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Good compost...

First coneflower bloom...seem like a long time coming...but looks like many more soon to come... First gomphrena blooms. They are much smaller than anticipated but a nice addition... Milkweed is absolutely flourishing and crowding the space of Dahlias, Lavender, and Cosmos.... The...

Some things to admire; some things to eat

Sweet corn fresh from the garden is one of the best things one can grow. We love it so much that I grow three corn crops every spring/summer in order to provide continuous supply of garden-fresh corn all summer. Corn generates a good amount of organic residue. What to do with it? I use the...

All garden Lunchables today...eating at its finest.

How tall do your cosmos get @Logan? My first time growing them and they are about 5 ft and still seem to be growing. I didn't realize they got that tall.

Black-eyed Susans finally blooming...fingers crossed these will be perineal in new pollinator garden. The Dahlias continue to impress with their beautiful blooms...and again please be perennial...

I hope you are right...planted all these attractor plants and hardly any butterflies to be seen this year.

First corn crop of 2025 picking today with many dozens of ears yet to go.... 100% free of any insecticides, fungicides, or synthetic fertilizers...

Garden phlox in full bloom today...but where are the giant swallowtails?

Coreopsis in full bloom in pollinator garden. I do hope these will be perennial...

Lilies in container... Lilies in ground...

It is deterring my dogs from getting into milkweed and other poisonous plants to them. Probably ok to take it down now.

Pollinator garden...first year and getting established. Swamp milkweed flourishing with Monarch caterpillars... Dahlias beginning blooms... Phlox first blooms... Cosmos first blooms... Coreopsis first blooms... Still waiting on marigolds but zinnias and lantana going...

There is no mineral called Jimpson. There is a mineral called Jimthompsonite that is a magnesium iron silicate mineral. So sorry I didn't see the resemblance...and no I didn't know or even begin to know what you meant.... if indeed that is what you meant.