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Ice you have such a posh garden. On top of that you are so good at taking photos. It is scary.

I am only mortal and all I have is a tiny scruffy patch of garden out back.

I didn't intend to have a scruffy patch but since all my neighbours have perfectly mown lawns I kind of couldn't resist maintaining a grassy oasis.

Sadly I also have the only fruit tree (Bird Cherry) in amongst my neighbours which means all the little birds perch there and the Magpies sit on the roof tops watching them with greedy eyes.

The noise in the morning is so loud.

Every so often a Magpie can be seen chomping down on a little tweety some where in my grass.

Here are a few images from my tiny patch of grass land.

(I hope msattler likes this.. :o)) )



Rivet Goes Exploring:


(.. and yes Rivet is my cat... but be warned though: he loves his pointy ears yet hates it when people say he looks like a tin can... ...

I love him. He never jumps on my computers. He loves exploring outside and I can shove a coax up his bum and get 30% improved coverage on my wifi..

He's my perfect cat :o))


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The next photo of Rivet is a "Wiggly" so don't look at him too long if you have a problem with flashing / wiggling images.




Rivet Shows Off:





(Rivet ponced around my garden then decided he wanted to shake his shiny bum in sudo-wiggly-3d.)

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My garden:... It's full of scruffy grass, a bird cherry tree, a log with a troll on it and rivet.

It's not a posh garden like your's though. :o)~

But it's all mine.... Hehehhehehhheee....



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Ice you have such a posh garden. On top of that you are so good at taking photos.

It's the first time that someone has described my garden as "posh". Personally I'd describe it as a lot of ******* work, but thank you cRunchy for the complement, and the other ;)

I think your cat looks very nice

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My friend the squirrel came back this evening for some peanuts.

He is watched closely by Indy who is 7 on Friday, the 4th of July. Which is why I named him Indy ;)

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I managed to get a little closer to this little fella

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My garden:... It's full of scruffy grass, a bird cherry tree, a log with a troll on it and rivet.

It's not a posh garden like your's though. :o)~

But it's all mine.... Hehehhehehhheee....

LOL...that Rivet is quite the adventuresome fellow.......

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Not much of a camera,acually my phone,but I'm proud of my artichoke!

Our front yard this spring.




Our front yard this summer.




Closer view of rosmary, lavender, penstemon and Santa Barbara daisies.




A corner of my backyard vegetable plot - pole beans, cucumber and a bed of basil. The yellow flowers are yarrow.




Daylillies and shasta daisies bloom in front of our raccoon-food vine (aka a red flame grape - not that the raccoons ever let us eat any of the grapes!)




Ice, I'll see your squirrel and raise you four skunks!

Very nice pics Angela,
Thanks for sharing.

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The first photo taken with my new camera. It was a nice test of dappled shade in a corner of my garden.

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And my hanging baskets are still coming along nicely

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Not sure how to say this, I like the pics, not the reaction. Ok to Mod me DA.

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I got stung by a bee yesterday. Have been stung by yellow-jacket wasps before, but this one was an actual honeybee. My neighbor keeps several hives and I deliberately plant "bee-invitation" plants. Usually manage to garden in harmony with them.

The "incident" wasn't really the bee's fault. I think it was an old, sick, confused bee and my finger sort of collided with it.

Any gardener remedies for bee stings?

Any gardener remedies for bee stings?

Besides epinephrine? Prolly just an antihistamine cream to rub on the giant puncture wound it left behind..

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I got stung by a bee yesterday. Have been stung by yellow-jacket wasps before, but this one was an actual honeybee. My neighbor keeps several hives and I deliberately plant "bee-invitation" plants. Usually manage to garden in harmony with them.

The "incident" wasn't really the bee's fault. I think it was an old, sick, confused bee and my finger sort of collided with it.

Any gardener remedies for bee stings?

Try some meat tenderizer. I know it sounds weird. Mix a dab of Meat tenderizer with a drop of water, & mix with a toothpick until you get a paste. Use that as soon after the sting as possible.

An "Old wives tale" that works!

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I got stung by a bee yesterday. Have been stung by yellow-jacket wasps before, but this one was an actual honeybee. My neighbor keeps several hives and I deliberately plant "bee-invitation" plants. Usually manage to garden in harmony with them.

The "incident" wasn't really the bee's fault. I think it was an old, sick, confused bee and my finger sort of collided with it.

Any gardener remedies for bee stings?

I've heard that putting raw onion slices on the sting site can reduce the pain and swelling.

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My mother's advise in Germany would be, coat it with flour. My American mom would advise, pressing a lemon against the sting area.

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I got stung by a bee yesterday. Have been stung by yellow-jacket wasps before, but this one was an actual honeybee. My neighbor keeps several hives and I deliberately plant "bee-invitation" plants. Usually manage to garden in harmony with them.

The "incident" wasn't really the bee's fault. I think it was an old, sick, confused bee and my finger sort of collided with it.

Any gardener remedies for bee stings?

I was stung by a 2 inch long bright orange wasp once when I was in Pakistan and one of the local guys ran off to a lorry and brought back a piece of rag diped in diesel oil to place on the inflamation and a hot stone to put on top of that.

It worked.

Generally in western meds to help draw out localised poisoned sting or bite keep the wound clean and apply a hot pad/object to the area. (Not too hot though :o)



You have a painful finger Angela

... but don't worry revenge is sweet...

The bee probably riped it's bottom out stinging you..

Serves it right for stinging you..



Poor little bee has no bum now :o))



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I got stung by a bee yesterday. Have been stung by yellow-jacket wasps before, but this one was an actual honeybee. My neighbor keeps several hives and I deliberately plant "bee-invitation" plants. Usually manage to garden in harmony with them.

The "incident" wasn't really the bee's fault. I think it was an old, sick, confused bee and my finger sort of collided with it.

Any gardener remedies for bee stings?

I was stung by a 2 inch long bright orange wasp once when I was in Pakistan and one of the local guys ran off to a lorry and brought back a piece of rag diped in diesel oil to place on the inflamation and a hot stone to put on top of that.

It worked.

Generally in western meds to help draw out an inflamation keep the wound clean and apply a hot pad/object to the area. (Not too hot though :o)



You have a painful finger Angela

... but don't worry revenge is sweet...

The bee probably riped it's bottom out stinging you..

Serves it right for stinging you..



Poor little bee has no bum now :o))



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Unless it was a Queen bee. They have no barbs on their sting. They can sting away as often as they like, and fly away happily to go eat their rich royal jelly. They're not poor at all.

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