Zinnias At Sunset

There's a couple main reasons I garden. The first is because the peace and beauty out there is immeasurable. The second reason I garden is because I grew up working in the garden. It "takes me back". (Not to mention I love the taste of fresh vegetables!) The other evening I was working in the … Continue reading Zinnias At Sunset

Fall Plantings

I mentioned yesterday working on my fall garden. As I've also mentioned here that I have a surgery coming in about a month. My goal is to have the garden ready by then. I've started some seeds in my seed starting tray and planted some late warm season cover crops. In this I have planted … Continue reading Fall Plantings

The Silage Tarp

I'm trying to get a fall garden ready. One of my favorite tools in the garden is my 30'x40' silage tarp I bought several years ago from Hoss Tools. It's a great tool for covering a large spot of ground where you want to start a garden and let the sun get rid of the … Continue reading The Silage Tarp

More Birds and Butterflies

Ok, no bees or hummingbirds on this setup. After the setup which I've already posted from these past two days I put some bird feed out in a different spot close to my garden with the hopes of catching a few birds eating the seed. As I waited I kept seeing butterflies and moths behind … Continue reading More Birds and Butterflies

The Target: Hummingbirds

I mentioned yesterday having a particular photograph I was looking to get. While I've setup near my garden taking pictures of birds and whatnot I'd see hummingbirds around my Zinnias but could never get a photo. This time I setup closer and tried to keep my camera ready and pointed towards the Zinnias (but as … Continue reading The Target: Hummingbirds

Birds, Bees, and Butterflies

I mentioned last week some outings I had watching birds in my backyard. I setup out there again next to the garden for a particular photo I was hoping for. As I waited I was treated by several other visitors. Hint: tomorrow's post will be the particular photo I was looking for!

Backyard Birding

It seems the post so far this week has been photography of birds. We'll go with the pattern one more day this week. In the evenings when I go down to my garden I seem to always scare birds out of my sunflowers. I've still got a few plants down there from sunflowers I planted … Continue reading Backyard Birding

How Tall Did My Tallest Sunflower Get?

Today I want to update you all on the height of my tallest sunflower this spring but first a few garden updates. We're in the "dog days of summer" so there's not a lot going on right now! The other day I walked by the Zinnias and the pollinators were everywhere. I caught this picture … Continue reading How Tall Did My Tallest Sunflower Get?

Garden Update

This post will be a multiple items update on some stuff going on in the garden right now. My garden is going full speed right now... First, I had my first pea pickin' the other day! It's been a while since I shelled purple hull peas. Thanks to my daughter for her help. Then came … Continue reading Garden Update

Garden Update

This post will be a multiple items update on some stuff going on in the garden right now. My garden is going full speed right now... First is an update on my sunflowers. I've mentioned a sunflower challenge I've been doing with my friend Robbie over at the Wild Huckleberry YouTube channel. Robbie updated not … Continue reading Garden Update