The Gardener’s Greeting

One of the secrets to a happy life is to shine like you own the universe

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Runner Bean
Phaseolus coccineus, known as runner bean, scarlet runner bean, or multiflora bean, is a plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. Another common name is butter bean, which, however, can also refer to the lima bean, a different species. It is grown both as a food plant and an ornamental plant.

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
Helen Keller

Scarlet Sage
Salvia splendens, the scarlet sage, is a tender herbaceous perennial plant native to Brazil, growing at 2,000 to 3,000 m elevation where it is warm year-round and with high humidity. The wild form, rarely seen in cultivation, reaches 1.3 m tall.

Leave the road, take the trails.
Pythagoras

Rugosa Rose
Rosa rugosa is a species of rose native to eastern Asia, in northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia, where it grows on beach coasts, often on sand dunes. It should not be confused with Rosa multiflora, which is also known as “Japanese rose”.

There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.
Charlotte Eriksson

Sasanqua camellia
Camellia sasanqua, with common name sasanqua camellia, is a species of Camellia native to China and Japan. It is usually found growing up to an altitude of 900 metres.
It is an evergreen shrub growing to 5 m tall. The leaves are broad elliptic, 3–7 cm long and 1.2–3 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are 5–7 cm diameter, with 5–8 white to dark pink petals.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Who would have thunk it?

Scientific Research into Loch Ness revealed no traces of Monster DNA. No elements were found to support giant aquatic dinosaurs or reptilian life forms. The study found that the loch was home to many eels. One theory for the sightings of the fabled Loch Ness monster is that what the eyewitnesses saw were, potentially, indeed, giant eels.

The human body comprises the following chemical composition – 65% oxygen, 3% nitrogen, 9.5% hydrogen, 18.5% carbon AND 4% of …….. others!

There are now an estimated 5.25 trillion macro and micro pieces of plastic in our oceans, which is believed to break down to 46000 pieces in every square mile. This is an estimated tonnage of 269,000.

It is believed that Britain became an island approximately 10,000 years ago. Before that, it was part of Northwest Europe.

Glaciers store roughly 68% of the world’s fresh water.

I know, right!
Who would have thunk it?

Wishing you a great day folks in all that you do!