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20130514 Elderberry Pond — A Greywater Habitat

Sambucas mexicana in Elderberry Pond wildlife habitat.

I posted my monthly blog article (due every 14th of the month) at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens:

 

Sambucas mexicana in Elderberry Pond wildlife habitat. Perhaps the cutting shrub propagation will be successful. The young shoots look promising.

 

Enjoy your wildlife garden.  Habitat It!

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Habitat of the Month Contest — contest begins April 2013

Contest Entries

During each calendar month, Spore Lore will accept postings of residential wildlife habitats to Spore Lore’s facebook page, Habitat It and They Will Come.

Click to post your Habitat of the Month entry.

Contest entries must include:

1) The name of the . . . → Read More:

20121206 Bucket Watering Can DIY 4 of 4

Watering with finer spout holes.

First a video re “Bucket Watering Can DIY 4 of 4”, then some pics of the project (below the video): Bucket Watering Can DIY 4 of 4 (video):

From the project (pics):

 

New and Improved watering can (model 000000000000000002) has smaller holes.  A smaller spout stream helps . . . → Read More:

20121205 Bucket Watering Can DIY 3 of 4

Watering the garden with our new watering can.

First a video re “Bucket Watering Can DIY 3 of 4”, then some pics of the project (below the video): Bucket Watering Can DIY 3 of 4 (video):

From the project (pics):

Filling the watering can with dishwater (blackwater).   Check out that water!  It’s a mix of soapy . . . → Read More:

20121204 Bucket Watering Can DIY 2 of 4

Cutting a fill hole in the bucket’s lid.

First a video re “Bucket Watering Can DIY 2of 4”, then some pics of the project (below the video): Bucket Watering Can DIY 2 of 4 (video):

From the project (pics):

Cutting a fill hole in the bucket’s lid.  The large hole allows filling the watering can easily . . . → Read More:

20121121 Patio Veggie Pots 7 of 6 (BONUS!)

Lemon Pot planted with pac choi.

Day 7 in this 6-day video series (bonus day!): Preparing patio pots for winter veggie planting.

First a video  re “Patio Planting Pots”,  then some pics (below the video):

Patio Veggie Pots 7 of 6 (video):

Patio Planting Pots Sprouting Seedlings  and Ripening Scarlet Runner Bean Seeds (pics): . . . → Read More:

20121120 Patio Veggie Pots 6 of 6

Ground level (critter head height) entrance to Leaf Trench Highway.

Day 6 in this 6-day video series: Preparing patio pots for winter veggie planting.

First a video  re “Leaf Layer Added to Leaf Trench Highway”,  then some animal habitat pics (below the video):

Patio Veggie Pots 6 of 6 (video):

Leaf Layer Added to Leaf Trench Highway (pics): . . . → Read More:

Caterpillar Winter Resort — Next To Our Front Door

This active caterpillar has scaled the front wall of our home to window sill height.

Garden Log:

1. Harvested a few purple potatoes from the Bog, a ditch that was filled with planting soil and potato starts in September.

2. Carried citrus to frost protection and illuminated Anna’s Avocado Aviary with a string of white decorative lights.

3. Photographed more caterpillar activity/crysalis formation on . . . → Read More:

Happy Thanksgiving weekend AND Saving a Pond

Salamander Sunny Swimhole remodelled and flushed

5. Photographed what was a caterpillar yesterday and is a pupa today. Just outside our front door, where the sun’s warmth is wind-sheltered, a caterpillar was crawling along the siding yesterday. In just about the same space today — “You haven’t gotten very far Little One, have you?” Well duh! That caterpillar may be there all winter. In fact, it’s not even a caterpillar any more. It’s a chrysalis, attached to the siding with a sticky silk ball. . . . → Read More: