Chickadeegardens

Oh, Sissinghurst, you have woven your magic through me and I am a changed person. 
For three weeks I had the privilege and honor to be a guest gardener at this iconic National Trust property. It is five acres of a garden, in a ruin, in a farm, which is how head gardener Troy Scott Sm...

As the number of visitors to our garden winds down, we shift our attention. The vegetable garden needs a little love and we need to get cracking with harvest and preservation of all that food. So it begins. A few other small chores that were put off during the height of summer can now be addressed and we can sink into autumn a little easier.
It never really ends on two acre...

Adding water to a garden is a game-changer to attract wildlife. I see that daily in the many birdbaths we have throughout the garden, from tall upright baths to a few saucers on the ground for insects and ground birds, to small hanging baths that small songbirds such as chickadees and nuthatches appreciate. Insects, too are often seen visiting. Butterflies appreciate wet paveme...