I am growing lots and lots of zinnias with great success! I have been posting photos over in the annuals forum, but I'll include a few here. I also wrote about them on my blog.

I have been planting the seeds in succession, with the last ones planted about 2 weeks ago. So, I have large plants and seedlings and everything in between. I am enjoying cutting the flowers to bring inside, too.

I used my Canon SX10 IS camera with the zoom for all of these photos- taken in the garden where they are growing.

As for the one baby bunny that was a daily visitor in the spring-- the hawk killed her right in front of us! There are other larger rabbits around, but they, and the deer, have been ignoring the zinnias. I used the rabbit repellent I MUST GARDEN for awhile and haven't used it now in several weeks. There was a fox out in the garden the other night, so he/she may also be keeping the rabbits out during the night.

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Cameron

PS Sorry that it took me a few days to see this. I've had terrible headaches for days (actually weeks) and didn't even turn on my computer on Monday and barely used it yesterday while I wrote a travel story assignment.

OMG - Headaches here too - and have never had them before...

Hope you are feeling better - Mine are like these pressure headaches and feel really weird...

Gorgeous photos - I need to start looking at more blogs - but am so glad those zinnias worked out for you - I, too, love cutting zinnias - they are such a stand-out in the vase.

Carrie

Well, it isn't my ears or sinuses, so I'm on different meds today. The thinking is that it is referred pain from my neck! When I take a nap, the headache goes away, but once I've been up and moving around, it comes back. I don't remember an injury, but I've done a lot of gardening and heavy lifting. Also... it could be TOO MUCH TIME ON THE COMPUTER! LOL

Hope your pain goes away. It's really hard to handle day in and day out.

Cameron

Cameron - OMG, I have neck spurs and the doctor told me that my headaches are referred pain from my neck...

Do you ever get dizzy? I believe most of my vertigo is derived from my neck. I went to an eye, nose, throat doctor because I thought the dizziness was from my ear - he said I checked out fine and that I must have "cervical vertigo"...

Yet, I continue to dig, bend forward and kill my back - it's our gardening addiction...

Carrie

Carrie -- oh yes, I get dizzy, too.

Take care,
Cameron