I received a wonderful book some time ago now from a woman who I am very fond of. She’s an extraordinary person and quite the artist. She thought of me and my photography and was very considerate in gifting this book to me. The book is called, A Wilder Life: A Season-by-Season Guide to Getting […]
How to Grow Creeping Thyme Successfully from Seed
Last spring, I decided to fix up one of the gardens in the front yard as well as make an additional garden with a slate rock walkway. One of the issues I faced with the new walkway has been a major overtaking of weeds. In order to make this space a little more manageable and […]
June Blooms
We’ve had quite a cool spring season this year here in Maine. As a result of this cold weather, the blooming of a few types of flowers have been delayed. The following photograph are from what we have growing here so far. I have planted many flower seeds over the spring and hope to share […]
Autumn Collection & Storing Nasturtium Seeds Over the Winter
Nasturtium Tropaeolum are annual herbaceous flowering plants, that can be easily grown in flower gardens, planters, and hanging baskets. These plants thrive in sunny areas and prefer well-drained soil. The flowers are showy and often grow in intensely bright shades of red, orange, and yellow. These flowers as well as the young leaves are edible […]
Bumblebees Visiting Autumn Black-Eyed Susan Flowering Plants
One of my favorite insects to photograph are bumblebees. Here are just a few photographs from a session with these pollinators visiting black-eyes Susans in one of the flower gardens as well as some information about them. A bumblebee visiting a black-eyed Susan growing in the garden. There are over 250 known species of bumblebees, […]
Flowers and Insects
A bumblebee Bombus sitting on a bright orange annual African marigold Tagetes erecta in the garden. A bumblebee feeding from a purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea. A painted lady butterfly Vanessa Cardui visiting mammoth sunflower Helianthus. Bumblebees visiting a mammoth sunflower Helianthus during the early autumn. A bumblebee feeding from a perennial purple coneflower Echinacea Purpurea. A bumblebee […]