Search Results for: label/picture%20sundays/2010/06/the-urban-homestead
664 results
Picture Sundays: Flax at the Huntington
...Spotted in the herb garden of the Huntington Gardens in Pasadena: tall flax stalks tied into attractive bundles. (Or are those sheafs?) We’ve grown flax before–its easy to grow and has a pretty blue flower. The seed pods contain tasty flax seeds, of course, and if you grow enough of it, you could theoretically make your own linen!...
Picture Sundays: Poppy
...Couldn’t find a recent photo to post today, but found this image, taken in our garden exactly a year ago today. Not sure of the variety, but this poppy sure was pretty....
Picture Sundays: A Punning Gnome
...I tip my Phrygian cap to fellow blogger Doug Harvey for letting me know about Gnome Chomsky....
Picture Sundays: Name This Flower
...I planted our parkway with a California native wildflower mix from Theodore Payne last year. This flower was the most successful and reseeded itself. But I lost the seed package and don’t know its name. Identify it and you win bragging rights . . . Update: Dree wins bragging rights! It’s Elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata)....