The redbud in this picture is a weed. This has been a marvelous growing season for weeds, has it not? I feel like I can't turn my back on a flower border or vegetable garden bed for more than two …
Little Joe Pye Weed
Little Joe Pye Weed is beginning to bloom in the August Dreams Garden border, just in time for Wildflower Wednesday, hosted by Gail at Clay and Limestone. Little Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium dubium …
Dear Southern Camellia Sisters
Dear Southern Camellia Sisters, Hello from the Midwest. We cannot believe it has been six months since we last wrote to give you an update on our adventures here in the Midwest. First, we need to …
Garden Caretakers and Garden Heros
Always good to see bees in the garden I start off every gardening season intent on being a good caretaker for my garden. I plan to deadhead spent blooms long before they cast their seeds about the …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – July 2016
Lilium lancifolium 'Flore Pleno' Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for July 2016. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden, it is high summer and the gardens are putting out the blooms, mostly …
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Waiting and watching for a perfect spot?
Are you waiting and watching for a perfect spot to plant in? If you are, I regret to inform you, but feel it is my civic and gardenly duty to inform you, that the perfect spot is a myth, a holy grail …
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