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Garden, Yard Talk

This year I’ve noticed I’ve got a patrol of blue dragon flies when I work in my garden and I think they are my mosquito body guards! They are my best new buddies. 😀 But it’s tough to get a meaningful image of them.

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Huntn said:
This year I’ve noticed I’ve got a patrol of blue dragon flies when I work in my garden and I think they are my mosquito body guards! They are my best new buddies. 😀 But it’s tough to get a meaningful image of them.

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lol. I thought what’s wrong with that image? Then I saw it said not yours!

A decent camera and macro lens is what you need.
 
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My iPhone is quite helpful, enough so that I can ditch my Plant Snap App. I’ve got an unusual plant growing in my wild flower bed. Always wonder if it is legitimate or an invader. Took A picture of it and used the built in plant IF capability. It produced an image with the exact flower and ID it as an Evening Primrose, with a yellow flower. This plant as it currently is, does not look impressive, slightly better than weed status.

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2 Days later, the bottom of this plant was stripped by caterpillars. Chems deployed. 😬
 
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Brought in from the yard, skeeters follow us in. This device is designed to eradicate them. It’s satisfying to hear a loud snap. Paid $35 for it.

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Brought in from the yard, skeeters follow us in....
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skeets! ack!

When I lived in Minnesota, those things made summer life miserable. Fortunately I lived within the metropolitan mosquito control district, which greatly reduced the problem
 
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After 5 years I was finally able to get my preferred grass seed, a mix of SR5130 Chewings Fine Fescue and Ruddy Strong Creeping Red Fescue. A lawn with nothing but Fine Fescue is not common. I did a partial renovation and over seeded two months ago and the lawn is starting to fill in and thicken. I mow under an inch long with a reel mower. My wife manages the garden beds and is the artist. My lawn is simply the frame.

From this morning.

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From June 4th.

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GrandCiel said:
After 5 years I was finally able to get my preferred grass seed, a mix of SR5130 Chewings Fine Fescue and Ruddy Strong Creeping Red Fescue. A lawn with nothing but Fine Fescue is not common. I did a partial renovation and over seeded two months ago and the lawn is starting to fill in and thicken. I mow under an inch long with a reel mower. My wife manages the garden beds and is the artist. My lawn is simply the frame.

From this morning.

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From June 4th.

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Wow. What a lawn. Where are the daisy's, clover and creeping Jenny? Oh and the moss!
 
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GrandCiel said:
A lawn with nothing but Fine Fescue is not common.
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When I lived back east we used a mix of Fescue and KY Bluegrass.

But then I hired a guy to mow my lawn and he brought in some bermuda or zoysia and it just made it look like crap. Fought for years to get rid of it.

But then I moved to AZ where they talk about maintenance free landscape. BS. I have watered more plants here than I ever did back east. Wife says once they make it a year they won't need as much watering. I'll believe it when I am not out watering.

Hope to get a break if monsoon season ever gets here.
 
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Wow. What a lawn. Where are the daisy's, clover and creeping Jenny? Oh and the moss!
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We might have a small patch of creeping Jenny in the front SE corner garden but no Daisies and no clover on purpose. My wife goes for more of a hosta, tree, shrub style. With all the trees and shade moss is inevitable but I manage to keep it under control Dawn dish soap is surprisingly useful.

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Macky-Mac said:
there were many things I liked about Minnesota, but the weather drove me out....permanently
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I adapted, but left because my wife threatened me. 😉Actually because I was retiring, after a life of following me around, she wanted to be closer to her family In Texas. Ironically after her Father passed, and she can’t stand her mother, we see very little of the family. I’m good with that, but still miss Minnesota.🤔
 
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It’s so green there, must be up North somewhere. 🤔
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Seattle/Tacoma area, Western Washington. Summers in the PNW are amazing. Today, the longest day of the year is 17.3 hours with a forecasted high of 85 degrees F. A bit warmer than normal but it had been cooler than normal.
 
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I miss Minnesota
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As do I. Heading downwind in a M16 Scow on Lake Minnetonka with the spinnaker full. Hitting a wave, leaving the water and going air born. A Minnesota blizzard is just the mosquitoes laying their eggs for the summer.
 
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Getting a few things out of the garden despite the drought. We tried a new variety of tomato this year called Ox Heart which are the bigger pinker color ones in the basket, it will be a standard for us now, it is very tasty.


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What about furniture? What kind do you have in your garden? Rattan, wood, simple plastic?
We want to buy a rattan set. Something like this one. Any downsides to rattan?
 
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