From the Garden: 2020

Friday, October 23, 2020

Jacob Cline

https://www.anniesannuals.com/plants/view/?id=5107

Mildew resistance is very important.

I love the vanilla species Monarda but it is susceptible to downy mildew.

Tangerine

https://www.anniesannuals.com/plants/view/?id=3918

Geum 'Totally Tangerine'

Zone 4? Put this on my wish list!

I think there was a Led Zeppelin song about this.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Test

Blogger is misbehaving.

This is only a test.

Friday, October 9, 2020

Chocolate Vine

Volunteer chocolate vine near the original chocolate vine.

We are harvesting a compost pile that we started 10-15 years ago. There is some very good compost in the bottom of that pile. Also found these pruners in the bottom of the pile. Apparently, they compost very slowly.

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Vole

The stress was too much for him?

Or maybe chipmunks do not want to share turf?

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Morning Glory

Monday, September 7, 2020

Yellow Sneezeweed

Sneezeweed

One of my favorite garden plants. Cold hardy, pest & disease resistant, drought tolerant.

Sneezeweed

Sneezeweed AKA Helen's Flower

I prefer this color but there is no question that the plain yellow is much more robust.

Pansy

Pansy looking remarkably good after the heat of summer.

I find it supremely ironic that somehow the word "pansy" got transmogrified into a word that means a person who is not tough, because the plant is tough as nails and will survive conditions that leave a lot of other plants on the compost heap.

Thursday, September 3, 2020

Belgravia Rose

https://www.anniesannuals.com/plants/view/?id=4828

This might be a good choice for up on the hill at The Lodge.

Blue Waterfall

https://www.anniesannuals.com/plants/view/?id=4652

Looks interesting, but rich, loamy soil is in short supply around here.

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Millenium

https://mikesbackyardnursery.com/2020/08/millenium-ornamental-onion/

I love 'Millenium'.

I also love 'Summer Beauty.'

Friday, August 28, 2020

Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate

Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate, so named because it gets very tall and leans.

This is a truly pathetic example growing in a crack in the driveway, but it is what it is.

Morning Glory

Morning Glory. I really like the red highlights.

Coffee Grounds

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/coffee-grounds-for-plants-myth

This is interesting. I have composted coffee grounds for many years.

Friday, August 21, 2020

Better Dirt

https://blog.jungseed.com/4-tips-for-improving-garden-soil/

I am always in favor of better dirt.

Saturday, August 1, 2020

More Fish in the Pond

More Fish in the Pond.

Fish in the Pond

Fish in the Pond.

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Dog Vomit Fungus

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Cucumbers

Cucumbers grown from seed

Tomatoes

Tomatoes grown from seed

Corn

Corn grown from seed

Basil

Basil grown from seed

Dirt

A custom mix of garden dirt, coir, peat moss, finished & screened compost, perlite, and #2 cherry stone chicken grit.

Works great.

Red Lily

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Queen of the Prairie

Queen of the Prairie.

Friday, July 10, 2020

Medlar

https://www.rootsimple.com/2010/12/medlar-the-best-fruit-youve-never-heard-of/

Yet another item that has been on my wish list for decades.

Mulberry

https://oikostreecrops.com/products/tree-crop-plants/black-mulberry/

This has been on my wish list for decades.

Metallic Gold Dragonfly

This is just some random photo from the internet, but yesterday, I saw a metallic gold dragonfly in the garden. It was so gold and so metallic that it looked fake. I did not have my phone with me, but even if I did, it moved off so fast that I could not have photographed it.

If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might think it was a government surveillance device.