Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Need Help Building a Butterfly Education & Exploration Site, 4 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
Gosh, I sure love Utah's red rocks, no matter what season. Really nice photos. :-)

Sadly, we don't have cottonwood trees here. They need a lot more water than we currently have.

I did however find a skeleton of one when we first came out here in the 1980's. I have heard from DH's relatives that our Sweetwater Creek used to run year round. Once I even found crawdads out there. I keep hoping it will rain consistently enough for the creek to flow clear again. Then we'd be looking like the second photo you posted.

I'll have to look for the Ellen Bosanquete Amaryllis it's quite lovely. I also like your yard. Out in the country, no concrete in sight. :-)

I also noticed that unless it was cloudy when you took the photo, you have lots of shade. I've been working for years to get shade. Wasn't much when I moved out here. A couple of walnut trees, some elderberries, and the California Live Oaks. Everything else we planted or it volunteered. I only recall planting one pomegranite, and now they are sprouting up all over.

I found some more photos to share.

This first one is of the snag as seen from the slope with Grandfather Oak behind us.

Same slope just closer to Grandfather Oak. I'm not doing anything with this part of the slope. I really don't want people climbing around back there, so I'm going to leave the cactus in place. While I'm not all that fond of cactus spines, I do love their flowers.

Third one is of the flowers on those cacti. I told you they are pretty, and the bees love 'em.

Fourth photo is of my favorite bench elderberry. :-) I sit there and dream of how to place the planters, and where I'd like the other features to go.

Lastly a view from the elderberry bench tree looking over the mostly flat area I have to work with.

I was looking for photos of my b.fly garden here by the house, and I haven't taken photos of the whole thing for awhile, and I'm not sure if I can get the whole thing into one photo, but I guess I should try. :-)

WIB~
SW