As Mom's Garden Grows.....

Glad I woke you up. Ha Ha
Looken good Amom, nice work.

Yea, I love my yard, but now that I have been to tillys, I want more I really loved all the different plantings. Sorry I wasn't able to help much this time, maybe next time.

like all the little animals, gnomes, and other objects interdispersed in the garden. Gave me lots of ideas.
Now I just have to implement them.

Sorry 'Tyler' got you dirty. Had fun and so injoyed it. Hope to see you again.

I am SOOOO BUMMED that I missed their visit tills! :( wish I could have made time to meet you when we were up there! Sis told me how wonderful your gardens are! guess I gotta make another trip to WA next year! yippee! lol! -plus I have to check in on moms garden :oD tee hee!

working on some nice xmas gifts for gardens this year! (hint hint!)

Tills, don't worry about my pants. It will wash out. I love pets and don't mind if they jump on me, just don't want them to bite me. I always tell them if they bite me I bite back. I really don't want to have to do that, it doesn't taste that good. LOL

Pat

lol mom! thats what you told us KIDS when we were growing up! teehee!

BTW...need more garden pix!

So glad, I will not own a biter Have to many kids that visit, just lots of kisses. LOL

Yea I did tell you kids that and had to do it a couple of times. Amazing how quick you learn with those consequences. With five of you I had to be pretty hard-nosed at times.

Amazing how well all of you turned out so well.

Hugs

Mom

tee hee... guess that means you dont have to be so hard nosed with some of us anymore?! LOL!

Well, there is always some of the grandkids that will need it.

Mom

lolol! just not the great grand kids! tee hee!

speaking of which... I got to see DGS today for all of five minutes and he was sound asleep thru the whole visit! funny thing is...he's going to wake up later and not know why tohse pudgy cheeks of his are all sopping wet again! LOL! he even slept thru all my kisses :(

Oh, what a charmer! Check out those eyelashes! I'm jealous!

LOL! Yes, love the eye lashes... but its those dimples ~inherited from me! ~ that really tear at my heartstrings! LOL

You can hear the laughter just looking at the picture. What a cutie!

Anyone interested in more Iris? tee hee! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/900799/

Been 2 weeks. Lots more blooming & a lot more growth! Went at the wrong time of day this time. Too much sun. Wasn't able to get a doable pix of the 'whole' yard....so I have individual sections of some

View mom see's from steps coming from house

View getting out of the car.....

View of the 'bench bed' although you can not see the bench anymore....lol

All pixs were taken Sunday Sept 7 in late afternoon.

Mom pulling grass (or maybe weed) out of Hydrangea bed.... oops, see a weed or two or three by the corner of trailer.....

And a view of the street bed. Will be filling those bare areas in with Daffodils from MIL's; Snow Peak Iris and daylilies in the next week or two....

I think Tilly's garden inspired mom to pick this up. I think he is cute....

Too many individual blooms to post... They are in mom's blog. Check them out if you want, very pretty colors & gorgeous blooms! Callalily garden area and Dahlias are looking good, both in bench bed blog....

Hope you are enjoying the view from your window mom. Gonna have to get a pix from that view next week, just so we can see what you do in the mornings!
Cheryl ~ Pea

oh what a cute lil turtle! lol!

ok sis... you need to go back and edit the first pix you posted and let everyone know it was you posting under moms name! lolol! I kept reading the posts and trying to figure out why mom was refering to grandmas view! lolol!


okay... who knew that sunday 9/7 was grandparents day?! andwhy didnt ya all tell me?!
I had a 'lunch date' with DD and DGS that day, we went to the craft store after...and she found a card and a sign that said grandparents day was that day! LOL! guess its not a big hallmark holiday yet?

anyhow.... here is a pix of my grandparents day gift for my very first Grandparents day :oD

And you'll treasure it always.

oh yes! originally wanted DD footprints on outside and DGS footprints on inside... but DD feet wouldnt fit in the mold! lol!

oh, and only 1 hand print cause 8 mo old DGS decided to grab a handful of cement in his left hand... and try to eat it. then became a little unco-operative with the project... so we settled on the two feet and one hand! lol!

Now that's something you'll remember!!! I love memories ad making new ones.

Mom, so looking good, Can't wait to see some of mine in there. If She will share LOL
I'm am so glad you injoyed my gardenbuddys and garden art. And
Sooooooooo love yours, just to cute. Got to find me one LOL
Tills

PS Need to do some deadheading on the roses, may give you more blooms.

yes! clip roses just above the next stem with 5 leaves and you'll get more... (instructions are for sis... I know mom already knows this! lol)

LOL

1st, have to sign in as mom again to edit.....maybe tomorrow.
2nd, remember all those rose bushes I had in CA? 18 or so, if I remember correctly.... Had the trimming down to science of training it to grow exactly the direction I wanted it too. Just far too much work to do here, then to trim (or even really notice) two rose bushes. That will come when I make it over to moms to plant the daylilies, hostas, daffodils & irises. Hopefully, this weekend - dirt permitting.....

Anjl, you know how to trim a rose so it grows the direction you want? And with tons of blooms??? lol Sis ain't that bad.....remember a FEW things. ^_^

Luv Ya!
Cheryl ~ Pea

lol okay! okay! didnt remember that you had roses here... shoot, forget that you lived here once upon a time! lol! that was what? 20 yrs ago?!

yep, I know how to trim roses, and wisteria, and bougies to grow in the direction I want them to...they just grow too fast for me sometimes! lol!

Oh yeah, go ahead & date me now!!

Hey Tills, do you think I need to watch mom's yard for that plastic helmet worm you ended up with? What would I look for? And do they only attack the roses? Think I saw on another post, it may have gotten another plant?? Sorry can't remember.
Or, should I even worry unless I start to see major damage? Only reason I ask is that I noticed on some (just a few) of mom's Glads, something is starting to eat at the leaves. But not at the edges, more in the center, like larvae or aphids or????? Have not noticed any other plants yet, but will check better this weekend.

Thanks!!
Cheryl ~ Pea

They are called Rose Slugs, still as yet have not seen one. But they have done some damage to my Roses, not sure if they like glads, mine have damage too. Aphids you can see, can not be that. But I would keep watch, I live in the woods have lots of who knows what looking for dinner on my plants. Want to see so I can ID them, not so easy. LOL

Watch for this.

Thanks Tilly, doesn't seem that it is the same & so far, only seems to be the glads. Just maybe butterflies or something hatching. Although I haven't seen anything on the leafs, but I have not been at mom's a whole lot. Will check again for the damage & any 'bugs' (which I am doubtful I will see) next time I am at mom's.

Just may post a pix, if I think it might be something to be concerned about. May just be some bugs dinner... and then off to the next delicious plant. Mom thinks its nothing to worry about. Me, I am too 'newby' to know one way or another....lol

Cheryl ~ Pea

Signed in as Mom again

Here is an updated pix of the whole Garden. Really can't see all the colors from this view much anymore. I have posted more pix's in mom's blog, but the sun was not cooperating much. Neither was the user (me) ..... lol

This one just took my breath away!
Really am posting for Tillysrat, since she has quite the collection herself

Is this the 'Dinner Plate' version? Believe I measured the bloom at just about 6inches across.

Cheryl ~ Pea

Don't know much about Sunflowers. Always saw those with just one bloom. Is this normal? Should we remove some of the buds for a better bloom?

Thanks all, hope you enjoy it as mom does!
Cheryl ~ Pea

yes, dinnerplate variety. if you look in my blog the name is there..somewhere! lol! I only bougth two kinds from Brent & Beckys.... orange and another purple/white one...which is smaller.

wow mom! what a yard! here is the 'before' pix from June 23, 2008...just 3 short months ago!

Your neighbors must be GREEN with envy! teehee!


HAD to get the pix of Pea in there! tee hee!

You should all give yourselves a pat on the back for that transformation!! I'm sure the neighbors are enjoying it as much as you are. Job well done!!!

Fabulous - takes my breath away!

okay mom...and all you interior decorators!

anyone wanna come help me? http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/905945/

starting a new project decorating the great room at 'vacation home'