New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

I PRAY THAT THE COMING YEAR WILL BE GOOD TO ALL OF YOU.

BE SAFE!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Happy Thanksgiving to all

"Thanksgiving" cactus

Fall Colors

Hickory trees across the street from our house.

Those leaves will wind up in our yard.

Aloe cactus (light green plant behind the bunch of daylily greenery.

Ed took all of it out yesterday.

Babies kept coming up from the roots-- all out into the grass.

I told him to get it out.

I had no idea it would multiply like it did.

Hickory trees turned overnight

Welcome

A non-native tree (yellow).

Japanese Fernleaf Maple

Gettin ready to lose it's leaves.

Orchid

Mushroom - looks like a fairytale


Gold mum

African violet

White Trumpet Flowering

It stands at about 5 ft tall

Cactus care

Easter Cactus:

Jan: Resting period

Feb-Mar: Pre-Flowering Period

Keep dryish and cool until flower buds form.
Then increase water and temperature.

Apr-May: Flowering Period
Water normally. Maintain a minimum temperature of 60 deg. F.

June-Aug: Outdoors: place in a shady spot, protect from slugs.

Sep-Dec: Resting Period
Keep cool (55deg F). The soil ball should be moist, but do not overwater.

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Christmas Cactus:

Jan: Flowering Period

Feb-Mar: Resting Period

Apr-May: Treat normally; water thoroughly when compost begins to dry out.

Jun-Aug: OUTDOORS
Place in a shady spot; protect from slugs.

Sep-Oct: Pre-flowering period
Keep dryish and cool until flower buds form.
Then increase water and temperature.

Nov-Dec: FLOWERING PERIOD
Water normally. Maintain a minimum temperature of 55 deg.F.

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Epiphyllum:

Jan-Feb: Resting Period
Keep cool (maximum temperature 50 deg.F)

Mar-Apr: Pre-flowering Period
Keep dryish and cool until flower buds form.
Then increase water and temperature.

May-Jun: Flowering Period
Water normally. Maintain a minimum temperature of 60 deg.F.

July-Aug: Outdoors
Place in a shady spot, protect from slugs.

Sep-Oct: Treat normally, water thoroughly when compost begins to dry out.

Nov-Dec: Resting Period

Enjoy your cacti!!

CHICKASAW FOUNDER'S DAY 2010

The Sheriff
Won the cake walk (Ed gave her the money to walk)

Cute boys-- wanted me to take their picture

The Chickasaw Garden Club sale of Mums & Pansies

Collard Patch

Angel Trumpet tree

Ed's collard patch

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Pinecone Ginger





That roadside weed that I love

In full bloom

Mums

Today's ride

I just had to get out and ride the neighborhood today (in my wheelchair).

I found the Garden Club's YOM down on 109 Ridgewood Dr. It's beautiful. They are having to water to keep it looking good.

I'm so fortunate that Ed put in a well and has plumbed the entire yard to auto water.
My mums aren't open yet-- but, soon.

These are some random pictures of flowers blooming along the way.

Beautiful day

Today was gorgeous! I spent a little time pulling that dang weed -- the "mimmosa" weed. Got out the Roundup and hit a few spots- a lot of violets coming up in the grass.
Be careful about where you plant violets. Pick off the dead blooms before they make seeds. They will spread into your grass and it'll be hard to get rid of them.
10/10/10

October

Well, this month has blown in! It has been the windy-est! Today was one of the windy-est days I can remember other than during huricane weather. It has brought some cold with it and I stayed inside all day after sticking my head out the door and testing the air.

Pictures

Purple Potato Vine

Wandering Jew

Lone Spider Lily

Water Hycinth

Flower Garden slowing down

The lipstick plant
Probably the last hurrah for the Orange Zinnia

Blooming Rosemary

Bougainvilla

Keep Saraland Beautiful Workshop

Ty Chandler introduces speakers

Ed

One of the organizers

James Miles

Today was another meeting of the KSB. I believe this makes two, about a year apart(?)

Ed and I were asked to speak-- me on flower garden, he on veggie garden. Jim Miles from Auburn Extension Agency was also a speaker. He was really informative. Enjoyed his talk.

Nice day

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!

Here is a picture of the dwarf maple tree that my daughter gave me while it was only about a foot tall:

On a gloomy rainy day

Achimenes

a lone Gerbera Daisy