Garden Friends

The garden would be a bit boring without a few cool garden friends sharing our space!

This year alone, we’ve enjoyed sharing our gardens with:

  • Ladybugs
  • Butterflies
  • Swallowtail Butterflies
  • Bees
  • Praying Mantis
  • Spiders
  • Worms

Share our adventures in gardening here!

Transplanting Milkweed Seedlings, Starts, & Reseeded Volunteers
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Transplanting Milkweed Seedlings, Starts, & Reseeded Volunteers

Some gardeners say growing milkweed from seed can be a tricky process. Sometimes it’s much quicker and easier when acquiring butterfly weed starter plants and then transplanting milkweed in the garden. This is the route I decided to take with butterfly weed and swamp milkweed, although I will try from seed another time. I lucked…

Butterfly Puddler – How to Make a Pollinator Water Station
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Butterfly Puddler – How to Make a Pollinator Water Station

Butterflies, bees, and other pollinators are so important to our gardens and food supply. And there are little things we gardeners can do to help them, like making a pollinator water station. I happily attended the DIY Butterfly Puddler Workshop at Ken’s Gardens in Lancaster to make my own pollinator watering dish. This workshop brilliantly…

Get Your FREE Milkweed Seeds & Save the Monarchs!
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Get Your FREE Milkweed Seeds & Save the Monarchs!

Did you know you can get free Live Monarch seeds to plant in your own garden? The Live Monarch Foundation will send you free milkweed seeds for a self-addressed, stamped envelope. To best support saving the monarch butterflies, please also consider buying more seeds or better yet, starter milkweed plants. You can make a donation…

Border Collie Magnets – Painted Dog Seashell Craft Idea!
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Border Collie Magnets – Painted Dog Seashell Craft Idea!

It’s no secret. I am a complete sucker for seashells and dogs, especially border collies like mine. So, my daughters and I decided to make seashell border collie magnets as a sweet way to celebrate our pup. This fun seashell craft is pretty easy with our step-by-step instructions and we know you’d love this, too!…

Hosting a Garden Social – 16 Garden Party Themes & Tips
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Hosting a Garden Social – 16 Garden Party Themes & Tips

Gardens create some of the best atmospheres for parties, bridal showers, baby showers, and other gatherings. Host a garden social in a peaceful setting surrounded by natural beauty. A garden party gives you a great excuse to gather with friends and family or your local garden club in a setting you know and love. Outdoor…

Swallowtail Caterpillar – Generations of Black Butterflies

Swallowtail Caterpillar – Generations of Black Butterflies

Do you know how to attract the friendly black swallowtail caterpillar to your garden? Plant lots of parsley or carrots and you might get lucky enough to enjoy many generations of pretty green and black caterpillars that transform into amazing butterflies! The swallowtail caterpillar feeds extensively on parsley and its relatives, such as carrot greens….