Wednesday June 18th, 2014-Finally Some Rain Today!

It is raining as I write. The garden plots are now all allocated. We are beginning to clean up the hill and lots of flowers are blooming. I met a woman on the #6 bus from downtown yesterday and she shared a great idea for the garden. She uses cinder blocks as an edge and plants veggies, herbs and flowers in the holes. I am going to try it. I'm working at getting rid of railroad ties. I believe there are residue chemicals still in the ties. I will replace borders with the cinder blocks next season. Butterflies and dragonflies are showing up in numbers now. Below we'll begin with a new garden on the hill. Mary is terracing and her son Goodwin made the nifty sign for the pumpkin patch. We'll highlight a gardener with each blog.

David and Dominic at their garden-planted early April

Mary's Garden on the hill

The sign by Goodwin

Celendine Poppy's-Old world-Interoduced into the US 400 years ago. 

Dandelion-Introduced for a food and wine source

Iris-a horticultural variety-not wild

Lupine-horticultural variety-not wild

Spiderwort-horticultural variety

Copulating Cabage Butterfly on Kale. The female with a male in tow

Female Widow Skimmer Dragonfly

First Blog for Cornell Oasis Garden-June 16, 2014

Cornell Oasis Garden has a very long history. We'll explore the history at a later date. We invite you to subscribe to the blog at the bottom of this page. We, the gardeners will explore several different brief topics, mostly with photo's. Gerda, the founder of the garden enjoyed several photo's of birds and the many insects that frequent the gardens. We will also share photo's of the many flowers that are in abundance. With permission from the gardeners, we will include photo's of the many folks that work the gardens.

The sign near 47th street. We will move this sign to the beginning of the garden walk soon

Mourning Cloak Butterfly

Indigo Bunting-Probably Nesting at the Oasis

Warbling Vireo-Possibly Nesting Nearby

Black-capped Chickadee Nesting Near the Gardens

Workday at the Entrance to the Garden