Henry’s Plant Farm
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend with a break from the usual routines! Here it was pretty much the same as any other day. Sunday afternoon we visited a local nursery that has wonderful gardens to see. I like to wander around and get ideas. It’s especially nice to see what can actually grow and look good in the difficult circumstances here in Kansas.
This is a shot of the Butterfly Garden seen from above on the viewing platform. Pretty cool, huh?
There are lots of livestock and fowl around too – here’s one of the peacocks hiding out in the shade.
An angel in the fern bed.
They were having a sale so I got a flat of 18 perennials for $18.00 to share with my daughter – what a deal!! Got most of them planted yesterday.
The snakes are getting ready for winter, too, look what I found:
These were both over 4 ft with belly scales on that top one about 2″ wide! They are just Blacksnakes, good to have around except in baby bird season.
No wonder we don’t have a lot of frogs anymore; I hope they are getting the mice too.
September 7th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
I didn’t realize it was difficult for flowers in Kansas. Here in Michigan everything grows very lush and I truly appreciate it. Gardening here is very rewarding. We don’t have peacocks though so I guess you get your outdoor colors from them. That’s nice but the snakes, well, I think I will pass on those. Have a good one.
September 8th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
The nursery looks interesting!! But, Ruth, the snake skins are on you cutting mat!! Gwynette
September 9th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Love the “butterfly garden”. I guess we really didn’t need to see the snake skins.