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More frost covered leaves
giving up their lives to make a rich forest compost. One of our local organic farmers says this is how he leaarned to take care of his garden without fertilizers and bug sprays. I have seen his garden and it is impressive. Next time, I'm going to ask what he does about the slugs who thrive on everything I plant in my garden.They do not eat what is already here.How do they know?
Sidewalk bin for compostibles outside a craft ice cream shop in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. (The ginger ice cream was very tasty.)
Last night we finally had freezing temperatures. 26 degrees. Enough to kill off the tomatoes, peppers, Mexican petunias and elephant ears. So, after work today I proceeded to cut them all down and turn them into the compost piles.
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!!!
Una doppia trazione mista, composta dalle E483 013 ed E186 909 in uso a Rail Cargo Italia (Ex Linea), viaggia verso Cava Tigozzi con un pesante treno carico di rottami, proveniente da San Stino di Livenza. Le vediamo sulla Milano-Bologna, nei pressi di Parma.
A double traction formed by Rail Cargo Italia E483 013 and E186 909 (ex Linea) haul a heavy train for metal scrap transport, from San Stino di Livenza to Cava Tigozzi, here passing near Parma
Path around a fountain near the Flower Walk. By now, these plants have all been removed (they get composted) and the spring bulbs have been planted in their place! This was a riot of color and leaf forms!
Truck Thursday
Stu ordered a large load of compost. We use it all over the garden. It is very rich in nutrients.
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.
We have rhubarbs mainly because of the beautiful flowers - and for hiding the compost bin.
Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum).
From our garden, 18.05.2014.
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera.
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
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
De spoorlijn van Dieren naar Apeldoorn met rechts het huisafvaldepot van de VAM in Apeldoorn op maandag 3 september 1990. In juli 2017 werd door Locon de laatste vuiltrein afgevoerd.
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.
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
I made my first batch of compost in my Lomi yesterday. It takes around 3-5 hours to process one gallon of solid compost. I have a compost bin in my kitchen that I put vegetable and fruit scraps in on a daily basis. Once that is full, I empty that into my Lomi and process. It yields about 2-3 cups of ready-to-use compost. I'll do this over the winter and save what I don't use for my shade garden and seed starting next Spring.
Male Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica). Our largest snake, the grass snake, is particularly fond of wetland habitats, but can also be found in dry grasslands and in gardens, especially those with a pond nearby.
During the summer, grass snake can be spotted basking in the sun near their favourite ponds or swimming in the water.
They hunt amphibians, fish, small mammals and birds. Females lay 10 to 40 eggs in rotting vegetation, such as compost heaps, incubating them until they hatch in early Autumn. Like all reptiles, grass snake hibernate, usually from October to April.
The British population of grass snake belongs to the distinct subspecies Natrix natrix helvetica, but new research published in August 2017 proposed that it should be elevated to full species status, with the name barred grass snake, Natrix helvetica.
Photo by Nick Dobbs, West Dorset, 17-07-2024