New Hobby

There are many things that I enjoy to do and I have discovered a new hobby. I have mad Gardening skills and one of the benifits of having a garden is being able to see so many beautiful butterflies. So now one of my bigiest hobbies is to photograph every new butterfly that I can in my garden. I missed out on one today though. I went to take a picture of what I belive to have been a Gulf Fritillary when out of no where a moth landed beside the butterfly and scared him away. Some of my favorite butterflies are seen in my Butterfly Set on Flickr.

Veggie Garden Before and After

I have been picking some veggies out of my Garden. My mother made a Squash Casserole with the squash I have pick so far. Also we made a salad with the lettuce I grew. So here are some befor and after pictures.

Favorite Flowers and Plants

Its almost that time of year. Spring. One of my favorite seasons. I am already organizing my flower seeds and preparing for the upcoming month. I went to Lowe's today and went a little crazy over the variety of seeds. I probably spent a little too much to. However I could not resist buying the most spectacular seeds. Some of which are my favorite. Purple Cone Flower - This is a beautiful purple flower with a vibrate orange and brown cone in the center, the bees also love it. Bachelors Buttons - These flowers look just like little buttons. They are mostly blue but also come in white and red. Mexican Hat - This is the coolest flower ever. The flower looks just like a mini Sombrero. Gaillardia - This is a new one I have never seen before. To me the flowers look like fireworks of red and white. Last of the seeds bought today is Red King Zinnia. This is the big daddy of the Zinnia family. The blooms on this Zinnia are huge and wonderfully red. These are some of the new comers to my garden this year. They are going to look great in the raised flower bed I'm planning on building this spring. So what are you doing to prepare for Spring?

Sunny day.

The weather is going to be warm this week end so that means I can do some gardening. I have a bed of bulbs and in them I have some Bearded Irises. They are a beautiful Purple and Yellow color. They are called Bearded Iris because of the yellow or orange fluff that comes out of the center of the flower. The beard and the petals is what attracts the bees so the bees can pollinate the flowers. The Iris is one of many flowers were the leaves stay green all year even in the dead of winter. However after a long period of time you have to separate the bulbs so they are not so close together. If they are to close only few flowers will bloom. The bulbs also hatch little baby bulbs so you never have to buy more. That's a big plus.