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The compost heaps are still alive with bank voles although I've not seen them as often as I did in winter. Possibly the marauding sparrowhawk has something to do with that.
I've sunk to new lows in trying to get some pictures taken during the lock down. This is the contents of my backyard composter.
The Trevor Carpenter 2018 Photo Challenge
WEEK 15: APRIL 2008/2010 FLASHBACK – ENTROPY
We keep this little metal pail in our kitchen to throw out vegetable matter for compost.
I opened it today and thought, since the stuff hadn't decayed all that much, the variety of colors and textures were pretty cool. I thought it would make for an interesting photo for Entropy.
Esta mosca correteaba por la tapa de la compostadora sacudiéndose para deshacerse del polizón, pero éste estaba bien agarrado o no había llegado a donde quería, pues no la soltó. Como no paraba quieta, las fotos no quedaron muy nítidas, pero sirven para mis censos de fauna casera.
Sidewalk bin for compostibles outside a craft ice cream shop in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. (The ginger ice cream was very tasty.)
I peeked inside and saw a well 'cooked', well sifted, taller than me pile of compost. Brown gold! I said, darn, I didn't bring my bolt cutters!!!
Truck Thursday
Stu ordered a large load of compost. We use it all over the garden. It is very rich in nutrients.
Chevrolet 2500HD with a Tommy Gate (I think)
Local organics waste recycler in Winnipeg.
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Today the We're Here group members are looking for A Splendid Ugliness
Not sure I have this right but it's prettier than the tub of baked beans that was lurking in the fridge.
Stew and dumplings for lunch today. So much rain that going out to get a photo wasn't an option.
11/365/2023
Well, I was surprised to note these mushrooms perched atop my neighbor's new compost pile! What a great find! Of course, it is screened from the street. However, my boy MacDuff sought it out on our morning walk, and I followed to see what moved him onward. I'm assuming the population of raccoons previously resident in our night time gardens, has been decimated by the owl population, also night hunters. So I may attempt another compost pile myself. It has been almost a year since my sleep was interrupted by the dogs barking at a night foray of coons.....I had to stop feeding birds, stop composting too. Perhaps the time is right to resume both????
Oh wow, these look so good and then I blow up the image, but there is a lack of focus in the detail of the surface. I am disappointed by this, for I saw it with my eye.....and it is not here THAT WAY......yeah, the iPhone 11 ProMax is about to retire, methinks. The texture of mushrooms is a matter of some importance in this world, right?
Canon EOS 6D - f/5 - 1/250sec - 100mm - ISO 100
- This is not a manipulated photo, both flowers were picked and are floating here on the water of the pond.
Schizostylis coccinea, River Lily or Crimson Flag, is a flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to South Africa and Zimbabwe.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 60 cm tall, with slender lanceolate leaves up to 40 cm long and 1 cm broad. The flowers are red, occasionally pink or white, 30–35 mm long, with six petals; they are produced four to ten alternately on a spike in late summer to autumn.
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its flowers, used in floristry. It is only hardy to between −5 to −10 °C. It is sometimes known in cultivation as "Kaffir Lily"; this name is best avoided as "kaffir" is considered an offensive ethnic slur in Africa.
There are many forms of Schizostylis coccinea. The copper-red 'Major' is the most readily available and a very good performer. There is a pure white form, 'Alba', which has narrower petals. 'Sunrise', which is a floppy plant with large pink flowers, is also widely available. Two pale pink heritage varieties have smaller flowers – 'Mrs Hegarty' and 'Viscountess Byng'. But perhaps the best pink form is 'Sunrise' because the full flowers are larger and have a stronger colour. It is sometimes sold as 'Sunset'. 'Jennifer' is also a good pink. 'Zeal Salmon' is a showy, late variety with deep pink flowers.
This attractive garden subject should be grown in full sun in compost-enriched soil and ideally should be planted at the edge of a pond or in some other area where the roots are constantly in water. It can also be planted in a pot, submerged in water up to soil level.
My schizostylis on the photo is growing in the pond with about 5 cm water above the soil.
The species name coccinea means 'scarlet' and refers to the bright red flowers produced by this species.
Until fairly recently this species was known by its old name Schizostylis coccinea, but Hesperantha coccinea should be the correct name now.
It’s hardly fair, is it? You spend years learning how to spell Schizostylis, then one day you wake up and find you’re growing Hesperantha instead. The change of name is a nice illustration of how long it takes gardening to catch up with the scientists, who realised Schizostylis didn’t deserve a genus of its own as long ago as 1996. Nevertheless, Googling Schizostylis still produces twice as many hits as Hesperantha.
read more here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/9690220/Botanical-identity-...
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De kafferlelie (Schizostylis) behoort tot de familie van de lisachtigen (Iridaceae). De oorspronkelijke kafferlelie (Schizostylis coccinea) is scharlakenrood van kleur. De tweede naam coccinea duidt daarop. De kafferlelie groeit voornamelijk in het zuidoosten van Zuid-Afrika. Daar komt de plant in grote aaneengesloten groepen voor op vochtige oevers langs stromende rivieren.
De plant heeft grasachtig blad en groeit op een warme plaats in de zon. Een kafferlelie is een vaste plant, die het vooral in de omgeving van een vijver uitstekend zal doen. Naast een vochtige grond is een voedzame, humusrijke grond van belang voor een goede groei en bloei. Wie geen vijver heeft, maar toch deze schitterende plant in bloei wil zien, kan de plant (ook op het balkon) met (gebakken) bloempot en al in modderige grond zetten. Let erop, dat een kafferlelie niet lang zonder vocht kan. Te laat water geven betekent een onherroepelijk dood.
In ons koele klimaat heeft de kafferlelie in de winter wel enige bescherming in de vorm van bladdekking nodig. De plant is een overblijvende, vaste plant. Langs de stengel staan zwaardvormige, diepgroene bladen. Bloemen verschijnen langs de tot 80 centimeter lange stengel in oktober/november tot aan het invallen van de winter. Naast de oorspronkelijke scharlakenrode bloemkleur van de oorspronkelijke planten, zijn er cultuurvarianten met roze en bijna witte bloemen. De plant bloeit lang door,
Als een kafferlelie het goed naar de zin heeft, kan hij flink uitgroeien. Naarmate de planten elkaar meer en meer gaan beconcurreren, wordt de groei en bloei minder. Dit verschijnsel is vooral zichtbaar als de planten 3 tot 4 jaar vaststaan. Dan wordt het tijd om de planten in het najaar te scheuren en op afstand van elkaar opnieuw uit te planten. Soms worden onder gunstige omstandigheden zaden gevormd. Die kunnen in het voorjaar in een een verwarmde kas of in de vensterbank op een warme plaats tot kiemen worden gebracht.
In mijn vijver groeit de plant met ongeveer 5 cm water boven de aarde.
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Plastic bags in the organics bin.,
Despite signs everywhere, "No Plastic Bags", people continue to do this.
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia
Had a mooch around Penny Rigg Quarry,Tilberthwaite Gill yesterday, dullish conditions again. Spotted this compostion with Great Intake on the left looking out to the Helvellyn and Fairfield fells in the distance
a charming little wood mouse on our compost heap - note I'm using the 100mm macro lens - I was about 2-3 feet away, and it wasn't concerned at all.
Our garden, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, UK
A local farmer runs a green waste recycling centre.After its treatment he then stores it in the local fields for a few weeks before spreading,as seen.
Mentre le ultimissime luci di una ventosa giornata di metà maggio volgono al termine alle spalle delle cime alpine la E652 006, l'ultimo prototipo del gruppo, percorre la Milano-Torino al traino di un insolito merci misto proveniente dal capoluogo lombardo e composto prevalentemente da vetture passeggeri destinate alle divisioni passeggeri. (16/5/12)
The E652 006, the last prototype of the 652 class, runs near Trecate leding a westbound mixed freight also composed by some trenitalia passenger coaches. (2012-05-16)