These pictures are from the World Orchid Conference. I can only say one word: spectacular. However, I made the mistake of taking only my macro lens to take pictures of single orchids, that the overall pictures I too with my phone, simply because I had to show you how wonderful it was. I was concentrating so much in taking the pictures that I actually lost part of my glasses while I was doing it and never recovered it. . . .
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February came in with sheets of frigid rain and pools of water welling up in my yard. On the inside, tender new seedlings pressed mightily toward the light.
Micro greens planted on 1/27/08
However unmerciful the weather may be, my garden inside starts stirring to life this month.
"February arrives cold, wet and gray, her gifts disguised for only the most discerning spirits to see." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
It had been a long time since I'd read Edith Schaeffer's book, The Hidden Art of Homemaking, published in 1971. I picked it up again last week to look for a quote from it for my post on Beating the Winter Blues. I decided to read it again while I had it off the shelf. . . .
It was reported in the news yesterday that over 100 ducks and geese were killed during Tuesday night's storm in central Indiana. The ducks and geese that lived in a neighborhood pond, were found littering the nearby yards. One was even blown through the window of a house.
This is the same storm that blew down Lisa's pine tree. There were 100 mph straight line winds in the Avon area where this destruction took place. I don't believe that I've ever heard of that many, really any, ducks or geese being killed in a storm before. Maybe it happens all the time and this time it's news worthy because of the sheer number killed. I just couldn't imagine looking out after a storm and seeing the ducks and geese from our pond littering my lawn. How awful.
When I first started blogging, it was mostly to communicate what life was like here in Honduras to a few internet friends. I found myself writing looooong emails over and over again and wanting an easy way to share photos that related to what I was writing about.
Having been without regular, convenient internet access for about four years, I was way behind the blogging craze. I started reading gardening blogs and ran across Gardener in Mexico's blog which inspired me write about living in Honduras. . . .
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It's time for more Kissimmee Prairie photos. I got lost in the past few weeks and didn't get around to sharing more!
This is your mode of transportation in Florida if you are out in the backcountry. That or an airboat if you are in the Everglades or a
full track if it isn't quite wet enough for an
airboat but not dry enough for a buggy. I drive one of these for work sometimes and they are quite fun! . . .
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My birthday present turned up a few days early: a worm composting kit, but not just any worm composting kit: the Can-O-Worms with its superior tray system for easy compost production (yes, I suspect such language indicates I am turning into the Jeremy Clarkson of the composting world - shudder). I guess for some this would be an eccentric gift but it's absolutely spot on for me. I have wanted a wormery for years and have only been held back by - well, I am not quite sure what has been holding me back other than the expense and hassle...
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Check out this gourd birdhouse by Courtney of the craft blog Two Straight Lines. Inspired by the Polynest featured on Design*Sponge, but not loving the birdhouse's use of not-so-natural polystyrene, Courtney decided to make her own. . . .
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When I tell people that I was born in Louisiana, they usually look at me inquisitively and respond “Oh really?”They either assume I was born in Texas or California, the two states where I have spent most of my life.The truth is I was born in Lafayette, Louisiana.We moved when I was young, and I never really knew much about the town. . . .
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The annual winter meeting of the PA Backyard Fruit Growers was well attended and focused on the topic of growing organic apples in the home garden or orchard.
The main speaker was Michael Phillips author of “The Apple Grower,” an incredible book loaded with information related to ecological apple growing. Also on hand to present a lecture on cultivating organic apples was Greg Krawczyk of the Penn State University Organic Research Program. . . .
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February is the toughest month in the garden. Gardeners in warm climates don't know what to expect from the weather. Those in cold climates would give anything to...
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on Jan 31, 2008, 8:01PM
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Someone please remind me who started this Poetry Day among garden bloggers? Thanks to that person. And here is another wonderful piece by Mary Oliver. . . .
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My vegetable bag gardens will take two weeks to be dispatched. Thats only halfway through Febuary, enough time to prepare for March sowing of seeds. I wanted to photograph the primulas and the carex grasses with the heather behind yesterday when I was off. It has been freezing today. No snow here yet but I read its coming down from the North East.. Artic winds froze me at work today, and caused Chaos around the UK. I hope to chill in the garden this weekend. The weeds are taking the Winter weather as a sign to start popping up between the pavers and in the soil.
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As I've outlined here before, the back of our house is really the front to us, and visa-versa (I don't know where that leaves the sides). Where people drive in is pretty nondescript, and few would suspect that there is an extensive garden here... though in spring the daffodils along the driveway might give a clue.
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The other day, I got my first taste of spring, thanks to 50-degree temperatures. Not only did it feel downright balmy outside, I could finally see the grass (albeit brown grass) that had been buried under a blanket of snow. Let’s just say it made me antsy for the vibrant colors and fresh scents of spring blooms. . .
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One World One Heart blog is hosting the second annual giveaway contest. This is a blog wide event so you can visit other blogs and get to know other bloggers.
This is the first giveaway that I have held and it has something from the 3 different blogs that I manage ... The Gardener Side, Sow Then Grow and The Crafty Side. The items represent things that I love to do ... read, craft and garden. . . .
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