Great Design Plant: Asclepias Verticillata

If you are starting to think about what to plant in your garden next spring and are looking for plants that attract butterflies, whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) is an excellent candidate for those of you who garden in sandy, well-drained soil. Like many other species of milkweed, whorled milkweed is a larval host plant for … Continue reading Great Design Plant: Asclepias Verticillata

Tāne Mahuta’s [Legend and Lore] New Zealand

Aotearoa “ the land of the long White cloud” aka New Zealand. Meeting Tāne Mahuta, The Lord of the forest , and discovering Maori story of Creation. On the West coast of Northland, Hokianga, New Zealand, is the Magical Waipora Forest. Here lives Tāne Mahuta, the Lord of the Forest: The world’s largest living Kauri … Continue reading Tāne Mahuta’s [Legend and Lore] New Zealand

Cat House Rules – The Lounge!

The Chair that I sit in and = on my desk because they can see out of the windows.

Breathtaking Patagonia-Argentina

Breathtaking Patagonia-Argentina. An enchanting, journey of the imagination- to Perito Moreno Glacier, icebergs and Nahuel Huapi Lake My first experience of Breathtaking Patagonia- Argentina was mediated through television, the internet and other people's stories, like Bruce Chatwin in Patagonia, and Che Guevara So, arriving in Patagonia- Argentina I had a sensed memory and idea of … Continue reading Breathtaking Patagonia-Argentina

Wildtending: Refugia and the Seed Arc Garden

Great Info Thank You, my yard is mostly shady so I am always looking for wild flowers and plants that do well in the shade. There are several beautiful Lady Slipper's growing wild in the woods behind my house,Trillium grows in my garden and wild here in the woods too.