Category Archives: Garden

Gulf fritillary in the garden 2025-05-25

Update 2025-06-02: Maypops 2025-05-30.

This Gulf fritillary was frittering away in the garden.

[Gulf fritillary]
Gulf fritillary

A Dione vanillae, at about 3 inches wingspan, looks small beside the cucumber plants. Continue reading →

Howling dogs 2025-05-19

Sky and River howled like something horrible was happening.

[Movie: Sky and River howling (30M)]
Movie: Sky and River howling (30M)

Actually, they saw me walk into the woods towards the garden, and they heard me calling them.

Blondie ran back to get them, and explained to them how silly they sounded.

Video:
https://youtu.be/Jyljdi-sHQk

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Planted Sugarcane 2025-05-09

The watering house indicates the rows with cane. They also continue beyond the middle where the hoses start.

[Watering hose just before the rains]
Watering hose just before the rains

This was just before the rains started. Three inches so far, so no hose watering since then.

-jsq

Banana cubits 2025-03-24

When you don’t bring a measuring device, measure in cubits!

[Banana cubit 2025-03-23]
Banana cubit 2025-03-23

Gretchen had recently lopped off the freeze-killed tops of these banana plants, and she was observing how much they had grown out since. Continue reading →