DOA In The Virtual Garden

How about an Oriental poppy, so beautiful and delicate as paper?

https://parkseed.com/harlem-oriental-poppy/p/47682/

If you like Christmas Cactus (and the variants) it's hard to find the colors you want, as local nurseries tend to sell them without much fanfare or selection.    Logee's Greenhouse to the rescue.

https://explore.logees.com/discover/christmas-cactus-holidays/



In the Conservatory, with the Houseplant Guru    https://www.facebook.com/HouseplantGuru/

I have come to love vining plants, but haven't tried a Black Eyed Susan type before.  The pink shades of this Blushing Black Eyed Susan Vine will change that.

https://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/black-eyed-susan-vine-blushing-susie-mixture.html

Remember that giant bean that could be a whole meal?  For alternate days, try a gigantic Cellobunch carrot.

https://www.stokeseeds.com/us/vegetables/carrot



From John Scheepers, the gorgeous peony type tulip Angelique.   I've grown it in the past and it is really lovely.

I haven't tried many asters over the years, I'm not sure why.  This Lady Coral Lavender Aster from Johnny's may be worth taking a chance on.

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/flowers/aster/lady-coral-lavender-china-aster-seed-3499.html?cgid=aster#start=1

DOA In The Garden : Quickshots

We discovered the bunnies have made their home under our shed.  One of the cats got under there last year and there's no way you can get a reluctant animal out, that we know.

I've been barricading my vegetable garden with chicken wire, hardware cloth panels, boards...anything at all to make it harder to get in and decimate the vegetables. 

One year I told my aunt the garden had been hit with everything that season but a plague of locusts.  I hope this isn't another such year.

I'm concentrating on re-doing the perennial garden of the yard, and it is looking pretty nice.  Rain tonight should make it even more lush.