Restoring Nature to It’s Habitat

Everything coexists in nature and there is a balance in the eco system. Plants, vegetation and animals of a particular place play an important role in maintaining this balance. They are connected and dependent upon one another in the food chain. Humans and animals keep a control on the growth and spread of the plants. [...]

Create a Butterfly Garden

by Vera Pappas Having a beautiful backyard to enjoy and relax in isn’t just about plants, flowers and nice grass. For me, it includes birds, butterflies, dragonflies and even bats.a necessary part of our eco system. Watching birds bathing and bats flitting about at night are great fun, but it is the Butterflies that are [...]

Duluth’s Rose Garden

I found this photo and information on the Public Gardens of Minnesota web site.  It is one of my favorite places to wonder through or sit and have lunch, and is located on Duluth’s beautiful lakewalk.

Flower Seeds

Flowers in Sap Buckets

Spring is definitely early this year in northern Minnesota.  The snow has been gone for weeks, and I have dozens of perennials popping up all over my yard.  A co-worker of mine has a large greenhouse and she stopped by my office today to say she would get some flower seeds started for me this [...]