Master Rain Gardener Program

My Rain Garden

A year has gone by. Today is July 12, 2021 and the rain garden is incredible. Each year I am in awe at how it grows and gives back. Today I watched a monarch hatch and spread its wings to dry.

I have completed my Rain Garden. On Wednesday July 29, 2020. Ms. Laura from the North East Ohio Rain Gardeners Group came out and we placed the sign. I am so proud...

I am now a certified Rain Gardener....So if you want to put one in, I am qualified to watch you put yours in. I will sip a cool drink... and give you lots of advice. It is a lot of work... So stay tuned for my second rain garden next year.

I will continue to place pictures and videos, while keeping the blog going here with each new project I work on. So far these classes have been very educational for me. I am learning a lot.

The pictures on the right, (top) is my completed rain garden. I have expanded this garden. My second rain garden has a new page. Check out "Abercrombie's Glen" for new pictures and how the progress is going on. Abercrombie is learning too.

Breaking Ground

ABOVE IS THE 2021 NEW ADDITION VIDEO UPDATE AUGUST 2 2021

My Rain Gardens
This March 20th First Day of Spring I will begin on the Site One for my First Rain Garden
COLLECTING DATA AND TAKING THE CLASSES
CHECK OUT THE LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION
JOIN THE MOVEMENT to CLEANER WATER.

First Monarch First Butterfly to hatch in the garden 2021. His wings were drying out.	Cardinal Flower These are new to the rain garden...	Milkweed A caterpillar has been munching on this plant..
Waterlily so many blooms for the tadpoles.	Pumpkins added some fun.	One of my babies.
Swamp Weed This is one of the new native plants I put in.	common milk weed These plants are one of my favorites.	Dill Lots of it this year.
Squash Added some veggies...	Natives in Harmony Here are a few new plants I have purchased for the rain garden	Jiffy pots... I have started some seeds in doors. Lots of Zinnas, Wheatberry,
The rain garden cleaning out my walkway	the rain garden early Early Spring	Page One List of plants
Page Two	8 hour Percolator Test	Compost Bin Some creature wanted into this goody box. Our bandit friends I believe
Master Plan 1 Garden Plan	before Water Rain Barrels of Liquid Silver.	After After we rustled them all in the corral. My Loving husband made me a hide away fence.
My rain garden experience	Thowing paint on it. Front cover of the Journal. When it is cold outside we are inside slinging paint instead of compost.	Sewing it Keeping the treads together.
Gelli Prints pages inside the journal	Gelli Plate This is how the gelli plate looks after a few rounds of paint.... so much fun.	sewing life together I’m working on my PhD (projects half done) in sewing.