Butterfly Garden

I decided to clean up our back yard flower beds and create a butterfly garden. I have no idea what I'm doing really, but it's still fun. I had picked up some info on creating a Monarch Habitat and learned a lot about the flowers and shelters needed to help butterflies during their migration to Mexico each year.

Connor has helped me clear the paths, pull weeds and leaves out of the flower beds. We took things a step further to make a memorial garden for Sean as well as some other lost babies that are precious to us. It makes me sad that I have 3 close friends who have all lost babies during their 2nd and 3rd trimesters. I have a lot more planned for this space, but for now this is what we've done:

Aspen trees and an Aspen street sign remind us of Sean

Irises!

Looking slightly better

We're having fun making whimsical signs

In memory of Baby Cole

In memory of Baby Grayson

In memory of Baby Sean Aspen

Our first rose!

Every day we water the garden Connor plays in the mud

helping clear the paths

Bird feeders and wind socks

Basil!

We had rain the other day! Yippee! Our plants loved it and things are growing. We have at least 4 rose bushes that are all sporting a ton of buds and I can't wait to see them all open up and bloom! It's kind of fun not knowing what color roses will be there and what other surprises are in store. :) The irises have all lost their flowers already so I'm learning to enjoy anything we see while it lasts.

These wildflowers are everywhere...in our yards, everyone's yards, in all the fields and hills. I was told they're weeds but I'm not pulling them out...anything that has a flower is for the butterflies! :)