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Interesting Plant: Saintpaulia ‘Rebel’s Splatter Kake’

Interesting Plant: Saintpaulia ‘Rebel’s Splatter Kake’ I never knew the Latin name for African Violets, even though my grandmother grew them religiously when I was growing up in Ohio. She had a Continue Reading

Posted On : December 31, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Flowers
  • Food
  • In the garden
  • Photos-Photography
  • Plants
  • Vegetables

Photo: Sweet potato harvest and Snowflakes rising

Yesterday we harvested the bowl full of sweet potatoes you see here. While I was outside taking these photos I noticed that our Snowflakes (Leucojum) were rising out of the Continue Reading

Posted On : December 29, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
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  • Food
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Video: In the garden…December 28, 2013: Planting onion sets and harvesting some sweet potatoes

Onion sets go into the ground while sweet potatoes come out.   Check out what was happening in the garden a year ago: “In the garden… – Planting Onion Sets Continue Reading

Posted On : December 29, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Flowers
  • Garden Alphabet
  • Photos-Photography
  • Plants

Garden Alphabet: Echinacea

Garden Alphabet: Echinacea I haven’t had much success growing Echinacea here in my garden, but I plan to keep trying. I love the large flowers and their lovely purple color.   Continue Reading

Posted On : December 27, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Education
  • Flowers
  • Garden Vocabulary
  • Plants

Garden Vocabulary: Annual

In most gardens, annual plants are used to dress up flower beds and containers during the height of the growing season. Those gardeners in temperate zones tend to rely on Continue Reading

Posted On : December 24, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Flowers
  • Interesting Plant
  • Photos-Photography
  • Plants

Interesting Plant: Passiflora (Passion flower)

Interesting Plant: Passiflora (Passion flower) Every time I pass a passiflora vine in the neighborhood I stop and stare. I am quite taken with the lovely, and to me, quite alien Continue Reading

Posted On : December 24, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • birds
  • Nature/Outdoors
  • Photos-Photography
  • Video
  • Wildlife

Elsewhere: Cooper’s Hawk in the birdbath – my video and photos from Animalbytes.net

Update: January 3, 2014: I captured some new Cooper’s Hawk footage yesterday. You can see it in this video, Interesting interaction between Cooper’s Hawk and Fox Squirrel (Accipter cooperii and Sciurus Continue Reading

Posted On : December 23, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Container Garden Update
  • Food
  • In the garden
  • Plants
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Video: In the garden…December 21, 2013: Harvesting carrots and lettuce from the containers

Time to pull the carrots from their pot along with some of the self-seeded lettuce. They made for a tasty dinner this evening. Even threw in a few nasturtium leaves Continue Reading

Posted On : December 21, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Flowers
  • Garden Alphabet
  • Photos-Photography
  • Plants

Garden Alphabet: Camellia

Garden Alphabet: Camellia They only camellia bloomed for only the second time in 17 years, so I made sure to grab some photos. Most modern camellia are big, blousy things, Continue Reading

Posted On : December 13, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch
Category:
  • Books
  • Cooking
  • Food
  • Tips

Gift Guide 2013: Yes, You Can! And Freeze and Dry It, Too: The Modern Step-By-Step Guide to Preserving Food

Yes, You Can! And Freeze and Dry It, Too: The Modern Step-By-Step Guide to Preserving Food I heard about this book from the writer, who is a regular attendee of Continue Reading

Posted On : December 12, 2013 Published By : Douglas E. Welch

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