Hybridizing Waterlilies

My father was a quite brilliant and gifted hybridizer of waterlilies. Here I will prove this brag, with a few links, Pioneer, Hybridization, Obituary

As a result, I am quite interested in hybridizing waterlilies, however I am quite scared to ever present a waterlily. Take for example this lovely plant.

It is a small […]

July 14th, 2008 | Category: Flowers, Pond, Recipes | 4 comments

Tobacco is pretty!

A lot of gardeners use tobacco as an organic pesticide. I decided at one time to grow some, so that I would not chance introducing tobacco mosaic virus to my tomatoes and peppers. Since then have found the only pesticide I like to use is homemade soap.

So now I grow tobacco for my pipe.

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July 11th, 2008 | Category: Chemistry, Gardening, Toxins | 3 comments

Chicken Coop

I made a tall coop for keeping a few chickens in. It has lots of perches that they can hop up on. The chickens have to hop a foot or so up and over to climb, but they seem to like it. I have made an effort to line up the perches so that they […]

July 9th, 2008 | Category: Chickens, Woodworking | 4 comments

Frogs

I like to regularly sneak in pictures of frogs for no special reason.

Here is another;

Win, win for me, I get to share a frog photo or two and it gives me more daily content. 🙂

Bob

July 8th, 2008 | Category: Pond, Wildlife | One comment

Gathering Celery Seed

Celery Seed looks like this on a healthy plant;

On a stressed plant it looks like this.

Celery is a good mother, it will sacrifice itself to make healthy seeds. It may even make more flavorful seeds when it does this. They certainly seem stronger flavored.

The seeds will dry out and become […]

July 7th, 2008 | Category: Gardening, Seed Saving | 3 comments
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