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.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Baby Goats in July

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You know I like 'em. They are too cute! Thee twins chose an odd place to sleep:between the pipes of the gate. I guess it was a tid...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Wild Petunia

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  Hairy wild petunia (also called fringeleaf wild petunia) is a native beauty that is under appreciated and should be actively grown instea...
Monday, July 26, 2010

Competing With Wildlife for Blueberries and Figs

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The birds are eating my blueberries and figs. I always have a lot of trouble with birds in the fig bush. I tried to scare them away by cutti...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Swimming Pool Bug

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This is probably the most colorful bug I ever saw, but I have no clue what it might be. Unfortunately it drowned because of a sojourn i...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Gloriosa Lily

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  A number of years ago on a trip to South Alabama (LA, or Lower, Alabama  to those in the know), I detoured by a house that had a day lil...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Baby Fence Lizards

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About a month ago I dug up these reptile eggs while digging in my flower bed. I wondered what they were and decided to put them in a ja...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

July's Lilies

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    These two lilies are always pretty during July. The orange one is the old standard Tiger Lily at old homesites around the south. They ...
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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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