winter
I STARTED GARDENING...........
this year, a late march snow storm.
same snow storm a little later and one unhappy camper
the gardner, checking on her work
miscellaneous stuff
the only place in "the jungle" that is the right height
the miscellaneous views (i.e. i only like one small spot and the rest of the bed is under construction) could go on for many more pics. But, I think were all done and need a break just like the hummingbird (it's amazing how many folks couldn't see him until I edged it in black and white).
Now that everyone is ready for a nap.........
Thanks for the tour. What an absolutely gorgeous spot and the gardens are unbelieable. I love the dumpster rhody - it looks as if it really responded to TLC. The monarda and daylilily bed is terrific. They really are giants. It surely looks as if any spare time is spent outside!
thanks bunches. It's not always the tidiest garden, I'm still getting rid of some of last falls leaves. but it gets done eventually...years later. The tag for that monarda said it was gardenview scarlet, but I think either the tag or the plant is confused! You're right about being outside all the time. the only exception is.... when it snows more than an inch or two. I don't know how you folks (just meaning the Northeast usually gets much more than the northwest) can stand it! After a week or two of it I start to get really upset with mother nature. Last year we had an ice storm that laid it a couple of inches solid for a while. After about two weeks of sliding down the driveway I borrowed my neighbors torch (you know those kinds that they use to burn weeds from cement and such) and melted the driveway and plants whose branches were about to crack with it. that was a lot of fun, and all in the name of getting in the yard again.
Now, THERE'S dedication!
I've threatened to shovel snow off my flower beds, but never blowtorch the dang stuff!!
Great pics redchic, is that river in your backyard?
Oh, wow. What a garden paradise. You're too hard on yourself redchick. Your property is beautiful! I was quite the opposite of bored! Thanks!
Harper
What a gorguous setting and beautiful gardens! Thanks for joining in with us.
Dave
I'm not sure that the torch thing was in the name of a demented gardeners revenge towards nature than it was about gardening. But it was fun! I still don't reallly know why my neighbor bought one, but he lets me barrow! It is a river at the end of the back yard and it was also one of the causes of the little landslide of the back of the yard. It's at low levels in the pictures, mainly because during "hightide season" it takes a little caution to stand by it. It's almost six feet higher up the banks in late winter. to give an idea the bases of the trees along the bank go under water every year!!! Good thing I never got around to building those steps down the bank to the river, they would've lasted 6 mo. tops! Every now and then, During the winter, my friends will ask about the weather. I just go down to the rive and take a picture, either: trees above water, in water, or leaning down stream. Schicken... do you think that we could share a truckload? I'm out as well!!
Sure you folks are nice! who wouldn't want too! Oh you all have to ignore my typos! I can usually spell, but I have a strange form of "trigger finger" that they tried to fix! Ohh well.....so long as I can still use the pruners...
Just don't shoot!
I'll try not to shoot!!! But it depends on what plant we're talking about. :-p Gardenfrances you seem like a good daylilly person, or anyone else good with their daylilly's, might you know who this daylilly is? I picked it up as a generic deep red from some farmer's market. I love it. But I need to move it to a different spot in "the jungle" as it's getting crowded out where it's at. Or at least move it until I get the lysimachia and monarda under control.... yeah, right! several years ago I put out the same question in the perennial forum and didn't have much luck, I think that I posted it at a very unpopular time and it get shoved out of sight early on. anyhow....
