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Posted: Fri Apr 25th, 2008 04:52 pm |
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 Post title is supposed to read "Spring has Sprung in Ohio"
I wanted to post a picture of my Canadian Chokecherry tree in spring bloom. I love gardening and working in the yard, and this is my favorite bloom. Anyways, anyone else that enjoys gardening and landscaping, post some pictures of your favorite specimens; would love to see them, especially if they are overseas.
Enjoy the day everyone,
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 01:43 am |
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great pic Den, thanks for sharing. I didn't expect to get into gardens on this forum! :-)
erm... 'Scuse me.... is this the lawn that your neighbour with short wide critical nails said was the "scourge of the neighborhood."??!! but it's immaculate!! He would have a heart attack if he saw our garden!
You can't see our garden from our house, it is a terraced thing up loads of steps and most of the time it is a neglected overgrown wilderness. but a sea of forget-me-nots at this time of year, plus the "Torbay palm tree" (Cordyline australis) which our area of Devon, SW England, is famous for since they first brought them over from New Zealand in early 1800's.
(I'm useless with image shack - click on thumbnail to see full pic)
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Since 3 years ago, we are fortunate enough to have another house  - in Turkey. Our garden there is much more accessible & interesting and we love to spend time on it. Not as good as your pic, but the only one I have of our lemon tree laden with lemons. I love that tree.
it gives me such a buzz to be able to pick a lemon straight off the tree!
March 2005
tch it has taken me about an hour to get these picture links sorted, hope they work!
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 09:38 am |
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Woooooooooooooo!
Den and Lynn!
Wonders of nature , I love it ! Thanks for refreshing souls.
Do u have loops of nature on your moon??
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 12:18 pm |
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 Thanks Lynn for responding. Definetly not the average topic here for the forum, but we are much more than palms aren't we? Your lemon tree is a beautiful specimen. Lemon trees do not survive here in the midwest, but many of my friends in California pick lemons and limes every morning, and they love it as well. That is quite a view you guys have in Turkey of the mountains and the blue blooms are beautiful as well. Looks like a nice retreat. Thanks for posting the pictures.
By the way, my neighbor with the critical nails, his yard looks like crap right now. Karma finds us.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 03:08 pm |
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GM wrote: Woooooooooooooo!
Den and Lynn!
Wonders of nature , I love it ! Thanks for refreshing souls.
Do u have loops of nature on your moon??
GM
Hi GM
I had to look up the loop of nature. I do have a loop in that spot, but it is in the opposite direction; it opens toward the palm instead of the outside world. That was a terrific suggestion though, I learned something.
You never realized you shared the forum with "tree huggers"
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 03:14 pm |
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I'm beginning to wish this was a gardener's forum - looking at the greens of nature is sooooo nice. The one thing I love about Spring is the blossom on the trees and all the colours after the bleakness of winter. It makes you feel good to be alive. And what a neatly kept garden Den. I'm sure it was your picture that inspired me to go and cut the grass in our front garden today!
Thanks for posting these images - a nice change from hand images!
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Posted: Sat Apr 26th, 2008 04:33 pm |
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Murtaza, if I had a nature loop, I think my English garden would not be so overgrown!
Den wrote:
we are much more than palms aren't we?
I included a palm tree in first picture to make some connection!! Here's another palm, on the beach in Turkey.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 01:01 am |
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Ok, I've missed out on so much while I was away... Out gardening of course! I'll join you all with something out of my garden.  Attached Image (viewed 56 times):
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 01:06 am |
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Me again,
Beautiful Australia gives me a place like this only 2km walk.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 02:57 am |
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Hi saage,
That is a beautiful specimen of flower. Is that a Lily or some kind of Orchid?
 I am so pleased to see the positive responses to this post. I am torn between wanting to go boating in Australia or drink an ice cold beer under Lynn's palm tree in Turkey. Great pics guys.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 01:02 pm |
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lovely pics saage.
I thought those flowers were called Amaryllis, but I see from internet search they are from the same family but called Hippeastrum. In UK they are sold as bulbs to grow indoors, but they flower in our Turkish garden
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I am torn between wanting to go boating in Australia or drink an ice cold beer under Lynn's palm tree in Turkey
I know which one I'll be doing next week! 
(edit - oops sorry I maxed out the screen!.... )
 3 edits later.... ;-)
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Posted: Sun May 4th, 2008 08:39 am |
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Hello again,
I've never bothered with scientific names, we simply call them October lilly's here. Mainly because thats when they begin to flower. It's a long wait,.. that's why I took photos last year! Anyway I love my garden so I'll share another one with you. This one also flowers just once a year. But it's sure worth it.
This one below is a Bromeliad. They come in many varieties.
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Posted: Fri May 23rd, 2008 01:51 am |
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wow saage I've never seen one of those before.
Den, last week I had a cold beer for you in a restaurant overlooking that palm tree on the beach in Turkey ;-)
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Posted: Fri May 23rd, 2008 03:47 am |
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Hi there,
We have a Turkey Beach in Australia, believe it or not, .. I have a holiday there every year, here's a photo.
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Posted: Fri May 23rd, 2008 11:50 pm |
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oh saage that is so cool! I am from Torquay in UK & holiday in Turkey. I knew there was a Torquay in Australia but never heard of Turkey beach before. Do you know....why is it called Turkey beach?
I expected the neighbours to be feathered rather than furry ie Turkeys. Interestingly Turkeys (the birds) in Turkey are called Hindi & India is Hindistan so I guess Turkish Turkeys are Indians :-)
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Posted: Sat May 24th, 2008 11:27 pm |
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San Juan, Puerto Rico. Just had a regional meeting down there last week for three days, it is a beautiful place, but the humidity is high for this white boy. I took this picture myself and it is the best of the beach that turned out.Finally had me a beer under a palm tree. Did have a chance to get out some, but mostly doing company stuff.
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Posted: Sat May 24th, 2008 11:40 pm |
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This is me and a co-worker. We ended up doing an ATV vehicle tour for our one company activity, which was pretty good. Everyone laughed at this photo because he is so much taller than me, I think Rick is about 6'9".
Anyway, I was surprised at how many mountains they have in Puerto Rico, very picturesque place. The rain forest areas were nice too. Just wanted to share.
Thank you Lynn for having a cold beer in my honor.
That would be strange to see kangaroos up that close Saage. I always imagined them being somewhat mean and aggressive.
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Posted: Sun May 25th, 2008 12:24 am |
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every time I come back from holiday I get yearnings for far away places, so these beautiful pics are good for the soul. thanks saage & Den.
Den thanks for explaining - from the pic I couldn't tell if you are very small or he is very tall! ;-)
(edit) OK who is next on the forum to go for a beer under a palm tree? 
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Posted: Mon May 26th, 2008 02:03 am |
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Hi there,
Hi Lynn, I asked the same question a few years ago and the locals all believe it is because there are so many Australian 'Bush Turkeys' around the bushland (state forest). Some believe it may have a connection to the country Turkey, but no-one has been able to confirm it. Maybe I'll research it next time I go there.
Hi Den, the kangaroos are quite shy by nature. They only come in around the homes in the middle of the night (eat garden plants!) and early hours of the morning. Sometimes late afternoon. If you make a sudden move they will hop away quicker than you can say G'day! The only ones that get aggressive are the ones kept in zoos and they may not like the smell of you, most of the zoo ones are friendly enough to hand feed. Of course if you happen to frighten one in the wild and you are close enough, it may kick you out of self-defence, not because they are mad...
Thanks for your interest, here's another picture of a brave one!
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