bsmitch's Blog

My new friend

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:57:00 GMT

As I was watering the garden yesterday, I encountered a northern walking stick bug. It watched me as I watered and I thought, where is my camera when I need it. Today I went to that ...

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August 25 flowers

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:14:00 GMT

It's been very, very dry in this part of Kentucky, but I have watered everyday. Here are some of my late summer blooms. My passion flower.

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Sandy and Steven kayaking

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:49:00 GMT

My youngest of seven visited us on his way to Jeffersonville Indiana for his 20th class reunion. He brought his two kayaks with him. He lives in Charlotte NC. My wife is 70 years you...

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Mist Flower (wild ageratum)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:25:00 GMT

My Mist Flowers are blooming finally. This is on time, I am just anxious or impatient. These are wild flowers in Kentucky and they must be controlled in the garden by pulling them in...

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Mitch's Bee Feeding Oasis

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:05:00 GMT

The word got out in the bee community. When the saucer gets empty, there are thousands of bees hollering," Bill we need nectar", when I fill it up there are hundreds landing on me. ...

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Feeding more than hummingbirds

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:28:00 GMT

This time of the summer brings so many honey bees to my hummer feeders. I decided to fill a saucer with the same mixture of sugar water that I fill the hummer feeders. The honey bees...

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Bug Museum

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:53:00 GMT

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I love morning glories

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:32:00 GMT

Thanks to Rollinjuliet for this one.

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Eating Grasshoppers by Charles Griffith

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:42:00 GMT

Recently, we found the recipe in a popular outdoor magazine from the early 1990s. It was a recipe for fried grasshoppers that was so good tha...

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Storm clean up

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:59:00 GMT

All the downed trees and partially downed trees and limbs and trash are gone along with the stimulus check that came at the right time. We got a $3000 job done for $600. Thank God fo...

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My 60 year old Christmas cactus

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:38:00 GMT

My grandmother gave a start to my mother in1929 and my mother gave me a start in 1957. I've given starts to my children as they became adults and some of them have given starts to th...

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I prayed too hard for rain

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:08:00 GMT

I've been praying for rain for a couple of months. It has been going around us except for a couple of small showers. I could tell by the black clouds that we were finally going to ge...

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For Carolyncat

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Night blooming Cereus.

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Start of a hot day

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:13:00 GMT

It's been hot and the few showers we had last week hasn't changed my daily routine of watering in the early morning and in the evening. But this is the picture of my daily job of tak...

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Hillbilly's Kentucky

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:34:00 GMT

Kentucky Information!

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