Nature Garden Update

American Goldfinches, April 2010

What can you find in a nature garden? Here’s an update on mine. I hope you’ll be inspired. Do let me know what is happening in yours.

Beautiful Birds

Back in December 2009 I asked the question How Long Does it Take Birds to Find a Feeder?

If you hang a feeder full of [...]

Fantastic Tall Trees

Moreton Bay Fig by Caro Webster

Gardening friends are the best friends. Today’s post is the first of a planned series brought to you through my friendship with Caro Webster.

“When I sit under a tall, majestic tree something amazing happens. I feel embraced, calmed, part of something larger, transported.” Alison Kerr, 2010

Tall trees: awe-inspiring; humbling; [...]

Gardening with Prairie Plants

Gardening with Prairie Plants is a book by Sally Wasowski. Of all the “how to” native gardening books I’ve read this is my out and out favorite. It’s a definite inspiration, full of wonderful detail.

Subtitled “how to create beautiful native landscapes“, if you live east of the Rocky Mountains, you’ll want to add this [...]

Nature Hates Bare Soil

Self-seeded Wild Flowers

I don’t know if you’ve really stopped and thought about this, but nature hates bare soil, which means you can carpet your nature garden with masses of flowers, practically for free.

My native plant woodland garden was planted nine years ago. I’ve spent very little on plants for it over the years, yet [...]

Native Evergreen Trees for Kansas and Beyond

Which evergreen trees are native to Kansas and Missouri? Read about which trees you can grow and factors to [...]