Tuesday, October 19, 2010

FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS


IS YOUR GARDEN BURNED TO A CRISP? MINE LOOKS PRETTY BAD EVEN THOUGH ALL I SEEM TO DO IN MY SPARE TIME IS DRAG A WATER HOSE. SINCE NOT MUCH IS GOING ON IN THE WAY OF FALL PLANTING, I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU HOPE OF BETTER TIMES BY SHOWING A FEW FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS I MADE BEFORE THE DROUGHT. THE FIRST ONE IS RUDBECKIA AND BUNNY TAIL GRASS AND WILD PURPLE BASIL. I HAVE ALREADY YANKED UP THE BASIL- MOST OF IT ANYWAY BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW IT WILL RESEED EVERYWHERE! tHE NEXT ARRANGEMENT IS CHIVE BLOSSOMS, SOUTHERN SHEILD FERN , MONKEY GRASS BLOOMS ,AND ROSES. THE LAST ARRANGEMENT I ACTUALLY MADE ABOUT A WEEK AGO WITH STUFF THE DRY WEATHER HASN'T AFFECTED TOO MUCH. IT IS ZEBRA GRASS,EUCALYPTUS, SOUTHERN SHEILD FERN,APIDISTRA,BUNNY TAIL GRASS, A FEW FEATHERS THROWN IN AND I SWEAR I AM DRAWING A BLANK ON THE SPOTTED LEAF STUFF! DOES THAT DRIVE YOU CRAZY WHEN THE NAME OF SOMETHING GOES RIGHT OUT OF YOUR HEAD? ANYWAY WE CAN DREAM OF RAIN AND FUTURE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS CAN'T WE?
Posted by Picasa

Friday, October 8, 2010

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

DOES THIS LOOK WEIRD OR WHAT? THIS IS A JACK BEAN JUST EMERGING- THESE THINGS GET HUGE AND THE BEANS IN THEM ARE ABOUT TEN  TIMES THE SIZE OF A REGULAR BEAN. THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL PURPLE FLOWERS AND THE VINE GETS HUGE AS WELL. CHILDREN LOVE THEM BECAUSE OF THE STORY OF JACK AND THE BEAN STALK- SO THEY ARE GREAT TO PLANT IN A CHILDRENS GARDEN. MINE HAS NOT DONE WELL THIS YEAR- AFTER OUR FLASH FLOOD WE HAVE HAD NO RAIN AT ALL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, SO EVERYTHING IS STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE. I HOPE THIS BEAN CONTINUES TO GROW SO I CAN SAVE THE SEED- THEY ARE HARD TO FIND AND THIS WAS MY LAST SEED.