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Daylilies have just about taken over one side of our backyard. I am about over them. Need to dig up 3 dozen or so and put them out on the corner for someone else to love. (World record for ANYTHING that we put out on the corner was 2 1/2 hours for an old toilet, before someone grabbed it.)
 
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VolNExile said:
Daylilies have just about taken over one side of our backyard. I am about over them. Need to dig up 3 dozen or so and put them out on the corner for someone else to love. (World record for ANYTHING that we put out on the corner was 2 1/2 hours for an old toilet, before someone grabbed it.)
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Now you gotta run back inside for breaks.
 
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GVF said:
Now you gotta run back inside for breaks.
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haha 😄

Our house had what I call "day-care potties" - round bowls, low to the ground - when we bought it. We replaced the downstairs one when we remodeled, and the upstairs one is on the chopping block!
 
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Peppers are growing rather well, d say. Got quite a bit growing. Raspberries are getting there with a few canes already producing some really delicious berries. The rest of the canes are going to absolutely overwhelm us with berries this year, I feel. Blueberries are growing like crazy. Not many berries on the blue varieties, but hopefully next year. The pink lemonades are ripening now and they are fantastic!
 
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This post isn’t about gardening, but I figured it could go here anyway. Traveling back to Knoxville from Granite Quarry, NC giving the grandparents a chance to see their great grandchild. Stopped in Asheville for lunch at the Early Girl Eatery. Pretty good place with great cinnamon biscuits and GF fried chicken. @VolNExile you live around here, right? Hello, if you do!
 
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VolNExile said:
Daylilies have just about taken over one side of our backyard. I am about over them. Need to dig up 3 dozen or so and put them out on the corner for someone else to love. (World record for ANYTHING that we put out on the corner was 2 1/2 hours for an old toilet, before someone grabbed it.)
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Tiger Lillies are the common orange color that’s commonly growing wild along roadsides. If you’re giving away other color lillies then you may set a new take record!
 
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zhangliao04 said:
This post isn’t about gardening, but I figured it could go here anyway. Traveling back to Knoxville from Granite Quarry, NC giving the grandparents a chance to see their great grandchild. Stopped in Asheville for lunch at the Early Girl Eatery. Pretty good place with great cinnamon biscuits and GF fried chicken. @VolNExile you live around here, right? Hello, if you do!
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Hi, glad you enjoyed Early Girl!

Yep, we live in town, not far from the West Asheville Early Girl, in fact. (not the downtown or Hendersonville Rd ones)

Is this great-grandchild a new child for you? If so, congratulations! Or congrats anyway, even if we’re talking a grumpy 16-year-old. 🤪
 
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walkenvol said:
Tiger Lillies are the common orange color that’s commonly growing wild along roadsides. If you’re giving away other color lillies then you may set a new take record!
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Yes, they’re common color, but uncommon form (doubled.) Believe it or not, there’s a pathway in here somewhere:
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VolNExile said:
Hi, glad you enjoyed Early Girl!

Yep, we live in town, not far from the West Asheville Early Girl, in fact. (not the downtown or Hendersonville Rd ones)

Is this great-grandchild a new child for you? If so, congratulations! Or congrats anyway, even if we’re talking a grumpy 16-year-old. 🤪
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Thank you! She is 21 months old and only the 2nd time they’ve seen her. But we also have #2 on the way due in January.

The biscuit I got was really good. And with the wife having to eat gluten free we were hoping the reviews were right about the chicken and they were.
 
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I am getting a steady supply of tomatoes. I had enough last week to add to spaghetti (my favorite meal) for my birthday last week. It looks like I should be getting 3 or 4 decent sized ones a week, and maybe as many smaller ones, for a while.

Peppers are still coming along, getting just enough to be worth it.

Okra has a couple fruit on it, which is kinda surprising based on how the plant looks. Something is getting in there and eating on it and the leaves, but okra isn't my favorite so I am fine with it being the sacrifice.

The squash plant has exploded. It was small and dainty maybe covering 1sqft, maybe. now its covering about 4sqft and its got some fruit coming along nicely.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
I’ve been trying to attract butterflies and bees to my landscape for a while. I managed to create an environment that the hummingbird moth loves.
I have not seen them since I was a child and I had 5 on one bush this morning. It’s amazing what makes me happy. Lol
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Knowing you, in an imaginary sense, I'm guessing that you already have a checklist that you are using to attract pollinators, because look, you're seeing success. 👍

For anyone else thinking about adding a patch of pollinator-friendly plants, here's what I use to help me think through what to include (oh, right; water source!), and I think it's useful even for those who have no interest in certifying habitats:
Certify Your Habitat — Bee City Asheville (scroll partway down to "certification tiers")

The link to WNC Native Plant lists will probably work for anyone either side of the Southern Appalachians, but I'm certain that UTK, among many others, has Tennessee lists. Clemson (ugh) Extension service might match SE TN growing conditions well: Pollinator Gardening

Edit: I'm pontificating because I'm in the process of documenting all the work I've been doing in establishing native plantings at my church. Sorry, y'all
 
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VolNExile said:
Knowing you, in an imaginary sense, I'm guessing that you already have a checklist that you are using to attract pollinators, because look, you're seeing success. 👍

For anyone else thinking about adding a patch of pollinator-friendly plants, here's what I use to help me think through what to include (oh, right; water source!), and I think it's useful even for those who have no interest in certifying habitats:
Certify Your Habitat — Bee City Asheville (scroll partway down to "certification tiers")

The link to WNC Native Plant lists will probably work for anyone either side of the Southern Appalachians, but I'm certain that UTK, among many others, has Tennessee lists. Clemson (ugh) Extension service might match SE TN growing conditions well: Pollinator Gardening

Edit: I'm pontificating because I'm in the process of documenting all the work I've been doing in establishing native plantings at my church. Sorry, y'all
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I began introducing native plants into my yard shortly after purchasing it. Asters, black eyed susans, and tickseed have done well, though the growth of trees in my front yard have deprived the tickseed of the sun it prefers. Coneflowers gave up for the same reason. A loss of trees in the backyard and herbicides applied by one of my newer neighbors have caused the ivy patch which we inherited to weaken in an area with a lower grade slope. I cleared a small patch and planted asters, which are thriving. So, I’m continuing to expand this area to mix in black eyed susans and coneflowers (the neighbors have ceased their over application of herbicide, though their hired landscaping service continues spot applications on certain weeds). I’m investigating other native plants to add to this now sunny area.
 
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In part, I joined VN to connect with and meet fellow Vols. Slice, I reached out to you early on because we share some common interests and you appear to have met 20+ VNsters. I’ve met Exie and Joe, and hope to see them again. If and when you’re ever interested, Chattanooga is a day trip for me.
 
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