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Tag Archive: Botanics

11 Apr

>Spring is sprung – #941

> Correction: was sprung. 6ºC, down from 18ºC yesterday. Major advantages: Stops Nature blasting off on a time-lapse version of the seasons. Major disadvantages: Makes me wear shoes again.Image: iPhone…
11 April, 2010 at 11:28 4 Comments
06 Apr

>Stick with me – #936

> Why is it that pollarded trees (planes, I think. They don’t look very fancy, anyway…)  remind me of ET. Or someone who’s had an argument with a circular saw.…
6 April, 2010 at 15:13 Leave a comment
25 Mar

>Watch your steppe – #924

> Guest photographer: Andreas Los This is the Mainz Sand Dunes (Großer Sand) Nature Park, 70ha in area and one of the most significant in Europe. It was formed during…
25 March, 2010 at 15:53 Leave a comment
20 Jan

>Snowcapped – #859

>   Some readers will doubtless categorise this image of an unfortunate hydrangea blossom as romantic….. Snow Gems (English Sonnet)     Snow falls to earth as weightless feather down,slow…
20 January, 2010 at 12:11 3 Comments
18 Oct

>"Well, I’ll be blowed" – #766

> …said one leaf to the other. Yep, that time of year again….
18 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
17 Oct

>Have a nice…..#765

> …dahlia. Unless, of course, you pronounce it “DAR-lia” In which case it isn’t funny. Take a good look – frost forecast for tonight….
17 October, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
07 Oct

>What was that about….#755

> ..”rose to the occasion”? Market.
7 October, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
06 Oct

>Busy bees – #754

>   If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the thyme. Something like that anyway. A patch of Corsican thyme at the place with the patina-ed roof.
6 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
29 Sep

>Michaelmas – #747

> Aster amellus or Michaelmas Daisy Not that anyone around here knows it as that, of course. Here’s it’s just the Herbstaster – Autumn aster. Fairly logical, given that the…
29 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
28 Sep

>15 minutes of fame – #746

> Famous Fotog Franzi(ska) Hasse popped around in spring on the recommendation of her Mum and Dad. Quite an honour, because she’s a freelance garden photographer for some of the…
28 September, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
04 Mar

>Has…- #722

> ..bean That’s what people do say. They’re probably right. They mostly are….
4 March, 2009 at 12:00 4 Comments
17 Feb

>Consider thyselves……#707

> …valentined. OK. So it’s a couple of days late. So….?
17 February, 2009 at 12:00 3 Comments
19 Dec

>Butterfly of the Year – #647

> Seriously. Over here they have Tree of the Year Bird of the Year Animal of the Year Word of the Year (“Financial Crisis” – duh…) Un-word of the Year…
19 December, 2008 at 06:56 3 Comments
29 Nov

>Pollard…#627

>Pollard trees along the Rhine Promenade in Mainz. At the moment they look dead, but in summer they provide fabulous shade.
29 November, 2008 at 15:00 1 Comment
15 Nov

>Pretty in pink…#613

>These plants come in every imaginable shade of pink, and given how prolific they are at the market, I would guess this is the season for them. Not having a…
15 November, 2008 at 10:23 1 Comment
14 Nov

>Fractal food…#612

>The Germans call it Pyramidenblumenkohl – I call it just plain freaky. According to the sign at the Market, it also goes by the name ‘Romanesco’. Now I wish I’d…
14 November, 2008 at 16:30 3 Comments
11 Nov

>That reminds me …#609

> … Need to cut the grass down at the farm. Only 7.5 acres. Handmower. Should take about a month. Helen’ll look after you while I’m away….
11 November, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
26 Oct

>"Father, I cannot tell a lie – #593

> I did cut it with my hatchet. In fact, I cranked up the bulldozer and bowled the whole bloody orchard….” Trees get old, yields drop off and varieties go…
26 October, 2008 at 12:00 2 Comments
24 Oct

>Only a mother…#591

> .. could love something as ugly as this. Celeriac or root celery. Most folks use it – together with leek, carrot and other root veges as the basis for…
24 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
23 Oct

>And talking about…#590

> ..fruit on my müsli, we’re still harvesting strawberries. 23 October. Scraped ice off the car windscreen on Monday.
23 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
17 Oct

>Grapes of What(ley) – #584

> If you’re a Prominent Person in Mainz (or you’ve reached an adequate level of notoriety, which might in fact be the same thing, come to think of it), you’re…
17 October, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
15 Oct

>New England….#582

> …it isn’t, but you don’t need to fly acroos the pond to see countryside like this. Maple syrup’s not on the menu, but the new wine certainly is. (Wouldn’t…
15 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
08 Oct

>Appel Happel – #575

> The Happel family has been growing and selling fruit from their farm just over in Mainz-Lerchenberg for ages and a day. The name? Not a clue. Probably an Anglophile…
8 October, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
07 Oct

>Help! – #574

> I have absolutely no idea what this hybrid plant could be. Saw it at Doris Urban‘s the other day and – being as how she reckons I’m a bit…
7 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
05 Oct

>Jack Frost…- #572

> …hasn’t been calling yet, but he can’t be far away. Still harvesting basil from the garden and tomatoes are still ripening.
5 October, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments
14 Sep

>Gone to seed – #551

> Not a very nice thing to say about me, but it’s probably true. Certainly applies to asparagus, though. Last harvest on 24 June, as they’ll let the frost take…
14 September, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment
11 Sep

>Devil may care – #548

> Or is it vampires that are repelled by Allium sativum? I’m confused
11 September, 2008 at 11:00 4 Comments
07 Sep

>Hip, hip…..#544

> ..hooray. You can buy these on the market in bulk. (You can also get out the secateurs and plunder the hedgerows) You can also pay outrageous chunks of money…
7 September, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
31 Aug

>Brekkie – #537

> I have no idea where the blackberry vine in our garden turned up from. The strawberries aren’t an issue. I know I planted  them I stumbled over ripped my…
31 August, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
18 Aug

>You know it’s autumn….#524

> …when pumpkins and sundry gourd-like devices appear on the market. If only they didn’t look as if they had Proteus syndrome…
18 August, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
16 Aug

>Making assumptions – #522

> Yesterday was Assumption Day, a feast day (a Holy Day of Obligation, actually, so it appears to be fairly major) in the Roman Catholic church. On the market in…
16 August, 2008 at 11:00 Leave a comment