Category: Virtual Garden

We learned to add Epson salt to the water when feeding our brugmansias.

Mulch does wonders.

My garden from winter sowing project.

If you live by a lake or river, plant a buffer of native plants to beautify, nourish wildlife, keep your fertilizers inland and hold the bank against wave action. This photo was taken during spring flooding.

I started a cut flower garden, which provided hours of therapy last year.

I strive for unusual and exotic plants in my garden. ‘Ballerina Purple Datura’ did not disappoint. It’s an elegant bloom, unfurling layers of silvery white petals backed in deep purple. The best part is that it germinated from seeds I spread from the previous fall’s plant. It scaled 5’ tall with flowers thru October.

Nothing beats the enjoyment of growing and eating vegetables from your own garden. It takes a lot of luck and patience.

I’ve been working on and tweaking my gardens for the last 12 years, trying to have blooming flowers all season long. It makes me smile to see that bunnies appreciate the gardens too!

Plants empower my very existence.

Gardening is a wonderful hobby. It is relaxing, rewarding, beautiful, helpful to wildlife, brings people together and simple makes you smile. The #1 advice is to enjoy it!!