Creating a thriving butterfly garden requires a few essential elements. To attract a wide variety of butterflies, it’s important to provide food, water, and shelter. Incorporate a mix of host plants for caterpillars and nectar plants for adult butterflies to meet their nutritional needs. Offer a water source by keeping a patch of soil or a shallow container of sand moist. Butterflies also appreciate shady spots to rest during hot days and flat stones in sunny areas where they can …
Discover the joy of Houseplant Appreciation Day on January 10th! Learn how houseplants boost your well-being, tips to celebrate, and easy-care plant recommendations for your home or office.
A host of golden daffodils… Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. ~William Wordsworth Many of my early spring memories evolve around neat little gardens filled with hyacinth, tulips and daffodils. When I was just a kid, one of our neighbors prided herself on her selection of bulbs: one tulip, one daffodil and one hyacinth planted at 10 inch intervals along her walkway. I couldn’t wait to see those flowers bloom every spring. Times have changed and now I like to …
