Thursday, October 14, 2010

GBBD October 2010


In my garden right now...



I've been collecting saffron from these crocuses. Maybe in about 8 years, I'll have collected enough to use for cooking. Intrigued? See this post on saffron crocuses...




You wouldn't believe how far away and tiny these are from the window where I spotted them. These are my totally neglected cyclamen.



At Homestead Farms where we went apple picking. Here's last year's post with photos of some of the happy animals there.



Didn't get enough? Visit May Dreams Gardens for more! Now, what's blooming in your garden?

19 comments:

  1. 8 years? You are very funny!!! Those 'animals' are really adorable. :)

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  2. I was just wondering if you were the same Greenish Thumb that commented on my 'Chicago Garden' and saw the saffron reference and the blog listed in your sidebar. Anyway, thanks for adding that blog to your sidebar,I've added yours to my blogroll page. It may take a day or two for it to show up though.

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  3. Those cyclamens really made a wonderful sight! Good surprise. I like the rosy rose that comes after the cyclamens... it's really gorgeous!! And that lily (?) in the first pic has a unique tip.

    Have a great weekend!

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  4. Wendy, i love your comment in my post today. I laughed with you. BTW, do you just dry the saffron and then just that, store them in the ref? I've seen crocus only once in my life yet, that was last year in Turkey, and i learned saffron came from them. How lovely, and when we went to the mountains they are together with snowdrops! Incredible beauty.

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  5. Wow! You are collecting saffron! Impressive!

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  6. I am really impressed with hardy cyclamen and consider them a treasure in my climate... I also like the color in your alstroemeria... very nice photos! L

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  7. Well you have some nice color still sticking around.

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  8. Oh my, is that an alstroemeria in the first photo? I can certainly tell you are gardening in a much warmer zone than I am! Lots of loveliness for Oct.

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  9. aloha wendy,

    what a very nice tour of your garden this morning, i enjoyed the beautiful flowers and the alstromerias

    thanks for sharing that with us

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  10. Ah, those roses look so velvety, I wish I could touch them. Happy bloom day!

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  11. That rose is especially beautiful, but I like all your flowers. Lovely.

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  12. I read somewhere how many crocuses it takes to make a "pinch" of saffron. Good thing I can't remember or it might discourage you. I only use about a pinch a year, though.

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  13. Wendy, you many many pretty blooms in your garden. The safron is very special and the roses are gorgeous. I bet your little girl loves the flowers too.

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  14. I love the idea of growing your own saffron. I tried some many years ago but never got the plants to ever come back from one year to the next. It got to be VERY EXPENSIVE saffron. Now I just get my supply from my local Indian grocers at about 3% or the price our mainstream grocers charge. Happy bloom day!

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  15. Hey Wendy, I planted saffron crocus this year, I hope to get one or two threads.
    Glad to see you walked out to your cyclamen, it is beautiful.

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  16. No club penguin cheat codes eh?

    Thanks for dropping by. I'm so glad I joined up to GBBD. It's shown me so many more great garden sites to peruse.

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  17. So glad you stopped by The Whimsical Gardener for GBBD as it led me to you. Your photos are beautiful and I really enjoyed the post on the monarch. We live in the flight path as they head south and are starting to see them every where!

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  18. Hi Wendy, good luck with the saffron crocus. In Umbria, next region to Lazio where I live in Italy, there are fields of the saffron crocus; they organise special days where you can pick the threads for them and they teach recipes and give you lunch - sounds like a good deal for them!

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  19. I just love fall crocus (and saffron!) - I aspire to be like you and grow and collect it from such beautiful blooms. Also, love cyclamens but never had much luck - try, try again I say after seeing yours.

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