Blog – Page 191 – Ellis Hollow

Post-dated pix

What with the fast-paced spring and being away, I’ve got a backlog of pix on the hard drive from the past two or three weeks that I need to purge now or they’ll be lost forever. Click images for large view (in most cases).

Doronicum.

Drumstick and ‘regular’ primulas.

Close up of the drumsticks.

Two views of double-flowered bloodroot (~~Sanguisorba~~ Sanguinaria canadensis ~~‘Flore Pleno’~~ ~~from memory~~Â ssp flore plena best I can tell.)

Mertensia and dragonfly.

Muscari and bleeding heart. (Sorry don’t know the variety.)

I’ve decided to start coordinating animal and plant colors.

No CCD for organic bees?

bee in iris Interesting report (I can’t vouch for the credibility) that organic beekeepers aren’t seeing so much colony collapse disorder. Perhaps because they aren’t stressing the bees with antibiotics and pesticides fighting parasites and diseases and aren’t trucking them all over kingdom come, the colonies aren’t collapsing.

I’ve got a bunch of other bee links that I haven’t really had time to explore. Surf away:

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder – Nothing new here. But I was told to keep an eye open for updates here.

Texas A&M CCD info

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture CCD info – Hosted by Penn State

Spring lawn care

If you’re still into the lawn thing, go read my article For A ‘Green’ Lawn, Focus On Mowing, Not Early Fertilizing. Shorter version: Mow high. Leave the clippings. Go easy on the phosphorus. Keep all sources — clippings, leaves, compost, and chemical and organic fertilizers — out of the water and stormwater runoff. Plant something else where grass doesn’t want to grow.

Amorphophallus on CNN

Flower has rotten flesh smell is a top video at CNN now. I can’t embed it or link to it directly. If the video isn’t there anymore, try plugging the title of the clip into their search box. (Be sure to click on the cnn.com button, not web.)

Midweek music: Mala Vida

‘Cause Julie’s looking for a mosh pit. And I need some energy. If you dare, try the original Manu Chao video. Bizarre. Â Here’s a great acoustic set by Manu Chao (audio only) on Morning Becomes Eclectic.