The Garden of Bogturtle

Ordering seed, I saw this particular Cosmo. In life a good deal more wine colored than pink, and I wish the camera was more accurate. The plants are tall and weak and have not made a good display, but individual blooms are great. So the best use would be for cut flowers, I suppose. Will order the seed again, perhaps, if none forms. Trying to trap the Groundhog. And that succeeded. But one of the traps still had some several day old pieces of apple. Fortunately, I was able to get this Opossum out of the trap without much fuss.  My grandson gave me some Amaranth plants that he thought would give seed I could use as a grain. I asked, instead, if I would get seed for the birds. Apparently that could happen.    I have a video of the Groundhog in this trap, and this is a snip of that video, as this format will not publish a  20 second long video. I had not seen the Groundhog  for weeks, but it ran across my feet, to get into the safety of the barn when I passed t...

  Malva moschata 'Alba'. Commonly called the 'Musk Mallow'. Had this plant for years. Found two among the jungle here and moved both to pots where they would get proper attention. A deer got to one, but that has regrown and, finally, bloomed. Growing, for me, less than two feet tall. One flower shown here, about an inch and a half wide. Usually an orchid or pink color, but I gravitate to the white, always.  My daughter wanted flowers for a dinner they put together, so I brought in these 'Surprise Lillies', Lycoris squamigira. Cannot say how long they will last.  Do recall a stranger picking Daylillies from the neighbor's yard. They knew little about Daylillies. Along with the Agapanthus there are small Kale plants that, somehow, were not growing much in the protected vegetable garden with the 6 foot high fence. So they are on the landing, close to the kitchen, hopefully safe from Ground Hog, Deer, or Rabbit. Taken through the window where we eat our meals. T...