Comments on Gardening With Grace: Mr. Crabby: You Make ME Crabby!

I would just like to add that I love that variety ...

2009-07-29T05:31:33.328-07:00

I would just like to add that I love that variety of fuchsia... you must get great hummer shots there. I love your metal pail plant containers too! So many terrific details!

What a fabulous garden you have ... wonderful colo...

2009-07-29T05:28:39.631-07:00

What a fabulous garden you have ... wonderful colors and textures... so painterly and lush. Glad to have found you!

Amazing view from your deck! I was eyeing a eupato...

2009-07-26T17:10:00.870-07:00

Amazing view from your deck! I was eyeing a eupatorim this year but didn't do it. It grew 6' in it's first year. Now I'm regretting passing it up. I guess there's always fall planting.

An absolutely stunning garden . . . although compa...

2009-07-26T13:09:56.444-07:00

An absolutely stunning garden . . . although compared to yours I'm seriously lacking pink! lol

I've blogged about my local crab spider a couple of times here: http://ryans-garden.blogspot.com/2009/05/snow-white-beauty.html and http://ryans-garden.blogspot.com/2009/06/crabby-and-his-catch-my-local-crab.html

Your garden is very beautiful and I love the pink ...

2009-07-26T00:24:32.075-07:00

Your garden is very beautiful and I love the pink blooms.

I have been known to squish a spider or two indoor...

2009-07-23T19:06:12.962-07:00

I have been known to squish a spider or two indoors but outside I have let them be. Then again, I didn't know about the crab spiders! I wonder if they do fulfill a function in nature, seems like they must, unless they are not native to places where bees roam. Hm, maybe a question for a naturalist? Now I am curious! Your garden is looking fab as always and that stripy zuke is a beauty! Glad it made it into muffins, always the best way to eat your veggies. :)

Didn't mean to make you jealous with the SAGBUTT write-up but am pondering trying to find a date to rope you OR folks in too, maybe find a great meeting spot halfway in between? Might you be up for it if so? Kind of a PNW garden bloggers jamboree... anyway, pondering and actually organizing are two different things for me, for sure!

PS I went back to look at that pink bell campanula again and was planning to ask you for seed saving advice, and it was gone! They obviously hired someone to come in a whack all the weeds, and the flowers went too. Wah!

P.S Forgot to say that the zucchini are looking go...

2009-07-21T23:15:36.648-07:00

P.S Forgot to say that the zucchini are looking good :)

I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to spiders espec...

2009-07-21T23:13:58.264-07:00

I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to spiders especially if they come inside the house. Outside though as long as they keep away from me I am fine :) The dahlia on which Crabby is crawling is such a vibrant colour. Do you know which one it is Grace ?

Your gardens are continuing to look beautiful! I ...

2009-07-21T20:47:38.117-07:00

Your gardens are continuing to look beautiful! I hope my Heather Queen Agastache blooms as well as yours. I don't know if we have crab spiders here. Do they eat things besides bees?

Grace: I think we've been hanging together too lon...

2009-07-20T17:15:16.463-07:00

Grace:
I think we've been hanging together too long..... fabulous(ly) chartreuse..... gotta love when I rub off on people!
Hate the crab spiders too, but then again bumble bees frighten me even more! Gorgeous photos - the containers are so going to be a focus for me from here on in as I need more room for sun lovers!

Grace, Those crab spiders can nap about anything ...

2009-07-20T16:40:40.112-07:00

Grace,

Those crab spiders can nap about anything that comes along, I have a photo of one with a tiger swallowtail even. Ever have zucchini pancakes? Just grate it up and add to your pancakes, tasty in fact :)

Aw, poor spider. Not. He needed to get squished. M...

2009-07-20T14:34:36.122-07:00

Aw, poor spider. Not. He needed to get squished. Maybe a few times for good measure.

I love your garden, the variety of types and color and layout is awesome.

Kill away! I don't recall seeing "the crab" in my ...

2009-07-20T11:01:58.877-07:00

Kill away! I don't recall seeing "the crab" in my garden, thank goodness but I am enjoying smashing weevils whenever I see them, and I think of you Grace! That Rose is picture perfect!

We had a crab spider take up residence in a large ...

2009-07-20T10:54:00.668-07:00

We had a crab spider take up residence in a large web in the corner of our sliding glass door. Man, those things move quickly when the web shakes a bit! It's gone now.
And I just put in a mukdenia where it gets morning and evening sun, so the foliage is reddening up. Such a lovely little thing. It might make a nice edging for the path I'll put in someday, will have to watch and see.

my kids are downright OBSESSED with crab-spiders, ...

2009-07-20T10:40:40.960-07:00

my kids are downright OBSESSED with crab-spiders, because some of them have the ability to change colors. We used to have them all the time, but ever since they decided they wanted to catch one for a science fair project, our yard has been bereft of the little buggers. That was three years ago! So as far as I can tell, the way to beat them is to have a need for one.

I didn't know that about crab spiders, I did notic...

2009-07-20T08:21:41.978-07:00

I didn't know that about crab spiders, I did notice they always seem to be on the flowers. That is a little sneaky of them.
I love seeing what you grow in pots, I've been using more perennials and shrubs in containers rather than just annuals. I really like the Sumac, that would look nice on the newly refinished deck. Of course I will be looking for the Clematis too, I don't have any texensis yet.

Grace I just love the yarrow 'Summer Wine' it is g...

2009-07-20T07:38:00.025-07:00

Grace I just love the yarrow 'Summer Wine' it is gorgeous. Adding to the list again.Your fuchsia is so pretty. Both of my double knock out roses bit the dust after last winter but yours looks so pretty.No problem with he single blooming ones just the double ones.I want to try them again but from a different company and see if it was my fault or the grower(more likely mine)

Your phlox is looking wonderful. We've had so much...

2009-07-20T06:35:35.285-07:00

Your phlox is looking wonderful. We've had so much rain this year that I lost 3 of mine to disease. The others I've been spraying with copper fungicide to try to control it. I love the strips on that zucchini! -Jackie

Hi Grace, Always a pleasure to visit your pretty g...

2009-07-20T05:22:41.113-07:00

Hi Grace,
Always a pleasure to visit your pretty garden. It is so lush and well placed!

Mr. Crabby pants wouldn't last long here either if its main course is another beneficial bug. Then again, I'm NEVER worried about being PC so I balance my own garden by snipping the heads off of the awful Eastern Lubber grasshoppers when I can find them. And (*gasp*) glee follows at the thought of my plants living without chewed up leaves. (hope that makes you feel better) :-)

I love the foliage colors you've photographed and the fuchsia is a delight to your view from the deck. I imagine you take in its wonders often. Fuchsia does not like our humidity here so I'll adore yours happily.

All your pink flowers are striking and so nice to see today.
meems

I love all the pink blooms in your garden. Your v...

2009-07-20T04:41:31.193-07:00

I love all the pink blooms in your garden. Your view from the deck is just beautiful!
btw- you are pretty ruthless killing that spider. I kill them in the house, but outside....well, it is me against 8 million!

Not to found of spiders either, it's really the sn...

2009-07-20T02:39:24.757-07:00

Not to found of spiders either, it's really the snakes that bother me, they are so not welcome around here....You'll see a similar post about them later this morning. Your gardens are so beautiful Grace...I love it when the green foliage takes on the hues of red..

Grace, your garden continues to be such an inspira...

2009-07-19T23:56:24.154-07:00

Grace, your garden continues to be such an inspiration to me- you have no idea- just beautiful, evil crab spider and all! Happy gardening to you :)