Tag: sunflowers
Life on the Parkway, or, Second Thoughts about the Tree
Curbside gardening is an interesting prospect. Just when you think you have things under control and figured out, they change. If you have followed the Late Bloomer web series, you may remember how this whole gardening thing started for me. Our parkway Acacia tree died, and I got in touch with my soil. (See the [...]
It’s Not Over Yet!
I just rounded up what was ready to harvest. That big zucchini had been hiding, or it would have been eaten before now. And, I had a volunteer sunflower, my last one this year, appear in my strawberry patch. It’s a little one, but very friendly! Sunflowers make you smile! If you are new to Late [...]
Celery and a Fig Beetle
I just planted celery seedlings in the parkway where my corn was. I read in “Golden Gate Gardening” that celery would like to be planted in pure compost if it can get it, so I obliged with a whole bag of biodynamic compost between six seedlings. It also needs a lot of fertilizer, so I [...]
Parrots and Finches Spell Trouble for my Sunflowers
I looked out the window about 10:30 AM. It was a cloudy morning, so the Black-Hooded Parakeets, or Nanday Conure Parrots were late getting over here. If you are following my blog, especially the post “Meet My Kids,” you know I’ve got, uh, had some nice sunflowers. There were four balanced on the sturdy Lemon Queen, one [...]
New Arrival!
My third crop of sunflowers is now ready to pop. Here’s the very first arrival. Upon a closer look at the center, thousands of sharp seed enclosures look like talons! A bee wasted no time finding this first bloom. It got a little annoyed my camera was two inches away, and took off after the [...]
Know What This Is?
I spotted this on a sunflower leaf about 8PM last night, and didn’t realize what I was looking at. I believe this is the back end. John Dunstan’s “Total Metamorphosis” video makes it quite clear that this is one stage of a ladybug transformation. This little creature was racing along beside the one above, which wasn’t [...]
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