Category: Virtual Garden

Planting Black and Blue Salvia guarantees daily hummingbird visits to my deck!

Working in the garden can be hard work, but oh how it is worth it! Whether it is tending to the flowers yet to bloom or waiting for vegetables ready for picking, it is delightful and all to be enjoyed. So, let’s sit for a spell and be thankful!

The garden isn’t only about the human experience, but also about our birds, pollinators, and environment. There are many medicinal and native plants that are also beneficial to birds and insects, help control other pests, and are beautiful to look at.

Keep weeds down with fabric and mulch. Sprinkling blood meal around the day lily flowers seems to keep the deer from eating the blossoms.

I’m exempt now, but still love learning all things horticultural. Mesuda peppers make a wonderful addition to your hard scrape.

Take classes, attend garden tours, talk to other gardeners for information and advice. Be patient and learn from your mistakes.

I love how gardening connects you with the generations before you. This is a start from my grandmother’s bleeding heart and she has been gone for almost 60 years. I can remember her every time I look at this plant.

I love taking night photos of my garden! I always carry a flashlight and used it on this shot. Phone in one hand, light source in the other!

My son and I enjoy working in the flower garden. We especially like Asiatic lilies. We bought 12 new varieties last year.

I try to have something interesting to enjoy during all seasons and for other species to enjoy as well.