Corn Planting Time

Corn Planting Rig

Father used to say it was time to plant corn when the dogwoods bloom.  It is that time of year just now.  These shots were captured 5-20-11.

Much like the season above, we had too much rain and too cool temperatures.  By the time of this writing, 5-12-18, things have dried out but I'm unsure about the soil temperature.  Carol drove to Mt. Vernon last week and reported seeing planting going on.  I think we are on the brink here.  I've been meaning to look around but haven't taken time.

John Deere 16 Row Planter

The above planter has CCS seed delivery.  It boasts blowers and vacuum blowers to move the seed.  The blowers are run by hydrolic motors.

John Deere 16 Row Planter

This planter carries lots of seed and liquid fertilizer.  Planting corn can be done quickly if you don't have to stop to load fertilizer and seed.  Dad stopped each round, 1 mile total, to add fertilizer and check seed in his John Deere two row planter.

John Deere Hydrolic Connections.

The planter also has hydrolic ram cylinders to lift the planter for transport and too move the markers and other things as needed.  They are attached to the massive, by Dad's standards, hydrolic system on this John Deere Tractor.

John Deere 16 Row Planter

One important factor is keeping all hoses and other seed and fertilizer passages open.  They can become blocked and leave one or more rows unplanted.  It is a big job keeping an eye on things.  The planter and the tractor talk to each other so some of the work of checking can be done on the run.

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Candelabra Primrose

Candelabra Primrose

This from Kingwood Center, May 2007.  Please notice the knees from the cypress tree above and behind this plant.  This plant which likes wet soils is also known as Pimula japonica.

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Jack-in-the-Pulpit

 

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

AKA Arisaema triphyllum, the Jack-in-the-Pulpit is an herbaceous perennial plant growing from a corm.  It also produces seeds which are reportedly poisonous.

 

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Other common names include: bog onion, brown dragon, Indian turnip, American wake onion and wild turnip

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Bayldonite

Bayldonite

John Bayldon (1837((8)) - 1872) discovered this mineral during his lifetime at Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall England, United Kingdom, the type locality.  The United States boasts Bayldonite in Arazona.

Bayldonite

 The formula is PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2.  Bayldonite are the green pseudo spheres.

Large Flowered Trillium

Large Flowered Trillium

AKA Trillium grandiflorum Gorman boasts many of this plant in the spring.  The wildflower walk near the visitors center is one location.  There is another called "Trillium Walk" if you walk straight East from the Visitors Center to the Wildlife Tower.  The trail is straight into the woods from the tower.

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Natrolite, An Evolution continued

Natrolite

I liked this much better than previous ones.  I didn't like the tic-tac showing.  I liked the dark background which helped the crystals stand out.

Natrolite

I had to paint the box and easel white while I waited for the Fotodiox Portable Studio to arrive.  I worried that the subject would not be inside far enough to catch the light correctly.  I have not gone to my most extreme setup but I am not worried any more.

Natrolite

Early in the evolution when I was yet unsure about the appearance of natrolite,  I made this capture thinking the dark crystal was the subject.

Natrolite

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Natrolite

 I made this capture on April 19, 2018.  I like it second best.

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Rue Anemone

Rue Anemone

AKA Anemonella thalictroides, the Rue Anemone is a wonderful little spring flower at Gorman.  I love the color of the leaves when immature.  I made this capture at Gorman on April 17, 2007,

Rue Anemone

I made this capture on May 17, 2006 at Gorman.  The leaves turn to green as the plant matures.

Rue Anemone

It is an herbaceous perennial, i.e. it comes back each year.

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