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04/01/2026

Oh yah, that's me!!😄👏

Unlimited energy. Just add sunshine and soil. ☀️

03/31/2026

Excellent advice!

You see: w**ds ruining your lawn.
A bumblebee queen sees: the first full meal in five months.

The purple flowers dotting your lawn right now are Common Blue Violets. They're low. They spread. They ignore your herbicide because their root system is built to survive chemical warfare. You've been fighting them for years. They're winning.

Here's why they should.

Wild violets are native. They've been in eastern North America for thousands of years — long before anyone decided grass should grow in a monoculture. They bloom in March and April when almost nothing else in your lawn is flowering. For the bumblebee queen that just emerged from five months of hibernation, the violet in your lawn may be the only nectar source within a hundred feet.

But violets have a secret reproductive system that makes them nearly invincible.

The purple flowers you see? They're the display. They attract pollinators and produce some seeds. But the real production happens underground. Violets produce hidden flowers called cleistogamous flowers — sealed buds at the base of the plant that never open, self-fertilize internally, and produce seeds without ever being pollinated by an insect. No bee needed. No weather dependency. Guaranteed reproduction.

The seeds have a built-in ant delivery system. Each seed has an elaiosome — a fatty, nutrient-rich appendage that ants find irresistible. Ants carry the seeds underground to their colony, eat the elaiosome, and discard the seed in the nutrient-rich refuse pile deep in the tunnel. The seed germinates in perfect conditions — buried, fertilized, and protected.

You're fighting a plant that self-pollinates underground, has seeds delivered by ants, and feeds the most important early-season pollinators in your neighborhood.

A lawn with violets in March is a lawn that's supporting the bumblebee queens that will build the colonies that pollinate your garden in July. A lawn without violets is a green carpet that feeds nothing.

The violets don't need your permission. They've been here longer than the grass. Let them stay.

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03/31/2026

I'm so excited to see the bees!

03/31/2026

Haha garden humor! No liars here...! Never done, never too many!

BUSTED!! 🤣🤣

03/31/2026

A little history on Joe Pye W**d!

His name was Joseph Shauquethqueat.

A Mohican leader, respected community figure, and the man history remembers as "Joe Pye."

Somewhere along the way, his name got attached to one of late summer's most powerful native plants. And then someone added the word w**d.

That plant is Joe Pye W**d. It’s a host plant for 35+ species of butterfly and moth caterpillars.

Swallowtails, painted ladies, skippers, and monarchs all depend on it when most other flowers have already called it quits for the season.

It's not a w**d.
It's a lifeline and it carries the name of a man whose legacy deserves to be remembered.

The full story + where to find it are in the comments. 👇

02/08/2026

With Vale's Greenhouse – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

02/07/2026

Hepatica makes me so excited!!

02/07/2026

Hello friends!

02/07/2026

So hard to be patient!

02/07/2026

Ladybugs are awakening!!!

02/06/2026

Thinking of Winter-sowing? Follow Frankie-Lou Fuller on Youtube, she is amazing! Last year I had a great experience, lettuce, kale, tomatoes, green peppers all started great from seed in milk jugs. Stay tuned...I may show you a few experiments in weeks to come.

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11/22/2025

Did you know we offer personal consultation for selection of all your perennial and annual needs? Do you know what types of plants can thrive in our Calgary chinook climate best? We bring to you, 35 years of experience gardening in one of the toughest climates. Call to plan, this year let us do the digging! Let us be your gift that keeps on giving. Perhaps as a gift to assist a loved one, we will provide a gardening service gift of caring, expert knowledge and working hands, and you all will enjoy the results for years to come.

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