Category: Virtual Garden

The garden is full beauty, down to the smallest dew drop.

Just keep digging.

I love using every piece of space I can and grow from containers! Trial and error and patience! I have grown everything from peas to morning glories to potatoes!

If you want to grow tomatillos- you need two different plants near each other–otherwise it will not produce fruit.

Gardening is a four season hobby of mine in Wisconsin. Designing, cultivating and harvesting for year round edible, decorative and sustainable wildlife habitats… allows for never ending creativity 🌻

Take photos of garden successes and failures and keep a garden diary.

Variegated Russian Comfrey was my go-to perennial in 2020. It’s foliage is eye-catching, it fills a space in your sunny garden and it competes well against those dog-gone weeds. Visitors often mistake it for a hosta – but, it’s better because deer leave it alone!

Adding new garden beds on a hillside can be challenging. This bed was created in May of 2020. I started with mostly perennial flowers, then added some ground cover and broken pots to help keep the dirt on the hillside. So far…so good. Happy Gardening.

Less turf! More Natives! Save the pollinators. Save the world.

St Paul’s (DeKalb, IL) donation garden spreads the love of gardening among many community members, with the goal of sharing with two local food pantries. Find a donation garden to work in for the joy of giving food through collective work, building community, and experiencing the grace and humility of gardening.