Category Archives: Garden

swallowtail butterfly
September 14, 2014

This swallowtail butterfly greeted me this a.m. in my backyard. There are over 550 species of [...]

hummingbirds
August 31, 2014

Why have I only now truly appreciated the flora and fauna around me? Take hummingbirds [...]

anise hyssop
June 20, 2014

Native to the Midwest, anise hyssop is a member of the mint family. Bees and [...]

dragonfly fun facts
June 19, 2014

This dragonfly reminds me of prehistoric car parts thrown together and if you look closely [...]

daylily
June 7, 2014

With over 60,000 cultivars the daylily, lasting only a day, is actually not a lily. [...]

World Environment Day
June 5, 2014

Today is World Environment Day. What are you doing to help the environment today?  

explore the garden
May 18, 2014

strawberries
May 15, 2014

Summer in my backyard.

blackberry or dewberry
May 13, 2014

Blackberry or dewberry? I always thought mine were blackberries however a friend recently said they [...]

HollyBeth Anderson
May 4, 2014

Having my photo taken is the number one thing I do not like doing nor [...]