Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: December 2010

Thought I'd start with a few photos of blooms that are doing well right now.
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The rest of the blooms are pretty much the same as the past couple of months, but with some cold weather damage (and by cold weather, I mean a few nights that got around freezing). A lot of leggy, scruffy perennials...can't wait to cut them back after a real freeze. Also, excuse all the leaves. Wednesday afternoon is raking time.
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To see other gardens on this bloom day, go to May Dreams Garden, where Carol hosts this monthly event.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Easter Egg Radishes

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Okay, so this is an example of planting seeds because of the name. I don't actually eat radishes, but I'll attempt to do something with these. I think I let them get too spicy, but maybe sliced thin with some goat cheese on bread? Mostly, I just like how cute they are. Planted some rainbow chard (transplant) in its place in the square foot garden. Also put in some Italian parsley, a hollyhock (only one of my seeds came up), and mint, which I hope will jump the corner of the bed to the granite. We'll see.

Monday, December 6, 2010

A monarch caterpillar journey

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This caterpillar was sitting motionless on a broccoli leaf (in the bed below) for an hour. When I moved him to the butterfly weed, he went right into action.
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More fall color at Walnut Creek

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