This beautiful vine showed up in one of our flower gardens a couple of years ago. After researching, I discovered it is in the Morning Glory family. Often called the Hummingbird Flower, I soon discovered why! The hummingbirds love it as well as the bees and butterflies. Read more…
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Last spring I started a gardening fence to keep my dogs (plus those who wander through the yard) out of the garden beds. I wanted something unique, and came up with a plan to use the trimmings from my muscadine vines and the pruned limbs of the crepe myrtle trees. The advantage first of all is that both were easily available.
Roses are a beautiful addition to the garden. Their scent brings back memories of childhood days for many of us. But with all their beauty, roses seems to attract the most pests and damaging insects of any of my garden plants. One of the first challenges I notice each year is the Sawfly Larvae.
With a hurting heart, I began in early March of 2008, to dig the plants from my Mother’s yard and move them to mine, creating what became a Memory Garden. Each time I made a trip to her house, digging in her dirt, my heart would break and the tears would fall…
The house is smelling a lot like Christmas, the decorations are up and Christmas music is playing. Looking so forward to the next few days …
