Took a drive through Starved Rock State Park yesterday to look for bald eagles. Only saw a few here and there along the Illinois river. Some were flying, some were perched in the bare trees over the water. This one, a juvenile, was sitting in the snow picking at what might have been a fish.
Did you know it takes five years before a bald eagle gets it’s white plumage?
I’ve been listening to all the hype about Winter Storm “Q” for about two days now and that by the time it reached my area, there would be at least 6 – 8 inches of snow.
Well it was just starting to snow when I went to bed last night, so when I woke up this morning I looked out my window to see how much we had gotten… this is what I saw.
Only one deer hoof deep…..
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| Convallaria majalis |
Lily of the Valley,
A wonderful ground cover for shady places. Sweet smelling flowers in early spring that turn into poisonous red berries. Plant this invasive little beauty where you can keep it under control and out of the way of curious children and pets.
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| Prairie restoration at Starved Rock State Park, Utica, IL – Late Winter |
Hurry Spring! I’ve had about all the brown I can take!
Working hard on that new list of tomato and pepper plants for Spring!
Last chance to add to it! Leave a comment here or at my site LilsGarden.net
I laugh when I see violets listed in garden catalogs.
In my garden, it is a weed! But I love them anyway and usually let them have their way in my flowerbeds. They tend to take over where other perennials wont grow and make a nice ground cover.
A tiny beneficial wasp who’s name I’m not positive of. I did a search on the internet and came up with –Ichneumon Wasp (Ichneumonidae). She’s about as long as my pinky fingernail or 6mm ( I don’t have long fingernails).
They are harmless to us but deadly to the cabbage worms and aphids that eat my perennials!
To me, the insects are just as interesting as the flowers!
Go here to see the opposite end of the scale for black wasps in my garden -> Giant Black Wasp
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