by HollyBeth Anderson | Jun 12, 2013 | Garden, gardening, Uncategorized
by HollyBeth Anderson | Jun 11, 2013 | Garden, gardening
Yesterday was a long stressful day but it ended in being such a blessing of a day. As I was driving into the driveway, I saw a lady and man in my yard and I realized the lady was taking a photo of my hydrangea. The lady, Daphne (how appropriate named after a lovely...
by HollyBeth Anderson | Jun 4, 2013 | flowers, Garden, gardening
Legend has it that Queen Anne of England, an expert at lace making, was challenged to make lace as pretty as flowers and pricked her finger while “tatting” and that the single drop of blood is the red center of Queen Anne’s Lace that some of the flower have. Queen...
by HollyBeth Anderson | Jun 3, 2013 | Garden, gardening
by HollyBeth Anderson | Jun 1, 2013 | Garden, gardening
Butterfly weed, also known as milkweed, is a food source for Monarch butterflies. Another common name for this is milkweed for the milky sap that it produces that can irritate your eyes and potentially harmful. The roots were chewed by Indians to cure pulmonary...