I’ve noticed that the colors of Autumn have varied greatly near me this year, with some areas well past peak color and others approaching it. I found one area this weekend that offered a nice display. Photos Copyright Jeffrey Foltice
Category: This and that
Yesterday I potted up 160 Tulip bulbs in 8 containers. This is 2/3 of the total, so not too bad. There’s 80 Tulips and 4 containers left to go.
Three men sat in the corner of the public house. They didn’t say much, they were waiting. The other people around them were still talking about the hanging seven days earlier. The executed man had struggled for a long time when he dropped, the crowd had gone quiet by the time he went still. Most […]
via Hand of Glory — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
Having written and read endlessly about depression and anxiety it seems to me that depending on where we are on the spectrum of this disease, we all follow pretty much the same routines. However what I’ve noticed is that the higher we are on said spectrum the less we are able to do, thereby […]
via What do you do to Combat Depression and/or Anxiety? — How I Killed Betty!
There comes a point with every garden where it starts getting difficult to figure out where to put all the plants that you (meaning, in this case, I) must have. It’s kind of like the irresistible mass meets the inflexible property line.
By Wayne Kett In the year 1818 parents wishing to ensure their children grew into virtuous adults and free from vice, were given a new tool, in the form of a board game. To give it, its full name: The New Game of Virtue Rewarded and Vice Punished, For the Amusement of Youth of Both […]
via The New Game of Virtue Rewarded and Vice Punished — Shine A Light
“Species population declines are especially pronounced in the tropics, with South and Central America suffering the most dramatic decline, an 89 percent loss compared to 1970,” reads the report. “Freshwater species numbers have also declined dramatically, with the Freshwater Index showing an 83% decline since 1970.”
via Humanity’s Mass Extinction of Wildlife Continues — GarryRogers Nature Conservation
An email reminder from Nematodes Direct and the purchase of a discounted hose-end nematode applicator at the local garden centre reminded me that now is the time to apply these biological controls to avoid foxes digging up the lawn in search of juicy morsels. My lawn is about as far from a perfect green sward…
via Begone Leatherjackets and Chafer Grubs! — The Enduring Gardener
A small city garden completely dominated by 30ft high Strelitzia nicolai. As dusk fell, those Strelitzias came alive with a colony of rats, dozens of them, leaping from branches like a circus act. That was it! They had to go – the Strelitzias and the rats. It took three days and five truckloads to be […]
via Transforming an indigenous garden in Johannesburg. — Jardin
Butterflies dominate our summer gardens for their beauty and the movement they add to our gardens. But let us not forget their cousins who grace the darker times in our gardens, the moths. Throughout the summer months Jude and I put out our live moth trap to explore these night time visitors to our patch. […]
via Simply Beautiful No 23 in a very occasional series — greenbenchramblings
Old School Garden 