I imagine it's not a new concept but I've never seen it before
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I've never seen anything like it!!!!
Comments (13)What makes this even stranger is that I have extensive ornamental gardens too--all mulched with wood chips. In fact the veggie garden is only a couple of feet from very large beds on two sides--no digging at all in the ornamental beds. I've spoken to several people who are pretty good on wildlife and guesses range from skunks to raccoons--though the coon would have had to climb the fence--and I've never heard of them doing that unless they're after corn. And I've seen no scat around the yard, and when I had a coon a few years ago and had only a single strand electric fence and a short galvanized wire fence that I stepped over, the coon didn't attempt to enter the garden until the first corn was just about ready. I just hope it never happens again; after all how long before it starts on the bed?. I'm quite nervous about tonight, I must admit....See MoreNew red flower I've never seen, that's still blooming.
Comments (4)Thanks very much. I would say it looks defiantly like a Silene sp. I searched on the USDA plants database for Silene sp. and the only possibilities I narrowed it down to are Silene regia and Silene virginica. So I then searched on Flora of North America and it says Silene virginica blooms in spring and Silene regia blooms from summer to fall. But the thing is they say Silene regia has 3 but sometimes up to 5 stamens and that's it. But on this one I counted about 9 stamens. Plus Silene regia pictures I see on the internet have short points or lobes on each petal. This one has 3 to 4 points or lobes on each petal plus deep petal "sinuses". So it might either be a new very rare species of Silene never found before and new to science, or a species not known to Alabama. So if I found a new species I might pass out. LOL...See MoreI've never seen a hummer!
Comments (7)Bellarosa - You better believe there are hummingbirds here! Technically only Ruby-throated Hummingbirds breed/migrate through Illinois, but once in a while a migrant might blow in from the west (when I lived in NYC we got all sorts of crazy things in Central Park! Now THAT'S a long way from California!). I put up my first feeder in the spring here in Evanston and had one female for a couple days ... then.. nothing. I took down the feeder until late August - and have had a female visit several times a day until yesterday - when I saw a young male as well. Hard to tell if they're the same birds or just a bunch passing though, as migration has indeed started. I planted Scarlet Runner Bean along our (gorgeous, lovely, glamourous) chain-link fence. I've seen the hummingbirds visit those blooms, and also my Honeycomb Butterfly Bush (which may not be hardy in your area)... I have plans for many more perennial/annual plantings to convince the buggers that my yard is a lush buffet. Now that they know that there's food here, maybe they'll stay NEXT year! Here's a great map showing the northward migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. They really are everywhere! Good luck, Sandy Here is a link that might be useful: Ruby-throated Hummingbird Migration Map...See MoreWOW... new Soapstone I've never seen before.
Comments (3)Wow is right. It actually looks a lot like the Brazilian Duros I'm engaged to (just a little more variation and movement than my particular slabs.) I was at M Texeira (NJ) a few weeks ago and they had nothing like it. Interesting too, I think that the more movement ...rivers, as you call them... and the increased hardness are "coincident". In other words, it has more movement than most soapstone because it has less talc and more of some other element. And that's also why it is harder. Same thing with my Duros...wonder if they're from the same quarry?...See Moregraywings123
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