Greetings,Labor Day weekend?! Wow, what a summer! We are wrapping up the unofficial end to summer with a bit of a rainy weekend here, which hints at the change of season coming. Lately, I've been enjoying one of my favorite parts of having so many na...

Greetings,Joe loves peppers...hot sauces...and all things to add a lil' (or in my language 'a lot of') kick to his food. One thing he has just loved enjoying is adding his own chipotle powder to his meals. I think he enjoys the process of making it a...

Greetings,As we continue to enjoy what's blooming now...today I wanted to highlight blue lobelia. It attracts a nice variety of pollinators and has a showy presence that fits in well in traditional residential landscaping. If you are interested in ad...

Greetings,And now we find ourselves somehow in the middle of August!? We had traveled to the Midwest to visit family last week and as you can imagine, Joe spent much of his time documenting & observing all that was in bloom! We are back home and...

Greetings,We are cruising right through July and enjoying a break in the heat in our area right now. Loving the variety of blooms around our gardens, the various bees, butterflies, & more that we are getting to watch, and our vegetable garden com...

Greetings,It's that time of the year we can be enjoying various types of milkweed in our gardens. It's very exciting to observe butterflies coming to our flowers, looking for caterpillars, and simply getting to love the added beauty they provide to u...

Greetings,In the spirit of the July 4th holiday, we are sharing some favorite red, white, & blue natives. Check them out & chime in with your favorites over on our Facebook page & Instagram page today.REDCardinal Flower/ VideoRed Bee Balm...

Greetings,Hard to believe we are in the last days of June already!? We thank you for your patience over the last couple weeks as we were away with our family enjoying an incredible visit to Yellowstone National Park & the surrounding area. We are...

Greetings,So many beauties putting on a show these days. This evening we were sitting out front while the kids were riding their bikes and I got to enjoy watching bees enjoying some of our foxglove beardtongue.We have a grouping of foxglove beardtong...

Greetings,Happy June! We hope you are enjoying lots of color and activity in your gardens. Yesterday, our kids had their first day of summer vacation and I loved when my son ran inside to report on all the butterflies he was seeing while reading on t...