mac Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 i thought basements by definition were cool, damp places? Depends on where the basement is located. Basements in Tampa or New Orleans would be warm and wet. Basements in northwestern New Mexico would be cool and dry. Basements in New Orleans are called indoor swimming pools. :'( 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 It isn't often that you see Iris in PA in mid-November but here they are! There is another bloom on the plant so I'm still expecting to see another flower. I've delayed giving my Iris their winter hair cut and I'm glad i did. I had 2 plants that rebloomed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 That's amazing--beautiful blooms. Must be the warmer weather we had for a while. I was bringing my outdoor potted plants into the garage for a few nights last week, but a couple of days ago I decided I'd have to let them go with the next cold snap--it's almost Thanksgiving, after all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Well, we're having record breaking heat in November here in Florida, so... it's still summertime. YAY! [/ sarcasm] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 LOL! Sorry Eric! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 The Canadians are hoarding winter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 The Canadians are hoarding winter. and parts of Colorado with up to a foot of snow and Interstate 70 closed. As far as I am concerned, they can keep hoarding it. Last winter, especially February and March were totally miserable. I don't want a repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Well, we're having record breaking heat in November here in Florida, so... it's still summertime. YAY! [/ sarcasm] Pop over for the weekend as we have had rain for ten days or so and the forecast is for gales and more torrential rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 The Canadians are hoarding winter. and parts of Colorado with up to a foot of snow and Interstate 70 closed. As far as I am concerned, they can keep hoarding it. Last winter, especially February and March were totally miserable. I don't want a repeat. Amen. I'm not sure I could take another winter like the last two, if for no other reason than I'll go broke buying bird food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Now if you want to see flowers, take a look at the Atacama desert after El Nino rains: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2015/oct/30/flowers-bloom-in-the-atacama-desert-in-pictures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Gorgeous. My nephew and his wife spent 5 years in Chile helping set up a company. I'll have to check a map and see how close or far they were from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Certainly are some beauties there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 Flowers or is a load of bull ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) Thought it was time for some more flowers. The view from my back door, which has half glass so I see this view door open or closed. A couple of steps from the door. A few more steps and past the greenhouse. Peony Perry's White papaver. Cost me £3 way back in 2000 brought down with me when I moved from Cumbria. Great value buy. A different peony. Past the poppys and peonys at the top of the steps leading to the lower garden. Raised strawberry bed with central fruit trees under construction. Wilderness tamed. It may only be a small strip this year but it does have purple balls in profusion. The goldfish pond. Shame the bamboo caught a virus and died this winter. To give you an idea this is what it looked like when I moved in a few years ago. Edited June 3, 2023 by abarbarian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 10/18/2015 at 11:28 AM, Cluttermagnet said: Tonight our first hard frost is expected, 31 degrees F. I brought in the Begonia and put it back in the dining room. May try some newspaper over a few of the plants out on the deck, but it's basically over for this season. I think I'll bring in all the planters with the Caladiums. Don't want frost to kill the bulbs. I'll let them die off and dry out thoroughty, then dig the bulbs up and store them in a cardboard box in the basement for spring planting. This past year featured entirely free Caladiums from bulbs saved from the previous year. Hope I can do it again. I'll try to make it a tradition... David Son of a gun- it's been seven years and that begonia is still alive and well in the dining room. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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