Happy Monday! It’s my favorite day of the month, when I join my flower friends for Monday Morning Blooms. You can find my friends’ links to their floral inspiration at the bottom of this post. We’re excited to welcome Jain, from a quiet life, who is joining us as a guest ‘Bloomer’ today! If you…
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…
September is a month of transition in the garden with summer blooms waning and annuals spent from the summer heat. . .just like me :). While I’m biding my time for the mums, pansies and pumpkins to arrive in garden centers, I’ve been enjoying some late bloomers lately that have provided some entertainment as well as…
It’s butterfly season and I’m fascinated by these winged beauties! Our butterfly bushes have been covered with butterflies, bees and moths. And I’m drawn to old gardening books and watering cans like butterflies to nectar. :) How to Know the Butterflies: A Manual of the Butterflies of the Eastern United States by John Henry Comstock and…
I’m gardening on wheels with a bicycle built for planting! I picked up a vintage Schwinn Breeze bicycle last fall, for the bargain price of three pumpkins. She’s planted by my Potting Shed and parked by a salvaged chimney pot that’s home to a Kimberley Queen fern. I placed a coir liner in her basket and filled it with a combination…
I’ve been busy planting and adding a little window dressing to the Potting Shed! My hubby hung a pair of Happy Birthday Window Boxes for my Potting Shed about a month ago. The window side of my Potting Shed sat next the lake before her move and was inaccessible. I decided that side and was past due a face lift…