Transform a curbside strip with tough drought-tolerant plants such as blanket flower, sedums, sneezeweed, fescues, and asters. Plant taller forms in a cutting garden along with other cut flower favorites such as
I have seen a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets the last week or so, but they’ve all been hard to capture in poor light and this one was no exception. Then when it seemed like there was nothing else, a bright Pine Warbler sang and hung around long enough for a few photos. Lack of light...
Unlike other flower seeds you may be used to, you can’t just toss out milkweed seeds in spring and wait for them to grow… because you’ll be waiting quite a while! This is another common mistake people make: not cold-stratifying their milkweed seeds first. If you want to start milk...
Last year for the Holidays, the kids and I gave out Milkweed seeds and Bee Mix seeds as gifts for everyone. Every little bit helps right? 🙂 Reply Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment * Name * Email * Notify me of ...
Like many wildflowers, goldenrod is extremely easy to grow from seed, which can be sown directly outdoors in fall or spring or started indoors 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost date. If you plant the seeds in late fall or early winter, they will begin to germinate when the temperatures...
Eggplant can be bought as seedlings or started from seed indoors four to eight weeks before the last possible frost date for your area. Buying seedlings is much easier, but it does cost more than seeds do and there is less variety to choose from when picking out plants rather than seeds....
Seeds and berries are other calorie-rich foods that provide them with proper sustenance for long flights. If you plant something you also like to snack on (like wild grapes), harvest your share quickly so you’re not left empty-handed. Seed- or berry-producing plant type and the birds ...
Color-wise, perennials are generally more subdued than annuals, but for some colorful ones that bloom all summer long, look at iris (Zones 3 to 9), milkweed (Zones 3 to 9), and black-eyed Susan (Zones 3 to 11). For colorful foliage, consider coral bells (3 to 9) and hardy begon...
“Along the trails, my eyes — LBCA and LACA — have watched ducks bathing in the river, cows, horses and alpacas in the fields, a seagull resting on the lakeside and cormorants perched on a line seemingly chatting over snowy bed of fluttering milkweed seeds. Are they all evidence of ...
The days were just not long enough to do much. I was working on a very low pay 9 to 5 and looking after all the stuff involved in bringing up 4 young adults. I was also giving them driving lessons to get their driver's license, not counting the cost of lessons and petrol. He tol...