Photos: Coles County Community Garden
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common_natureYesterday we visited the Coles County Community Garden. (See the right side and left side of the Charleston Food Forest.)
This is the Coles County Community Garden. Not much happening in the greenhouse or garden beds yet, but there are interesting little things to observe. Spring is a good time to explore things that are hidden in other seasons.
These yellow fruits still cling to their dried vine.
This is a praying mantis egg case. Once the weather warms enough, it will emit several hundred pinhead-sized predators.
These seedpods resemble tiny bottles. I don't know what type of flower made them.
Birds have pecked apart this zinnia seedhead. Many flowers produce seeds that birds enjoy.
The large round gall on the stem shows why wildflowers with woody stems are so useful in the ecosystem: many insects use them to raise their young. Some birds, such as woodpeckers, may drill into the stems in search of larvae.
It's so dry that the earth is cracking. This is completely abnormal in March, which should be the Moon of Mud Everywhere. You can see bits of plant matter, a walnut shell, and a bit of moss. Once it rains, the moss will revive.
Some of the wildflowers are already leafing out.
This is the Coles County Community Garden. Not much happening in the greenhouse or garden beds yet, but there are interesting little things to observe. Spring is a good time to explore things that are hidden in other seasons.
These yellow fruits still cling to their dried vine.
This is a praying mantis egg case. Once the weather warms enough, it will emit several hundred pinhead-sized predators.
These seedpods resemble tiny bottles. I don't know what type of flower made them.
Birds have pecked apart this zinnia seedhead. Many flowers produce seeds that birds enjoy.
The large round gall on the stem shows why wildflowers with woody stems are so useful in the ecosystem: many insects use them to raise their young. Some birds, such as woodpeckers, may drill into the stems in search of larvae.
It's so dry that the earth is cracking. This is completely abnormal in March, which should be the Moon of Mud Everywhere. You can see bits of plant matter, a walnut shell, and a bit of moss. Once it rains, the moss will revive.
Some of the wildflowers are already leafing out.
