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Oct 13: monarch emerges

October 13, 2022October 16, 2022Posted in FallTagged butterflies, butterfly gardening, photographyLeave a comment

Sep 16: chrysalises galore (and swallowtail caterpillars)

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022Posted in summerTagged butterfly gardening, caterpillars, chrysalis, gardening, photographyLeave a comment

I counted at least six monarch chrysalises in the garden today and about a dozen swallowtail caterpillars on the rue.

Monarch chrysalises in Russian sage and nepeta

Sep 10: flowers and caterpillars in the garden

September 10, 2022Posted in summerTagged butterfly gardening, caterpillars, garden, photographyLeave a comment

Lots of stuff isn’t looking so great in the garden right now, but lots of stuff is. The zinnias are taking over, the sedums are pinking, and the goldenrod and monarch caterpillars are peaking. I counted more than a dozen caterpillars in the milkweed, and found a few swallowtail caterpillars on the rue as well.

Front beds with asters, grasses, and mums

Aug 6: flowers and butterflies in the garden

August 6, 2022Posted in summerTagged butterfly gardening, flowers, gardening, photography, swallowtail1 Comment

Jul 7: playing with my camera in the garden

July 7, 2022July 10, 2022Posted in Photography, summerTagged daisies, garden, photographyLeave a comment

This time of year is always fun for photography. The flowers are still fresh and most of the plants are still green; stuff hasn’t started getting leggy or dried out yet.

Evening Shastas, shadows, and white picket fence

June 12: garden status

June 12, 2022Posted in springTagged butterfly gardening, gardening, photography, statusLeave a comment

I’m still waiting for the beds to fill in — I delayed a lot of growth by moving everything around over the winter. I hope it didn’t permanently damage stuff, and I hope I have the patience this coming winter to leave everything alone so it can re-establish. Maybe things will fill in more by July and August. We’ll see. That’s one reason for posting these status updates with pictures, so I’ll have a comparison next year.

I took my coffee out and sat in my garden chair this morning; the morning was cool, and the colors inspired me to get my camera out.

Out back

My new Mexican feather grasses; they’re my favorite

Out front

May 6: what’s blooming (and about to bloom)

May 6, 2022Posted in springTagged butterfly gardening, garden, May, photographyLeave a comment

May 6: new plantings – annuals and herbs

May 6, 2022Posted in Planting, springTagged gardening, photography, raised bed1 Comment

The forecast called for thunderstorms today, but lucky for me, since I took a day off, the rain didn’t come until late in the day. I took the chance to put some annuals in the ground (and some herbs in the raised bed) so they can get watered in naturally.