Another day in the garden.................

Well not a lot going on out there really. I now have so much work to do but its been too hot. My potted plants have come to the end of their life really. I usually replace them but its not worth it yet. Everything just shrivels up. We need rain bad. Anyway, here are a few pictures of whats going on at the moment. The Day lilies are doing well. I have not seen any butterflies this year. Only one white one.




This little critter came to see me. It was cute watching his eyes move

I love this colour, these are in my neighbours garden. I took this picture because mine has not bloomed yet

This is a white bloom on one of my Hosta plants. Most of them are a lavender colour

I love the colour on these Day Lilies. I was very happy with all of them this year. I bought a couple of new ones and I think that I will get more, they do so well.


The wild ones spread all over the place but are still so pretty

My fish are doing well. Getting quite fat. I hope they live another year. They have good hiding places in the pond now and they play. If they live another year I may even give them names.

This cheeky devil is still around. Its a wonder because the cat is on the warpath



I need to get some plant stakes, maybe this weekend. Right now everything is floppy and I just cant get out there while its so hot. Its bad enough just getting everything watered. So enjoy these few pictures I am ready for something new...........not really much coming on. The next thing looks like it will be daisies, the yellow ones and that takes us into the Autumn shades. Sigh.........I hope ita a long cool Autumn.
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End of June..................

It has been a cooler June than normal and we have had some rain. My garden is lush and things are growing well. Normally my Roses are not blooming but this year are doing well at the moment. I had two that died because of the harsh winter. One is coming back from its root so there is hope that it will have time to recover.
I take pictures practically every day. Here are some recent ones.


There are some bright colours but they all seem to bloom at a different time. Maybe my memory plays tricks on me but I recall my Dad's garden was always in bloom.


Everything was bright today after the rain. I love to capture flowers with raindrops on them. Then enlarge the picture to focus on the water drop. I found Boots the cat sleeping in the garden chair.


The front porch has bowls of flowers on them. Geraniums. I have put the ones out that wintered over in the house. They are doing OK and are about to bloom

I dont know the name of the yellow flowers??? but they spread like crazy. They don't like the heat too much, and prefer the shade. The sedum had lovely flowers and I like it because it spreads. I like anything that spreads.

My Clematis is not doing so good. I have 3. Last year one did well, it had quite a few flowers. This year its not grown well at all. The newer one has grown up the trellis but no flowers. The last one has one flower. Maybe a little rain will help,

My roses are blooming. One is Peace. the pale pink is a knockout rose.

You know how I feel about weeds.....if they are pretty then they can live. If they grow in the right spot anyway. This very tall white daisy thing is in a good spot so it can stay and live its life. The other one is in a bad spot, it grew where I have mulch, so it cant stay there. I will wait till its done flowering and then pull it. Its sort of pretty



I love the colours of these, purple flowers, the bee is having a good time. The second picture is one of my new Hosta in boom.




A few garden beds out front.



Here are the two little trucks again this year with ivy and beach stones. I have managed to keep Tristen away for now. He has plenty of stuff outside to play with.


Before I went out to take the pictures, I saw this baby Robin sitting out on the path watching two Mourning Doves kissing

The knockout rose may recover. I have some better pictures in my camera but this is it for now





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Garden yesterday, April 24th................

We finally spent a day outside. Woo hoooooo........it was wonderful. My ex son in law bought us a load of mulch and helped my husband pull out all the shrubs under our front window. This year I want to redo the whole of the front yard. Well, we got the mulch down. I moved the bird feeders to under the apple tree. I am going to buy some chairs to sit out there and take pictures. I need to do all the trimming next, cut off all the dead stuff. The daffodils are budding and maybe today, if the sun comes out, they will open up. We had snow again last night. It will melt though once the sun decides to stay out.
Meanwhile a surprise...........I was taking a picture of my fish. I had two........well I have three. For the longest time we only saw the two and was so happy to see they made it through winter. What a lovely surprise to find we have one more. They are growing nicely too.

Look how big they are


The boy fountain is just going to be a birdbath this year. He splashes and drys out to quickly. The birds still love him anyway and the Cardinal was enjoying a drink.

The other birds continue to enjoy the feeder. I have also got some plates that my friend found at a garage sale for free............I am using those as bird baths. One I put on the table next to the feeders and the other on a stand.

I will paint the stand and it makes a great bird bath don't you think?

I had a rather unusual visitor last evening. I have never seen a small red squirrel here in town before. How cute he is. Will have to be sure that one does not get in the attic.

He is either a baby grey squirrel or a red squirrel who are smaller.........time will tell. I have never seen a grey with so much red on it.

Anyway. Today as soon as the snow is melted its back out to work out the front.Set up the fountain and do some trimming and clean up. I should have some pictures later.

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Today in My Garden...........

I have a horrible cold so I waited until it was about 45degrees before I went outside. It was sunny. I finished putting down the rest of the mulch on my garden pathways. I still need at least 12 more sacks of the stuff. This is good for now though. I need to get out and finish the side gardens over by Bud's side. Take out all the dead stuff and seeds. Once done with the Spring clean up I really don't have much else that's really work. The rest is fun stuff. Transplanting and putting in annuals.
I was so happy, I saw two butterfly's. Last year I didn't see any all summer and here it is only April. I saw a Cabbage white yesterday but didn't have the camera and it was flitting hither and yon and not settling anywhere. Today this one was sunning herself.



Then when I went to see if the Apple blossom was out this little girl was back in the tree sunning herself. Then her ol man came by and they went off together. I bet they have a nest.


Our apple tree is strange. It was an ornamental crab apple when we bought it. That has pink blossoms.



Now the main tree has come through. So now it has white flowers one year and pink the next, some years like this one, both blossom. I was looking to see if the white ones are ready to open. Its rather unique. I could have pruned it so that the white one would be gone but why? Its pretty this way.



The kids were out in the garden supervising.


The poodles get in all the pictures if possible. This path goes behind the (what was) the fountain. This year that fountain (it leaks) will hold flowers instead of water. All the little kids love all the pathways that meander around the gardens.It makes it interesting I suppose. I also have poodle paths for the dogs who wont stay off the garden no matter how I try so this makes it easy for them


The Trillium is all out now. I must get some more.


I like to have interesting things sitting around to put plants in. That's one of the more fun things that come later.



I put in a few pansies today, but I have a lot more to put into containers in shady spots.
Maybe on the back of the little wagon.

Day Lillies...............

I love Day Lillies they bring so much colour to the garden. They also are hard working plants that are cheerful and prolific. I have tried to collect a few different colours and I have found that the 2nd and 3rd years have been the best. They then begin to spread and for me thats a plus.



This pink beauty is 3 years old now and has doubled in size. This is a single bloom but the plant is really blooming this year.



Yellow is always a good choice



Orange is the work horse of the day lily




I love the dark colours



This is a pretty one



more pink beauties, I will have to look up all the names.



Some of the deep reds are hard to capture the correct shades



William Blakes poem "The Lily"

The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:
While the Lily white shall in love delight,
Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.

Common Daylilies



This is a lovely deep burgundy red,