Sewing and crochet are two of my favorite hobbies but when it comes to gardening it is much more than just a hobby. I like to grow vegetables, flowers and trees. I grow many different kinds of tomatoes and lots of different flowers. Among my favorite vegetables are beans, spinach, pigeon peas, onions, sweet peppers and okra. My favorite winter vegetable is broccoli.
I like to grow climbing plants such as morning glories, wax plant and Madagascar jasmine.
Among the trees I like are: podocarpus, magnolia, red bud, and tabebuia. I have all of these in my yard and others.
I grow ground covers such as ice plant, thyme, alyssum, verbena, and portulaca. I also grow sunflowers, periwinkles, and several marigold varieties.
Lots of herbs and some butterfly attracting plants are also grown in my gardens. I have different gardens in different parts of the yard. The front garden is in the style of a cottage garden. In back of the house I have created a shade garden and a vegetable garden.
A butterfly garden is finding its place in the back of the barn. This garden will include plants that serve as food and others for nectar to attract butterflies such as: Monarch and sulfurs.
Happy Gardening
