{"id":2904,"date":"2013-03-10T16:04:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T23:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2013-03-10T16:04:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T23:04:42","slug":"aphids-lichens-rust-mold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2904","title":{"rendered":"Aphids, Lichens, Rust, Mold\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/Bits1.jpg\" alt=\"Aphids and Lichens\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Aphids and Lichens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yesterday I found a few of my Hellebores were covered with aphids. How does that happen? I had just purchased a bottle of peppermint castile soap and decided to give the plants a washing and a cutting.<\/p>\n<p>The lichens were seen on stones in the mountains behind our house. I have taken photos of loads of lichens but never red.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/Bits2.jpg\" alt=\"Aphids and Lichens\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Rust and Mold<\/p>\n<p>A rose bush very near the Hellebores has small orange splotches. I didn\u2019t know it was rust until I did a google search. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.rhs.org.uk\/advicesearch\/profile.aspx?pid=269\" >Royal Horticultural Society<\/a> what I found is probably the parasitic fungus, Phragmidium tuberculatum. More cutting will be needed. <\/p>\n<p>The rose bush, actually more of a vine was here when we bought the house. We keep digging it up, attempting to move it, apparently never getting it all because it keeps coming back.<\/p>\n<p>The mold is growing on a container of tomato and basil hummus. The container was hidden behind a large dish of couscous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Why did I take photos of such things? It is interesting to see surfaces transformed in a natural way. There can be beauty in things that are opportunistic and even a bit destructive. Something small can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/FenceDangerSignIMG_8561.jpg\" alt=\"Lichen on Fence\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had lovely gardens that took a lot of care. Recently I decided that I needed to spend less time in the gardens and more time in the studio. There isn\u2019t enough time for everything. Strong plants should survive. Since I have found multiple things to damage the existing plants and trees, I suspect it is time to clear out everything potentially damaging and tend to the plants and trees that remain.<\/p>\n<p>We finally did take down a tree that had been sick for quite a few years. Tried to save it because it was being grown for a source of art material. It is a sad day when a tree must be removed. Trying to think of the future and that we can use the space to grow dwarf citrus trees. I do love a good orange, but I am sure going to miss the tree.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/SeepingCedarIMG_8596.jpg\" alt=\"Seeping Tree\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aphids and Lichens Yesterday I found a few of my Hellebores were covered with aphids. How does that happen? I had just purchased a bottle of peppermint castile soap and decided to give the plants a washing and a cutting. The lichens were seen on stones in the mountains behind our house. I have taken &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2904\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aphids, Lichens, Rust, Mold\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,26,9,4,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardens","category-misc-interests","category-nature","category-observations","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2904"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2921,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions\/2921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}