We spotted it today while watering where needed in the garden. I saw it out front first, then he spied it on our crab apple tree just when we were getting ready to go back inside and have supper. Continue reading “Spotted a White Admiral Butterfly on our crab apple tree today.”
Tag: garden
16th June Plantings Update
There’s more I want to write about than I have time for, so planting update it is. Continue reading “16th June Plantings Update”
Apis mellifera on Erigeron
A personal rant about landscape fabric
Think of the future!
More specifically, think of your future, especially if you’re the poor sod that will have to deal with the problems it causes down the road.
Don’t try to fool yourself for a minute about landscape fabric, folks. Continue reading “A personal rant about landscape fabric”
First visit to a Conservation Commission meeting.
I finally made it to one of our city’s Conservation Commission meetings. I’ve been curious about what exactly it is they do beyond the general scope of what such a title would suggest.
Unexpectedly, one item on the agenda turned out to be something I might actually be able to help with, involving some plant sharing with another homeowner.
So far, this has been a neat development for a lot of reasons. I’ll write more about it in the coming days.
13th of June, office window view
A solo slug.
2018 plantings list update
I made a decision about how to mark the survivors of this year’s planting. I’m also trying to keep track of how many grew from how many seeds (when I can recall).
First corn sighting
After we picked up our second rain barrel today, we went out to plant the remaining starters I had purchased prior, and I noticed what looks like an awfully promising baby stalk of corn breaching the ground. This made me so happy.
One of our tomato seed spots seemed a bit dug up. I’m glad I used the toilet tissue rolls, as that seems to have deterred the digger from doing more than unearthing down to the top of the roll. Time will tell.