And into the next—that’s what I discovered with my current garden coaching project. While poking around the peas and carrots, conversation changed from the ground to the sky. No, not the weather. The stars. And it just goes to show, you never know what’s going on over the neighbor’s fence. Incredible.
When he’s not gardening, working, or hanging out with the family! Justin is staring up into the sky, but the stuff he’s seeing? It’s not what you and I see.
This picture was not downloaded from the NASA website. It was downloaded from Justin’s new blog: J Low’s Astrophotos. He took theses photos, not NASA. I’m still in awe.
Now mind you, his camera doesn’t look like yours and mine. It’s attached to a high-powered telescope. A VERY high-powered telescope. Check out the “equipment” section on his website. The man is serious. Take a minute and read his blog, The Blog Particle.
It’s a play on words for something astrophysicists never knew existed but suspected did, called the Higgs Boson. Commonly referred to as the God Particle, the Higgs Boson was recently observed during experiments performed at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and France. Very cool.
So not only is Justin passionate about his stars, he’s passionate about his garden, too. After a visit to mine, he walked away muttering, “Expansion. I’ve got to expand.”
Yes, Justin. You’re singing my song, now. “Honey, get the tractor–I need another few rows!”
Stargazing can be addicting, much like gardening, and both can hold a child’s attention for hours at a time. Okay, that may be an exaggeration. Children have a hard time staying in one place unless it’s the pool or the beach—but you get the idea. Invite them to join you!
For more on gardening fun, check the “Kid’s Buzz” section of my website for crafts around the garden, or get geared up for spring by perusing the “Fields of Plenty.” It’s just around the corner. As for the giveaway, that’s right here!
As the name implies, simply enter to win and you could be the lucky winner of my Organic Cabbage Pink Rose & Lavender Sachet. Not only beautiful, this beauty smells divine…
But don’t stop here–there’s a lot more fun and prizes ahead, so keep hopping!
Hope it smells as lovely as it looks!
It absolutely DOES. And the photo doesn’t do the box justice. It’s ADORABLE. 🙂
no option to click is coming up so I am entering here if that is okay 🙂
sstogner1 at gmail dot com
my daughter would love this!
You’re IN!!
To be honest with you I love garden gnomes haha! everything looks magical & well guarded/protected haha XD
Would love to grow heather….just doesn’t work here.
I have an obsession with Hostas and hydrangeas. They are amazing!
More than a single item in the garden, what I love most is the smell. Flowers and dirt (yes I know that may sound a little odd).
Thanks for the chance to win!
Konstanz Silverbow
nothoughts2small.blogspot.com
My favorite item is roses!
smhparent at hotmail dot com
I love everything about my garden/gardens in general. But I especially love water features!
I like the ornaments like gazebos, trellises, bird baths and a nice reading bench!
sunflowers are beautiful. Thanks for the great giveaway.
crystaley73 at yahoo dot com
I love flowers and vegetables and strawberries! 🙂
My favorite in a garden is everything that grows except the weeds. Being able to grow some through perseverance with a little help from nature is so fun. My absolute favorite is all the flowers. Each year my kids and I just randomly pick flower seeds and plant a ton of them in pots and then wait to see what they look like. It’s so much fun gardening with your kids especially if you can keep it fun.
I love flowers in bloom…especially the jasmine flowers which perfumes the whole yard.
I love Tulips!
I love roses of all colors in the garden!
I love my vintage watering can and my favorite flowers are tulips and roses.
I love the gnomes! My boys were even gnomes for Halloween:)
As far as plants, I love hydrangeas, but if you mean decoration, you have to have a bird bath!
Leslie Galloway (LesGalloway //at// hotmail //dot// com)
bachelor buttons!
I like to see tulips.
Wish I could see them around my house. TOO hot. 🙁
Daffodils!
books4me67 at ymail dot com
My tulips 🙂
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
cassandrahicks1989@yahoo.com
My FAVE! 🙂
I love flowers. My favorites are tulips and orchids.
Wish I could grow either one!
I love butterflys
I love the hostas in my garden.
I have to say i love my wild strawberries and I also grew up in the country so my flower garden is full of wildflowers blackeyed susans, queen annes lace, Tigerlilies… Trying to convince hubby to buy me a lilac bush for the front yard but we live in NC and the acid soil would be to harsh on the ones that i want that are back at my mom’s in WI.
j.m.platt83@gmail.com
YUM. Come spring, my yard around the vegetable garden will be filled with red, pink and white wildflowers. **heaven**
I have some amazing tomato cages that are painted and have little dragonflies or stars on the tops of them
amandajoyrauch at yahoo dot com
I love fruits and flowers in a garden!
My favorite are impatients in a garden.
Roses obviously.
mestith@gmail.com
I love roses.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
I love sunflowers
cathy henatyszen ddreemz @ yahoo.com
I just love the peacefulness of a garden and looking at beautiful flowers and butterflies.
Little gnomes. I blame my dad for liking them so much.
I’ve Always wanted a vegetable garden to grow my own green beans! I love green beans. My favorite thing in other gardens are burning bushes, because they turn a lovely shade of red! Thank you for the giveaway!
samimcsamsam@gmail.com
I love roses and lily in the valley. Thanks for the giveaway.
kareninnc at gmail dot com
I like roses the best.
I love white roses.
I love all of the flowers in my garden, but I think my favorites last year were my roses and my sunflowers.
Sunflowers are FUN to grow — especially with kids!
Fresh herbs! Mint smells wonderful, especially in the morning.
I’m not a big garden person, but we do have a large patch of mint in the backyard, and our neighbor’s tomatoes and cucumbers look absolutely amazing! As for flowers, anything that smells lovely!!
Lavendar
Thanks! 😀
Karin Anderson
AquarianDancer at gmail dot com
LOVE the scent…!!
I love lillies!
I love tulips and orchids, thanks!
Tulips are my FAVORITE!
Flowers 🙂
I love fragrant flowers, like honeysuckle and orange blossoms
My favorite is always whatever is growing/blooming when I go to the garden.
Thanks for the contest.
I love roses 🙂
I love all roses.
I love the herbs. I used to grow and dry parsley. So neat!
Wow! That picture is absolutely incredible!
My favorite items in my garden are my Rosemary and my strawberries. Yummy and so pretty!
Fragrant flowers, like hydrangea, jasmine, gardenia, roses, honeysuckle, and lilacs!
lavender!
Roses. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love flowers in the garden. Theyre so pretty
The roses (: Thank you!
animefreak902(at)yahoo(dot)com
I just discovered your blog and I’m so excited! I LOVE GARDENING as much as I love reading. I grow flowers, herbs, and veggies in raised beds. Sunflowers, lavender, peas, and basil are some of my favorites. Thanks for such a beautiful giveaway. I look forward to reading your future posts!
Beth 🙂
Flowers!
i love gardens period!! 🙂 i especially love daffodils & lilacs! thanks for the great giveaway!
I love wild flowers – i’m also a big fan of lavender fields. I was in south France and was lucky enough to see the fields starting to bloom!
i love roses the yellow and pink ones the most
thanks for the hop
kaholgate at ymail dot com
Besides an array of plants and flowers, I love fountains in a garden!
I love lilacs, though they grow on bushes.
h4schaffer at gmail dot com
I love dinnerplate dahlia’s, even though I have to dig them up every fall and replant in the spring they are so worth it.
Roses and other flowers.
Roses, roses and more roses.
Thanks for the giveaway!! I love liliac!
grapeapril75(AT)gmail.com
roses!
Tulips are my favorite.
peonies.
Thanks for the fun!
zenfoxflowerATyahooDOTcom
I love Lavenders and Irises~! Their colors are divine~
Definitely love roses. 🙂 Thank you!
Peas in a pod
tomatoes!
Hydrangea
I love roses and daylillies.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
Flowers and tomatoes. Thanks for the great giveaway!
My favorite thing in a garden is tomatoes! Tomatoes are my old shelties favorite food. Thanks. Dh_jax@yahoo.com
Dahlias 🙂
I like the colorful flowers. No preference..
i love daffodils in the springtime and freesias in the summer
I always like tulips or sunflowers.
roses
I love all the different varieties of roses that there are!!
I love lilies
my roses
I love tulips.
sstrode at scrtc dot com
I would say Lilies. They are just so beautiful!!
Thank you for being a part of this fun and awesome blog hop!!
livvie_v@yahoo.com
I like fresh peas
and bleeding heart plants
vmkids3 at msn dot com
the flowers
I love fountains!! And Water Lilly’s 🙂
Lilacs and more lilacs…
I love having perennials. It always keeps me on my toes, looking for them every year. We have a small kitchen garden and I enjoy going out and picking fresh veggies. I choose flowers that are heavily scented because the heat of summer just puts them over the top.
I love garden decor and the blooming flowers — especially roses and tulips.
Thanks 🙂
I love herbs, especially mint and basils.
seriousreader at live dot com
I love looking at sunflowers in a garden.
I love black eyed susans.
My favorite thing this year was carrots. I dug them and fed them to my llamas which was loads of fun because they no nuts over carrots. I found when I was cleaning up my tomatoes that they also liked the green ones. Normally the llamas are hesitant to try new things but not so with the green tomatoes!
Lilacs – and Butterflies! 🙂
kherbrand (at) att (dot) net
Any type of blue flowers! In my own very limited apartment balcony garden, I love my aloe cause it is very hardy!
I love shade trees. Something nice to sit under and read.
Kasee Johnson
kaseejohnson(at)verizon(dot)net
My favorites are Oriental Lillies
I love Roses
I love Pink Magnolia Trees
dandelions 🙂
My favorite items in a garden are day lilies. However, if a garden ever has forget-me-nots, they win hands down
Posies would have to be my favorite in my garden. They grew so well last summer, their colors are brilliant and vibrant.
My favorite thing in a garden are the little statues and ornamentation that are usually hidden in the cutest spots. There is just something fun about finding them hiding among the plants and water features that make me smile.
Thanks for the giveaway and blog stop.
Bookworm (dot) judy (at) gmail (dot) com
Tomato!
moss roses
when we grew pumpkins last year I really enjoyed that
I love the smell of fresh herbs.
I love doo-dads. My husband thinks they are totally grandma tacky, but I love little bunnies, squirrels, racoons, flamingos, garden gnomes, etc. I have tons of outdoor friends! =)
I love flowers in the garden but I have to admit my favorite thing is garden gnomes!!!
Star gazer lilies!
Thank you so much.