Callendula Dream

[vera_j]

Good morning with bright colours!

Comments

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

I like that,having the Callendulas peaking out from under the foliage is lovely.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Yellow and orange Callendulas are everywhere in my garden as well inside the house. But they do not last long.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

In my carden they don't even last long enough to grow, something eats them and it's not snails or slugs. Back before I started feeding birds I experimented by completely surrounding one or two plants with slug pellets, no gaps it was like a little blue wall, they still got eaten.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Now this is strange, the flowers are rather aromatic and I can´t imagine a pest that would eat it! You could try to place there some sticky paper to catch the culprit...I am really at a loss.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I bet it's beetles. I have a little tree that's been munched nearly bare. Twice I saw inconspicuous beetles eating it, but they flew away when I went to grab them.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

Mam always blamed Woodlice, we have them by the bucket load.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I don't know what woodlice eat, but I think they're fairly slow, so if it was them, you'd have probably seen them.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Yes, this sounds very probable.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Too many slug pellets actually reduces their effectiveness - the smell can repel them.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

I don't use them any more any way, too many birds call my garden home now. But with or without the wall of pellets the they still got eaten.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

Good for you. I've given them up as well.

I'm starting to find other methods of slug control that seem to work on the allotment and don't involve slug pellets.

My lettuces are looking fine.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

the birds are paying rent buy keeping my slugs down to an acceptable level and since I'm not a vegetable gardner that's fine by me.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

What a lovely summery arrangement.

We miss out on art month having it in winter.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

I admit I would be lost without the plants and flowers, and I can´t do paintings, drawings or handicraft...

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

This is really beautiful.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh lovely! It's nice to see such bright colours when our own garden is very very bare...

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and you have got a point, I would be lost without all those flowers and plants.

[nautile26.livejournal.com]

I love the arrangement. And the colours are so bright and happy! It just makes me smile. :)

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I hoped most of you could feel positive.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

You are very good with arranging shapes and colors. This is a very attractive still life.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Blush. Thank you very much!

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

So simple, so bright, so clever.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Blush.You are too kind, it is easy with beautiful flowers!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Those colors are fabulous, as is the contrasts with all the different textures. If you were so inclined, I think this would be a wonderful image to print on the front of a greeting card.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you - really, this sounds nice. But without your comment I wouldn´t even think of it! :-)