. The first one has velvet leaves and small yellow/pale orange blooms that are one inch wide. The seed case is interesting! The whole plant looks like it is probably an annual. The second one has heavily incised...
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    Christmas Fruit Cake

    Mrs, Smallwood's Christmas Cake! This is a Newfoundland recipe. 1 cup butter 2 cups brown sugar 2 eggs 2 cups raisins 1 cup currents 1 cup mixed peel of mixed fruit 1 cup red cherries 1 cup green cherries 1 tsp each of baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. (vanilla...
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    Walking Sticks

    I was looking over and doing some pruning of the Hazelnut bush when I found these two amorous Walking Sticks: The female is a good 8 inches all stretched out on the branch. The male is more then half the size of the female!
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    Fish Flies!

    Last evening I took these photos of fish flies that swarm around lights! We have a lamp by one of the sunroom windows that give us quite the display of the diversity of the insect life that comes from the lake during mating season which runs from early April until late October! There are...
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    Adenium Obesum seedlings

    Here they are Treva! I sowed them on July 28! Germination in 3 days!
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    Ron's Veggie Garden!

    It has been quite a few years since there was a veggie garden here! Here's what I'll be planting/sowing this year: Heirloom Radish 'German Giant' Radish 'Round Black Spanish' Lettuce~ Grand rapids looseleaf~and Romaine Tomato 'Bush Beefsteak' Zucchini 'Black Beauty' (one hill) Cucumber...
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    Cold Frames/Mini-Greenhouses

    Here's some pics of my coldframes/mini greenhouse using used windows and used wood! As I transplant my seedings they go into my frames to grow and harden off! I will not be planting them out for another couple of weeks....what the heck....I maybe planting them as I needed them over the next...
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    My Spring Bloomers

    When I rebuilt the rock garden I came across hundreds+ bsmall bulbs! I couldn't remember what they were since it has been a good 20 years since I planted any! So, I had to look them up! Some are Scilla siberica, but the majority are Puschkinia libanotica! I replanted them in a drift and look...
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    Viola 'Dancing Geisha'

    Here's a beauty I brought with me from the city! It is a Fanleaf Viola! It's doing great here growing in almost pure sand, in light shade!
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    Building a Framework for 4ft Growlights!

    I've been procrastinating about building a wood frame so |I can hang my grow-lights! I have so many species of perennials to start and the time to do so is in the next few weeks! The sunroom was the perfect spot for it! Its warm and bright and the grow lights will extend the amount of light...
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    Heres one for you Wes...

    Remember the tree I was trying to id....well, it is not a linden! It looks a bit like one but the leaves are smaller and the trunk is a shiney grey color. The spring flowers are a pail green and are not at all that noticeable. This year it developed fruit that are the size of a small pea and are...
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    Re-Landscaping Neglected Gardens on the North Shore of Lake Erie

    Heres the photos of how I redid some gardens I created over 30 years ago. They have been sadly neglected for the the last 15 years and became overgrown with various species of grasses, Oregano, small form Hosta, Soapwort, Milkweed, Wild Asters, Goldenrod and various species of annual weeds, and...
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    I---m Back!

    Hey everyone! A warm fuzzy hello to all my old friends and a warm welcome to all the new members who joined over the last couple of weeks during my absence! I finally got hooked up on a wireless network today! We are also hooked up with satillite for the T.V! Imagine not having a working tv...
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    Seeds I started this spring

    I am always on the look out for odd and unusual plants to work into my gardens. Here's a few photos of some rarely seen or hard to get perennials ideal for draught conditions and sandy soil. I purchase all these rare and hard to find from www.GardensNorth.com. 1/ Jovibarba ~ small rosette...


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