or bee spiderflower
Cleome serrulata
CAPPARACEAE, The Caper family or
CLEOMACAEAE, The Cleome family, depending on how forward-thinking or backwards you want to be.
This North American annual is a great attractor of beneficial insects! Despite it’s name, it’s widespread across the midwest and west including most of Canada. It can reseed itself and is sometimes considered a […]

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Cynara cardunculus
ASTERACEAE, The Aster family
An arrangement for December.
This occurred almost naturally as the dried Cardoon flowers were displaced while the house was being decorated for Thanksgiving, and they ended up near the heat vent in the kitchen, where they opened and slowly started releasing their plumed seeds.

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October 1
Rabbit run
Berry patch
Compost tumbler and bins
Rain barrel
Rhubarb
Leafy quince
Supposedly original-to-the-house picket fence

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November 28
Path partially built
Low stone walls, in progress
Arbor duct
Seating area
Soon-to-be bird feeding area