Day: January 12, 2009

daff flags flying

I picked 4 small yellow trumpets this weekend before our temps dipped back into the 20’s F last night. Also had blooms on Taffeta, Jessamy, Peppermint (they are so cute and tiny!), and N. cantabricus, however after rain a good…

Mealy bugs

Better a dead bug, any time! I’m STILL finding mealybugs down in the depths of my tazettas – they should at least be staggering drunk by now from all the alcohol I’ve sprayed on those plants! Ethel Smith in MN

Another view

All, Another of those things! He/she (I can’t tell which) deserves the indignity of having his/her nether regions exposed for all to see. You can imagine there might be lice or other fellow travellers in there – which inspired Dean Swift to write:  …

Know thy enemy!

  A cheerful note!! I’m sure you really want reminding that  some of those nice bulbs we have all planted may be providing a winter larder for this little charmer. This one paid the ultimate price last summer and is now a…