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April 26, 2010

Many new sprouts have appeared this week in my greenhouse. My butterfly garden is also popping up. Here are just some of the plants:

eggplants sprouts

eggplant

tomato sprouts

tomatoes

cilantro

cilantro in my grandpa's old strawberry pot

yukon potatoes in bag

Yukon potatoes in a growing bag

sprouts from compost

mystery sprouts that emerged from my compost

grapes

grapes

phlox

phlox

young coneflower

coneflower

gaillardia amber wheels

gaillardia Amber Wheels

baptisa australis

Baptisa australis-will have indigo blue flowers

aster

aster

royal red butterfly bush

Royal Red Butterfly bush

helianthus

Helianthus

aster

Aster

echinacea

Echinacea

spearmint

spearmint in an untended area

Mexican hat

Mexican Hat

chives

chives that come back year after year

Below: We have many hostas growing under the screened in porch

hostas

hostas

hostas

Below: carrot sprout in whiskey barrel

carrot sprouts

 

blueberry plant in pot

Above: This blueberry plant in a pot survived its first Kansas winter and seems to be healthy

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April 13, 2010
Sedgwick County Zoo
April 12, 2010
Bullfrogs, seedlings
April 2, 2010
Snow, oppossum, inside seedlings
January 10, 2010:
Snow and winter birds
December 1, 2009

Hardy blossoms, lettuce
October 20, 2009:
Salamander and new greenhouse
September 29, 2009:
Spiders, Monarch Watch Garden
September 15, 2009:
Emerging Monarchs, other insects
August 20, 2009:
Swallowtail cats, geese and harvest
August 9, 2009:
Rocky Mountain Natl. Park
August 8, 2009:
Butterflies, ponds, crabs, bees
July 7, 2009:
Baby Purple Martins, frogs, tomatoes
June 12, 2009:
Baby Martins, Blue and Catbirds, gardens
May 27, 2009:
Bluebird eggs, Orioles, Goldfinches; many sprouts
May 5, 2009:
Chives, frogs, pond plants, So. American lunch,
rabbits, spiders
April 14, 2009:
Vultures, Purple Martins, veggie seedlings
April 9, 2009:
Killdeer, ladybugs, Woodpecker, goose nest
March 31, 2009:
Spezzatino interview, ice storm
March 26, 2009:
Hoophouse, mulch, red-winged blackbird