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 March Magic
Almost Easter! Beautiful photography! Bulbs, Blossoms and Bright Colors - a sure sign of Spring! ...from our friend in Holland! Thanks Wouter!
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A Winter Window It may be cold and bare outside but your kitchen windows are bright and cheery! Love the Window Vases! Thanks for the photo Wendy!
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Sooooothing! Calm and soothing - bring on Spring! Thanks for the beautiful photo Wouter!
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 February Features
Jasmine Bloominig Now! This is hardy, winter blooming jasmine cascading over the balcony at Winterthur. Gorgeous yellow flowers but, alas, no scent. With our winters... we'll take flowers!
Katherine
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Winter Planter I saw Katherine's December 7th Tweet - "No room for Christmas tree? Buy or cut evergreen branches and place in a large jar." I put my extra pine branches in a planter outside and it was beautiful! Thanks for the tip, Katherine!
Lee, Shoreview, MN
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Snowdrops... Snowdrops are blooming at Winterthur! Spring is coming....
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Winterscape My jungle-like lily garden is sleeping under this thick blanket of snow! What is bright and wild in the summer looks so soothing and calm in the winter with the white lights (led of course!) and the snow!
Jeannie, River Falls, WI
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 October Oddities
Gotta Love a Smiling Tomato! Sometimes nature has a sense of humor. This heart shaped tomato also sports a scar as it's grin. Are you smiling yet? Compliments of Carol in Brooklyn Park MN!
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Multi-Tasking These chives were multi-tasking! Not only did they taste great but their flowers were too pretty not to display. Thanks to Colleen, Anoka MN.
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Out of Place While away on a late summer vacation, we returned to a dry lawn and a tomato plant thriving in the middle of it! Lee, Hudson, WI
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 Silly September!
Summer Memories! Our friend Wouter, in Holland, continues to capture natures beauty in his photographs. Thanks for sharing Wouter!
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Tomatoes Gone Wild! My meager tomato cage was no match for this beast! Though the plant is overgrown, the tomatoes are very tasty! J.L. Clifton WI
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Pretty Peppers This was my first year growing peppers in my raised bed planter! James E. Shoreview, MN
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 Amazing August!
Peek-a-Boo! A charming kitten peeks out from behind the "lipstick pink" petunias in Nancy's Prescott WI Garden. Click on the photo and check out "Decorate Your Garden" for more ideas like this!
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Katherine's Garden Desk Plan and keep records of your progress! How does Katherine do it? Click on the photo to learn how with "Record Your Progress"
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A River of Hostas! Variegated Hostas return year after year to create a "river" along the top of Greg's Western Wisconsin rock garden. Gotta Love those perennials!
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 The Joy of July!
Look What Popped Up! Lori Ely forgot that she sowed poppy seeds but look what "popped" up! Let poppies scatter their own seeds and you will have them every year.
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Garden with a View! Nancy S., Prescott, Wisconsin created a peaceful, pretty place overlooking the St. Croix River.
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Cool Tomatoes! Lori Ely is the Queen of early tomatoes. Quick out these red ones from chilly Zone 5
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 Spring into June!
Popping Potato Patch Katherine pre-sprouts potatoes in empty egg cartons.
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Here Kitty, Kitty! Yellow corydalis grows in the wall above Katherine’s sculpture.
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Decorating Green Space Katherine scours flea markets for garden ornaments. Check out our new download "Decorate Your Garden" for wow factor ideas
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 May is Spring-ing!
What I Did Today! How about this for seed starting! Bruce, my Gold Star Gardening Gusto student is getting ready for a bountiful garden. 50 sprouted toms, peppers,eggplant, tomitillos!
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Jungle Gym for Cukes! Here's great idea for growing cukes. Save space and grow them on a small trellis.
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A Blooming Surprise! "What a surprise to see these blooms - I didn't even plant them!" says Lee, Prescott WI. Perhaps the local wildlife was helping with the gardens last fall?
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 Hop into April!
 March Mania
January Moon Sue sent us this beautiful shot of the January Full Moon in Northern Minnesota
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Eco Action Scouts! A Girl Scout Troop in Plymouth Minnesota assembled Soda Bottle Bird Feeders as a part of earning their Eco Action Badge last month. Way to go girls!
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Pine Snow Northern Minnesota has had the snow this year! Thanks Ron for sending us this beautiful photo!
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 February Frolics
New Year at the Lake Laurie shot this photo from the shore at their lake in Northern Minnesota in the first days of this bright new year, Thanks Laurie!
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January Thaw "The sun made a quick thaw to the little snow that was there", says Maureen of her garden and pagoda near Prescott Wisconsin.
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Yellow! It is about this time of year that we need a little reminder that color is just around the corner - Jean, of Hudson Wisconsin, shares this photo of her back yard from this past spring. "I am looking forward to yellow again!" she said!
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 January Thaw
Bird Feeding Fun Mara's Girl Scout Troop, from Bloomington, Minnesota assembled our Soda Bottle Bird feeders as a re-use and recycle project. They collected 2 liter soda bottles then assembled and filled the feeders and gave them as holiday gifts. You can bet the birds loved it too!
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Ice Flakes Sue found this "Bowl of Ice Flakes" glistening in the sun on the edge of the lake at her home in Northern Wisconsin. The wind must have blown the flakes around the vegetation poking through the ice and created a bowl!
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Snowless Garden "Had I known there wasn't going to be a snow covering this winter, I would have done a better job of cleaning up my garden last fall!" claims Janie, LaCrosse Wisconsin. After near record snowfalls last winter, the Midwest is experiencing mild January temperatures and little to no snow!
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