It's Not Work, It's Gardening!: video

Showing posts with label video. Show all posts

Showing posts with label video. Show all posts

Lightning!

>> Monday, August 10, 2015 – storm, video

We had some thunderstorms move through the St. Louis area last night just as it was getting dark. At first the storm clouds were reflecting the rays of the setting sun, causing them to be a strange yellowish-orange color overhead as the rain poured down (sorry, no photos). Several minutes later when it was darker the lightning started.

We get thunderstorms quite regularly here, and although this wasn't a system that was strong enough to spawn tornadoes, dump loads of hail, or have frightening winds (at least around us -- perhaps it was worse in other parts of the city?) one thing it did have was lightning. An amazing amount of lightning.

New evidence: I started early!

>> Tuesday, November 18, 2014 – video

I've written about my start in gardening before, where falling trees in my yard created impromptu planting beds, and the bug bit me. That was around 2002, maybe a year or two earlier. So I've been a gardener for about 15 years or so. Or so I thought.

Newly-discovered evidence has proven that my gardening started earlier than the year 2000. Much earlier indeed!

The sounds of warmer times

>> Friday, February 7, 2014 – video

With a temperature around -3ºF (-19ºC) this morning, I'm looking for anything to take my mind off of the cold and the snow.

So I turned to my favorite wintertime-but-wishing-it-were-summer-again trick: watching videos of my garden!

sixty-four!

>> Monday, January 21, 2013 – mulch, timelapse, video

I wasn't planning on doing a lot of mulching this weekend, but the unannounced delivery of the wood chips changed my plans.

Sixty-four wheelbarrow trips later, my driveway was clear. Although you can't share in the four hours of repetition spread over two days (although if you want to experience something like this in my garden I can surely find something for you to do), if you have 42 seconds you can still watch the entire process...

Tiny things #4

>> Thursday, May 31, 2012 – microscopy, pond, video

I think this is the final of my "tiny things" posts, but it's a subject that I could probably spend a week on itself: the water in my pond.

More specifically, what's in the pond water. I've been wanting to get the microscope out and take a look for a while, and finally made it happen yesterday.

Tiny things #3

>> Wednesday, May 30, 2012 – pond, toads, video

Another tiny things post; I've already shown you the very young raccoon, the baby mantises. Today it's time to look at the tiny toads!

There are still hundreds of these tadpoles in my pond, but many of them have made the transition to being primarily land creatures. Let's take a look.

Tiny things #1

>> Monday, May 28, 2012 – animals, video

Today I start a series of posts I'm calling "tiny things", for reasons which will soon become apparent. Some weeks I wonder just what I'll post about, as interesting topics seem so hard to find. Sometimes though, topics get handed to me.

Such is the case with today's subject. Keep reading to find out who owns this cute little ear...

Tadpoles for tranquility

>> Thursday, May 10, 2012 – pond, video

There's something so calming about watching pond inhabitants for me. After building the pond last fall I couldn't wait for spring so I could add some goldfish. I haven't done that yet, as I've currently got plenty of underwater activity to watch due to the tadpoles.

I'm not certain if I've got any frog tadpoles in here (which fish will apparently eat) so I'm holding off on the fish for a while -- but I can still stand here for hours watching the tadpoles. So I thought I'd put together a little movie to share this with you.

It's drinking the water!

>> Wednesday, April 4, 2012 – bees, pond, video

The pond has already been teaching me interesting things; surprising me in many ways.

One of the surprising things is the honeybees, and their constant drinking of the water.

Cats love bamboo

>> Saturday, March 3, 2012 – cats, super-whitey, video

One thing I learned late last summer is that although bamboo is certainly beautiful in the garden...

...cut bamboo canes also look fantastic in a vase indoors!

Hyacinth bean: queen of my autumn garden

>> Monday, October 10, 2011 – bees, flowers, video, vines

The stars of my late-summer through freeze garden are always the hyacinth bean vines. I started growing these beautiful annuals a few years ago, and now make sure I have enough growing so I can see it from anywhere in the yard.

Its flowers aren't quite as fluorescent or neon as they appear to be in these photos, but they're beautiful and there are so many of them!

Bees can't wait

>> Tuesday, September 13, 2011 – bees, flowers, video

You know the Datura inoxia plant that is growing in a crack in my driveway? Do you know who loves the blooms? Bees.

They love them so much, they can't even wait until they open to rummage around in them.

hummingbirds do not like to share

>> Friday, August 5, 2011 – birds, hummingbirds, video

One of the things I love most about summer is hummingbirds. I love seeing them feeding on the flowers in my garden, love hearing them twitter overhead as I'm working out there. I love their curiosity and their fearlessness.

What I don't really like is their manners. They just don't like to share.

Cicada videos

>> Monday, May 30, 2011 – insects, video

Although there are still some emerging, the cicadas are in full find-a-mate mode, which means noise. Loud, loud noise. (If you're not sure what I'm talking about by "emergence", click here to read my posts about these 13-year cicadas in St. Louis.)

I've captured some videos to help you get a sense of it. I recommend cranking up the volume or listening to them in headphones.

Whoa deer!

>> Friday, December 3, 2010 – deer, video

Deer in my yard is not an uncommon occurrence. I've written about the deer that come through daily, nibbling bamboo and other plants. I've talked about the less-than-healthy deer too. So seeing deer in the yard is not a big deal anymore. Seeing an adult male deer though, that's something quite uncommon and exciting.

About a month ago I was able to capture this young guy on video. Not the largest deer you'll ever see, but not bad for a suburban yard I'd say.

Bamboo removal timelapse video

>> Sunday, October 3, 2010 – bamboo, timelapse, video

This past week I've posted a few times about a big bamboo removal and planting project (there's really no such thing as a small bamboo removal project). I mentioned that I would be posting a timelapse video of the entire project "someday soon".

After much experimenting, "someday" is here -- today is the day!

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