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Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. I am so glad winter is over and everything is looking so alive. I could do without the storms, but I guess it is the season for them. Soon, we’ll have the heat to complain about, although I complain more about the cold. A friend of mine, and a great photographer, asked me to join him when he hosted a 4-H groups trip to the private prairie. The same…

Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s Breeches) on 4-12-26, #1086-1. Hello folks! I hope this post finds you well. I know this post is somewhat out-of-date, but I tried… I started it on time, but it has taken a while to finish. Sunday evening, May 12, I had a chance to go to Kevin’s secluded woods again to have a look around. It was a bit early perhaps, but a few wildflowers were already in flower.…

Viola sororia (Common Blue Violet) on 4-5-26, #1085-5. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. I’ve been working on this post since March 28, but the plants in the north bed have been growing so fast I had to re-take photos three times. This spring has been weird with temps up and down, not to mention the wind and rain. The plants inside want to go out, so that is coming up soon. The…

Hello folks! I hope this post finds you well. I have passed by Osceola Cheese in Osceola (Missouri) many times over the years but never stopped. I remember when my dad worked for Clearfield Cheese, he would bring home extra sharp cheddar cheese that would make your ears wiggle. A few weeks ago, a friend shared extra sharp cheddar from Osceola Cheese and it was amazing! SO, I woke up this morning…

Crocus sp. on 3-6-26. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. I feel like I’ve been hibernating over the winter and seeing the Crocus in bloom have perked me up a little. We had a fairly mild winter with only a little snow. Temperatures have been up and down, though, with the forecast changing off and on. We had rain this past week with a couple of storms Friday night. Spring isn’t…

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well and you are staying cool. It has been quite warm here and the humidity is NUTS! Most of the plants in the above photo have been repotted now, but not all. Of course, there are more that aren’t in the photo… The Euphorbia trigona ‘Rubra’ (or var. rubra) has grown to 42″ tall and I’m not sure what to do with it… Should I hack it into a few pieces? Hmmm… The…

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well and had a great 4th of July. This is part two of Plants Repotted. If you missed part one, click HERE. I always had a problem finding good pots for the plants until Thursday when I went to Mast’s Greenhouse. I hadn’t paid much attention to their garden center in the past because I was more interested in their plants. I was very glad to find they have…

Some of the plants on the front porch on 7-1-25. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. I don’t have a garden this year, so I can give the plants on the front porch more attention. There are three litters of kittens on the back porch (GEEZ!!!), so all the potted plants are on the front porch. Well, I first put the Alocasia pots along the south side of the house, then moved them in front…

Partial North Bed on 6-19-25. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. We’ve had a hot few days then it started raining and cooled things off a bit. The bed along the north side of the house has been looking GREAT, so I thought I would take a few photos and write a post. Umm… It took longer than expected because photos would get out-of-date fairly quickly. Then, I would take more photos.…

Cylindropuntia imbricata (Tree Cholla) on 5-22-25, #1045-2. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. We seem to be having a break from cool, cloudy, and rainy weather. I really didn’t mind it because we need the rain and soon it will be getting hot and dry. Time flies, you know, and you never know what the forecast has in store. I hadn’t taken photos of the Tree Cholla since 2022, so I…

North bed on 5-23-25. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. All the plants in the north bed are doing very well. We’ve been getting plenty of rain lately which always helps. I brought home three very large Colocasia esculenta rhizomes a while back that I planted in the bed. One was sprouting already and the other two had started to rot… Hmmm… So, we shall see what happens. The four…

Native prairie on 5-5-25. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. Sunday evening, a friend contacted me and asked if I wanted to go to a native prairie on Monday. Of course, I said yes. On the way there, he told me a little about the place. It is privately owned farm that has never been plowed, grazed, or planted. It gets bailed in September every year which is why it is short now. There…

Most of the flower bed on the north side of the house on 4-29-25. Hello everyone! I hope this finds you all well and out and about. Spring is a great time of year and filled with so much energy. The grass and other plants are growing, but so are the weeds! I know I have been absent from posting for a while, but I am still alive and well. I did have a couple of setbacks last year but I seem to…

Passerina cyanea (Indigo Bunting) on 4-30-25, #1040-6.

Amaranthus cruentus ‘Red Spike’ on 9-3-24, #1021-1. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well! Temperatures are definitely getting cooler. The sweet corn and green beans have been harvested with great results. The ‘Incredible’ sweet corn produced 200 ears and the ‘Peaches and Cream’ produced 141 ears. Most of them made it to the freezer… The last planting of ‘Provider’ green beans was…

Archilochus colubris (Ruby-Throated Hummingbird) on 8-30-24, #1019-3. Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. I bought a new hummingbird feeder this spring with perches to see if I could take a few good photos. Well, oddly, they didn’t seem to feed during the summer because the nectar level was always the same. Obviously, it would sour and have to be replaced. Once I filled the jar half…