Plants & Such

Hurricane Irene roared over us in NC and caused a lot of damage. When I came out the morning of Saturday, I filmed this: And then ...

May 17, 2011 - Prickly Pear Cactus August 23, 2011 - Prickly Pear Cactus You know, it really stuns me how fast this prickly pe...

Stapelia Gigantea bud growing longer... Schlumbergera Seedlings I don't like the idea of posting pictures of my schlumbergera ...

Stapelia Gigantea Flower Bud You know, it's kind of neat to see it sending out a bud. My experience with this plant has been pretty m...

Amaryllis Seedlings It's hard to believe I got more seedlings coming up. It's very very addicting. I should probably quit plant...

As I was watering the plants, I came across this unusual bug clutching a bee. I want to say that it looks like a preying mantis and stink...

New template design. Like it? Heh! I was told that the template I had on here was years old and that I should hit the template library for a...

 Bees on Sunflowers. Pretty neat, huh? Here's the full picture. You can see my stake on the left is struggling like heck to support t...

My vegetable pots pretty much shriveled up at this point. I think I have some unidentified vegetable vines still growing but no idea what th...

So... hot...  Anyhow, a quick capture of my five flower boxes of amaryllis seedlings. Just stick a bunch of seeds in some pots or flowe...