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What a TREAT! I grow a lot of fruit here at Tiger Way and I've had successes and failures but without a doubt the Asian pears are a huge success. The only problem I have is getting the fruit before it disappears. I grow 'Hosui' and 'New Century' Asian pears. Their skin is very different. The 'Hosui' is pictured. It has a crisp solid skin. The 'New Century' has a skin http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2023/08/fresh-picked-asian-pears-and-figs-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-1045463921588428474Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:58:00 +00002020-11-16T11:59:57.885-06:00It's been FOREVER since I posted here so I thought I'd give it a try this morning-now almost afternoon. I recently got fiber optic at my rural home so blogging could be easier-if only I can remember how I used to do it. I can tell you all blogging is not like riding a bicycle-you forget how to as time goes by. I do post on my Coach In the Garden page on Facebook quite a bit and enjoy it so http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-special-glass-mosaics-updated-nine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-4228853435767825305Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:00:00 +00002017-11-03T04:00:15.201-05:00Garden/Yard ArtPropane Tank Good morning and hello new and regular readers of this blog. It has been quite a while since either Skeeter or I have posted but I can assure you, we have not forgotten about you all! I still love this blog and all of its memories and readers and the Internet, I just am not on the computer as much as I used to be. Smartphones and Facebook seem to be about the only blogging I do lately. So, if http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-watermelon-propane-tank-in-tiger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-3686140844731303890Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +00002017-06-09T07:04:38.808-05:00Butterfly GardenLindenTiger Gardens We have a new mascot for Tiger Way Gardens! If you know whose mascot it really is all I am saying is it's a tiger-wildcat! Just below our mascot is a bunch of daylilies just about to pop. Did you know you can eat daylily buds? I eat a few every year. One of these days I really need to prepare some stir fry with them for Mr. Fix-it. He likes to eat what we grow and flowers count. Some of thehttp://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/06/some-of-rest-of-gardens-i-can-finally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-8091744888858452294Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:03:00 +00002017-06-07T07:03:29.301-05:00Forest Pansy redbudOgon SpireaRed Drift RosesRed Garden I confess, the above picture is not from the Red Garden (the subject of this post), but I liked it anyhow and I wanted to share it. I'll be posting more random pictures of the garden very soon and that may be where the above picture belongs, but the 'Forest Pansy' is red and that counts in my opinion. The shrubs at the feet of the 'Forest Pansy' are Spiraea 'Ogon'. I love the color combinationhttp://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-red-garden-is-bumped-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-2796385534623483559Mon, 05 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +00002017-06-05T04:00:07.268-05:00Vegetable Garden I find it difficult to spend much time in the house so I have not really had the time to blog. I feel most sad about that because I really like to post and I like keeping the historical record of my vegetable garden above most all other posts. These posts really help to refresh my memory.  Above is a long shot of the vegetable garden. It's looking great this year! This first bed has http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/06/vegetable-garden-update-june-2017.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-8080812158773688853Fri, 02 Jun 2017 09:30:00 +00002017-06-02T04:30:11.388-05:00Butterfly GardenMilkweed Good morning all! Things are really popping in Tiger Way Gardens and since I've been so busy taking pictures of butterflies with my cellphone I thought it was high time I posted some on here. If you'd like to see videos of the 'sea of butterflies' here in Tiger Way Gardens please do visit my professional page called Coach in the Garden! Above is an unidentified milkweed. I am leaning towards http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/06/its-all-about-pollinators.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-6254450397919831334Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:30:00 +00002017-03-23T04:30:26.634-05:00Hedges BY SKEETER  The recent Freeze damaged the long hedge we have here in my GEORGIA GARDENS. The weather sure has been strange. Mild Winter temps brought everything out a month ahead of schedule. Then a hard freeze damaged most everything. Then on Tuesday, we had a record high temp of 91. Yes, that is not a typo but 91 degrees! It is just plan crazy weather. In the 16 years we have http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/03/hedge-row-damage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-2438466936983800730Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:30:00 +00002017-03-21T04:30:01.512-05:00GnomesTree StumpsWhimsy BY SKEETER  HAPPY SPRING!  Today I shall share a little project I have been working on lately. It seems we are forever removing trees from our GEORGIA GARDENS. As you can tell from the hole at the bottom of this stump, that this tree had to go. It has since become firewood for us as well as those which helped us remove it. I asked the Saint to keep the stump as is, due to an ideahttp://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/03/tree-stump-gnome-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-7638018235124273508Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:57:00 +00002017-03-16T17:57:46.958-05:00Azaleas BY SKEETER  The Azaleas here in my GEORGIA GARDENS were really starting to light up the woods. I am disguising a project in the makings for a future Posting with that smiling ghost.    This one was as pretty and full of blooms as never before.  Even though they were blooming 3-4 weeks ahead of normal, I was really seeing some beautiful full http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/03/azaleas-have-gone-bye-bye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-7943012753784195420Thu, 09 Mar 2017 20:27:00 +00002017-03-09T14:27:23.826-06:00RedbudTrees BY SKEETER  My Redbud Tree is blooming in my GEORGIA GARDENS! A few weeks early but I am enjoying its pretty blooms. The Azalea bushes to the left and right are blooming as well. March 2009 Here I was back in 2009 the day the Saint planted it for me in late March. He had brought this little tree home to me as a surprise. March 2, 2017  She started her show in Early March http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/03/redbud-tree.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-7099762973132034187Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:35:00 +00002017-02-28T12:35:46.587-06:00AzaleasIris BY SKEETER  It is February (well the last day but still February) here in my GEORGIA GARDENS. And Azalea's in my driveway island are in full bloom! 3 to 4 weeks early. Wow, just wow. And look at my first (which was also my last) iris of the year. This is a repeat type iris that bloomed 4 different times for me last year! Last time it bloomed was December 15. I wish all my bloomers http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/02/azaleas-and-iris-in-february.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-5672878658378267447Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:30:00 +00002017-02-23T04:30:29.434-06:00crawlspace doorGrassIrish mossthyme BY SKEETER Sagina Grass/Irish Moss  Today we shall revisit an area that I talked about in the past. Click HERE to see how this little area was created in my GEORGIA GARDENS. This is a platform area by the crawlspace door of our house. I had planted Sagina grass aka: Irish Moss as this was an area by the AC unit. It was moist thus I thought http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/02/crawlspace-platform.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-3471366337692712652Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:30:00 +00002017-02-21T04:30:24.305-06:00BananasForsythiaHyacinths BY SKEETER March 14, 2015  Winter kind of skipped us this year here in my GEORGIA GARDENS.  The Forsythia photo above was taken on March of 2015 which is a normal time of year for Forsythia to be blooming. February 20, 2017 This is the same Forsythia today! Yes almost a month early. Well, it would be a month early had I snapped a photo sooner than yesterday.  As youhttp://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/02/early-spring-in-georgia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-3693167976882563504Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:30:00 +00002017-02-16T04:30:11.719-06:00Irises BY SKEETER The Saint and I went into the front yard to work on a project together. (more on that with another posting, Stayed tuned) Something white caught my eyes in our GEORGIA WOODS. I had to jump over the creek to get a better look at what I thought was a rogue plastic bag. Would you just "lookie" here at what I found! I can only assume a squirrel brought this into my http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/02/white-iris-surprise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-1854534215700656866Tue, 14 Feb 2017 06:00:00 +00002017-02-14T11:53:22.845-06:00Fringe BushLoropetalumNandinas BY SKEETER  Happy Valentines from my GEORGIA GARDENS, to yours.  The Ever Red Loropetalum aka:Fringe Bush has a beautiful Red bloom that is very difficult for me to capture through a photo. But believe me, it is bright red and has a dark almost chocolate leaf. I planted 2 last fall and have 3 more yet to put into the ground. Maybe this weekend.  My Royal Princess Nandinahttp://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/02/happy-valentines-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-7056253040824082227Thu, 09 Feb 2017 10:30:00 +00002017-02-09T04:30:29.428-06:00BahamasVacation  BY SKEETER It has been some time since I have blogged on a regular basis. I have had many obstacles to overcome in the past couple of years with two major deaths taking my life on a depressing spiral. Death is never easy but a totally unexpected death does not give us much time to plan a mourning process. My Sister in Law and best friend from middle school, Cindy had a http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/02/half-moon-cay-bahamas-tour_9.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-749276190935757117Wed, 08 Feb 2017 10:00:00 +00002017-02-08T04:00:00.187-06:00GreenhouseSeeds What's a gardener to do on a warm and rainy day in February? Garden in the greenhouse of course! It is here I can enjoy blooms and still get my hands dirty while keeping out of the weather. The amaryllis in my garden are always wintered over in the greenhouse. By the time they bloom it is usually time to bring them outside for some sun. This 'Apple Blossom' is getting close! Found http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-greenhouse-workday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-508422202593055444Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:30:00 +00002017-02-01T08:31:02.219-06:00Birds Good morning from In the Garden in Tennessee! It's been a wonderful winter in the garden and today I thought I'd share some bird watching pictures.  All of the birds love the nearby koi pond for a water source when it is icy outside. I so enjoy watching them drink here! I believe this to be a female house purple finch.(Thanks Lisa) An American goldfinch. The birds here adore black oil http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2017/02/bird-watchingin-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-8813813877129038757Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:30:00 +00002017-01-10T15:12:04.096-06:00Arlington cemeteryGinkgo treeVacation BY SKEETER Back at Arlington National Cemetery, we get a front view of "The Tomb of the Unknowns". I was captivated by the tree lined wall leading up to the site. Backing off a bit, we see a fountain as well. Off for the winter of course but none the less making a beautiful photo. I only wish I had the Saint move our car up a bit (duh)  I do not know how to photo shop it out of http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2013/01/arlington-national-cemetery-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-8821795185743392757Mon, 09 Jan 2017 23:30:00 +00002017-01-09T16:18:01.584-06:00MagnoliaTreesWildlife BY SKEETER   The first Magnolia tree here in my Georgia Gardens has been doing great this past year. Well, until now. Look what I woke up to this morning!  Limbs stripped from the center down on my beloved Little Gem!  My first thought was those darn squirrels. Upon closer examination, we do not think this damage is from a squirrel. The bark is too rubbed http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2012/10/oh-deer-my-poor-magnolia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Skeeter)29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-8110517361456880713Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:00:00 +00002016-12-27T10:55:39.612-06:00BeesFall ColorsGardensMonarchs A recent walk around Tiger Way Gardens had me finding lots of neat fall colors. Above is a monarch sipping from a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). Funny thing about Mexican sunflowers, I've never grown them before and don't really know where this one came from amongst the zinnias. I almost pulled it out but due to lazy weeding, it bloomed before it was doomed. That was a good thing! Monarchs lovehttp://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-fall-walk-around-tiger-way-gardens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-4557696694399036572Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:00:00 +00002016-09-21T04:00:03.219-05:00CaterpillarsMonarchs It is monarch haven here in Tiger Way Gardens and I have been enjoying all of the baby butterflies-in the form of caterpillars-tremendously. I thought I'd share a few with you all today. Above we have three monarch caterpillars munching on Asclepias tuberosa, aka butterflyweed. I started all of my butterflyweed from seeds in January 2016 via winter sowing. The plants have all been planted in http://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2016/09/baby-butterflies-lots-of-caterpillars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-5742115974940902562Fri, 29 Jul 2016 09:30:00 +00002016-07-29T04:30:34.864-05:00Wildflower HillWildflowers Let's talk about Wildflower Hill today. You all may remember we purchased our property three and one half years ago. At that time we had to clear a lot of trees and scrub growth. After everything was cleared we wound up with predominately broomsedge grass on the Wildflower Hill portion of our property. While broomsedge is not bad for wildlife I wanted forbs in order to feed the pollinators andhttp://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2016/07/wildflower-hill-is-amazing-sea-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-1479093479337703709Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:30:00 +00002016-07-22T04:30:09.145-05:00SmokeVegetable Garden Good morning! Summer is in high gear and we are under a heat advisory this week. The above rudbeckia and butterflyweed don't mind the heat but for the most part you'll find me in the air conditioning. Stay cool you all! The vegetable garden has exceeded my dreams. It is doing SO well this year. Mr. Fix-it and I harvested hundreds of new potatoes and onions. Yum! The onions did so well! It washttp://tinaramsey.blogspot.com/2016/07/vegetable-garden-update-july-2016.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tina)7