Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Insects of 2017
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| I think this is a Great Golden Digger Wasp - very unaggressive :) |
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| Cocklebur Weevil |
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| Green Shield Bug |
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| Red-spotted Purple Butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) aka the White Admiral, also interbreeds with the closely-related, congeneric viceroy butterfly, Limenitis archippus (Cramer), both in the laboratory and occasionally in the field (Platt 1975, Platt and Greenfield 1968, Covell 1994, Platt and Maudsley 1994, Platt et al. 2003, Ritland 1990).1 |
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| Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta |
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| Harvestman spider |
References
🕊, 💌, & 🍃
~KF
🌻🍃🍅 No. 8: Garden Tool Handles 🍃🍓🍃 #100GardenHacks
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| I am working on a project for the 2017 growing season to work my way through 100 garden hacks*. |
It's so easy to lose tools in the garden jungle. I'm confident future excavators and/or archaeologists will be finding trowels I've single-handedly left all across the midwest.
Brightly decorate the handles of garden tools using pool noodles, bike handlebar grips, or:
Use materials lying around the house; I find good use for old nail polish this way |
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~KF
*101+ Garden Hacks magazine. 2017. Rodale, Inc.
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| I found this copy on a CVS magazine stand :) However, portions of this publication previously appeared at RodaleOrganicLife.com |
Monday, July 10, 2017
🌻🍃🍅 No. 7: Seed Winnowing 🍃🍓🍃 #100GardenHacks
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| I am working on a project for the 2017 growing season to work my way through 100 garden hacks*. |
Harvested a few cilantro plants for their seed this past weekend, and I used a garden hack for separating the seeds from the chaff or pieces of stem.
🕊, 💌, & 🍃
~KF
*101+ Garden Hacks magazine. 2017. Rodale, Inc.
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| I found this copy on a CVS magazine stand :) However, portions of this publication previously appeared at RodaleOrganicLife.com |
🌻🍃🍅 No. 6.5: More On the Theme of Excess 🍃 #100GardenHacks
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| I am working on a project for the 2017 growing season to work my way through 100 garden hacks*. |
What to do When the Bread is Not Great! - the Boum-Boum Sausages seem pretty intriguing :)
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| *I found this copy on a CVS magazine stand :) However, portions of this publication previously appeared at RodaleOrganicLife.com |
Sunday, July 9, 2017
🌻🍃🍅 No. 6: On the Theme of Excess 🍃 #100GardenHacks
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| I am working on a project for the 2017 growing season to work my way through 100 garden hacks*. |
On the Theme of Excess
The summer holidays and events left us with a severe excess of leftover beer this summer, and after a few weeks this cache of quantity-not-quality beer has still not died down.After discovering some good friends also had their own battle of leftover brews and enlisted our help to dwindle the supply, I decided to find alternative disposal methods.
Some quick uses to help clear the fridges included:
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| Using beer to soak beans |
- cleaning vitreous enamel surfaces (e.g. toilet & enamel sink)
- marinating meats and vegetables:
↪Clam Bake
- And discovering this phenomenon is a very common problem: 10 Things You Can Do With Leftover Beer - I took note of idea 9, using the bottles or cans in a gift basket or other decorative garnishes to a party plate or #10 in a summer gift basket.
🕊, 💌, & 🍃
~KF
~KF
*101+ Garden Hacks magazine. 2017. Rodale, Inc.
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| I found this copy on a CVS magazine stand :) However, portions of this publication previously appeared at RodaleOrganicLife.com |
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Rain Tracks In My Mom's Garage
A few families decided to go in on a garage sale with my Mom in her garage. We were plagues with rain on and off all weekend, but in one fit of boredom I couldn't help but notice some fun patterns on the concrete.
Monday, July 3, 2017
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