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Late winter walk

Post by lucky1 » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:38 am

A few pics to celebrate sun and disappearing snow.

Wildlife has been busy this winter:

Vole/mice tunnels, as though snow-killed grass isn't enough:
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Squirrel caches all over the place, always on N side of trees:

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eeeeuw, box elder bugs tanning:

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Lots of evergreen needle litter from winter storms:

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Free fertilizer everywhere, but I'll spare you the piles of dog poop.

goose poop:
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deer poop:
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Wildlife always bring Opuntia pads off the hills:
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Little pond free of ice, complete with dead plants from last year:
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Big pond starting to thaw:
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Plants in the cold building aren't getting much light with a higher sun, will need to be outside soon:
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Pomegranate buds swelling:
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The dog must've knocked over this Adenium obesum :cry: it's toast:

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Y.rostratas are now enjoying the warm-up:
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A peek inside the vent of one of the Washy tents shows Rip Van Winkle variety: :lol:
That's the new spear coming...after 4 months maybe he needs to shave.

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Found a spot behind trees where there's still enough snow to cool off:

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Have some plans this year...first, to get rid of this awful juniper and maybe plant the little T.tesan and a T.princeps instead:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/8512917179/" title="003 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8379/8512 ... 5085_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="003"></a>

Also plan to tear out this juniper in H's "gravel area"...might be a good place for C.humilis, Nannorrhops arabica, and two potted yuccas:
No easy task, as H always puts landscape fabric under the gravel...a real pain if you want to plant anything.
Wonder if he'll notice (ahem).

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/8512902319/" title="008 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8512 ... 007a_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="008"></a>

Star Magnolia buds swelling:

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Spring...ah come on!!!!! :wink:

Barb


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Post by Beny » Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:42 pm

HA, lucky guy...will need a lots of warm days to melt all that snow we got this winter :(

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Post by hardyjim » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:27 pm

Nice deer scones,thanks for sharing that :shock:

We have had a lot of snow here lately...6"+last week and a foot in the past few days-
luckily it is melting almost as fast as it's coming down!
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Post by sidpook » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:47 pm

looks great Barb!!! :o
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Post by lucky1 » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:05 pm

Nice deer scones,thanks for sharing that
I spared you the dog poop.
Not much else to show this time of year :lol:

Glad the awful weather back east is disappearing fast.

Beny's piles of snow might take a bit longer. :|

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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:58 pm

Holy cow! Barb, your weather this year is nice and warm! Thanks for sharing with!
I have about 1 m of snow in my garden. It will be melting until the end of March... Crazy winter left behind anyway.
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:06 am

1 m of snow in my garden.
There are benefits though.
I bet you don't have water restrictions in summer, Igor.
Or have to pay through the nose for every drop of water from the tap. :?

It's spring in your greenhouse! :D
Hope you have no snow soon.

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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:48 am

great photos Barb. It's nice to see the signs of spring coming. Your Y. rostratas look great! :D
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:09 am

Thanks Tim.

I'm thrilled with how much they've grown in a few short years.

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Post by DesertZone » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:41 am

TimMAz6 wrote:great photos Barb. It's nice to see the signs of spring coming. Your Y. rostratas look great! :D
I agree, with all that winter help those rostratas will be getting big! :D
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:34 pm

those rostratas will be getting big!
I'm gonna hold you guys to that! :wink:
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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:13 pm

Hi Barb,

did you notice any plant damage from the voles? I hate when I see those tunnels in the snow. :x
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Post by Okanagan desert-palms » Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:01 am

Barb nice to see your planted stuff doing so well. Pretty much a breeze so far this winter :D . What was your coldest temp thus far? We got down to -12c 10f here in Kelowna a couple nights.


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Post by lucky1 » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:04 am

any plant damage from the voles
No, there's only a few junipers adjacent, and I don't care what they do to those :twisted:
Thank goodness voles don't like walking across concrete into potted plants. :D
What was your coldest temp thus far? We got down to -12c 10f here in Kelowna a couple nights.
Ours was -17C 1F during those 2 nights.
Incredible that you're so much warmer and only 35 miles south. :?
Your stuff must have done great this winter, John.
Look forward to seeing some pics SOON :lol: :lol:

Spring's finally arrived (for now).
But sunshine is still at a premium.
The Robins are back and fighting for nest spaces woke me up this morning. :lol:

Most of my potted stuff is going out on the patio under the roof today.
Chiropractor...see you soon! :?

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Post by TimMAz6 » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:51 am

Thank goodness voles don't like walking across concrete into potted plants.

Watch out for the Vole subspecies which eats through concrete! :lol:
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