Utah wildflower resource online
A friend on GardenWeb found an interesting website about Utah wildflowers (and weeds). It has quite a bit of information. Take a look at: www.rootcellar.us/wildflowers/index.html
Another way to sprout maple seeds
Someone posted a followup on a message I placed last July on Gardenweb.com about Japanese maple seedlings. The followup asked for more advice about stratifying the seeds and getting them to sprout. This guy posted a response about his method of sprouting them, and it sounds faster than what I did in 2007. He also…
Belated fall photos from my backyard
These photos were taken on November 1st — four days before the snow pictures that are a few posts below. These tall Swedish aspens get some nice color in the fall. I thought they were cool enough to post now, even though I’m out of order with some of the stuff below. We had wanted…
Setting sun on crabapples
I walked out the front door a few days ago in the evening, and the setting sun was making the tiny crabapples on my tree glow and sparkle. I ran back in to get the camera! This is a Prairiefire crabapple. Sometimes I’ve called in Prairie Fire, but I think the proper name is one…
Winter is coming!
We had quite a snowy day today, with snow accumulating last night and all through the day. This evening at around 7:00, my outside thermometer said it was 25°, so I’m expecting a very cold night! Winter, here we come! But I don’t mind too much, because we have new skis and a six-pack of…
A little fall color in my backyard
I missed the perfect week to take a shot of the red maples — they had lost too many leaves this week, but here’s a cool closeup. We’ve actually been quite warm this week and much of last — over 70° for seven of the past 12 days. That’s pretty impressive for late October on…
Snow!
Winter rushed in this weekend like a dandelion going to seed. OK, maybe that’s a silly simile. But it did come really fast! My remote thermometer said it got down to 26° on Sunday morning, and it’s been at or below 30° each morning for the past three days. We had some snow on Sunday…
A visit to Temple Square
Earlier this week, I took my camera to work and took a walk to Temple Square during my lunch hour. I wanted to get a few shots of the long, narrow flowerbeds by the lawn between Temple Square and the church office building. I could use some ideas to make my long, narrow beds look…