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Summer Vegetables Our vegetable garden this year is very different from last year.  We had a lot of cherry tomatoes last year from seeds that sprouted up in compost I used.  There are not many of them this year as I’ve pulled the sprouts out early before my guilt set in.  I just can’t bring myself to demolish a perfectly good plant.  I didn’t expect … Continue reading Vegetable Garden

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Vegetables & Herbs

Holy Basil

It’s Really Holy This entry stemmed from a conversation I had with a fellow commuter a month ago.  She marveled at the variety of basil I had in my bag which looked and smelled different from one another.   She confessed that she didn’t know there were that many types of basil. I grew up with four different types of basil: Holy basil (both purple … Continue reading Holy Basil

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Columbine are blooming so it’s time to put up hummingbird feeders. The white ones still holding out. 🤔#perennials #columbineflower #backyardgarden #perennialgarden #springgardening #flowersforpollinators #pollinatorgarden #flowerforhummingbirds
‘Green rose’ (Rosa chinnensis) blooms profusely now. According to #americanrosesociety, it’s an old garden rose- old heirloom China rose. It made it first appearance in 1743. It’s an unusual rose, easy to grow but doesn’t have any fragrance. This is the only no-fragrance rose I grow and it will have to be in a pot (too cold to keep in the garden in winter in my zone) but I love the unusual look of the flower#greenrose #rose #roses #unusalrose #rosachinensis #oldgardenrose #heirloomroses #growingroseorganically #rosegarden #americanrosesociety #chinarose
She’s back! It’s warm enough around here now and the aphids started to hangout on my roses. So, the Ladybugs are back on the pest control mission. #ladybug #ladybeetle #insect #beneficialinsects #backyardgarden #pollinatorgarden #pollinatorfriendly #organicgardening #aphidcontrol #nosprayroses #naturalgardenpestcontrol #growroses #gardenpestcontrol #growrosewithoutpesticides #growingroseorganically
Two of my new roses started to bloom…1- Cornelia (hybrid musk), 2- Angel Face (Floribunda). Both of them are fragrant and continual blooming rose. Roses from @heirloom_roses never disappoint me. The established ones are still budding. #roses #fragrantrose #fragrantflowers #backyardgarden #rosegarden #hybridmuskrose #floribundarose #roseangelface #rosecornelia #growingroseorganically #heirloomrose #heirloomroses
‘Original Poet’s’ daffodils just bloomed. I didn’t expect them to come back up since I moved them from their original spot (now under our paved patio). Happy to see them back. #originalpoetsdaffodil #poetsdaffodil #daffodils #springflowers #perennials #backyardgarden #perennialgarden #flowersforpollinators #fragrantflowers #pollinatorgarden #fragrantdaffodils #springgardens #latebloomingdaffodils
Spring perennial ground cover flowers: Creeping phlox, Golden Alyssum, Forget-me-not, wild violet, Sweet Woodruff, and the pink flower (image 5)I don’t remember the name. These flowers are also good food source for pollinators. #springflowers #perennial #groundcoverplants #creepingphlox #goldenalyssum #alyssum #phlox #forgetmenot #violetflower #wildviolets #flowersforpollinators #pollinatorgarden #fragrantflowers #pillinatorfriendly #easycareplants #sweetwoodruff #pollinatorfriendlygarden

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Blue Jay
Honeybee on Summersweet
Honeybee on Summersweet
Honeybee on Black-eyed susan
Honeybee on Black-eyed susan
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Cuckoo bee resting on Rudbeckia 'Prairie Glow'
Cuckoo bee resting on Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’
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Tuberrose
Rose 'MM. Isaac'
Rose ‘MM. Isaac’
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Geranium 'Tango Violet', though the flower has no scent, it has very striking color
Geranium ‘Tango Violet’, though the flower has no scent, it has very striking color
Woodland phlox
Woodland phlox
Male Northern Cardinal in the rose bush
Male Northern Cardinal in the rose bush
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Sweet pea-King Tut
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A full bowl of fresh picked jasmine
A full bowl of fresh picked jasmine
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May 10-All five eggs have hatched
May 10-All five eggs have hatched
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Mason bee on Yarrow
Mason bee on Yarrow
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Morning glory
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This one taking nectar from Zinnia
This one taking nectar from Zinnia
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