Before tucking the Monarch incubator containers under a tea towel for the night so artificial light doesn’t interfere with their sense of direction, I checked them all for dryness and development. Continue reading “Firstborn of the nine”
Begun, the Monarch Season has.
Very foggy this morning, but that didn’t deter me from looking. I still have no idea if the Monarch butterfly I saw yesterday was male or female, but I did find eggs in the area of one of our common milkweed patches where it was flitting about.
First Monarch spotting this season
I noticed it this afternoon outside the south kitchen windows, just before the downpour. Continue reading “First Monarch spotting this season”
Oh You Silly Toad
June 20th is Summer Solstice
And I should be taking shade pattern pictures today. Continue reading “June 20th is Summer Solstice”
Weekly Site Changes: May 29-June 4th, 2020
Just like the bunny, this needs to keep going, and going, and going…
- Updated 2020 Plantings Page as needed.
- Updated the “What I’m planting” side widget as needed.
Continue reading “Weekly Site Changes: May 29-June 4th, 2020”
Garden Growth–May 30, 2020
I spied my first Luna Moth this year while doing a last round and watering this evening. I was hoping to get a bit more done in the garden today, but something is better than nothing.
Pondering a notion on natives and non.
So the property already had some non native plants mixed in with the “locals” here before we bought it, and I have since added some as well through both blissful ignorance and two deliberately foreknown sentimental based acquisitions. While making tea tonight, I had an idea…what if I made labels for all the plants in the front yard designating which is which? Continue reading “Pondering a notion on natives and non.”
Garden Growth–May 29, 2020
Mostly been spring cleaning in the garden the last few days and there is still so much to do. At least today I got some seeds in the ground! I will start soaking more tonight.
