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HAB911

(10,578 posts) Wed May 6, 2026, 10:45 AM May 6

Yesterday's garden crawl

We just suffered a prolonged freeze followed by extreme drought conditions, but it seems the blackberry and mulberry were invigorated by the cold

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Yesterday's garden crawl (Original Post) HAB911 May 6 OP

Lovely pics. Thanks for the close-ups...I have vision impairment due to macular degeneration brer cat May 6 #1

excellent! HAB911 May 6 #4

Thank you for the link. That is a true feast for the eyes! brer cat May 6 #13

Would love to crawl thru that garden, except for the blackberry brambles, of course😁 surfered May 6 #2

solution! HAB911 May 6 #5

Did not know that. TY! surfered May 6 #7

I second what brer cat said. Great close-ups! Does "garden crawl" mean on your stomach? George McGovern May 6 #3

sometimes HAB911 May 6 #6

Ouch George McGovern May 6 #9

Wow, my dear HAB911! These are phenomenal. So beautiful, so much detail! CaliforniaPeggy May 6 #8

thank you! HAB911 May 6 #11

The Star Gooseberry brakester May 6 #10

new for me as well HAB911 May 6 #12

brer cat

(27,669 posts)

1. Lovely pics. Thanks for the close-ups...I have vision impairment due to macular degeneration

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 11:09 AM

May 6

yet I can see these clearly.

HAB911

(10,578 posts)

4. excellent!

Reply to brer cat (Reply #1)

Wed May 6, 2026, 11:44 AM

May 6

I know some do not like to click on links, but you can get full screen views if you go to the site:
https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/THE-GARDEN-AND-ABOVE/GARDEN-FLORAFAUNA

brer cat

(27,669 posts)

13. Thank you for the link. That is a true feast for the eyes!

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #4)

Wed May 6, 2026, 02:20 PM

May 6

surfered

(14,186 posts)

2. Would love to crawl thru that garden, except for the blackberry brambles, of course😁

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 11:23 AM

May 6

HAB911

(10,578 posts)

5. solution!

Reply to surfered (Reply #2)

Wed May 6, 2026, 11:45 AM

May 6

thornless variety

surfered

(14,186 posts)

7. Did not know that. TY!

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #5)

Wed May 6, 2026, 12:08 PM

May 6

George McGovern

(12,757 posts)

3. I second what brer cat said. Great close-ups! Does "garden crawl" mean on your stomach?

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 11:25 AM

May 6

HAB911

(10,578 posts)

6. sometimes

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #3)

Wed May 6, 2026, 11:47 AM

May 6

flat on my stomach, problem is getting there and back! been having knee problems lately, most likely "The Arthritis" like the thumbs

George McGovern

(12,757 posts)

9. Ouch

Reply to HAB911 (Reply #6)

Wed May 6, 2026, 12:43 PM

May 6

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,898 posts)

8. Wow, my dear HAB911! These are phenomenal. So beautiful, so much detail!

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 12:38 PM

May 6

Your daylily is the best I've ever seen, and I've seen a few!

Thank you.

HAB911

(10,578 posts)

11. thank you!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #8)

Wed May 6, 2026, 02:03 PM

May 6

I particularly like that one myself

brakester

(622 posts)

10. The Star Gooseberry

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 01:01 PM

May 6

really tickled this gardener's fancy. It almost doesn't look real! I am not familiar with that delightful plant!

Thanks for the tickle!

HAB911

(10,578 posts)

12. new for me as well

Reply to brakester (Reply #10)

Wed May 6, 2026, 02:12 PM

May 6

Just saw it in the garden center along with a "Chief Kubo's Pride" Salad Tree, an edible Hibiscus. I'm a sucker for any edible I can stick in the ground. Florida is lush, but harsh. Our dirt is basically beach sand without the salt, holds no moisture, has little organic matter.

This year I built an arbor for three varieties of Muscadine and a Scuppernong, looking forward to those later in the year.

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