A Little Rain goes a long way......................

we had two nights when it rained and oh boy, the next day was spectacular. The amount of growth overnight, just incredible. So when it rained again last night I was not surprised to see the same thing again. The water from the hose comes off our main water supply and has added chlorine in it. Also it does not soak as deep as rain water does. Rain has a neutral Ph that helps the plants to retain minerals and goodies that they don't get from the hose.
This is how my Herb garden is progressing.

I have used some of the Basil already, so good.
Some of my potted Hosta are overflowing. This is a project for next week. I want to separate some of them, that will save me some money. I can always use more in the back shaded area. It takes a long time for the Hosta to come up, even after the rain. So more is better. I have bought a few more but they just do better quicker in pots.

The other half of the Herb garden is at the back of this garden. This is a mainly Hosta patch with some Day lilies and Iris. The Violets try to take over and so do Forget-me-nots. Those I move out once bloomed and put in other spots. I will move some out under the Pines out front where they can all go wild.

The Pond is looking good, the two remaining fish are fat and happy. I had to take out some of the Water Iris because it had tripled in size

After I found the lime green Hosta I bought several, they sure brighten up the shade areas

I am not sure what this is called but it has done well in my garden. I saw some this Spring and bought one. I should have bought more because now the don't have any more.

The ones in my garden are old and tired. I must start news ones from the old if I can. Then if I see more I sure will buy some.
All my gardens need to be refreshed. I bought some more Day Lily and have put most of those in front. Two new ones are really pretty.


The others are a bit different, those only bloom the once. The other two have a different leaf style. I think they are yellow but can't remember.
I have bought some ornamental grasses to see how they do. This one I had to coral and keep in a pot. I found that it spread all over and I am still rounding up the stragglers. So with that in mind, I will start the new guys off in pots.

This is a new one.


I am hoping they will do well.
So this stuff grew and blossomed after the rain and I like it for ground cover. It will keep spreading hopefully back of the pine tree rather than on the lawn. Lawn is hardly a description of my grass areas.

This is how the one side looks now. I still have to get the rest of the fence. Gerry says wait. I am working on that.............

Several years ago now we took out the wild Honeysuckle. Well it came back and is now very pretty.

The climbing stuff has taken and is climbing up the front wall. I will have to control that. It seems like it's going to be rather a pain. Funny thing is I put some out back and it didnt take.
I am taking out some of these ferns to go under the first pine tree. They really took over the very back and that is reserved for the Bea Balm. There is a little Pine that has to come out. I hate to kill it but have nowhere to put it. I did put a smaller one or two in pots but this one is a bit big.

I have little paths everywhere so that I can work in the gardens, besides I love little pathways. The back is the Poodle paths but these are so I can work without killing stuff.

Some of the flowers are starting to open on the side garden

A few fun things around the yard.



I bought 3 hanging baskets, a yellow, a white and a red.




Some of the rock garden flowers are blooming.



I was going to move out the old wheel barrow but decided to keep it there, just moved it over a bit to be sure the Tomato I planted gets it'sun quota. It needs weeding and cleaning up.


On the new side yard my Zucchini is growing, the cucumber is doing OK and then someone dug up the beans. SO I had to replant those. Not sure they will do any good.

I may try to plant something in the fountain because it has a crack so it can't hold water. Trying to think what I could put in there. Well any ideas? Lettuce maybe? Not really big enough for that.

Hmmmmmm. What else? I was surprised to see my Kale came back up from last year. Bonus.