I wish I had a retentive mind for the names of orchids – some do stay with me, but many do not, so forgive the gaps in the gallery of some of the many orchids we saw growing in Istria. I will name those I am sure of, but as for the rest – please…
Category: This and that
My camera went missing for an hour or so while Todd and I visited Bruges, Belgium. We looked furiously around for the missing Nikon. Just as we were about to give up hope, we spotted it. It had been swiped by an artsy swan. It took all our cunning ways to convince the swan to […]
A common wildflower in Austin, and one that’s found here for most of the year, is the four-nerve daisy, Tetraneuris linearifolia. Here’s the rather wildly arrayed flower head of one seen from the side. Look at the midsection of the ray pointing “northeast” and you can easily count the four “nerves” that have given the […]
Do cravings, wantings, needings, “just give me a fucking glass of wine-ings” ever truly pass? As I sit in the airport lounge with a cup of chamomile tea (no judging just yet, hear me out), I can’t help but wonder if that feeling of always wanting more will ever actually fade and completely disappear into […]
https://videopress.com/embed/6gjWSQCg?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0
I’ve been reading a fascinating book called What A Plant Knows, by the scientist Daniel Chamovitz. It’s about how plants are smarter than most of us have thought – they have a remarkable abilities to detect and respond to aspects of their environment. I’ll be writing a review soon. But to give just one example […]
Erythronium Pagoda Many cite the long-lasting and unsightly foliage of spring bulbs as a reason not to grow them. I have two answers for that. One is my ongoing strategy: grow the temperamental tulip hybrids that don’t perennialize as annuals. I find the pleasure they give and the fun of changing them up more than…
via Grow bulbs for their foliage? Sure! by Elizabeth Licata — Garden Rant
The Coming of Spring: Constance Smedley, writer, suffragist, social activist, founder of the Lyceum Club by Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1881 – 1972)
R RABBITS Hares are native to Britain, but rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are not considered to be native at least not since the last Ice Age. Rabbits, also known as coneys, were introduced first by the Romans and then imported by the Normans in the early medieval period. Rabbits were valued for their meat, fur and skin. […]
via A to Z: a rabble of Rs — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
Yes, it’s time to rethink the way we plant our gardens. As I prepare to take a tour of high school students through the garden, I had to call and warn them to bring umbrellas and boots. Rain has become the norm here and it’s mid April. I haven’t done much in the garden but…
via Rethinking the Way We Plant Our Gardens — That Bloomin’ Garden
The rhetoric of play as an instrumental tool is everywhere (within the limited incidence of its national discussion). It seems that politicians (if they even engage with the idea of ‘play’ at all), journalists, the majority of those who work with children in any capacity, et al, seem to be predominately fixated on outcomes, desirable […]
Old School Garden 