62°/76°/53°
Partly sunny. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Gene,
Very good news for California. Some is bettter than none.

Jim,
Frostunia's would be nice, lol!

Jeanne,
No iris bores? You'll know when the leaves look striped and watery. The tiny caterpillar will be huge by the time it reaches the tuber. I like bugs, worms excetra, but the iris borer is the ugliest most disgusting thing!
Your tubers look healthy enough. How long have you had the beds of iris? Maybe you don't have them yet.

http://www.irisgarden.org/bore...

Cindy,
I used to have the tall dahlias and I loved them. Storing the huge tubers was another story since I don't have a basement.

Good morning. Currently 64F and hazy, heading to 75F today. Slept with open windows and it will be a great day to be outdoors. May get some rain showers this evening though and the wind is supposed to switch coming out of the north so big cool down.
Sally - I did try saving dahlia tubers a couple of years back - my first experience. But it didn't turn out well. I just start mine from seed every year. Only tubers I save over winter are canna and ornamental sweet potatoes.

77 and 64 . 72 now I have had a lot of dig and store bulb plants ,
A few years ,

Trouble storing , trouble being where i needed to be , now not , but I love them
Everbody's got the grumpy's around here today ,

74 and sunny. Putting stuff in for winter. Tilling in garden compost.

Jim - sorry about the grumpies.
I made a Dutch baby for breakfast with first-timer's success. Yummy with powdered sugar and a sprinkle of lemon juice. Speaking of...I have a couple of lemons that are starting to ripen on my two trees. Thinking of making lemon curd with them - that way I can spread it on anything.

Cindy , Every two or three weekends I seem to say that ,way it happens around here ,
Your treats sound as sweet as a Diabetic coma
I am cleaning and playing I awakened with everyone griping and a slightly sore back , usual though , every so often , If everyone wasn't gripping and I was not a little sore once in a while , I would wonder what happened

77 degrees glad the wind is blowing because it would be hot in the garage ,

Wonderful day out today. Though i didn't get a chance to work in the garden like I wanted to. Had a nice lily bulb sent to me from a friend on Thursday, then a few more showed up today.

Is that one bulb?

Yes. One bulb Ginny. It's ready to be divided though. But it was a surprise to see!

Just had dinner with my grandpa and his wife. He turns 80 in a few days. Looks and acts like he's 60 though. Ate chili then an ice cream cake which had my dad and I both shivering while my mom just looked at us like we were nuts.

That's huge Dave. Is it a Lily? Amanda too funny.

Great weather for working outside and find these












Added compost and tilled the new veggie garden.

Then I added one stone and moved three to make the walkway to the backyard safer. Added ground cover between stones.

Ginny you are correct. It's a lily bulb going in tomorrow with the other new arrivals

56°/59°/45°
Mostly cloudy. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Cindy,
Seriously? They grow that quickly from seed?
Lemons? How lucky are you!

Jim,
I'm sorry everyone was grumpy. I hope today is a better day.
Smiling, at least there is a pattern to the grumpies.

Dave,
NICE bunch of lily bulbs!

Pepper,
Awesome that your Grandpa is so young! My Dad is 87 and still gets around.
Laughing! I got goosebumps just thinking about ice cream.

Ginny,
Cute imaginative pumpkins, ADORABLE bunch of grandkids!
So many blooms! Mine are all gone except for couple of reblooming small iris.

We ran to DD's yesterday to see the boys little mini bikes they just got. They have a big back yard to ride them in and DD mowed them a track. Oldest grandson is reserved. Second grandson is more of a take the bumps as they come. Pictures are still in the camera.

My Dahlias from 2006

This misting rainy crap is ruining my gardening plans

Good morning. Currently 55F with some wind and sun breaking through clouds that gave us light rain overnight. Heading to only 57F today and 41F tonight. Silly electronic devices - clocks - automatically changing for daylight savings time this morning - the old schedule. Woke up at what I thought was 6:30 and thought it was awfully light outside. Turns out it was really 7:30.
Jim - the Dutch baby is only as sweet as what you put on it since no sugar goes into the batter. And a little lemon curd goes a long way. My family is very keen on lemon anything and it really brightens up winter days.
Ginny - nice pics! What a treat at this time of year.
Sally - I start Dahlia seeds early indoors. They're not ready to start blooming until June (depending on weather). More reliable than "iffy" tuber storage over winter for me.

64 a while ago 62 now rain for this afternoon

Ginny , really nice garden photo's , The single pink an Anemone ?


Hey Sally , Grumpies come and go , Really nice Dahlia , i grew them for a while ,

Dave ,this time of year here rain or constant mist holds back a bunch goings on ,

Cindy , Lemon flavoring is good if you can do that ,, ( I am the or splenda the cooking type in unsweetened apple juice a little starch for thickening , is my best unsweetened syrup ,
Perennial Sunflower sprout


Dogwood leaf


Kitty says: I don't care what raccoons or squirrels say , It's Mine !!!

Jim single pink is a shrub rose All the Rage. The large single pink is Geandmas Blessing rose and tiny purple bell is an allium. This is my anemone



Great pics too and gotta love the cat

Dave I'm thinking I want yesterday's weather back!!

Pretty Ginny , Very nice

Squirrels and Raccoons got to be too Much ,, Kitty called for Help


These will bloom another week or two here Warm season is incredible

We all wanted a long fall. Looks like we're getting it. Grass seed has sprouted where the trees were removed and hoping those freezing temps hold off a little longer.
Sally - those dahlias are huge! Are those from over-wintered tubers?
Jim - did you start your baby dogwood from seed? Nice! Was looking forward to the fruits on my Kousa dogwood but I think they all fell off when we had that warm, dry spell back in the late spring.