Accessible Gardening: Practical Matters for Physically Challenged Gardeners #15, 1 by Amargia

Amargia wrote:
Ah-h-h, that’s sad, Vickie. Kittens have a perilous existence the first few months. We bought a cute little silver and black tiger-striped from the pet store. She was sickly from the start and died within the month. I’ll never get another kitten from the pet shop.

That is Lycoris radiata , Sheri. There are so many flowers with the common name spider flowers. I have to admit it looks more spidery than Lycoris squamigera which is what I always called spider flower. We’ve settled on calling L. radiata “spider flower” and L. squamigera “surprise lily. .We are agreed unless a true lily known as “spider lily” shows up. lol.

We are prepping for Tropical Storm Isaac. It is expected to be Hurricane Isaac by this evening. It looks like it is going to make landfall along the Mississippi coastline at the moment. Isaac is a big guy. We will be catching the feeder bands. More heavy rains and we are already saturated. Flooding is our concern, not the winds. Hope it brings some rain to Texas and Arkansas.

The Culligan man came a few days ago so we have a good supply of drinking wanter. Checked the generator this morning. Plenty of groceries so we are ready. Kay is out doing what can be done to lessen erosion damage. We have had an unusually wet August.

It has been cool enough the tomatoes have started producing again. Beans and peas are in the ground. Still isn’t cool enough to start the fall and winter crops. Another two weeks, probably.

Not sure of this ones name is it popped up on Sunday got it's picture. Hope and Prayers for all who may get hit with the Hurricane. (JIM)