Last year was the first time @farm-mom grew Morning Glories. What a splendid flower.
These flowers grow on a climbing vine that can reach 15 feet. The flower is so very delicate. When it blossoms, it looks like this for just a day and by the next morning it's on it's way out.
A steady stream of between six and a dozen of these flowers come to life every morning.
The two of us were pleasantly surprised to see the vines produce flowers all summer long. With blue being my favorite color, this extraordinary blossom quickly became one of my favorite flowers.
With the seeds in hand it was time for me to get busy turning the bed.
I'm not sure how I didn't cut this, what ever it is, in half. Weird looking for sure with those yellow spots. It laid there and showed very little sign of life. It looked extra slime and there was no way I was going to pick it up. I scooped it up in the shovel. It seemed to be baking in the sun and I wanted to move it to a shady moist area. As I was transporting the darn thing, it came to life, trying to slither off of the shovel. I placed this strange creature under a root ball of a fallen tree.
With that excitement over, I got back to preparing the bed.
Last year we grew peas in this bed along with the Morning Glories. This year only the vines from this magical flower will be reaching for the heavens.
With that little project completed I knew it would not be long before the flower child was planting her seeds.
This perfectly flat piece of bluestone has made the rounds and I hope this new location will be its final resting spot. It makes a unique little table and has been adorned with flowers at every location.
#Natural #Resources are plentiful on the farm and with some serious hobbitizing rocks can be gathered and used for many projects. I will be using these large rocks that I set aside a few years ago to build the pedestals to support the bluestone.
It takes a little fenagling to set the stones so that they are level.
Robin's sunflowers should like this location. With eight/ten hours of sunlight a day working its magic, by the middle of July, these babies should be as tall as Robin.
Next project please, I'm raring to go!
After 2 -3 years of growing morning glories, you won't ever have to buy seed again. I've not planted them in 20 years, and every year they still come up....
I love your trellis idea! I needed to do something similar in 2 places this year. Not gotten done yet, but I can probably manage something simple like those.
Glad you are feeling better and back at your projects!
That's funny that you mention that we will not have to buy seeds once they get established. The bed we planted the seeds in this year was chockfull of MG and we expected them to come back this year. We waited and waited until I finally turned the bed. There was not a single sign of a root in the box. We were very disappointed as we were told that they were perennial.
I'm not sure what happened. We covered them with lots of hay at the end of last season to protect them from the temps that sometime drop below zero. Maybe it is just to cold for them to survive the winter in this region. 😥
The setup was pretty simple and very cheap!
I'm feeling great, thanks for your concern.
Morning glories are not perennial in the northeast to the best of my knowledge. it might be that you mulched the seeds and they couldn't find enough warmth to germinate. the bed here they come back in is an east facing bed, no mulch at all, except weeds.
Thanks for the info and for always getting back to me.
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Thanks for the very positive feedback, greatly appreciated.
Morning glory is also its name? It's good that I found out now. Because I have a neighbour that has this kind of plant and last month I ask some from her but told me only if there's new growth but until now I haven't heard from her maybe she just forgot. So tomorrow if I pass by their house I will remind her. Anyway thank you for reminding me @thebigsweed you're looking strong there and I love your garden it's beautiful and clean especially when you're done with that.
They sure are beautiful flowers, a welcomed addition too anyone's garden.
Sharing what you your neighbor has a bounty of is something that she probably just forgot. A gentle reminder would be the way to go.
Thanks for stopping by.
It's been a few days since I was reminded but then until now I still forgot to stop by their house. I'm very forgetful now 😞. This message reminds me so thank you again. I'm excited to add this to my garden and I'll let you know soon 😃.
Good luck!
Thank you.
Ese animal se llama salamandra moteada, que bueno quedó viva jajaja tremendo susto de ambos, será que se estaba haciendo el muerto para engañarte.
That animal is called spotted salamander, good thing it stayed alive hahaha what a scare for both of you, maybe it was playing dead to fool you.
Thanks for the name of the spotted salamander. It's the first time I've ever seen one. We have lots of salamanders around the property but not this kind.
Most often we will find them in our pond.
Thanks for stopping by.
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The flowers hanging at the corner of the deck are Begonias.
This type of flower does very well in our growing region.
Que bien
How nice
Good evening, I am just curious, and if I may ask, what kind of plant is in the hanging pot of this photo?
The flowers hanging at the corner of the deck are Begonias.
This type of flower does very well in our growing region.