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Saffron Flower. In late October only one of my saffron bulbs flowered--I was not surprised, since so many of them were dug up a...

Papaya blossom Weather predictions for last Sunday's temperatures were for the mid-thirties, so I began my houseplant migration ind...

Orchid seed pod maturing. Orchid seeds are notoriously slow-growing. With so many other lovely spring and summer flowers and gardening ...

Asters and chrysanthemums. The morning was noticeably chillier, a presage of the coming equinox next week. The days have been getting s...

Wildflower at Hog's Wallow overlook. On the last day of August Herb and I took David and his girl for a drive along Skyline Drive t...

While most vegetable gardeners are currently celebrating the season's bounty, this year I'm still digging up holes for trees a...

Model of an air conditioner. Another view of model. My last post on Ice Mountain was about a place where an unusual geologic format...

Twin flower ( Linnaea borealis ) and partridgeberry ( Mitchella repens ). A few Sundays ago I visited a most unusual site with the ...