As May moves right along, there's increasing activity in the Laughing Dragon Garden — lots of photos within!

Last weekend I stayed at a makerspace for three workshop days in a row, so I left the garden mostly to nature for a while. Earlier last week, the temperatures were still quite low high around 10 degrees,

First of all, I'm not sure if I wrote in this community, maybe it's the first or second post. If it's the second, it was probably a long time ago. Do they still spray mosquitoes from airplanes in your

With an expected jump in temperatures, it was time to get many of the seedlings in the ground before the heatwave hit. I started on Saturday morning, nice and early. I had cleaned out one of the shade

I have always loved spending time close to nature. A few days ago, I had some free time and went to a nearby park. While walking inside the park, I was filled with joy at the sight of the greenery and

I knew that the magpie wanted to steal the egg and the chick. But I have never seen such a persistent magpie. She is wary as soon as one of the household members is in the yard she flies out of the yard.

Those of my legion of followers who have been paying attention for the last month know I have been procrastinating my yard work. Winter is long and so is the mess to clean up each year if I am to have

Good day, my lovely people, I welcome to my my garden. As you already know, it's right here in my house. Honestly, this garden has been the only thing keeping and encouraging me in this house. If not for

Hello everyone! In our backyard, we are truly blessed to have many vegetables growing. These plants help us save money because we can get food straight from our garden. Life is simple, but it is happy

Kousa dogwood flowers starting On Friday morning I was up at 5:30AM and got my post up. I got the kitchen cleaned up and set up to feed the seedlings inside. When I went to do the ones in the office, I

For all those who follow me know that I love roses . I currently have 7 or 8 , I'm writing and thinking I'm not sure . We're thinking of getting a few more and maybe some climbing roses for our little

So we had a great start to the allotment this year, compared to last year certainly. Just last weekend we managed to get a good 30% of it planted up.... We've got brassicas which a few days after this

early walking and taking photos

When I was planting some annuals in the butterfly garden, I came across a few of these mushrooms growing around the base of the Hellebores. I've never seen this type of mushroom in any of my gardens, the

Just rainy days… On Wednesday morning I was up at 5AM and got my post up. I cleaned up the kitchen and puttered around getting ready. I had to water all the seedlings so I got that done. At 8:45AM I called

Hello everyone, dear friends. It's been a while since I've posted in this community, so today I decided to do it right here. First of all, I want to thank you for your support, it means a lot to me. So

And again a small revision of my garden. My magnolia continues to bloom. I've been raising it for seven years, and now every spring it's the main event in the garden. I find it hard to believe that there

Hello everyone! Nowadays, I truly appreciate seeing many plants, flowers, and gardens around our community. Whether at home or in public places, having plants really makes the surroundings more beautiful

Last year I made a ladder to support the branches of a fig and a pear tree, so that the branches would not break under the weight of the fruit. And this year I have to make a support for the branches of

The Strawberry Tower garden needed sprucing up since they were starting to flower. I pulled off all the dead leaves and a few dead crowns that did not survive the winter. I think I lost half the plants,