The gardens

Index to gardens

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
By inhabitants
1. Gardeners and guests
2. Garden denizens
  1. Mantidae sp. praying mantid
  2. Meloidae sp.?
  3. Papilio polyxenes Eastern black swallowtail
Chronological

Index to gardens, by category

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
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
7. Compost making
  1. Compost in the making 9/14/09
  2. Compost maturing 9/14/09
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
2. Garden denizens
  1. Mantidae sp.
  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
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.
  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
4. December 2002
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. 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. Chicken 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