On a drive to see the autumn leaves, we came across an old abandon house. Although it was run down, the red front door paint was still vivid and eye catching. To me, red never gets old! ~”It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ” [...]
We are about at the end of the bloomin season here in upstate NY although I still have plenty of flowers still holding on. I am starting to clean up my gardens for winter, moving a few things around in anticipation of next spring. My morning glories and climatis are still looking beautiful as are the [...]
Here are some of the beauties still thriving in my garden. Even though I have had trouble keeping them quenched, they are still trying their best to shine. I guess you can’t keep a good garden down. Thank Goodness! I Hope your garden is still bringing you pleasure despite the heat and drought of the [...]
I had wonderful visitors to my garden the other day. No tours were necessary as they already knew their way around quite well. They came for one reason and that was nectar. It was a Butterfly bush or Buddleja Davidii. This is a shrub that is easy to grow in most conditions. It comes in shades of purple, pink, white, and even orange. They are true to [...]
We visited Cooperstown, NY last week, so we stopped at an antique store right outside of town that is called the Wood Bull. It is reknowned for it’s incredible amount of chairs they offer for sale. Inside the massive three story barn plus basement, there are so many antiques it’s hard to take it all in. [...]
We had a wonderful soaking rain last weekend. It really helped perk things up around here. I have cleared out some of the spent plants and flowers so it seems a bit sparse in some areas, but in others there is plenty of fullness. I have seen monarchs drifting by now and then which [...]
I have a thing for metal chairs. I think they are so practical~ able to be left out in the weather, they give an air of times gone by, and they look good red. What else could you ask for? Two weeks ago I showed some metal chairs on VTT that we had found on the [...]
Look who stopped by for a visit yesterday. He very slowly dawdled between flowers in my garden while I snapped his picture many many times. I swear he was posing for me. I suppose if I possessed that kind of beauty, I would like people admiring me too. I felt like he was a rare flower with wings [...]
Every gardener knows that lady bugs are friends of the garden. Even children love ladybugs and aren’t afraid of them like they are of other bugs. One of the stories of how they came to be called ladybugs is from a time in Europe during the mddle ages, crops were being eaten by insects so badly [...]
Although many of my plants are giving a wonderful dose of color to the garden, I can’t help but enjoy a few of my pots that are bursting with color also. I have had a few casualties due to the heat this summer, but most have not only survived, but also thrived in the heat. Container gardening can [...]
