Gardening

Pollinator Garden

Since last year, we have been converting our old vegetable garden spot into a Pollinator/Cottage garden. We added a water garden and built a patio to sit and enjoy the view. The garden has a mix of native and non-native plants and herbs that attract and feed pollinators such as butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, flies, …

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Spring 2023

Spring has finally arrived here in the Shire… for real this time! Sadly, our bees did not survive the winter, but we will try again. There are a couple dozen Dominique eggs in the incubator, and the Rollers are setting eggs as well. I started 20 cuttings from our elderberry bushes, and all but 6 …

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