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Comment by Joan Denoo on January 8, 2013 at 12:53pm

Dominic, what a splendid menagerie you have and such varieties. There must be a lot of interesting sounds emanating from your place. I see you have sturdy fencing; what predators give ou grief?  

Comment by Sentient Biped on January 8, 2013 at 11:01am

Amazing garden!  Beautiful birds!  

I love including the animals in my thoughts and ideas about gardening.  Even the moles, which are annoying, have their place.   Plus, growing organically, the manure helps a lot with fertility.

Comment by Dominic Florio on January 8, 2013 at 10:15am

I wanted to add that I am an animal rescuer.  Yes I have hens, roosters, ducks, peafowl, guinea fowl, doves, pigeons, quail, a cockatoo, 12 cockatiels, 3 conures, 3 turkeys, finches, canaries, budgies, 3 cats, 2 prairie dogs, 12 guinea pigs, 3 sulcata tortoises, frogs, fish, 2 goats, and 6 pugs.

Comment by Dominic Florio on January 8, 2013 at 10:08am

The one Lady Slipper I have blooms once a year.  The Vanda is doing great.  My first one held on for a few years and when I moved it to the sunny side of a tree, it bloomed.  The roots took hold of the bark and I couldn't move it during a freeze, and lost it.  But now I know better.  Some sun and daily watering seems to do the trick.  I have this one about six months and this is the second time it has bloomed.  I like to mix the various species on hanging poles, so that in I always have something in bloom, at some time.

Comment by Sentient Biped on January 8, 2013 at 9:49am

Vandas wont grow here at all, even inside - not enough sunshine.  Oncidiums and Odontoglossums bloom one a year for me.  It's really surprising - That bloomed for me?!  Wow!  There are 3 in bloom now, would have been 4 but I dropped one.  I would love to grow some cypripedia, but I don't know if my climate / soil / conditions can handle them, and I already push the zone limit too far and have multiple containers dormant in the garage waiting for Spring.

Looks like you have chickens too.  Hens are part of my garden too.  

Tomatoes here go into the garden in May.  Peppers a week or 2 later.  I might take them for granted if they were year round.  Anticipation is good!

I am SO anxious to get started this year.  

Comment by Dominic Florio on January 8, 2013 at 9:36am

We are supposed to plant tomatoes in the warmer months, but the winter has been very warm this year and I plant tomatoes anyway, just for the hell of it. I'm finding that some of my orchids which were once a year bloomers, are now blooming several times, as they are getting older and more crowded.  I do have to take them in if there is a freeze, but normally I leave them out under the old oaks, I do not divide, and they live off of fallen leaves and a few bananna skins when I think about it.  I killed them all when I first moved to FLorida, 20 yrs ago, but now I grow them with no problem.

Comment by Chris Breman on January 8, 2013 at 6:00am

You make me jealous, Dominic! Such beautiful plants! We have a rainy winter with high temperatures (10°C), it's so warm that the birds are starting to sing already. The garlic I planted in October didn't even stop growing, but even so, I have to wait six weeks more before I can start sowing.

Comment by Sentient Biped on January 7, 2013 at 11:22pm

I mean Paradise!  Inept fingers on keyboard.

Your description of the ficus, also interesting.  I've seem photos of ficus taking over Mayan temples, and Angkor Wat.  

Comment by Sentient Biped on January 7, 2013 at 11:15pm

Dominic, love the Orchids!  Paraduse!  But it's the tomato in season now that makes me salivate.  Garden of Eden.  Thanks for posting!

Comment by Dominic Florio on January 7, 2013 at 10:06pm

Currently happening in my Florida garden.

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