I have been excited about Occupy USA and the fact the news is covering it. I plan on joining Occupy Durham first chance I get. Here is one of many articles that really inspired me.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Oh yeah...I like
Last November I received some Japanese Anemones from Holland. They came as root pieces, not much to talk about, so I planted them in the garden. Yesterday the first blooms from Japanese Anemone 'Serenada Pink'
Just two blooms and I'm hoping the other one 'Jobert' will open soon.
I have been excited about Occupy USA and the fact the news is covering it. I plan on joining Occupy Durham first chance I get. Here is one of many articles that really inspired me.
I have been excited about Occupy USA and the fact the news is covering it. I plan on joining Occupy Durham first chance I get. Here is one of many articles that really inspired me.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Asters and Sunflowers
Today I found out that the exciting new native plant Meg brought back from Jones County NC was not what we thought it was. It was labeled Narrow Leaf Sunflower Helianthus angustifolius. Granted I did not know the Latin name for Swamp Sunflower. Just a while ago I looked it up only to find out Swamp Sunflower has another name Narrow Leaf Sunflower. Our garden has huge clumps of Swamp Sunflower already.
Above is Swamp Sunflower which I got from a friend many years ago. This clump is 3 foot in diameter, massive and grows to 12 foot tall. Below the the Narrow Leaf Sunflower(aka Swamp Sunflower) just added to the front garden months ago, oops. Who is going to tell Meg?
We bought a 6 pack of sweet potato plants and planted them in the garden. I have not grown sweet potatoes since I was a young man, here is the harvest from 6 plants.
Some news from the garden. This morning was pretty cold in the low 40s, the bees were inside the hive this morning it was the first time since I got them I could not see any bees at the entrance.
We had a Monarch flying about in the yard today, first I've seen here this fall!
Hey I saw a sign along the road today RedDog Nursery was having a plant sale. I followed the signs and found a house with a tent with lots of flowers. Those of you that follow this blog know I'm taken with hellebores. Well they had doubles, 2 year old beautiful doubles for $8 I purchased three of them. These are from Terranova Nursery, the ones I got are Cotton Candy, Painted Doubles and Amber Gem. I'm sure if I'd order any one of these online I'd paid more than $24 with shipping.
Oh and this is my 300th post on this blog, can you believe it?
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Meg brought this aster from her place. It grows to over 6 foot tall and the butterflies love it! Best part is it is very hard to kill, most asters crap out on me. Same aster different lighting with a big mosquito on it. Does anyone know what this is called?
We bought a 6 pack of sweet potato plants and planted them in the garden. I have not grown sweet potatoes since I was a young man, here is the harvest from 6 plants.
We had a Monarch flying about in the yard today, first I've seen here this fall!
Hey I saw a sign along the road today RedDog Nursery was having a plant sale. I followed the signs and found a house with a tent with lots of flowers. Those of you that follow this blog know I'm taken with hellebores. Well they had doubles, 2 year old beautiful doubles for $8 I purchased three of them. These are from Terranova Nursery, the ones I got are Cotton Candy, Painted Doubles and Amber Gem. I'm sure if I'd order any one of these online I'd paid more than $24 with shipping.
Oh and this is my 300th post on this blog, can you believe it?
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