tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38792493658175158402024-03-13T02:04:13.830-07:00Dinu's YardenSee what goes on in my Yarden, mostly about plants, insects or birds. Yarden = Garden + Yard.Dinakar KRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10148152470155668711noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879249365817515840.post-65502078457109897672014-08-05T23:02:00.005-07:002014-08-05T23:02:53.930-07:00July-August Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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July, tomato plants starting to reach for the supports. Coriander [cilantro] in two parts of the bed.<br />
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Zinnias starting to grow up.</div>
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Zinnias and the new set of Cosmos picotees. </div>
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I resowed those cosmos seeds after the first batch of seedlings was attacked by mealy bugs. I sprayed soapy water to the adjacent Jaquemontia vine which was the only one infested by mealys. It came under control and started to bloom again in 2 weeks.</div>
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Geranium threw up a lovely set of flowers.</div>
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Time for Jasmine [we call this as <i>Jaaji</i> in Kannada]. </div>
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Jaquemontia vine near the pond continues to bloom in profusion, much to the delight of our milkman Subramanya also. He sees the overhanging plant [cows prune the extras] from the street outside and he admires "they are like blue lights". </div>
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A shot taken of the yard from near the Plumeria tree. See the Scarlet O'Hara vine in pink bloom growing on my pipe trellis. Those blue pipes had warped and I used the warps on the four pipes to make this tower!! I put jute rope for the vine to grip as it climbs.</div>
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Balsam plants are doing well. </div>
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Zinnias continue to show good signs of healthy growth, so are the two plants in pots there - Angelonia and Bachelor's Button.</div>
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About 20 days later, same view. Zinnias taller and in bloom.</div>
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French Marigolds I direct-sowed in this bed near the pond have been doing nicely. I put in the extra zinnia seedlings in one row behind. The plastic trellis holds Quamoclit and Orange Noah. </div>
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I had the most delightful surprise on 21st July. The Nymphaea 'Red Flare'.</div>
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I thought it was gone but it had risen like a phoenix. The last it bloomed was in my first pond 6-7 years ago!! I removed the overgrown blue lily from the pond 3 months ago. May be this had been dormant ever since it was shifted, I cannot tell. Now I know that this lily has bronze green leaves, a little different from the leaves of the blue lily which is just green. </div>
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Come August the grand Zinnia show. I sowed more seeds this time. I put supports to prevent the plants from toppling in the rain and wind gusts.</div>
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The opposite bed of Zinnias are also getting ready to show their colours.</div>
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This is a pleasing colour.</div>
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The Orange Noah flower after a light morning drizzle. </div>
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Morning Glory - Grandpa Otts doing nicely on the small bamboo tower - the plants are in the pot.</div>
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Notice my 'lawn'. It is nothing but Bermuda grass, loved by the cows. I put the clippings out and the cows wait for them from time to time.</div>
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This is in continuation of that project. One picture to start with from that project:</div>
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In this post, pictures are taken from the other side. Notice the earth and some greens - weedy grass and a stone slab. This stretch is about 26-28 feet. First stage was about 25-30%, done last December. Keep an eye on the 'shed floor' behind 'the mason' - you will see it again at the end.</div>
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Now take a look at how it looked just before I took up the second stage. Picture from the opposite side. I had added two more slabs that I got. Weedy growth and soil erosion was a problem and too much work, too often. </div>
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The best idea was to cover the larger portion with more slabs and fill up the ends with concrete. I was short of slabs. So I bought new 2x1 pieces - I needed six. Cudapa slabs. I had excavated earth on the sides and put in thick gravel.</div>
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Closer view of cudapa slabs and small gravel. Ready for cement filling.</div>
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The mason himself has to carry out every step - from planning, choosing materials, bringing them, moving them, mixing concrete, moving it to work place, do the job and also 'cure' the cement later! He also has to maintain the garden [just behind him in this picture ] all year round. Good thing is that he is a resident in the plot. It was sunny. So I gave him my late uncle's 1965 Khaki cap to protect his head.</div>
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Job done. He came the next morning and did the small portion that forms the entry to the garden space on the right. </div>
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Now about the shed floor I mentioned. After pavement work, the mason neatly filled the gaps between the slabs. This is an old photo taken after arranging the slabs. </div>
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Someone asked how this mason does the job. So here is a close-up of the 'finish', but just before the cement smoothness. Dry cement is sprinkled - best done after an hour - and worked with the trowel for smoothness. This requires some skill. Otherwise, the dry cement which picks up moisture will peel off and stick to the trowel while working. </div>
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The pavement is ready. This area was eating up lots of my time as weeds were growing too much. This also forms a protective extension of the platform on this portion of the house that stands on the brick foundation. </div>
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A new batch of Free first-aid course in homeopathy had started. Its venue was our house, year was about 2002 or 2003 and the weekly evening lectures were attended by a number of persons, every Saturday.</div>
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One such evening, I was sipping tea under our fiddlewood tree sitting on the stone bench as was my wont. It was well before the start of the lecture. Attendees had started to arrive. One person who had been attending saw me sitting there as he arrived. He recognized me and I recognized him as Ramesh [Kikkeri], my high school classmate. We were face to face after nearly 30 years. A very happy reunion happened. <br />
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Ramesh was a renown mischievous lad in those days and of the adventurous type. Everyone used to envy him just because his house faced the school gate, but milder ones were somewhat afraid of him just because he was of the always-up-to-something sort. <br />
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It did not take much time for us to know the many things we had in common as we began to meet often outside the lecture days.<br />
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One evening before the lecture, he came and sat beside me as I was sipping tea again. The fiddlewood tree had dropped hundreds of tiny flowers. I had swept them aside into a pile. This caught his attention. <i>“What a fine manure you have there!” he exclaimed.</i> Till that time, I was simply spreading them to the base of plants without actually knowing its value to soil. "Just put there, it will become manure" was what all I knew. Ramesh opened my eyes on 'composting'. The subject was also latent in me. But I came to know several other related things that I did not know before. This was to change the way I garden. I had just then become part of <a href="http://davesgarden.com/">Dave's Garden</a> and there was some scope for me to know more on the web. </div>
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<i>Another Fiddlewood tree in my portion on the right, Almond tree on the left. See fallen flowers. Most recent picture.</i></div>
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Just about that time, another old friend and schoolmate Ramaswamy, whose house is in a vast plot full of greenery, became <i>'more friend'</i>! Because he, Ramesh and I all seemed to be having the same interests but they were already veterans in subjects like rain water harvesting, energy conservation, environment protection, plants, trees and more. They had gained practical experience which I never imagined and I never had, because of their engineering background.</div>
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I began to observe in Ramaswamy's garden how he did not waste the branches, leaves and other things. I learnt more from him about how they break down and contribute to the earth. Why not I too do such things I thought, because I had some space then. I had stopped thinking of using inorganic manure which I earlier used sparingly. There was a huge load of dry leaves and other organic material from the trees at my disposal in our plot.</div>
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<i>Pictured before the almond tree was reduced to half its height. This is just about half the volume!</i> </div>
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I dug up a large pit and started to dump all the huge leaves from the almond tree that shed twice a year. I had to compress them with my weight into the pit. They were just dry leaves, the 'brown matter' as I learnt long later. Listening to the farmers’ programme on radio gave me more insight that 'green matter' also contributes to composting. The matter in that pit was ready in 6 months. I used to remove and stock it for my potted plants. The stuff was just like soil! I was amazed the first time I dug up the mature contents! Wow, I can create soil!! I also stopped burning up the dry leaves to dispose them, once I realized the value of this ‘green gold’, as one attendee of a later course expressed and asked me if he could have some for his garden. I happily gave him many bags of them as I had so much extra! <br />
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The plot underwent a division issue and my garden became half. Things became easier to manage our yard, but still the almond leaves became a problem due to lack of space to compost them. So I got the top half of the big almond tree cut down – to reduce the amount of leaves. The place I used to do became no longer mine. See above picture.<br />
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I had seen how Ramaswamy composted his kitchen waste and other 'brown matter'. I too did similar things to good effect. Ramesh is an organic farmer and an amazing fellow knowing many skills, <u>always up to something</u> as is his wont even now! He was to build a fuel-efficient boiler/hearth in our house for which fabricator Ramaswamy made the steel drum. And more recently we jointly did the plumbing work for our house - on the outside! Such is the versatility of Ramesh, but these are just a couple.<br />
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I am now composting kitchen scrap and most organic matter including spent coffee and tea powder, in my small way that suffices my garden requirement. I have made two small pits, each about 16x16x12 inches deep. One will be active and one waits to break down. I rotate the contents once in a while, but mostly I leave them as they are until the pit is full. When the lovely black powdery compost is created, I transfer it into bags or directly on to flower beds - it takes about 2-3 months. Results are nice. Moreover, my soil gets added with organic matter. Earthworms love this and I need not tell about the value of earthworms to the quality of soil. Composting has become a part of my gardening activity and worth every joule of effort! There are a few methods of composting, but this is my method. Also through Ramaswamy and Ramesh, I came to know about Mysore's Pinjrapole Society which sells 'vermicompost'. I have started to buy this also at times as a supplement to my own compost.<br />
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I had been longing for this beautiful vine, ever since the one I pruned - probably too much - 5 years ago did not survive. This is Senecio confusus, also known as Mexican Flame Vine and Orange Glow Vine.</div>
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So that Bev mail triggered my search for the Senecio on the web since it was not available in local nurseries. This vine was sold some years ago and I saw this in many people's gardens too, but not now. I wondered how people can overlook such a fine vine that does not ask for too much attention either. </div>
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After going round the vast collection of plants, I picked up a few plants and then asked the owner "Do you have Senecio...." Before I completed, he completed the plant name "confusus, Senecio confusus, yes I have." I was delighted, both in finding my plant and also the knowledge of the man with plant names. He went a few steps and picked up one. I bought two. The man here is putting my plants in the cover I had carried. I bought Verbena [trailing], an Angelonia and one other which he named as Heliotrope, but it was not. But he admitted that he was not sure. I am still to find its name. The lone flower had fallen off during my scooter-transit of 7 kms.</div>
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I had a place earmarked to grow Senecio near the wall. I had all hopes of finding it 3 months ago.<br />
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I needed a small trellis for it to climb up the wall. The 'ladder' was ready - a part of a crude arch I had got made in 2006. I fastened a nylon net [an old piece from my cricket club net] to the 'ladder'. The next morning, I planted the new vine in the ground as soon as the support was ready. </div>
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The other Senecio went for the arch near the pond. One side has Jaquemontia and the other has Morning Glory 'Grandpa Otts'. Since this MG is short lived, I will now grow the Senecio here and grow the MG anew in a pot. </div>
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I sowed Zinnia and Cosmos seeds the next day once the Senecio was in place. They sprouted nicely on the 3rd day. Hopefully, the new season will have pleasing colours. Bev has already dispatched a packet of Zinnia singles which she grew from the ones I had sent her. So one portion of the bed is reserved for them -towards the far end of this bed.<br />
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Rains in April end and May brought out the lovely blue of Jaquemontia. Taken early in the morning. </div>
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Our milkman Subramanya calls this as 'blue lights' and is his favourite too.</div>
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Hemerocallis fulva bloomed nicely for 15-20 days. A gift from a gardening friend in Jamshedpur, Jasmine who shares the same birth date.</div>
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Next to my pond I prepared this bed. I had bought some plastic mesh to try for the purpose of growing small vines. I used two 'vine support poles' one of my earliest garden projects [10-12 years ago] to erect this mesh. I planted volunteer seedlings of Cypress vine and Orange Morning Glory to grow on it. In the bed, I sowed seeds of Dwarf Cosmos along the kerb and in the centre, sowed a line of Marigold from seeds collected last year. </div>
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Look beneath the green gate. I replaced those 'hollow bricks' [left picture] with rocks [right picture] that I removed and needed a place to keep. </div>
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The pot of Epidendrum had overgrown roots. See there, it has been kept ready for some attention. It had not been repotted in many years and I think it is with me since almost 20 years now! </div>
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I removed the excess growth of roots and spent plants. The one half seen on the left and the one next to it were repotted last year. They usually bloom between September and April - long duration.</div>
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I also cleaned the excess growth in the pond. The old water lily plant had grown too big inside and it was removed. The younger plants will take over. Towards the bottom right, see how clear the water is. It can get clearer. I removed the thin silt on the 'level' there so that we can get a good view of the small fishes. </div>
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This small-pot stand was not being used properly. I painted it and kept it beside the brick container [near the pond] and displayed the cacti and succulents - just a small number of them. </div>
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That brick container that once held Evolvulus had been idle since a year. Now I filled with seedlings of Fortnight lily and other plants. Kept Hydrangea and Day Lily plants around it. This allows me to water all of them standing in one place! Now this is an option for keeping some pots around.<br />
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Red whiskered Bulbul perches on the wedge I provided near the birdbath. It is thinking of splashing into the water again. It just had one splash - the day was quite warm towards the end of May. </div>
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The tailorbird picks up cotton I provide just for that. Easy pickings for them as they need not waste time to search! It has a nest in a leaf of the almond tree. </div>
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A month ago I did some reshaping and had moved the birdbath under the Allspice tree. Regular visitors, esp. Red-whiskered Bulbuls did not locate it, but preferred the one I had kept under the tap opposite to it. The tailorbirds, great tit, mynas and crows had starting using. The new place did not help me either because it was not visible from my room window. It was time to move it again.<br />
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The platform for keeping pots had to be lowered because I intend to keep the larger pots in a line which will be heavier to handle. Picture below is of February. Keep an eye on the vertical poles - they also moved in. See where the birdbath was placed [next to the wall].</div>
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See the differences here. I have removed all the stones under the pot-platform, lowered the level. I placed bricks and removed stones I had stocked. The stones again moved out. Birdbath moved and a brick-step for placing pots next to the wall. </div>
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The arch was placed next to the barrel where Cherry Tomatoes will grow. Seedlings are ready. Garlic Chives came up to a pot [bottom right] from the ground. See the round bath below the tap - which is where bulbuls are coming. </div>
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See now where the vertical poles are. I took them in so that they can form side-poles to a possible screen to grow some vine on it. I've already placed the pots - the ones I had, now at lower level. Bigger pots will replace them in a month.</div>
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Picture on left shows the birdbath and bed around it - Zinnias and Cosmos will grow here. Part of it is having Cilantro [coriander] now. The small window at the back is from where I can see the birdbath now. I repaired the window shutters too. I can see it too from the nearest window too, next to the rain pipe to the right. Picture to the right is the passageway between the house and My Yarden! See the poles gone in. </div>
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Another view of the passage from a lower angle. The wooden beam was used as a lintel in the old structure we demolished for the new house [door of it is partly seen at the back]. Bullocks pulled it in the limestone grinding mill when the house was being built, 101 years ago! The holes in it indicate its use. Luckily it is not damaged by termites.</div>
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I can see like this from my room window, through the new mesh.<br />
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I was sipping tea Sunday evening when a brilliant idea crossed as I was looking the kerbed bed. It was crying for improvement. This picture is a work-finished one. I had used smaller and thinner kerbs. I had better ones. See. </div>
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These floor tiles made of clay were salvaged from the half portion of the house which was being demolished by the new owner following sale by brother. I pulled many such tiles from the debris for recycling. But about 80% went away to landfills :(. They were mostly from what once was our bedroom when I was in that portion. </div>
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The other side - they were made in The South India Industrials Ltd. more than 100 years ago! </div>
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Close-up of the laid tiles. I had tied a thread from end to end for level index.</div>
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Deadwood makes a nice perching place for the birds before they step in to the bath. They like to see around and confirm their safety before they dip and to wriggle water out after dipping. I put new sticks through it. They also perch on other things.</div>
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Emptied the water. Tilted to its long side, <b>mmmm.</b>.. holding with both hands, resting on the tummy and walked a few steps, ligaments connecting the jaws and collarbone [not precise] showing up, I kept it carefully on the bench you see there towards the left. <b>Ooof.</b></div>
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I scrubbed <b>chirrrr, shirrrr, ushhhh</b>, with soap and brush, left it to sun-dry as I completed other things.</div>
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The birdbath table top - a concrete slab [once a water tank lid!] - rests on 4 brick pillars. I had to lift the slab to place it carefully on the pillars.... again some <b>mmh...mhhh</b>. This was heavy too.</div>
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Tabletop ready, I brought the bath following the same steps.... but now using a few more <b>Mmmmmm'</b>s to draw energy as I was a few calories short by then! :) </div>
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Filled rainwater from the barrel - from Saturday night's heavy rain. The birdbath brim level was perfect to a spirit level requiring no fine-adjustments! </div>
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I hope the birds will locate and like the new place while I can see from the window - I forgot to tell that I also changed the window's insect mesh which was asking for a replacement. </div>
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There was nothing much to do in the main Yarden area, which is now covered by shade net to protect from the beating summer sun. But some useful things were done. The area is seen on the right. The passage next to it was cleared of weeds which grew from the few light rains last month and early this month. A morning glory flower blooms from a volunteer plant. </div>
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Same from opposite side. See shade net on top, the filtered sun - see how much it filters. I had also done some exercise to put proper downspout to the rain pipes. Now water will not splat from the bay balcony on to the passage here. It will smoothly fall on concrete.</div>
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Notice a small plant between papaya on the left and plumeria on the right. It is an ordinary red hibiscus. It was in a pot for 5 years. In fact, it was the host plant for some variety of hibiscus I had bought, but the grafted plant died and this survived. I made way for it by clearing up the extra rhizomes of Ginger [<i>kasturi arishina</i>].</div>
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I used a vintage stone cooking pot to keep a pot with Daylily in it. It is about to bloom. It is Hemerocallis fulva.</div>
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The water lily which had grown too long and big in roots have been removed. The old plant may not survive. It is in a tub. I cleared some silt and removed the extra water lettuce and hyacinths. I want to keep a water lily back. I have one or two smaller ones floating around.</div>
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There was a need to use this area properly. First I moved the compost pits a couple of feet away. It was here earlier. See carefully to the left of the plant in the white sac.</div>
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See where the pits have moved. I cover one half with a zinc plate. With this, I created a bed that has edges on both sides. I moved ginger [edible variety] next to the papaya, I brought a sugarcane plant from the small cover with soil and planted it behind the pits. And the 'Big red Canna' next to ginger. This area now looks organized. Nothing much grows here because of the presence of many small roots from the three trees within 12 feet from here. </div>
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Junk cum firewood cum empty pot area in that corner also is somewhat organized now as I have cleared up "true junk"!! *Smile*. See some morning sunlight on the wall - red!</div>
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See the pot stand in the foreground here. It was kept away in that junk area. Brought it out for use. I painted it too.</div>
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I closed my previous post mentioning about the new tomato ladders. I am extremely thankful and grateful to Ramaswamy [Ramu] who did the welding work. I had cut the pieces to size and given him. They are left overs from our new house project - construction steel - some are 6mm and some are 8 mm. </div>
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I had decided to paint all the ladders, many of which were done by Ramu the same way. This way, I cleared up the 'junked iron rods'. They will be put to use or stored neatly. "Cilantro Green" paint was available with me. April 20th I took this up and it took me 4 hours to do this job. </div>
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All items kept ready for painting. See paint tin on the high stool.</div>
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The new tomato ladder is about 7 1/2 feet high. Six of them. All painted. See also the 'trellis gate' and pot stand. The arrows of the trellis gate is from our old gate from the old house where I grew up. So it has some history. I salvaged the arrows from that wooden gate and got this trellis made using some of them.</div>
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The moisture supplied by the rain was just what I needed [because scooping soil is easier and no dust flies] to embed a few left over odd pieces of stones on the pavement and at the entry point to the Yarden/Eden. I was waiting for this modification till the rain barrel was in a better place. I had moved the barrel which I mentioned in my last post. </div>
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This is the passageway path, after the paving. To the right is the entry to the Eden, slightly raised, but not evident in this picture. </div>
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Now I'm inside the Eden. Look at the stones laid beneath the rain barrel - entrance.</div>
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My wild lawn - nothing but Cynodon dactylon - became greener after receiving rains. One of my 3 tyre planters are seen in this picture [foreground]. I have kept Billbergia pyramidalis in this one. </div>
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Inspired by other gardeners on Dave's Garden site where members had shared their beautiful birdhouses and colourful birds, I wanted to try one for our smaller birds here. So I looked for some easy projects to make one. I found a simple model for which just four pieces of wood, a plastic bottle [in cylindrical shape] and a stiff wire were required. For the wood, I used the crude pieces of my old toy projector [<a href="http://mysoreanmusings.blogspot.com/2013/12/film-projection-fun.html">an old story - click here</a>] and the other materials were on hand. </div>
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I was in the kitchen when I heard this little bird calling. When I looked out of the window, I got the scene I yearned for - a bird in my birdhouse!! After jumping a hop with joy, I ran to arm myself with the camera and carefully, partly opened the second door of the toilet that opened out to the yard side. The Great Tit was exploring possibility by surveying it! In fact, it turned out to be the only time it or any other bird visited! :( </div>
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My friend Bev in Mexico once wrote about what she does about the leaves that fell from her olive tree in her garden. It really thrilled me. We were exchanging some gardening issues when this point came up. It was September 2013 and the rainy season. I had written about the huge pile of the big leaves of our almond tree that come down twice a year. Some excerpts from that mail exchange:</div>
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<i>So you have lots of leaves with no where to go? You can send them to me. They make good mulch for the garden. What i do with leaves is dry them in bags outside in the sun. The bags are mesh like this... the bags usually carry quantities of fruit are orange plastic mesh. I like to get the leaves really dry so they are crispy and these bags are perfect for drying because they let the air flow through. The reason I like to dry the leaves first is to make sure they are not infested with bugs or worms, etc. When I know all the leaves are nice and crispy, I go around the garden shaking the bag up and down where I want the leaves to be. I can make pathways through the dirt that way and scatter dried leaves around plants etc. Wow I wish I had all those yummy leaves!</i> [She refers my almond leaves.]</div>
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<i>Dinu, you don't need storage space. The best place to hang them is outside in the sun. The bags weigh nothing even full of leaves. I hang them (or tack them) to the sunny walls where they will get sun and air. You want the leaves <b>nice and crispy, not moldy and wet.</b> You can hang them on the outside of your house, anywhere that is sunny. I don't have any hanging now because it is raining, a lot. We are having rain from hurricane Ingrid and tropical storm Manuel for at least the next two days. I can take a photo of the bags I use and send it in the next email. You can use any type of mesh material that will allow air to circulate. </i></div>
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First thing was to move the birdbath from near the garden gate which I did. The bird bath made way for the rain barrel and went up beside the Allspice tree as planned. The rain barrel [foreground] now shields view of the garden to some extent while creating some more space inside the yard. See picture below. </div>
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It was like this in March 2011.</div>
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A simple arch I had got done using construction steel some years ago was not being used. I brought it in with a hope of growing tomatoes around it. In the picture below, the birdbath on the brick wall is in place. I had thought of a step wall, but this was more suited. Hollow bricks to hold a concrete slab [which was originally our cement water tank lid] on which the stone birdbath is kept. </div>
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During this time, I have removed all the plants except a couple of tomatoes near which came the arch. </div>
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Now that the bed width had shape had been standardized, it was time for laying the mosaic stepping stones in the centre pavement. <a href="http://junkunjunk.blogspot.in/2012/10/vintage-tile-chips-rescued-and-reused.html">I had made the stepping stones myself</a> [click] using little waste tiles [removed from our workplace floor - see another post]. These had been waiting for a proper use after they were removed during the last 3 years, reasons I need not repeat.</div>
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The bulbuls were seen using the one which they did not use when it was done. The round birdbath, now kept under the tap - see a part of it in the picture below [on the left edge].</div>
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I had already removed the Thunbergia plant and its roots to make way for <i>Senecio confusus</i> seeds about which I mentioned in the last post. I sowed a small part [on 16.2.2014] to see if they germinate and start well in the summer months. </div>
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I had made the area clear by moving the Evolvulus 'Blue Daze' - a ground cover plant to the other side of the birdbath at the foot of the Allspice tree. </div>
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Picture above - I have already sown the seeds of Senecio after cleaning the soil reasonably of stones and adding a liberal amount of kitchen compost. The soil where the Thunbergia grew appeared to be nice. I have kept the plants in covers [for future plantings] around where I sowed, to keep the soil around also moist. Picture below is a close up view. I separated Fortnight lily seedlings from one cover into 5-6. There are a few more I put in temporary soil near the tomato plant. </div>
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This is more of a 'journal entry' than anything thrilling happening in the yarden. </div>
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I made a rough sketch after measuring the Yarden, MS Paint and Picasa helping me. My Yarden is flanked by two sheds and spans an area of 25x9 ft. The compound wall is about 7 feet high from the bed level. The by-lane is outside it on the west, so this portion gets the full thrust of the afternoon sun. The vines growing up the wall are also shown. The <i>Senecio confusus</i> is proposed to be grown where I have to remove the Thunbergia erecta, which has grown woody.</div>
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Necessities of my small yarden:</div>
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1. Two small stone benches for sitting and also standing to peep over the compound wall to the road outside. <b>Shaded gray.</b> I will rest my back to the wall.</div>
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2. To arrange pots and have more plants in this area. The other <b>gray rectangles</b>. Kadapa slab platform.</div>
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3. Rain barrels on either side to collect water from roofs of the sheds from both sides. <b>Blue circles</b>.</div>
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4. A <b>convenient passageway where I can squat and do work in the bed soil </b>- sowing, weeding, etc. <b>Unshaded area.</b> I intend to embed stepping stones or clay tile path - to reduce weed growth.</div>
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5. <b>Water tap.</b> It is connected to our OH Tank. Small blue circle with 'T'.</div>
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6. A small shady place for starting seeds, protected from rain and sun. [Not yet allotted a space].</div>
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7. Two entrances. <b>Marked E</b>. </div>
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8. Bottom right corner - <b>BB is Bird bath</b>, kept on a brick pile about 4 feet high.</div>
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9. The brown shaded areas. <b>Garden beds</b> for growing plants.</div>
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10. <b>Green rectangle</b> across is the place I plan to have a step wall to keep 3-4 pots. </div>
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11. I will keep the <i>Allspice tree</i> growing there for a bit of natural shade.</div>
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I had saved some 'good portions' of the mud from excavations during the new house construction two years ago. It was also used as base for RCC roofing. Most of it actually became my yarden which got raised by about 3-4 inches and some of the extra were stored around the fiddlewood tree in the front yard. The lot had plenty of cement grits.</div>
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On 14th and 15th January, I took up the laborious work to get rid of the cement grits from the front yard lot. I used a small hole hand sieve and got a full sack of fine soil. It is sandy to some extent, which is good for percolation. Most of the soil I got this way would go into the 10 big clay pots I bought a couple of months ago. In the coming season, I will have these as a new thing. Gladioli will no longer be grown in the beds, but in one of these pots.</div>
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I had done this sieving when I made the bed last season also. Since there were interruptions, I could not plan the beds properly. Now after moving a few stone slabs and removing clutter from the yarden, it was time to <b>widen the bed and have a proper bed</b>. The next gardening season will be better organized.</div>
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I was munching fresh chickpea sitting on one of those stone benches. A grand idea flashed. Action! A narrow granite stone slab for keeping pots was put up. It was a side piece of the slab we bought for the new house front doorstep. Some slabs were rearranged. I had become Popeye after having chickpea, not spinach!! Energy and strength!! :) Picture shows the slab in place and also the pots I have moved here under the shade net to protect from the summer sun which is going to blaze between February and May. </div>
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All the spent plants had been removed last month. I had planted some <i>Evening Primrose</i> in a 3-ft. bed. It occupied nearly 15% of the total area and had started to send its underground runners all over. I thought it could be invasive and not allow me to grow other plants in the small space. I removed them. But there are a few in two small pots. </div>
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I have to remove <i>Thunberbia purpurea</i> which is very nice. I had just put it with the root ball and covered with soil when I moved the plants from the other portion which we vacated in 2009. It must be saved from cuttings and grown in some other place. The colour is deep. So I do not want to lose it. In its place, I want to grow <i>Senecio confusus</i>, seeds of which have been sent by my good friend from Mexico, Beverly. Her Senecio vine has been successful in producing viable seeds from which she has grown a few seedlings already.</div>
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Plenty of earth/mud was excavated to lay the foundation of our adjacent new house [not moved there, but continue to live in old one]. A large quantity of mud was used for the support platform of RCC roof. After curing, this was dismantled. A large pile of mud, which is usually disposed as debris got accumulated. I retained some of the good portions to be recycled as garden soil since most of it was good red earth, but now a mixture of small stones, cement grits and sand -easily separable.<br />
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Notice the pile of mud in the above picture. Earlier batches were having too many wastes and so I allowed it to be disposed as land fill debris. That is the lot I asked the worker to dump in the yarden, inside the white compound wall you see there. By that time, I had planned the garden area after it had become free of junk and other construction materials. I had myself passed it through a mesh [which became the window of the garden tool shed] to remove the bigger debris as I had no time to do it properly with a sieve at one go. </div>
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When I started gardening last year with this new area, I sieved the entire bed soil to get clean soil. I had added vermicompost and got good results. </div>
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The condition will further improve with the addition of more of it. My yarden stands raised by about 3-4 inches higher than the passageway. </div>
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A small extra portion had been dumped around the Fiddlewood tree in the front yard. On 14th and 15th January, I decided to clean the area near that tree base which had got cluttered with several things and for this I had to remove the stored mud.<br />
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My gardening story in detail is in the very earliest posts in this blog series. It had its beginning in the old house which now no longer exists. During the young days, besides a rubber hose pipe, two tools were always handy in the yard. I grew up handling them for many years. </div>
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One was a hoe-pickaxe illustrated above. It was a small but wonderful tool, its slender wooden handle was simple, sturdy and beautifully rounded. One fine day, it was not found near the bushes where it was sometimes left. Someone had stolen it climbing the tall compound wall. The heavy, black rubber hosepipe was also went missing the same night.</div>
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The second tool was the small hand rake with four curved teeth. It is still in use after probably 50+ years, even having lost one tooth during service. I have it displayed in the above picture - next to the blue handle trowel. The water can is also vintage with its 'shower flower' being of my time. </div>
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Soon after the hoe-pickaxe was stolen, we were handicapped. My grandfather was alive then. So he requested his favourite client Salar Masood Sahib on Ashoka Road to buy a replacement for it. He did so, but it was of low quality. You can see it in the above, with a rubber grip and one 'finger' folded! I bought a good rake a 8-9 years ago. You see 4 other tools. A small pickaxe and a small mason's trowel. The large trowel as broken by some mason during work some years ago. We had a hedge clipping scissors which had broken. My friend Ramu got its handle fixed to the trowel. The round thing on the right is a broken saddle frame of the bicycle - handy for piercing potted soil and removing weeds.</div>
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The garden tool shed I made by recycling old doors and a grill [not seen here, but in a different post in detail]. I store all of them here, which earlier was inside the house in corners and passages.</div>
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Every gardener has his favourite tool. I am no exception. <a href="http://dinusyarden.blogspot.in/2012/09/rare-visit-of-gardener-from-usa.html">When Kenton visited me from the USA in 2010,</a> he wanted to know which are my favourites and I showed these. </div>
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"The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for Him there." - Sir George Bernard Shaw. </div>
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Termites had attacked the pole and even climbed up to the board already weather beaten for 100 years. I had wanted to move it since long, but where? Now I found a necessity and a new place for it.</div>
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The base of the pole had been chewed by termites and it was standing precariously. I thought I was in time to save it. When I examined it while removing, the back of it had been hollowed in many places. It has some more life left. </div>
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See the black line across and above the compound? That is the new telephone cable pipe I put up with the help of cousin Subbu. The old cable runs across the yarden you see here. Just out of picture on top. I wanted to have it in proper condition. So I requested our old neighbour Upendra who is in the telephone dept. to get some cable which he did a month ago. He will be requested to connect the ends now that the cable is in place. Why that old cable was across the yarden is another story I will not touch. </div>
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Now that cable had to cross the yarden passage. My plan to have something like an arch near the gate and bird bath was long standing. So this need gave me the shot in the arm to also display the weather beaten board differently. There were two important needs. 1. To support the telephone cable [instead of it loosely hanging] that had to cross the passage and 2. To display the 'Dinu's Eden' board there. </div>
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I got two termite eaten wood pieces salvaged from the other half of the property while the building was being torn down. The pole wood was made to fit into the GI pipe supporting the gate and another piece across on top connecting the wall. </div>
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View from the other side - see the cable pipe - rather crude looking at this time. I ruled out the underground method, but in the end chose the overhead one. Ah, here in these two pictures you can see the old cable across, running haphazardly. That will be removed once Upendra connects the new cable. </div>
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It was not moving. Next day, I saw it still in the same position, but it seemed to be sticking silk at its rear end, which I felt was upside down. So with the knowledge given by my Mexico-living friend, Beverly, I now knew it was preparing itself for making its chrysalis.</div>
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The chrysalis was just below the corniced top of the compound wall. I felt a need to give some protection from the birds as it was prominent. I had hung up a cloth covering shielding its view. I kept a watch every day. On 22nd December evening, I checked for any change in colour. There was a hint which meant that eclosion would be very very soon. Beverly had written it would be about 7 days.</div>
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Today, 23rd December, first thing in the morning, I went to see. There were wing patterns visible through the now transparent chrysalis. </div>
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Since it was 8.40 am it was late. So I rushed in for my quick ablutions. When I was about to leave for work, I saw that it had already showing its wings!! I rushed in again to take a picture and ran in to keep the camera back in. I buttoned my shirt while leaving in a hurry! I was yet again, Dagwood Bumstead. </div>
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There was the second one below the compound cornice again. Yesterday I knew it would emerge today. It was in its chrysalis on 21st December morning. Today, 24th, it emerged. Just 4 days. Cool temperatures. I was there as if waiting for the moment. 8.10 am. Hand held, I shot a series of pictures at intervals for about 15 minutes and then went for breakfast. <b>See the "slideo" </b>- this is another new word I coined just now!! Howzzat? See:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoG5KB6bw80&list=UUxvABuHdux16tcq46MziJHA&index=2"> [Click}</a></div>
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This is the backdoor facing the tool shed. It cried to be painted since 40 years. The cry was finally heard but it got its due in its different location. I did a small pavement leading to the Yarden from this door which I showed in my other blog. The wall around this door also needed to be painted for the first time being a new wall.</div>
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Having bought a packet of seeds at the Lalbag Nursery as Mexican Sunflower, I expected it to bloom in red, but this turned out to be yellow. Checked the web and found that there was also the yellow and I did not know it!! But this is profusely blooming. </div>
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Drier months of winter [December-January] will encourage pests. Some plants are prone to be attacked. This is the Gaillardia flower. The ant needs its sweet substance and it knows it has a supply on mealybugs already appeared.</div>
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The favourite Jaquemontias are all in nice bloom. This is near the gate.</div>
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There was some work that needed bricks, to keep stone slabs like seats/benches for the new house also. So when I was with the brick dealer, I just asked him where we could get some 'cement pots' because that was also the plan when we embarked on this trip to the Ring Road. I needed those pots. He showed in some direction that someone sells them there and quickly added that he had some clay pots if I needed them. We were shown one sample and were told that there were a hundred in stock on the balcony. This was almost just the size I had in mind, probably a shade bigger would have been better, but I thought of buying them. The bricks were already ordered. I chose ten pots by checking if there was any crack because they were from a place called "Kundapur" which is near the west coast, some 200 kms away. Soon the bricks and pots were on their way in a three-wheeler luggage vehicle. I do not have enough soil for these. Have to buy new red earth when I start to use them for the next season. It cost eighty rupees each. They look good.</div>
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A caterpillar was spotted on the compound wall. In two days, it had made a chrysalis. It should be of the Common Jezebel which I showed in my recent post. I will watch this out in the next two days.</div>
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So I borrowed Ramu's saw again to the the branches I had brought down with the same lovely saw some weeks ago. This time I took a close-up of the teeth to see why the saw saws nicely! </div>
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The bigger pieces had to be chopped with an axe. I have a vintage axe that is heavy. Its edge is blunt and has a curvy handle made from a guava branch. Because of its curvy shape, sometimes I miss the mark as the axe itself is heavy and it takes a slight tilt while it is coming down. I had to compensate by holding the grip more firmly.</div>
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Chickpea season has begun and this is the first supply. Almost always, these caterpillars are found as chickpeas are host to certain butterflies or moths. </div>
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This time I was having a dose of my post-breakfast coffee when I went near the pond. I happened to observe the Plain Tiger fluttering about, sitting on a plant for a second and changing its place to other spots, but it was coming often to the Asclepias plants where quite a few of these had emerged from the chrysalis. Now the Asclepias plants - I have four young plants - are throwing up new leaves after those caterpillars completely devoured all the leaves. </div>
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I noticed that this Plain Tiger when it was sitting on the edge of leaves, it was curling its abdomen and touching the undersides with the tip. I thought it must be laying eggs.</div>
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I went closer and examined one such leaf. Lo and behold! There was a tiny tiny egg. </div>
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I carefully checked other leaves and there were many such tiny creamish eggs! I saw it laying one on the stem.</div>
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The tiny new caterpillars that will come out will know food will be right there! New leaves are appearing. They leave the eggs where food for the caterpillars will be available very close as they will be quite tiny. </div>
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This is of course the female butterfly. Note the 3 dark spots clearly visible here. The male will have one more spot. See next picture of a male just emerged.</div>
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Another shot of that female taking a pause between egg-laying flights. By this time, I had fully emptied my coffee.</div>
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I was familiar with the Common Jezebel since a few years. When it flutters high near the tiny flowers up on our tall Fiddlewood Tree, I can recognize this. It neither comes down much nor sits anywhere on smaller flowering plants closer to the ground, at least as far as I have observed in the last 5-6 years. So I had to content with long shots.</div>
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This was really high up, zoomed to the camera's max. So is the picture below. Both shots of Fiddlewood flowers. They love its nectar and the flowers are very fragrant.</div>
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On 23.11.2007, I saw one just above my eye level resting on a big leaf of the Almond Tree. This was the first time I was getting a close look. And I had the camera on hand. Slowly, slowly I approached it closer. It stayed still. I was like a thief looking to rob some macro photo-shoots! I kept clicking lest it should fly, until my camera lens was as close as two inches! I wondered why it was so still! A little while later, I guessed that it must have become a butterfly just then after I saw [by enlarging the shot I took up close, on camera playback] the fresh matt-finish wings getting to dry. This was the shot.</div>
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I had shared with <a href="http://davesgarden.com/">Dave's Garden</a> one more shot that I cropped, showing only the wing colours and pattern. A friend, very impressed, by name Nancy saw my posting. Soon, I was sending her a couple of good resolution photos because she wanted to use one of the pictures as a special greeting card. She was kind enough to print and send me 4 of them with different colour backgrounds. Here is one:</div>
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This post is dedicated to Nancy Polanski, because the Common Jezebel always reminds me of her beautiful gesture and greeting card. </div>
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Four days ago, i.e., on the morning of 21.11.2013, I went to the stone bench beside the pond, with coffee in hand as is my wont,. This magnificent butterfly was on the leaf of Jaquemontia growing on the arch next to the pond. As I sat, it was in level to my shoulder. So I now knew - from the Plain Tiger experience - that this was another newly emerged butterfly if it were to sit still like that and that too so near to ground level. This time, I had to run in and return with the camera. What followed for the next 45 minutes was joy. My coffee got cold mid way. </div>
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There was one empty chrysalis seen towards the left here but that was of the Plain Tiger. I was to discover its chrysalis the next day. I wanted to have close shots but there were shadows where it was. So I held a dry leaf at its feet. It crawled up on it. I carried it slowly and held it up in sunlight. I allowed it to crawl on to an Agave leaf. But it could not hold on. It fell down from there after I took a few quick shots. I suddenly remembered Beverly [from the post on Plain Tiger]. She had written that these will need to 'hang' down in which position fluid from the abdomen runs freely into the wings and make it rigid for flight. I also observed later that its feet are hook-like at the tip to enable them to hang and grip. </div>
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I took shots in all sort of lighting while I made sure it stayed face up. It flew and sat on the gate as if to test its wings.</div>
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Newly painted gate, retains its sheen!</div>
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Picked it up on the grass again. This time, for a back-lit shot of the wing, held against the sun.</div>
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Newly opened wings will appear like freshly pressed shirts opened from its folded state and will have pronounced mat finish. The latter is not noticeable to the naked eye. Thanks to technology we are able to see so much beyond the eye's ability. <i>So do not forget to click on the picture below.</i></div>
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I wished it good luck and good bye and went my way, leaving it safe and comfortable on some plant.</div>
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Next morning, I went back to the place where I had found it, in search of its empty chrysalis. There it was, just where it lay hung. It was beneath the leaf. Before that, I had googled to see how it looked. So I had an idea. Here it is:</div>
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Thank you Nancy and Beverly.</div>
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The caterpillar had made a chrysalis on the morning of 6th November, which I posted in the previous entry. </div>
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On 13th morning, I was in for a big surprise. Surprise, only because I could not properly identify the caterpillar from its pattern and also had got misled by the swarm of Blue Tigers. That had led me to think only of Blue Tigers! Again, I was sipping my coffee near the pond. The same chrysalis which was green the previous evening was now this: </div>
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A dramatic metamorphosis overnight! All the while I had thought it was of a Blue Tiger.</div>
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When such a drastic change had taken overnight, I knew it would emerge sooner than later. Four caterpillars had pupated last week. And all four had turned brown now. Leaving the coffee on the bench, I rushed in to bring the camera. In just two minutes........ this!</div>
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One fellow had already emerged in such quick time!! It was in fact, the <b>Plain Tiger </b>and <u>not</u> the Blue Tiger. I was ready for the next one which appeared to emerge any moment. I had quickly set up the tripod on the stone bench and it could be photographed in 'macro' at a height of about 9 inches. I was still sipping coffee while watching the chrysalis closely for any movement inside. </div>
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I was ready for live action! I clicked pictures every few seconds as action happened and in just ten minutes it had almost opened up its wings and was ready to start flying. The first one could not grip the wall and had fallen down. I had carefully made it to climb on to a dry leaf and left it safe. I did the same to this one, before it fell off the wall.</div>
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Here is the series of shots stringed together. <a href="http://youtu.be/f03Lvv8z7hc">[Click here]</a></div>
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Since it is a weekday, I had to leave for work. So, I went away after I had left the two new butterflies safely on the Jaquemontia plant [vine] a few inches from where they had emerged. When I arrived for lunch, I saw those two fluttering above the pond and nearby plants. In the evening, I could see two out of the four that had emerged happily flying about, leaving the empty, transparent chrysalis. </div>
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This is almost a continuation of my previous post on PlainTiger Butterfly Caterpillars. Today being a Sunday, I thought of 'catching some action' of how these caterpillars go into chrysalis. While sipping my morning coffee near the pond, as is the habit, I looked for these caterpillars. A few were still competing for their food as the Asclepias plants have been chewed away to such an extent that only stems are left to be chewed. Some caterpillars had fulfilled their food needs and were getting ready to pupate. I saw one already in the 'J' position. I thought it would take an hour or two for it go into chrysalis. So I went in to do some usual Sunday chores. </div>
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So I looked around if there were some more caterpillars getting ready. Yesterday I had seen one crawling on the Spider Plant leaf which I have kept in a pot very close to the Asclepias plants. I guessed they might have fixed themselves underneath as I have now known they look for some horizontal things. I was right. When I bent low to look underneath, I found three in the 'J' position!! </div>
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The two others that pupated just a few minutes ago and escaped me are seen in this picture. So I was able to focus on the one. I could see some movement every few seconds to push silk out. Any moment there would be 'action' that I waited for. Very soon, I saw the 'J' straighten out. I knew now this was the moment. </div>
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It would take about 10-12 days for the <b>'eclosion'</b> - emergence of a new butterfly from its chrysalis. This is also a word I came to know from Beverly. I have not been able to spot their eggs and the tiny caterpillars emerging, happening in an extremely small scale. Anyway, I hope the eclosion happens on a holiday. </div>
Dinakar KRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10148152470155668711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879249365817515840.post-18349031701966523952013-11-10T08:37:00.000-08:002013-11-13T02:47:43.425-08:00Plain Tiger Butterfly multiplies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7g3Ey0U9nioEIFisw2yq4BPL4jUjlusD7SaN0ws7bofXwQiSADc_EVeX93fEYlMcN7kglWo3kJazZ_DeAhDjr0XWtcCcu8-edilNW8mq8iZy8sLe9tQMD0OqLEXrSlTibImRO-yii00W/s1600/P1400553+(Large).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7g3Ey0U9nioEIFisw2yq4BPL4jUjlusD7SaN0ws7bofXwQiSADc_EVeX93fEYlMcN7kglWo3kJazZ_DeAhDjr0XWtcCcu8-edilNW8mq8iZy8sLe9tQMD0OqLEXrSlTibImRO-yii00W/s200/P1400553+(Large).JPG" width="200" /></a>In October, there was a swarm of Blue Tiger Butterflies crossing the Yarden and many stopping by for nectar on the Fiddlewood tree and other plants. Thousands of them were migrating to somewhere, from east to west. But there were other varieties also in countable numbers.<br />
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The Asclepias plants are near my pond. It is known to be a butterfly plant. I had seen a few rest on these young plants. One of the plants was flowering for the first time and some tigers were seen on these. That was in early October.</div>
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Dave's Garden in the meantime had given me another friend Beverly who lives in Mexico. This elderly lady is an avid gardener with a great love for butterflies. So before the Blue Tiger swarm in October, Beverly had shared quite a bit of information on how she tends to the caterpillars, takes care of their chrysalises and watches young and fresh butterflies emerge [it is called 'eclosing'] and fly away from her small garden. The worry was Bulbuls and Tailorbirds which can predate caterpillars. But Beverly wrote that the caterpillars would taste nasty to them because of the plant which is eaten by them... this is Nature's way of protection.<br />
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Though I had noticed one or two chrysalises in my Yarden some years ago, I had not observed them as closely as I did now. The garden was wild before all the changes that took place and there was no way I could keep track on activities of the little beings on their host plants. I used to wonder why the Tabernaemontana plant always suffered with curled leaves caused by some moth caterpillars. I did not know it was a host plant to a certain variety of moth especially. Now with inspiration and knowledge shared by Beverly, I no longer feel bad about leaves being 'used up' by the caterpillars. I am happy to be providing their food for their growth and being part of their life cycles!<br />
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Yesterday I posted how I moved my garden arch and what went on. Today was more relaxing as I wanted it that way for a change. The Blue Tigers were still crossing the Yarden today. Fiddlewood tree is in bloom now, as if to invite the grand flying guests. They were relishing the nectar from the tiny flowers, high up as the tree has grown tall. </div>
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On the right is the Great Eggfly, also enjoying nectar.</div>
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It is not often that I get to see two so close, normally, with the other butterflies. Since they were in great numbers, I could get two in one frame. They were about 15 feet up, taken with 12x zoom.</div>
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On the wall beside the pond, I saw one. It was a Common Jay. </div>
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It was there for an hour. I could get almost as close as two inches to get a macro shot and say hello to it.</div>
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The Common Emigrant that eluded me yesterday, was caught today, again on the Fiddlewood flowers, 10 feet up. </div>
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Can you see the Common Jezebel here? I have found this very difficult to photograph as it keeps flying and rarely comes low. They too are fond of those Fiddlewood flowers. </div>
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It was a working day but I was off today. In the post lunch, post siesta Yarden Session, I decided to prune some new growth of Almond Tree leaves. See how large the leaves can become!</div>
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Actually, these leaves can be used as food plates - disposable and hygienic. I have done this a few times too, during water crisis. The small branches that I had cut were put outside the gate. After some while I saw a man take the entire lot - to feed his goat/sheep/cow. They love the leaves, this time the leaves are fresh and nice. See the bundle in the background - the man is carrying it on his head, both the man and his head not visible.</div>
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Last evening, I had taken these two shots. From a distance, I could guess that they were Munias. </div>
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See Munia at the bottom of the frame.</div>
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This evening, a couple of them, actually 'Spotted Munia' flew in to have a drink in the water trough. I used 12x zoom and used flash as light was low. It was too far for flash, about 20 feet away and was wary of my presence. So I could not move much. </div>
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I had put the Texas Star Hibiscus plant [growing from seed sent by Dee, USA] into a small pot. It seems to be doing okay, so far.</div>
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Zinnias and Gaillardias doing nicely. I dead headed the Gaillardias yesterday and also collected seeds of Pink Star Morning Glory - there has been profuse seeding. </div>
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Finally, I could decide on where to put the beautiful arch which my old friend Meera [classmate since Class 1] has given me to use. It is one of the three arches she gave me after her property division and later moving to an apartment. After our house division also, there were problems accommodating them in their right places. Today's work was triggered by the breaking of the wider, curvy arch that broke under the fall of the branch of almond tree which I cut last month. It is mentioned in the previous post.</div>
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The arch was not in good use. I had kept it free without growing anything on it. See beyond the pond towards the right. The picture below was in May this year and see the striking Football Lilies. This is where I thought of moving the arch.</div>
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Took a picture from the same spot - through my room window - after moving the arch today. See the arch. </div>
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Also the purpose was to grow a Jaquemontia which was about to climb on the arch that broke. So I had to move this plant also. The Jaq should grow and fill the arch one half. The other side is free for growing the morning glories. Another view from the front. And you can see the broken arch in its present state - actually in three pieces, put away over the tiled shed roof! The third arch - let me call it as <b>"Meerarch" </b>- is beside the wall. It will also have Jaquemontia on the right and Clitoria double blue/purple on the left. </div>
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This project began early morning. There were interruptions. First I had to run an errand. I made it dual purpose as I also took the opportunity to meet an old classmate from my Class 1 days, Jothindra. It was a pleasant surprise for him as I stood in front of his gate. Today being Vijayadashami, it was a holiday for all here in Mysore. Spent a while and returned to continue with the arch work. </div>
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First I measured its width and it fitted perfectly across the football lily plants. Just two bulbs had to be removed. Then, dug up the earth and that was when the urgent errand had to be run. Now, the second session was also interrupted, this time with many butterflies flying across the Yarden. There were hundreds of Blue Tigers flying across as well, from east, westwards. There were others too. I tried to catch some of them on my camera [and also my glasses] which I kept handy on the scooter seat in the shed. </div>
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First, these Blue Tigers [Tirumala limniace] were in hundreds! No exaggeration. They are all over the city. But they would not stop over. I was happy when I noticed this one rather slow and resting on the dried up Aloe vera flower stalk. I was moving the arch at this time. The arch was leaned against the tree and the camera was grabbed from the scooter shed. Luckily it was still there. </div>
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Today is the last day of the joy-flights over the city, a special arrangement to attract tourists during Dasara festival time. Two small planes, in yellow and white [single and double seaters], kept flying almost right over my Yarden on each trip, . In the 9-10 days, the two of them have flown several times each day taking passengers for 15 minutes on each trip and returning to Mandakalli Airport, 10 kms south. These planes also interrupted my arch moving!! I had to take shots of these metal birds, a nice sight against the blue sky and they were flying low too.</div>
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This small Red Peirot was fluttering and fluttering, resting for just a couple of seconds. This was challenging! </div>
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This was a huge specimen, almost 4 inches across. The Great Eggfly [female], rested on the ground. </div>
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There was the Painted Lady, Lemon Butterfly, a skipper, Common Mormon, Green Triangle, Common Grass Yellow and Common Emigrant that I could not / did not photograph.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3e5JIFiP-xbC4THZJYq7vE3TnwU4V-L2zTsGG2CsOyKIrCmFuDuURsYqwg8-URB-oPDSgpScRyb05-M9FJapo-HLEQs9niwYfLddRnHfBmBrREwlEvtwPLtG3T4CDpWVU2kKBPzpowc8/s1600/House-2007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3e5JIFiP-xbC4THZJYq7vE3TnwU4V-L2zTsGG2CsOyKIrCmFuDuURsYqwg8-URB-oPDSgpScRyb05-M9FJapo-HLEQs9niwYfLddRnHfBmBrREwlEvtwPLtG3T4CDpWVU2kKBPzpowc8/s320/House-2007.JPG" width="320" /></a>Our Almond Tree in our Yarden has seen it all. It could be as old as the house itself, going by what people who have been associated with our family since its construction in 1911 have remembered. Whenever old relatives who have not returned to this place where they had been in their younger days in the 1920s, 30s and 40s met me they would inquire curiously if the Almond Tree was 'still there'! They referred to it as 'tree'. Most of them were from 1930s and 40s which testifies that it was already a tree at that time. See a part of the tree in all its glory in the 'greener months' of 2008. Pictured left with the house.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4OD8lH8dhZJJZ6ACxSVssnKpjlwBKkjEPEXmgGPVgrwgOAaLtnXcXO12NRrNE_H4BGa5QOEO1qBjovyM3yZQKBwLquew8KOzf3HExpmW2Yns-tYmogMXEpNM1dnA4VFJldJylmRP95gn/s1600/P1260247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4OD8lH8dhZJJZ6ACxSVssnKpjlwBKkjEPEXmgGPVgrwgOAaLtnXcXO12NRrNE_H4BGa5QOEO1qBjovyM3yZQKBwLquew8KOzf3HExpmW2Yns-tYmogMXEpNM1dnA4VFJldJylmRP95gn/s320/P1260247.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55335/"><i>Terminalia catappa</i></a> [click] is the botanical name of this Indian Almond variety. It sheds leaves twice a year, in March and September. </div>
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A huge amount of leaves would come down in the space of a week or ten days, twice a year. <br />
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That made me this.<br />
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After removal of the higher branches and half of the main trunk, the tree was now this size. See the top right portion of this picture taken in 2012 when work of the new house was going on.<br />
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The red leaves before fall is always a joyful sight against a blue sky, esp. when they were lit by the sun.<br />
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I cut up a leaf for fun.<br />
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Its flowers and fresh geeen leaves also made an interesting subject for photography.<br />
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It is a favourite tree for the tailorbirds to make their nests.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAkTVoYG2HSRZo8YqZ9wMOILqV03_XiOrSKMSjd7eYR-2ZzfhwgtPrEeUUo8XCIYXfKfHvs_88L33S-XcK7SSXSlFqACKVUQHrD_FY54BMPesKVJ3Dx6ihjdPRpP3I3fYAAd8XN_7OW4-/s1600/P1330845+(Large).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAkTVoYG2HSRZo8YqZ9wMOILqV03_XiOrSKMSjd7eYR-2ZzfhwgtPrEeUUo8XCIYXfKfHvs_88L33S-XcK7SSXSlFqACKVUQHrD_FY54BMPesKVJ3Dx6ihjdPRpP3I3fYAAd8XN_7OW4-/s320/P1330845+(Large).JPG" width="320" /></a>The Weaver Ants too were fond of these huge leaves to build nests folding up the leaf or joining a few leaves together.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4PQ3jhl8SokgBd4ujvM7Q55tHrxKuVtJ6y_GPx60gKK23Lg41Old6ua8XAdgqU5h8eSoYjpltOOdyZtPKaCCURTaZ85k_pcNxCxIdQp2FXV1ISILvef-feWzgi1Y332lVBDgVAb1aLGQ/s1600/6sat3-3-2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4PQ3jhl8SokgBd4ujvM7Q55tHrxKuVtJ6y_GPx60gKK23Lg41Old6ua8XAdgqU5h8eSoYjpltOOdyZtPKaCCURTaZ85k_pcNxCxIdQp2FXV1ISILvef-feWzgi1Y332lVBDgVAb1aLGQ/s320/6sat3-3-2010.JPG" width="320" /></a> The tree top was clearly visible in this satellite image from 2010. Red circled.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGhCuTgzTfTju5bsPsrQ04qvVA-VyBpgC5n5YTDzZZSKndjr2nbRTdtV_GvicxnQ_wQeIdwO_PqVZCbAg5jflWOLp5QQn5EomBVb4gDgPCwwtUeDAFOA_OjJHdEe-7GqLHId41P0CGWm3/s1600/P1340316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGhCuTgzTfTju5bsPsrQ04qvVA-VyBpgC5n5YTDzZZSKndjr2nbRTdtV_GvicxnQ_wQeIdwO_PqVZCbAg5jflWOLp5QQn5EomBVb4gDgPCwwtUeDAFOA_OjJHdEe-7GqLHId41P0CGWm3/s320/P1340316.JPG" width="320" /></a>Now see it closer, from the topmost balcony of the house. All those leaves would come down! They were the new growths from the new branches. See how lush the growth is. I could break the branches with a hooked knife attached to the tip of a long bamboo pole. Even then the leaves were too much for me. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhVksZhjYwy7Dbzvjiz0dcoCvDISky4av_u6Ph2Le4gfmyXJTyS6i7fm2wrfYH-TxzdIMbG93pYUY3Ss37O0MvtD_EKZPCYPFtvCYvPcEa1fH8S7ZdPaYZszkJEZ1tfY5BMCZ4p61V53i/s1600/IMG_3282+%2528Large%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhVksZhjYwy7Dbzvjiz0dcoCvDISky4av_u6Ph2Le4gfmyXJTyS6i7fm2wrfYH-TxzdIMbG93pYUY3Ss37O0MvtD_EKZPCYPFtvCYvPcEa1fH8S7ZdPaYZszkJEZ1tfY5BMCZ4p61V53i/s320/IMG_3282+%2528Large%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a>I decided to further cut the branches of the tree to allow more light in the Yarden and also to have lesser leaves because there was no proper method of disposing them now. It was this size and one large side branch needed to be cut. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gsx2Mkdy5ci6Z0Yudi3gNGx6BXUtod1GCbCtr1aaDoBh8ztwuMt6Xru6fVHjJ4bvKdG-AxiMOZ4p5isVdB2cNdc6Kv1rKHGvKaPCGpDFNPXyRwrDZw4HTyqBaQCvAopNR7Et6Vjq0vfV/s1600/IMG_4342+%2528Large%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gsx2Mkdy5ci6Z0Yudi3gNGx6BXUtod1GCbCtr1aaDoBh8ztwuMt6Xru6fVHjJ4bvKdG-AxiMOZ4p5isVdB2cNdc6Kv1rKHGvKaPCGpDFNPXyRwrDZw4HTyqBaQCvAopNR7Et6Vjq0vfV/s320/IMG_4342+%2528Large%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a>My friend Ramu gave me a beautiful saw with a telescopic handle. The one in the above picture is now sawed down with that. I had sawed about 75% but suddenly got doubtful about where it would fall, though my estimate proved to be near correct. I made an SOS to Ramu to come for help. He arrived in ten minutes, in spite of being busy at that very time. "Hey, is that all, why do you fear?" It was no SOS to him! He sawed the remaining portion for a couple of minutes.... THUD! And went away on his errand. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurlHbMgkBJbktwWP6DZbGAWvWF3klg6sD0mhNNBdimnNGPNG2QGXVQ_M8dAwx4LNG9tZZk0M_3hHXWkywXpm-BAJixRX2Av_DFQEqgmtZCtuImsRZ0iSVdGxh2dvT2sb-4alR-om2eSOa/s1600/P1400360.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurlHbMgkBJbktwWP6DZbGAWvWF3klg6sD0mhNNBdimnNGPNG2QGXVQ_M8dAwx4LNG9tZZk0M_3hHXWkywXpm-BAJixRX2Av_DFQEqgmtZCtuImsRZ0iSVdGxh2dvT2sb-4alR-om2eSOa/s320/P1400360.JPG" width="320" /></a>The branch fell on the arch making it crooked and ugly. The arch was a gift from my friend Meera, another plant lover. Now my garden plan may change for the front yard because of this not unexpected damage.</div>
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It helped me make firewood size pieces also, easily, without much effort. When we have the right tools, things get a lot easier.</div>
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This is what remains now, but I expect it come back. And this time, I'll be ready with my tools to shape the way I want without the tree causing problems but I'll see that some tailorbirds would make nests by April next when it is their season. </div>
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This post turned out to be a mountain out of a mole hill! Thanks for reading.</div>
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