Just for effect, before showing you the latest picture of my mammoth sunflowers, belatedly planted near the end of June, here’s the recap:
June 14th – Finally! One project done – 14 million left to go!June 28th – Lookin’ good – get tall, fast – okay?July 17th – I swear they’ve grown a foot the past four daysSeptember 4th – Next time, won’t slope the bed quite so sharply.
I planted the Mammoth and the Red – I believe the reds do not usually get so tall, but this area does not get full sun until nearly 11:00am – though they receive a full 6+ hours, I wonder if part of their tallness is due to reaching for the sun they are sure is there, just beyond the peak!
Thank you – time flew while slaving in the heat and I did not realize I had been silent for so long! Rest assured, my writing mind was still going 90 miles a minute while engaged in manual labor! LOL Looking forward to getting caught up on my reading here soon! 🙂
You see the sagging temporary fence I put up to keep Oakley, the wonder dog, from burrowing out a little cooling spot for herself in – she out foxed me and merely walks like an elegant ballerina along the back retaining block wall, then politely nestles between the stalks – She did, however, politely wait until they were old enough to handle such company! 🙂
where there is a will, there is a way! I just put some chicken wire fencing around a couple of bushes. If that works, I will go further and fence off some flowers.
I can’t wait to get my western screens planted early next year! My kitchen is on the west side, is an add-on to the original 1913 built house and not as well insulated – meaning, in summer, I actually own Hell’s Kitchen!
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wow pretty!!
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🙂 Thanks!
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Beautiful screen! 🙂
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🙂 I long for a living cocoon to stroll about! 🙂
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ha… must be Russian Giant variety
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I planted the Mammoth and the Red – I believe the reds do not usually get so tall, but this area does not get full sun until nearly 11:00am – though they receive a full 6+ hours, I wonder if part of their tallness is due to reaching for the sun they are sure is there, just beyond the peak!
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makes sense..oh and welcome back!!
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Thank you – time flew while slaving in the heat and I did not realize I had been silent for so long! Rest assured, my writing mind was still going 90 miles a minute while engaged in manual labor! LOL Looking forward to getting caught up on my reading here soon! 🙂
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very pretty! I planted sunflowers, too, but the deer keep them trimmed (ie no flowers) for me. Next year, a fence, I guess.
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You see the sagging temporary fence I put up to keep Oakley, the wonder dog, from burrowing out a little cooling spot for herself in – she out foxed me and merely walks like an elegant ballerina along the back retaining block wall, then politely nestles between the stalks – She did, however, politely wait until they were old enough to handle such company! 🙂
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where there is a will, there is a way! I just put some chicken wire fencing around a couple of bushes. If that works, I will go further and fence off some flowers.
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lovely progress, I adore Sunflowers!
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I can’t wait to get my western screens planted early next year! My kitchen is on the west side, is an add-on to the original 1913 built house and not as well insulated – meaning, in summer, I actually own Hell’s Kitchen!
🙂
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