tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post6394121726485645441..comments2024-03-13T04:00:21.690-05:00Comments on Life 101 : Watching nature do its thingRick Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-44374612474146819262018-04-01T18:49:48.278-05:002018-04-01T18:49:48.278-05:00Nature is amazingNature is amazingJo-Anne's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418152399382818709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-4370827658441979202018-04-01T16:35:46.587-05:002018-04-01T16:35:46.587-05:00Fascinating. We have the remains of a tree trunk i...Fascinating. We have the remains of a tree trunk in our front yard not too far from the sidewalk. A couple of years ago some sort of bees began to nest in it. Someone stepped in it and upset the bees. Guess who got stung. It burned like anything. It is being dealt with this month.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-75193585327041870462018-04-01T14:20:13.303-05:002018-04-01T14:20:13.303-05:00Sweet gums produce the love hate syndrome... Love ...Sweet gums produce the love hate syndrome... Love the leaf color hate the spiked rain! I know for sure. We once had a yard full of 'em. About 8 big'uns!<br /><br />Happy EAster to your TWO!jack69https://www.blogger.com/profile/12884137603402812926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-22499742685850122672018-04-01T10:39:00.311-05:002018-04-01T10:39:00.311-05:00A very good natural container. It could hold bird ...A very good natural container. It could hold bird seed or flowers. I transplanted a serendipity lupin seedling in a rotting stump in the back of the hedge, and last spring it was blooming.<br />HAPPY EASTER,<br />Hugs, JuliaJuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423754263165266554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-82496877509261693732018-04-01T07:54:54.430-05:002018-04-01T07:54:54.430-05:00Great idea for a bird feeder ! Trees are wonderfu...Great idea for a bird feeder ! Trees are wonderful. I love them for their beauty and particularly for their shade in the summer heat, but they do a lot of damage when they decide to come down. Glad this one came down on the deck and not the roof. Wishing you both a very Happy Easter!I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-83479952490610203572018-04-01T00:54:24.334-05:002018-04-01T00:54:24.334-05:00For the closing 26 years of my public gardening ca...For the closing 26 years of my public gardening career, I was assigned to a high school that suffered from these beautiful trees. Not only do they fly apart in high winds, but their spiky seed-pods float! This means they fall in the rain and float to gutter-drains, plug them up and the gardener arrives at 6 a.m. to flooded streets. I'd have to hustle far before humanly possible to rake those things out of drain-grills so people wouldn't hydroplane on their ways to work. 6 a.m.! When I retired, I was overjoyed to learn there is no such hour.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-18332032880116528392018-03-31T23:31:29.557-05:002018-03-31T23:31:29.557-05:00We call sweet gums 'liquid amber' and ours...We call sweet gums 'liquid amber' and ours is spreading those vicious spiked weapons with gay abandon at the moment. And shortly will blaze with glory.<br />Love the idea of using the stump to feed the birds.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517251.post-2838318604442589392018-03-31T22:48:10.255-05:002018-03-31T22:48:10.255-05:00Ashes to ashes, stump to dump.Ashes to ashes, stump to dump.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com