A beautiful and successful garden, attracts pollinators. My three favorite pollinators begin with the letter ‘B’ – bees, butterflies and birds. First, the bees… Icelandic Poppy Begonia Rabbitbrush Now, butterflies… Swallowtail and Dianthus Pipevine Swallowtail White Checkered Butterfly And, my favorite – birds… Black-Chinned Hummingbird feeding from Ocotillo flower. What kind of pollinators do you […]
What is wrong with the picture above? A few days ago, I decided to start writing about some of the “landscape no-no’s” that I see when I am doing landscape consults. From time to time, I will focus on a particular “landscape no-no” and its solution. My hope is that it will help you to […]
Do you ever wonder if you are doing things right in your landscape? If a plant or tree doesn’t look too well, do you wonder if it is something you are doing wrong? When I am called to do a landscape consultation, my client usually has a primary concern. But, part of my job is […]
I love the Olympics… Actually, my entire family loves to watch them. We eagerly await the opening ceremony and then spend the next 2 weeks glued to our television sets, rooting for our favorite athletes. Now, you may think that since we like the Olympics so much, that we must all be athletes ourselves. While […]
I have been waiting, rather impatiently I might add, for a certain item in the mail – a magazine with my published article! And, I am happy to say that it arrived a couple of days ago…. Here it is! Although, I have written articles for magazines before – but this is the first one […]
When you get the opportunity to ‘get away’ for a few days – do you take it? You would assume that most of us would reply with a resounding “YES!” Well, unfortunately there are sometimes that you have to say “No”. Every year, my husband heads up to Northern Arizona for a conference. And […]
Some of you may remember my “Goodbye to a Special Friend” post back in May, when we all said “goodbye” to my father’s dog, Addy. She had lived a long life and was happy living on Double S Farms, where my mom, sister and her family live. Now, there is a new resident living at […]
Many of you have visited Williams, AZ along with us as I share the adventures of our annual vacations spent up there. Besides being located along the historic Route 66 and being the gateway to the Grand Canyon – we also enjoy the cool weather, spending time with family and fishing. Each year, we are […]
Have you ever traveled through a part of Route 66? Route 66 through Springfield, Illinois For me, I love the pure sense of ‘Americana’ that seems to pervade this historic route that travels through Illinois all the way to California. Every summer, my family and I spend a week up in Williams, Arizona. For those […]
We recently returned from our vacation in Northern Arizona. It was a great week and as always, we spent some time along the historic Route 66. Along the main road, I saw half-barrel planters with corn planted in them. As I looked more closely at the corn, I discovered that it was blue corn that […]
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