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 have scent that [...]

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Posted in Garden Buzz, Garden Tips, Landscaping, Living Green, Pets and Wildlifewith 6 COMMENTS →



Hard to believe spring will ever come03.09.08

Join It’s hard to believe that in only a month and a half or so I’ll be looking at scenes like this in my front yard. The picture above is of tulips in bloom beside the previous autumns dried up Sedum flower heads. I’d neglected to remove the dried Sedum flowers in the fall and [...]

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Posted in Garden Buzz, Green Thumb Sunday, Health and Fitness, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, The neighborhood, Toronto, Weather relatedwith 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 [...]

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