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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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Photo Friday: August Flowers
Today I want to show some of the things we have blooming here in early August. The pollinator garden (aka Wild Garden) is loaded with blooms right now. Everything there was planted to provide some sort of appeal to pollinators, … Continue reading
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Tagged allium, bee balm, bees, Brown-Eyed Susan, butterflies, coreopsis, hibiscus, Joe Pye Weed, rudbeckia, scarlet hibiscus
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Photo Friday: July Blooms
Today I want to give you a sampling of what’s blooming now in our Wild Garden and Sun Garden areas. The Wild Garden is so named because the plants in there are beneficial to butterflies, bee and other pollinators. We … Continue reading
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Tagged annuals, Becky daisy, bee balm, bronze fennel, buttonbush, coneflower, coreopsis, ratibida, rudbeckia
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Photo Friday: June Bloomers
Today I want to share some of the things we have blooming here in mid June. I’ll start in the Wild Garden, which is a sunny spot that includes many plants that attract butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and other pollinators. It … Continue reading
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Tagged bee balm, butterfly weed, catnip, coreopsis, crocosmia, hollyhock, hosta, lavender, petunia, shallots, soapwort
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Butterfly Banquet Part 2
Yesterday I shared some of the butterfly photos I’ve taken in the last week. Today I’ve got a few more, including some of visitors I’ve yet to identify. This Skipper (I think) butterfly seemed a bit camera shy. I had … Continue reading
