greenhouse-ing

This weekend consisted of spending some quality time in the University of Maine greenhouses while Josh (and the rest of the UMO Horticulture Club) prepared for the Bangor Garden Show. That means that I got to explore some cool plants while everyone else was working hard.

To the right are the giant leaves of a banana tree. Unfortunately, even in a greenhouse, these banana trees can only produce fruit about once a decade..and this year was not the lucky one. It's still a spectacular plant though!

This is an agave cactus! Yes, the famous origin to the over-used and infamous agave syrup (which is not as healthy as many believe). I wish I had a good shot of the entire plant...it's huuuge and extremely crazy looking. Go look one up.

 More agave.

Water faucets.

University of Maine tag.
























One of Josh's cultivated plants. I think it's called a blue veronica, or something like that.

Lastly, another cactus. They have a lot of different cacti, but I liked this one the best.

rosey-flowers

 Posting hiatus! Aside from the fact that I haven't spent quality time with my camera in the past month, I have also been locked out of my account for some reason. Go figure... But I'm back now! And with new photos.

These two are from this weekend's New England Grows Gardening/Growing Convention held in Boston. I really like this plant, but I forgot the name of it! If I remember I'll update.

jolly holly

It's officially the first week of December. That means that winter is fast approaching (although the 60 degree weather in Boston doesn't make it seem possible). I hope you all have a holly jolly start to December!

jug o' air

Ever since I was a little kid, I have always been fascinated with colored shadows. How is it possible for the color of something to be displaced and projected somewhere else?! I'm sure that there is a simple physics answer to solve this mystery and if I think about it long enough, yeah it makes sense I guess.. but still.

puddle dipped

A leaf in a puddle.

garden goodies

From my boyfriend's organic garden. yummmmmmm



















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golgi flower

This flower reminds me of a golgi apparatus; it's so foldy.

green leaves

A plant in the window. It has big leaves. It's green. ...

wednesday apple

An apple from the dining hall.