A couple of weeks ago I captured a picture in the backyard of The Gargoyle & Bunny and I thought that was really Neat – well, today The Gargoyle had yet another visitor … Mr. Hawk
Seems like they are conversing … Spooky LOL
I did notice the Yarrow and Echinacea purple (Coneflower) both perennials that I planted last year have resurfaced for their second year!
I had the dehydrator cranked up again today since cantaloupe was on sale and I bought 2 … dried one and also decided to take 2 roses and put them in the Excalibur dehydrator and see how they dried. I have tried 3 methods of drying now – silica gel, air drying and now the dehydrator. The major difference with the dehydrator is they retained their color much more – the redness didn’t seem to fade as much as with the other 2 methods.
Roses after a couple of hours of the Excalibur –
Lastly, I googled peanut shells since I bought a 5 lb. bag of peanuts and thought the shells would make a great mulch…..Good thing I checked this out – totally the opposite – Do not use peanut shells as a mulch … following is a great article on Mulch!
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/horticulture/veg-mulch.html
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