The babies have arrived!

 

 

One of my absolute favorite things about the end of spring is all the babies making their way into the world!

Here are a few videos of the babies I’ve found so far.

I hope you enjoy the beauty of life!

 

 

 

 

Check out the baby praying mantis!! He’s chilling out on my dogs fur!

 

 

Nature is a balance enjoy every minute of it!!

Happy Planting

~tara

 

Time to clean and deadhead!

Tweet    Our beautiful spring flowers have come and gone. Now its time to clean up they mess they left in their wake. This is what we call dead heading. Very simply, you cut off the finished flowers, so the plant doesn’t waist energy on making seed, instead you redirect that energy into making a larger plant for next year. What you’ll…

Take care of those taters!!

Tweet  By now I’m sure your potatoes are looking good!! Beautiful green leaves shooting out of the ground. And if your really lucky purple and white flowers too.   To keep them happy and healthy you’ll need to do a few things Earth them up! Check for bugs   Earthing up is when you take…

Time to find the beetles!

Tweet    When in doubt check it out. If you don’t know whats eating your plants go on a night time hunt! What you’ll need: Flash light bucket of soapy water (Dish soap works best) Gloves if your squeamish   The best time to hunt for the bad guys of summer is at night. This is when…

We all need water

Tweet    I’m sure the most common knowledge of anyone with a plant is that it needs water right? Even with this knowledge how many of your plants have shriveled up and died, because you forgot to water them? It seems like a very easy thing to do, water the plants. But when is the…

Propagate that rosemary!!

Tweet    I love rosemary! It smells wonderful, tastes good, and keeps the bugs away! So how can I make the one rosemary plant I have into a lot of rosemary plants? It’s very easy and I will show you how   What you’ll need:   A healthy rosemary plant with a lot of new…

A happy Prince singing for his lady

Tweet    Dirt toads are awesome!! They eat slugs, snails mosquitoes, flies and a whole bunch of other pests from our yard! A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how to build a house for these helpful amphibian’s and today I’m showing you a fat happy toad, that  made his home my home.   Introducing wildlife to your yard…

Spring in my garden

Tweet      Here are a few picture I took of my gardens. I hope you enjoy the signs of spring bursting through my yard as much as I did! Have a great day                                          …

Get my plants ready for the sun

Tweet    It’s a beautiful spring day, the birds are singing, the bees are buzzing and your seedlings are longing to join them in the fresh air. There is a very easy way to get them ready and it’s called hardening them off!   What you’ll need to do: Pick a shady spot, sheltered from…

Signs of life

Tweet    Like my friend Katie; (also know as the Garden hoard http://www.gardenhoard.com/) I often come across plants on deaths door. I travel all across long island digging and dividing plants, removing thought dead shrubs and trees. I have even stopped on the side of the road when people have tossed out a perfectly good plant and…

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