As you know, I love, love, LOVE my sunflowers and the sunflower mix I planted this year definitely didn't disappoint! In fact, they exceeded my expectations and I can't wait to save some of the seeds for next year. I've been fascinated by their beautiful colors and also how much the bees love them. Sunflowers …
I try not to complain too much here because I know we all have our challenges and life is difficult for most of us in one way or another, especially these last couple of years. Ugh. Believe me, I could fill pages bitching about everything wrong with the world (and with my whacked out immune …
Continue reading Adventures in Gardening: Peas, Bees & More of These Please!
Yesterday I decided to start building a proper bird feeding station over by the lilacs after months of having this little window box feeder. It works pretty well and both feeds the sparrows, finches and chickadees and provides me with hours of entertainment each day! It's just that there are too many birds coming to …
I broke out the good camera to take pictures in the garden this morning because my cell phone just isn't taking the best quality photos these days. I don't know if it's because I need to do a better job of cleaning the little lens or if my hunch about the picture quality degrading with …
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