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i am a family physician who was diagnosed with
early mild cognitive impairment(mci) amnestic type on december 21, 2010
this is a precursor to alzheimers disease
because of this diagnosis i have opted to stop practicing medicine
this blog will be about my journey with this disease
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i will continue blogging on organic gardening, green living,
solar power, rainwater collection, and healthy living
i will blog on these plus other things noted to be interesting

Thursday, November 4, 2010

fall color

FALL COLOR


these are plants producing fall color in the yard here

jefferson bean or hyacinth bean from a friend






4 o'clock from a friend originally from new orleans







canna from moms house






autumn sage or salvia greggi






                


yellow belle or esperanza   is a tough plant   never water it







four nerve daisy    is another tough plant   never water it





     

zexmenia   is another tough plant   never water it






blackfoot daisy   another tough one     never water it







milkweed   host plant for the monarch butterfly




         


blue plant is plumbago
red plant is turks cap




       


gayfeather    another tough plant




       


arugula     used in salads  
bees love its flowers







mealy blue sage   grows wild in yard and pasture


                




beta dog 2 running through lantana    real tough plant



the common feature of all these are that they can survive
most of them with out watering them  
they survive the hot dry summers here
they are very xeriscapic plants

they provide color to the yard when most plants are wilting
in the late summer early fall
most also provide seeds for birds through out  the winter
get a lot of bird activity during the winter as we provide a
good habitat for them and provide a water pond for them
also

the organicgreen doctor                                                                                                        

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