Flowers for butterflies are one of my favorite topics, and I’m looking forward to sharing my knowledge on this subject in the late spring with a local garden club. I have a free little booklet on this website too which you can download and enjoy to help you plant flowers to attract butterflies. And today, I published a new article, with plenty of big, colorful pictures that I took personally here in my very own garden. Please enjoy my latest article, Flowers for Butterfly Gardens.
[…] lantana , is a favorite annual for both butterflies and hummingbirds; hummingbird vine has long orange tube-shaped flowers, and it can be invasive, but […]
Learn how to grow kale in Virginia, zones 6 and 7, in both spring and fall, using organic gardening techniques. Kale Plant Profile Common Name: KaleBotanical Name: Brassica oleracea var. acephala Kale can be grown in Virginia, gardening zone 7B, spring and fall. Our spring crop survived the winter and continues to thrive, while the fall crop is just…
Snakes in the garden scare many people. I used to be one of them. I thought copperheads lurked around every stone, just waiting to strike. October marks out 17th year living on Seven Oaks Farm in Central Virginia. Over the years, I have gotten to know, appreciate, and love the many snakes we have seen…
We didn’t set out to grow Jonathan apples, but this is the variety that thrives in our zone 7B garden. We purchased seedlings from the Arbor Day Society and planted our home orchard in December 2007. Today, we have many fruit trees, including our beloved Jonathans that are my new favorite apple. Here’s how to…
A no-salt, nutritarian, vegan dinner that’s easy to make on a busy night I made this stuffed peppers without rice recipe last night for dinner. It uses my confetti salad recipe with some added spices for the filling. At this time of year, when fresh tomatoes and peppers are abundant in the garden, it’s the…
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