Dotty's Shutterbug Spectacle

Winter doesn't stop the gardening magic! Join me as I bring my tropical fruit trees and garden favorites indoors to keep them thriving during the colder months. From nurturing Cavendish bananas and pineapple pups to giving my ginger and pomegranates a cozy winter home, I’ll show you how I’m winterizing these plants to ensure a successful growing season ahead

Winterizing Plants Indoors | Saving Tropical Plants & Fighting Pesky Bugs Winter doesn’t stop the gardening magic! Join me as I bring my tropical fruit trees and garden favorites indoors to keep them thriving during the colder mont...

This is so therapeutic watching the birds take their baths in hot summer days.

A Robin cools off in the birdbath...

Spring time - maximum performance from all around. Provides plentiful sustenance...

There is no time like Spring,

When life’s alive in everything,

Before new nestlings sing,

Before cleft swallows speed their journey back

Along the trackless track –

God guides their wing,

He spreads their table that they nothing lack, –

Before the daisy grows a common flower

Before the sun has power

To scorch the world up in his noontide hour.

(An excerpt from "Spring", by Christina Rossetti)

These adorable Begonia blooms brightening the entrance to my humble abode this year. It's continuous array of blooms throughout the Spring is inviting to guest.

The calm after the Storm. My lens captured what was left after the meltdown!

Roselle, aka Jamaican Sorrel, Hibiscus... The center piece of my garden this fall!

Patience has taught me persistence. It took me a long time growing the top from this store bought pineapple. Long time goals makes us realize that success will come to those who keep trying. 'Pineapple Hope' has spoken!

Swiss Chard in full swing...

This is my Pineapple Hope that I started from a store bough pineapple head.

This bird could not be anymore popular. It's orange breasts and upright postures shows just how proud the Robin is. State Bird of three States (Michigan, Wisconsin, and Connecticut). Robins can be seen in my garden year round foraging for food.

At the entrance to my garden is this trellis draped with vines of morning glory. It's spectacular blooms of heavenly blue, ... blooms that brighten the garden.