Random and miscellaneous garden photos

[SpookyShoe]

Lots of gomphrena

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Ruellia against a fence

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Crinum

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Elephant ears are taking over the compost/garden waste area

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Shrimp plant growing in total neglect behind the garage

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Summer Jewel red salvia sprung up from a rogue seed

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[maxjohnson]

Hard to capture but there are literally at least a hundred pollinators on this garlic chive patch everyday. Honeybee, carpenter bee, bumblebee, wasps, cucumber beetles, moth, hoverflies, houseflies, they all like it.

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[JRinPA]

I missed the pic of the season yesterday.

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I had some pears left to rot on top of wood chips in a wheelbarrow. There were a few bald faced hornets in the corner, and one big raggedy winged black swallowtail in the middle. Both wings falling apart. The butterfly was getting as much sugar as it could, since tonight would be cold again, but by the look of the wings, he had maybe only one more day to go. But still trying.

I went for the camera but a minute later just as I was halfway back the wind picked up and off he went. A fleeting moment. Now I had only the hornets photograph. I doubt I will see that cutwinged butterfly again.

Some of the next generation on the celery, but they had better grow up quick.

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[bower]

Funny how the best pic is often the one that got away.
I had different dragonflies this year, mostly black including the large ones which are usually vivid shades of blue green or yellow. There was a small one with little yellow dots along the side, mostly black also, which I've never seen before. And very odd as well, the damsel flies aka darning needles are always a brilliant blue here but this year they were black.
Would've been nice to get pics but I kept seeing them when I was out watering and when I went out with the camera... nada.

[SpookyShoe]

Fruit on passion vine:

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[bjbebs]

The Hummers are beginning to dwindle but the neighbors bees are all over this Salvia.

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[SpookyShoe]

The hummingbirds are here in force. These are my first pictures. Hopefully I'll get some better ones over time.

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[MissS]

I am down to just one lonely hummingbird @SpookyShoe, so you have plenty more on their way to you.

[karstopography]

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Clearing out some space for more crops.

[bower]

Gleanings from the cover crop, that was sown after pulling the garlic. Still lots left to provide the cover, but I couldn't resist a little thinning before Oct 30 frost.

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