Index to Faye's gardens

  1. By area
    1. Deer-grazed climes
    2. Large urn, edge of graminetum
    3. Graminetum (grassery, east-facing)
    4. Veggie garden
    5. Rear court (east facing) and woodland
    6. Compost making
  2. By inhabitants
    1. Gardeners and guests
    2. Garden denizens
      1. Mantidae sp. praying mantid
      2. Meloidae sp.?
      3. Papilio polyxenes Eastern black swallowtail
      4. Lampropeltis getula getula Eastern black king
      5. Apis sp. honey bee
      6. Gallus gallus domesticus
  3. Chronological
    1. August 2002
    2. September 2002
    3. November 2002
    4. December 2002
    5. April 2003
    6. 2007
    7. 2008
    8. August 2009
    9. September 2009
    10. November 2009
    11. December 2009
    12. Spring 2010: GNPS Garden Tour
    13. 2011

Index to gardens, by category

  1. By area
    1. Deer-grazed climes
      1. Roadside, Yucca sp. with Helianthus porteri 9/18/02
    2. Large urn, edge of graminetum
      1. Sorghum nigrum, Ipomea batatas Blackie August 2002
      2. Sorghum nigrum, Ipomea batatas Blackie 9/18/02
    3. Graminetum (grassery, east-facing )
      1. H. porteri swooping down 9/18/02
      2. H. porteri not quite over everything 9/18/02
      3. Faye admiring H. porteri 9/18/02
      4. H. porteri closeup 9/18/02
      5. From the front lawn 9/18/02
      6. From the front: Carex flacca, Zenobia pulverulenta Woodlander's Blue, Sedum cauticola Lidakense, H. porteri. 9/18/02
      7. Front view, a collage 9/18/02
      8. From the north end, looking south 9/18/02
      9. Sedum cauticola Lidakense 9/18/02
      10. Sedum cauticola Lidakense, closer up. 9/18/02
      11. Across the drive: Rhodies. Boursault? 4/27/03
    4. Veggie garden
      1. Veggie garden 1: August 2002
      2. Veggie garden 2: August 2002
      3. Veggie garden 3: August 2002
      4. Fall color 11/3/02
      5. Fall garden: Walter and Faye sitting in Tagetes Nematode marigold. 11/3/02
      6. Veggie garden: April 2003
      7. Faye encouraging Cucumis melo to ripen 8/16/09
      8. Cucumis melo scampering over Zea mays 8/16/09
      9. Tithonia rotundifolia heading for the sky 8/16/09
      10. Worth waiting for Lycopersicon lycopersicum! 8/16/09
      11. Summer's peak in the veggie garden 8/16/09
      12. Closer view of summer's peak 8/16/09
      13. Helianthus porteri welcoming you to the veggie garden 9/14/09
      14. East end of veggie garden 9/14/09
      15. Helianthus porteri encroaching on rear lawn 9/14/09
      16. West end of the veggie garden 9/14/09
      17. The fall veggie garden 9/14/09
      18. Compost in the making 9/14/09
      19. Compost maturing 9/14/09
      20. Veggie garden 1 4/21/10
      21. Veggie garden 2 4/21/10
      22. Hard red winter wheat with cilantro and mustard greens 4/21/10
    5. Small ruin urn at rear court 12/31/02
    6. East theater: Rear court (east facing), yard and woodland
      1. Woodland garden: Faye (left) and Georgia (right) hiding the emerging Anemone x hybrida Honorine Jobert.
      2. Bignonia capreolata Tangerine Beauty on Riverbend Forge arbor. 4/27/03
      3. Gardeners in the columbine and Nova Zembla rhodies. 4/19/03
      4. Walter in a field of Aquilegia canadensis,. 4/19/03
      5. Gardeners in the columbine and Nova Zembla rhodies. 4/19/03
      6. Rhodies. Boursault? 4/27/03
      7. Helianthus porteri encroaching on rear lawn 9/14/09
      8. Rear lawn through Ficus carica (fig) to arbor 4/21/10
      9. Bignonia capreolata Tangerine Beauty 4/21/10
      10. Tuteurs framing Aquilegia canadensis (columbine) 4/21/10
      11. Rear lawn with Aquilegia canadensis in meadow and planter 4/21/10
      12. Rear court to veggie garden 4/21/10
      13. Acer palmatum dissectum Lace Filigree 5/1/10
    7. Compost making
      1. Compost in the making 9/14/09
      2. Compost maturing 9/14/09
      3. Rhodies framing compost piles 4/21/10
  2. By inhabitants
    1. Gardeners and guests
      1. Veggie garden 1: Dawn (left), Faye (center), and Georgia (right) August 2002
      2. Veggie garden 2: Faye August 2002
      3. Woodland garden: Faye (left) and Georgia (right) August 2002
      4. Faye admiring Helianthus porteri 9/18/02
      5. Fall garden: Walter and Faye sitting in Tagetes Nematode marigold. 11/3/02
      6. Rear court: Walter and Faye 12/31/02
      7. Gardeners under Bignonia capreolata Tangerine Beauty. 4/19/03
      8. Walter in a field of Aquilegia canadensis,. 4/19/03
      9. Gardeners in the columbine and Nova Zembla rhodies. 4/19/03
      10. Faye encouraging Cucumis melo to ripen 8/16/09
      11. Cucumis melo scampering over Zea mays 8/16/09
      12. Tithonia rotundifolia heading for the sky 8/16/09
      13. Worth waiting for Lycopersicon lycopersicum! 8/16/09
      14. Taking in the scent of Pluchea odorata 9/14/09
      15. Faye with a Brassica rapa var. periviridis leaf 11/26/09
      16. Holiday greeting 2010: Faye with Pekin ducklings
      17. Snowbound Atlanta 1/15/11
      18. Figs 8/16/11
      19. Helianthus annuus 8/16/11
      20. Holiday greeting 2011: Faye with California White


    2. Garden denizens
      1. Mantidae sp.
        1. Mantidae sp. and Liatris microcephala Blazing Star 9/24/02
        2. Mantidae sp. and Liatris microcephala Blazing Star 9/24/02
        3. Mantidae sp. and Liatris microcephala Blazing Star 9/24/02
      2. Meloidae sp.?
        1. Meloidae sp.? on Echinacea purpurea Magnum 11/03/02
        2. Meloidae sp.? closer up11/03/02
      3. Papilio polyxenes eating Petroselinum crispum Italian flat parsley
        1. Eating, but not everything in sight yet 9/24/02
        2. More eating, worm casing 9/24/02
        3. Architecture of eating one's support 9/24/02
        4. Don't worry, we plant enough parsley for Papilio too 9/24/02
        5. Meet the eater face-to-face 9/24/02
      4. Gallus gallus domesticus
        1. New flock of Gallus gallus domesticus
        2. Rhodie, the Rhode Island Red
  3. Chronological
    1. August 2002
      1. Large urn: Sorghum nigrum, Ipomea batatas Blackie
      2. Veggie garden 1: Dawn (left), Faye (center), and Georgia (right) pondering weed-control techniques by Tithonia speciosa Torch
      3. Veggie garden 2: Faye waving Petroselinum crispum "Italian flat" at Epilachna varivestis (Mexican bean beetle), which were scarce given many 90+ temperature days
      4. Veggie garden 3: One parched space!
      5. Woodland garden: Faye (left) and Georgia (right) hiding the emerging Anemone x hybrida Honorine Jobert.
    2. September 2002
      1. Large urn at edge of graminetum: Sorghum nigrum, Ipomea batatas Blackie 9/18/02
      2. Roadside, Yucca sp. with Helianthus porteri 9/18/02
      3. H. porteri swooping down 9/18/02
      4. H. porteri not quite over everything 9/18/02
      5. Faye admiring H. porteri 9/18/02
      6. H. porteri closeup 9/18/02
      7. From the front lawn 9/18/02
      8. From the front: Carex flacca, Zenobia pulverulenta Woodlander's Blue, Sedum cauticola Lidakense, H. porteri. 9/18/02
      9. Front view, a collage 9/18/02
      10. From the north end, looking south 9/18/02
      11. Sedum cauticola Lidakense 9/18/02
      12. Sedum cauticola Lidakense, closer up. 9/18/02
      13. Mantidae sp.
        1. Mantidae sp. and Liatris microcephala Blazing Star 9/24/02
        2. Mantidae sp. and Liatris microcephala Blazing Star 9/24/02
        3. Mantidae sp. and Liatris microcephala Blazing Star 9/24/02
      14. Papilio polyxenes eating Petroselinum crispum Italian flat parsley
        1. Eating, but not everything in sight yet 9/24/02
        2. More eating, worm casing 9/24/02
        3. Architecture of eating one's support 9/24/02
        4. Don't worry, we plant enough parsley for Papilio too 9/24/02
        5. Meet the eater face-to-face 9/24/02
    3. November 2002
      1. Fall color 11/3/02
      2. Meloidae sp.?
        1. Meloidae sp.? on Echinacea purpurea Magnum 11/03/02
        2. Meloidae sp.? closer up11/03/02
      3. Fall garden: Faye and Walter sitting in Tagetes nematode marigold. 11/3/02
    4. December 2002
      1. Rear court: Walter and Faye 12/31/02
      2. Small ruin urn at rear court 12/31/02
    5. April 2003
      1. Bignonia capreolata Tangerine Beauty on Riverbend Forge arbor. 4/27/03
      2. Gardeners under Bignonia capreolata Tangerine Beauty. 4/19/03
      3. Walter in a field of Aquilegia canadensis,. 4/19/03
      4. Gardeners in the columbine and Nova Zembla rhodies. 4/19/03
      5. Rhodies. Boursault? 4/27/03
      6. Veggie garden emerging. 4/27/03
    6. Holiday greeting 2007
    7. 2008
      1. Lampropeltis getula getula Eastern black king 12/17/08
      2. Holiday greeting 2008
    8. August 2009
      1. Faye encouraging Cucumis melo to ripen 8/16/09
      2. Cucumis melo scampering over Zea mays 8/16/09
      3. Tithonia rotundifolia heading for the sky 8/16/09
      4. Worth waiting for Lycopersicon lycopersicum! 8/16/09
      5. Summer's peak in the veggie garden 8/16/09
      6. Closer view of summer's peak 8/16/09
    9. September 2009
      1. Manure and wood chip compost 8/16/09
      2. Compost in the making 9/14/09
      3. Compost maturing 9/14/09
      4. Helianthus porteri welcoming you to the veggie garden 9/14/09
      5. East end of veggie garden 9/14/09
      6. Taking in the scent of Pluchea odorata 9/14/09
      7. Helianthus porteri encroaching on rear lawn 9/14/09
      8. West end of the veggie garden 9/14/09
      9. The fall veggie garden 9/14/09
    10. November 2009
      1. Rear lawn with a few Muhlenbergia capillaris fronds
      2. Veggie garden enjoying frost-free nights
      3. Veggies partying as if frost won't come
      4. West end of veggie garden with compost pile
      5. Veggie row with its winter blanket of compost
    11. Holiday greeting 2009
    12. Spring 2010
      1. Georgia Native Plant Society (GNPS) Garden Tour 4/18/10
        1. Tour description
        1. Atlanta-Journal Constitution article 4/15/10
      2. Just after the tour
        1. Landscape
          1. Rear lawn through Ficus carica (fig) to arbor 4/21/10
          2. Bignonia capreolata Tangerine Beauty 4/21/10
          3. Rhodies framing compost piles 5/1/10
          4. Veggie garden 1 4/21/10
          5. Veggie garden 2 4/21/10
          6. Hard red winter wheat with cilantro and mustard greens 4/21/10
          7. Creekside seats 4/21/10
          8. Tuteurs framing Aquilegia canadensis (columbine) 4/21/10
          9. Rear lawn with Aquilegia canadensis in meadow and planter 4/21/10
          10. Rear court to veggie garden 4/21/10
          11. Acer palmatum dissectum Lace Filigree 5/1/10
          12. Piedmont oak-hickory forest perennial and shrub community 4/21/10
          13. Rhododendron bakeri 5/16/10
          14. Rhododendron bakeri 5/16/10
          15. Kalmia latifolia 'Raspberry Glow' 5/16/10
          16. Spigelia marilandica and Hydrangea quercifolia 5/16/10
          17. Spigelia marilandica 5/16/10
          18. Kalmia latifolia 5/16/10
          19. Rhododendron calendulaceum 5/16/10
        2. The flock and its home
          1. Rhodie, the Rhode Island Red
          2. Buff Orpingtons 5/6/10
          3. Five layers 5/6/10
          4. Ameraucana 5/6/10
          5. Anas peking (Pekin ducks) 5/6/10
          6. Colinus virginianus (bobwhite quail) 5/6/10
          7. Apis sp. (honey bee) 5/6/10
          8. Fenced yard 4/21/10
          9. House and yard 5/6/10
          10. House, yard and rain storage 5/6/10
          11. Señor Gallo, crowing 6/13/10
          12. Buff Orpingtons in a chicken tractor 7/25/10
          13. Buff Orpington enjoying a ripe tomato 7/25/10
          14. Anas peking (Pekin duck) 10/26/10
    13. Holiday greeting 2010
    14. 2011
      1. Snowbound Atlanta 1/15/11
      2. A well-dressed hen 4/18/11
      3. Buteo jamaicensis (red-tailed hawk) at the poultry buffet
        1. Taking chunks out of quail 6/1/11
        2. Waiting for quail to fly up to the top 6/1/11
        3. Studying the chicks in the chicken tractor below 7/19/11
        4. Traumatizing a chick 7/19/11
        5. Pausing to develop a strategy 7/19/11
        6. Taking position 7/19/11
        7. Reaching for the chick 7/19/11
      4. Veggie garden
        1. Figs 8/16/11
        2. Helianthus annuus 8/16/11
      5. Holiday greeting 2011