Blogs about: Castor Bean Plant
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August 13th and 14th
This weekend my grandma told me she has a hard time picturing me working on the farm. Here’s a picture of my filthy hands after a day of doing nothing but picking tomatoes and tying up tomato vi… more →
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The Castor Bean Plant
wrote 9 months ago: In my first summer at the Secret Garden, one of the gardeners grew a stately ornamental called a “Ca … more →
August 13th and 14th
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wrote 10 months ago: This weekend my grandma told me she has a hard time picturing me working on the farm. Here’s a … more →
August 6th
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wrote 10 months ago: In exciting news, the little castor oil plant that nobody believed in is beginning to bloom. Let … more →
211: Castor bean at twilight
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wrote 11 months ago: While we were eating and waiting for the fireworks to begin, we were catching up on neighborhood eve … more →
May 20th pictures
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wrote 1 year ago: Today a lot of things finally got planted, transplanted, sown, weeded, etc. I should mention that li … more →
Finished painting: Ricinus Communis, the Fairy of the Castor Bean Plant
wrote 1 year ago: The Fairy’s name is Ricina, of course, being a girl fairy… but for the sake of botanical … more →
More on Ricinus Communis, the Fairy of the Castor Bean Plant
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wrote 1 year ago: I will have to put this painting aside for a week, and so this is just a quick post to show you as f … more →
Plants that can stand the heat.
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wrote 1 year ago: Here are some photos of plants that were blooming this morning. Today is 110° in the shade, so in th … more →
A Sunflower is Blooming, More Are On the Way
wrote 1 year ago: I cleared out a small part of my yard back in the spring so that I could plant flowers to attract th … more →
Julianne Moore's "More is More" Lush Garden
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wrote 2 years ago: Self-proclaimed landscape designer Julianne Moore charmed us with her quircky expressions and quinte … more →
Castor Bean Plant
wrote 2 years ago: The Castor Bean Plant (or Castor Oil Plant) is a beautiful annual that grows very well in Georgia. A … more →
Castor Bean not for Jack
wrote 2 years ago: Jack the bean stalk climber would not be interested in Ricinus communis but I am. I’ve got a s … more →
Obedient Worms
wrote 3 years ago: We were studying Jonah earlier today in my Old Testament Prophets class and there’s an interes … more →
600 Miles from Home
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wrote 3 years ago: That’s how far away our oldest daughter, son-in-law, and two oldest grandsons live from us. W … more →
I'm Back!
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wrote 4 years ago: Approximately every 6 weeks to 2 months I make the six-hour drive to a very small town in rural Illi … more →
