Hummingbirds & Stuff... Oct 2015
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Comments (19)"Thank you for the kind words folks. When I go out to outside with my critical eye, I can see lots of mistakes and/or problems. But for me gardening is one part creative oulet, two parts mental therapy and two parts physical therapy. If I start stressing about how each bed looks, I lose the mental therapy part." Michael, I think most of us here feel the same way about gardening. It is all about creating and nurturing something and losing yourself in the process. For me, it is a spiritual thing also. Love the wild petunia. It is really looking pretty. Silvia, thanks for your comments. You are too kind. I got out of the habit of coming here. I'm going to try to stick around more. I miss your posts and have learned sooooooo much from you. I still have a small veggie garden and always think of you when I have questions or when something is doing well. You are an incredible and generous teacher. Thanks for loving to give your knowledge!...See MoreRoses & Stuff #7 (2015)
Comments (98)That compost looks good, 3 yards for $60 is great bargain. Here the cypress mulch is $40 per yard, that's years ago. Thanks, Sam, for the pics of flowers in your garden. I don't have Heritage nor MayFlower so I enjoy seeing them. I love the deep colors of your cosmos. I used to have cosmos but the colors were faded pink in my alkaline clay, and I'm allergic to them (cosmos is related to ragweed). Wilbur is a delight to see, I wish I have a miniature stuffed-animal that looks like Wilbur to enjoy. My kid is into cats so I will have buy her a stuffed cat. We gave away her BIG stuffed-cat, but I'll get her a tiny one for her upcoming birthday. Your Mayflower is so big & lots of petals on that one. "Greasy" is good stuff. Salmon bits is greasy (high in Omega-3 fatty acids), but that gave 120+ blooms per flush on Bailey's Young Lycidas. To get shiny & glossy foliage, the fatty acids in cracked corn really helped with the shine on the leaves. To make such BIG blooms with zillion petals, more energy is required. What gives energy? Chemicals alone? No, I can't imagine sending someone to work with a drink laced with chemicals. I would send something substantial: fats & protein & fiber keep a person full, and it helps to give energy for roses too. Alfalfa is high in protein, fiber, plus some fat. Fish meal is high in protein, high in fat. Cracked corn is very good in producing zillion petals: that's high in protein, fat, fiber, and minerals. Red-lava-rock is solid, if there's acidic rain to break down, same with pea-gravel: solid minerals, if there's rain to break down. Fish meal is fast to break down, that works great for alkaline-tap for Bailey in LA. Fish-emulsion is even faster, since it has acid added. Acidic Cracked corn and alfalfa pellets broke down too fast in acidic rain, and gave my roses black spots, due to the release of acids. For acidic rain, I use ALKALINE & slower-released like red-lava-rock for potassium, and pea-gravel for a vast array of minerals. Below is Excellenz Von Schubert that Seaweed in CA grew In full-sun, fertilized with fish emulsion. Seaweed uses Gardner & Bloom organic potting soil for EVS rose, it blooms lots for her, despite her low annual rainfall of 11" per year:...See MoreRoses & Stuff #12 ( Sept 2015)
Comments (95)Carol and Jess: I love the stories Carol shared. Thank you. There's a cardiologist, Dr. Maurice Rawlings, M.D. who wrote a book on NDEs. Most patients hate it when Dr. Rawlings applied electric shocks to revive them, except for this mail-man who screamed "Don't stop, I'm in hell." The experienced scared the doctor so much that he became a believer and wrote the book on NDE. Later on Dr. Rawlings (a Protestant) got to know a Catholic priest. The priest said, "Do you want to experience the holy spirit?" .. then the priest read a passage from the Bible, and Dr. Rawlings had the most hair-raising spiritual experience. Once a devout person "tune in" to God, the Holy Spirit leaves behind a "heavenly sense" that lasts forever, like the blessed rosary, or the powerful bible passage, or roses and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux's funeral. See below link: http://www.littleflower.org/therese/st-therese-faqs/ "Experience has shown that St. Therese's "shower of roses" is both figurative and actual. As she was dying in the convent infirmary, Therese could look out and see the rose bushes blossoming. She loved roses. She had thrown rose petals as a Child before the Blessed Sacrament. As she reflected on her quiet, hidden, and gentle life ending, she believed in faith that God had great things in store for her. She believed that her mission was only beginning as she entered the fullness of life with God. She explained: "After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses. I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth. I will raise up a mighty host of little saints. My mission is to make God loved..." Shortly after her death, the rain of roses began. Sometimes roses literally appeared, and sometimes just the fragrance of them. Cures of painful and fatal diseases and many other miraculous experiences were attributed to her intercession. "...See MorePlants for Fall Swap 2015
Comments (10)I will be there Saturday. Here is my list. I'm bringing: Asclepias tuberosa - butterfly weed (seed) Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower (plant) Small Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) Gladiolus -pink/purple/yellow Osmanthus fragrans with orange bloom (cuttings) (Calycanthus floridus) Sweet Shrub Oenothera fruticosa 'Sundrops' Evening Primrose Flower Gladiolus -pink/purple/yellow Bulb Lycoris radiata Spider Lily Bulb Iris germanica 'Stepping Out' Flower Iris germanica 'Summer Olympics' Flower Iris germanica White Iris (18-24 inches, early bloom) Flower Iris - Light blue Bulb Camellia seeds Wayne, I would like a Spirea 'Reeves' & Deutzia 'Nikko' if still available. I'm looking for: Fothergilla major, large fothergilla Bearded Iris with Orange flowers Liatris spicata Gayfeather Liatris aspera Rough blazing star Monarda citriodora (Lemon Bee Balm) Crocus Flowering shrubs (cuttings or plant) Evergreen shrubs (cuttings or plant) Camellia (cuttings or plant)...See More
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This is a flamingo racetowin, Then theres another pink bird that is called A pink Ibis that looks like this
Then the last pink bird we can see in the southern part of florida is a pink spoonbill
like this one. All 3 of these birds can only be seen in and around the everglades about 8 hour drive south from where Im at unfortunately, so all 3 shots were taken at local zoo's. I personally would love to go to the everglades but would have to spend at least 2-3 nights there to see things like this in the wild. - 10 years ago
Some of the colorations vary from each bird, depending how much they feed on the pink brine shrimp. These guys must have been fed bucket fulls of it daily lol
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I thought I was taking pics of a bumblebee but it turned out to be a Carpenter Bee...lol...
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wish i could find my bee on flower pics, but have over 13,000 photos to go through lol. So ill put up a couple butterfly instead. took some of these at the butterfly gardens, but most are from my own gardens
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RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD:
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Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird
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