Gardening

[GRH]

Yes, add some more Sesame. In particular, are you fond of betel nuts? I've always been curious to try them, but have never gotten around to it.

As for my own garden, I have a lot of trees on my current property, so I have very few patches that offer anything resembling full sun. At best, the majority of the yard varies between partial sun to deep shade. In the sunnier areas I have some seed grown Shasta Daisies, some inherited daylilies, a white 'rapid-fire' Hydrangea, yellow and orange varieties of Coreopsis, Black-Eyed Susan, a bunch of Marigolds, a few Lupine, some Jasione, Dianthus, Globe Thistle, Phalaris grass, and a Delphinium...

I had a Meconopsis which didn't do so well, and I am thinking about adding some Goldenrod to the back of my border for some tall, late season bloom. Right now I have some Iris which hasn't done much as I divided it this season, and the foundation of this section of the garden are the Hydrangea shrub and a well-established Yew. I have done a lot to try to open the garden up, I climbed the surrounding trees to nearly 20 feet in the air and took off lower branches to try to get more sunlight to the garden. Still, there is more shade than I'd like, and the daylilies in particular have performed lackluster...

At any rate, that covers a small section of the yard...In a future post I'll work my way around towards the shadier sections and eventually to the vegetable/herb plot...

[ila]

I envy your ability to grow plants GRH. I have hated gardening ever since I was a little kid and had to look after a big garden by myself (and I do mean big - approx 50' x 200'). Our family grew all the vegetables that we required and it was my job to plant, weed, and harvest. I have never liked gardening since although I wish I could at least grow grass now. I get a good crop of dandelions every year and no matter what I do it seems I can't keep ahead of them.

Since you say that you would like to have more sun in your yard then you could probably do wonders with my yard. It gets a lot of sun throughout the full day.

[sesame]

1) Jaba or China rose from my garden, (its very small )
Hibiscus rosa sinensis.



2) Aloe vera in my window sill.

[kraken111]

I FIND ORCHIDS TO BE TRULY SPLENDID!!!

[sesame]

There are 24,000 different species of orchids!
The subfamily Epidendroideae is the larges one. It has 500 genera (plural of Genus), and 16,000 species.

Image description= genus Cymbidium, of the Orchid family, belonging to the subfamily Epidendroideae.
The name Cymbidium is derived from Greek Kumbos which means cavity. Its found in N. India, China, Japan and Malaysia.



2nd image: Phalaenopsis, a strain of Epidendroideae.
Its a natural Hybrid species, one of the surprises of nature.
Its commonly known as moth orchid.

Image source=internet

[sesame]

These are fresh Cinnamon leaves from my garden.
Nothing beats the aroma of fresh leaves in your dishes.
Also there is some added pleasure to taste something
nurtured in your own garden. It feels great

[ila]

Originally Posted by sesame

These are fresh Cinnamon leaves from my garden.
Nothing beats the aroma of fresh leaves in your dishes.

I thought cinnamon was made from the bark of the tree. Is the leaf also edible or is that the part that cinnamon is extracted from?