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May 24, 2008 | 11:55 AM PST
Some times I think I know almost everything. I don't. So this time I am calling on the audience to help me. What is the name of this plant?
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A special thanks to all those who can help me.
Y'all have a great day and happy gardening, The Hillbilly
May 16, 2008 | 2:40 PM PST
There is a way to do this and it is easy. Upload images to Garden Guides into
your Photos album, click on the thumbnail and the larger image will appear then
right click on the larger image and click on properties. A window will open with
the HTML address there, make the window large enough to highlite the whole name
http://cdn-media.gardenguides.
com/media/images/000000/82/36/
NjgyMTMz_large.jpg
Highlite it and Right click on it and click copy. Then when you are writing in
the blog entry window, click the little icon at the top with a mountain and sun.
That will open a window with a slot to paste what you copied from the properties
window. Click on preview and you will see the picture you want in your blog.
Then click OK and your picture is in your blog. That's all there is to it. Test
it out and if it doesn't work, delete it and try again until you get it to work
for you.
You can do it.
Your friend, Bill Mitchell
May 15, 2008 | 11:37 AM PST
The 17 year cycle of the cicadas is in full progress in my yard here in Russell County, Kentucky.
This cicada is coming out of it's shell on the tree.
This cicada's wings are still wet and waiting for them to mature.
Another cicada coming out of it's exterior skeleton.
All three stages in one picture.
Three cicadas posing on a property marker.
Kiki, my kitty cat, is checking on the mystery of the cicadas.
You all have a great day and happy gardening. Bill Mitchell
May 12, 2008 | 10:47 PM PST
Make the photo large before clicking on properties. Here is your picture.
You have a great day and happy gardening. Bill Mitchell
May 10, 2008 | 2:16 PM PST
This year in Kentucky, brood XIV cicadas will emerge from the ground where they have lived for seventeen years. I t is one of the largest emergences that will occur in 80 percent of the state. I have a cold frame in which I grew seedlings this spring. The 3 x 5 foot area was warmed to the critical ground temperature required for the emergence of these cicada. Today I witnessed ten of these coming from my cold frame. When they come out in force and climb to the top of the trees to breed in a couple more weeks, their sound will be deafening.
I
killed this one before I read that they will do no major damage to the garden, just your ear drums.
Y'all have a great day and happy gardening. The Hillbilly, Bill Mitchell
May 8, 2008 | 10:09 AM PST
I posted this for everyone.
Your friend, The Hillbilly
May 6, 2008 | 6:26 PM PST
I just brightened it up a bit.
Do you see the difference?
Have a great day and happy gardening, your good friend, Bill Mitchell
May 4, 2008 | 2:31 PM PST
A few new openings for today. I bought this bush in a pot four years ago, it was about twelve inches tall and had a few blooms on it. It's about five to six feet tall now and is filled with buds. They started blooming yesterday. It's called a mock orange and the fragrance is out standing.
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A great day for this white dutch iris to also bloom.
A new color bloom on the bearded iris is also worth a picture.
Thi
s next picture of wandering jew is for Indianshadow46. The jew is doing great in the rock garden.
Y'al
l have a great day and happy gardening. Bill and Sandy Mitchell
May 4, 2008 | 2:10 PM PST
It happened in Detroit Michigan. I had been asking this Detroit girl ,Sandy, to marry me for eight months. I was a young hillbilly man of 20 years old from Louisville, Kentucky. Here we were, standing at the alter, young and dumb but didn't know it. That was the best decision Sandy ever made, for both of us. Now here we are, still in love. She is my best friend and I am hers. To celebrate our 51st, I bought her a cordless weed eater to make it easier on her when she cuts the grass. Now that is true love down here in the country in Kentucky.
Y'all have a great day and happy gardening. With love from Sandy and Bill Mitchell
