The incredibly true misadventures of a home gardener. The pot of hyacinths arrived in my life nearly a year ago. Very sad that the bulbs I loved would be destined for the trash.

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Gardening in Zone 4 in central Wisconsin. Thursday, August 13, 2015. Bare ground, a rarity in garden. The last few days since returning from Pennsylvania, I have been digging out plants and composting them. A plant here, a plant there, to whole planting areas. Too much is too much. Tuesday, August 11, 2015.

Jointed stems with swollen nodes gives this plant its unfortunate name of Gouty Geranium. OK, it does have lanky, gouty legs, but the flowers are beautiful; chartreuse-yellow. And they are fragrant, specially in the evening. The Sinister Secrets of Orford Ness.

Play the music for a country song. The rehearsal dinner was held in the wonderful El Monte Sagrado.

The much maligned lily stamen, replete with granules of rich ochre pollen. Often ceremoniously snipped before they can stain your best frock, drop onto the cream pile carpet or mar the Maltese terrier. This is a great pity, they are as beautiful as the exotic blooms they bless.

More than you ever wanted to know about my garden. The tropical border looking colorful, but as usual not very tropical. The inner depths of the tropical bed .

What is Cybis Porcelain? A reference encyclopedia of Cybis Porcelain. Posted by The Cybis Archivist. In Giftware and Home Décor. Asymp; Leave a comment. The third category of 1940s Cybis items, and possibly the smallest in terms of actual production, is their reproductions of 19. Perhaps no better explanation of the cup plate.