Sowing a better world … one garden at a time

May is Wildflower Month May 17, 2012
May is underway, the month that is the bridge between Spring & Summer. In the Santa Monica Mountains, it is a month of vibrant color. The hillsides are bejeweled in blooms of yellow, orange, pink, white, purple & blue. Flowers are strewn from here to there, seemingly at random, as if at the whim […]
Kathy Vilim
The Wildlife Pond at Mount Cuba Center May 16, 2012
I was thrilled to be invited to visit Mount Cuba Center last week, to interview some of the staff, and spend several delightful hours wandering around with my camera collecting images of this beautiful place, which is devoted to preserving the native plants of the Piedmont region. Mount Cuba Center is a 600 acre preserve […]
Carole Sevilla Brown
My Garden’s Carbon Footprint May 15, 2012
“It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.” ~Seneca With spring we turn our attention in earnest to our gardens. And this year as Earth Day loomed, I also turned my attention to what I was doing to be more environmentally conscious and earth friendly […]
Donna Donabella
Build-A-Wetland May 14, 2012
So I had my driveway re-done a few weeks ago, as I believe I mentioned, and as I was planting in the newly cleared space, it chanced to rain. And I discovered that while most of the area was pretty much exactly as it had been, there was a large section that now, as soon […]
Ursula Vernon
A Tale of Quail May 11, 2012
Just when I think I’ve run out of critters that will come to visit, someone new shows up. Wednesday we had some much-needed rain and the storm was ending. I glanced out the window that overlooks the backyard and I spotted a bird taking shelter under a wax myrtle. At first glance I thought it […]
Loret T. Setters

Wordless Wednesday

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

~William Blake

Glorious red color in winter.

Cheerful and sunny marigold blossom.

New beginnings, leeks for spring planting 2010.

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16 comments to Wordless Wednesday

Annica

January 13th, 2010 at 7:23 pm

Great photos! And I love the Blake quote. Spring really is coming… isn’t it?
rebecca sweet

January 13th, 2010 at 7:40 pm

Thanks for the beautiful photos – I LOVE the marigold! I’m a ‘grandma’ at heart, and always have a thing for those poor, misaligned flowers. Plus, the marigold in your photo is one of my favorite varieties….
Lisa

January 13th, 2010 at 9:21 pm

Oh, I hope so…enough snow already!
Lisa

January 13th, 2010 at 9:24 pm

There are flowers with bigger and showier blooms, but marigolds make me smile. Petite French marigolds will always have a place in my garden border!
Gardenmom29

January 13th, 2010 at 11:46 pm

Hey, that looks like my yard in Iowa! I’m sure you guys are used to the snow up where you live though. Your marigolds look so green and bright. I can’t wait to see growing things again!
Lisa

January 14th, 2010 at 8:10 am

I may be used to the snow, but it’s worn out it’s welcome by the end of January! I am very happy with an indoor garden to tide me over until Spring, though.
Noelle/azplantlady

January 14th, 2010 at 11:08 am

Hello,

I am new to your blog and have enjoyed your Wordless Wednesday post. I think winter is a great to time to rest and recharge and be ready for spring in the garden, don’t you?

I found your blog on Blotanical and would like to “Welcome” you. I look forward to reading more…
melanie watts

January 14th, 2010 at 11:42 am

I love your photos. Especially the ones of your gardens on your about page. What state do you live in? I’m trying to keep it straight in my mind where everyone, I’ve met on twitter, lives.
Carole

January 14th, 2010 at 1:27 pm

Lisa, great photos! Funny my bird houses looked just like that right before Christmas when we got 2 feet of snow. Thankfully, that is gone now. Impatiently waiting for spring…..
Lisa

January 14th, 2010 at 1:39 pm

Just when I thought it was going to stay forever, the snow is starting to melt! I’m longing for a hoe in hand and a warm breeze…
Lisa

January 14th, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Welcome! Thank you! Navigating Blotanical will take some practice but I look forward to meeting many new garden friends.
kate

January 14th, 2010 at 1:43 pm

Love the quote. How sweet that you can grow Marigolds indoors!
Lisa

January 14th, 2010 at 2:11 pm

Thanks Melanie! We’re in a suburb of Rochester, NY. I’m blessed to be growing in a mini micro-climate…our yard is a solid zone 6 whereas the neighbors are all zone 5. Our snow melts sooner and the frosts usually miss us late in the spring. *Thank you God!*
Lisa

January 14th, 2010 at 2:12 pm

Everyone should try it! A bit of winter cheer…
Bren

January 17th, 2010 at 11:06 pm

Great to find you on Twitter… your blog is fun! Where is your marigold blooming? You must have a greenhouse.
Lisa

January 17th, 2010 at 11:33 pm

Thank you! My marigolds are blooming in an indoor garden. It’s set up in a spare bedroom and I’ve enjoyed gardening through these cold winter months.