Cape May - The monarch migration through our Cape May backyard usually hits a peak in late September. Not this … [Read more...]
Cape May Garden Journal
Seasonal garden updates.
Cape May Garden Journal July 2017
July 7, 2017 by
Cape May, NJ - I wander through the backyard, bursting with flowers and wonder: is this really our garden? Where … [Read more...]
Cape May Garden Journal: Spring Gardeners 2017
March 23, 2017 by
Cape May, NJ - Spring gardeners tend to be visionaries. Show us an unremarkable plot of dirt with some dead … [Read more...]
Red-shouldered Hawk Returns to Our Garden 2017
January 10, 2017 by
Cape May, NJ - Our Red-shouldered Hawk is back! For about four years, an adult Red-shouldered Hawk has appeared … [Read more...]
Cape May Monarchs 2016
October 22, 2016 by
Cape May, NJ - Nothing makes a gardener happier, as the flowers start to shrivel in October, than seeing a … [Read more...]
Cape May Garden Survivors 2016
September 10, 2016 by
Cape May, NJ - There's no doubt about it: Sedum - that favorite nectar source of so many butterflies - is … [Read more...]
4th of July Garden Journal 2016
July 6, 2016 by
Cape May, NJ - Every garden has its moments and, this year, the 4th of July is one of ours. The confluence of … [Read more...]
Secret Gardens: Cape May’s Backyards June 2016
July 5, 2016 by
Cape May, NJ - Stroll along some of Cape May's picture perfect streets and, after a while, the hydrangeas on … [Read more...]
Late Fall Garden 2015 – The Last Bloomers
November 6, 2015 by
Cape May, NJ - All year long, a patch of scraggly green shoots seem to beg for some serious weeding. Why hasn't … [Read more...]
National Plant a Flower Day – Got Milkweed?
March 12, 2015 by
CAPE MAY, NJ - It's National Plant a Flower Day and I have a suggestion: plant milkweed. Whoever cooked up the … [Read more...]