tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72659801989812739002024-03-04T23:22:19.750-06:00Does Everything Grow Better in My Neighbor's Yard?Everything and more about gardening in Shady's SE Iowa (USA) location.Shady Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comBlogger881125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265980198981273900.post-33451299146191528112022-04-24T19:51:00.003-05:002022-04-25T17:49:17.039-05:00Spring is Springing, Birds are Singing, and New Plants are Starting to Grow!<p><br /></p><p>I apologize for taking such a long time to create a post on my garden blog. A year ago, on my early June birthday, my son gave me four native plants for my gardens (!). </p><p style="text-align: center;">Verbena hastata, which has yet to peek out of the soil.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsldMG1ge-JM36MjPvxphSmlTuX0t-iig8XThvLCNTrEpmW6dsdK4koNoPm2gP7d48wWDyaqnAj2Jz2gxHJX0QtcTm97nfBeS0f8iY8v72o6p5VuhHyi9rXl8tQfirziU1ulDVEvbZWPX-W6JNWDJ-IISZ6NpEz-lXYOw8qYHMdveFa6Sse2bBz5D/s4032/56B87455-DCE7-45D9-A243-1BE5D6817612.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsldMG1ge-JM36MjPvxphSmlTuX0t-iig8XThvLCNTrEpmW6dsdK4koNoPm2gP7d48wWDyaqnAj2Jz2gxHJX0QtcTm97nfBeS0f8iY8v72o6p5VuhHyi9rXl8tQfirziU1ulDVEvbZWPX-W6JNWDJ-IISZ6NpEz-lXYOw8qYHMdveFa6Sse2bBz5D/s320/56B87455-DCE7-45D9-A243-1BE5D6817612.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plantain Sedge (Carex Plantagenea)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6yHBNxugmHvSUMjYqMPJu1T0cV3gBDVESfI-c2wQkYwG44H8iqUSKcGOZl9fHD5PfkCzv8Mw1bANCUmfwB5wJy-e9TEgYXKR54Cy1-V2c1TrtX4onBW3Zm36WfMRonIm57eErImSTNgyRwGjNIHhj3-xb_GGZldNjnu_mqN9QJvKHPaWeWxie3bJ/s4032/630C7614-29A2-43BE-B397-8E620C7F749F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6yHBNxugmHvSUMjYqMPJu1T0cV3gBDVESfI-c2wQkYwG44H8iqUSKcGOZl9fHD5PfkCzv8Mw1bANCUmfwB5wJy-e9TEgYXKR54Cy1-V2c1TrtX4onBW3Zm36WfMRonIm57eErImSTNgyRwGjNIHhj3-xb_GGZldNjnu_mqN9QJvKHPaWeWxie3bJ/s320/630C7614-29A2-43BE-B397-8E620C7F749F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Uvularia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xhqI9vBxRuBdqfG6QHwcXU4YQ_iib1iwFVmjbax1UhPMQItdxLD-QpGKRC62_AiIhA19R-uF9ekN12S4iT5c9UlgEsJ48zua6LfLJGwWnL4y_CZdRxFvtHqSkdTzYKeO1dWd9AeF1SXcnM499h6onjhDIaLzl96TABAIGU77UTKX52-0eZ76STK9/s4032/A0245D4A-F7F1-4BB4-8745-8C59618E211C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xhqI9vBxRuBdqfG6QHwcXU4YQ_iib1iwFVmjbax1UhPMQItdxLD-QpGKRC62_AiIhA19R-uF9ekN12S4iT5c9UlgEsJ48zua6LfLJGwWnL4y_CZdRxFvtHqSkdTzYKeO1dWd9AeF1SXcnM499h6onjhDIaLzl96TABAIGU77UTKX52-0eZ76STK9/s320/A0245D4A-F7F1-4BB4-8745-8C59618E211C.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cup plant</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May Apples - These natives are plentiful here.. and we’re here when we moved in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(As are white Dog-toothed violets, Spring beauties, Grape hyacinths, Siberian squill and quite a number of others.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqqjWa5YixnPDJ-3hwXEW7zDvpAw06ewyz1RSaZIiLSS_52y_JP0-2XWANRvK5_DrYsYykv2emLU-X8Cr2X7-gYccAmyqYxvwMjyQuu7dVEPgRqaoHwcVoeFKRQ7QappvV2wBMwKLqCRNl_zY69frBdsbyo7nC4359uFnBhrU2cNfhZgB6qPYOvmg/s4032/B30A5567-0510-493F-9C37-F9FF7B5C29E2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqqjWa5YixnPDJ-3hwXEW7zDvpAw06ewyz1RSaZIiLSS_52y_JP0-2XWANRvK5_DrYsYykv2emLU-X8Cr2X7-gYccAmyqYxvwMjyQuu7dVEPgRqaoHwcVoeFKRQ7QappvV2wBMwKLqCRNl_zY69frBdsbyo7nC4359uFnBhrU2cNfhZgB6qPYOvmg/s320/B30A5567-0510-493F-9C37-F9FF7B5C29E2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Trillium - this colony is spreading to “here and there!”<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSGmtQC3xZFHdGRpEqU3qkhmdIlJqdoc19OH5NM5DA6wM8FkMBEj3MT_aep1ppD6DwhexXyYmefoZ1NEJNCDtl06Xn3NPaRMLW_PljTVs7YuAqW7WN_OF5KLkzpvV-0eOIjYuKABTKsGYkgADiqJ6bZcpC9j3fk8Bnhd6zIY_UlxP6LhNcapoNKmv/s4032/2121014F-109A-4CE6-86F3-5B4A84D2444F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoSGmtQC3xZFHdGRpEqU3qkhmdIlJqdoc19OH5NM5DA6wM8FkMBEj3MT_aep1ppD6DwhexXyYmefoZ1NEJNCDtl06Xn3NPaRMLW_PljTVs7YuAqW7WN_OF5KLkzpvV-0eOIjYuKABTKsGYkgADiqJ6bZcpC9j3fk8Bnhd6zIY_UlxP6LhNcapoNKmv/s320/2121014F-109A-4CE6-86F3-5B4A84D2444F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Blood root - I received my first plant from my Aunt Millie a number of years ago.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">In fact, you could probably find previously published stories about this particular plant, if you search in my blogging history! 🙃</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupvO-j-nxGgllku_td-4BXne4a7hZm0MRZoGUgKPPqJCgasqumq2luW8pPjsb-53Ced_rUuAC4-bQZho8AmYrtQ_GQ85Mk-LA7uSND_-mngBkLt-UKwoh6Me1W2SRaRKCofm2bN2-e24qCF4Rnps_Qhn5p3IZHoSwTGxvNFlKi_2_j5A-bDFyKQeN/s4032/DCB61997-ADB2-462F-80D3-51BE9873E31E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupvO-j-nxGgllku_td-4BXne4a7hZm0MRZoGUgKPPqJCgasqumq2luW8pPjsb-53Ced_rUuAC4-bQZho8AmYrtQ_GQ85Mk-LA7uSND_-mngBkLt-UKwoh6Me1W2SRaRKCofm2bN2-e24qCF4Rnps_Qhn5p3IZHoSwTGxvNFlKi_2_j5A-bDFyKQeN/s320/DCB61997-ADB2-462F-80D3-51BE9873E31E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Meet our friend, the renegade trillium! When it was first planted in this location, it had 5 leaves! The following year, it had four and the next year it had three leaves. During the fourth spring, it again had four leaves. Ever since, it has grown obediently, with the expected number of three leaves. Here we are, April 2022, with four leaves and a baby! Gotta love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I can only hope to publish a post again before long. Thank you for visiting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yours truly,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SG</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Shady Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265980198981273900.post-65788524415379576252021-02-23T19:40:00.000-06:002021-02-23T19:40:04.484-06:00The Five "Ws" and the One "H"<p>What: A longtime interruption in blogging. </p><p>When: It began when a certain allure took hold of this blogger. </p><p>Who: Me. </p><p>Why: It was easy. </p><p>Where: Social Media format. </p><p>How: By the attraction of easy connections.</p><p>But, I have returned to the blog. Gladly. I probably won't post more than once-a-month, but it will offer me a more creative outlet. If you are still visiting my blog, I hope you enjoy my return.</p><p>Winter gardening? Well, not so much. But I have always considered Birds to be the Winter Flowers!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfKspp5YOAR3sQjmY5mQPcNYrr_AW6eo2M1rvYJScIO0DVsbPIpZlvKVNrw9G_3pMQm-GrQkpztZpk-Nct8HIF3ZNtikPztPRapXuiDB8Xr_0GoDPG-0-lBeKYsevUy57ETaJr8qDqhY/s2048/IMG_6285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfKspp5YOAR3sQjmY5mQPcNYrr_AW6eo2M1rvYJScIO0DVsbPIpZlvKVNrw9G_3pMQm-GrQkpztZpk-Nct8HIF3ZNtikPztPRapXuiDB8Xr_0GoDPG-0-lBeKYsevUy57ETaJr8qDqhY/w432-h576/IMG_6285.JPG" width="432" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wait a Minute!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where did these fellows come from?</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I ask myself that every day! ha!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTYJQx-A-NYQPNaBRreXAp24VGG5rzvK13N3Hiw_nAcJuY0C_hyphenhyphen72re4vcFQAPAELBJGg0wRmrmoCFml4vYT9TTFfG9cZhQELneGD6AIGkO9PV_zbcRtoBccv7_vuVjj8xVk7WuN_oCs/s2048/IMG_6268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTYJQx-A-NYQPNaBRreXAp24VGG5rzvK13N3Hiw_nAcJuY0C_hyphenhyphen72re4vcFQAPAELBJGg0wRmrmoCFml4vYT9TTFfG9cZhQELneGD6AIGkO9PV_zbcRtoBccv7_vuVjj8xVk7WuN_oCs/w346-h462/IMG_6268.JPG" width="346" /></a></div><br /><p>Not so shady here these days... but we have very cold and snowy weather this Winter!</p><p>Shady G</p>Shady Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265980198981273900.post-8381254427938282222020-07-13T17:06:00.002-05:002020-07-13T17:06:50.768-05:00July 13, 2020 Who Was That Masked Man?I was sitting in the dining room, looking out the window when a man strode into my backyard, as though he entertained a strong purpose. I know he was a “good guy,” ‘cuz he wore a white hat atop his head, leading a white horse. He reached into his saddlebag, pulled out something shiny. Before you could say “Pinnochio,” he was kneeling in my small developing “prairie.” <br />
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I could only surmise he’d somehow taken a wrong turn, ending up here... but there he was, with a small trowel in hand. I watched furtively, from behind my window. He appeared to be digging a hole.<br />
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I scratched my head in wonder as I watched him work so diligently. Perhaps he didn’t know beforehand, but S.E. Iowa has plenty of yellow clay soil, not deep under the surface. His back was turned toward the house, so it was difficult to see his purpose. At the same time, I didn’t want him to know he was being watched. <br />
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It was then that another rider appeared beside him. His manner of dress was completely different; hatless with long dark braids and wearing a leather shirt and pants. He handed something indiscernibly small to the kneeling man. The man took the item, moving his arms as though he were patting something on the ground.<br />
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Then he stood, looking down at the ground for a moment, and replaced his trowel in his saddle bag.<br />
They communicated briefly, I could hear only the sound of their voices. With a nod and wave toward my window, I heard, as plain as day, “Hi, Ho, Silver!” And away they both galloped!<br />
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When I was sure they were gone, I quickly stepped outside to see what had been done. “Well, I’ll be...” I muttered. It was a small hybrid Monarda plant called “Balmy.” How did THEY know it was exactly what I wanted?<br />
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An adventure of tremendous proportion!<br />
Yours truly,<br />
Shady GardenerShady Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265980198981273900.post-66287413976349433342019-08-09T17:52:00.000-05:002019-08-09T17:56:52.833-05:00How Are We Nearing Mid-August, 2019?I have taken many photos since the onset of Spring. The ups- and downsides of the weather posed challenges. The arrival of Spring weather brought lots of rain. Days of it. Not particularly stormy (although there were a few incidents), but plants responded beautifully!<br />
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All things considered, since the onset of dry weather, the plants continue to look pretty healthy; especially in the shade. Yes, it is now August. I am happy that I have a couple of rain barrels of water as stand-by. And yes, I have watered fairly deeply (most of the gardens) a couple of times.<br />
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I am so grateful for this peaceful, LOVELY gardening spot. The sunniest part of our yard is the front yard. The different flowering plants continue to change from one to the next and have been so bright and beautiful! In a different way, the rest of the yard (mostly shady) has been beautiful with the softer, more subtle "greens" and blossoms as well.<br />
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<i><b>We Thank You, Lord!</b></i><br />
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<i>We thank you for falling rains,</i><br />
<i>we thank you for the sunshine.</i><br />
<i>We thank you for constant change,</i><br />
<i>and for your Grace sublime.</i><br />
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<i>We're thankful for the beauty through</i><br />
<i>the times we help you nurture.</i><br />
<i>We're grateful for the peace we find</i><br />
<i>that leads us towards the future.</i><br />
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<i>It's gardening where we rest our souls</i><br />
<i>and seek your gentle guidance.</i><br />
<i>It's reflection towards your goodness</i><br />
<i>and where we find your sustenance.</i><br />
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<i>May I never look askance</i><br />
<i>at times when you have guided.</i><br />
<i>And may I ever grateful be</i><br />
<i>for what you have provided.</i><br />
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Blessings to you and yours.<br />
May we each be found helping someone in need.<br />
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Most Sincerely,<br />
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My sister Barb's tree.</div>
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Yes! I am having fun! (Don't like the ice, though! It is full glare on our gravel roads!) Be careful; be safe!<br />
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We just received a couple of inches of it this morning. It has been 32-33 degrees F all day. I'm not ready for cold weather; nor am I ready for winter. Bah. Humbug. (That's all I'm going to say about that for the moment.)<br />
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One of my favorite "silly" poems is (my second grade students used to love it!)<br />
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Who tried to use the telephant—
No! No! I mean an </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">lephone
Who tried to use the telephone—
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I’ve got it right.)
Howe’er it was, he got his trunk
</span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">ntangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee—
(I fear I’d better drop the song
Of </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">lephop and telephong!)</span></pre>
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<br />Shady Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265980198981273900.post-50300355378319669222017-08-24T21:41:00.000-05:002017-08-24T21:41:05.894-05:00ABC Wednesday - G!<span style="font-size: x-large;">G</span>ee Whiz!<br />
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That's a saying my Dad frequently used. I was happy to use it myself today! Miriam Webster describes the saying as an interjection of surprise.<br />
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Well, <span style="font-size: x-large;">G</span>ee Whiz! The weather this past early Spring was <span style="font-size: x-large;">G</span>reat, to say the least. Plenty of warm weather and rain resulted in <span style="font-size: x-large;">G</span>ardens that looked like this!<br />
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These photos were taken in mid-June. These are backyard photos.</div>
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<i>"Big Shed Bed"</i></div>
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<i>"Center Pond Bed"</i></div>
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<i>"The Way Back" I</i></div>
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<i>"The Way Back" II</i></div>
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<i>"The Way Back" III</i></div>
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And this is the Front Yard!</div>
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This is "The Sunny Corner Bed!"</div>
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"Mattie" Phlox (Nickname, not hybrid variety)</div>
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Gaillardia</div>
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Campanula - Bellflower</div>
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And I DO love daylilies!!</div>
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'Strawberry Candy'</div>
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'Startle'</div>
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'Mildred Mitchell'</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">SG</span>Shady Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265980198981273900.post-44635794976816814542017-05-17T20:55:00.003-05:002017-05-17T20:57:54.781-05:00Another Wildflower Wednesday!!Springtime is such a happy season!! These are two Jacks-in-the-Pulpit that I began from seed about three years ago. The plain green one is one from our "farm" from which I obtained seeds. I was given the seeds for the striped one from ION Exchange in N.E. Iowa. Both sets of seeds were scarified and stratified in my "Milkjug Greenhouses" over the winter. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both plants are natives. It seems most people "in the know" consider all variations to be the same plant. I did learn that the male plant is usually larger. The female is smaller in size. Here's an interesting fact: </span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Jacks-in-the-pulpit bloom in April or May with an unusual flowering structure that gives it its name. The visible parts of the flowering structure are the club-like spadix (“Jack”) that rises within and above the edge of a leaf-like spathe (“the pulpit”). The upper part of the spathe curves forward and downward, acting as an umbrella to prevent water from flooding the 30 to 60 tiny flowers that are hidden at the base of the spadix. Individual plants have either male or female flowers—botanists call this </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">dioecy</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The Male plant has a hole in the base of the pulpit which allows insects to get out. The female does not have this exit, which means that the insect is trapped and, hopefully, given the opportunity to do a better job of pollination.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Other interesting facts include that the plant lives about 20 years and can change sex from one year to another. This depends upon the size of the corm and its stored resources. If the plant has adequate resource for blooming and producing seeds, it will be female. If it does not, it will be male.</span></span><br />
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This woodland phlox warms the cockles of my heart every spring! And it is spreading around in the flower beds (and in the back yard!!) Love!!<br />
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Now, I have just noticed the dandilion. He's free and very photogenic. You might want to know what I do with these fellows! <br />
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About 5 years ago, I began using black trash bags to put the weeds, clippings (things not going into my compost pile), etc., etc. I put them in a fairly sunny area (pretty much out of sight) and turn the bags over once in awhile. It doesn't take too long - a year or two? and I have a bag of "black gold - compost!" The seeds in there get cooked and become inactive. hurrah!<br />
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Happy Spring!!<br />
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Without Question, we do drink deeply of the beauty of Spring, where we find little or no unkindness.<br />
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Spring it is<br />
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Beauty abounds,<br />
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New growth appears,<br />
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Fresh green-ness,<br />
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Overriding calm,<br />
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Heartfelt gladness<br />
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Sharing wealth<br />
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<b>Quissential Quietude, Non-querilous Query, Never-quitting, Soul Quenching </b><br />
<b>Gladness </b><br />
<b>Is Spring.</b><br />
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May you find your <b>Q</b>uarry.<br />
<b><i>Happy Spring!</i></b><br />
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Holes were drilled in the bottoms (which will be the backs, once hung) of the wooden and closed containers.<br />
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Most of our plants were hens and chicks, as well as other succulents and a few small sedum plants.</div>
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However, I must admit... it is still Winter (season) in Iowa... and I have NOT, as yet, been able to create my annual snowman!! <br />
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Mr. Shady and I were both enjoying a Fantastic day (separately) working on outdoor projects! He, with a group of affable, willing friends, enjoyed their prairie burn. Me? I scrubbed part of a wooden fence, preparing it for painting when it IS REALLY Spring and adding a few more flagstones to a backyard walkway. <br />
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Mrs. Nesbitt's post on Renovation spurred my post on Rejuvenation!<br />
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Our screened in porch had become a storage room... for bikes, flower pots, etc., etc. But we have such a peaceful, wooded backyard, I wanted to be able to use it again (during the warmer months of the year)!<br />
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First coat on the ceiling:<br />
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SGShady Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265980198981273900.post-90560487041747741432016-08-31T22:24:00.000-05:002016-08-31T22:24:24.191-05:00ABC Wednesday - H<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span></b>onestly! This is one of my favorite shrubs. There are many varieties of Hydrangeas. The following has been in my yard for a number of years. I chose it for the very reason that it is somewhat unusual. (Another is 'Pinky Winky' that does virtually the same thing, except the flowers have a completely different appearance - conical shaped!)<br />
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We stayed in a wonderful (modern) "log cabin" in the woods. There were birds all around, with bird feeders hanging from the main floor deck. We saw our "usual" black-capped chickadees, nuthatches, goldfinches, (flocks of?) ruby throated hummingbirds, Baltimore Orioles, and Rose Breasted <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">G</span>rosbeaks, </b>etc.<br />
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Imagine my surprise, when the first birds I spotted and photographed were the birds below!! "What?" I wondered.<br />
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<b>G</b>uess what! These are immature male <b>Rose Breasted <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">G</span>rosbeaks</b>!! (The first clue that they were <b>G</b>rosbeaks was their bills. Take a <b>G</b>ander!)<br />
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This is also an immature male <b>Rose Breasted <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">G</span>rosbeak</b> ... further along in his development. I also was able to take this photo.<br />
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Felicificative: It tends to make me happy when I think of something to write about for this Meme.<br />
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Felicificative: It tends to make me happy when everything works together in a timely fashion (i.e., our bathroom remodel. It is nearly finished!)<br />
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Felicificative: It tends to make me happy when I labor a bit from time-to-time towards a certain goal and I see progress as I work!<br />
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Felicificative: It tends to make me happy when other "interested" people join me in the occasional maintenance of a local community garden!<br />
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And perhaps now YOU feel Felicificative in seeing this post conclude! lol<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>C</b></span>louds:<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span>irrus and ??? Can you have a Line of Cumulus?<br />
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Looking across....<br />
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Looking back, a little...<br />
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Looking ahead again<br />
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Whew! A return to <span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span>umulus!<br />
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This is almost all of what I have seen this year.<br />
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Giant <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterfly<br />
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Giant <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterfly on <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterfly Milkweed<br />
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Pearl Crescent <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterfly<br />
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Eastern-tailed <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>lue <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterfly<br />
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Northern Checkerspot <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterfly<br />
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White Cabbage <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterfly<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>ecause I have a large number of food-source nectar flowers for all <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterflies - Monarchs included, and a quite a good number of <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>utterfly and commong milkweed plants (larval food), I am <b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>ummed that I'm not seeing Monarchs in my yard... and I've only seen TWO Monarchs this spring/summer! <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">B</span></b>efore I go, perhaps you can tell me if you are seeing Monarch Butterflies??<br />
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We took a little trip out there today. Here are some of my favorite photos!<br />
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The area below primarily contained gray-headed cone flower.<br />
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Here we have the gray-headed cone flower with Tick Trefoil<br />
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A close-up of Iron Weed.<br />
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And a closer look at Iron Weed flower brachts.<br />
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A beautiful sunny day... looking "up!"<br />
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Isn't this pretty?<br />
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Gray headed Coneflower with Monarda and a few Purple Coneflower<br />
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Cream Gentian<br />
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Partridge Pea<br />
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Purple Cone flower with Pearl Crescent butterfly<br />
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Bzz!<br />
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Eastern-tailed Blue butterfly<br />
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Bumble Bee on Purple Cone flower with Daisy Fleabane in the background<br />
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Northern Checkerspot on Queen Anne's Lace (non native)<br />
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Tall Bellflower - Capanula americana<br />
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A nice day was had by "all!" (Beautiful day, very humid with a wonderful breeze!)<br />
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Have a great week!<br />
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