Whats Looking Good in Febrrrrrrrrruary

i'm getting really x with this photobcket prob. My pics were on show last night. anyway here's a re try.


will check it tomorrow even. if failed will give up posting pics.

[ 21. February 2007, 08:52 PM: Message edited by: Marley Farley ]

 

Nothing wrong with this pic C.

 

Always the first fruit in bloom, but it's really bloomin' early this year.

Peach tree in its pot in the GH.

 

Beautiful, Dave! An absolute mass of flowers! :D Do you get good fruit too?

 

Well, I don't see compostee's pic, only an x again but I see lovely peach tree blossom buds by DaveW ... excellent!

I can't paint such so won't .. will be sending you something by the weekend!

 

We tend to get too much fruit setting and if not thinned the peaches turn mouldy. Last year I did a radical thinning and just left a dozen peaches to mature of which about eight were perfect.

The pot usually gets moved from the GH or polytunnel onto the patio in late April.

Looking forward to the pic LoL.

 

Aha! So that answers that one!! It was Dave's pic you were working on! Was it that one I particularly admired too, LoL? The scene over the loch in the evening?

Anyway, back to the peaches..... glad you get some good ones. How are they dealt with when they grow out in the open, do you know? I presume they will still produce flowers so close together, so they'll still be prone to passing on disease if you don't thin them out.....

 

I've really no idea about peaches in the open, but I suspect that given their early blossoming they would need some frost protection. Though given our recent mild winters it might be possible to grow one outside up here in a sheltered corner. I'd guess that outdoors you should treat them the same as far as regards thinning though further south in a drier climate it might not be so important.

 

I was really meaning in a place where they would naturally grow outside, rather than here, I have to admit.

Lovely to be able to grow them here at all! :D A bit like bananas!

 

My first Freesia opening heralds a couple of months of heady scents in the house ...

 

Beautiful, LoL! :D I can just smell that gorgeous scent......

 

Saw these on a walk through one on our town gardens this afternoon but weren't good enough for the comp.

A bright group of Hellibores.

Crocus avenue

 

What gorgeous gardens, strongy, and I just love those Helleborus.

The sun today brought out these Lampranthus ...



... and this beaut of a rose ...

 

last nights moon. inspired by last months photo competition.


taken using digital zoom 48x (not my usual prctice but thought i'd try it out) coupled with a 1.7x teleconverter, handheld.

 

Are my pc settings wrong I can't see any of Compostee's pictures?????????

Great moon pic glenw did you know that the next full moon is 3rd March @ 23:17 and a lunar eclipse @23:21 I'll be out there!!!!