Garden Projects # 10

No garden work today. Not until Friday.

Stayed out of the garden here also......not a fan of heatstroke....

Too much work going to even bring the garbage can in

I have been inside watching the hot wind exhaust and batter the blooms.

I have some perennials in pots, one of my favorite is Jacobs ladder. That and columbine bloomed the same time, but the Jacobs ladder keeps looking nice after the blooms.

Here's the ones I just did, the top container was left by the previous owners, I just left it

I just did a tweak of our containers so they look as best as they can for this tour tomorrow.

I went to a luncheon today for the people involved. Lovely lobster salad etc in a home that had amazing gardens and a site to die for right on the harbor. Their garden was way out of our league. Their garden staff does an amazing job, but I wasn't too fond of the 3 dancing frogs playing musical instruments that cost more than my car and towered over me. But some of their property was breathtaking. I didn't have my camera and thought it would be rude to shoot with my cell phone as it was a luncheon.

I think, with a quick walk about in the early a.m. to dead head anything that needs it and then a quick final sweeping of the hardscapes, we will be as ready as we can be. It is going to be warm, but nothing like it will be on the mainland so I hope we get some visitors. One of my dear friend in NYC sent me a funny email which I am sharing with you all.

Good luck Patti but I know you don't need it!

Have fun Patti

Will be thinking of you tomorrow. Enjoy!!!

Enjoy Patti!

Have fun Patti, everyone will love your gardens!

Patti: my excitment leveled off when you said "staff".We have gardens like that here,Looks great but I dont think the oeners appresiate them as much as those of us who toil.
I have 1 helper who comes twice a year to clean and edge.

Here's why.See the elderly woman with a prop walking the garden?
Guess who.

have a great day patti!

Half and hour to go and I am showered and dressed. I said "stop " to my obsessing an hour ago. Hard to do as I keep seeing things that I want to prune or move or make bloom . Not happening. Not doing this again any time soon, though we got things done that I had wanting to do for years. Hot even here today. Patti
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Best of luck.
You are the only one who sees flaws.The general views are just splendid. Thats what the tourists see.

Patti, the garden near the ocean is beautiful, but Jo is right....it doesn't reflect a personal space, just one that is taken care by gardeners......my gardens are a wild hodge-podge, but they are mine, & obviously say something very crazy about me, but oh, well! Jo, you do amazingly well in your gardens......Jen, I like the pots, they will keep that space colorful all summer!

Ditto to what Jo said!!! I am sure everyone will enjoy themselves.

Also agree that the ones tended by 'staff' are pretty but don't seem as loved as your personal space.

This message was edited Jun 21, 2012 9:37 AM

here are a couple shots of cairns i built recently

the first one (same one in second shot) was quite a challenge doing it alone - very heavy stone and its base is a boulder, nothing level - crashed down on me more than a half a dozen times before i got it to stand - stable now............. i hope

very neat

I love it,especilly the topper with the round stone in the crevice.

Me, too, Jo!!! Wha, you have a good eye!!!

Stacking rocks is an art. There is a birdbath I want,however it means I will have to eleminate something.

Nice, Bill. You should make one into a nice sundial.

thanks folks

not sure if i have the stones for a sun dial - was happy to finally use those large flat ones i stacked - have had them for over year - that trip to bedrock gardens did the trick.

Love the close up (middle shot) Brilliant use of wonky stones.

I survived the day, barely. We had 265 paying visitors. Pooped from the heat, questions and endless strolling about with all the guest. The general reaction was heart warming. They liked it. Patti

Are you speaking literally, Bill?? ^_^

that is a lot of visitors patti! Was there any doubt they would like your paradise!

only you............................:)

Wow, Patti!

whoa that's a lot of people

Heavens, I just found a very noticeable weed by the front, so there is probably, at this very minute, a massive email going back and fourth to all those folks who came and are now complaining that our garden was a weed infested mess. The dogs were able to stay outside and behaved beautifully. No barking or jumping up and they dug no more huge holes while the tour was happening. Most pleased as I wasn't sure what we should do with them. I took some shots this morning and will post some of them later. Patti

Wish I was one of them
Not the emailing part :-)

I would have turned around and left if I saw that weed...

Patti, so happy the tour went well......money well spent for a great day in the gardens! And the girls knew they had to behave......Bill, love the cairns, very creative use of stone, great designs......

just fantastic Bill... wish you would come make my rocks look pretty!!.. wow what a long day Patti.. I could never do something like that

Glad there was a good turnout to see your lone weed, Patti. Please get a good rest for a bit, you deserve it!!!

I know there are many more weeds lurking, but it did look pretty dang spit and polished today. However by the time we get back from New Orleans on July 3rd, they will be all back and thumbing their noses at me. My brother is staying here with the dogs, but he doesn't weed. He will water if things if they are screaming, but the dogs adore him and he is very neat and orderly, so we will come home to no problems except some weeds.

Wha, I am going to have to start collecting some interesting stones for a wonky cairn on the property at some point. Looked at them again tonight and do love them. I must stop and see them in person soon. Patti

open door here for you patti - i would think that you could find some in VT especially on the stream bank - check out the ones i posted from bedrock gardens - wish i could find some big flat ones with lichen like they have - the two i used where buried, i could only see a small piece of them coming out of the ground, could tell they should be flat and started digging - needless to say i will be looking for more - have some slate here although not convinced that would have the look i want

Wha, So you should drive up to Vt once we are finished with the addition and clean up the property and score some rocks from us. I did love the Bedrock posting, but like your middle cairn one better than theirs, so there!

Packing for trip to an even hotter place. New Orleans will be fun but way too hot. We apparently broke a June heat record here on Nantucket yesterday as it was in the 90's. No wonder I was melting. When walking the garden this morning I found more weeds and realized that I told a zillion people that one plant was called Red Dragon instead of White Dragon, which was way dumb as it had big white plumes. Strike Two. Patti