Yesterday I found several Monarch Butterflies nectaring on the Joe-pye Weed that’s blooming in the hedge behind the condo.
Category Archives: Gardens
Native Landscaping
This is a post about my philosophy of landscaping. In the last few years, I’ve worked with a few groups of folks on choosing plants for the gardens around our building. Everyone has different tastes, and different ideas about what our landscape should look like. I’ve heard both praise and criticisms of decisions that were made, and questions about why certain plants were chosen, so I thought I would tell you the ideas behind my choices. Continue reading Native Landscaping
Japanese Beetles – Gardeners, Unite to Fight the Beetle!
Spring in the Gardens
It’s finally spring! I took a walk in the gardens – on May 4th – and took some pictures of the flowers and insects I saw.