Daniele gave me this food mill. It removes the seeds and skin to make perfect sauce.

Roma paste tomatoes, too many to eat in one season

Red Ribbons and sneeze weed

Planted late last fall, 2009, these beauties are fantastic. Red Ribbons is a spider form daylilly and Helenium is a great orange color.

Japanese Bettle attack

Japanese Beetles have arrived and attacked Persicaria before the roses this year.

Blueberry success

I have planted many blueberry bushes and this is the first successful product. I think the key is very well drained soil, with lots of pine needles for acidity. Time will tell if they thrive next year.

Queen of the Prairie and Bugbane

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Thanks to my freind formerly known as "ponytail Paul" I was able to transplant this treasure from my former home. It is know to abhor transplant and it took almost 5 years to recover. A 6' shrub before the move, it now stands 5' once again.

To the Pool

I wanted to hide the bright blue sides of the above ground swimming pool, so I planted tall things on either side of the road that leads to the pool.

Orangeola Island

Hemerocallis citrina opens at dusk with strong fragrance. The Japanese Maple is newly planted July 2010

Hemerocallis Starsearch

I planted this daylily to see if the crimped petals would grow true to the photos and they really do. It was classified as a UFO. I am hoping that it grows taller next year, this year it is 48" tall.

2nd year

Lawn Party

Racine First Friday

A pretty amazing event each month in Racine, horse and buggy rides along the lake front, gallery openings, street food, multiple music stages, and all city sponsored.

Racine First Friday with Macyn TAylor

Macyn Taylor is a truely gifted singer and guitarist.

Giant Maiden Grass

Buckeye Buds

Winter Garden