Gardens – Page 28 – Everything is Not Black and White

Spider Mites on a Potted Brugmansia

Spider Mites

And I have no idea who this is–

Not a Spider Mite

Brug in Pot

After the last flowers bloom, I plan to remove all of the leaves and then treat the Brug with systemic.

Brugmansia and Datura

Brug Datura

Variegated Brugmansia and a Datura
The Datura flowers open upward.
They both have a delicious fragrance.

What I Found While Watering My Gardens

A wee lizard was trapped in a five gallon pot of sunflowers. Its feet were slipping and sliding on the plastic surface preventing him from escaping the pot.

Lizard

I placed a wood shim near the lizard. The texture of the wood helped it climb out of the pot. The shim is 1.75″ wide.

Lizard

Concerned that the lizard might need some water, I placed a rock in an applesauce cup with a little water.

Lizard

After I get past…it is not a snake, I welcome lizards to live in my gardens.

Bob and Nest, Elliot and Burrow in Progress

Bob Nest

Bob, Nest and Eggs
August 1, 2018

Bob Nest

Bob Building Nest After Egg Removal
August 19, 2018

Elliot Hole

One of Elliot’s Holes in Hill Garden

Elliot Hole

Elliot and Dash. Elliot is the small black bunny. She was rescued running around the neighborhood. Dash is the large ginger bunny. He was a shelter bunny.

Moth and Roadrunner Henderson, NV

Sphynx Moth

Sphynx Moth in Henderson, NV garden last night.

I was using the flashlight on my phone to locate the moth and then used the flash. The moth was bopping around from plant to plant. At one point it flew into my ankle.

Road Runner

Roadrunner above Henderson, NV garden this morning.

The roadrunner was rather far away and in the shade. I did a quick (HDR Scrape), not great edit in Snapseed. Need to dink around with the HDR Scrape to find best way to use it.

Roadrunner