The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Genre: Literature Publisher: Ballantine Books Publish Date: August 23, 2011 Format: Hardcover | 336 pages Rating: 4½ of 5 Victoria Jones has spent most of her life in the foster care system. Today is her 18th birthday; she has aged out of the system and is now emancipated. [...]
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Book Review: The Language of Flowers
Posted in Books, flowers, tagged Book Review, flowers, Literature on August 16, 2011 | Comments Off
Chives
Posted in Garden, herbs, tagged Chives on June 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The chives got away from me again this year. As with all herbs, it’s best to pick them before they flower. They do look quite lovely in the garden though.
One Seed Chicago 2011
Posted in Garden, tagged chicago, Garden, seeds on January 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Voting for One Seed Chicago is now underway. The event, now in it’s fourth year, is designed to unite Chicago area gardeners through planting a common seed. The three candidates this year are radish, eggplant and swiss chard. All Chicago area gardeners are eligible to vote for one of the seeds. And there are prizes! [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Cedar Waxwing
Posted in Birds, Garden, Photos, Wordless Wednesday, tagged birds, Photos, Wordless Wednesday on October 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Birds, birds everywhere at Cantigny Gardens last weekend. This Cedar tree was filled with about 50 Waxwings. This is a fairly common bird but you’ll only see them if you look up. They like to travel in flocks and can be seen eating berries in fruit trees or catching insects in mid-air. More Wordless Wednesday.
Wordless Wednesday: Begonia
Posted in Garden, Wordless Wednesday, tagged Flower, Garden, Wordless Wednesday on September 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Photo taken in LadyMin’s Garden. More Wordless Wednesday.
My new hibiscus plant surprised me with a beautiful red flower this morning on an otherwise gloomy rainy day.
Tall Coneflower
Posted in flowers, Garden, tagged Coneflower, flowers, Garden on August 27, 2010 | Comments Off
The Tall Coneflower is a new addition to the perennial garden this year. The bees seem happy with it and so am I. Yesterday one of the Mourning Doves was sitting on the deck railing pecking at the flower seeds.
Swallowtail Caterpillar
Posted in Bugs, Garden, tagged Caterpillar, Garden on August 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday I noticed this little guy crawling around on my parsley. This is the caterpillar of the Black Swallowtail butterfly. Apparently they eat food in the Apiaceae family, of which parsley is a member and upon which the female lays her eggs. He was chowing down on that plant, but I have enough to spare. [...]
Wilted Cucumber Plants
Posted in Garden, veggies, tagged cucumbers, disease, Garden, veggies on August 8, 2010 | Comments Off
For the past week, one by one, all of my cucumber plants have succumbed to bacteria wilt. There is no cure except to remove the plants and try again next year. The disease is caused when a bacteria-infested striped cucumber beetle makes a cut on the plant. The bacteria then enters the plant through the [...]
Fishhook Cactus
Posted in flowers, Wordless Wednesday, tagged Cactus, Flower, Wordless Wednesday on July 7, 2010 | 9 Comments »
This is my favorite cactus. It’s the first one I got years and years ago. If it’s hot and sunny it will bloom all summer long. More Wordless Wednesday.
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