Yesterday and today, I hauled compost from the woods and spread it over the garden. After that, I tilled the garden. In a few days
At the end of a hard working gardening day, the Lone Gardener wonders
If an Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar could have a facebook, then do you think his profile picture would be something like this? ...
Have you ever wondered what those stubby legs look like up close? I accidentally captured the pseudopods today in a photograph. This is a close-up photograph of the pseudopods on a monarch caterpillar. The sticky false feet help the caterpillar maneuver around on its food [host plant] and helps keep it from falling off the plant.Go to web page to see image ...
Earlier today I took these photographs in my garden. The caterpillars shown here are, as far as I can tell, Black Swallowtail. The plants they are feeding on is fennel. I don't mind, I got the fennel for half price and I had been wondering what I was going to do with it. 
If you read my blog last year, then you might remember that I let my herbs take over the part of the garden that I was not using. Unchecked, the peppermint spread like it was meant to spread--everywhere. I remember just two years ago when this was a small plant that only used around 6 square feet of garden real estate. And before then, the peppermint spent years, a decade, struggling to survive. ...
The lemon balm is up and growing with vigor. The lemon balm plant pictured below is large this spring. I have three plants or more and I should begin harvesting soon.
I dry the leaves and use them in tea. Generally not by themselves, but paired with other herbs such as...
A few years ago, when "that little daisy" began blooming, I thought to myself, "I should find out what that flower really is." So began the search for the name and I found it easily enough, but in the next year, I forgot the name. The search began again, and then I forgot the name the following year. I can't remember how many time I forgot this flower's name. Well guess what? I remembered its name this year and I think I remembered it last year too, but I am not certain about that. ...
The bleeding heart plants are blooming again in this part of the world.
My bleeding hearts are still in pots and this makes the 3rd season that they are still in pots. For now, I have placed them under a rhododendron plant. The rhododendron is providing the bleeding heart plants...
Each year when I roll back the weeds or pull them, I find a snake hole or two with a trail leading from the hole. The photo below is a snake hole that I uncovered this year while preparing a leek bed.
The snake trails always make a meandering path...
The insect pictured on this page is what seems to be a fork-tailed bush katydid [Scudderia furcata]. It was sitting on a zinnia in my garden on September 24th, 2009.
See an image of how a bumblebee drinks from milkweed.
« Older ||
The Whole Blog
|
Only DY Updates |
Comments XML feed
