Photos: Savanna
Mar. 6th, 2026 11:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmith posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
gardeningI took some pictures around the yard today. These are from the savanna. (See the house yard.)
These are my water jug greenhouses. I didn't notice until later, so there's no closeup photo, but the first Ginger Gold apple seedling has sprouted inside one!
The daffodils are way up, and some have buds now.
Many small flowers are blooming in the tulip bed, and the tulips are sprouting. You can't see it yet, but the peonies are just beginning to appear as pink shoots.
Crocuses are blooming, and the first miniature irises have opened.
These irises are periwinkle.
Lavender crocuses and red-violet iris bloom together. I just realized that in one of the crocuses, there is a tiny bee with a metallic green abdomen and brown thorax. I couldn't find a reference picture, so I have no idea what it is.
These crocuses are a soft butter yellow.
Naturalized snowdrops fill the east end of the savanna.
This is one of the bigger patches.
In this closeup, you can see the green dots on the petals.
The wildflower garden is mostly brown at present.
This penstemon is putting out beautiful purple leaves. I planted it last year. If I see any at the nurseries this year, I may grab more.
Part of the log border is covered with lovely green moss. As the older logs break down, I just add new ones.
The catkins on the hazel bush are fully open now. I couldn't see the tiny lipstick female flowers when I looked for them, but closer examination of the photo reveals that they are in there.
A honeybee landed on the hazel catkins. These are the male flowers that release pollen, and likely where the girls are filling their baskets.
The girls were to-ing and fro-ing from their bee tree today. In this picture, one is returning to the hive with full pollen baskets.
I saw this ginormous soaring bird. I thought it was a turkey vulture because it was so big and dark. But looking at the picture, the shape of its wings and feathers looks different. I don't think it's a red-tailed hawk because it's too big and the wrong color. It's the wrong color and shape for our great-horned owl, and they don't tend to ride thermals. It doesn't have the head-and-tail lights of a bald eagle -- but young ones don't, they take several years to bleach out. So I'm not sure of this one after all.
These are my water jug greenhouses. I didn't notice until later, so there's no closeup photo, but the first Ginger Gold apple seedling has sprouted inside one!
The daffodils are way up, and some have buds now.
Many small flowers are blooming in the tulip bed, and the tulips are sprouting. You can't see it yet, but the peonies are just beginning to appear as pink shoots.
Crocuses are blooming, and the first miniature irises have opened.
These irises are periwinkle.
Lavender crocuses and red-violet iris bloom together. I just realized that in one of the crocuses, there is a tiny bee with a metallic green abdomen and brown thorax. I couldn't find a reference picture, so I have no idea what it is.
These crocuses are a soft butter yellow.
Naturalized snowdrops fill the east end of the savanna.
This is one of the bigger patches.
In this closeup, you can see the green dots on the petals.
The wildflower garden is mostly brown at present.
This penstemon is putting out beautiful purple leaves. I planted it last year. If I see any at the nurseries this year, I may grab more.
Part of the log border is covered with lovely green moss. As the older logs break down, I just add new ones.
The catkins on the hazel bush are fully open now. I couldn't see the tiny lipstick female flowers when I looked for them, but closer examination of the photo reveals that they are in there.
A honeybee landed on the hazel catkins. These are the male flowers that release pollen, and likely where the girls are filling their baskets.
The girls were to-ing and fro-ing from their bee tree today. In this picture, one is returning to the hive with full pollen baskets.
I saw this ginormous soaring bird. I thought it was a turkey vulture because it was so big and dark. But looking at the picture, the shape of its wings and feathers looks different. I don't think it's a red-tailed hawk because it's too big and the wrong color. It's the wrong color and shape for our great-horned owl, and they don't tend to ride thermals. It doesn't have the head-and-tail lights of a bald eagle -- but young ones don't, they take several years to bleach out. So I'm not sure of this one after all.
