some news from the home garden and how what I teach sticks with me into the weekend ...
I woke this morning and looked out the bathroom window to see if it had rained and it had, again... is that 11 straight days, but there was also a flash of violet...
a blanket of irises in bloom. these are tiny and are not even close to knee high...
This week in Geology class we were speaking about calderas (Spanish for cauldron/kettle). 8000 years ago 12 cubic miles of earth erupted out of a mountain in southern Oregon. 15 years ago I stood on the rim looking down at what 45 feet of snow a year has created in that mountain which had collapsed into its hollowed out self... Crater Lake. A national park that so wants fishing that you don't need a license and there is no limit. just no live bait, please.
So when I saw what had happened to my Bachelor Buttons as I walked back to the irises, a blog post title came into being. I can't wait for them to bloom...
Here is a photo from last year of what is about to emerge from all those buds. A division of both of these perennials may just have a future at the school.
8 comments:
Those irises are gorgeous!
Beautiful buttons and irises. SAM (Hubby) should like this gardening connection to his favorite subject. Why did the crater form in the middle of the plants?
tina--- irises better be gorgeous since their show does not last very long. I love them.
walk2write--- as far as I know there has not been any volcanic activity here in Pennsylvania. there was 10 days of rain. no matter what, the easy answer is gravity, but what led to that is a mystery. They will be fine and fill themselves in over time.
no volcanic activity but minor earthquakes in southeastern pennsylvania...and you do have lovely home gardens...
Very pretty flowers! I am a big fan of blue!
Dana--- Thanks, however, my backyard is in quite disarray. It will get there though, just as will the school garden.
Sheila--- thanks, tonight while taking garbage out back, I was aware enough to see that the first bachelor button flower of the year had bloomed.
I have been reading a lot of your blog entries since I first stumbled onto it a few weeks ago. I must say - these entries are very interesting. Very beautiful flowers you have in these photographs. I have to ask you - how exactly do you teach your lessons? Do you explain to your students how to garden and tend plants verbally? Or is it more of a "hands-on" experience where they get to try out this stuff themselves?
writin' Steve--- "hands on" wins. I do try to remember to explain why I want the students to be doing what they are doing. Most of the plants for our garden are started by seed. Yesterday we planted "seed" potatoes.
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