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    What’s the first thing you see when you look at this picture? Yeah, me too. When the air conditioner pooped out a few years ago, we had this beast installed. The HVAC guy talked about…

I woke up early this morning, 4:30 to be exact. Re I woke up early this morning, 4:30 to be exact. Read a little, sipped coffee and waited for the sun. Our first frost kissed the garden and it’s beautiful. I especially love how it fringes leaves and petals. #firstfrost #autumngarden #zone6agardening #chicagogarden #hereshegrows
I love all the seasons but I most enjoy autumn. Th I love all the seasons but I most enjoy autumn. There’s so much beauty in the undoing of things. The blazing colors that dare you to forget them. The last of the roses whose colors deepen in the cooler temperatures. Salvias and ageratum, annual stalwarts, are beacons for honey bees, even in early November. We have yet to have a frost. It’s a season of gratitude. And this gardener’s grateful for the beauty that hugs our home and for all the conversations between strangers that became friends because of this wild space…my garden. #gratitude #autumngarden #fallgarden #hereshegrows
🧄🌱 Garlic planting day in the raised beds! Health 🧄🌱 Garlic planting day in the raised beds! Healthy garlic starts from the ground up! Today, I’m planting Music hardneck garlic and giving it a boost with @true_organic_ Seabird Guano, a natural source of phosphorus that helps support strong, healthy root development. But I’m not just feeding the plants — I’m feeding the soil, too! 🌎 Building healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving garden. By adding organic nutrients and nourishing the soil ecosystem, I’m setting my garlic up for a strong start and a successful growing season. Healthy soil = healthy roots = happy garlic! 🧄💚 Grow with nature, not against it! #GarlicPlanting #RaisedBedGardening #OrganicGardening #SoilHealth #hereshegrows
This time of year, my FELCO #2’s get a workout as This time of year, my FELCO #2’s get a workout as I chop and drop perennials in need of some tidying up before winter hits. Most of the long stems of my Rudbeckia maxima are now seedless, stripped bare by hungry goldfinches. The hollow stems create refuge for insects overwintering in my garden and allowing the stems to decompose back into the soil is a win-win for everyone. #rudbeckia #seethroughplants #chopanddrop #soilhealthmatters
This summer we went dark, painting the pergola @sh This summer we went dark, painting the pergola @sherwinwilliams Rock Bottom green. For 15 years it had been a creamy white but it wasn’t until we went dark that everything planted around the patio/pergola popped. It’s my favorite spot to sit and now it feels mysterious and moody. Exactly the vibe I was going for when I reimagined this space. #gothvibes #outdoorrooms #pergola #hereshegrows #gardenspaces
I love looking back at the year in the garden. It I love looking back at the year in the garden. It never fails to make me go WOW! As the weather shifts and things fade away, I’m full of gratitude for the beauty that hugged my home all year. I take note and plenty of pictures so I remember where I want to fill holes next year, color combinations I want to try, plants that need to be relocated. I wish I had before pix of my garden 20 years ago. I had a Callery pear 🤮, two forsythias and grass all planted by the builder. What a long way it’s come! #suburbangardening #smallspacegarden #mixedborder #perennialgarden #hereshegrows
I’ve built some of the best soil in my raised beds I’ve built some of the best soil in my raised beds using what I have on hand. And fall is prime soil-building time! Leaves are an excellent source of carbon and an important layer in my lasagna-style soil. Layer it on! I’ve done it this way for years, mostly because my budget is always a determining factor and it’s a good use of resources. I always have leaves in fall and mostly finished compost in the tumbler. It really doesn’t matter how finished it is. The worms will have turned it all into the most crumbly soil in time for spring planting.🪱 By Summer, all that goodness below produces the most beautiful, productive food garden. #organicsoil #raisedbedgardening #budgetgardening #soilhealth #organicgardening
Sweet Fragrance rose, part of the @easyeleganceros Sweet Fragrance rose, part of the @easyeleganceroses collection from @baileynurseries , is absolutely stunning in my mid-October garden. The sideyard is perfumed by this beauty that’s unaffected by disease and incredibly drought tolerant. (I don’t have a drip system💦) The bloom is impressive and held upright by very strong stems on a vase-shaped shrub. If you want to grow a fragrant rose without having to fuss over it to keep it gorgeous, give Sweet Fragrance a go! For reference, mine has been growing in my sideyard garden for three summers. #rosegardening #ownrootroses #coldclimategardening #suburbangardening #hereshegrows
My mom is a heart patient - three heart attacks an My mom is a heart patient - three heart attacks and blood pressure that’s difficult to control despite medication. Only when she’s gardening does her pressure dip into the safe range. The combination of mindful focus and time outdoors calms her nervous system and widens her blood vessels. I keep her planting and thinking about her garden. And in the cold months, we share new plant lists and ideas as we gear up for the season ahead. So when @plantaddicts reached out to offer me the new for 2027 Triple Knockout Rose from @starrosesandplants it was an instant YES! I already had one in my garden, but my mom needed one too. Her favorite color is red. We planted it together, and in typical mom fashion, she had a homemade apple pie in the oven for me while we worked. It’ll be an interesting comparison. Her rose will grow near Lake Michigan where the soil is sandy and quick draining. Mine will grow in amended heavy clay. We can’t wait for those gorgeous triple red, fragrant roses. We’ll both look forward to next spring and talk about our roses all winter. Garden anticipation is a wonderful thing. Especially when it helps those we love live better. #gardeningwithmom #rosegardening #knockoutroses #gardentherapy #hereshegrows
I’m always looking for plants with multi-season in I’m always looking for plants with multi-season interest. I want more than just a pretty flower for a few weeks. Which is why I love Heptacodium miconioides ‘Tianshan’ Seven-Son Flower. This fast-growing multi-stem beauty from @firsteditionsshrubstrees occupies a small corner at the entrance to the sideyard garden along the sidewalk. Clusters of creamy white flowers cover the canopy in September. They’re a beacon for pollinators and a sure thing for migratory Monarch butterflies as they make their way south. In October, reddish bracts replace the white flowers, given the appearance of a rebloom. Once the leaves fall and the garden goes to sleep, peeling bark provides winter interest. At 8’-12’ tall and 5’-7’ wide, Tianshan Seven-Son Flower is ideal for a small space garden. It’s hardy in zones 5-9 and is an excellent choice for late season interest and year-round appeal. #heptacodium #sevensonflower #lateseasongarden #pollinatorplants #hereshegrows
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