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There are only a few blues in my garden — I wish I could successfully grow hydrangeas, but I think the soil would need a major overhaul.
I found these blues on my morning tour (to see if any more sick squirrels came to visit.)
Lily of the Nile, also known as Agapanthus…
against a backdrop of neon-pink Sweetpea Bush.
An artichoke that didn’t get picked in time to eat.
Lots of unpicked artichokes.
The only other blue is the flower from Ajuga, a ground cover.
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Wow, love the pictures but especially the 2nd one. Blue is my favorite color and thanks for sharing your yard 🙂
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You are very kind!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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hahahahah!!!!!!! Loved the video!!! Esp the PA system. WACKO!! The pics are pretty, too. Makes me want to hike somewhere.
Have a great Sunday!!
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I wish I was hiking, too! I am so in love with that girl in the vid, glad you liked it!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Beautiful flowers. And I love the tugboat man rules. Exactly as I would expect.
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I love Blue flowers. I love Hydrangeas too. I think I will treat myself to some tmoz. 🙂
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Yes you are lucky to be able to grow hydrangeas. I imagine they do quite well in the UK!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I’ve never seen flowering artichokes before.
Neat!
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It’s what happens when you don’t pick and eat them! What a waste, but I couldn’t see cooking them all just for me 😦
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Who knew that artichokes flowered???? Wow!
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It’s really just a thistle!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Shut. Up. Really? Man, what I don’t know about artichokes is a lot. And who EVER thought “Hey, let’s cook this and see what happens?”????
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I’ve often wondered that myself!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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LOVE love LOVE agapanthus. xxx
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Red LOVES blue! How are you doing?
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Busy as a one-armed paper hanger! I want to be outside in the flowers…
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Come on over; I’ll put you to work weeding and digging!
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Beautiful!
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Thank you so much! I hope you had a lovely Father’s Day!
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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The flowering artichokes are really amazing! Never seen that before.
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I don’t think there’s too much diff between artichokes and thistles!
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Oh! Never thought of that. Thank you!
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My pleasure (from what little knowledge I have about things!!!)
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Your garden is beautiful. Just like its cultivator. 🙂
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Oh pshaw, you are too sweet!
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Unpicked artichokes? How does that happen?! I’m a wee bit jealous of your garden – the one time I’ve tried to grow artichokes I got two… both were about the size of a golf ball…
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Artichokes grow great in SoCal and they are perennial so they come back every year. I have HORRIBLE soil but hubs and I amended with free mushroom mulch and everything looks great. I only wish I had truckloads of that stuff, but no hubs, no mushrooms, sigh. Try again, I know they’ll grow for you! You must have just had a bad one…and the reason I didn’t pick and eat them is how depressing is it to cook a dozen artichokes and eat them all alone?? Very depressing, and a lot of work; maybe I could have preserved the hearts in oil or something but I just let them go.
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I will try again… most of the problem is that I don’t actually have a backyard – our little postage stamp behind our condo is completely tiled over – I built a garden box for some random things (basil, peppers, cucumbers all do great in there), and we’ve got pots for tomatoes, strawberries, bougainvillaea, jasmine, etc… but, I’m guessing the artichokes need some deep soil to really do anything…
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I would suggest planting it in a corner where you can kind of forget about it, plant other stuff around it, and let it grow. I’ve had mine about 3 years and every year there seems to be more and more artichokes. The first harvest of the season is the biggest and the subsequent ones are smaller but very flavorful. It doesn’t need to be big to be tasty…hmmm, ARTICHOKES!
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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The bright blue and neon pink combination is dazzling.
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I thought so, too!
On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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