Pacific Northwest Gardening: Garden Pics: 'Postcards from the Garden.'...#7, 1 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
RC, In regards to the deer chasing...I am really glad that I don't have neighbors around to see me in some of my finer moments such as this! Before I had my dobie/coonhound Hunter, I think that Lexy and Hunter's mom Sassy had made a pact with the deer. One morning I saw one munching on my new rose bed out front and ran out the front door in my undies to chase it off...and tripped over Lexy lying on the front mat watching it. Not even a peep out of her! At least now Hunter will put the run to them in the main garden, but the yard is so big that I sometimes run into them on the outskirts behind DH's shop. As for what the deer think...I think that they wonder why the stupid human thinks that a deer would eat rocks!

I can't believe that you and Sally are having t-storms down your way. Just hot and dry here...my water table has receeded at least two feet in the last week if you can judge by my big pond!

Sally, Thank you for the comment on my iris collection...it is hard won! I have picked up some beauties at Schreiner's clearance sale each year, and have lost about half of them to rot or slugs. I have bunches of beautiful purple and blue that came from Mom, but I am still in awe of each of the glorious and more colorful ones that actually survive and bloom for me.

Bea, When my Champagne Elegance ever gets big enough to share, I bet we can arrange a trade......I drooled over tons of your lovelies!

Pony, I love that iris!!

I have a couple new iris pictures from last night...Loyalist, which is absolutely lovely, but unfortunately very close in color to the purple (maybe even the same one??) that I already had tons of.