Theory

I have a theory about compost... 

Seems like a lot of weed seeds are ending up in the pile... And spreading the compost simply plants weeds all over the garden...

What about piling the weed pile in a section of the garden where the veggies don't grow well, and after the compost happens, level the pile where it sits?

Then... 90% of the seeds will be buried... just like God does it... and you only have to pull the weeds from the top layer...

These magenta spreen (growing in the freshly spread compost), are ready to eat...

Saw a hummingbird today, visiting the coral honeysuckle...

Sulphur yellow visiting the eastern columbine...

The iris are starting to bloom...

As is the wild indigo (Baptisia lanceolata).... This indigo is a natural... was here when I got here...

The kudzu bugs have found my fava beans...

It must be Spring...

It's in the 80s today... 

The cat is weeding as fast as she can...

And the bees are making sure that we don't run out of winter annuals... 

The henbit has a beautiful bloom... if you look close...

This bee is pollinating the black cherries...

The woods are full of dogwood bloom...

Coral honeysuckle... 

Redbud

Here's some sassafras bloom from a few weeks ago...

And finally a coupla buckeye blooms...

Signs of Spring

Sorry to everybody that is in the path of the blizzard, terrible weather this winter...

Spring is on the way, I snapped some pictures yesterday... to prove it...

Pear Blossoms

Forsythia

Creeping Phlox  

Corydalis

 Daffodills

 Carolina Jessemine

Bridal Wreath Spirea

Even the Columbines are sending up bloom-stalks!

Here's something impressive... The peppers are sending up new growth from last seasons roots!

The cat doesn't mind the cold.

The New Year

My apologies for the length of time since my last post. I've had the pictures, but not a way to upload.
Working from the library computer today, but let's keep it our secret.

Frost Bloom on Verbesina

Evening Primrose seedpods

I saw a bird eating seed out of these... but wasn't quick enough with the shutter.

Fava bean blossoms 

The Hellebore are blooming... 

These little yellow warblers made an appearance, scratched up my flower seeds out of the beds, and then left for parts unknown. Cute...

I had a yard full of butterflies today, but when I fetched the camera... couldn't get any of them to say "cheese".

Autumn grasses n stuff

splitbeard bluestem 

closeup

bluestem can have amazing colours (not just blue) I'm marking these magenta ones for future division.

More bluestem seed heads

Delea seedheads

Farkle berry bush

popcorn tree colour

rutabaga patch

Autumn wildflowers reprise

Another post of wildflowers from the middle Georgia sandhills... I sometimes read about how flowers are a rare commodity in the Autumn, and I've always had a lot of flowers in my Autumn gardens.

 

ageratina altissima

eupatorium coelestinum (algeratum)

Aureolaria-pedicularia

salvia azurea

cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)

camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris)

Monarda punctata

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) visits turk's cap hibiscus (malvaviscus arboreus) above and salvia microphylla below.

Monarch and gulf fritillary share Miss Huff (lantana) blooms

American Ladies on narrow-leaved sunflowers (helianthus angustifolius)

Narrow leaved sunflowers in the meadow with little bluestem and goldenrods.