WiseAcre Gardens

1. Locate the nest

2. Restrain boulder with chain and attach one end to truck

3. Drag boulder from nest

4. Get the boulder to sit on the rollers

5. Use long steel bar to encourage co-operation

6. Sweat and Swear

7. Jam bar under the back end of the boulder and lift easing it forward

8. Move and place rollers as necessary

9. Repeat steps 7 and 8

10. Repeat steps 7, 8 and 9

11. Goof Off if no one is watching

12. Repeat steps 7, 8, 9 and 10

13. By now you should be satisfied with it’s position

14. Repeat step 11

Now there’s a load in your ‘pants’. I can’t begin to identify this bee-fly that’s been working so hard. At first glance it looked like a fly of some sort with that green body. A second then third look reveled what looks like a bee-hind. But I still can’t get over the ‘pantaloons’ with that huge load of pollen.

I’d be guessing what variety of Purple coneflower this is. I was hoping I had it marked in the catalog that I have yet to discard. But my record keeping doesn’t amount to even a scribble. It is an Echinacea, it survived the winter, it grew well and the flowers are great. Now I need to keep going back to the nursery until I can identify more to bring home.

And next time I’m going to make sure I remember it’s name.

Hopefully someone can identify this colorful worker. Each photo links to a 1024 x 768 image for a closer look.

If you like - Right Click the large photo and chose to make it your Desktop Wallpaper. If you would like one re-sized to your computer resolution - make a comment and say what size. I’ll post a link in my reply to the requested sized image.