Recent content by Shades-of-Oregon

I have no idea . I’m on a well. Water is not an issue here really. Just curious.. Why do you ask?

Yes, yes. Yes , always…said Roxy/

Happy Birthday Nancy__ From Roxy & Shades 🥰

It’s the omega block - back in the US. https://weather.com/forecast/national/news/2023-06-05-omega-block-weather-pattern-united-states-forecast-early-june

Signs posted outside a nursery.

You’re more than welcome. This peony is a tough one have had it in the garden over 20 years. I’ve read that peony’s can live over 100 years.

Thank you Dahlia. :)Oh it’s. Peony (Paeonia lactiflora 'Monsieur Jules Elie').

Peony’s in a vase. We had some heavy windy rain which knocked the peony’s to the ground . So I cut them all and brought them in for a few days to admire their spicy aroma and blooms. Just could leave them smashed on the ground. 😉

Tiger swallows tails are everywhere due to the spring blooms. They fly about in their romance acrobatic maneuvers unbeleivable how they miss the obstacle course of the trees and shrubs. Interesting to watch ..

Dahlia looks good to me . Every year my collection of rhodies have had some sort of issue. I just prune off those areas and they grow right back just fine. Some are so big I need a ladder to trim. They are Deer proof , even ground critters igore them and birds . What more can we ask for. The...

Today was warm , no wind and dry enough to spray the perimeter of the property to eliminate those invasive poison oak, scrub oak, wild holly, wild cherry, alders and that truly despised wild Himalayan blackberry’s. Mowed the pastures takes 4 hours and as usual used the leaf blower to clean up...

Blue skies and sunny weather here. 79F by 3PM. 🌞

In my experience what works best to stop birds from flying off with prized berries is bird netting which really is not heavy enough on windy day . Now I use greenhouse netting heavy enough to hold and secured in place. I also have winter mint ground cover planted near the pond . Mice , voles &...

Thru the photographers eye the pics are so interesting to catch nature in progress. Being in the right place at the right time in itself is difficult. The contest plantform is photography not necessarily where the pics were taken.