Saturday, July 30, 2005

Field Trip


My garden madness may be partly hereditary; I went to visit my sister, Dorothy, who lives about 80 miles north of us; this shows the front of her house. She has built a house on our old family homestead of 5 acres of wooded land, with a small creek running through it. The property is now smack dab in the middle of town, so is quite the oasis, and she has filled her yard with flowers, ablaze with color even in late summer; some more pictures of her garden follow. Posted by Picasa


Wildflower bed. Posted by Picasa


Double rudbeckias. Posted by Picasa


Joe Pye weed; being in the milkweed family, it's a magnet for butterflies and bees. Posted by Picasa


Coleus. Posted by Picasa


Angel and petunias. Posted by Picasa


Cherub and petunias. Posted by Picasa


Dorothy is an avid Iowa Hawkeye football fan(Go Hawks)! Posted by Picasa


Garden circle with boy on bike. Posted by Picasa


Garden fairy. Posted by Picasa


My sister has a great friend, Bill, who has gotten into making garden ornaments and gates, out of copper tubing. This is the gate to her vegetable garden. Posted by Picasa


This is the top of a trellis they made, complete with dragonfly on top. Posted by Picasa


Dianthus and stuff. Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

A Walk In The Garden Today


Lily Majoense, a very tall lily with down-facing flowers.Posted by Picasa


Calla lily. Posted by Picasa

Monday, July 25, 2005

A Walk In The Garden Today


Pulmonaria leaf. Posted by Picasa


Lily 'Arabesque'. Posted by Picasa


Hibiscus 'Kopper King'Posted by Picasa

Sunday, July 24, 2005


Hostas and stuff. Posted by Picasa


Daylily Posted by Picasa


Daylily Posted by Picasa


Daylily Posted by Picasa


Hosta 'Golden Prayers'. Posted by Picasa


Gentiana ascleplidae Posted by Picasa

Saturday, July 23, 2005

New Boid

Every year I add a few new birds to my sighting list, here in our garden, and I also add a couple of "call sightings", from birds off in the woods and ravines. Today it was the call of Bell's vireo, a very distinctive call if ever I've heard one. My bird book mnemonic is Cheedle cheedle chee? Cheedle cheedle chew! (I kind of like tippie tippie toes). They write of the bird sounding like it's singing through a clenched beak... to me it sounds like the bird gargled with razor blades... anyway, kind of a neat thing to hear.

A Walk On The Wild Side


There is a 12 foot retaining wall along a ravine that runs right by our house, leaving a nice, flat area at the top, and I've planted it all in wildflowers; this time of year it's mostly rudbeckias. I'd never realized what a sweet perfume they have until I massed them in this big bed. It's a haven for butterflies and bees, and later in the fall, goldfinches and other small birds in profusion, feed off the seedheads. Posted by Picasa

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