Joylynn Hardesty

I eat cake seldom enough that I don't consider how it could be healthier. Birthday cake, yum!!!

Though, I don't have allergies.

Latin name, Conyza canadensis. Another case of the same plant, different common name.

Maybe mare's tale? Check here.

I secoond dodder. Bad stuff. I pulled some after returning from vacation once. I just dried it out on a tarp, drowned what may not have been seeds for a couple weeks, dried it out again, and sent it to the dump.That was ten years ago? Haven't seen it since.

Soooo.... How high do these jumping worms jump?  I'm thinking it might be a little bit too exciting for a successful dump.

It was looking fabulous july 20. See below. The seasonal drought began, with the usual high heat. I couldn't find the energy after work to keep up with stuff. The leaves have withered to crisps. A fair number of stems still have the seed heads maturing. I hope the roots are still alive. I soaked the tier they live on today.

Given the conditions I have seen them in growing locally, I thought watering was not needed. Their home is in one of my dryest locations though. Sigh.

In cooked, not intant rolled oats!

I really appreciate this kind of thread. And because I am always looking for plant ID's, my thoughts....

a different daisy

Flea bane daisy?

dunno...pretty

Yarrow!

More stuff I don't know -- but I have room for letting nectary form.

Bee balm?

my plant-ID app says these are Black-eyed Susans, but it's the only plant here that's fancy.

Blanket flower?

This is our usual....long decision making process and long project planning......implementation sometimes happens a little quicker.

This. This is my life.

Jay Angler wrote:
I've heard people talk about giving squirrels a spot to "hide" the nuts, so the humans can take advantage of the squirrels, however, I have never once read a personal account of someone actually doing this and it being effective. I suspect squirrels are programmed to park their nuts in many different places (like every one of my planters, rather than a bunch all in one planter!) so I suspect designing such a system would be a lot of work with little benefit - someone please tell me they've made this work?

Check out Joseph's experiences in this post.