Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Growing Cotton…

Can’t believe I’ve never tried growing cotton, this is a wonderful plant!!

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The bud

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The flower opens a creamy white

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Then turns this gorgeous pink, falls off and I guess starts producing the seed inside the cotton.  Free cotton balls for me, I’ll post a picture when it’s ready and I will grow the cotton plant again!!!

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Another favorite is my buttercrunch lettuce as it goes to seed, I love these little flowers, and yes they do reseed themselves.

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With the perennial geranium in the background ~ so pretty.

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Butterfly visitor

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xoShawn

Pool to Pond

We took down the pool a couple years ago and this spring started on the pond project, we’re getting there and loving it except for all the work!!

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We already have (goldfish of course) and three kinds of frogs visiting on their own and tadpoles, guess our little ecosystem is working and it’s only been a couple weeks since we finished filling the pond.  We are using a biological filter so it will probably take a few weeks for the algae to clear.

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The lotus, oh I love this plant and have been having fun water gardening.

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Enjoying peppers and onions from the garden with sausage cooked on the grill…yum

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And our favorite tomato salad with Italian bread.

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xo Shawn