Organic gardener growing food and flowers, lovin' pollinators and birds.

There has been so much to do in the garden this past week, and I've been blessed that the ground had not yet frozen in my Zone 6b garde...
I've been able to extend the season of bloom in my fall garden, even with the occasional morning frosts. This is the first year that it...
Garden "Clean-up:"  There's been a lot of talk through social media over the last few weeks about leaving portions o...
A monarch raised from an egg collected in St. John's garden in central Connecticut. Some of the monarch chrysalises in Natureworks...
[Continued from Garden center staffers raise, release hundreds of monarchs ] To encourage Natureworks customers to also create monarch bu...
Here we go! The season has definitely flown by, and now it's time to clean up after the party! It's time to plant garlic...
Dahlias, zinnias, and pink anemones - combined with blackberry lily seed pods - make pretty fall bouquets. On Sunday morning, I was sur...
What happens when you are asked to spend two evenings flipping through bulb magazines and - at the same time - able to ask the company repre...
Every year I tend to sow my zinnia seeds too late for a summer show. But I usually get my act together around July, which ensures blooming ...
We just past the Labor Day hurdle, which means autumn is only a few weeks away. This year I'm seeing a lot more monarch butterflies tha...
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