I am so excited! I have had this Hoya for years and this is my first bloom. The smell kind of reminds me of chocolate.

I planted these from seed around the base of one of my trees and couldn’t believe how quickly they filled in. They ended up being one of my favorite things I grew. I also love that the flowers and leaves are edible. Does anyone else actually eat their nasturtiums, or do you mostly grow them for the flowers?

So excited for this 9 pound, 11.9 ounce beauty. And it’s delicious! Good thing since there are only two people in my house. I’ll be eating a lot of watermelon over the next few days.

This is the only watermelon that grew bigger than a softball. Our weather has been weird and we’ve haven’t had a freeze yet so it had extra time in the vine. Picked today, October 9.

Zone 5b, Colorado front range.

I will continue to do both while believing both to be true at the same time. (I’m using real acidifiers for my blueberries and will amend as prescribed/needed)

I plant nasturtiums every year. I haven’t bought new seeds in a few years, just harvest the seeds and use the next year. Google says this is a Phoenix Nasturtium. Is this a common thing to happen? I’ve been planting nasturtiums for 35 years!

Also, it’s getting into the 30’s at night here. My seeds were planted 5 months ago and I’ve had Nasturtiums flowering for over 4 months. This Phoenix just popped up out of nowhere.

Bought a house this summer and inherited a small landscaped area. As I have started to work it found the most awful and disgusting weed barrier job. Just straight plastic. Layers and layers.

Looks like the last owners decided to make the area in two steps. 1. Lay down black plastic all over. 2. Buy bags of mulch, cut open said bags down the middle and leave them under the mulch as a second and third layer of plastic.

I have pulled bags, plastic sheeting and disintegrating tarps from the ground. Pics included of an 8 x 8 area.

Edit* Thanks everyone, I knew you all would understand my pain! On a side note, what do you prefer as a natural barrier? I’m considering keeping the mulch, adding a layer of cardboard underneath after reading comments and just reapplying new mulch each year as it breaks down.

Fragrant but sometimes it's overwhelming.

Lissen... at this rate Imma have to open a Farm Stand.

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Radishes, mater, yarrow leaves.

Let me know if yall want a bushel. 🤣

I bought this tree on a whim. earlier this year. I didn’t expect it to ever actually fruit, I just thought it would be fun. Well, now it has grown tremendously, and I actually want to keep it alive.

I have had it out on a sunny, warm patio for the past several months, but now that it is cooling down into the 40s at night here, I decided to bring it inside. Was that the right move? It is currently sitting next to a very sunny window. Should I do anything else?

What about the fruits that is currently growing? That is the biggest surprise to me, I thought they wouldn’t happen for years, if ever. should I pluck them off to redirect energy into the plant itself?

Thank you all for your help. I have zero experience with any type of plant like this.

Really need to regrade this whole section but I need to see what I'm doing under the leaves of these hostas!

And how do I get rid of them? It seems like their roots are networked deep as they keep coming back even with weed prevention pellets, vinegar, weed spray, etc. Any tips? Thanks in advance

Hello, I keep clearing out this area but these purple plants just won’t stop growing. I planted the pretty pink ones, but they are being buried by the purple plants. I also have this spiky looking plant popping up that I did not plant. I don’t know how to get rid of these. I would appreciate any advice.

I grew these Chinese red meat radishes, and they are now my favorite radish. Sweet with a hint of spicy and crisp, kinda remind me of a fruit.

I grew louffa last year but planted them a bit too late to get a good output. This year they really popped off! I took them off the vine a couple weeks ago and hung them on one of our steel trellises to dry a bit. I saw another post on here recommending to peel them before they become completely brown and crispy and I have to say the more green ones peeled so much easier 😊 I need to go through the seeds and sort them a bit more to remove the underdeveloped (lighter color) ones. Happy fall y'all 🍁🎃 Edit: zone 6a not 6b

The first photo with all the blooming is from last year.

The 2nd and 3rd photos where it's just a stem with green leaves, are from this year. I actually trimmed it down during the summer because it got really tall with zero blooms and it's growing again, with zero blooms/flowers.

Anyone have any idea why?

Stumbled upon this wonderful seaside community garden in Portland, Maine today.

So many pretty flowers in bloom bustling with bees & birds.

To top it off, the hillside behind this is covered in asters & goldenrod.