Photo description: three-leaf clover with almost hour-glass shaped leaves
In looking for four-leaf clover, I found a different kind of leaf in another patch in the front yard that has inverted curves on the sides of the leaf, which make the leaves look hour-glass shaped. Clover is a good nitrogen fixer for soil and good companion for grass. And makes for interesting discoveries.
Here are two more opportunities for clover gazing. (Hint, think squares instead of triangles when looking for four-leaf clovers.)
Photo description: closeup of a patch of cloverPhoto description: same patch of clover as above, with a five-leaf clover circled in red, and a four leaf clover circled in blue
Let’s go again.
Photo description: same patch of clover a couple days laterPhoto description: same picture as above with the five-leaf clover circled in red, and four-leaf clovers circled in blue, purple, and yellow
The mossarium I made in a case was not doing well. I tried adding a plant light and it was too much for some of the moss. After six months of steady decline, I decided to clean out the container and put in something else. I have a young African violet that I received from a friend that currently fits.
Photo description: small African violet sitting in a leaf shaped tea light saucer on a variety of rocks and stones inside a closed glass terrarium
My poor spider plant has been neglected for a while, and left to its own devices for everything but water (I do water it twice weekly). I got a bee in my bonnet and finally gave it a good clean up, including trimming dead leaves and separating out the babies.
Photo description: the aftermath of my spider plant cleaning frenzy, a tangle of leaves and stalks on the floorPhoto description: cleaned up spider plant hanging in the windowPhoto description: old canning jar filled with water and spider plant babies
When the spider plant babies root out, I’ll plant them in another hanging pot. I did select the longest leaves from the pile of discards and are letting them dry so I can attempt to make some twine from them eventually.