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Jan - 20 | 2 comments.

It is unusually warm today which is making me very ready for spring flowers. No wildflowers last spring which was so disappointing. I am so very hopeful that this spring we will have roadsides and fields full of pretty flowers.

Restless January

Jan - 02 | no comments.

My least favorite month is January. I do not do cold and dreary very well. (Our January weather has been beautiful so far, but I have high standard for temps and really dislike anything below 80!) January usually leaves me restless,

Blueberries & Raspberries

Aug - 09 | 14 comments.

After a long cooler spring and summer in Montana this year, our friends have finally been able to enjoy their berries these last few weeks. Many summers I am in Montana when the fruit ripens to perfection and everyone begins picking fruit to

Garden Pond

Aug - 04 | 2 comments.

It remains parched here, but Montana weather is absolutely beautiful. I have a friend who has a lovely Montana garden. She also has a beautiful little stream which trickles throughout her back yard. Her lovely garden is planted along the little stream. You can only imagine

Garlic is Good

Jul - 26 | 13 comments.

I love garlic in basically most any food except for desserts! The only thing I love more is the garlic when it is growing in a garden. Garlic is a simple work of art! Every garden should have garlic to

Lilies That “Pop”!

Jul - 22 | 6 comments.

Told you I would find you some beautiful things in Montana and I try to never break a promise! Found these lovely lilies in a friend's garden in Montana this week. I was wowed by the vibrant deep red color.

Slim Pickings

Jun - 04 | 8 comments.

We are having the worst drought in over 80 years. Needless to say, the farm is dry, parched and flowerless. The hot winds continue to beat down anything new that blooms. The raccoons, armadillos, skunks, possums, rabbits and every other

Montana May Tulips

Jun - 03 | 6 comments.

Are these not the most beautiful tulips you have ever seen? One of my friends grows them in her vegetable garden which is protected from the deer. They were extra lovely!

May Winds

Jun - 01 | no comments.

The winds have been ferocious. The winds have been hot. But, we have a few wild Tickweed flowers to at least add color to our very dry conditions. This photo was taken with the blowing winds. It was impossible to get a

Black Cohosh

May - 15 | 4 comments.

One of my friends in Montana grows Black Cohosh (Acteae racemosa) in her garden and it makes for a spectacular plant. Cohosh is an Indian word meaning rough. Black Cohosh is sometimes also called: bugbane, snake root, bugwart, fairy candles,

They Are Back!

May - 06 | 6 comments.

With the continuing drought and the big flop this spring for the Bluebonnets my favorite flowers did make a showing. Not as bountiful as past years, but at least some pretty groupings on the roadside. The ones at farm did

Montana Coneflower

May - 02 | 6 comments.

Found these beautiful yellow flowers in a friend's garden last summer. They are from the Rudbeckia family and are called the Montane Coneflower. My friend found them growing wild in a ditch on her way hiking. She brought them home

More Garden Flowers

Apr - 11 | 8 comments.

Thought I would post a few more flowers from garden visit last week. Things are so very brown around farm that the flowers are the only colorful things I have seen. I am very much missing my beautiful green spring and

Spring Flowers

Apr - 06 | 6 comments.

I went to visit "Girlie" this week. I wanted us to celebrate the beginning of spring together. I decided to take her to a beautiful garden to see all the abundant flowers blooming this spring. We had a grand time