Mushrooms What can I say about mushrooms except that they are pretty, they are fascinating, and many are quite tasty. There used to be — and may still be! — morels growing out back. Furthermore, I *know* I took some pics of them; however, scouring the picture folders didn’t turn them up. I know I…
Category: A2Z 2025
A2Z 2025 — Day 12 — Larch and Lichen
Larch The first time I saw a larch tree I fell in love with it. I researched it and realized it looks like an evergreen but it’s deciduous. In 2021 I called up my friends who have a tree and plant nursery the likes of which you’ll never see elsewhere and asked do you have…
A2Z 2025 — Day 11 — Kindling
Kindling For the first five years of living in this house, we heated solely with wood heat, using a centrally located wood burning stove. The house is set up to burn wood but also can use electric heat. It includes floor registers for electric heat, where each room has its own thermostat. Aside from heating,…
A2Z 2025 — Day 10 — Jade (indoors)
Jade I can’t think of anything in the yard that begins with J so jade plants inside will have to suffice. Since living here, with a room full of light, it has been easy to multiply my jade plants into an interior forest. Whenever a leaf/lobe falls off or gets accidentally knocked off, I put…
A2Z 2025 — Day 9 — Iris
Iris Also known as flags, some of the ones in the yard (the bright violet Japanese ones) were here when we moved in in 2011. The rest were given to me as rhizomes from a lady at work whose parents raised them. It was quite a job digging up space for all of them. Most…
A2Z 2025 — Day 8 — Helleborus and Heron
Helleborus The plant is beauty and the beast rolled into one. You’ll never find a more gorgeous blossom, and they come in many colors. Interestingly it is the same plant in both photos. The bottom one is where I had it under the pine trees, transplanted there after we moved here from living in…
A2Z 2025 — Day 7 — Ginkgo, Grapes, Groundcover, and Gargoyle
Ginkgo There are 3 small ginkgo out in the back field that I started from seed. They’ve never really taken off and it may be too wet and the deer may have nibbled one too many times. I do have one beauty that I bought from a local nursery that is really starting to thrive …
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