Much of Connecticut awoke this morning to snow falling from the sky and sticking to the ground. It's November 8. Unlike more northern New England states, most of Connecticut usually remains snow-free until December or at the earliest, Thanksgiving.
The first of October brings my monthly post on gardening faux pas, or blunders, or oops – I'll call them gardening oops or GOOPs for short. I've gardened a long time and have taken many missteps along the way. On the first of each month I share one of my GOOPs with the hope that others might learn from, rather than copy, my missteps. If you are so inclined to join this GOOPs meme, simply share your GOOPs in a comment below or leave a link below to the GOOPs you've posted on your blog.
I've been really good at not purchasing a lot of plants for my gardens this summer … too many other things to take care of and too little time. But when I ran across Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Summer Sorbet' with its showy green leaf variegation and striking electric blue blossoms, I caved.
If you are not one who swats and retreats at the first sign of a bee buzz-by, I bet you know someone who does. Friend, fellow blogger, and landscape designer Debbie, at A Garden of Possibilities, wrote a fantastic post on bees as part of the Garden Designers Roundtable group she is part of.
A little amateur sleuthing … stress on amateur … leads me to think the little black ladybug-type insects crawling on my moonflower (ipomea Alba) vines are Heteroptera Pentatomoidea Thyreocoridae. How's that for a mouthful?
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