Ellis Hollow

Sod sofa in 100 seconds

Craig — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:11:43 +0000

Time lapse I pulled together this week from pix of our Art of Horticulture class building a sod sofa outside Roberts Hall on the Cornell University Ag Quad on Tuesday. Read more about it.

Sod sofa in 100 seconds from Cornell Horticulture on Vimeo.

2.08″

Craig — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:59:16 +0000

Since 3 a.m., according to the Game Farm Road logger. You can almost hear the soil going ’schluuuuuuuurpppppp’.

Grass will need mowing next weekend.

‘Stay-cation’

Craig — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:35:24 +0000

Pretty low key. Caught up on some weeding and reading. Mowing and putting a new weed-whacker to work. Biggest news was Rosie (Elly’s Airstream) returning from Franks Trailer Works in Baltimore with a new floor and other structural improvements.

Elly got right to work sealing up leaks so she can dive into the wiring and interior rebuild.

Fred helped …

… when he wasn’t too busy looking cute.

(The poochers got way too much attention.)

With Rosie sitting at least 6 inches higher, Jade found a new shady spot to hang out on hot days.

And I took far fewer pix than I thought I would, given all the free time.

Bloom day scans – Singles

Craig — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:55:18 +0000

I usually cram the scanner bed with blooms. But I was in the mood for singles this morning. Thanks, as usual, for Carol for hosting at May Dreams. More scans here. Flower scanning directions are here. Practice up. I’ll be judging the Picture This contest in October. See Nan’s post and scans. Click on images for larger views.

Tradescantia

Papyrus

Cleome

Nigella

Sanguisorba tenuifolia

Evening light

Craig — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:24:53 +0000

This time of year, the sun slips in under the spruce near sunset. It’s a great time to be outside with a camera. I liked the image I got of cleomes and eucomis a few days ago. But this light makes all the difference.

Saturday patio panorama

Craig — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:13:57 +0000

I actually spent about half an hour sitting on the patio reading a magazine. (Nan: Recognized your garden without even reading the cover captions. Congrats.) Couldn’t resist shooting and stitching together a panorama, complete with doggie company.

Mega view

Weekend pix: Cleome

Craig — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:51:41 +0000

Might have gotten this seed through NARGS seed exchange. Amazed at the range of colors so far as they start to flower.

Weekend pix: Eucomis

Craig — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:47:57 +0000

After three years, the pineapple lilies are finally flowering. Blackswamp Kim can relate.

Weekend pix: Daylilies

Craig — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:44:58 +0000

Here are a couple …

Weekend pix: Dogs

Craig — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:42:24 +0000

Midday and the heat wasn’t too bad. The four of us took a few minutes on the patio.

Well Jade took her perch on the mulch nearby to get a better view of her territory.