Choice Morsels

Today I've got a great shot of a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly on one of my red Zinnia's! You know it's fall when you see them flitting about the flowers in their seasonal orange & black colors!   Also worked on planting my winter Garden in one 4 x 8 raised bed yesterday:  12 broccoli plants, 1 tomato plant, 1 row of purple bush beans, 1 row of Spinach & 1 row of miniature red romaine. I also plan on planting radishes, garlic and another row of spinach in that bed. I looked up what various garden plants like to grow together with on Pinterest, which is called "Companion Planting." I found out tomato plants hate being next to broccoli plants, but love beans and broccoli plants hate being near tomatoes, but love growing with spinach. Lettuce and radishes are neutral; they can grow next to anything.  So I'm putting rows of spinach seed between rows of broccoli and I put the row of beans next to the tomato. Hopefully, everyone will be happy!

  Today's Garden Pic of the Day is one of my miniature roses! Just took this shot a couple days ago. I have 3 of them and the dark pink are loaded with buds! I also saw a Gerber putting up a blossom and I have a couple Hostas that get winter sun daily and one of those is putting up a blossom stem! The rest of the Hostas are on the shady north side of the house have retired for winter. And while I was photographing one of the little roses,  a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly landed next to me on the marigolds! So I grabbed this shot as well. December in north Florida isn't like December anywhere else. My broccoli is also looking quite handsome and I should have fresh broccoli somewhere between Christmas & New Years!     Come back tomorrow for Mama Kat Thursday!   The topic will be "something I learned in college."