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. The monarch and the …

Dandelions: drops of sunshine that pack a nutritional punch!

Under-valued and decried as a mere weed, the humble yet very hardy dandelion is all too often vilified as a mere weed, a scourge that gardeners and landscapers are often determined to rid from view using harmful chemicals and sprays.  I for one hope more people will refute this misinformed view of dandelions as they …