Moments of Wonder #2 The Beauty of a Hummingbird
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When temperatures climb into the 90s and beyond, even the toughest gardeners (and plants!) need a little extra care. Here are a few ways to help your garden survive the heat.
Thought I would share some nature images from my garden.
Right now, beneath your freshly laid June mulch, a massive, underground gossip network is buzzing. While you are busy checking your phone notifications, your tomatoes, marigolds, and oak trees are actively texting each other.
There are few things in nature more universally loved, misunderstood, romanticized, and complained about, than rain. Gardeners pray for it. Children dance in it. Dogs reluctantly endure it.
You check the weather more often than your bank account. There’s no going back. The garden has claimed you. Welcome to the club!
There are holidays that make perfect sense - Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, the first warm day you can finally sit outside with coffee and pretend you have your life together. And then… there is World Naked Gardening Day.