Blooms Around The Garden

It's been a great summer so far. Lots in the garden is blooming...the daylilies and dahlias being my favorite so far. The daylily garden is over flowing with blooms, and the dahlias are spectacular individually. New fertilizers from the local hydroponics store have made an amazing difference in blooming time and quality. Plants are blooming profusely - especially the grown from seed petunias. Any other year they have been slow to start - but with this feeding regimen, they are performing beautifully.

folia | Plantaholic's Gardening Journal : Tiger Lilies Flowering

folia | Plantaholic's Gardening Journal : Tiger Lilies Flowering

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Its been too long!!

Indoor Lighted Greenhouse


Its been far far far too long since I've posted! How time flies when you're caught up in gardening duties! Well....I spent the majority of the winter trading seeds, preparing for the upcoming planting season. I had plans to start a ton of new things and wanted to try almost everything I could get my hands on. Well....what a undertaking that turned out to be!





I was lucky enough to find an indoor lighted greenhouse on a local classified ad page and got it for an absolute steal! Let me tell you...I don't know how I ever started seeds without it!! I have it jam packed full of seedlings, and still don't have enough room. I don't know how my family puts up with it all!

I have found a new site "Folia" or "My Folia" as some call it...and I am absolutely addicted! It is a fantastic way to keep track of your plantings, what's going on in your garden and finding gardeners with like interests. It has taken me forever to input all my information, and I'm still not done yet....but it's a work in progress. Believe me, if you have time....go have a look, and sign up hopefully!

Well....cheers to a new year in gardening adventures.....let's hope it's a great season!!

The season's winding down

Coming to the end of another gardening season...had lots of fun, learned a ton of new things, made additions to the "collection" and harvested lots of seed to share and start plants for next spring. I was lucky enough to find a hobby greenhouse on sale SUPER cheap due to the end of season. I can't wait for early spring to get out there and start my seedlings!

The Butterfly Garden Plan

Two years ago I decided I was going to intentionally start planting for the butterflies and went on the hunt for as much information as I could find. I tried to find a few host plants as well as nectar plants and started trading seeds to fill my garden. Pictured here are yarrow plants"summer berries" mix. Some host plants finding their way in the garden were hollyhock, mallow, pentas and passion vine. Nectar plants were everything from columbines and dianthus to the varieties of milkweed and as many butterfly bushes I could pack in my yard. Last year was the first bloom for some, and attracted a few monarchs, but not many others. This year we are finding the host plants eaten, small caterpillars (I haven't identified), and one beautiful butterfly followed me around the garden all day yesterday. Hopefully one of many to come!