Shacks needed outside in the sun. please humans!!! (he was right, it’s super nice out.)
Continue reading “03/17/2024 perfect sunshine”03/09/2024 Saturday yay
This weekend was beautiful and sunny.
Continue reading “03/09/2024 Saturday yay”03/04/2024 surprises
A daylight surprise and and after dark surprise!
Continue reading “03/04/2024 surprises”02/23/2024 springing
Several classic spring flowers are coming up and a mystery seedling too.
Continue reading “02/23/2024 springing”02/18/2024 seedling shell
I’m on watch for any new friends popping so we can photograph the seedlings.
Continue reading “02/18/2024 seedling shell”01/28/2024 grasslands field trip
![Mom stands on the edge of overgrazed grass at edge of bare winter woods](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_4554-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
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![Briar turns to face the photographer against a backdrop of winter oaks](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_4575-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
![After turning around in the previous picture, briar majestically lifts her head in the bright winter sunlight](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img_4577-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
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01/29/2024 seedlings to watch
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12/21/2023 preparing for solstice rain
![The rain barrel on its now bare stand, with the tepary bean vine pile, a glass
Pyrex bowl of tepary bean pods, and a rolling stool on the driveway in front of it, on a cloudy day.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_3404-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
![I’m holding a dormant ampelopsis plant. Its root has two side branches and the main root branch is torn.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_3406-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
![I point at four clumps of a divided sedge at the base of the red oak, among many fallen leaves.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_3407-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
![I’m holding a dried mystery grass by the tops. One seedhead is visible.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_3408-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
![I’m holding a dormant grass by the base, so you can see the roots are relatively short in the damp earth.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/img_3410-1.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
08/05/2023 mystery grass
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07/15/2023 maybe bluehearts??
![Pale fingers with short nails hold one leaf of a plant with pointed leaves. The plant is growing out of a terra cotta pot and several other shades of green leaves are around.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7599.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)
![The top of a pointed green leave. The veins are visible on the leaf but the pointed tip is held by pale thumb and forefinger to show the upper surface of the leaf better. The plant is a few inches tall and growing out of a terra cotta planter with other green plants.](https://i0.wp.com/garden.eeclaire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_7598.jpg?resize=525%2C700&ssl=1)