Putting the weeds to work for Us

[Buster's Uncle]

So here's a shot Mylochka took five days later, June 23rd.  At this point, I don't think it was going to see any more rain worth mentioning until September...

[Geo]

I gather, it being October now, it looks green again? 

[Buster's Uncle]

It's still summer here, basically...

[Geo]

  

[Buster's Uncle]

 

[Unorthodox]

"Pumpkins on a stick" for those planters...

Some eyes in the vines...yeah, this place has lots of potential.   

Does this get woody as it ages?  Will it overbear the gate with weight? 

[Buster's Uncle]

I don't think so.  I've seen stems over an inch thick, but they're pulpy inside with a wood-looking shell.  It think before it could get too heavy for the 14 gauge wire, it would bear its own weight.  The flanking frames are very stout, so I can't imagine that becoming a problem.

[Unorthodox]

Pumpkin on a Stick (technically it's an eggplant)  Going to try some here next year, but we really don't have the climate for it. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Here's a shot of old vine in one of the neighbors' yard...

[Buster's Uncle]

I knew you were energetic and productive,  but you have more patience than I imagined!

In China long ago, there was a farmer named Liu. He was not a patient man. He was very impatient. He was always in a hurry. He rushed through breakfast. He rushed through lunch. He rushed through his work. He wanted to be first in everything. He didn't worry about being careful in his work. He just wanted to finish it quickly.

 One day, Liu was in the village. Some farmers were talking about their rice.
 "My rice is doing very well," said one farmer. "It is almost three inches high."
 "My rice is already three inches high," said another farmer.

 Liu hurried home. He measured his rice. The plants were strong and healthy. But they were only two inches high.

 Liu decided to hurry his plants along. He pulled each plant up from the ground until it was over three inches high. "Now my rice is higher than anyone's." he thought. "Tomorrow it will be even higher!”

The next morning. Liu hurried out to his rice field. The little rice plants were dead.
 The people of the village soon heard about Liu's rice. They laughed and shook their heads.
 They said, "Foolish Liu always-in-a-hurry!
 That's what happens when you don't have any patience."
 This story happened long ago. But today in China, people have a saying for someone who is not patient or careful: “Don’t be a rice puller!”

http://savepost.blogspot.com/2013/05/liu-always-in-hurry.html

[Buster's Uncle]

To my vast astonishment -I'd have sworn I took some pictures when I got back in August, and so does Mylochka- I have no shots of the gate until early afternoon of September 6.  As you can see in the background, the grass had turned to straw.  It was a typical North Texas summer, with 105 degree days , and no rain to speak of for three months straight.

So you can tell it's a hardy vine indeed - it had thinned out noticeably and all the leaves had turned a mature blue-green, but the bulk of it pulled through just fine. 

I do morn to think how it would have looked if the irrigation had been kept up...

[Buster's Uncle]

Here it is a week later, Sept 13.  I had resumed watering, but nothing else to report at this point.

[Geo]

The light looks less vivid. Weather change or camera settings?

[ariete]

  (AAR of uncle little garden)

[Unorthodox]

BU's garden's got GHOSTS!!!

@ Geo, the last show was MOST likely with the flash on, which tends to do wierd things to white balance.  In fact...I'd venture a guess it was shot while BU was out back for an evening smoke, as it's something known to cause 'ghosts' even when the smoke has dissipated beyond your ability to see...though September might be some kind of polination season in Texas which could also account for the 'ghosts'.