CXV-Spring has Sprung

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18 years ago

Last entry: With One Lousy Free Packet of Seeds - Lynne Truss

New one: Eats Shoots and Leaves--Lynne Truss

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deep___roots
18 years ago
Fail Safe ~~ Eugene Burdick & Harvey Wheeler
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Safe House - Nicci French
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OK, here you go. When first germinating the seed leaves (cotyledons) emerge. They usually bear no resemblance to the true leaves which usually follow within a few days. What I am noticing now is mostly seed leaves which in many cases are very difficult to identify. The trick for me is to know what grew in that space last year. Baby Blue Eyes - Nemophila phacelioides Larkspur- Consolida ajacis Standing Cypress - Ipomopsis rubra - tiny, very hard to see pairs of elongated, dark green cotyledons. You may need to enlarge the photo to be able to see them. Annual Winecups - Callirhoe leiocarpa - one top center showing true leaves Bluebonnets - Lupinus texensis Bluebonnet with two true leaves
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Missi - I think our weather in KC is similar to your's in IA. Lots of great pics above... but I've gotta say I'm thankful my hostas aren't very far along. I have pips galore, but nothing is up very far, and there's no unfurling at all... all good, since we're having some really cold weather this weekend and possible snow on Sunday. However, I have about 50+ plants hanging out in the family room, in front of the windows, that I'm raising for the club sale - and they all look great and grow a little more each day. So that's fun. And I'm going to visit a local nursery having it's spring extravaganza tomorrow - with 20% off - and hoping to snag some clematis... and whatever else I might find. Warmer temps are coming soon.
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Thanks, bostedo. After ragna's comment, I started to wonder where this photo limit is stated. And realizing file size might be an issue, I usually grab screenshots of my larger images. I just don't want to annoy everyone with a notification every time I post a separate pic. I'll try again: will limit to four pics and see if that works. Yup, Omar warned me about the P. caerulea. :) Here pictured with a little ol' bat face cuphea I purchased as a 4" plant last year -- I've since taken cuttings and have 8-10 more in the front yard, HOA be darned. I ended up removing the esperanza, which reliably ended up with very bad rust issues over the past few years. I've planted a wafer ash (started from seeds) in its place, and it's doing very well so far. I didn't get too much traffic on the blue porterweed, but the hummingbirds and butterflies went to town on my red porterweed: And my A. elegans (host to pipevine swallowtails) really took off starting last autumn, after spending most of the year as a spindly, 2' long, sparsely-leafed vine.
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Oh I love all these pics! Oxalis is a favorite house plant for me. We are getting there with spring but it's been a slow start this year, a step forward then a step back over and over again. View from my pillow to the wonky little dogwood at the edge of the woods where nothing has leafed out yet. I call her Nancy - she has branches that form 2 Ys. I'll wait... 🤣 I wasn't fast enough to catch the male cardinal in the branches this morning, though.
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dynomutt
18 years ago
The House on Garibaldi Street -- Isser Harel
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sherwood38
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Tara Road - Maeve Binchy
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dido1
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Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
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phyllis__mn
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Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood
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deep___roots
18 years ago
Rob Roy ~~ Sir Walter Scott

(don't feel like working today, would rather post multiple times here...sorry for the excess)
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veer
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Roy of the Rovers - James Hart
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woodnymph2_gw
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The Deer Slayer - James Fenimore Cooper
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sherwood38
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The Kill Artist - Daniel Silva
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mummsie
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Secrets in the Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles ~ Freddy Silva
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veer
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We Plough the Fields - Tristram Beresford
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ccrdmrbks
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
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sherwood38
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore
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phoebecaulfield
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TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA - Jules Verne
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veer
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Thousands not Millions - Don de Young
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Kath
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A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
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dynomutt
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Book of Lies : The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult -- Richard Metzger
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sheriz6
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Liars and Saints: A Novel -- Maile Meloy
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dido1
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deep___roots
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Billy Budd ~~ Herman Melville
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woodnymph2_gw
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Buddenbrooks - Thomas Mann
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litlbit
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The Mismeasure of Man -- Stephen Jay Gould
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Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy
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Master and Commander -- Patrick O'Brian
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Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes -- Jane Yolen
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ccrdmrbks
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The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
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veer
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A Tale of Three Trees - Angela Hunt
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sheriz6
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Three Junes -- Julia Glass
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deep___roots
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Twice Told Tales ~~Nathaniel Hawthorne
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sherwood38
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Untold Stories - Alan Bennett
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mummsie
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Stories From the Vinyl Cafe ~ Stuart McLean
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
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dynomutt
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Green Eggs and Ham -- Dr. Seuss
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deep___roots
18 years ago
Green Mansions ~~ WH Hudson
How Green Was My Valley ~~ Richard Llewellyn

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sherwood38
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Lion In the Valley - Elizabeth Peters
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veer
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Into the Valley of Death - Evelyn Hervey
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mummsie
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Prozac Nation ~ Elizabeth Wurtzel
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National Velvet ~ Enid Bagnold
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sherwood38
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The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis
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veer
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Horse Nonsense - W C Sellars and R J Yeatman
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deep___roots
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Sense & Sensibility ~~ Jame Austen
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