Enjoy this garden shed miniature model. The scale is 1 inch = 1 foot. Note the copper penny in the foreground placed there for scale.
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Early Bee Gets the FlowerEarly Bee Gets the Flower
A wonderful closeup of a bee feeding on a wildflower in 92131.
Photo submitted by S. Newton
Fritillaria bifloraFritillaria biflora
With all the rain this season flowers are starting to bloom around Miramar lake. This lily (Chocolate Lily) is native to Baja and southern California but I do not recall seeing it before in this location. Send your photos in for our 2023 Wildflowers of 92131 and they will be posted in the Gallery.
Garden Photographs of the Year 2023Garden Photographs of the Year 2023
Click the link and enjoy some spectacular images.
Competition 16 Results – International Garden Photographer of the Year (igpoty.com)
Plants that sustained the British EmpirePlants that sustained the British Empire
There are many plants that fit this description, e.g. tea, anyone? or cinchona the source of the anti-malarial medicine quinine, but here is one I did not know. Gutta percha. By the late 1800’s the British Empire was the largest to have existed, spanning the globe from England to India, Malaya, Australia and Canada. Communication by boat took weeks or months. The invention of the telegraph and the unique properties of Gutta percha enabled the empire to remain manageable well into the 1900’s.
Enjoy this short video from the BBC