All About Vegetation, House Plants, Gardens, Trees ect.

[TPK]

Great pictures Joe & Georgi!

Did you sow the seeds I sent you?

Not yet.

[Eustace]

Great pictures Joe & Georgi!

Did you sow the seeds I sent you?

Not yet.

I doubt you have the conditions to grow tomatoes. If there are farmers in the citiy, you can give them to someone. But you can sow the spices in pots.

[bighomer]

Red Maple budding out, butter cups in full bloom.

[Waukonda]

I was out for a dog walk and found some Daffodils blooming near an old homesite. A little of an old stone foundation was barely visible there in the woods. The structures and their inhabitants long gone, but the flowers live on. There is a poem there somewhere, TPK

Also found several Spring Beauties blooming.

[Waukonda]

The Grape Hyacinth is popping out in the woods.

[Mumbleypeg]

Daffodils here are almost finished blooming now. Their bloom season was stunted by the deep freeze we experienced last month which hit just as many were starting to bloom or had buds. Most were “bit” by the sub-zero temperatures.

Dug some white bearded Iris that are growing at an old long abandoned homesite. The house has been gone for years but the perennial flowers still bloom annually. The Iris had spread into the ditch alongside the road. I’ve been meaning relocate some to our place for years, finally did it.

Ken

[bighomer]

These little bushes bloom several times a year, dadburn deers help themselves to some bark looks like.

[TPK]

I was out for a dog walk and found some Daffodils blooming near an old homesite. A little of an old stone foundation was barely visible there in the woods. The structures and their inhabitants long gone, but the flowers live on. There is a poem there somewhere, TPK

Also found several Spring Beauties blooming.

I'll kick it around.

[TPK]

Great spring time pictures everyone! Thanks!

[TPK]

I was out for a dog walk and found some Daffodils blooming near an old homesite. A little of an old stone foundation was barely visible there in the woods. The structures and their inhabitants long gone, but the flowers live on. There is a poem there somewhere, TPK

Also found several Spring Beauties blooming.

You were right Ike. I found it.

"Daffodils"

The homesteads are all gone,
Gone all the people,
Gone are the walls,
Gone is the steeple,

Left behind are the rocks,
That laid the foundation,
Gone those who once,
Built a great nation,

Left behind are the daffodils,
God's resurrecting creation,
Gone are the bells,
Left only, a vibration...

By: Thomas DeVore
March 20th, 2021
21:21 p.m.

[Waukonda]

You were right Ike. I found it.

"Daffodils"

The homesteads are all gone,
Gone all the people,
Gone are the walls,
Gone is the steeple,

Left behind are the rocks,
That laid the foundation,
Gone those who once,
Built a great nation,

Left behind are the daffodils,
God's resurrecting creation,
Gone are the bells,
Left only, a vibration...

By: Thomas DeVore
March 20th, 2021
21:21 p.m.

I like that, Tom! That is a perfect capture and caption!

[TPK]

Thanks Ike! Appreciate the kind words.

I found one more poem for your picture.

"Daffodils"

Mossy rocks lay in a row,
Telling tails of years ago,
Daffodils are that last,
A silent snapshot,
From the past.

By: Thomas DeVore
March 21st, 2021
15:50 p.m.

[Mumbleypeg]

Took this picture this afternoon, Mexican Plum and Redbud growing near the fence row behind our house. Both trees are native to this area. The redbud came up “volunteer” where it’s growing now (likely planted by a bird sitting on the overhead electric wires). I dug the plum from along the creek and transplanted it about 15 years ago to where it is now.

Ken

[bighomer]

Flowering peach trees and a Jane Magnolia in the middle starting to bloom.

[doglegg]

Ken, it seems that the red buds over this way are extra beautiful this year.

bh those are overwhelming. Wonderful!.

[mrwatch]

Those tree buds falling on our deck, makes you sneeze.
Red Maple Buds - Acer rubrum

A tree and a flower are different. The word tree refers to the complete plant whereas a flower is only an organ of a plant. Some trees produce flowers (angiosperms, i.e., maple) and some do not (gymnosperms, i.e., pine). Flowers are usually grouped together on a stem and are adapted for sexual reproduction. The flower is not an entire plant but an organ formed by some plants for reproductive purposes.

all images with my stereo microscope with my cell phone attached.

[Colonel26]

The older boys and I spread some mulch and set out some hostas this afternoon.

[CamMan21]

My only “garden”.

[espn77]

You got a GPS driving lawnmower????? Lines sure are straight

[CamMan21]

You got a GPS driving lawnmower????? Lines sure are straight

LOL...nah, no GPS. Byt they're not always straight, either

Funny you joke about though...we did use GPS for spray rigs and fertilizer spreaders when I worked on a turf farm. Not needed so much for granulars, but it sure made the liquids easy if the sun wasn't right to see your tire tracks.

[bighomer]

[bighomer]

[Mumbleypeg]

Finally got the rest of my vegetable garden planted. I’ll try to remember to post another picture in a couple of weeks after the seeds have sprouted.

Lots of flowers blooming now too.

Ken

[doglegg]

[TPK]

Beautiful Pictures Everybody!



Yellow Plum tree.