I need to start a garden blog

I adore my garden.  First thing every morning I walk my front and backyard.  Nature is the purest form - relaxation.  Seeing and hearing bees buzzing, humming birds stalking (yes, they follow me around), yellow and red birds collecting seeds, night owl wooing, Monarch butterflies and caterpillars, lizards and the all time favorite roadrunner along with the occasional squirrel, racoons, rat (my nemesis), snake, rabbit, doves...brings me joy.  So, I share with you my delightful little space on this earth.

Step into my garden...

this is my smiling dragon fly

who let me walk up to

and 

flew up and down

striking a new pose for the camera each time

the stalker

at least one of the stalkers

these funny humming birds follow us around 

 often closely sitting and observing our every move

apricots are my favorite fruit

we planted this tree 12 years ago

lovely*amazing* wonderful* plentiful

the melon

we are not quite sure what kind of melon

until this melon appeared 

I thought it was a cucumber plant

pomegranates

we are semi successful here

last year leaf hoppers attacked

so this year we are on the look-out

we started with one plant 

and 

the lazy little eaters

didn't throw away the left-overs

they just threw them in the planters

and

now we have many pomegranate bushes

last year I hit the seed bank in Petaluma Ca

and 

I was intrigued 

cardoon

Gobbo Di Nizzia

sunflowers

our favorite to look at

peaches

abundant for about three weeks

before the heat

birds get the top half

of the tree

we enjoy the lower half

share

figs

why? 

the most under appreciated fruit

happy tree as you can see

fruit fruit and more fruit

aloe and cauliflower

two types of aloe

healing

purple cauliflower

colorful

black raspberries

every year I search

for new berry plants

for our zone 9

leeks

grow staples

save seeds

One of the greatest gifts I have given to my children - appreciate and respect of nature

and my husband too