The  grass strip  in front of our  house is filled  with flowers. Today I saw this beautiful butterfly was flying along with the bee that was collecting honey. Both were fascinating to watch.

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Many years ago, in 1939, my Uncle Walter and his wife Aunt Ruth bought a farm. More accurately with the help of Grandpa Larson, they bought 300 acres of meadow along the beautiful Lake Champlain.  Wally and Ruth arranged to build a barn and other such necessities, and had five children. (more…)

Most of my daylilies are simple but these double blossoms are an extra treat. (more…)

This time there are not a lot of reflections. We had just enjoyed seeing that there was hardly any water in our backyard, but early this morning the rains fell again. Even the trees are laden down and hiding the path. (more…)

Yesterday the rain came all day.  There were moments when we thought the sun would come out – but no such luck.

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Our garden has many many daylilies. The reason? Because our garden is often very wet, but the daylilies have no complaints. Since I can always counted on daylilies, I can show you a range of lovely daylilies. (more…)

I was looking at the flowers on our grassy strip next to the road – and there I saw a tiny bee.  We talk a lot about bees in Greenfield, but usually we talk about bees that make honey. Those honey bees collect nectar, and pollen on their legs. But this bee is very tiny, as you can see.  I am wondering – do you  think this bee has collected pollen?  Or does it just have  yellow legs? (more…)

A couple of days ago my husband and I strolled across the Shelburne, MA, Bridge of Flowers which attracts people from many of the  US States – but we can visit these wonderful flowers from May until the last days of October. (more…)

The month of June brings us lovely roses. Our small dry spot gives us an array of different types of roses and one of the best is Drift Peach roses. They will bloom into the fall and keep me very happy. The space for our roses is not very large, but we have many beauties. (more…)

This book by Neil Lucas has opened up a whole world for me.  I don’t think I ever looked at grass as anything beyond mowing the lawn. But this book has opened my eyes. I didn’t think of rain gardens as an important “garden” until a new local building arranged for small vegetable gardens with some deeper water spots that would save  heavy rains. I didn’t know there was Miscanthus or Feather Reed Grass.  I didn’t know about beautiful  Penniestum grass. But Neil is giving me a chance to learn a lot about Grasses. (more…)