1. Today's six will be quick and simple--just enough to prove that something is going on in the garden in spite of the schizophrenic weather we have been having in Alabama. One plant that can be counted on regardless of temperature shifts, however, is the hellebore pictured below and in the featured photo. I can't …
1. My offerings today are neither unusual nor terribly enlightening, but they do represent what is going on in the garden right now. Unfortunately, I missed posting photos of most of my irises and various native wildflowers while I was working on some other projects for the past few weeks. But as the featured image …
Things are finally beginning to get colorful, although the weather remains erratic, going from 80 degrees Fahrenheit at the beginning of the week to 65 today. But, no tornadoes this week, so no complaints from me. The featured photo keys my first entry this week, a bed of brown bearded irises that went from one …
This week's six are straightforward--leaves. Red leaves and gold leaves. I'll begin with the gold ones: Ginkgo leaves, as seen against the backdrop of a maple tree in the featured image. I adore this tree in part because it is a symbol of the small, private liberal arts college I taught at for 41 years …
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