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!
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!
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.
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