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• Re: Want us to feature your garden on the Garden Photo of the Day blog?

  GPOD - Here goes - I thought you could use some bold and beautiful photo shots from my gardens here in a country setting in Southern - Southern Illinois. I hope this goes well, as I love my gardens - gardening in general - and taking pictures and showing off and sharing the gardens and garden areas. My gardening skills have been self taught down through the years from generations of loved ones. Right now it is seed saving time for me and seeds are everywhere begging to be saved. The largest quantity of what I save are zinnia seed. I like to play with hybridizing the zinnia - though minimal as you can see below. Yes, that that first zinnia has a tinge of yellow around each petal - it even surprised me. The large area of zinnia are in my Wetland Garden - where I cannot plant until after June 1 each year (due to flodding). https://s3.amazonaws.com/finegardening.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2018/01/31004948/28aaec8d059db45c86e4c0d05722bf7abe58099a64baade817b804ee9cc09ca8.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/finegardening.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2018/01/31004950/917dd10948b7d4ebf18210ae81acd65c76e6d7a60604bcf9770e7b98e8afed27.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/finegardening.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2018/01/31004951/7944a330ffb5c18854623ec8c2080f381ba31eb361f8e89cff338c90bce0972a.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/finegardening.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2018/01/31004952/a203e2acb91bbc6fc8356492de65a3b0f80d780df0e400acb85a8b1a40054551.jpg These love-in-a-puff are the result of my seed saving from last year - after my husband told me he saw these vines loaded with little puff balls, growing along an old fence row when he was mowing off a pasture area. Googling tells it all, the little guys are 'love-in-a-puff'. And the amazing part is that each puff has 3 round seeds inside (each with a heart on it). https://s3.amazonaws.com/finegardening.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2018/01/31004953/bd0e4b5dc191467ac821dc08a308f750c11eaf9147b36d8e6261e0d1b6b9846c.jpg This is an area in my Hillside 4-Row Perennial Garden which seems to have ever changing color. https://s3.amazonaws.com/finegardening.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2018/01/31004955/abb44c53344f81e2843c8166fbaf584495880038cae8060d184c1800bfab5cfd.jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/finegardening.s3.tauntoncloud.com/app/uploads/2018/01/31004956/a4a950f1be835a1f6e93ca22cf49bba417ec3ff7901ee280f6fadc7af651b84e.jpg Well - as I said, I enjoy sharing - so now best I mogate myself outside on this beautiful fall day and enjoy the cool gardening temperatures.

  Posted: 04:08 pm on October 2nd 2017

• Re: Creative Container Designs That Welcome Summer

  I usually get carried away with fall clean up and I'm probably taking out debris from the plants that could be creating fall/winter interest. I've enjoyed seeing and reading your Awesome Autumn info.

  Posted: 11:32 am on October 21st 2017