How was your weekend? Hopefully you were up to some fun. Our weekend was quite busy between running errands, chores, etc. My original plans to see some of my family members fell through but we’re working on new dates. As we didn’t have anything major going on Saturday morning we headed out to The Natural Gardener to attend a talk on Gardening for Wildlife.
Over the past couple of years we’ve made a big effort to use native plants and go with plants that are drought tolerant and low maintenance. I’ve also paid attention to what kind of plants attract bees, butterflies, etc. and so this talk was to supplement the info I had. I was happy to hear that we do have some good stuff already in our garden and I think our efforts are paying off. This summer I have seen some hummingbirds, dragonflies and butterflies in our garden. Our succulents area is doing great too.
The Natural Gardener is a wonderful nursery and we could easily spend hours there but after the talk we were ready to get a few more plants and come home to get them planted. So we bought more milkweed, Gregg’s mist flower, White mist flower and another rock rose. The rock roses are my favorites and seem to do well in our garden. We made a few changes in our backyard over the weekend. Moved some plants around hoping they’ll be better placed and took out some that just didn’t seem to be making it. Anyway, looking forward to seeing how the new plants do and hoping wildlife will enjoy the habitat.
And, yes, there was reading going on this weekend but I think I did more magazine reading than book reading. I haven’t been doing any art journaling lately so I picked up one of my Art Journaling magazines to get my creative juices flowing. I also found a new copy of Cloth Paper Scissors that I had to buy because there was an article on handmade books and working with vintage photos.
So that’s the latest from Casa Bookgirl. Hope you have a great week ahead!
Glad to hear you had a nice weekend, Iliana. We’ve gone to more drought tolerant vegetation too. Also, things that the deer won’t want to eat down to the bones. We have a couple of rock roses and a lot of succulents in our front. Our back is ‘natural’ and we need to eventually get more grass back there. I’m ready for some cooler weather. The humidity is awful.
Using plants that have acclimated to the local is always a way to be happier with your garden. I love milkweed–I have the common version, which has a homely, straggly height, but the most gloriously cheerful flowers in orange and yellow! I’d love to visit The Natural Gardener!
Your weekend sounds great other than your family plans fell through. Have a great week!
Sounds like a nice weekend. We use a lot of a drought-tolerant plants around our house. I hardly even have to water anything other than the potted plants, thanks to all the mulched beds we put in years ago. We’re moving to Oregon next summer, so it’ll be fun to start fresh and see what all we can grow out there. 🙂
I wish I understood gardening well enough. My husband and father-in-law are more interested in it and take care of our garden well enough to get us some goodies every month. But I know I should pay some attention to it too.
Sounds like a great event and a fabulous nursery! You must share some photos of your garden! It sounds like it is really doing well 🙂
Kay – I know we wouldn’t mind going with more of a wildlife look but unfortunately I’m sure our HOA would have a fit. Out front we only have succulents so luckily the deer leave those alone. And, yes, what is up with the humidity? Oh my!
Jenclair – Right now our milkweed is pretty bare as the caterpillars have gotten to it but if I get to see a Monarch soon then I don’t mind 🙂
Kailana – It was a bummer not to see them but hopefully soon.
Les in NE – How exciting that you are moving to Oregon! I bet the weather is going to be much different so you’ll have learn new was of gardening!
Athira – Oh believe me, I’m by no means a gardner. I think my husband actually is much better at it but it is fun especially once you start to see things grow! I think that’s what’s gotten me more interested in it.
Stefanie – I definitely need to take some new pics!