Archive for the 'My Garden' Category

25 May

I have a few more pictures to share with you that I took earlier this month, a little less than two weeks ago.  Last year I may have told you that I transplanted my rose bush, it was just a stick with one branch all summer after moving it, not happy at all, and only [...]

11 May

April came and went so quickly, but we enjoyed an EARLY spring season here.  Usually it can be quite cool well into May, and I don’t do serious gardening until around the 3rd week of May, but this year, things have gotten way ahead of me!  I’ve just let the things come up with little [...]

16 Mar

 It was two weekends ago this past that we had a blizzard in Northern NJ with snow over 2 feet in many places, this is a picture looking out at night after shoveling a foot, by the next morning another foot of snow had fallen. Jump ahead 2 weekends exactly to this past weekend with [...]

29 Jan

Echinacea Purpurea plants, also known as cone flowers are actually something lacking in my garden. My mother has some beautiful plants that look just like the one pictured, the purple cone flower, known for the medicinal properties of enhancing the immune system.  (I use Echinacea and Golden Seal often for different infections, and during season [...]

11 Nov

2-3 weeks ago, I was able to capture pictures of my late-blooming fall daisies, preserving them in pictures for days like today, when it is cold, cloudy and gray, I can look at these pictures and enjoy my garden year round. I may have a picture of a rose for you in a couple of [...]