The garden is beginning to shut down11.05.07

It feels like it’s gotten so cold outside! I think that’s only partly true though. I’m sick again with fever and sore stomach so I’m just freezing, even inside my own home!

Looking outside at the garden that I don’t dare walk in when I’m feeling this cold indoors I can see that […]

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Balloons in the garden08.08.07

Wordless Wednesday

The Balloon flower is a pretty flower once it becomes established in your garden. I have three of this bluish purple kind, as well as two white balloon flower plants and one pink balloon flower plant. Yes, I love balloon flowers. Can you tell?

In the lower right corner I think that […]

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Bumble Bee and Balloon Flowers09.10.06

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Last Monday I went outside during the day to tidy up the garden and I noticed that there were bumble bees everywhere. The plants that they seemed to most enjoy were the balloon flowers and the raspberry plants. There must have been at least 50 bumble bees in my garden.

I’m allergic to bee stings, however […]

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Balloon Blooms07.30.06

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Balloon flowers growing in my front flower bed. I love these flowers, so simple, yet so lovely. If deadheaded regularly they continue to produce blooms throughout the summer and into the fall.

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

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