Author Archives: Lance Kleckner
Narrowleaf Ash
Narrowleaf Ash was bought before I knew of the Emerald Ash Borer Epidemic. This species has narrow leaflets that give it a different look than the native Ash trees.
Moosewood Bark
Moosewood is a species of Maple that has good color patterns on the bark.
Graft Dead, Surprise!
The graft died on a Coral Bark Maple, the result was a Sycamore Maple rootstock. But not any ordinary rootstock, the undersides of the leaves are purple, such as the Purple-Leaved Sycamore Maple(Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Atropurpureum’).
Large Tomatoes
The Tomato crop has been good this year. A lot of big tomatoes I will be drying.
Prairie Crabapple Fruit
Prairie Crabapple trees are full of fruit at this time of the year. The fruit isn’t very tasty, but I’m sure the wildlife like it.
Long Forgotten
Lone Peach
Because of the bad winter that killed the flower buds, the Peach trees didn’t produce a harvest of fruit. Though one lone Peach fruit did appear high up in one of the trees.
Sweet Onion Harvest
Sweet Onions needed to be harvested since the rains caused some to start rotting. On the positive, the rains helped the onions attain a large size.
Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate is a long named plant with a good flower display. This annual self seeds easily.