Category Archives: Plants

Smilax, Grapevine, Beautyberry, Swing 2023-08-18

A place to watch the garden.

Swing with arbor of Smilax, Grapevine, and Beautyberry (fb)

The real canopy is oaks and pines above.

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Maypop fruit 2023-05-29

The maypop Gretchen staked three weeks ago has climbed up the stake.

Maypop, fruit, dogs 2023-05-29

Gretchen tied it on some more. Continue reading →

Swamp Rosemallow 2023-05-27

These usually start blooming in June, so it’s a little ahead.

Halberdleaf rose-mallow

It appears to be a Hibiscus laevis, halberdleaf rose-mallow or scarlet rose mallow.

Here are flowers from nearby plants a year ago, and a year before that.

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Staking a maypop 2023-05-07

Update 2023-05-30: Maypop fruit 2023-05-29.

This maypop is growing in an area we burned in January, and it had nothing to climb up on.

Staking a maypop

So Gretchen put in a stake for this Passiflora incarnata.

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Mushroom on log 2023-05-11

Two views of mushrooms on a log.

Mushrooms on a log

Anybody know what kind of mushroom this is?

It’s in a wet area near Redeye Creek, which runs into the Withlacoochee River.

Looks like Pleurotus ostreatus is the consensus. Apparently, “Cleaned mushrooms can be sautéed, stir-fried, braised, roasted, fried, or grilled. Use the mushrooms whole, sliced, or simply torn into appropriately sized pieces.”

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Two methods of picking potatoes 2023-05-15

Two methods of potato digging.

Two views of ‘tater digging 2023-05-15

On the left, tractor and blade. Upside: digs them right up. Downside: and buries them in the dug dirt, so you have to dig them up again. Continue reading →