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June 05, 2021
Saturday Gardening and Puttering Thread, June 5Hi, everybody! The lovely columbine above is from 40 Miles North. He has more flowers, too! We have some great plants from other members of The Horde. There are insects near the bottom of the thread if you are the squeamish type. Here's a gladiolus. He wished he had planted more. GARDENS PHOTOS FROM THE HORDE It has been hotter here this week than in Phoenix. High pressure system. So I am kind of partial to flowers that remind me of cool weather or rain. This is from our outdoor carnivorous plant specialist, Tony Litwin: Hope all is well with you and just wanted to share this pic of a Rain Lily. Here in Central Florida, they are all over the place but you wouldn't know it because they only come out after the first 1 or 2 thunder storms, hence the name. In the wild, the leaves as well as the flowers last for a couple of days and then disappear. I got this one last year when they showed up and potted it up and I found that if given water regularly, the grass like leaves will stay all year, but the flowers only come after a heavy thunder storm. Must be something to do with the ozone in the air. Enmasse, they are a sight to see, but usually what you get is them popping up all over the lawn in ones and two's. It is a pretty little spring native flower. Tony Love those details on native plants. This one doesn't really look like "cool and wet", but it's from Torrey Pines State Park, which is a lot cooler than our part of California. It's from CBD. These native spring flowers look cooler. From PointyHairedBoss Dutchman's Breeches arrive soon after the snow is gone, carpeting patches of the forest floor. We have 2 kinds of wild dogwood trees, this one, I believe, is an Eastern Flowering Dogwood. The Trillium is the provincial flower of Ontario. Most are white with a rare red one popping up here & there. Although pretty in the woods their appearance coincides with the arrival of the dreaded black fly. It's a little known fact that when a trillium bud opens, the flower releases a black fly that's been hiding inside. (OK, so that's not really true but it's what we tell the tourists). For those who have not had the pleasure of meeting the black fly, imagine a supersonic miniature wolverine the size of a grain of rice with razor teeth that, for some reason, is really angry with humans. Fortunately, black fly season ends when we get our first few days of hot weather, usually late May or early June. Fascinating. EDIBLE GARDENING Long time reader, first-time correspondent. Love the thread! BTW, my "nom de moron" is "Nemo". Mmmm. Strawberry jam! INDOOR PLANTS From Diogenes: Indoor blooming. One day it wasn't there, the next day it was. Some kind of Lilly I think. Care to identify that flower? And the other plants, which are also very nice? From the popular press: Keeping your houseplants alive while you're on vacation. How do YOU care for houseplants while on vacation? This photo is from the first of the month, so I hope these are outdoors by now: Hello KT! Here's a picture of my sunflower seedlings. I have three varieties. I'll plant them just as soon as the are big enough and there's no danger of a freeze. I'm hoping for some 7-10 foot (or more) beauties later in the summer. Thanks for the gardening thread! Mrs. Leggy A LITTLE ACCIDENTAL GARDEN HUMOR Hello KT, Yes, it's real. Useful in some limited settings. such as hanging baskets. Bidens is the common name given to a group of about 200 flowering plants of various sizes and colors of both perennials and annuals. Not edible. Here is a coreopsis from 40 Miles North for comparison: SHRIMP THAT FLY Cicadas have been in the news here at AoSHQ. Last month, Misanthropic Humanitarian did not seem too enthusiastic about this article suggesting cooking cicadas as the way to deal with this year's invasion. And yesterday OregonMuse was STILL not on board with eating cicadas. Or mealworms. Even with tempting recipes available. They have received a little back-up from the FDA in the form of a warning to The Woke:
This doesn't mean that you can't help inform your Woke friends and relatives about how much work it is to eat cicadas: The Smithsonian has Cooking tips: You may not need to remove legs and wings if you grab them as soon as they emerge from the ground. Easier prep! And they don't look quite as inedible as the adult above when they first emerge. 1) First off, don't pick up or eat dead cicadas. Gathering live ones shouldn't be very hard, especially if you pick them up "early in the morning when the dew is still on the ground and the cicadas are still drowsy," says one expert. The easiest way to kill them is by placing them in the freezer. 2) Gather twice as many as you and your family think you can eat. Van Smith, who wrote about his experiments eating cicadas for Baltimore City Paper, explains why: "Females are preferable for their protein-filled abdomens, while males offer little substance. When hunting them, though, I found it nearly impossible to tell the difference-until cooking, when the males' bodies shrivel up. Marinating live bugs in Worcestershire sauce also helps weed out guys (the vinegar in the sauce slow-cooks them, so they start to collapse) while tenderizing the ladies." We're off to a great, sexist start! Journalists are reporting their experiences. Anybody out there among The Horde tried these yet for any reason? Helped a progressive friend or relative with a real-life foraging and cooking experience? Cicadas don't sound like a real reliable food source for preppers, what with that 17 year cycle and all. And we don't have any Cicadas out here in California but we do have June Bugs, which I guess are also related to seafood. Here's a recipe for Sauteed June Bugs. I am not including a photo, on purpose. Big, noisy, and attracted to light at night, these guys congregate on our porch screens by the dozens. It's a snack that comes straight to you! A quick saute in olive oil with a sprinkling of salt and chili powder, and they are ready to eat. Once you get over the fact that you're eating a bug, you will notice that they have a nice, smooth, nutty flavor and a great crunch. If you try this recipe, let me know what you drink with this snack. There are some gardening concerns with the periodic cicadas, however. Here's a video on Protecting young trees from cicadas. OTHER INSECTS YOU MAYBE SHOULDN'T EAT There is a huge diversity of bees and wasps out there--all fall under the scientific order of Hymenoptera, which also includes ants and the less familiar sawflies. Bees are technically one subgroup of the diversity of wasps (in a square/rectangle sort of way). . . Parasitic wasps like Cicada Killers look like "yellow jackets on steroids," but are unlikely to sting humans. Illiniwek's honeybee is another matter: Stinging Hymenoptera make and store their venom in glands in their abdomens. If you've ever been stung by a honey bee, you may have seen this venom sac left behind with the stinger, like a little flag on a pole. When a honey bee loses its stinger, the venom sac stays attached for up to 10 minutes, continuing to pump more venom into a sting site until it dries up. . . Some stingless bees and wasps can bite - hard. Think giant "ants". I wonder if there are more Cicada Killers out this year than normal? Some dogs and cats may catch cicada killers but usually only once. . . . Female cicada killers dig extensive tunnels where their young will be raised, displacing several pounds of soil in the process. Occasionally, it can result in some damage, such destabilizing a brick patio laid on sand. This is an instance when control may be needed. Cicada killers may dig in the loose soil in vegetable gardens or flower beds. A burrow at the base of a plant may disrupt its root system. If only a few plants are affected, drenching the area around their bases with water is probably the best approach. The wasps do not like wet soil so they may abandon the site. Watering the plants thoroughly will settle soil back around the roots giving them a chance to survive. Do not drench soil around plants with an insecticide mix because it may damage the roots and/or result in a residue in the plant. Have you ever seen one of these? Or evidence of their presence in your garden? PUTTERING They say that cicadas make good fish bait . . . . Thought about tools or gadgets for Father's Day? Would a putterer you know like an outdoor misting fan, for example?
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