Had a little extra time over the long weekend to get some photos of local wildflowers. I am amazed at how many are growing in the St. Paul parks. It makes sense becasue they are low maintenance, and generally require...
Spring wildflowers are popping up everywhere in Southeast Michigan finally. With all the snow we had this winter, hopefully it will be a great year. Through the rest of the season, I will be posting new images in my wildflower photography gallery. Latest editions include Hepatica and Bloodroot.
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Shoot 'em while they last. The wildflower in the Palm...
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Simply tell us where to ship them and we will send you a free packet of wildflower seeds. Just follow the planting instructions and soon you will have a pretty patch of flowers where bees can live and thrive.
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In the past few years I’ve read about and have seen more interest in wildflowers, so I figure it’s about time I jump in and add my two cents.
I have watched in despair as some of my friends have created a wildflower bed in their yards, and have ended up with the biggest, ugliest patch of weeds I have ever seen. Why did they get weeds instead of wildflowers?
Two reasons.
One, they were armed with a lack of good information, and two, they were led to believe that planting a beautiful bed of wildflowers is so easy that a child could do it. Actually, a child could do it, and with great success. But only if that child were extremely lucky, or had a basic understanding of exactly how to plant a bed of wildflowers and achieve incredible success.
In the next few minutes I intend to arm you with enough good information so you can successfully plant a beautiful bed of wildflowers, and have your neighbors hanging over the fence asking you how ya did it.
First of all, you’ve go
There are some 18,000 species of flowering plants native to Australia, grouped in about 200 families. Like the continent distinct fauna, the flora has evolved in isolation for 50 million years, and many plants and flowers are not found anywhere else on earth. This is the third issue in the Australian Wildflowers series.Technical DetailsIssue date- 13 February 2007FDI withdrawal date- 13 March 2007Denominations - Four x 50cDesign- Lynette Traynor, Australia Post Design StudioPrinter- SEP Sprint & PemaraPaper (gummed) - Tullis Russell (self-adhesive) - B90, B100 & KV75-40080-WLK1Printing process- LithographyStamp size- 30mm x 25mmPerforations- 14 x 14.4Sheet layout- 50Special feature- NoneNational postmark- GPO Hobart TAS 7000
Last weekend we took a nice relaxing walk after the storm. The back of the property is fairly picturesque. My son and I picked a variety of wildflowers for the kitchen table. Sprite little daisies and gentle golden rod. There's an abundance of Queen Anne's Lace so that joined everything else. It was a pleasant day...and the flowers brightened all our hearts and made it just a little more so. This weekend my brother in law was in town. My husband pointed out all the wildflowers along the hill. So the two of them went down to admire them. But my brother in law is just a bit more of a nature guy than any of us. He assured us that what was growing so rampantly all around is not Queen Anne's lace, but hemlock....the poisonous kind to be exact. I recounted how it had annoyed me by shedding so much on the table and thought of Socrates with a shiver....fabulous....just fabulous...
This is a little miniature painting that I have been working on (on and off) for a while. I just love wildflowers - these are a cluster from here in Minnesota. I have a little more to do on it, but the photo of the painting should give you an idea of the mood and [...]
