Birds, bees and native plants are key to a successful wildlife garden. Here are few more recent pictures to share. When you garden for wildlife a walk in your backyard is like going to the park! The zebra long wing is the Florida state butterfly. This one is enjoying a flower on our non Florida … [Read more…]
Here are a few photographs sharing some of the activity in the garden this summer 2016. I haven’t spent much time with the camera over the past year. Health issues have had me a little less mobile than normal. I realized how much I missed capturing daily life in my garden when I spent the day wandering … [Read more…]
Here are a few before and after pictures of our backyard and the Certified Wildlife Habitat transformation it has experienced over the past two years. I had to check the dates on the before pictures to confirm it has only been two years since we started this backyard project. It is amazing what you can … [Read more…]
This last year I have learned that fish ponds can be addictive, you can’t have just one! January 2015 my daughter Lindy came home for a few a weeks and helped me set up a small 30 gallon fish pond. This pond brought me so much joy that I asked my husband and son to help me put in … [Read more…]
A new favorite addition to the garden this year is the Mexican sunflower – tithonia diversifolia. The Mexican sunflower is a very fast growing perennial in zone 10b and useful in a variety of ways. Besides its obvious stunning show of flowers it also serves as a great cover/screen plant. In less than a year mine have grown … [Read more…]
Down time? What’s that? I have never spent two weeks at home and accomplished so little, then again I have never had to recuperate from surgery before. Here are a few pictures from the last couple of days of my recent respite.
So far this year it has been an extremely hot, but luckily for the garden, a very wet summer here in South Florida. My backyard wildlife habitat and gardens have been thriving. It’s amazing how much everything has grown and filled in over the summer. Here are a few recent pictures. I have had to trim … [Read more…]
I ventured outside bright and early this Saturday morning with the camera hoping to get a couple of pictures of the gardens in the morning light. I sat down on the brick pathway to take a picture and this beautiful gulf fritillary butterfly landed next to me. He seemed content to hang out and let … [Read more…]
We received our sign this week from the National Wildlife Federation and are now certified as a wildlife backyard habitat. To be certified by the NWF you must provide food, water, cover and a place for wildlife to raise their young. – We’ve got that covered! Our next step is to be certified a Florida Friendly … [Read more…]
I’m always looking for inexpensive and simple projects that will draw your eye to a particular spot in my gardens. Last year I inherited an abundance of clay pots that have had me searching for interesting ways to upcycle them into something creative and useful. I managed to use a few recently by building a … [Read more…]