Home-Grown Beets
Home-grown vegetables, especially beets, are both nutritious and packed with essential vitamins. Beets are a powerhouse food for health.
Birdwatching in the Sunflower Garden
Early this morning, I watched as yellow finches feasted at my garden of sunflowers. An entire flock of the yellow feathered friends gathered, chirping with one another while they enjoyed their lunch. It was a beautiful sight. Not so pretty after they finished, but...Quick Peek at the Pollinator Garden
I could hardly wait for morning to come and head out to the gardens. The hummingbirds are zipping through the gardens, their wings making a humming sound that is our morning song, the pollinators are busy at work, and the flowers are lifting their heads as if to say,...
Here We Grow!
The seedlings are growing and we are looking forward to a bountiful harvest this summer. Some of the baby seedlings have moved from the nursery to the next step up—larger pots. It’s fun to watch them grow.
Iris Gardens of Spring Meadows
Our irises in the DISPLAY and GROW gardens include approximately 50 varieties. We are constantly adding more because we love the irises! This has been an exceptional year for blooms. The bloom season ends in early summer for many of the irises, but there are several...
A Valentine Garden Surprise
A beautiful surprise in the garden today is this little bunch of daffodils. Growing in a cluster of five flowers per plant, the flowers are fragrant and only about 3/4-inch from flower tip to flower tip across.
Insects in the Garden – The Good, the Bad, and the Interesting | Sharpshooter
A Sharpshooter is a type of Leafhopper insect that sucks plant juices from common host plants including potatoes, beans, lettuce, grapes, roses and many more.
A Caterpillar in the Garden
A short video documentation of our first caterpillar for the summemr. Our youngest granddaughter named this special caterpillar Emily. I like her name!
Identify Me! Plant Identification (Updated)
Do you know the name of this plant? My granddaughters and I play a game where they see how many plants and flowers they can name. Let’s see how you do with this!