Happy October! It’s one of my favorite days of the month when I join my Monday Morning Blooms’ friends to share some flower therapy. You can find my flower friends’ links and blooming inspiration at the bottom of this post. My favorite color is October! In addition to her color, I’m ready for October’s corn…
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Late Summer Garden Update: Winged Beauties, Blooms & Bunnies Around the Potting Shed
I’ve been stalking butterflies, hummingbirds and moths with my camera lately. They provide some welcome color in the heat of summer when the flowers are waning and add another dimension to the garden. I’m all aflutter over these winged beauties blooming in the garden! Warning photo heavy post ahead. . .🦋🌸🦋🌺🦋 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is…
July Garden Updates: Surprises, Volunteers and Bicycle Planter
In the Potting Shed: Botanic Blooms and Butterflies
Summer blooms are waning in the garden but my Portmeirion Botanic Garden provides a continual flower show year round! I had a little tabletop and dish gardening fun with blooms and butterflies in the Potting Shed. The beauty of these blooming dishes is I don’t have to wait until next spring to enjoy the short but…
More in the Garden Grows Than What the Gardener Sows
By the beginning of August wild vines and volunteers are thriving, unlike the flowers planted, that were faithfully watered and tended to. I chalked up my Potting Shed door with a little garden truth and proverb: “More in a garden grows than the gardener sows”. It certainly applies to the morning glory sprouting up and growing with…
Bits of Fall Around the Potting Shed
It still feels like summer here in North Carolina, but I’m ready to welcome fall! I’m slowing adding bits of fall around the Potting Shed. A tricolor pot of mums helps make the transition to fall, blending the colors of both seasons, while summer annuals are still in bloom. My window boxes are waning after a dry…