Mike G
@mbg1332.bsky.social
No unsolicited DM's, old grey guy, retired mapmaker, engraver, botanical garden recorder, designer & builder. I have an Android BSky account but was unable to sync with this PC so added #2 to this account name.
#Astronomy #Telescope Good old days- a 10 inch reflector with a 3 inch spotter. Equatorial mount with welded 2" ball bearing shafts was so heavy we used a 3 point tractor hitch to move it. #Nexus #of #Joy - A hand held camera shot of Skylab passing over.
December 29, 2024 at 12:49 AM
#Astronomy #Telescope Good old days- a 10 inch reflector with a 3 inch spotter. Equatorial mount with welded 2" ball bearing shafts was so heavy we used a 3 point tractor hitch to move it. #Nexus #of #Joy - A hand held camera shot of Skylab passing over.
🌱 #Needle #Palm / #Rhapidophyllum hystrix has underground stems and is as hardy as Sabal minor. Growing on a flood plain in heavy clay here. Wicked needles surround the crown and the large seed pods smell quite rancid.
December 29, 2024 at 12:38 AM
🌱 #Needle #Palm / #Rhapidophyllum hystrix has underground stems and is as hardy as Sabal minor. Growing on a flood plain in heavy clay here. Wicked needles surround the crown and the large seed pods smell quite rancid.
🌱 #Woodwardia #orientalis #Fern Glade at Huntsville Botanical Garden. Fronds develop plantlets on the fronds.
December 29, 2024 at 12:31 AM
🌱 #Woodwardia #orientalis #Fern Glade at Huntsville Botanical Garden. Fronds develop plantlets on the fronds.
🌱 #Fern #relative #Selaginella mollendorfii at Huntsville Botanical Garden's Fern Glade some years ago. Similar to S. braunii but smaller. Slow to get started but good evergreen ground covers here in northern-most Alabama.
December 29, 2024 at 12:21 AM
🌱 #Fern #relative #Selaginella mollendorfii at Huntsville Botanical Garden's Fern Glade some years ago. Similar to S. braunii but smaller. Slow to get started but good evergreen ground covers here in northern-most Alabama.
🌱 #Redwood #Sequoia #sempervirens / Coastal Redwood here in the backyard is now 40 feet or so in height. It normally escapes winter damage here but froze back to 1 inch stems 2 years ago. This new growth is one year old. (In
northernmost Alabama)
northernmost Alabama)
December 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
🌱 #Redwood #Sequoia #sempervirens / Coastal Redwood here in the backyard is now 40 feet or so in height. It normally escapes winter damage here but froze back to 1 inch stems 2 years ago. This new growth is one year old. (In
northernmost Alabama)
northernmost Alabama)
December 24, 2024 at 12:10 AM
🌱 #Bulbs #Spiderlily #Lycoris albiflora 'Swallowtail' from a past September. SImilar to L. radiata in habit and hardiness.
December 22, 2024 at 11:32 PM
🌱 #Bulbs #Spiderlily #Lycoris albiflora 'Swallowtail' from a past September. SImilar to L. radiata in habit and hardiness.
🌱 #Gardens #Conifers #weeping #evergreen #Cedrus libani 'Pendula' / Weeping Cedar of Lebanon at HBG, 2015 from a one gallon in 1974 It has produced a few large cones each year since 2020.
December 21, 2024 at 5:04 PM
🌱 #Gardens #Conifers #weeping #evergreen #Cedrus libani 'Pendula' / Weeping Cedar of Lebanon at HBG, 2015 from a one gallon in 1974 It has produced a few large cones each year since 2020.
🌱 #Cactus #Seed #propagaation Notocactus apricus with orange Rebutia vallegrandensis. Echinopsis oxygonia in background. Mostly grown from Mesa Gardens 2007 seed,
December 17, 2024 at 7:59 PM
🌱 #Cactus #Seed #propagaation Notocactus apricus with orange Rebutia vallegrandensis. Echinopsis oxygonia in background. Mostly grown from Mesa Gardens 2007 seed,
🌱 #Gardens #bulbs #snowdrops Galanthus reginae-olgae subspecies vernalis 'Magnetic Pedicel' / Queen Olgae's Snowdrop selection from last Jan 02, 2024. It is just starting to show the green tips now.
December 17, 2024 at 6:31 PM
🌱 #Gardens #bulbs #snowdrops Galanthus reginae-olgae subspecies vernalis 'Magnetic Pedicel' / Queen Olgae's Snowdrop selection from last Jan 02, 2024. It is just starting to show the green tips now.
#engraving #wood #art From a Dutch Master drawing. Traced with Inkscape then engraved with a rotary bit machine.
December 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
#engraving #wood #art From a Dutch Master drawing. Traced with Inkscape then engraved with a rotary bit machine.
December 16, 2024 at 4:57 PM
🌱 #winter #gardening Hamamelis virginica x vernalis 'Winter Champagne' - Has the spicy fragrance of vernalis and winter flowering. Has the leafless stems of virginica.
December 15, 2024 at 10:41 PM
🌱 #winter #gardening Hamamelis virginica x vernalis 'Winter Champagne' - Has the spicy fragrance of vernalis and winter flowering. Has the leafless stems of virginica.
Cider horse here is no sparkle pony. She is a plow horse and knows gee and haw for right and left with stop, go, fast and slow. And she pulls the composting cart and gives kids rides.
December 12, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Cider horse here is no sparkle pony. She is a plow horse and knows gee and haw for right and left with stop, go, fast and slow. And she pulls the composting cart and gives kids rides.