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[Evo]

Dang larkspur, those are pretty. The white lily is my favorite.

 

[Astronuc]

Stunning pictures, Larkspur!

I see Turbo has revved up, too!

That is a really cool picture by Monique! Interesting perspective.

And neutrinos entries are really cool!

Great work everyone!

 

[neutrino]

Dang larkspur, those are pretty. The white lily is my favorite.

Ditto.

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[turbo]

Here's another one of my apple-blossom pictures. I liked the softness and shallow D.O.F. of the one in the contest better, so this one missed the cut.

 

[sara_87]

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/5272/abcd0001sh4.jpg

a pic of some of my flowers from valentine's day... fuzzy because i took the pic with my phone

 

[larkspur]

Fibonacci sequence

The sunflowers are blooming in the field at the wildlife preserve. Decided to take a picture last weekend. I think it is my second favorite flower...behind larkspur.

 

[FredGarvin]

Trying to keep up with a 14 month old has thrown my digital photos into serious disarray for this year. Here are a couple I have straightened around.

Here's part of our grove of 4 O'clocks:
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8799/4oclocks1rq3.jpg

This is one of my favorites...Solomon's Seal with a Japanese Painted Fern underneath it:
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5336/solsealfernxt5.jpg

This is one of our Lilly beds. There are about 12 different types in this bed alone:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6747/lillybed071tb2.jpg

EDIT: Damn. That's the last time I let Image Shack resize the photos for me.

 

[turbo]

I don't know what this flowering bush is, but my wife got a little piece from one of her sisters, and it's getting some interesting-looking flowers.

 

[larkspur]

Looks like Astilbe.

 

[larkspur]

Trying to keep up with a 14 month old has thrown my digital photos into serious disarray for this year. Here are a couple I have straightened around.

Here's part of our grove of 4 O'clocks:
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8799/4oclocks1rq3.jpg

This is one of my favorites...Solomon's Seal with a Japanese Painted Fern underneath it:
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5336/solsealfernxt5.jpg

This is one of our Lilly beds. There are about 12 different types in this bed alone:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6747/lillybed071tb2.jpg

EDIT: Damn. That's the last time I let Image Shack resize the photos for me.

You have a beautiful yard Fred.

 

[Astronuc]

You have a beautiful yard Fred.

I concur with larkspur. Very nice garden Fred!

 

[FredGarvin]

Thanks guys. It's only a portion. We have had to lay low this year due to the little one. We do like working outside though. I'll post a couple more pics.

Now if I could only take pictures of my yard as well as Larkspur does...

 

[Evo]

Beautiful garden Fred!

 

[FredGarvin]

Some of the Coleus:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8608/coleusjb6.jpg

Purple Cone Flower:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4553/purplecone1smga8.jpg

Here's our "island" with waterfall:
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/7836/waterfall1smns3.jpg

 

[turbo]

Damn, Fred! You've invested a great deal of effort into this. My wife and I tend to spend all our effort growing vegetables so we can beat back the food bill. Very pretty!

 

[Evo]

I love the waterfall.

 

[Astronuc]

Thanks guys. It's only a portion. We have had to lay low this year due to the little one. We do like working outside though. I'll post a couple more pics.

Nice backyard! Nice waterfall!

Now if I could only take pictures of my yard as well as Larkspur does...

You did.

 

[FredGarvin]

Thanks again guys! The waterfall is a lot of work, but the sounds are worth it.

Turbo, we would love to grow some veggies. As luck would have it, we have only a very small portion of our yard that gets the required sunlight. There are a couple that I would really like to try growing. So, we mooch off of our neighbors that grow them!

 

[turbo]

Here's our garden, Fred. There are some black-eyed Susans on the bank in the background, but most of the flowers we have are blossoms of beans, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. Canning season has already started (Dilly Beans yesterday) and I just had a fresh cucumber-on-rye sandwich for breakfast. Mmmm!

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1388828&postcount=392

 

[FredGarvin]

Holy mackerel! That's quite the spread. We definitely do not have that kind of room. You certainly don't have to fight to get sunlight there!

I would love to grow my own cukes. I love cucumber and hummus on a pita.

 

[turbo]

Holy mackerel! That's quite the spread. We definitely do not have that kind of room. You certainly don't have to fight to get sunlight there!

Nope. The whole garden gets full sun for most of the day, and with the organic materials I've been adding, that garden (a little over 1800 ft²) keeps us canning and freezing all summer and fall. We have two chest freezers, and by October they'll both be chock-full again.

I would love to grow my own cukes. I love cucumber and hummus on a pita.

My wife likes sandwiches like that too. I'm not all that fond of chick-pea hummus, but my wife makes a hummus from canned black beans, with some lemon and some food-processed hot peppers that is to die for. I'll make sandwiches from any vegetables (radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc) with that spread or just use it for a dip with crackers or corn chips.

 

[FredGarvin]

My wife likes sandwiches like that too. I'm not all that fond of chick-pea hummus, but my wife makes a hummus from canned black beans, with some lemon and some food-processed hot peppers that is to die for. I'll make sandwiches from any vegetables (radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc) with that spread or just use it for a dip with crackers or corn chips.

That sounds really good. I have never heard of hummus made from anything but chickpeas. I'll have to see if I can find anything like that around me.

 

[turbo]

Here's one that looks close to my wife's concoction, though she always throws a fresh (or frozen) hot chili pepper into the food processor.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Black-Bean-Hummus/Detail.aspx

 

[turbo]

OK, time to kick-start this thread with a VERY interesting flower. I planted some birdhouse-gourd seeds a month or so ago expecting that their blossoms would look like pumpkin or squash blossoms. Nope! The petals have little transparent window-panes in them.

Surprise again! I went out on the deck a couple of hours after I took the first picture to look at the blossoms, and the same blossom that I photographed earlier looks like this.

Which explains why the blossom that I expected to be opening was NOT opening.

Apparently (and I'm not sure of this - horticulture major, anyone?) when the gourd blossoms are pollinated, the petals fold up tightly to protect the fertilized sexual organs.

This plant exhibits some complex behavior on the time-scale of hours/days. If you have young children/grandchildren that you'd like to get interested in horticulture/gardening, this is a wonderful plant to grow. As an added bonus, during their winter vacations (after the gourds are fully dried), they get to transform them into birdhouses. Scrape and sand the gourds, drill/cut entrance holes, drill some drainage holes in the bottom of the gourds, paint or shellac them (kids would probably love the chance to decorate them with paints) and hang the gourds in branches where the wind can make them sway. Swallows and martins especially like birdhouses that sway and rock with the wind. If you like to garden and hate insecticides, these birds are your best friends.

 

[larkspur]

Roses

Mine are still blooming, but I took these shots this Summer.

 

[turbo]

Mine are still blooming, but I took these shots this Summer.

Gorgeos, larkspur! As always.

 

[larkspur]

Gorgeos, larkspur! As always.

Thanks Turbo. I saw a photo of a rose reflection on a photo website so I thought I would try it. I still didn't get it to look like I wanted.

 

[larkspur]

This is for the Texans out there

Playing around with the macro lens.

 

[rewebster]

I think that's the best one----absolutely great--larkspur

 

[larkspur]

I think that's the best one----absolutely great--larkspur

Thanks rewebster!