Garden Projects #6

It could be Rio Rosemary....I purchased 2, one died , the labels were eaten by the dogs...oh, well, it's very pretty anyway....

Here i am again, misspelling. The bloom on Rio is violet with a green center. Some are red or pink. Bluestone sells a lot of them. The plant has taken my abuse pretty well so I think it's a rather hardy hydrangea.

I know Jen, that is crazy! I would love to see it someday when it's blooming. On my bucket list!

Karen

nutsforday.....

thanks so much for the link, very interesting story.

Jan

Karen's post about the guinness book wisteria (wistaria) is very interesting! An object lesson about how the plant can rule. I remember the Packard car ads in front of a huge wisteria (and I'm not THAT old). I've been preoccupied or might have read and commented earlier.

finally took a few minutes to make my rock flower arrangement.

here it is in better light so you can see the color of the stones

you made that Bill?
is there anything you can't do?

yup and yup:)

this is pretty easy actually - find some beach stones (beach location can be revealed for a price), drill holes into rock base (rock base came from sea below owl's head light house), drill holes in the "flower heads", and glue.

Looks wonderful! I like the colors next to the maple.....

love it

Cool. Looks like eggs!

Is it winter hardy?

pfffftttt

too funny

Very nice Bill, now I suppose i'll find you on the coast of Maine selling these next summer? LOL

Bill, very interesting colors on the egg sculpture. Is this what the hammerdrill was for? You could make cool centerpieces for a garden club meeting too.

one of the projects that the hammerdrill makes easy - finished another large granite bird bath too.

those are not eggs! :) i have enough flower head rocks for several more. a bunch are softball sized and i will use thicker brass rods. they should look like allium.

That should look terrific!

Bill's lucky. These projects can keep going once the gardens freeze over. I would like to see how the hammerdrill works on an egg, though : )

i did "crack" a couple on the first project, slow, steady, with patience is the key.

Got some bulb planting in yesterday, all the crocus and reticulated iris. Now to finish allium and tulips

My plow guy ripped up the whole area where I planted bulbs....my next job is to rake it all out again!

Robindog, I would be beyond unhappy. We will be planting all of our bulbs next week, weather permitting. My last order is arriving tomorrow or at least the last until the sales start. Bleek had a good sale already and those bulbs already arrived. I haven't done my tally of how many we will be planting this year, but thousands as usual. I am bad, but the spring is no longer drab at our house. Patti

Finished planting mine yesterday

Still have to do mine.

Still had some plants in pots I just wanted to get in the ground before it's gets too cold

I planted 2 geraniums and some iris and still have some trees and shrubs I need to do

still need to do mine too - may wait until t-day

The temp today will be perfect for working outdoors.....can't wait to see photos of all the spring bloomers....that's what gets me through another winter!

yesw, grand day in the 60s. DH & I were able to weed one bed this afternoon. Not everything was taken out, but at least we can see the new iris growth. I did in 3 grubs, one possibly an iris borer. I don't think he kept count. Bicep already telling me it was too much & I'm sure my shoulder will follow. The rest of the week looks like the temp will be fine for more work.

I saw some new iris growth on the TBIs I planted after the road project...

The last of my bulb orders arrived today and I got them all marked as to where they go and am almost ready to plant. We need a couple more days of cleaning up the garden before drilling away. We needed a dolly to bring these bad boys into the house. Patti

always amazes me Patti

Holey moley, that a LOT of bulbs!!!

And that is only the last shipment, I gotta have me bulbs! With our no rock soil and having had no hard frost yet, it should be easy to plant them over 3 days. DH is good with his electric auger and I lay out where they go and drop them in the holes, then we dibble in all the small guys raking them over. We then do the happy bulb stomp to secure them in their new island homes and then wait for spring. Love it. Patti

Wow. Auger is useless here. Rocks galore.

here too.. a trowel is almost useless.. never mind that

No rocks in the soil? Oh, how nice!! Happy planting.....

I live on a big sand pile, Nantucket.
This Conservation Foundation land is just a couple acres up behind our house which sort of explains our lack of rocks. We have only found one arrowhead on our property since 1981, but we have dug up a couple of ice age boulders that we use a garden sculpture, albeit puny ones by Wha's standard.

I(t sounds lovely.....I have to stay on the mainland, however, due to nasty seasickness....managed to get to Block Island, but that's a shorter ride, & I have to stay out on deck.....even with meds.