Chives and a Three-Day Weekend

   

I never knew that chives were so popular - and these were just the guys that I could get to hold still long enough for me to photograph them.  The diversity of flying creatures was amazing - it stopped me in my tracks.

Goals for this three-day weekend:

1. Enjoy myself.  This should include jumping into the Atlantic Ocean, drinking a mojito or two, and finishing Harry Potter (during daylight hours, of course).
2. Get this mulch pile distributed around my garden (yes, I know, it's been awhile - but it was fresh live oak mulch and it needed to sit awhile, right?).
3. Pack.

Comments

[Kim]

Wow. I think I need to go out and see who's been visiting mine as I ignorantly ignore them! (These are garlic chives, right? I have both and get them confused but I think that the onion-flavored common ones flower pink in the spring.)

[Annie in Austin]

What happens if you have the mojito right before you pack?

Hope the weekend goes well, Pam!

Annie

[M Sinclair Stevens (Texas)]

Lovely! My chinese chives have many bees on them and some small butterflies but I find it very difficult to get a good photograph of them.

[Pam]

Kim: Yeah - they're garlic chives. Do go check on yours - I didn't get images of over half of the visitors - it was pretty spectacular (in that insects hanging out with chives kinda way).

Annie: I don't think it could hurt. Ugh. I hate packing. I always starting off packing really carefully and methodically - and I give it up and chaos ensues!

MSS: Thanks - I had alot of insects flying around that didn't cooperate too - but alot of them were obviously more interested in those flowers than in me. Aren't chinese chives and garlic chives the same thing? That's what I was thinking, but I don't know that for sure.

[firefly]

Terrific photos! I've finally taken the time to notice the bugs in the garden -- it's like an airport out there during the day -- and I've noticed some bees actually attacking others on certain flowers.

At some point I'll have to get a field guide and start identifying things.

[M Sinclair Stevens (Texas)]

Yes Chinese chives and garlic chives are the same thing, Allium tuberosum. You inspired me to go shoot some photos of my own and I posted them yesterday.

[Pam]

Firefly: Thanks, and welcome! That's a good description - 'an airport' - that's what my garden seems like right now. My intentions regarding field guides start off good, but then I just quit and try to enjoy what's around.

MSS: How fun - your images were great (and so different) - thanks for the heads up regarding them.

[Annie in Austin]

Pam, I put a photo of an insect on my garlic chives on "Annie's Addendum". I decided I needed a place less for posts, than for responding to other bloggers' posts and this is it.

http://anniesaddendum.blogspot.com/2007/09/garlic-chive-insect.html

Annie

[Pam]

Thanks Annie, I went and took a look - fluorescent green, loved it!