From the Garden

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Wolf spiders

Lots of wolf spiders in the garden today.

They look just like Figure 2 in this link.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/DK1033.html

Butterflies in the garden

Several mourning cloaks in the garden today.

http://wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterfly/species/88-mourning-cloak

Nymphalis antiopa

Frog in the garden

As I walked by the garden pool today, I heard a distinctive "plop."

I turned and , sure enough, there was a frog.

How does it avoid being eaten by the raccoons?

Horseradish

Thanks to Nancy for calling my attention to this one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/garden/01horseradish.html?pagewanted=1&emc=eta1

Armoracia rusticana

I did not know that Illinois produces 60% of the world's horseradish.

Viola & snapdragon

I bought one flat each of mixed viola and mixed snapdragon from Ron & Sue at Luxemburg.

Now if I can just get a few extra minutes to put them in the ground.