My darkest Halloween pic so far this year.

Nel valutare la bellezza dei fiori l'uomo dovrebbe sforzarsi di fantasia. Dovrebbe cioè immaginare di vederli con gli occhi composti degli insetti pronubi e volatori e soprattutto nel rapporto di dimensioni relative che li caratterizza. Ecco allora che un umile fiore di Stachys, come questo, apparirebbe una meravigliosa e accogliente meta, resa ancora più attraente da colori e architetture fantastici ..... ..

Castle Hills Thonock Gainsborough.

A little fantasy fun after making squash soup

The plastic earth screws were no match for Bruno. We’ve had lots of visits from this bear and/or it’s friends.

Good for compost, I understand.

Nature having its way with these Leaves.

In your garden, pull up any dead plants and lay them on the ground around healthy plants. You can also chop them up and mix them into the soil.

While leaves changing color in the fall are dying, they are not dead. A cold snap will kill the leaves the same as it will on the leaves of most your other plants.

Time to get that Composting Bin started.

Eskilstuna, Sweden 2011

We were surprised to look out to see these sweet ladies in our yard. One of them was very interested in our compost!

I feel terrible for wildlife lately because the air quality is horrendous due to the Canadian wildfires. For several days it’s been in the “unhealthy” and “very unhealthy” range, with a constant haze in the air. While we have the option of closing windows & filtering our air, they do not.

This was a family friends' garden centre after the final days of trade. It's now demolished.

Superb Fairy-wrens were particularly observant and appeared already while I was busy with the compost and they seemed to be working alongside me.

(Malurus cyaneus)

I've hardly finished some work on a rather neglected compost át the back of friends' veggie garden when several neigbours from the adjacent National Park arrived to appreciate my work. The Satin Bowerbirds came in numbers and allowed me to observe their likes and dislikes, as well as the way they deal with the food on offer. TBC

(Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

The green waste collected from households and commercial gardeners is wetted down and put into these massive rooms on one side of the building. It quickly starts to decompose and the temperature rises to around 60C.

All this heat causes steam to escape from the hanger doors.

Dunghill with rising sun

I found this hoverfly larva `rambling' on our compost bin.

A single shot, taken with my MP-E 65mm lens, at about 1.5x magnification, in natural light.

I'm not sure if I got the colour quite right in post-processing; the larva seemed a bit more green to my eye! (The difference in colour might also be because of the lighting, because in this shot, the larva was being strongly backlit at the front end, while the back end was in shadow.)

I'm also not sure which hoverfly species this larva belongs to; I do have a book on IDing the larvae, but I gave up! :D... but I'll hazard a very rough guess at: Epistrophe eligans.

For info: the head is to the left; the red `bump' at the rear is a breathing tube.

I was a little bothered that my photographer friend was able to whip out his phone and get la perfect HDR in one shot, so I took it as a challenge. I consider this as much digital art as photography, and not really the kind of photo I strive for

Compost Pile.

Kraftvolle Düfte, trostlose Farbtöne, hartes Grün, Meditation, gefährliche Rottöne, heftige Purpurtöne, gleichzeitig seltsame Winde, traurige Vögel,

snuiven majestueus geel belangrijke roze gebalsemde parfums kunstmatige waarschuwingen wrede trillende insecten onstuimig stijgende verbeelding fantomen,

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διατύπωση αυστηρών μεθόδων σκοτεινώνοντας καρδιές γρήγορες φρικιαστικές νύχια που λυγίζουν μάζες ατυχίες απελπισίες εκδικητικές κουνάβια βίαιες κινήσεις,

reflecții murdărie înghițit minute vicisitudințe densități dispune naturi adversari îngroapă larve instabil lopeți înconjoară plante reci,

指を握る最も深いナイフ 融合したアイデア 怪物を抱きしめる 嵐の小石の下で膨れ上がった死体 際立った大規模な押し合いの青ざめた動き 絶え間ない雲のリサイクル ゴミ計画の例.

Steve.D.Hammond.

Trash- It seems to me after review of the pictures before me, we could do a lot of composting and recycling to reduce the world waste stream. Unfortunately this tea bag creates landfill in it's packaging. The acid loving plants enjoy the tea bag it's self. I start the day creating waste, perhaps a different brand in the future.

Explore #129.

View Large on Black.

This is what our compost looks like at the moment. It proves that the compost soil is excellent, and that the garden care is somewhat neglected :)

Soundtrack: youtube.com/watch?v=doYNBHE8Yes

Nikon D300, 18-200@200mm, 1/30s, f/6.5, ISO 320. Treatment: shady white balance, increased saturation, added vignette. (DSC_1761)

Natures way of Recycling its self.

Our largest snake, the Grass Snake, particularly likes wetland habitats, but can also be found in dry grasslands and in gardens, especially those with a pond nearby.Lays eggs in rotting vegetation, often in compost heaps. Like all reptiles, Grass Snakes hibernate, usually from October to April. During the summer, they can be found basking near favourite ponds or even swimming.

On its way to the compost bin...

Most of the strawberries were lovely - this one seems to be growing rather a lot of mould !!!!!

'Destination: Compost' On Black

Regionale Veloce 2238 da Bologna Centrale a Venezia Santa Lucia composto da materiale a doppio piano "Vivalto" di Trenitalia, in transito presso Battaglia Terme (PD) poco prima di entrare nella galleria del Catajo che attraversa i Colli Euganei.

Regional Fast 2238 from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Santa Lucia composed of two-storey "Vivalto" material of Trenitalia, in transit at Battaglia Terme (PD) just before entering the Catajo tunnel that crosses the Euganean Hills .

Macro Mondays - Trick or Treat

Some years ago we warned local children that if they threw eggs at our house when denied a treat their compost heap would become infested with ghoulish horrors.

This creature was recently found on one of their garden paths - clearly tortured to reveal the location of where where others might be hiding. You have been warned!

No apples were actually harmed during the capture of this individual, it's a mock up.

Syritta pipiens. HFDF! On Erigeron.

Explored #62

A very quick peek!!

Four months ago I took this picture because I felt so captivated by the ordinary details I found in these pieces of peppers I had sliced that were to be discarded. Even though this would become compost material I really appreciated the colors, shapes, and light I saw here. I find “real” food/fresh produce so beautiful and interesting in appearance and love how I feel so thankful and excited when thinking about the nutrients and benefits fresh produce provides for our bodies. I’m thankful I took the time to capture what I saw.

The largest of the abandoned barges I photographed on this day. The wood timbers are so substantial that they partially turn to compost long before they totally disintegrate. Some of the barges have a thicket of shrubbery growing on top; this one had smaller plants on the side.

The original swimming pool is still intact on the grounds of the circa-1910 Cornish Estate near Cold Spring, N.Y. There had to have been a great view of the Hudson Highlands down the slope before all these trees sprouted.

La E632.051 è incaricata a trainare un convoglio composto da 8 vetture "Media Distanza" da Verona Porta Nuova a Treviso Centrale, qui fotografata a Treviso Porta Santi Quaranta.

These might as well be wallpaper

Nature Recycling, what it made.

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.

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.

Here is a Composting company that runs in Milwaukee.

Female 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 17-05-2024 East Dorset