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[BlueCollarBob]

While the family was out Sunday morning I looked after the new garden plants remaining. Squirrels and rabbits ate all the hollyhocks and some sunflowers.

Teddy Bear Sunflowers
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Mammoth Sunflowers
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Peonies are doing well.
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Vegetable garden is slow except for the watermelons. View attachment 105651

Something has been munching my sunflowers, too. I haven't done anything to protect them, though.

I have a couple new hollyhock I need to get in the ground. I've never tried to grow them before.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Something has been munching my sunflowers, too. I haven't done anything to protect them, though.

I have a couple new hollyhock I need to get in the ground. I've never tried to grow them before.

They say they don’t like to be transplanted. I usually grow them in the house until they are well established. No bigger than a one gallon soft pot. Lots of sun and water. If it’s happy it will end up over 6’. You’ll have hundreds of seeds for the next year. Plus it will come back at least one more year but I’ve had up to three for the same plant.

Watch out for bugs and rabbits. They only seem to eat the leaves. I failed to cover last years this spring and the rabbits ate them because they are early to come up.

 

[Star Dog]

We had a ton of rain on Fri the river raised around 4ft I was thinking there's going to be the chance of some salmon fishing this week.

I hooked and landed 1 salmon and lost 1 other after about 10/15 seconds of hooking it...it was still a good tug!

The tug is the drug!