Posted on April 17, 2022April 17, 2022Sunday garden check up Blue flax seedlings are getting tiny new leaves. Possibly a false gaura! It looks different from the common volunteers! Two Datura wrightii seedlings! A senna hopeful. It is actually a bit rough, so maybe this is the rough leaf sunflower?? A redbud I potted up last year. The Euphorbia from Mom and Dad’s house is perking back up. Roman chamomile did well while I was gone! Lettuce and bok choy doing good. Two more fluttermill Missouri primrose seedlings up! The horse crippler cactus transplanted from Mom’s garden. I’ve put a drip on the ground plum (actually a legume) since yesterday, as it seems to be having a rough transplant. This is also into the rock garden. In the rainbow garden, a mystery seedling. Maybe two leaf senna??? Butterfly milkweed is coming up in rainbow garden. Maybe another butterfly milkweed? It’s in the right place. A single cilantro seedling. The only one in the yard. In that crack. A winecup from two years ago. Purple prairie clover from two years ago. Maybe Liatris leaves? It’s in the right spot. Another mystery seedling. Tall vervain is perking up a bit. Ten petal anemone are perking up too! Greeneyes getting bigger! My blue stars are blooming! Salvia azurea leaves.
Posted on April 13, 2022April 13, 2022More vacation gardening and wild prairie Lyre leaf sage blooming. Hopefully mine will be blooming soon in Oklahoma. A Swiss Chard is coming up. Mystery seedling… Too early for oregano?? Dogs!! Clouds like mountains. Native tiny bee on Callirhoe involucrata (winecup). Chickadee wasn’t on her nest yesterday, but she was today. More fun!! A solider beetle yesterday. Mom has the ID. Two of these moths in one day (yesterday). If you look just above the moth, you can see a tiny planthopper.
Posted on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022Kale and bird poop Lacinato kale is sprouting for Mom and Dad! Scotch blue curled kale is up too! Two dogs, having fun. Look at the bird poop on the coralberry leaves! How unappetizing! It’s actually a bird dropping moth. It’s even a bit lumpy! It’s probably Antaeotricha leucilliana but there are a few similar species that can’t be distinguished for sure without looking at the genitalia. Luckily for the moth, that sounds like a lot of work.
Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022Plants for Mom Mmm seeds from home! Seeds smell like people she knows. We’ll wait a few more days to plant the tomatoes. Mom put a few more bags of topsoil in. An unknown seedling volunteering. We’ll leave it for now. We seeded lacinato kale, Scotch blue curled kale, Fordham giant Swiss chard, marigolds, red rubin basil, Italian large leaf basil, green wave mustard greens, and oregano.
Posted on December 29, 2021December 29, 2021Indoor greens Chijimisai greens continue to grow adult leaves!
Posted on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021Thai green curry From garden: cilantro, bok choy, walking onion. Other ingredients include random assorted vegetables. It was delicious!! Thanks Paula!!!
Posted on December 22, 2021December 22, 2021Indoor greens Chijimisai greens were a free seed packet in an order, and despite being a Brassica the label said not frost hardy. So I’m trying to grow them in a decorative planter with some other friends.
Posted on December 21, 2021December 21, 2021A heavy frost Parris island cos romaine lettuce seedling Collard greens from Judy Briar looks at the collard greens Not sure the bok choy is happy. 🤔
Posted on December 19, 2021Survival on the porch, low was 15 F Uncovered mizuna fine on the porch. Covered bok choy seedlings also fine!