Category Archives: Plants

The Rock is done!…… er…

Posted on June 21, 2021 by kimerer_brian

Last time I posted, we left The Rock just short of its destination. Well this weekend we did the final move into the hole that will become the new garden. The hole is where a tree fell down a couple … Continue reading →

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Rock

Posted on June 20, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Maybe that should be more like… ROCK!!! So…. here is the backstory on the rock. Take a look at the thermometer. Got that? Now hold that thought. So, the kids (wife and son) went out in that weather to plant … Continue reading →

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Jack-in-the-pulpit

Posted on May 8, 2020 by kimerer_brian

Looking for a sign of spring? How’s this? That is, of course, a Jack-in-the-pulpit, however with a slight difference. This one is an Arisaema sikokianum, the Japanese Jack-in-the-pulpit. According to the Wikipedia, and it has to be true if it is from the … Continue reading →

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Spoth

Posted on March 23, 2020 by kimerer_brian

It has been a while since I have posted a SPOTH. So here is one that just bloomed. That’s pretty gnarly. The flowers aren’t all that strange though. In case you want to know what it is, here is the … Continue reading →

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Woollybear Ate my SPOTH

Posted on September 19, 2019 by kimerer_brian

We found a disconcerting guest in our basement….. a woollybear taking a nap next to a former SPOTH. The decapitated plant in the pot used to be a SPOTH. Here is a closer look. On the left, you can see … Continue reading →

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Volunteer SPOTH

Posted on August 25, 2019 by kimerer_brian

We have a volunteer SPOTH growing in our Alpine Garden. This is our Alpine garden: The Alpine Garden is basically a pile of rocks that contains plants that usually grow on rocky mountain tops.  They are very hardy plants that … Continue reading →

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Groundhog ate our cheese squash

Posted on August 23, 2019 by kimerer_brian

Sometime yesterday, or the day before, the local groundhog got into our garden and did this to our baby cheese squash. We had nurtured the plant from when it was just a seed. That squash was supposed to be our … Continue reading →

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World’s Tallest SPOTH

Posted on August 19, 2019 by kimerer_brian

We have the world’s tallest SPOTH growing in our house. Check this out. Here is the pot that it is growing in. So we look up to see where the top of the plant is. Keep looking up. Look up … Continue reading →

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SPOTH

Posted on July 10, 2019 by kimerer_brian

It has been a while since I have posted a SPOTH, so I thought I would add one today. If you are new to this blog you might not know what a SPOTH is, so I have supplied a link … Continue reading →

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Pushing Spring

Posted on January 27, 2019 by kimerer_brian

It is still January, and here in New England we are very far from spring. But one of the plants in the basement has decided to push it a bit anyway. That is a very blue flower. The official name … Continue reading →

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