loki bed – See Jane dig.

It’s the first Bloom Day I’m able to report blooms spotted on the Lot! During the end of each Winter, after the snow drops (Galanthus) have emerged, we can expect the winter aconite (Eranthis...

https://www.seejanedig.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-march-2020/

This Labor Day weekend has been a gardening marathon. Mom G is visiting and helping a frantic gardener (hint: it’s me) tick off many to-do-before-winter tasks. While we were working in the gard...

https://www.seejanedig.com/a-lady-in-the-garden/

A winged visitor to the Anise Hyssop ( Agastache foeniculum )today caught my eye. We have had swallowtails and monarchs make appearances in the garden this season. This butterfly really stood out...

https://www.seejanedig.com/punctual-visitor/

It has been awhile since I participated in Bloom Day over at May Dreams Gardens. But the weather was slightly overcast the other morning, so I brought the camera out into the garden with that goa...

https://www.seejanedig.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-may-2019/

I’d written not too long ago about a little winged insect in the backyard garden which I thought was a checkered skipper. At the time, I didn’t get a good photo of the wings when they were op...

https://www.seejanedig.com/more-skipper-id-clues/

While out near the swamp milkweed today, I caught sight of an out-of-place swath of green on the fence. I found myself eye-level with this little mantid. I’ve seen praying mantids on The Lot be...

https://www.seejanedig.com/preying-creeper/

As I’ve wrote (preached?) about multiple times, the Lot is being arranged, planted, designed, arranged again for more than The Other Half’s and my benefit. I enjoy spending time in the garden...

https://www.seejanedig.com/the-lot-levels-up/

Brr. That cold snap is turning into a day of snow. This morning I looked out the back window into the garden and noticed what looked like white blooms on the anemone. Upon closer inspection, the ...

https://www.seejanedig.com/first-freeze-snowfall/

October Bloom Day is here! By this time each season the garden seems to have gone wild and the amount of daylight required to maintain control is dwindling . (The gardener is also tired and beg...

https://www.seejanedig.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-october-2016/

As I review last year’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, I notice the Lot’s blooms are a bit behind the point they were in September of 2015 or 2013. I snuck out earlier this morning before log...

https://www.seejanedig.com/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-september-2016/