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 […]

Posted in Garden Buzz, Garden Tips, Landscaping, Living Green, Pets and Wildlifewith 2 COMMENTS →



Busy Bees03.15.08

Grab the Photo Hunt code.
Photo Theme. Visit participants.

This weeks theme is I Spy

I spy with my camera eye at least two busy bees collecting pollen from the New York Asters. Heck, there might even be a third one in the last full flower in the right hand corner. There’s a blur there […]

Posted in Garden Buzz, Home and Lifestyle, Photo Hunter, Photography, Recreationwith 11 COMMENTS →



Fading sedum flowers01.16.08

Wordless Wednesday

This is a photo of my Sedum of unknown name in my backyard. The plant came with the house and must be one of the older varieties. It’s quite floppy, especially when well watered.
I took this photo at the beginning of October when the flowers were just starting to die down. The […]

Posted in Garden Buzz, Perennials, Photography, Wordless Wednesdaywith 4 COMMENTS →



The asters are still blooming11.14.07

Wordless Wednesday

New York Asters

Now that the weathers beginning to cool most of the plants in my garden are beginning to die down but the New York asters still look pretty good. Not quite as good as they do in this photo which was taken about a month ago or so, but they still look […]

Posted in Blooming today, Home and Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdaywith 12 COMMENTS →



  • You Avatar