Garden Projects # 10

OH my Patti your yard is spectacular!!

The lilies are really the stars of the show, Patti...just lovely....

Question for Patti... What is your darkest red lily called, if you know? I bought Martagon Claude Shride, but mine looks just like yours, so I doubt it's really a Martagon (except in my garden with all the weeds and seedpods it looks like the Adams family lives here).

It's like taking a vacation to see your slideshow! I especially like the look of the pink lilies next to the house.

Loved the tour, Patti. It's the next best thing to actually being there. Your place looks perfect. I would love to show off some long shots of my place, but I'm afraid many of the beds are awfully weedy looking. There is just not enough time. I did well at my sale. Made $80, in spite of hardly any customers showing up.

Karen

Wow...$80 is terrific! Yeah, my beds are very weedy....maybe today I'll get something done....

Glad to hear, Karen!,

Patti, loved the show! Please listen to the little voice! HUGS

Has anyone noticed how the sun comes up later? maked me sad

me too

Hands over ears......nah, nah, nah..don't want to hear that!

not the greatest pictures with the sun coming up - this is a "new" bed that i nearly doubled in size this spring - the boulder in the last picture is the one i dug out in the spring and previously posted. no edging in the beds in the way back i just use round-up to keep the weeds and grass from climbing into the beds there.

planted two small jm's grown from seed, maybe a dozen hosta, a couple other shade plants, a small quince, the pink annabelle hydrangea who's name escapes me right now, and var. celestrial shadow dogwood. there is still more space although i will expand it some more next year again and move a couple vib's in here.

I really miss the dapply shade we had when the scots pine was there.
Those are beautiful gardens Bill.The spots of sunlight add another dimention to the plants.

I don't want to hear about the sun coming up later, either, nor about it going down earlier.

Marilyn, I made another $33 yesterday, and I may have someone stop by later on today. I have a customer coming on Thursday as well, so more money to be made. Of course I will be having a sale every Saturday this month, and the first Saturday of August. I have my Plants 4 Sale sign up out front.

Nice new bed, Bill. You are always busy. Never a dull moment in your life.

Karen

Nice beds.....the hydrangea looks really good there....good for you, Karen...hope you have many more sales!

You guys are up too early!

Thanks, Marilyn!

Too early, Victor? What time are you up?

Karen

Anyone have to revamp a whole bed cause it just isn't working anymore?

Yes....and it still isn't the way I want it! Too many invasives, & things popping up where I don't want them.....also, I need more lilies in that bed.....

Yea, Jen - I often switch side with the wife.

Karen - I am rarely up at sunrise. Maybe winter.

The one I want to change is full of creeping jenny and strawberryweed.

Love creeping Jenny!

Bill and Patti, thanks for the great pics, always inspiring.
Patti, what is the white flower that looks like a shasta daisy on drugs? Do you know the one I mean?
Wynne

I will be after tree loss Jen

:(

I'm expanding the half-shade garden by the woods this year. We moved the garden shed back by 10 ft to make the space. I've done a rough layout of where the path will go, we've moved some rocks in, and starting to put plants around. I want to stain the garden shed a color that blends into the woods instead of matching the house.

very pretty spot GG... can't wait to see it fill in!!

that tall vertical rock is a keeper granite!

What type of plants do you have planted in there, granite?

Oh, now I get you, Victor. I'm not usually up at sunrise either, except in winter to get ready for work. Then I'm up before sunrise. But I thought you were referring to the time frame that we were posting our comments, which wasn't early.

Jen, I'm in the process of revamping a very old bed that wasn't working anymore, one that my mother put in. It has been getting taken over by invasives, plus there were a lot of daylilies in there that I just didn't want. I got a small portion of it done this past spring. Now I'll have to wait till the daylilies and such are done to do anymore work on it, so I don't stress them out.

Looks great, GG! I love that tall vertical rock, too.

Karen

granite: Its going to be a lovely spot.Worth the effort.

Love what you've done already!! I knew Bill would notice that rock!!

A new garden is such fun! I'm still filling up my new one....

Little disappointed cause this bed isn't that old...could it be that just all the wacky weather this year is just making it look less appealling? Should I wait till next year to see if it works or just go ahead and redo it in the fall?

Looks great GG. Definitely worth moving the shed.

I would wait until next year, Jen....then you can decide what it needs.....or be thinking of something to order to add color, or height, or whatever....

The vertical rock took three people and a tractor to move--it was right at the limit of the tractor's tipping point and my husband drove it verrry slowly. It was one of the rocks that was in the way of the house construction 25 years ago and was dumped in the woods, waiting for its repurposing. I love wandering around looking for interesting rocks, but most of the cool ones are too big or too far away.

yes they are :) it is great when you can get one of them

Yes, the wacky weather could have a lot to do with the fact that your garden is looking less appealing, Jen. I have noticed on some of my daylilies that they aren't getting as tall as they should, or aren't looking all that appealing (foliage-wise, mostly), etc. We had a lot of rain towards the end of spring, but around the beginning of spring it was dry for a long period of time, and then, of course, there was all the hot weather, followed by cold and freezes, off and on for quite a while. Just crazy. Maybe next year would be a better time to think of revamping that bed.

Karen

But then again, it might be YOU, Jen. ^_^

:p

I have some old 6x6 ceramic tiles how can I use them in the garden?

Stepping stones for the dog??