Absolutely marvelous drawing. Delicate and classically balanced composition. These gifs you’re finding are wonderful. Thank you.
Winter Birds - 1993
https://youtu.be/XBkqOxMNP4E
Please share your favorites concerning anything gardening and nature-related.
I took this photo during my travels in Northern California. I am heading home because my orchids have put out flowers for the first time in several years and are about to bloom.
Good morning to you!
We ‘dodged’ a snowstorm last night/this morning that at one point was being called everything from “substantial” to “historic” (30” or more). We got zip, zilch, nada which makes me VERY happy!
Drinking coffee this morning & thinking about an herb garden for next year. I had one raised bed (3 x 6) last year that I never planted in anything after initially used it for housing my peat pots as I started sunflowers, tithonia, & other plants from seeds.
Since “big pharma” and allopathic medicine in general are such a disaster these days, I’m thinking that going back to tried/true home remedies for things like colds, sore throats, etc. that don’t need an antibiotic would be a good thing to do. A homesteader I follow has been posting about this the last week and has me “hot to trot” on an herb bed.
How to Plan a Medicinal Herb Garden
https://melissaknorris.com/how-to-plan-a-medicinal-herb-garden/
Years ago, I had a fairly extensive herb bed ... all the usual plants plus less common plants like borage, lovage, just about every lemon scented herb, several kinds of thyme (not just one), a bunch of different mints, catnip, etc. I did not use them for medicinal purposes, just enjoyed all the flowers/scents. BTW, I did experience the invasive nature of catnip/mint plants ... won’t be doing those in my raised bed.
So that’s my “get-through-the-rest-of-winter” plan .... figure out an herb garden & drink coffee :-)
Brrrrrrr & FReegards (it’s 19 degrees here!) ~Q
PS - GO Packers!
Good Morning!
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Bkmk
https://mountaintimefarm.com recently changed the prices on all their trees to $5 each.
The majority of their trees are grown from seed, not grafts or cuttings, so the results are less predictable. Nuts will probably be fairly consistent, but apples and pears will be a gamble. But, you get a strong tree for a very low price, and if you don’t like the fruit then you can graft something you like onto it later.
Good Morning. What a pretty picture.