Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
I spent a good part of my day today at the U.S. Botanic Garden’s Production Facility. It’s a once-a-year opportunity that I am so glad to have found out about. Thanks to the suggestion from a new member of our garden club.
There were lots of beautiful things to look at, and many nice staff and volunteers to chat with. I was definitely among my people today.
It doesn’t look like it, but this is some serious green thumb-ing going on here! E is making me a cold frame for my birthday! I’m helping by holding lumber while it is being cut, and then priming and painting the cut wood before E puts the frame together.
This is going to be an awesome cold frame for all of my new flowers and vegetable seeds from the Washington Gardener Seed Swap!
Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.
Under two feet of snow
Flower bed on the right, lawn on the left. Right now, just snow. 
Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.
My office is lucky to have a special guest this fall.
A beautiful jade house with gold and black trim. It’s amazing how much the gold looks like real gold.
A day late, but inspirational nonetheless. Be warned though, it’s a bit long.
A bit of what DC used to be like before it became DC… with some non-native additions. You can see my entire set of pictures from the day’s excursion here.
Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.
I wondered why one of my columbine disappeared overnight, and why the other ones had almost no leaves. Thanks to this article from Garden Gate magazine, I discovered what was going on and how to fix the problem.
As the article says, handpicking the caterpillars, using soap spray, or products like Dipel dust that contain Bacillus thuringiensis will work well for any other moth or butterfly larvae. This includes critters such as the sawfly, White Cabbage Moth caterpillars (Pieris rapae) and Tomato hornworms (Manduca quinquemaculata).
Now, I just need to figure out what is pooping on my Basil!
Honor the pollinators.
Check out the events.
Create a wildlife habitat.
Enjoy nature.
