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yes it's true! apparently potatoes do flower in cool weather.  potato flowers, July 7 the fruit is poisonous. it looks like cherry tomatoes.  potato berries, July 22 Daylilies belong in the Hemerocallidaceae plant family (previously Liliaceae). Or is it Asphodelaceae aloes now and formerly grass tree Xanthorrhoeaceae.  Genus: Hemerocallis
coyotes. a couple of swainson's hawks. gulls & geese. cedar waxwings at mountain ash berries (rosaceae. genus: sorbus). bald eagle. owl, robins. song. porcupines.  a mountain ash tree still seeding, planning. the garden hardiness zone seems more like 2 or 3, or zero. last year's potatoes lasted almost all winter.  sprouting potatoes many shard puddles. ladybugs, other beetles, ants, spiders, moths. a definite sign of spring and it just keeps snowing. prairie crocuses...  fuzzy wildflowers april's a pink {sprouting grass, egg, fish} moon, farmer's almanac. the giant ice cubes, receding.  dragonflies. and that was a lynx! the squirrel visits at plantings. it enjoyed some half potatoes, quinoa is all gone.  quinoa, before a couple of what seemed to be brewer's blackbirds, very beautiful. they stayed for a while. squirrel: sunflowers are up, all over. elements: savory too.  savory, herb skunks and a juvenile porcupine, deer and coyotes. and mushrooms!  one of 3 types, so far: mushrooms |
