Please visit me in my garden, among the flowers and weeds, as I carve out a little patch of heaven in this rainy Pacific Northwest. I hope to share with you some of the joys, the triumphs, the techniques I learn along the way, and maybe some favourite garden recipes and art projects, too.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Spiny Leaf Bug at 6 Weeks
I'm sure most of you are tired of my bug photos by now, but I am so fascinated by my spiny leaf insect, that I created a photo collage, showing the transformation so far, from the red/black ant-like newborn (top left) to the crinkly dried leaf at 6 weeks old (bottom right):
On the gardening side, the weather was wonderful last week, so I made an amazing amount of progress at cleaning it up, planting many of my recent purchases, and had 2 yards of soil brought in, which I spread into the cleaned up areas. This week has been not bad either, considering the forecast a week ago was for 5 or 6 days of rain, and it has only rained a couple of times. So I am continuing to make good progress on evenings and weekends, and hope to bring in another 2 yards of soil soon. Most of the time, I have been too busy to take photos, but here is a collage of some of my recent photos, and I hope to take more soon.
Happy gardening, everyone!
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