Mother Earth's Garden

The butterflies love the Russian Sage in my garden when it’s in full bloom, and I do to. It’s stunning tiny purple blooms blend together to look like a purple wave.

Whenever the Russian Sage is in full bloom I always see butterflies and humming birds hovering around the blooms.
Russian Sage is easy to grow. It enjoys full sun, and well drained soil. The plant gets a little bigger each year, but doesn’t spread so much that it’s overwhelming. It is a tall sprawling plant, so you’ll want to give it room to grow if you add it to …read more

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My son went to a summer nature camp every day this last week, and on Friday I went with him. We had a great time hiking through the woods and meadows, enjoying Mother Nature’s garden. I thought I’d share a few images with you of the flowers in the meadow.
Some of our walk was through the woods, and down around a small pond. Check out the milkweeds. It always makes me happy to see milkweed pods, I know it makes the butterflies happy too.

Here was the first butterfly we saw.

And a few more beautiful flowers.

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I love seeing butterflies in my garden all through the summer. We have a bike path near our home that’s loaded with Monarch Butterflies in the early fall. I love taking a walk and watching them float from flower to flower.
One of the most important plants for the Monarch is the milkweed plant.
If you want to have Monarch Butterflies in your garden plant milkweed. It is the native host for Monarchs, they lay their eggs on the leaves and stems. It’s said the butterflies can smell the milkweed plant from over a mile away.
Where can you find milkweed plants? Annie’s …read more

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