Here is a part of our gardens, out beside the driveway to the barn. It is edged , but we have allowed milkweeds to grow (the blossoms are removed after we smell them, before the seeds mature to be blown away).

I garden because digging in the dirt is good for the mind.

Perennial Prickly Pear cactus that blooms in early June.

I have been in this house for 13 years; the trees are now getting to be a good size and the roses did well this year.

Sandra Zozulia lives in the Lafayette Place neighborhood on the south side of Fort Wayne.

I like to plant impatiens each year because they continuously bloom all summer long and are loaded with flowers.

Nancy Thrush lives in Columbia City.

Robert D. Anderson lives in LaGrange.

Patricia A. Anderson lives in LaGrange.

I have been waiting for this creature to show up in my garden this summer. I had one last summer that ate half of my tomato plant.

God has blessed me more than I could imagine by allowing me to take care of His creations!

I consider this to be my oasis in the woods – anything planted in the ground gets consumed by the deer or rabbits.

Wendell and his drinking fountain are the focal point of our perennial garden.

Lissa Appelgren lives in northeast Fort Wayne.

I'm not much of a gardener, but I do like wildlife, so I grew a little butterfly garden this year. It worked!

George Csadenyi lives in southwest Fort Wayne.

Angelkeep is heavily perennial but seems to change on its own each year, since its beginning in 1999.

My corn crib gazebo is a work in progress, but is a very pleasant place to sit and read with the plantings providing color and creating space and enclosure.

Produce from our raised bed garden, which we planted on May 5th. So far we've picked more than 75 pounds of green beans.

This year we constructed this flower bed with a dry creek bed, boat planter and assorted annuals to give an aquatic feeling at our home on Lake George.

Brenda Mossbarger lives just north of downtown Fort Wayne.

The butterfly sat on the bush for almost 17 minutes according to the time posted on my camera.

I added mostly red flowers to an area I was already using as a bird feeding area.

This is our first attempt at raised beds – we hope to put in several more next year because they have done really well.

I love gardening for wildlife and this is what the garden was devoted for: Wild creatures.

Neighbors stop, men have stopped and asked permission to take pictures and many have come to see my thyme patch.

I saw a shaft of sunlight filtering through a maple tree by my deck, highlighting this beautiful begonia.

It took more than three months to finish, but now it's so relaxing to sit in the evening and enjoy the beauty.

The hours spent planning, planting, pruning, watering, pampering and care are not only worthwhile and fun but bring the results of beauty and hours of enjoyment that are delightful.

Connie Csadenyi lives in southwest Fort Wayne.

This photo was taken at my home this last spring.

Each of my flower beds is a bit different – I try to mix colors as well as foliage and texture too.

Attached is a picture looking up the water feature stream in our backyard.

In the evening the crickets, locusts and frogs call to one another. It’s a wonderful place to just “sit a spell.”

Steve Gustafson lives in Fort Wayne.

One of the many daisies from our daisy garden on Lake George.

Yellow swallowtail butterfly on butterfly bush bloom.

I prioritize foliage interest over flower power and it never fails me ... even now, my garden's looking pretty good.

This is where I have my breakfast every morning in the summertime.

Blooms in Grabill.

The beautiful hostas come up every year, and every spring I just fill in with annual flowering plants.

Last spring I ordered a couple of Dwarf Tophat Blueberry bushes. They are meant for container growing, but I planted them in the front corner of my house after the completion of a foundation restoration project. They didn't do so well despite a

The cilantro I grew from last summer's harvest of seeds didn't have much foliage and went straight to seed. I had hoped for some leaves to add to this summer's salsa.

Statement from the Allen County Cooperative Extension Office:A Twilight Walk and Plant Sale will be held Saturday, August 14 from 5-7 p.m.

I started to raise a couple of black swallowtail butterflies that I found on the parsley in my garden inside, but decided to release them back to my parsley patch. When I put them back on the plants, I found two more caterpillars.