Category: Gardening

Bees!

On Sunday, a swarm of bees descended upon a small oak tree in our backyard.

I’ve never seen anything like this before.

Weighing down the oak tree branch
Weighing down the oak tree branch
A close up shot
A close up shot
From another angle
From another angle

These photos were taken from indoors, thanks to my camera’s 10X zoom. Whew.

Week Nineteen

Photos from the nineteenth week in the garden are up, spanning July 19-24, and have been tagged “Week Nineteen” in my Gardening 2010, Part Three album in my Picasa Web Albums. To see the original bed photos — in a slideshow from week to week — visit my Gardening 2010 photo album on Facebook.

This week, I captured a lot of wildlife in the backyard.

This, I believe, is the baby dove who was born in our backyard oak tree.
This, I believe, is the baby dove who was born in our backyard oak tree.
Week Nineteen
Week Nineteen
A moth hangs out on the carefree beauty rose
A moth hangs out on the carefree beauty rose
A Hungarian hot wax pepper plant given to me by Kim's Uncle Bennie
A Hungarian hot wax pepper plant given to me by Kim's Uncle Bennie
There's a ton of adolescent frogs back there, like this guy, who have grown up in the backyard. They hate it when I mow the lawn.
There's a ton of adolescent frogs back there, like this guy, who have grown up in the backyard. They hate it when I mow the lawn.

Week Eighteen

Photos from the eighteenth week in the garden are up, spanning July 12-18, and have been tagged “Week Eighteen” in my Gardening 2010, Part Three album in my Picasa Web Albums. To see the original bed photos — in a slideshow from week to week — visit my Gardening 2010 photo album on Facebook.

Three Top Gun tomatoes I picked. The rain made 'em ugly.
Three Top Gun tomatoes I picked. The rain made 'em ugly.
The psyche mix cosmos
The psyche mix cosmos
The black-eyed susans
The black-eyed susans
There were three about this size.
There were three about this size.
Purple coneflowers
Purple coneflowers
Week Eighteen
Week Eighteen

Week Seventeen

Photos from the seventeenth week in the garden are up, spanning July 7-11, and have been tagged “Week Seventeen” in my Gardening 2010, Part Three album in my Picasa Web Albums. To see the original bed photos — in a slideshow from week to week — visit my Gardening 2010 photo album on Facebook.

The Indian Princess hibiscus finally bloomed! The wait was well worth it!
The Indian Princess hibiscus finally bloomed! The wait was well worth it!
A row of all four hibiscus, in bloom.
A row of all four hibiscus, in bloom.
Pickling cucumber. Uber alles.
Pickling cucumber. Uber alles.
This bachelor button didn't recover after the torrential downpour we received last week.
This bachelor button didn't recover after the torrential downpour we received last week.
A purple periwinkle, that must have reseeded itself from last year.
A purple periwinkle, that must have reseeded itself from last year.
The original bed
The original bed
This blanket flower — the only one of which that has thrived this well, perhaps it's the porch? — is about to bloom.
This blanket flower — the only one of which that has thrived this well, perhaps it's the porch? — is about to bloom.