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The Winter Garden

Otter Lake, Seguin Township

Through the Arbor

Agnes the Gargoyle

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The Master Gardeners’ Bookshelf – Garden Revolution — Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia

Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change is one of several recently published books addressing the “whys” and “hows” of sustainable, naturalistic garden plantings

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Live: Picnic at the Spring Hill Peony Farm —

November in the south of Australia means the arrival of long awaited peony blooms in florists and cool climate gardens. It is one of our favourite times of the year when peonies and roses are both in bloom! we are always on the hunt for beautiful open gardens and flower farms so when we came…

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Signs of Fall

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While other plants have wilted or retreated from this summer’s excessive heat, my cacti and succulents enjoying their seasonal residence on the front deck have relished the long, hot spotlight. Many of the cacti especially have been so happy they’ve rebloomed twice, a rarity for some species.

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Skyward

Sometimes the angle of light is just perfect for that unique photo.

IMG_20180812_153553 - Copy — Looking up. Photo Credit: Linda Sullivan

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Our Pantry Profile: Thyme — Crooked Bear Creek Organic Herbs

Thyme {Thymus vulgaris} Common garden thyme has been used for protection, courage, food, and medicine since the beginning of recorded history. A low-growing, aromatic shrub native to the rocky hills of the Mediterranean and Southern Europe, it’s now a staple of herb gardens around the world. Roman soldiers bathed in thyme to maintain their courage […]

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Of all the coneflowers, in all the gardens, you fly onto mine

I haven’t seen many butterflies thus far this year, so a few days ago I was excited to be treated to a wonderful scene on my garden coneflower. This beauty alighted and fed for a long time, but she wasn’t alone as another little flying beauty was also admiring the echinacea.

IMG_20180814_114839 — Photo Credit: Linda Sullivan

The monarch and the bee had a bit of an aerial scuffle, but soon the bee moved onto some other tasty wildflowers and the butterfly was left to alight and feed for an extended period of time.