Zizia aptera – Birchwood Butterfly Corner

More Research

I went back to the research drawing board. I now know that right below the surface is stubborn clay, so I’ve taken that into account. While I knew that it was full sun, I guess I didn’t take the dry soil into account? So that also became an important element. Starting with the Xerces Society pdf for our region, I plugged them into the National Wildlife Federation’s Plant Finder to figure out exactly which varieties would work for this zip code.

Battling Bunnies and Fresh Hope

There is always what you intend, and then what actually happens. Despite spending the cold winter months planning out a “perfect” garden, such a thing has yet to materialize. In part because I forgot a gardener’s biggest enemy – bunnies. Apparently, the sweet baby plants that Steph and I added are too tempting to theContinue reading “Battling Bunnies and Fresh Hope”