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Home & Garden > Surveilling the Homestead
 

Surveilling the Homestead

Bart the Cat & I enjoy wandering around in the yard. He takes dirt baths along the way; I prune branches. Being the springtime of the year, wildflowers abound. Here are two varieties of beardtongue:
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Small groupings of cactus are all around and I have marked them with stones so I don't carelessly brush against it. This summer they will have yellow blooms. Meanwhile, I enjoy what's here, including the scarlet gilia & groundsel below:
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Bart never lets me out of his sight. Yesterday, while I filled up a wheelbarrow with dead limbs from an oak, he hunkered down in the shade beneath some rabbitbrush. Here is a close-up of the James beardtongue:
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Every year the appearance and abundance of the wildflowers varies. This year the beardtongue are all over the place. There is yellow salsify beginning to show itself. We'll see sand-loving lupine, fleabane daisy, sweet clover, pepperweed, and primrose. Perhaps the most abundant, year after year, is the orange globe mallow, which flowers all summer and into the fall. Here's a photo of it:
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Bart doesn't appear to appreciate the wonder of the wildflowers. He's more into finding a nice, sandy patch to roll around in. Then I have to try and remember to brush him off before we head back inside.

posted on May 24, 2013 7:41 AM ()

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With the cold front going through yesterday they are calling for snow in the Adirondack Mountains( which is north of us ). Which is fine as long as it stays up there.
comment by redwolftimes on May 25, 2013 7:25 AM ()
great looking wild flowers , we only 5 days to winter, will have to wait till spring in the Flinders ranges for our to shine again
comment by kevinshere on May 24, 2013 10:06 PM ()
Very nice assortment. I agree with Jon: it would be great to see a picture of Bart. Our flowers are behind yours this season, and ours also vary depending on conditions, so it's always a surprise.
comment by troutbend on May 24, 2013 12:36 PM ()
The flowers are so pretty. We have an assortment of wild flowers at our
zoo.
comment by elderjane on May 24, 2013 10:21 AM ()
Wow those flowers are pretty!
comment by kristilyn3 on May 24, 2013 10:13 AM ()
Your wild flowers are much more pleasing than ours. I usually call ours weeds. I even planted wild flowers from a package a time or two. Later in the summer as I was pulling weeds I realized why all the same type of weed was in one place. Three feet tall... but I still call'em weeds. Never again!
comment by jjoohhnn on May 24, 2013 10:05 AM ()
Where's Bart? Great wildflowers. Thanks.
comment by jondude on May 24, 2013 7:43 AM ()

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