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
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
April Flowers
March showers bring…daffodils and a flowering plum tree! Our Nichols Plum Tree exploded this morning with beautiful flowers. I was looking back on previous posts, and when we planted the tree in 2010,... Read More
Sunflowers
We only have a few opening up right now, because we planted most of our sunflowers to bloom in September. Sometimes I wish I lived in a warmer place, just so I... Read More
Coming soon…
My favorite flower 🙂 We didn’t start planting sunflowers until mid-June, so the ones that are opening now are all volunteers. This looks like a Sunny Smile (F1) dwarf sunflower, about 3... Read More
More flowering onion pictures
I spend too much time every summer trying to get clear pictures of bumble bees. They love the onion flowers, so it’s a good way to attract them to the garden!
Flowering Onions
Onions are biennial plants, which means the first year they make bulbs (which you typically eat). If you don’t harvest onions the first year, they will come back the second year and... Read More
Crabapples and Plums
The garden is seeded and planted; rain is in the forecast. Now we just sit back and watch it grow!
Thinking of Spring ….
We took advantage of the nice 25ºF weather last weekend and brought Puck out for a lot of long walks. Apparently, my legs aren’t used to that kind of exercise yet, and... Read More
Mid-Summer
I’ve been incredibly busy with work, and the garden seems to change faster than I have time to spend in it! We have cauliflower, broccoli, turnips, potatoes, beans … and by the... Read More