I’m learning a lot from Let’s Botanize. This week: RAM and SAM.
Bulbine frutescens
Tag: garden
makeover
Ma’s patio decor was in dire need of a refresh. She had some nice colourful ceramic pots, but all the plants were dead and the plastic watering can had perished in the sun. So I showed up with potting soil and a bunch of new plants and gave the place a makeover. She was thrilled!
Ficus carica
I was reading up on the fig leaf in Western culture, and came across a funny story:
The V&A Museum in London holds a plaster cast of Michelangelo’s David. When Queen Victoria first saw the replica, she was reportedly so horrified by its nudity that a proportionally sized fig leaf was commissioned to cover the statue’s genitals. The leaf was kept on hand for royal visits and attached to the figure with two discreet hooks 😂.
Chrysoperla
I was wandering around the yard with my sketchbook, looking for some inspiration, when a little bug landed on my page. Yay! Lacewings are highly beneficial to gardeners and farmers because of their voracious appetite for small soft-bodied plant pests like aphids and small caterpillars.
flower shadows
eat more greens
in a’s garden
next up
More future yumminess.
poppin’
All the stages in one bed.
poppy pods
I sowed a packet of southwest flower seeds some months ago. The California poppies were the first to bloom, but now the ‘regular’ poppies are ready to burst forth. These flowers remind me of my maternal grandparents, who grew them in their front yard in Sydney. I wonder what colours we’ll get? So far, there’s just one pink bloom.
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