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Bugs In The Dirt
While moving the soil from the old raised beds to the new one I found lots of crawly, squirmy things. Most of them were a delight as I knew they were helping break down the soil. One of the biggest...
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Rainy Day Views
Ohio buckeye tree in bloom View of blooming Lilac bush and vegetable garden from window. It has been raining most of the day. I looked out a window and saw these two flowering plants. A bit of...
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Black Swallowtail Butterfly, a nature lesson
A walk to the garden to pick parsley resulted in finding parsley plants that had been eaten. Not all the leaves were gone yet, but it was close. The culprit? The little green guys in the dish...
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Stachys spp.
summer photo winter photo The lamb’s ear pictured above was one of the plants I originally tried to use in the front bed when it still looked like this - Why place Stachys spp. here? Well, they grow...
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Acer saccharinum and Quercus rubra
We are not quite to the season where you will see these, but it will be here before you know it. The flowers of trees are as unique at the trees themselves. Below are the flowers of a silver maple...
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A Reminder of Spring
Tulips unknown blue bonnets Columbine leaves – if you look closely you can see the unopened blooms Temperatures outside right now are a few degrees beyond very cold. Add to that some snow we got...
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Peak-a-boo
Here is a lesson I learned the hard way – if your compost is not hot enough, the seeds in it won’t die. I was thankful that the seeds which didn’t die turned out to be easy to see and pull. The...
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All Things Were Not Created Equal
Look at this great tree seedling, all 1 year’s growth of it. No, I didn’t fertilize it, nor is it a GMO. This tall, very green tree actually brings up feelings and thoughts I would never think of...
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The Allergy-Fighting Garden by Thomas Leo Ogren (A book review)
When planning your garden at home, there are many details to take into account. You need to pay attention to things like amount of sun, rain fall, average temperatures, length of growing season, and...
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Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
The green cicada is a lot easier to hear than it is to see. Its natural camouflage helps it blend into its surroundings, keeping it a bit safer from predators … or kids who think it would be fun to...
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