What's Looking Good in May 2024

[Zigs]

Birch Bark, although not quite enough to build a canoe out of

 

[Tetters]

That looked even better in real life with the evening sun shining through it. I didn't know they use it for canoes.

 

[Zigs]

That looked even better in real life with the evening sun shining through it. I didn't know they use it for canoes.

They use slightly bigger ones

 

[Dirtmechanic]

Ah its like writing paper. I save it from our birch trees and give it to my wife for her artistic projects. I have done this for the last couple of years. I am still waiting for some art. These artist types do not seem well motivated.

 

[Logan]

 

[Mike]

Very nice @Logan! What kind of flowers are those?

 

[Meadowlark]

Rose of Sharon

 

[Meadowlark]

 

[Tetters]

That shrub is Spiraea - possibly Anthony Waterer. ''Rose of Sharon'' means nowt to me. There are so many different plants that people give that name to. What is the Latin name @Meadowlark ? Does it have a label? It looks like Camellia to me It is lovely.

 

[Tetters]

Ah its like writing paper. I save it from our birch trees and give it to my wife for her artistic projects. I have done this for the last couple of years. I am still waiting for some art. These artist types do not seem well motivated.

I used to enjoy watercolours and have plenty of equipment tucked away. The trouble is, I need to finish the weeding, then there's the baking, the meals, the washing and the housework. The socks to darn, and the baby to feed (oh no, I forgot, they all grew up and left home) silly me.

 

[Mike]

I used to enjoy watercolours and have plenty of equipment tucked away. The trouble is, I need to finish the weeding, then there's the baking, the meals, the washing and the housework. The socks to darn, and the baby to feed (oh no, I forgot, they all grew up and left home) silly me.

I feel the same way, except my chores are a little different and only one of my youngsters has moved off. They're both way past the feeding stage, though.

 

[Logan]

Very nice @Logan! What kind of flowers are those?

Thanks Mike, they are hardy geraniums

 

[Zigs]

Ah its like writing paper. I save it from our birch trees and give it to my wife for her artistic projects. I have done this for the last couple of years. I am still waiting for some art. These artist types do not seem well motivated.

We used to put a bit of damp birch bark on top of the woodburning stove, flatten it out with the bottom of a beer bottle, then watch as it curled up. We called this "Scrying the Weatherfish"

 

[Zigs]

One of Tetter's white shrubby flowers

 

[Tetters]

It's actually pale pink, and it's Kolkwitzia amabilis

 

[Meadowlark]

That shrub is Spiraea - possibly Anthony Waterer. ''Rose of Sharon'' means nowt to me. There are so many different plants that people give that name to. What is the Latin name @Meadowlark ? Does it have a label? It looks like Camellia to me It is lovely.

The Latin name for Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus).

I didn't remember the name for that shrub, but I was counting on @Tetters to come through...and you did. Spiraea japonica species is native to Japan and goes as Japanese spiraea.

Thank you @Tetters maybe we both learned something...and for me that is always a good thing.

 

[Tetters]

I know Hibiscus syriacus very well. and have grown it here myself. That is a lovely big example. In this climate my plants stayed a lot smaller. The one I grew was ''bluebird''
Rose of sharon here usually means Hypericum calycinum (I think I spelt it correctly) which is a totally different plant. This is a prize example of confusion when not using the Latin names, and something that was drummed into me when I started my propagation work at the nursery.

 

[Meadowlark]

If nothing else, this new forum is giving me a chance to learn from @Tetters re plants other than veggies. I'm very appreciative of that.

 

[Logan]

Another hardy geranium.

This one has a bee on it.

 

[Tetters]

If nothing else, this new forum is giving me a chance to learn from @Tetters re plants other than veggies. I'm very appreciative of that.

Ours is a very broad subject, I am pretty useless at vegetables. All of our plants are important, and all contribute to our wellbeing. Trees are another subject worthy of setting aside as a specialist subject. We were originally given so much beauty and diversity, only to be sorely damaged by stupidity and greed.
Without our wonderful and diverse God given nature, we would perish. Sadly the greed of some is destroying this.
We eat a few veggies here that Zigs looks after mostly, but I enjoy helping out the insects who are our little helpers most of the time (with an occasional exception)