Animals
- Works In Progress
The gardening marathon continues....from sun-up to sun-down!I should have a video tour for you by the end of the week.We'll call this one "Before" and then in a few weeks I will show you the "After".I should have shown you the "Before Before"...then...
- Inquiring Minds....en Guard! (ening)
Janice asked: "Enjoyed your fairy garden. How do you decide on what to put in it each year. And your beautiful flower gardens. Do you save the seeds from the year before??? Thanks, now i know what i have, lack of sunshine and the outside jobs, wow...
- The Big Reveal
We seem to be in a patch of grey, drizzly days. The skies were ominous most of yesterday, but the rain held off until night, giving me a chance to get some outside work done. After morning chores, and a trip to my local greenhouse, I planted Violas in...
- In The Garden
It's official.Spring has signed on the dotted line...another three month lease...sending Winter back from whence he came. She wasted no time in unpacking her trunks...trunks full of new growth, and insects and song birds.In the process of moving in,...
- Garden Magic
Spring has arrived and once again my garden beckons to me.I have been preparing my garden boxes and planting some cool weather plants.Although, if the present weather trend continues,I'll be able to plant a whole lot more very soon! For now, though,...
Animals
Spring Fever...the Donkey Way
Spring does crazy things to us all!
I am really not sure what was up with Chloe and Daphne yesterday,
however...
when they came in to their dry lot from having pasture time,
they were all wound up.
They kept spinning circles...
nose to butt...
nibbling on each other...
and then trying...
to...
mount each other.
I have absolutely no idea what got into them.
They are sisters, for Pete's sake!
They took turns "riding piggyback"...
and biting each other at the withers.
I have to chalk it up to the presence of Spring
and the fact that it makes us all feel a little wild and crazy!
I spent the day cleaning up garden boxes (more),
raking leaves,
and finishing this slouchy hat.
Colleen: "Can you please tell me what types of flowers/plants to use in a fairy garden?
and how to keep them from taking over?? "
The following are pictures of last year's fairy garden.
I usually use a mixture of tiny plants and larger ones.
Most garden centers have an area devoted to miniature plants.
Some ideas are: varieties of thyme, baby tears, blue star creeper, cranesbill, brass buttons,
rosemary, moss, hens and chicks and small succulents.
In order to keep them small, it is necessary to prune them often.
I got a little behind in my pruning last year, and my fairy garden
turned into somewhat of a jungle!
This Spring I will re-do it all, as most of the plants were annuals.
- Works In Progress
The gardening marathon continues....from sun-up to sun-down!I should have a video tour for you by the end of the week.We'll call this one "Before" and then in a few weeks I will show you the "After".I should have shown you the "Before Before"...then...
- Inquiring Minds....en Guard! (ening)
Janice asked: "Enjoyed your fairy garden. How do you decide on what to put in it each year. And your beautiful flower gardens. Do you save the seeds from the year before??? Thanks, now i know what i have, lack of sunshine and the outside jobs, wow...
- The Big Reveal
We seem to be in a patch of grey, drizzly days. The skies were ominous most of yesterday, but the rain held off until night, giving me a chance to get some outside work done. After morning chores, and a trip to my local greenhouse, I planted Violas in...
- In The Garden
It's official.Spring has signed on the dotted line...another three month lease...sending Winter back from whence he came. She wasted no time in unpacking her trunks...trunks full of new growth, and insects and song birds.In the process of moving in,...
- Garden Magic
Spring has arrived and once again my garden beckons to me.I have been preparing my garden boxes and planting some cool weather plants.Although, if the present weather trend continues,I'll be able to plant a whole lot more very soon! For now, though,...