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:
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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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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….
A timeless symbol of summer, sunflowers lend vibrant energy to any garden. Black oil sunflower seeds may be sold readily as birdseed, but did you know you can also grow them for a flush of cheerful color in your garden beds? At the end of the season, I bought a huge bag of black oil…
It’s no surprise that birds aren’t the only ones drooling after your bird seed! I’ve seen many a bird feeder absolutely demoed by squirrels! We’ve had mice wreaking havoc in our garage when I didn’t use bird seed storage containers to keep the seeds safe. Oy, what a mess that was! Thankfully, YOU can learn…
The healthy benefits of gardening stretch far beyond exercise and a better diet! Personally, I love the amazing social benefits of gardening – gardeners are some of the BEST people, after all! Guiding… Teaching… Sharing… Caring… What’s not to love about another gardener?! Give them a compliment on their flowers or plants and you’re likely…
Gardening during social isolation is a funny thing. Some days I’m like, leave me alone with my plants! Other days I really miss people. (Some special people I really miss all the time.) Whatever the case, you can find ways to gather safely or at least enjoy these great gardening social media sites in the…