Tammie Rogers
Inspired by Dogs & Nature
Category: Growing Plants
I Love My Chickens – But I Love Plants, Too
Although it wasn’t what we had originally planned, my chickens quickly become FULLY free-range when I decided that the risk of hawks nabbing one was lower than my desire to give them a fully enriched life. I must say, I really have enjoyed watching… Continue Reading “I Love My Chickens – But I Love Plants, Too”
Before Autumn Takes Hold
After nearly six straight weeks of constant temps in the middle 90’s, we had a reprieve of daytime temperatures in the 70’s with dips into the upper 40’s during the night. It felt like such a relief. And yet, it was also the first… Continue Reading “Before Autumn Takes Hold”
We’ll See What Happens
2024 was, without doubt, a very difficult year for us. Sparing all the details, we experience a number of traumatic events that worked hard to derail us, turn us upside down and drop us to our knees. Fortunately, I was able to stay true… Continue Reading “We’ll See What Happens”
Warbler Migration
This first photo is a stand of weeds that we let grow to produce millions of seeds for the wild birds that both migrate through from their breeding grounds up north and that reside here all winter. If you are able to enlarge the… Continue Reading “Warbler Migration”
First Water Lily
Yesterday, the first water lily of the season bloomed. The day prior, the aquatic Japanese Iris presented two first flowers. I’ve planted a few herbs and hung a couple of Begonias. The Impatients that I planted last week are beginning to take hold. Soon,… Continue Reading “First Water Lily”
The Patio Pond is Coming To Life Again
Our first Spring in our new house (2017) we used an old 400 gallon poly stock tank to create a patio pond. We bought eight feeder goldfish at Walmart. They were about the length of my thumb. We added a “toss and grow” boxed… Continue Reading “The Patio Pond is Coming To Life Again”
The Patio Pond
First published as a “page” when I created this blog back in 2019 because, well, I didn’t really understand the difference between a page and a post back then. I’m tidying up my blog and this content truly is best categorized as a post.… Continue Reading “The Patio Pond”
The Dawn of June
There’s a saying, “April Showers bring May flowers.” I suspect who ever first penned that phrase lived maybe 300 miles south of where I live. While I get all giddy about planting the annuals when the hardy varieties like petunias and impatients show up… Continue Reading “The Dawn of June”
Patio Tranquillity
The first DIY project we did when we moved into our new house (2017), we turned a 400 gallon poly tub (livestock water trough) into a patio pond. The aquatic plants help to keep the water clean for the fishes, that actually produce waste… Continue Reading “Patio Tranquillity”
Fish Under Ice
I have a patio pond. It’s made of a 400 gallon poly-tub that sits next to my raised porch. It’s one of the first projects we completed when we moved into our new home back in 2017. I acquired a number of aquatic plants… Continue Reading “Fish Under Ice”
