Small wonders in the garden: joene's garden

By joenesgarden, 8 months and 28 days ago

Small wonders in the garden

Sometimes colors and interest in the garden are provided by the smallest of creatures. It's easy to miss these tiny wonders of nature unless you take time to really look at the life that occurs in the tight and smaller spaces of a garden that has never been inundated by herbicides and pesticides. The longer my gardens are in place, the more I find these everyday, but spectacular, creatures. For this post, photos speak louder than words.

A grasshopper breaking out …

A Black and Yellow Arigope aurantia, aka orb-weaver because of the tell-tale zig-zag design of the web.

A Black Swallowtail caterpillar eating one of its favorite foods, Queen Anne Lace. The caterpillar is as beautiful as the butterfly.

Morning Discoveries in the Garden: 2 days ago
A Connecticut garden in May: 8 days ago
Butterfly watching: 10 days ago
Don’t Miss the CHS Plant Sale & Auction: 13 days ago
An American Woodcock in a Connecticut woods: 17 days ago

Categories: Creatures (RSS), Gardening (RSS), General (RSS)
Tags: black swallowtail caterpillar (RSS), black & yellow spider (RSS), gardening in Connecticut (RSS), grasshopper (RSS)

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3 comments

#1. The Sage Butterfly
8 months and 26 days ago

Excellent photos! I have not seen a grasshopper breaking out...wonderful!

#2. Jean
8 months and 26 days ago

Great photos, Joene!

#3. joenesgarden
8 months and 25 days ago

Thanks, Jean. Thanks, Sage Butterfly.

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Morning Discoveries in the Garden:
- joenesgarden: So glad to know I brought an early morning smile, Benita.
- Benita: Lovely post-early morning coffee and a stroll through the "garden of best friends is a lovely ritual for me, too. Thanks for instigating my happy garden grin this morning! Benita
A Connecticut garden in May:
- Andrew @ Gardening tips and Ideas: Clematis, Iris, Ferns and Peonies, all in one garden A true delight Thank you for sharing
- joenesgarden: Laurrie, I hope you share photos of all these buds when they are in full bloom then I can enjoy yours when mine have passed peak.
- Laurrie: Your blooms are lovely and precocious I think! Like Layanee's, my clematis is only in bud, yours are so much further along. And my iris (I have Beverly Sills too) is only budding, nowhere near open yet. How different each garden is, even in the same general area. Happy Spring!
- Layanee: Your clematis are so much further along than mine. Mine are still in bud but I do have high hopes of blooms soon. It is a lusty month of May this year isn't it?
Butterfly watching:
- Heather: How sweet! And I love mum-mum instead of grandma. My mom goes by Meemaw. :)