A few macro looks at stuff in the garden.
I have a little sugar water feeder in my backyard to attract neighborhood bees. Who knows, maybe word will get out and I will get some scout bees looking for a home in my swarm trap nearby!
Yum!!!! Strawberry season is kicking in. I have about 100 plants, about 1/3 newly planted so they won’t produce much. Love watching them mature and ripen up!
I put in some 2-3 year old blueberry plants in this winter. Looks like I may wind up with enough for a snack or two from my Backyard Garden.
Blue Lake pole bean plant wending its way skyward. It is fascinating to see how the vines grab and wrap themselves in a ……….. I tried to google the direction question about the pole beans and became confused…….mine all seem to grab and twist to the right….is that counter-clockwise? I think it is!
Signs of life. My Meyer Lemon tree was very hard hit by the winter’s extended freeze her in Houston. Over the past several weeks it began to leaf out. Closer inspection yesterday shows a handful of blossoms emerging. I do think it will survive! Yee Haw.
TTFN
Bishop
Mar 14, 2018 @ 00:31:57
I believe I’ve read that vines twist in a specific direction based on the rotation of the earth–vines in the southern hemisphere twine opposite from those in the northern. As my Ohio country grandmother used to say, “Ain’t nature grand!”
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Mar 14, 2018 @ 03:22:19
Nature is truly amazing! The bees and the order that they maintain is incredible! Spider webs, vines twisting, the arrangement of flower parts and the list could go on forever!
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Mar 14, 2018 @ 02:44:32
All hopeful signs of spring! So glad your lemon tree shows some healthy growth.
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Mar 15, 2018 @ 08:14:38
Love the lemon! Here in England, we have to grow them indoors in pots, only taking them out in the summer. I grew mine from a seed froma fruit, and we call it Lemmy. It’s just started shooting again after its winter dormancy. If I get any flowers, I’ll post!
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Mar 15, 2018 @ 08:16:24
BTW, what sort of camera did you use? SLR with macro, or smart phone with a clip-on macro? Ali (https://themindfulgardener.blog/) and I have been experimenting with not much success with the phone version.
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Mar 16, 2018 @ 05:54:13
I have a Nikon D600 and a 85mm macro lens
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Mar 16, 2018 @ 16:10:35
Happy to see that old man winter didn’t kill your lemon tree. 😀
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Mar 16, 2018 @ 20:28:15
Thanks Karen! My lime tree wasn’t so lucky!
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