My friend Virginia came for a visit this weekend and took a very nice picture of my tulip. She is such a good photographer and digital artist. You can view more of her work here http://www.beaucamera.com/
She also took pics of my red lettuce that is growing rather well and my setup this year.
Mostly everything except the trees with that miracle grow bottle you attach to a hose. We’ll see if that helps the pale green color everything has. Will do again in a week.
Into the my bee boxes some seedlings I started indoors. Starting with 1st box next to road and going left from there I planted Skyscraper, mammoth gray stripe, 2 boxes Steves Sunflowers and 5th box evening sun sunflowers. These boxes are a little heavy on the sand so I think it will need some nutrients added.
Just downloaded this fun little app called simply pano. There is even a flicker group for it! I was able to take some pics of my garden and really see it. I wish there was more plants in bloom though. I can see I will using this app a lot in spring!
I just have to share this wonderful tulip that came up yesterday. I have never really been a big fan of bulbs or tulips but I attended this workshop by a nursery in Oakley. The woman who ran the workshop had so much knowledge and went on about how her bulbs were the best. They were giant bulbs so I had to give it a shot. I put them in the fridge for a week before I planted in November. She said Thanksgiving is the cut off date. Then I used bulb food and bone meal. When the plants started to come up in late January it had black aphids so I sprayed for that and since then the plants are incredibly strong and healthy looking. I also spread grounds from Starbucks on the top as well. Not sure if that helped or not but I was really surprised at how breathtaking this flower it. It’s made me a fan of tulips!
View the slideshow of a tulip I picked. I used nothing but the light of my iPhone to light it. I like the soft even light it gives it. I used an 8 second exposure on the camera in manual mode.