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| Honeybee on Oriental Poppy Flower. 5.15.2020 |
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| Honeybee on Collard Green Flowers. 5.15.2020 |
Friday, May 15, 2020
Honeybee on Collard and Poppy Flowers. 5.15.2020
Iris Garden Today. 5.15.2020
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| Sunny Disposition. 5.15.2020 |
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| Bearded Iris Garden. 5.15.2020 |
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| Victoria Falls. 5.15.2020 |
Apple protectors for birds and bugs. 5.15.2020
While thinning apples, I noticed some had been partially eaten by birds. I also read on a gardening website about people anxiously awaiting their Redlove apples, only to have them eaten by birds who apparently mistook them for cherries.
This year will be the first chance to taste my Redlove Calypso and Redlove Era apples, with only 2 or three of each per tree. I'd rather be the one to taste them, not some stupid birds.
Last year I bought some organza gift bags, to see if individually bagging apples on the trees would prevent some insect damage. Some people claim that doesn't prevent bird damage. So, I sewed holographic scare tape to a couple of organza bags, and cut flaps so when the birds are looking at the bags and thinking "that stupid guy thinks those bags will keep us out", they will be distracted by the flashing moving lights. Last year, the scare tape helped a lot with blueberries and cherries.
This year will be the first chance to taste my Redlove Calypso and Redlove Era apples, with only 2 or three of each per tree. I'd rather be the one to taste them, not some stupid birds.
Last year I bought some organza gift bags, to see if individually bagging apples on the trees would prevent some insect damage. Some people claim that doesn't prevent bird damage. So, I sewed holographic scare tape to a couple of organza bags, and cut flaps so when the birds are looking at the bags and thinking "that stupid guy thinks those bags will keep us out", they will be distracted by the flashing moving lights. Last year, the scare tape helped a lot with blueberries and cherries.
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| Organza bag / scare tape on a Redlove Era tiny apple. 5.15.2020 |
First Rhubarb Harvest. 5.15.2020
Today I harvested some rhubarb. I was going to make a pie, but it was kind of a "COVID-19" and too much other bad news day, so I didn't. Tomorrow.
I don't know the variety. It was here when we bought the place, 8 years ago. I'd like to divide it and plant in a nicer spot. The stems are juicy and pink inside, an it makes a nice pink rhubarb pie.
Might make a good freezer jam, too.
I don't know the variety. It was here when we bought the place, 8 years ago. I'd like to divide it and plant in a nicer spot. The stems are juicy and pink inside, an it makes a nice pink rhubarb pie.
Might make a good freezer jam, too.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
More Bearded Iris Blossoms. 5.14.2020
Here is the white orphaned irise today. It's nice. Unlike "Immortality", it doesn't look like wet tissue paper after a rain.
Here is what that iris rhizome looked like 5.21.2020 after I cleaned it up, after pulling it out of the brush pile. It's amazing that it bloomed in almost exactly one year. Irises are rugged. That blossom was probably from the largest of these rhizome pieces.
Here is a view of the iris garden today.
Here is what that iris rhizome looked like 5.21.2020 after I cleaned it up, after pulling it out of the brush pile. It's amazing that it bloomed in almost exactly one year. Irises are rugged. That blossom was probably from the largest of these rhizome pieces.
Here is a view of the iris garden today.
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| "Immortality". It actually does not look like wet tissue paper this time. 5.14.2020 |
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| Honorabile or Sans Souci, which may be the same thing. 5.14.2020 |
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| "Spiced Custard" 5.14.2020 |
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| "Red Dirt Road". 5.14.2020 |
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| "Edith Wolford". 5.14.2020 |
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