November 2009

Macro Monday: 11/30 From the Archives

November 30, 2009

December is my businest month of the year with work, so my posts this month will be limited. I’ll be digging through the archives to bring you some of my favorite images for Macro Mondays. Visit Macro Monday to view some very interesting close ups and if you have some macro shots to share, join [...]

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Meme: Best Blog Award

November 26, 2009

Southern Post Journal was recently selected for a pass along Best Blog Award by the Villager at Our Happy Acres. A delightful must-see blog. I was honored to receive it, but this meme does come with an “assignment”. Unfortunately I am not keen on passing along assignments, so this branch of the award ends here. [...]

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Macro Monday 11/23: Ginger Snaps

November 23, 2009

White Butterfly Ginger or simply Ginger Lily (Hedychium coronarium) has been blooming all month after the recent rains. It prefers a more shady location with dappled sunlight and moist soil. I’ve even seen these planted in a bog, along with Taro (Colocasia esculenta). One thing I did not know until doing some research was that [...]

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CSI: Compost Soil Investigation: CASE CLOSED

November 18, 2009

This week I closed the case on my soil investigation with the delivery of 7 cubic yards of Nature’s Way 3/8″ Compost Leaf Mold. It was still warm and you can see steam rising from the mound. We emptied the three raised beds and placed the original soil on the driveway. With both soils side [...]

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November Photo Contest: End of the Line

November 17, 2009

This is my first time to enter Gardening Gone Wild’s photo contest. Here is my November entry for “End of the Line“. What a rewarding experience it was to finish my raised beds.

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Macro Monday 11/16: Who Ate The Fly?

November 16, 2009

You may be saying why a dead flower? Why a macro shot of that? Exactly, your eye is usually rests on the pretty flower, so this time, I thought I would show you the details of the seed head. It is what is left of my Gerbera daisy flower. Came across this interesting pair while [...]

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Bloom Day: November 15th

November 16, 2009

Happy Bloom Day. Air Plant Tillandsia blooming after the October rains. The heavenly scent of this butterfly ginger Hedychium coronarium. Lantana “Dallas Red” Lantana camara Firebush Hamelia patens Intoxicating Night Blooming Jessamine Cestrum nocturnum – while the blooms are insignificant, the evening fragrance travels through the garden. Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans Happy Bloom Day! Bloom [...]

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CSI: Compost Soil Investigation

November 15, 2009

In August 2009, I started Project 802 which consisted of building three raised beds for growing vegetables. It appears I did not do enough research before buying the soil for my vegetable bed. I ordered a ready to use vegetable garden mix from a local soil yard. The soil I received was lighter in color [...]

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Macro Monday 11/9: Leaves and Stems

November 9, 2009

The leaf of a Bird of Paradise Tree (Strelitzia nicolai). A pretty orange Gerbera daisy (Gerbera jamesonii) blooming from behind. Branch of an Arbequina olive tree (Olea europea) growing in a clay pot. Pencil Cactus or Milkbush (Euphorbia tirucalli) is mostly all stems with very tiny leaves. Lovely Creeping fig (Ficus pumila) growing on the [...]

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