While my yard is not an official Monarch Way station…the basil and zinnia bed certainly qualifies for a butterfly garden. Zinnias are on the list for nectar plants adult Monarchs love and I can say first hand they do! Easy to grow from seed and really hearty in the hot hot sun. I wonder if [...]
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Monarch Watch Station
Posted in Cutting Garden, The Family Plot on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Basil & Zinnia
Posted in Cutting Garden, Edible-Herbes, Edible-Vegetables, Small Spaces on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Zinnia from seed mixed in with the basil starts - my new favorite combo right at the front porch. Nothing better than opening the door and grabbing handfuls of basil, bunches of sorrel, ears of corn, and a few flowers for decoration.
Flowers For Open House
Posted in Cutting Garden, The Family Plot, winter garden, tagged Carnival, flowers, Los Cerritos Elementary, strawberries, sweet peas on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A flower arrangement for Mrs. Hardy, and countless other items on the day’s to do list scrambled me just enough to end up driving across town to The Family Plot, without a basket or bucket. Luckily I had some plastic cups in the trunk. A baby cauliflower, a few beets…My dash and back seat were [...]
Six plants I can’t live without!
Posted in Cutting Garden, Edible-Herbes, Edibles-Flowers, tagged lantana, maidenhair fern, poppies, thyme, wisteria, yarrow on April 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I received my daily delivery of Dirt du Jour, with the heading “Six plants you can’t live without!”. Launched by the Sunset blog, Fresh Dirt, the meme question for every blogger today is a good one and thankfully we don’t have to have only six. It’s interesting to think about and even more so, to [...]
Go Native at Rancho Los Cerritos
Posted in Cutting Garden, Edibles-Flowers, Foodie Field Trip, Recipe, School Garden, tagged Catalina cherry, edible, Edibles-Flowers, nasturtiums, Native California plants, rancho los cerritos, Santa Susanna Tarweed on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At first glance it looked like a tiny cosmos. Friend to tiny butterflies. But just clicking through the Theo Payne website (my new fave-this week), I think I am going with Santa Susanna Tarweed. Love the name! It is in the aster family and in fact it is a nectar flower for hummingbirds, butterflies and [...]
