My Gardens

Across the Years

• Carrots -- tasty roots and beautiful flowers.

• Poppies -- Corn poppies do well here, others not so well.

• Veggie Garden -- January through December.

Insects in the Garden and Yard

• Cow Killers -- the females are wingless, beautiful, and are said to have quite a sting.

• Marigold & Bumblebee

• Moon Flower with Sphinx Moth -- flower is 4 to 5 inches across, blooms in the evening

Year 2008

• Datura inoxia -- also know as the "moon flower."

• Jalapeno Pepper -- with son Sol, who potted in the Fall and kept it indoors all winter.  Photo taken on the first of June.

• Lantana

• Onions -- Grandson Nathan planted these in the Fall, I harvested them in May.

• Veggies -- harvested on the 24^th of August, 2008.

Year 2007

• Calla Lilly,  Dianthus, & Spiderwort -- Spiderwort is native to this area.
• Cosmos and Bee
• Hornworms -- parasitized, wasp eggs
• Lettuce Patch -- June 07
• Pansy Patch -- Pansies in mid March
• Watermelon -- July 07
• Zucchini -- ready to put in the oven

Year 2006

• Apple, Red Boskoop -- May, 2006, first time this young tree has set fruit

• Apple, Red Boskoop -- August, 2006.  These apples had circumferences from 12 to 14 inches.

• Chamomile Harvest -- May, 2006

• Phlox, Brilliant Blue -- Only blooms for a short period, but very impressive when in bloom

• Phlox, close up

• Two Heads -- Broccoli and KLW

Year 2005

• Elephant Ears -- Black Magic, Colocasia

• Elephant Garlic

• Garden Spiders

• Okra, Tall --Ten feet, four inches tall.

• Pepper Art -- my son arranged these peppers to look like a hurricane

• Peter Peppers -- they look like a penis

Year 2004

• Basil, Purple -- Delightfully fragrant

• Beets and Onions -- Rarely do I get a good beet crop, but this year I did

• Cosmos -- Volunteers that sprung up beside a sidewalk

• Dill Blossom -- November, 2004

• Gaillardia, Yellow -- Gaillarida, in various colors, volunteer all over my yard.

• Gomphrena -- All of these are volunteers

• Gomphrena, Close-Up

• Irises

• Maple and Dogwood -- November, 2004

• Peppers -- Banana and jalapeno peppers

• Peppers the Next Day -- Grilled with Chicken Sausage

• Plums -- On our Stanley plum tree

• Plum Tree -- Produce tasty prune plums

• Spinach and Onions -- Spinach rarely does this well here

Old Photos

• Quince -- With daffodils and Nanking Cherry, Spring, 1994

• Rudbeckia in Bloom -- Black-Eyed Susans, along the bank of the catfish pond, they spread like weeds all over the yard

• Summer, 2000 -- I am sitting near the front of my main garden

Pests

• Rabbits in my Garden

• Swallowtail Larvae -- destructive to carrots and related plants.

Useful Links

• Tomato Spotted Wilt Disease

• USDA Hardiness Zones -- Map and zone finder -- enter your zip code, your zone is displayed.  I am in zone 7B. Other resources here too, even gardening e-cards.

God of the Garden

• Priapus -- Greek/Roman God of the Garden

Contact Information for the Webmaster,
Dr. Karl L. Wuensch


This page most recently revised on 4. September 2008.