Maybelline's Garden

WARNING:  Images may not be suitable for the weak of heart. Lots going on in the garden as preparations for fall/winter are in full swin...

Sweet Pea Mix  Right on cue, the sweet peas are in bloom for Easter.  The seeds can be planted between October and December here in zone...

  The Butter Bush Squash is coming along nicely since those pesky squash bugs left the garden.  The recent rain helps to keep the beds nice...

She’s baaaaack.  I will believe that this is the same mama dove that built a lame nest on the other side of the beams a few weeks ago.  Why?...

Early in 2009, a pergola was constructed to create shade.  There was shade before; but the ratty trees that were in this area had to go.  An...

Mourning doves in the garden have been a thorn to me this season.  The trash they dragged in to try to construct so many feeble nests.  Thei...

Late yesterday afternoon the wind began to pick up.  The lame nest that the dopey mourning dove built on the grape arbor crumbled to pieces....

Not that you would want to with the photo below, but if you want a larger image of a photo simply double click on the image and a new window...

It’s not much of a mystery.  Not much of a mystery at all; but it was something that needed to be solved.  Who left me this gift of bird ...

The 2nd season for the Red Flame Grapes is coming to an end.  Production was great.  There were many bunches of grapes although the size of...

Lavender is clipped on a regular basis then dried for use in potpourris.  I did notice that lavender buds are being used to toss at wedding...

The Red Flame Grapes did way more than I expected from them this season.  The 2 year old vine grew up and over the arbor and is now growing ...

Dovie’s eggs hatched during the week leading up to Easter.  She now has two hungry babies to fatten up.  Customers to Darwin’s Diner lou...