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Wasp collecting pollen07.16.08

Wordless Wednesday

I managed to capture a photo of a wasp collecting pollen from Butterfly Weed flowers the weekend before last when Chris and I visited the Brick Works.
I grow butterfly weed in my garden but it’s not blooming yet. Guess mine is behind!



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Plants I thought I’d lost were just dormant for a few years06.22.08

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I had a little bit of a surprise this year garden wise. You see there were some plants that I thought had died last year or the year before as they never came up in the spring. Well this year, after our long snowy winter I got a surprise … the Oriental Poppy [...]



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How to attract butterflies to your garden06.19.08

Back in 2002/2003 when my husband and I landscaped our backyard and created our raised bed garden I’d wanted to grow plants that would attract butterflies and birds to the garden. I spent the winter researching plants that would thrive in my area and that would attract butterflies. If they happened to [...]



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Muscari flowers do look like tiny grapes06.11.08

Wordless Wednesday

Two weeks ago the Muscari (Grape Hyacinth) was going strong in my garden. I took advantage of their blooms and took lots of close up pictures of their tiny grape like flowers. Lovely aren’t they?



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