Photos: House Yard
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common_natureToday was unseasonably warm and sunny, so I took pictures around the yard. The first few are from indoors, then the rest are the house yard. (See the savanna.)
Several of my Christmas cacti are blooming. This one is hot pink. It actually bloomed in winter already and is reblooming now. I have another that is lighter pink and one that is white, also blooming, but those dropped their buds when I first bought them so this is their first actual bloom. Buds on this type of cactus are super fussy, so moving the plant usually means the buds will fall off.
All my red curly willow cuttings are leafing out. These things grow super fast! I just got them March 2.
The ones in water are already starting to root. Last night these were just tiny white dots. Today they are little root bumps!
I got to thinking about why willows would root so fast and pour out rooting hormones. Most are wetland plants. During a flood, twigs are likely to break off. If they can root, then they may establish where they wash ashore. Pouring out extra hormone may help other wetland plants like cottonwood or sycamore sprout from loose twigs too, thus perpetuating a more complete ecosystem.
This is the view looking east over the house yard. The grass, which had held a bit of green all winter near the roots, is now much more green and has growing tips.
The barrel garden has many tulips and other flowers sprouting around the base.
The rain garden has many more crocuses blooming now.
The purple-and-white striped crocuses are blooming in the rain garden.
This flower isn't even fully open yet, but this honeybee is determined to squeeze inside.
Flies, native bees, and other tiny insects are pollinating these white crocuses.
The goddess garden also has lots of flowers.
This whole cluster of lavender crocuses is blooming.
The first orange crocus is blooming.
This is winter aconite.
More flowers are blooming along the front of the log garden.
These crocuses are pale yellow.
Several of my Christmas cacti are blooming. This one is hot pink. It actually bloomed in winter already and is reblooming now. I have another that is lighter pink and one that is white, also blooming, but those dropped their buds when I first bought them so this is their first actual bloom. Buds on this type of cactus are super fussy, so moving the plant usually means the buds will fall off.
All my red curly willow cuttings are leafing out. These things grow super fast! I just got them March 2.
The ones in water are already starting to root. Last night these were just tiny white dots. Today they are little root bumps!
I got to thinking about why willows would root so fast and pour out rooting hormones. Most are wetland plants. During a flood, twigs are likely to break off. If they can root, then they may establish where they wash ashore. Pouring out extra hormone may help other wetland plants like cottonwood or sycamore sprout from loose twigs too, thus perpetuating a more complete ecosystem.
This is the view looking east over the house yard. The grass, which had held a bit of green all winter near the roots, is now much more green and has growing tips.
The barrel garden has many tulips and other flowers sprouting around the base.
The rain garden has many more crocuses blooming now.
The purple-and-white striped crocuses are blooming in the rain garden.
This flower isn't even fully open yet, but this honeybee is determined to squeeze inside.
Flies, native bees, and other tiny insects are pollinating these white crocuses.
The goddess garden also has lots of flowers.
This whole cluster of lavender crocuses is blooming.
The first orange crocus is blooming.
This is winter aconite.
More flowers are blooming along the front of the log garden.
These crocuses are pale yellow.
