Jayne's Country Garden

In my last blog post, I mentioned that I had been doing some planting in the garden. When I got home from work today, I took a stroll around...

One of my favorite pastimes is watching the bees and butterflies enjoying the bounty of our island beds.  This year seems to be shaping up...

For the past few years, the island beds have been filled with bright orange "Profusion" zinnias.  The bees and butterflies loved ...

Down in the corner of our garden, by the birdbath and the wall where I put the bird seed, I've got two Savannah holly bushes.  I planted...

OK, so I'm a few weeks late in officially recognizing National Pollinator Week , which this year was celebrated from June 16th - 22nd.  ...

I was putting out bird seed today and became aware of a sound I haven't heard in a whi le - t hat wonderful summer sound of gently buzzi...

While June was an exciting month, with all the Monarch caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly action going on, I'm rather disappointed wit...

Stepping out the front door this morning, I noticed that the front flower bed was buzzing with activity.   At first, I thought they were ...