(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Dirt, Freya, bug-eatting plants, bugs, cheapskate finds, houseplants, photos, veggies on 2007-12-15, 07:58:00

I've been drawing flies. Now before I get any "maybe you should shower more often comments", they are not THOSE kind of flies. These are those annoying little flies that flit about the soil of houseplants, so I came up with a possible solution (and an excuse to harbor more plants....) How about a bug eating plant? This one was practically FREE. I didn't know it was on clearance when I picked it

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Posted by admin to bugs, photos on 2007-12-15, 04:57:00

Small butterfly :)

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Dirt, Flowers, animals, barefoot, birds, bugs, composting, fruit, garden, holidays, neighborhood, rabbits, rocks, roses, seeds, snow, trees, veggies, white, wildflowers on 2007-12-09, 12:17:00

Some of y'all may have seen these lists bumping around in the blogger world and so I too will list what makes me happy (or just 8 of them as it takes very little to make ol' girl gone gardening happy). Here they are in no particular order: 1) Starting plants from seed. Sure, sometimes there is some cursing involved like "Oh crap-noodles! MOLD!" but overall it is an engaging and fun experience.

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Posted by admin to bugs, fruit, leaves, links, orange, photos, shrubs, trees, walk on 2007-11-13, 08:36:00

I was taking a walk at the park this morning when I came across this interesting fruit scattered about on the ground. to me, they look rather like brains. I had seen this over at the farm store sold as "Hedge Apple" and reputed to keep spiders and fleas out of your house. It has no odor and I doubt it could keep anything away. On further inspection I discovered that it doesn't come from a shrub