Recent content by flowerbug

yes, i've grown Chaska Purple and Purple Rain (and others). the reverse dark purple seed coat i have also have showing up in the Purple Dove beans, but it has shown up in others that seem related but are still different enough to be considered different varieties. Chaska Purple i have down as...

wow @Artorius that sounds like a difficult season for sure. i hope this coming season is much better! i grew this one a few years ago. my notes said the seeds were bigger than Purple Dove, but i would not want to accidentally get them mixed together as they do look a lot alike. :) pretty...

i had to do a double take there for a moment as this is TEG. :) but yes, welcome to TEG from mid-Michigan.

sexual reproduction is very ancient. it adds complexity and increases diversity. yes! very interesting angles i'd not heard of before.

40sF this weekend and up to 50F by this coming Wednesday. in February?! eek!

hmm, well, we use instant coffee so no grounds, we don't normally cook vegetables in a lot of water and we don't rinse rice. our blights and fungi kill off the weaklings (ok, i'm just making that one up :) ), we have bacterial spot issues here or there, i'm not too worried about them being...

while i love both cats and dogs i still want to always inject a moment of caution because what can happen with any well trained pet is what also happens with humans - sometimes they go nuts. so to me they (animals as pets and also people in general) should pretty much never be left alone with...

it's incredible that some of us as kids probably drew some things that looked a lot like that... so that just goes to show that almost every child has that sort of potential and why each of us is precious. ok, now that i have that hallmark card moment written down we can get down to brass...

ok, i don't usually post links to videos but this is a really good presentation of how primates (which we are one of) might have come about. really interesting potential tie-in at the end you may enjoy as a bit of a surprise, but i won't give it away... :)

they are woodland edge plants which pop up any time there are disturbances and then they travel. birds spread their seeds. for best results you want full sun, plenty of organic material and room to spread. once they are established then you want to remove the older plants and let them retake...

we have some of those around but not sure i have all of those colors. they are some of the earliest colors we see in the spring.

if that is the same _Dirt_ book as by Montgomery it's well worth the read.

and we can always get imp plants...

mimes with mu

oh my! welcome back! :)