Welcome
to
Welcome
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My
Garden
Spring is here again and I'm really enjoying this year's garden. It's become my sanctuary. My garden has changed a bit over the past four years. I've added herbs and flowers such as thyme, mint, rosemary, daisy, dill, larkspur, allysum, mint, snapdragons, hibiscus, jasmine, marigolds, moonflowers, morning glory and more.
I've also added a few ornamental things like toadstools, a mushroom toad house, some fairies sitting on lily pads and a waterfall fountain. We even built our first fairy house
This was the garden four years ago just before spring. It's just the bare bones
That's how it looked later that year.
And this is what it looks like at the start of this season. I really enjoy sitting on the patio and listening to the water. At first I just had the pond and it sounded great and I liked having the fish, but you could never enjoy the view from the patio. So this year I added the waterfall fountain. Not only do I want this to be a garden that welcome butterflies and faires alike, I want this to be a working garden. So I'm burying myself in almanacs, herb guides and the like.
A Fairy Invitation
To invite fairy creatures into your yard, try
showing them the way. Choose a smooth surface, like a patch of bare
earth or a patio, and lay out a circle of “fairy footprints,” that
is, make a stencil by cutting tiny footprint shapes in a piece of
paper. Lay the paper on the ground, and sprinkle it with sugar or some
powdered milk. Then move the paper along, and keep repeating until you
have a full circle. Put a few flower petals in the center. As you work
be sure to sing appropriate words, such as:
Little folk of flashing wing,
little folk of dancing feet,
hear my words to you and bring
blessings with you when we meet.
Fairies love music and flowers. They especially enjoy dancing in
circles. Give them this simple hint, and see what happens.
by: Elizabeth Barrette
Plants to attract Fairies
Thyme, mint, rosemary, ragwort, toadstools, bluebells, clematis, cowslip, daisy, foxglove, hollyhocks, larkspur, lilacs, lupine, morning glory, pansies, primroses, roses, tulips
Host Plants (caterpillars)
daisies, hackberry, citrus plants, parsley, fennel, dill, rue, violets, turtlehead, plantain. Queen Anne's lace, snapdragon, hops, nettles, wild cherry, aster, passion flower vine, milkweed, willow, clover, hollyhock, mallow, spicebush, sassafras, and paw paw.
Nectar Plants/Bushes (butterflies)
bee balm, black-eyed Susan, bluebeard, butterfly bush, Echinacea , coreopsis, dogbane, goldenrod, ironweed, Joe Pye weed, lantana, lilac, marigold, Mexican sunflower, milkweed, New England aster, phlox, pincushion flower, pink live-forever, rose of sharon, sweet William (Dianthus), thistles, verbena, white alyssum., and zinnia.
Starting your own backyard habitat - NWF
Follow the busy bee 
if you're itching for spring and want a head start on your garden.
