I opened a box and found this inside. I thought she was holding a sac of eggs until I zoomed in close and realized they were little bitty spiders. This spider is also called Holocnemus pluchei
Author: Eloine
EZ Flo & SUPERthrive
Finally hooked up my EZFlo garden feeder today. I was a bit worried about hooking up fertilizer to this thing because I wasn’t sure I would know how to set the mixture. Plus I have a mixture of plant types so how to know! I have seen this superthrive thing in the store for a couple years now claiming all kinds of miracles and that you can put it on any plants. It says it’s not a fertilizer but is to be used along with the fertilizer that you normally used giving the plant vitamins and hormones. Not real sure what is in it but I thought it might be a good thing to test the feeder with. The product says that it’s been around since 1940. Not sure if that is particularly a good thing but the graphics looks like they haven’t changed since 1940. My guess is by not changing the graphic style they are implying longevity of product standing up to all the new fly by night companies that are now. Standing the test of time and all that stuff. When I smelled it it just smells like vitamin B which I know people put on plants for some reason. I just read a review on Amazon that claims it’s hocus pocus. Funny the choice of words because the graphics gave me that feeling like it was from the medicine man show of that time period. Oh well it gave me a chance to try out my feeder and see if it actually worked.
Snaps from the day
Couple snaps from my cell phone. This peacock seems to spend all his time in my garden.
They all have their various territories and this one has mine. I picked some bugs off my plants in my veggie garden and threw them out the door. Instant peacock food! 🙂
Also I noticed some daylillies popping up in the alyssum. I planted them last year but they never came up. The alyssum took over and to my surprise the daylillies came up. It almost looks like I planned it!
Patty pan squash problems
Wondering is this is the result of no bees? Just the other day I thought these were setting. Now all I find are these shriveled up things 🙁
Cactus Flower
Pampas grass
Thinking of planting some pampas grass. Low maintenance and good for privacy. I am thinking along the fence. Says it tolerates most soils. I wonder about the dead pan clay we have. Says it wants it well drained… Hmm. Wonder what horses thing of it it… after all it is grass!
Google docs and my garden
Was playing with google docs and realized I could edit a doc and have it show somewhere else. Wonder how this will display. Maybe this way I can keep track of what is planted in which bin.