Friday, September 27, 2019

Monarch Butterfly sighting in Mt. Laurel NJ in our backyard on Mexican Sunflowers!

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photo by Diana Wind Fall Monarch Butterfly  Sighting  in Mt. Laurel, NJ Another adult Monarch Butterfly was seen on our Mexi...
Monday, September 23, 2019

Nature photography on my Birthday! #gardencuizine where oyster harvesting made history

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photo by Diana Wind Discover Port Norris New Jersey After the oyster industry crashed and most of the rich moved away, Port Norris, ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

More Monarch Butterflies emerged in our NJ garden! #monarchmigration #gardenchat

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photo by Harry Wind - edited by Diana Wind Dorian was born!  Dorian's chrysalis bobbed back and forth beneath a protective milkw...
Friday, September 6, 2019

@monarchwatch @SaveOurMonarchs @journeynorthorg Our milkweed meadow monarch watch update #monarchbutterfly

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Our Milkweed Meadow Monarch Report My last post talked about the many monarch caterpillars we have this summer thanks to allowing m...
Monday, September 2, 2019

@monarchwatch Success! Monarch caterpillars all over our milkweed meadow. Yay! #savethemonarchs

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Grow a Milkweed Meadow  for Monarch Success! Our pocket meadow is proving to be a huge success! Harry's Meadow covers a small piec...
Sunday, August 18, 2019

Discover new flavors and tastes of fruits and veggies at your local Farmers' Market #GardenCuizine #GroundCherries

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Ground Cherries   Strawberry Husk Tomatoes Have you ever tasted Ground Cherries , Physalis pruinosa (Strawberry Husk Tomatoes)? I ca...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

More birds and blooms! #gardening #naturephotography

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Backyard Birds and Blooms! Shown above sits a magnificent Ruby-throated hummingbird; she let me take her portrait yesterday. Female h...
Monday, July 29, 2019

Echineacea blooms attract butterflies! #naturephotography

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  To attract birds and butterflies we added six more pink native Echinacea to our front yard garden. The bunnies trimmed a few for us; b...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

Kayaking lesson in NJ Pinelands with Harry! @PinesAdventures @PinesAlliance #fun #physicalactivity

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Smile Harry! Harry and I learned basic kayaking skills in an introductory 3-hour class yesterday hosted by Pinelands Adventures in Sham...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

Our tallest flowering plant; blooming now through fall! Cup plant #gardening #nativeplants

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Cup plant Blooms Daisy-like, yellow, native garden Cup plants (Silphium perfoliatum) are blooming now through fall in our NJ garden. ...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Today in Our Garden #GardenCuizine #gardening CANCER WARNING on my gardening gloves... say what?

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Today in Our Garden July 14, 2019 We've had a great gardening weekend, as always! I was hoping to attend Pat Sutton's garden ...
Friday, June 28, 2019

@JerseyFreshNJDA Blueberry season is here! #GardenCuizine @blueberry411 #FindJerseyFresh #JerseyFresh

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My Handful of Blues Good Source Vitamin C How do you like my handful of blueberries? Harry took this pic last weekend just before we ...
Monday, May 13, 2019

Why does it always rain when the Irises bloom? #gardenchat #gardencuizine

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It Always Rains  when the Irises Bloom! Today is another chilly, rainy day in our Jersey garden. It's so cool, we even had a fi...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Dad's Pickled Beets with Eggs #GardenCuizine Brain Health #recipe

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Dad's Pickled Beets with Eggs Growing up, I remember loving pink, hard cooked eggs. The eggs were served family style in a bowl wit...
Monday, March 11, 2019

Spring is in the air! @PhilaFlowerShow #flowerpower @PHSGardening @FTDWorldCup2019

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Philadelphia Flower Show 2019 Did you attend this year's Philadelphia Flower Show? Harry and I went on Friday. The show ran from ...