Starting a butterfly garden is one of the coolest things you can do to enhance your home. Being outdoors is great for both your mental and physical health so why not make it extra fun by making your environment more beautiful? By creating a garden that will invite butterflies you're not only helping them but you're making your own life more fun and colorful as well. Butterflies not only bring beautiful colors and excitement to our lives, but they also help pollinate flowers and crops, play an important role in the food chain, and can be indicators of environmental quality. There are a number of different flowers and shrubs that can be used for a butterfly garden. But if you want to attract the highest number and variety, plants that support all stages of the butterfly life cycle need to be provided. There are about 775 butterfly species in the United States and Canada and they all follow the same life cycle. This cycle starts with an egg (which is laid in the spring, summer, or fall)…
Every neighborhood has at least one.
From one corner of the earth to another this person isn't hard to spot. They have been exposed to the calming, meditative, mood, and life-altering effects of gardening. There they are, bathing in the therapeutics offered up by the delightful sights, sounds, and odors found only in a garden.
Growing up there was an old man around the corner who was always in his garden. He had course white hair, rough, like dried sage, that poked out of his grey golfer's cap. He carried an orange metal stool that he sat on as he pruned, and plucked, and snipped at the flowers.
He walked with a bend in his back, never leaving that half-seated position, ready to plop back onto the stool and resume his work. The curvature of his spine was distinct, earned by decades of hard work and bending over the soil. Every once in a while I would see him working happily with his wife, but most of the time it was just him. Seeing him out there day after day, month…
Are We There Yet?
If you are reading this, then you are probably as excited as I am about spring. I’m writing to you from the fine and gorgeous Northeast of the U.S, where spring is always welcomed when it finally arrives. But as the thermostat begins its slow descent, and the sun in our hemisphere begins its ascent, thoughts of spring start to race through our minds. Being unprepared for winter up in these parts can be a death sentence, luckily spring is a little more forgiving. But if you want to get ready for spring gardening season like a pro does, I am going to show you what you need to do it. If you want a job done right, do it yourself. What that statement neglects to mention is that it's impossible to do it yourself if you don't have the right tools. If you want your yard and garden to look it's absolute best this spring and summer then you are going to need some tools. What you should know, however, is there are a thousand tools out there for sale that you don't need. All types of…
Lavender is one of the most beautiful flowers you can grow. It's native to the Mediterranean area and has a long history that goes all the way back to the Old World. It has a sweet fragrance and it's a very popular perennial herb that's used in a variety of ways for gardening and landscaping. It's also used in alternative medicine as well. It's usually grouped into four different subgeneras, each with a large number of hybrids that have been created for different conditions all over the world. These include Lavandula angustifolia (or "true lavender"), Lavandula dentata (Spanish hybrids), Lavandula stoechas (French hybrids), and Lavandula multifida (Egyptian or fernleaf). Egyptian is a very tough variety and you'll find it doesn't need a lot of care throughout the growing season. Lavender is low-maintenance, drought-resistant, and because it has very strong oils it's useful in keeping away pests. How To Pick The Correct Type By Planting Zone Lavender loves heat, needs lots of space, hates…
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