This is a monochidae eating a monochidae . Thanks to Wikipedia for capturing this brutal moment. Will they stop at nothing? How do you tell the difference between healthy earthworms and those on junk food? The worms eating potato chips, pressure treated wood, fries, vinegar, and consuming large amounts of alcohol will be dead. That’s [...]
How about some shades of orange. All pictures came from Proven Winners Plants. Permission was given from Proven Winners to use the photos. The picture is displayed first and then a list of the plants follows.
Finally, today, I got the beds mulched with yummy leaf compost. This is my 4th truck load in the past two weeks. Last year we put in about 15. You can read about that here at My Keyboard has no ame and Thomas Edison My youngest son surprised me today and helped with the first load. [...]
I’m in the garden today spreading some wonderful aromas around the neighborhood. I certainly hope the neighbors will forgive me for my rich compost scent wafting in the breezes. I don’t think they’ll mind when they get a taste of my tomatoes. Hope you all are having a grand week. I’ll be back soon to [...]
Veep over at Veg Plotting signed up for my pay it forward post a few weeks ago. My Post was part of a meme that I signed up for at Jan’s Blog, Thanks for 2 Day. It was a simple request and one that I really loved doing. For the first couple of people who sign [...]
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Detergents clean the bugs. Soap kills them. What is the difference. Remember, don’t kill the good bugs. This soap solution only kills the bug if you spray directly on it. There is no residue left behind to harm the good critters. I mostly use this soap recipe for the aphids and those nasty Japenese beetles. [...]
I found some very interesting and attractive Ageratum containers while putting together my ever growing wish list for this summer’s containers. As always, I wanted to share. Permission to use these photos was given by Proven Winners Plants
This absolutely magnificient Weeping Willow grows in Dayton Virginia and is joined by hundreds more. Someone had the good sense to plant these way back when. From way back when to today, they have become the pride of the area. I’ll go back to visit if it’s only for the willows. They are so strong [...]
I tried Diamond Frost Euphorbia two years ago and fell in love with it. This year it grew very large in the garden. I suppose it was about 3ft x 3ft. Previous years I had used it in containers with much success and I wanted to see how it would do in the landscape. I [...]
Below you can see a video of the world’s largest wisteria that is soon to be 115 years old. Above is a wisteria from my photo album for The Briar Patch Garden Center in Winston Salem, NC There are many projects being considered right now for the stimulus package. One of the buzz words associated [...]
Above is a picture of our electrical grid for the whole United States. It isn’t deatailed and doesn’t show the many grids that branch off these lines. It is a grid showing all the major electrical control stations. From these red dots, all of the electricity is routed by computers and directed to businesses and [...]
Do you want a nonstop blooming yellow daisy? The Butterfly Marguerite Daisy by Proven Winners always grows in my garden. In fact I plant about 10 of them. They are everything the tag says and more. They stop traffic and wow those out for a neighborhood walk. They bloom early and last till frost. You’ll [...]
Remember this Bordeaux–well here is a more lovely picture. The veining in this Supertunia is exquisite. Ken Lander is the breeder for this stunning lady. He stopped by my blog recently and I was thrilled. I didn’t have my site set up to give this flower its due justice—so here you go! You can see [...]
The picture above came from the photo below. I think it looks like Spring riding in on the waves of the tides. These were created in MacBook Pro Powerpoint. I’m fixing plant labels right now and will show those to you later.
I’m thankful for the elm tree most of the time. Right now though, I’d pay $10 for a box of Kleenex. The beautiful blooms of the elm seen in the picture above and below are dangerous to folks like me. In a way, I’m thrilled because it indicates a strong sign that Spring is arriving [...]
Did you know this picture got a lot of attention when I first posted it a couple of months ago. I posted it again when I moved my blog back to wordpress. You can see the post here. But the second posting was not as good as the first. Seems like you can’t write a [...]
I was playing around with MacBook Pro Powerpoint today. Here is what a bunch of coneflowers look like when you give it some Peace, Love, and Joy!
This little rocking beauty is one of my very favorite Supertunias from Proven Winners Plants. Oh my word!, I have put it with a million different combinations. I find that my hippie friends like it the best. They think it looks tie-dyed like those funky shirts and skirts we use to wear in the 70s. I agree. [...]
I’ll be showing lots of pictures from my Proven Winners Plants recipes. I thought I’d share them with you while you are thinking about your summer choices. I took these photos from the Proven Winners site but have used them in my gardens or those that I make for other folks. If you want these [...]
This is a Mauve Bowles Wallflower. It’s my favorite of the Erysimums. There are several colors in this family. In my zone 7 garden, they bloom from March through July. I cut it back after blooming and it puts out another huge display of flowers the next year. The Wallflower was an evergreen in my [...]
This is the home of Zebulon and Elizabeth Latimer. It is an 1800′s Greek Revival and furnished with only the best from that time. The home is located in the historic district of downtown Wilmington, NC. See my sidebar category under Wilmington for more about this family. The upstairs dining room. There was a downstairs dining room [...]
Above is a copper art depiction of blue butterflies in flight. It is from the Butterfly Garden in Wilmington, NC at Arlie Gardens. You can see more on my sidebar under Wilmington. Below is a gazing ball at the Azalea Garden Inn of Blowing Rock, NC. More under Blowing Rock on my sidebar.
Notice the hearts? Many of the old homes in Dayton Virginia had hearts displayed cleverly around the property or on the houses. Dayton sits in the center of the Shenandoah Valley and they clearly take that to heart. All around town there are banners and fliers that say—Welcome to Dayton the heart of the Shenandoah [...]
This is a dairy farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It is owned by a Mennonite family and the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. I can’t imagine what it’s like to look out at these mountains every day. The cow that you see in the front who isn’t headed in to the barn is in [...]
There is that day when they turn from fresh and new to tarnished and aged. She is just entering that stage when beauty is fading. We gardeners look at her and remember her glory days. I think flowers are beautiful in every stage of their life. Isn’t it interesting that we humans produce life in [...]
She is called Strawberry Candy. I think that is appropriate! Linda over at Tradgar has some beautiful lilies. Scott Crowley Mini Pearl Here is a wonderful site that list different types of lilies. North American Lily Society The photos above are from my LA Reynolds Showcase Nursery catagory.
These lace leaf maples are intricate in detail from near and far. Most varieties need to be grown in partial sun if you live in a hot summer area. A few Japanese maples can be grown in full sun but you need to check the tag to make sure. I’m fond of how they add [...]
