Brugmansia/Datura/Iochroma

 I know that the original post was done long

ago and have had some folks request that I

update this.  It's just general information for

those that grow them.  I have been growing

them since 1995 and there is more I can add.

I will say this, one needs to find their own

path and experience these lovely ladies of

the night to understand what they are all 

about.  Pointers were few and far between

when I first started out with these.  I do

thank those that helped me along my path.

The key is education and knowledge in

what you grow.  Each garden is different, 

so each gardener is different. 

Last Call For Seeds!!

I will not be taking requests for seed

after February 1.  What I have left

over will go back into the yard.  

I want to thank those of you that got

your seeds and for the trades.  

Happy Growing!! 

Facebook

 It is time to give that up!  Since they

are allowing Trump back into the folds

they have lost my faith in them.

It's about numbers, money and lies.

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Social Media + Depression and not bring

the forces together!!  New study shows

this!  To be truthful, I'm just tried of 

folks being so rude to others!  Glad I

don't live in their perfect worlds!!

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Ya know since I have left some of the

social media plat forms life has been so

much nicer!  I miss some of the folks

but ya know your true friends know how

to get ahold of you!  

I have more time to do what I want to do 

and at my age it's time to slow down and 

enjoy what life brings.

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Under each post is a comment area if you

feel the need to communicate.  I try hard to

keep the site clean.

More Storms!

 They say we are in for another storm 

this weekend.  Than the weather will 

drop into a day time 30s with nights

into the 20s.  Old Man Winter isn't 

done with us yet.   Do you remember

the late April snow storm we had 

last year after the last date of frost?

As we get closer to the weekend,

they say it should hit tonight!   Teen

temps for the night and mid 30s

for about 5 days.  It's been nice to go

out in the yard with 50 degrees so I'm

seeing stop pop out of the ground

already!    Poor things are going to 

get a blast of cold!

Time to bump up the temps in both

greenhouses to save what didn't 

freeze when we had the power outage

for 6 hours a few weeks back with 

the wind storm that hit.

Life is what it is when you live in

the PNW where the power lines

are above the ground on poles.

1/29/2023

Darn it's cold out there with the 

clear skies.  Plenty of sunshine but

cold!!

2023--First Outside Bloom For The Year!

 

Enjoy!!

Just Riding Out The Storms!

Back to back storms and winds!  This last

storm the winds were from the south and

west so no evergreen junk.  DH was up on

the shed removing the limbs and found

damage!  The limbs were up there for a 

few days due to I'm not climbing the 

ladder.   

More rain to come, storm 2 to hit tomorrow

and Wed storm 3 is to hit.  All we can do

is hope the wind stay away. 

Well Wed is here and the storm didn't

get here yet.  Thursday is the big day

as the storm is headed north and not 

a direct hit to CA.  They say the wind

will be out of the East again so we are

getting prepared for the yard to be 

trashed again!

Tribute to Hamlin

 

After putting the Christmas 

lights away and then seeing 

what happened during the game

the only way to pay tribute is 

to put the Red and Blue lights

out.  Yes, three fairy lights are

for Hamlin's number!

I think more Red lights are 

needed.

I had to move the lights inside

due to the cold and rain.  I will

keep them in the window until

Hamlin gets back on the playing

field, showing support!! 

North of the Bomb Cyclone!

 Today we dipped in temps, the rain hit

and the wind kicked up again.  Not going

out until it's stops raining!  Getting tired 

of the high wind and watching the trees

sway!!

What a mess!

1/5/2023

The winds hit over night and today will

be cleanup day.  Photos at first light.

They are saying winds at 40 to 50 MPH.

While out taking Sable out more branches came

down and she was pelted by pine cones.

The last photo shows what flew over the house

to hit the deck. 

You know what I'll be doing today!

2 1/2 hours to rake up the mess that

went all the way to the west fence!

1/2 hours to pickup and put away all the tools.

our 64 gallon yard debris can was totally full

and the smaller 64 yard debris can was 3/4

full and if I step in the can I'll have some room

for a little more.  Now when the rain stops

I'll be out to vac the area to clean up more.

Really had issues of breathing by the time

I was done.  

Still blowing so we will have more later, plus

the roofs and gutters will need to be done

1/6/2023

A nice day to pickup pine needles,  2 1/2

buckets of pine needles and 1 bucket of 

leaves that have blown in.  Our leaves from

our tree were picked up months ago so this

is neighboring trees.  No one picks up their

tree leaves!!

New Eve's Fireworks

What a night of fright!  Starting  a little after 

dark until after 2:30 AM.  

Our poor dog was so afraid and stressed

out she couldn't keep any food down. 

Folks just don't care! 

 

2023 Log For Cleanup Time

1/1/2023

Today I took 2 - pickle buckets of 

Pine needles off Sable's  and north

of the carport area.

Plus 1 - pickle bucket of leaves off

the north lawn area. 

1/3/2023

Again today I removed 1 - pickle 

bucket of Pine needles off Sable's

area.  Plus 2 buckets of leaves from

the west and south garden beds.

Can I say I hate Maple leaves??

1/5/2023

3 hours of work to pickup the 

64 gallon yard debris bin full

and the other 3/4 full.  When 

it stops raining I'll have to vac

again.  Ya can't rake up all the 

pine needles.

1/6/2023

2 hours worth of work to pickup

1 bucket of leaves that blew in.

2/1/2 buckets of pine needles.

We still have the roofs and 

gutters to clean out.

1/11/2023

For the past few days I spend have

been picking up what falls over the

fence.  We have picked up 3 buckets

when the roofs and gutters were cleaned.

Can't wait to see what Thursday's winds

will bring. 

1/31/2023

Well today was cleanup day for the yard

before the rain comes in this weekend.

Plus we have had a couple days of high

winds and it's getting trashed again.

1 full pickle bucket of limbs

3 1/2 buckets of needles, smaller

evergreen branches and pinecones.

Sable's area and to the west of the 

greenhouse was just covered in pine

needles.  

The north fence line was trashed from 

their trees.  I had to vac up the flower

beds due to their trees dropping limbs

and pine tree junk, three beds were totally

cover in the stuff.  

2/24/2023

Today I had to rake up the limbs from the

trees to the east.  We had high winds, cold

and snow.  The snow had melted enough to

rake up 2 pickle buckets of limbs out of

the neighbor's trees.  I also had to sweep off

the deck as these limbs flew over out roof.

Wind is still blowing so I'm sure have more.

2/27/2023

With the winds over night I was able to

pick up a pickle bucket and half of evergreen

that came out of the north and east 

neighboring trees.  I found evergreens

all the way to the west fence!

So now I deal with allergies!

3/1/2023

Today I decided it was time to clean

the north yard, Sable's area, the deck

and some of the pine that flew over the

house in the front.  I removed 4 - pickle

buckets of evergreen needles!!   Thank

goodness it was a good day to clean up

what I was able to do.  More cleanup when

weather permits.

3/9 &10/ 2023

It took me an hour to clean up the yard yet

again!  Why do folks think we enjoy picking

up after their neglected trees???  

REMOVE

THEM!!

We will be taking anyone to court if their

trees do damage to our yard!

3/22/2023

After having to stay inside for a couple weeks

I was able to get outside and cleanup Sable's

gravel area.  I took a full bag of needles and 

small limbs off her area.

Then I was able to walk the front yard and vac

up the leaves that have blown into the yard.

It wasn't as bad as it was the first of the month.

3/28/2023

Yesterday was another windy and wet day.  I had

to cleanup the yard 4 times and when we get

another dry day have to vac up all the needles.

I went to bed last night to coughing like crazy.