Enjoy A tiny sweat bee loaded with pollen on a black eyed Susan (variety unknown)! We also saw a green sweat bee (rare) and an orange belted bumble bee. All native bees to our area, so very exciting! #garden #insect #bee

My wild strawberries are making their first TINEH berries. 🥹 #gardening

I wanted to use Jenny for scale and took the cutest photo ever. LOOK AT HER FACE. Right after this I released her from sit and she tackled me. #borderheeler #dogs #gardendog

Saw the clearest and brightest rainbow ever yesterday. #rainbow

Guess who got to use her work poncho! #nursery

My Salvatore Blue Salvia I grew from seed is blooming!!! I really love the color! The darker bracts make it look like it’s blooming even after the flowers fall off. I over fertilized these guys as seedlings and damaged them, I’m so proud they pulled through. #gardening #garden #flowers

Every year the swallows come to nest above Micheals and Famous Footwear. Both nests had four large healthy babies in it. #birds

Bella the nursery dog enjoys laying in the parking lot. We’ve tried to stop her and the best we can do is cone her off. Ear placement is 10/10. #nursery #dog

I got painted lady butterfly caterpillars on my fig leaf hollyhocks! I had no idea hollyhocks were one of their host plants!!! Mine are getting big and are hopefully healthy enough to support these guys. I’m creating an ecosystem AND a garden and it’s so exciting. #gardening #butterfly

Found this cutie behind the greenhouse, nice and moist back there. #insects #snail

One of the lily pads at work bloomed finally. It’s like a reward for keeping their water topped up. #nursery #gardening #flower

Surprisingly pretty blooms from the greenhouse. #gardening #greenhouse #nursery

Today I learned there are yarrow root aphids?! I could tell something was off, looked closer and every plant was infested. I had struggled with regular aphids on these too so it was time to rip them out. In gardening you win some, you loose some. Having a bug nerd daughter helps a lot. #gardening

My fig leaved hollyhocks are getting their fig shaped leaves! These were mixed colored seeds so I can’t wait to see what colors I got! Bonus lady bug shot. #garden #gardening

I am so proud of my two wild strawberry plants. Boy did I struggle growing these from seed, lost so many tiny seedlings. Hoping these two will spread themselves around. #gardening #native #plants

I released about 500 native praying mantis in my yard and they are endlessly entertaining. Some jump away from you and some stare you down for a photo op. #native #insects

My first Lady of Shallot rose bloom from my bare root rose I planted. She’s small but oh so lovely. I love orange and purple together so this miss violet butterfly bush is a perfect compliment. #garden #gardening #rose

The first visitor to our milkweed patch seedlings. A blue milkweed beetle. They can in numbers decimate plants so I’m a bit afraid for my small seedlings but also planted them to help native insects. 🫢 #insects #beetle #gardening

I found two White lined sphinx moth caterpillars in the nursery at work. My daughter came and picked them up and relocated them to our garden. #nursery #insect #moth

*waits patiently for bumble bees.* #garden #gardening #flowers

A digger bee all up in my penstemon today as I planted 4 more. It was such a joy to watch them shimmy into each flower. #bee #gardening

I ended up killing my lavender seedlings for my planned lavender hedge to help deter aphids from my roses. So I decided to try propagating some and a month later I have baby plants! Now all I have to do is not kill these ones. #garden #lavender #gardening

Photos from the nursery today. #nursery #flowers

Planted my Arabella clematis I got from Brushwood Nursery (great online company). The roots looked amazing and I can’t wait until it’s big enough to grow into my Eden roses. I choose this clematis for its long bloom time, easy care and color compatibility. #garden #gardening #roses #clematis

Gorgeous Tiger Swallowtail at the nursery today. #insects #nursery

Every time I make pancakes Jenny waits patiently for her own tiny pancake. #borderheeler #dog #cutedog #dogs

I got all 20 of my scabiosa seedlings (Fama white and blue) planted. Feeling very accomplished with my success with growing from seed for the first time. I have many more seedlings to go! #garden #seedlings #gardening #plants

Pranking my boss by bringing in my giant Sparrowhawk artdoll and moving it around her desk through the day. She came in and yelled who put a cock on my desk. #pranks #bestbossever

Caesar’s Brother Siberian Iris. I bought this one last summer and haven’t seen the blooms till now. Did not disappoint! #garden #iris #flowers

I had no idea black lace elderberry flowers were this stunning. So happy to have her in my garden, she’s small but doing wonderfully. In my area she’ll get to 15 feet tall or more in height. Can’t wait to see her covered in bloom disks one day. #flowers #flower #garden #elderberry