A hawk cried across the sky, screamed from the western pine snag, and has moved along. The crow calls have stopped as well, so i suppose they were threatening to harass it ( Read more... )

3 -11 August my week off by the numbers ( Read more... )

I got too spooked to finish harvesting by a bug that looked very crab and spider-like in the mulberry tree. I think it was this guy https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/eastern-leaf-footed-bug -- although mulberries aren't mentioned, everything else is.  Anyhow, i think ( Read more... )

I continue with something i log as "Executive function distress." Distress is generally too strong a word, but ( Read more... )

Several mornings last week i've sat on the deck after letting the fe-lions loose. Squirrels make an incredible ruckus jumping branch to branch and descending into the mulberry tree. I harrumph, figure they are shaking all the ripe berries on to the ground. (Next year, a fruit capture net will be installed). But today, despite the squirrels ( Read more... )

Due to "popular" demand, here's some iris photos, and links to more:

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Had third harvest of strawberries yesterday. The walking track around the community colleges has a tree with ripe mulberries and (once i started looking up) many trees with ripening berries. Mine are still small pale things ( Read more... )

I just bought from Old House Gardens' end of season sale - https://oldhousegardens.com/ - edible flowers (and vegetable parts) for the garden plot.

Rosalind is a selection of the the H fulva var rosa daylily. I doubt it will be much more red than the double selection "Kwanzo" but i ( Read more... )

I have fought to keep from coughing all weekend. Going to see someone's gardens in the country -- how troublesome can that be? Pretty bad when smoke from a fire drifted through. As i looked at the hostas, my brow furrowed. On inquiry, it's their two free ranging Great Danes that protect their hostas (and two shaggy donkeys). So, if i was willing to ( Read more... )

EEEEEEEE. The cicada are here. I love the genus name, magicicada. I'm trying to focus on the magic part and not dwell on the OMG bugs part. Also i am participating in cicada safari and wondering how many is too many entries in iNaturalistI am better from the cold, still on alert for coughing. Just fought off a cough with a cough drop -- i would ( Read more... )