Gold Hill Plant Farm

These postings will center around things that I encounter that are interesting, beautiful, and sometimes the spiritual connection between all these things. This blog is for myself, perhaps more than for you, the reader. It is to remind myself of the passage of time and reflect on the beauty and meaning of the days.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Tasty Fruit

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  In the World Botanical Garden there were some fruits on the ground along the pathway, so in characteristic unsupervised fashion, we deci...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

Noni or Indian Mulberry

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    This small tree with large glossy leaves was important in Polynesian medicine to treat muscle and joint pain. The leaves were placed on...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Skeletonized Leaves

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    I am not sure what kind of tree this is, but I am sure that I have never seen leaves this completely skeletonized in nature before. I...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Thurston Lava Tube in Volcanoes National Park

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  The walk to the Thurston lava Tube (named for the man who discovered it) goes through a rainforest, and it was definitely raining when w...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Bamboo Orchid

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  This bamboo orchid is the only native orchid I saw in Hawaii. The only other orchids I saw were Cattelyas and Dendrobiums that had been a...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Uluhe Fern

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  This fern will grow in sun or shade, but it's most interesting characteristic is its bifurcating branching. Each frond splits into two...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Henna Tattoos

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While we were stuck in Mobile last weekend we did go to Bel-Air Mall and I found out I really was not getting out enough. There were se...
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Crystal
I have spent my whole life gardening in the heart of the deep, hot, humid south. Somewhere in the distant past, I received 2 degrees from the local land grant college and my ears are still atuned to matters of science.My children are grown and gone from home, but my days are just as full as when they were young. Only the responsibilities change.
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