Plants I thought I’d lost were just dormant for a few years06.22.08

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I had a little bit of a surprise this year garden wise. You see there were some plants that I thought had died last year or the year before as they never came up in the spring. Well this year, after our long snowy winter I got a surprise … the Oriental Poppy […]

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Busy Bees03.15.08

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This weeks theme is I Spy

I spy with my camera eye at least two busy bees collecting pollen from the New York Asters. Heck, there might even be a third one in the last full flower in the right hand corner. There’s a blur there […]

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Fading sedum flowers01.16.08

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This is a photo of my Sedum of unknown name in my backyard. The plant came with the house and must be one of the older varieties. It’s quite floppy, especially when well watered.
I took this photo at the beginning of October when the flowers were just starting to die down. The […]

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Bumble Bee and Balloon Flowers09.10.06

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Last Monday I went outside during the day to tidy up the garden and I noticed that there were bumble bees everywhere. The plants that they seemed to most enjoy were the balloon flowers and the raspberry plants. There must have been at least 50 bumble bees in my garden.

I’m allergic to bee stings, however […]

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