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Bee in Akebia vines

29 Apr 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Solominer

While I was checking out my garden one day I came across a Bee hanging out in some vines. It looks like it was just resting, at the time there were no flowers opened yet so it was not drinking any nectar. It was just sitting on the leaf of the Akebia...

Planting strawberries in raised containers

13 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Solominer

Im giving growing strawberries another try, previously I grew them in the ground without any raised containers. It did not work out well as the bugs got to them very quickly. So this time around I plan on doing it differently.    Camera Model Sam...

Peach tree covered in snow

15 Mar 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Solominer

When I moved to Georgia I thought having a Peach tree would be a good idea. Though for most of Georgia that is fine, but I live in the north. And we get snow and freezing weather throughout the late winter and early spring. Down south of Atlanta, its...

Lady Bug walking around on Peach tree leaves

8 Mar 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Solominer

While I was watching the Mason Bees visit my Peach tree I found a single Lady Bug wandering around on the trunk of the tree. It was walking towards some budding leaves coming from the tree trunk. This early growth has honey dew that the Peach tree re...

Bowling out the Peach tree

8 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Solominer

I have been growing Peaches for the last seven or so years now. Due to living in North Georgia they do not always make it to fruit unlike South Georgia. The flowers tend to open very early in the spring, usually before the frosts are over. This cause...

Planting a Minnie Royal Semi-dwarf Cherry tree

1 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Solominer

I have considered buying some fruit trees for the last few years. And settled on Cherry trees. During the winter I planted a Minnie Royal Sweet Cherry tree. And a Black Tartarian Cherry tree earlier this winter. From what ive read they are very hardy...

Lovely Logic posing by the Wisteria arch - Infrared Photography

20 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Solominer

During the Summer, we went outside to take some infrared pictures near two trained vines. I was attempting to make a Wisteria standard but it became an arch instead. Lovely Logic stand by the opening and we take some pictures of her along with the pl...

Succulents by sunny windows - Macro Photography

18 Jan 2020 1 minute read 7 comments Solominer

As I was taking infrared photos of these plants, I was also using my stock GH3 and took photos of the plants in the visual spectrum.. aka normal photography. My plan was to blend them together, but unfortunately I failed to set the aspect ratio the s...

Succulents by sunny windows - Infrared Macro Photography

15 Jan 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Solominer

Even though its winter outside the plants inside by the bright windows seem quite happy. A Christmas Cactus is the first of the plants shown in this post. It cannot survive outdoors with our climate but its a nice place to have around the house. It p...

Thin Mint - Review

9 Dec 2019 1 minute read 1 comment skylinebuds

Have you ever had Girl Scout Cookies? If you answered yes, then please tell me your honest review on it, Cause the time I had it I was not impressed, It was a very light buzz to me. I always say that we should try strains more than once, This is a di...