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Life began in a Garden. God created us to be stewards of His creation and to feed, heal, clothe, and comfort ourselves from these abundant blessings.

Sandhill Sanctuary Gardens is my effort at stewardship. It is my sincere hope that all who pass through this garden gate will find inspiration for his/her own sanctuary from the world.

10/31/2026

On
‘Five Little Kittens’
Artist: AJ Macgregor

10/29/2026

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Autumn scene’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

10/29/2026

10/29/2026

A feathered ghost in the fall forest. 👻🎃

Wading birds are most frequently seen walking through shallow water to find food. However, they also frequently perch in trees and on other elevated surfaces as part of their daily routine.

photo: White wading bird in a tree over a wetland.
📸 Tony Black/USFWS

10/29/2026

October Roses? Yes, please! The old-fashioned, heirloom roses often rebloom in the Fall, filling the air with unmistakable rose fragrance.

10/27/2026

Step outdoors and gaze upon the trees. Autumn is God's Coat of Many Colors.

(photo is of our Sugar Maple, which has seen 4 generations here on the farm)

10/23/2026

Soaking up the Autumnal sun today. Beautiful blessings 😊

10/20/2026

Absolutely lovely!

Other work of the Ladybird artists.
The delicacy and detail here!
‘Autumn Wedding’
Artist : SR Badmin

10/20/2026

Fall Favorite: I love Pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) because it seems to laugh in the face of autumn decline. It’s a late fall blooming annual that pushes out brilliant color all the way up to hard frost. Throughout the final months of my garden season, red spires of nectar filled trumpets sway under the weight of bumble bees, butterflies and the late season hummingbirds they tempt to linger on sunny autumn days.
This wonderful herb took the name pineapple sage for the fruity scent of its leaves and flowers, and it quickly became a garden favorite when post-civil-war hothouse horticulture helped its introduction into American gardens. In its native homelands of Mexico and Guatemala, pineapple sage grows as a perennial sub-shrub. For those of us that don’t live in tropical climates. it seldom reaches the heights it would in its native environment. It grows in zones 8-11, but even in these colder climates, it is still important to give plants lots of space since they can reach heights of 3-5’.
In my garden, pineapple sage is either blooming in containers that will migrate to a basement window for winter or set in the ground as an annual planted among perennials and grasses. Treated as a fragrant container plant, I like to move pineapple sage alongside path-edges and doorways where we brush against it and enjoy unexpected doses of aromatherapy.
It’s a short-day flowering plant that will not bloom if exposed to night lighting, but they will often continue to bloom if you overwinter them as a potted plant in a sunny window or greenhouse until they are returned to the garden again in spring.
Whether grown outdoors in your fall garden, or overwintered in a pot, pineapple sage prefers to grow in full sun with moist, well-drained soil. Plants benefit by being pinched early in the season, and my home benefits from the flowers I cut to include in late fall bouquets. Due to their herbaceous nature, deer don’t tend to like them as much as my friends and family! The ruby trumpets of pineapple sage are among my favorite edible flowers. And they offer an elegant pineapple essence when infused into herbal tea, floral syrup, or simply used as a fun edible accompaniment to a salad. I also like to add the flowers to garden party cocktails that offer us the opportunity to toast to the seasons end with the beauty, and flavor of pineapple sage!

10/20/2026

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