In the garden..

There's something lurking on my Dill, in my garden..

It's fifteen little Swallowtail Caterpillars!

Over the past week and a half, I have been watching these little guys, they started down low in the Dill, and started moving their way to the top.

They were so little at first, then as the days went by, they started getting chubby, just eating away at the tasty Dill.

This morning, I walked out to visit the garden and noticed that all but three have left.. I wonder where they went. I hope birds didn't get them. There are three left, two are already in cocoons, and one is in the process.

It is such a gift to see these little Caterpillars, I'm so blessed they ended up in my garden!

It would be so nice, if I could see them turn into beautiful Butterflies!

But until then, I will just have to keep an eye on them, and a camera close by!

Flower girl

I hope everyone has a wondeful Monday!

These beautiful photos were taken at a house I work at, that's right, I get to see these pretty little things everyday!

Taken with a Nikon 3000, on the no-flash setting.

There are some gorgeous flowers in this yard, I probably took over a hundred pictures, but these are my favorites!

I hope you enjoy!

Flowers always make me smile :)

My little paradise..

Let's go take a look at my little paradise, know as, the garden.

It was a lot of work prepping for this garden! I

 hate how you put some much work into it and weeds always tend to mess it up! - Grrr weeds! I spent two days cleaning it up, and let me just say, it wasn't easy.. pulling weeds, getting eaten up by bugs, and having the sun beat on me.

(I will post pictures before and after pictures once all the plants start growing and producing).

So far I have:

Kale,

Tomatoes,

Dill,

Cilantro, (that I moved and possibly murdered, oops).

Grapes,

&

Blueberries.

What I planted:

Cucumber,

Cantaloupe,

Two types of Watermelon,

Zucchini,

Squash,

Beans,

Okra,

Sunflowers,

and two other types of flowers (I think the birds got a hold of them though, cause they are sprouting anything).

Here are just a few pictures I took the other night as the sun was going down.

Do you a garden?

What's in your garden?

If you don't have a garden, what would you want to grow?

Wishing for Spring to come..

 

I'm wishing for Spring to come..

For the past two weeks, it has been beautiful here in South Carolina, in the uppers 70's.

As for today, it is in the 40's, and I'm not liking it.

But in my house, it's a different story; I have planted Paper White's, which makes it feel a little bit more like Spring. I rescued these little guys from Target, they were on clearance for $2.98. They were too cute to pass up.. a part of me wishes I would have grabbed some more little guys. I however am not liking the red pot that they came in. It doesn't really go with anything. So I had to think out-of-the-red-pot...

I have a tray that sits on a table near the window, which holds a few bottles of wine, and some mineral water, along with some glasses; which have never been used.

In my head, I thought of something perfect!

"Why not plant the bulbs in the glasses"?

And that's exactly what I did.

Now it definitely feels like Spring in the living room!

Do you have anything growing in your house, bulbs, flowers, plants, even veggies or fruit?

Are you ready for spring to come, or are you enjoying this "sitting by the fireplace, drinking hot cocoa, time of the year"?

Nothing like fresh veggies..

So here I am in Pennsylvania, in a garden of fresh veggies, to my left there are Cucumbers, and Broccoli, in front of me there are some pretty big Bell Peppers, to the right there are Tomatoes, and String Beans.

Everything but the Tomatoes, are perfectly ripe. Tonight we will be having Cucumber Salad, some type of Broccoli Salad, and fresh String Beans..

Mmmmhmmm!