Photos of Plants Other Than Dahlias 2023

blown_dry · 2023-02-04T23:42:11+00:00

Continuing from https://cubits.org/Dahlias/thread/view/92058/#end_of_thread

calico20hill

That creek is about 5 feet down from the surface right now though it doesn't show it at this angle.

NCDahlia

That looks like a lot of work. Hired or got someone to use a ditch witch? U could put down some pea gravel and french drain pipe at my former job I did lots of landscaping which was for draining / site grading issues.

calico20hill

NCDahlia We hired the landscape crew who helps with mowing our place ,and some of the work we are no longer able to do. We also had another person who had done previous work for us lined up but the landscape maintainance crew had the time to do it first. The ditch is all finished and closed off now. My husband supervised so I am not sure of the details.

blown_dry

calico20hill How neat! What a wonderful effect in the bouquet. I thought maybe it was some sort of foliage.

Teddahlia

Our house today.

calico20hill

Teddahlia Your sky looks about as damp as our sky. But it shows off the contrast of your lovely flowers quite nicely.

Krista

Teddahlia You have so many flowers blooming still, it looks lovely!

AndreaB

Teddahlia I’d never guess it’s October looking at that. Beautiful.

Teddahlia

When we set up the 24 tables for our tour, we placed them in numerous settings. This was the view from one of places where we put the tables.

Krista

We’ve been out of town for a little over a week - drove to the eastern side of Washington State, visiting friends in Waitsburg, did some camping in the Blue Mountains, stopped to see Palouse Falls, and drove back though miles and miles of wheat fields. Came home to find our bed of saffron crocus has begun to bloom.

Teddahlia

My great grandfather was one the first settlers in Waitsburg. Bill Mishler of Woodland's Dahlias was from Waitsburg. He did not believe me when I told him but I found a brochure about Waitsburg that verified it. He moved to Walla Walla a couple years later. Tragedy: His wife died in childbirth there. He married again many years later and that resulted in my grandfather being born.

Krista

Teddahlia My great grandfather was one the first settlers in Waitsburg.

Wow that is so so cool! And Bill Mishler was also from Waitsburg, incredible. For such a small town it’s almost unbelievable to find there are not one but two dahlia connections that trace back to it.

We visited the Whitman Memorial while traveling through Walla Walla as well, not an easy world to exist in. I’m happy to find out he remarried so that you could be here today!

Teddahlia

I now live in Oregon City where one of the indians was hung in punishment for the over the Whitman incident. . The indians took his body up a creek and no one ever found it. The creek is one mile from our house.

calico20hill

Krista, my family heritage comes from the Blue Mountains ...my Mom was the 3rd generation of pioneer settlers there. And also" Clearview Pataha" was named after the creek that runs through the twon of Pomeroy where she grew up. It is also where Richard Parshall of Clearview Dahlias grew up. Once she started High School the family moved into town so the kids could attend the schools...before that she lived out in the mountains where her dad had a saw mill.(Her mom was a school teacher so she was well educated) Mom was very attuned to nature and I got my love of growing things frm her.

Krista

AndreaB Gorgeous! I’ve been so tempted to add heirloom mums to the garden but I’m so out-of-room I’m really trying to just wait until we have more land to grow. As soon as that happens - Mums will be soooo on. Yours are magnificent! And I’m happy to hear they’re easy to overwinter!

calico20hill Oh wow, this is so cool to hear! the Blue Mountains are very beautiful, what an incredible place to have roots. I have a memory of a thread about Mr. Parshall’s connection to Pataha, WA and i definitely looked it up while we were over there. We got quite close while not ending up going through. I sure love hearing about histories like this. Thank you for sharing yours, Noni!

AndreaB

Even though half the dahlias are cut down, we still have a lot of other plants that are in bloom.
I’m really enjoying some of the heirloom mums I purchased through mail order in the Spring. It was the first time I ever bought plants that way. I’m very pleasantly surprised that they all grew and I was also able to take quite a few cuttings.
A friend of mine gifted me 3 last year and that’s all it took to hook me. And they’re super easy
to winter-over. I just brought the pots into the garage and stored them like pot tubers.

Here are some that are currently blooming.

blown_dry

AndreaB Thank you for sharing! I have been wanted to add them to my garden for some time.

Teddahlia

Picture taken this morning.

Cosey

I got a new toy on yesterday and had to immediately go try it out. While the natural lighting was decent, it was a blustery fall day. Cold hands and constantly moving targets make macro photography challenging. 😆

Bessie

Cosey I love your photos. I've always wanted to do macro photography, but it's never made it to the top of my wish list once digital photos became so convenient and good. Is your new toy a type of camera or a lens attachment?

Teddahlia

Nice bee carrying pollen. Would you give him flight instructions to Oregon City?

Cosey

Teddahlia I'm sure the bee would appreciate the milder weather conditions of your area.

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