Hi! Thanks for checking out our blog. We are a husband and wife duo with two very independent cats - Bounder and Bobcat. We currently live in Carlsbad New Mexico and work with the National Park Service at Carlsbad Caverns. We are interested in so many things: nature, hiking, craft, thrift, cooking great food, growing food and plants, living simply, etc. Our blog will have little bits of all these things so check back often.
Look at this photo! Compare it to the photos here and here. We are so amazed at how well our garden plants are doing. The squash and sunflowers are desert adapted (from Native Seeds/SEARCH) and are really thriving. AWESOME.
I have about 5 different kinds of sunflowers, some small, some tall, some with big heads and some with little heads. I might cut some to bring inside and leave some to form seeds. Probably will offer the seeds to my chickens, but if they don't want them will put them out for the wild birds. I just like sunflowers - they make me smile.
Spider Antelope Horns, Asclepias asperula, Guadalupe National Park, TX
Wavyleaf Climbing Milkweed, Sarcostemma crispum, Sitting Bull Springs, New Mexico
Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa, Guadalupe National Park, TX
Horsetail Milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM
Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, Swamp Angel Nature Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Noble County, IN
Poke Milkweed, Asclepias exaltata, Douglas Woods Nature Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, DeKalb County, IN
Common Milkweed
Why The Common Milkweed? Well many reasons: 1 - It's important! Milkweed is the only larval food for the Monarch Butterfly and Milkweed Tussock Moth and food for many other arthropods. 2 - It's common, yet possesses singular beauty and therefore represents all the beauty in and around us (right under our noses and on "this side of the fence") and the potential for that common beauty to be recognized, expressed and celebrated. 3 - It defies attempts at eradication (where it is considered a nuisance) and, in so doing, proves that the beauty contained in the common endures.
3 comments:
Your garden is thriving way more than mine!!!!
Wow! I never would have imagined a garden would do so well where you are. Congratulations!
I have about 5 different kinds of sunflowers, some small, some tall, some with big heads and some with little heads. I might cut some to bring inside and leave some to form seeds. Probably will offer the seeds to my chickens, but if they don't want them will put them out for the wild birds. I just like sunflowers - they make me smile.
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