Garden Adventure Part 2

I never left our little quarter-acre to find these treasures today.

A lichen community.

My plant guide is just not detailed enough in the lichen department. My best guesses are grey-eyed rosette (Physcia aipolia) for the grey one, powdered orange (Xanthoria fallax) for the orange one and abraded brown (Melanelia subaurifera) for the brown one. I'd be shocked if I was right though.

Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) flower buds.

Mosses (if I attempt to id them, this blog will never get posted)

Spreading dogbane shoot (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

Compost worm (Wormus compostus)

Cloche greens! This is a zesty mesclun mix from my friend Patrick at Stellar Seeds.

Abandoned wasp hive

Lupine leaf

Hens and chicks

A pacific bleeding heart leaf that was buried under leaves.

Blue hyacinth


Fire moss (Ceratodon purpureus)

The two buckets of garbage I picked up on our corner lot. Spot the intact whiskey glass (score!).

Old can with ant nest inside.

Curious ant. The white things in the top right are grubs.