This is a Mallard duck that is nesting in a residential neighborhood, in fact she is right next to our side door. We check in with her and learn more about how she is doing and about when we expect the eggs to hatch. Watch the following video click to learn more!
You can view the live (updated every minutes) Duck Cam here: http://synalia.com/2013/06/04/live-duck-camera/
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Here’s my Chinese elm bonsai, a really rewarding tree to grow. It’s developed a nicely textured, characterful trunk over the years, topped with a full canopy of small green leaves. It’s planted in an oval pot with Chinese characters glazed onto the side. Chinese elms are tough and forgiving, which makes them a great choice…
12/4/2010 Photos of Echeveria. They are grown By John & Lori Nero at Thistledown Greenhouse in Bonduel, WI. I got them at the Appleton Farmers Market, John is there every week, even in the winter (it’s indoors after october). John & Lori had a wonderful setup with much of their inventory available online for purchase….
Here’s our dormant willow tree just 3 days after planting — and the leaves are already on their way. You can see the little buds breaking along the branches. Always surprises me how fast a bare, dormant stick of a tree wakes up and leafs out.
Preparing 2 Butt Roasts to go onto the Smokin-It #3 Smoker (note: Smokin-It has updated their lineup since this post — the current Gen 3 version is linked here, though it differs slightly from the original model used) to make Pulled BBQ Pork. The one on the left is 10.78#’s and the one on the…
My juniper bonsai is coming along nicely. I’ve trained several of the trunks with wire to give them that classic twisting, windswept movement, and the blue-green needled foliage has filled in beautifully. Junipers are a staple of the bonsai world for good reason — they’re hardy, they respond well to shaping, and they just look…
I picked up a couple of new houseplants from the clearance rack at Lowe’s. I potted one up in a woven basket and dropped the other into a copper pot. Here they are settled in by the window: a big split-leaf philodendron in the basket and a colorful croton in the copper pot. They should…