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What a wonderful pic, Cinda! That would look really good framed and hanging on my wall.

He looks like he is floating above the others.

Say cheese..Susie style 😻

Tarev ~ So cute!

Tarev, she hasn't been missing many meals! Here's my datura, which bloomed Saturday night, the blooms stay until around 10:00 am the next morning. They smell wonderful. I thought I had the double purple, it turned out I had the same white one as last year.

I started some from seed that I got from a Texas neighbor. They didn't germinate while we were still there so I brought the seeds home, and threw a bunch in a hanging pot. I think I have 7. I should pot them up soon. I'll probably take a couple back with me in November when we go back and plant them on our property. These seeds were from a purple/white bush.

Now daturas are annuals, they don't live past the first freeze. If you're wanting a perennial, then brugmansias would be your style. Some folks think this white datura is a perennial, but what happens is that they set seeds that fall to the ground and come up in the same place every year.

The white daturas are hardy in my region; they die back but resprout from the same root (tuber?) the following year and also sprout liberally from seeds. The roots increase in size very quickly. As pretty as they are, I consider them weeds and treat them accordingly.

Well, in your part of the world they are probably weeds, and ranchers don't want their cattle eating them because they are poisonous. Sometimes they live through the winter here, most times they don't.
The indigenous people are allowed to use it as a medicine plant. They can use mescaline, too.

I was wondering if they are better adapted to arid climates. There is another horrible Solanum species known as Silverleaf nightshade that is crazy invasive here and terribly poisonous to cattle. Much smaller, but it packs a punch and is impervious to regular insecticides, so it's one of the weeds that farmers spray with Grazon etc — the stuff that gets expelled intact, still poisonous, in livestock manure.

They might be. I think the majority of the native ones originate in the Southwest. It would be a good thing to investigate.

Everyone posted such beautiful pictures! This is a picture of one of my chickens enjoying a watermelon

VACountryGirl said: Everyone posted such beautiful pictures! This is a picture of one of my chickens enjoying a watermelon

Good one...
Here's one of my cats eating a watermelon:

Didn't know cats liked watermelon

My dog will eat watermelon If... I slice it and hold it for her

Yeah... "barn cats" are versatile...
They pick squash and carry it up to the house... They eat turnips and kale... beans on the vine...tomatoes, cucumbers, cantelope... Even wild mushrooms...
Sweet potatoes, corn, even idaho potatoes...

There's a reason they can go feral easily.

Stone, your cats eat just about anything! One of my cats loves people food, but she turns up her nose at fruit, she prefers meat and potatoes.
The cosmos and zinnias are finally looking good.

My lantana loves the heat.

Going to be a hot one here today so sending a shady cool photo

Furry feline succulents..

Or succulent felines...

So sweet!