by Meriel Bradley | Garden, Garden Wildlife |
Black Swallowtail Butterfly By: Meriel Bradley The Black Swallowtail Butterfly is so beautiful with an impressive wingspan of about 4 inches. It doesn’t land in one spot for very long so is quite hard to capture, but it finally landed in my vegetable garden on a...
by Meriel Bradley | Garden, Garden Gallery, Garden Harvest, Vegetable Garden |
Broccolini By: Meriel Bradley Broccolini is a great addition to your vegetable garden. It will produce a small main head which when harvested early pushes the plant into producing side shoots which you can harvest on a regular basis over several weeks. I like the...
by Meriel Bradley | Garden, Garden Gallery, Garden Harvest, Vegetable Garden |
Dukat Dill By: Meriel Bradley I like to direct sow my dill in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked in late spring and the soil is above 10 C. It’s considered an annual that self-seeds. If you’re planting for harvesting, you can sow every 3 weeks or...
by Meriel Bradley | Garden, Garden Gallery, Garden Harvest, Vegetable Garden |
Magnolia Blossom Sugar Snap Pea By: Meriel Bradley This is a very pretty sugar snap pea bred by Dr. Alan Kapular. The vines grow to about 8 feet and produce light green pods with a purple stripe down the side. The flowers are a lovely two-tone purple making it a...
by Meriel Bradley | Garden, Garden Gallery, Garden Wildlife |
Monarch Butterfly Lifecycle By: Meriel Bradley Growing up our garden was full of butterflies and bees and I am working to build out my garden from a new home build of nothing but a grassy lawn into a haven for local butterflies, bees, and birds. The Monarch butterfly...
by Meriel Bradley | Garden, Garden Harvest, How To Tips, How To Tips, Vegetable Garden |
Potted Herbs for your Kitchen By: Meriel Bradley This is a great project if you love cooking with fresh herbs through those cold winter months. You can plan to plant herbs in the garden during the summer to bring in during the cold months, or if you don’t have...