Do you ever wonder why they name plants after women? I just wondered when I saw the two flora I am including are named Queen Anne and Witch Hazel. Anyway… the first pic is a lovely patch of lace out near the road. It grows all over here. There is a plant that has gone…
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A2Z 2025 — Day 23 — Witch Hazel and Willow
Witch HazelAnyone who has followed this blog for long knows I bought 10 young bare root witch hazel shrubs/trees a few years back and planted them along the south fence line. It’s been a learning experience and there have been mishaps along the way — but all 10 are still alive. I learned that deer…
Doodads — tomato, prickly pear propagation, fermenting, witch hazel, oh my
There are still pics from Tuesday at fmg but they will have to wait. Instead, the focus of this post will be tomatoes, prickly pear propagation, more fermentation, and status of the witch hazel bushes. Tomatoes It’s been an ongoing experiment with the purple reign tomatoes. The reviews that said they produced dwarf tomatoes is…
Doodads — witch hazel, prickly pear, and more
Friday and Saturday were spent mowing, trimming, and hauling bricks to the middle of the yard to build a foundation for the Amish-made lighthouse that has replaced the eroding, ant-infested wishing well my stepfather built for me many moons ago. When the wood-shingled roof of it fell off last fall, a plan to replace emerged. …
Doodads — yardpics, one more time
A couple of these were taken a few days ago, at sunset, but the rest are pics taken today, out in that beautiful sunshine. Be expecting more pics later tonight or in the next couple of days from Frederik Meijer Gardens (from now on abbreviated at FMG) as I’m headed over in a bit. We…
Doodads — Ant Project, witch hazel, etc.
All of the logs that have been lying under the apple trees have been debarked, moved by dolly, dried out, and are now stacked in the carport. I’m proud of myself for getting that part done. The bark is here and there. After letting bugs skeedaddle from one pile I put it in a growing…
Doodads — Procrastination Overcome!
Some of you may remember that I bought 10 witch hazel shrubs in the spring and that instead of planting them in the ground I put them in gallon containers. There they remained, flourishing, growing larger, despite fighting off gypsy moth caterpillars and various other nibbling critters. It was cold and rainy all week, but…
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