Spending time in the last couple of months on family affairs exhausted me both physically and mentally and didn’t leave much time left for anything else. I retreated to Instagram @petalsandwingsimages as my outlet since I didn’t have to spend time correcting images on PhotoShop. Now, as the dust settled, I’m back. With plenty of rain in early spring, the garden has grown pretty fast … Continue reading Late Spring
A Good Time For Planning: Flowers For Pollinators I Snow came down two days ago accumulating just three inches. Today the garden is still covered with snow and the temperature dropped down to just above 10°F. It’s a perfect winter day for bird watching through the patio door. Since the ground is covered with snow and the sources of water around here have turned to ice, they congregate around our … Continue reading Too Cold To Be Outside
Another Spring Flower The bulb boys are first in spring. Behind them, the rise of the rhizomes bringing on the bearded Iris. If you calculate correctly, you will have flowers blooming in the garden all season long from spring to frost. Most of our flowers from bulbs are already gone. What we have now are the Bearded Irises, Lilac, Clematis Montana and Columbines. Princess Beatrice … Continue reading Bearded Irises
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