Photos: Dark Gardening
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ysabetwordsmithI enjoy growing dark-colored plants. I have black flowers, bronze leaves, black fruits, all kinds of interesting things.
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Photos: House Yard
Apr. 3rd, 2025 11:22 pmysabetwordsmithToday I took pictures around the yard. It's cloudy, so the lighting is bad, but so much is happening that I wanted to capture it. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna, and Prairie Garden.
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Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Mar. 12th, 2025 11:50 pmysabetwordsmithContinuing the photo tour of the yard, most of these are from the savanna and prairie garden.
See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed
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See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed
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Photos: Testing Pens on Plant Labels
Jan. 3rd, 2025 08:10 pmysabetwordsmithThis set of photos begins documenting an experiment to see which type of pen will prove most durable for outdoor plant labels. I also took a few pictures around the yard, as long as I was out there with the camera.
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Photos: Hollies Planted
Dec. 21st, 2024 09:47 pmysabetwordsmithFor our Yule ritual this year, we planted our new hollies in the Midwinter Grove.
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Poem: "Earthlove"
Nov. 18th, 2024 11:02 pmysabetwordsmithThis is the free poem for the November 2024 ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from fuzzyred. It also fills the "green / yellow" square in my 11-1-24 card for the Sleepytime Bear Bingo fest. This poem is about autumn and gardening.
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crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from fuzzyred. It also fills the "green / yellow" square in my 11-1-24 card for the Sleepytime Bear Bingo fest. This poem is about autumn and gardening.( Read more... )
Photos: House Yard
Nov. 2nd, 2024 10:36 pmysabetwordsmithToday I took some pictures around the yard. These are images from the house yard.
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Photos: Cicadas
May. 14th, 2024 11:42 pmysabetwordsmithCicadas are hatching! I've seen a few hatch earlier, but this morning after the rain there are lots of them. The biggest concentration is around the forest garden and edges of the patio. :D These are red-eyed cicadas, technically periodical cicadas. Their carapaces are almost hard, their wings fully extended but still too soft to fly. It's a feast for everything that eats insects. Humans can eat them too. (I'm not planning to try that.) Usually what we get here are various types of the larger green cicadas, like the dog-day cicadas.
For maximum birdwatching benefits, keep an eye out on mornings after a rain. Once the nymphs shed their shells, they are soft and vulnerable. Many birds eagerly feast on them.
See also the poem "The Flying Jewels of Spring."
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For maximum birdwatching benefits, keep an eye out on mornings after a rain. Once the nymphs shed their shells, they are soft and vulnerable. Many birds eagerly feast on them.
See also the poem "The Flying Jewels of Spring."
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ysabetwordsmithA floodle is a giant puddle that forms in a low spot on relatively flat land. In some areas, they may only last a few hours or days, but in others they can last for weeks or even months. It depends on the soil composition, water table, and whether or not more rain falls. They can be natural, or because of human foolishness.
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Native Plants
Jan. 13th, 2023 05:16 pmysabetwordsmithI've started browsing around for my spring plant orders. I've made a couple of posts about places to find native plants for attracting wildlife:
Prairie Moon Nursery
Attract Birds with Larval Host Plants
I also launched the communitybirdfeeding for all kinds of bird-related interests such as birdfeeding and birdwatching. It's already quite lively, with members scattered around the United States of America and one in Scotland. So if you enjoy birds, drop by and check it out. I've been crossposting a lot of things to my blog and to birdfeeding, like the ones above on native plants.
Prairie Moon Nursery
Attract Birds with Larval Host Plants
I also launched the community
birdfeeding for all kinds of bird-related interests such as birdfeeding and birdwatching. It's already quite lively, with members scattered around the United States of America and one in Scotland. So if you enjoy birds, drop by and check it out. I've been crossposting a lot of things to my blog and to birdfeeding, like the ones above on native plants.Making the Frog Pot
May. 12th, 2022 11:41 pmysabetwordsmithI had a big old flowerpot that got soggy because it had no drain holes. I decided to turn it into a miniature garden for my tree frogs. :D I didn't have to buy anything special for this project, it was all found items.
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Yard Pictures from Sunday
Apr. 4th, 2022 02:37 pmysabetwordsmithYesterday before we went out, I took some yard pictures. It was finally sunny, so I got good ones this time.
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Winter Gardening
Jan. 30th, 2022 02:46 pmysabetwordsmithI've done some winter gardening prep. I've written a few relevant posts on my blogs:
Landrace Chickens and Other Livestock
(somewhat inspired by this article on landrace melons)
How to Start a Garden
(loads of links to articles and nursery catalogs)
Community Supported Agriculture
(now's a good time to join most collectives)
These are some of my 2022 goals related to gardening:
* Finish at least two catalog orders for spring plants by the end of February. Orders sent in March or later do not count. [MET 1/17/22 ordered Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Seed Mix from American Meadows and Bee Lawn Mix from Open Seeds.]
* Complete at least one significant outdoor project.
- Build a hibernaculum?
- Make shelter pipes for tree frogs?
- Plant oak trees?
* Put some bee plants in the prairie garden for the honeybees in the bee tree. [Begun 1/17/22 ordered Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Seed Mix (also bee-friendly) from American Meadows and Bee Lawn Mix from Open Seeds.]
My relevant tags:
* Birdfeeding
* Gardening
* Photo (mostly my yard & wildlife, on LiveJournal)
* Recipe (if you like to cook produce)
Landrace Chickens and Other Livestock
(somewhat inspired by this article on landrace melons)
How to Start a Garden
(loads of links to articles and nursery catalogs)
Community Supported Agriculture
(now's a good time to join most collectives)
These are some of my 2022 goals related to gardening:
* Finish at least two catalog orders for spring plants by the end of February. Orders sent in March or later do not count. [MET 1/17/22 ordered Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Seed Mix from American Meadows and Bee Lawn Mix from Open Seeds.]
* Complete at least one significant outdoor project.
- Build a hibernaculum?
- Make shelter pipes for tree frogs?
- Plant oak trees?
* Put some bee plants in the prairie garden for the honeybees in the bee tree. [Begun 1/17/22 ordered Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Seed Mix (also bee-friendly) from American Meadows and Bee Lawn Mix from Open Seeds.]
My relevant tags:
* Birdfeeding
* Gardening
* Photo (mostly my yard & wildlife, on LiveJournal)
* Recipe (if you like to cook produce)
