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Dave
Southern Indiana
USDA Zone 6bAn organic (mostly) gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and striving to be self-sufficient.
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Tag Archives: flowers
New Is Not Always Improved
It’s hard to go a day without running into something, somewhere that claims to be “New and Improved”. Supermarket shelves are loaded with such items, which in many cases are the same old sad, tired products repackaged in smaller containers … Continue reading
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Tagged flowers, heirlooms, lettuce, seeds, tea, tomatoes
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Macro Monday: January Blooms
In this neck of the woods, winter is still holding its grip on everything outdoors. It will be March before anything is flowering out there. Even so, there’s still a nice variety of flowers to photograph inside. This Pink Star … Continue reading
Seed Packs As Works of Art
I recently received these seeds from Hudson Valley Seed Library. They are offering these 16 new Art Packs for 2010 containing heirloom vegetable, herb and flower seed varieties. In addition to having an interesting selection of heirloom varieties, the packets … Continue reading
Macro Monday: What's Red, Green & Blue?
Today I decided to have a little fun and focus on three colors to photograph: red, green and blue. This theme comes courtesy of David Perry’s recent assignment to pick one of the three colors and make a picture that … Continue reading
Macro Monday: Amaryllis Opening
I know a lot of people regard poinsettias as the quintessential Christmas plant, but for me it’s the amaryllis. I remember growing them years ago, when there were only a few varieties to choose from. They were often just sold … Continue reading
Macro Monday: Be-Jeweled
I took these photos of Orange Jewelweed on a fall trip to Brown County (Indiana) State Park. My wife and I went on a guided wildflower walk there, led by a park naturalist. It was a wonderful and very informative … Continue reading
Fall Cleanup
Frost has finally nipped the peppers and eggplants in our vegetable garden. I harvested the last peppers this week just before Thanksgiving, while the eggplants stopped producing several weeks ago. We are having some Giant Marconi and Yummy peppers on … Continue reading
