This week’s flowers
A mix of vegetable/fruit, garden, and wildflowers.
Myrmecophobia
Those who know me well know that I have a fear of just one thing: Ants. Naturally, four years ago we moved to the Great Anoka Sand Plain, which is basically an... Read More
Pasque Flowers
I’m not sure where these came from, but they showed up under our deck the other day. A bird or squirrel must have brought them over. Nice little hint of spring. The... Read More
Apple Guild Flowers
Along with comfrey, false indigo, and a couple of other deeply rooted bushes, Chris planted an annual/perennial flower mix in our apple guild this spring. I forgot to take pictures when the... Read More
Yellow Finch
One of the many reasons I love to grow sunflowers 🙂
Volunteers
One of my favorite things to shop for in the winter is sunflower seeds (usually from Johnny’s). I bought 6 or 8 varieties for the 2011 growing season, and they are making... Read More
Calla Lily
As the garden tag says…this is supposed to be a “Black Forest” Calla Lily. Apparently there was a mix-up when stuffing bulbs in bags. Kind of too bad, because the black lillies... Read More
Honeybees & Butterflies
I was about to cut the chives down, as they are getting kind of messy, and took a beating from the recent rains. But they bring so many beneficial visitors to the... Read More
Perennial beds that weren’t.
I’m just going to go ahead and blame mankind and global warming for this one. Well, maybe I shouldn’t go quite that far…but I am going to point my finger at winter... Read More
More Daffodils and a Duck
It’s been a chilly week so far – not much time spent outside.  Since the blog is has quite a few sunflower and daisy pictures already, I figured I could use this cold snap... Read More
What’s Up?
There are a lot of things coming up in our yard already!