More garden news.................

You need to keep me out of the garden centers. I went today to get some potting soil and plant foods. I came away with some more plants. I could not help it, really. I had no intent on doing that as I really did not need anymore. Actually no room. Well I did find room. I loved these pink things.

Carnations

Sweet Williams

Along with those I got another Primrose because the others did well and are still blooming, and a Day lily. I think that was it. I went to Joannes because I had hoped that they would have some more garden ornaments but they really didn't. I did find a fairy that I took and put on Alex grave. I also got an ornament for the garden, each were 70% off so that was not so bad. I need to get back to Alex and take a couple of plants for her. Her Day Lily's have not yet bloomed.

Checking on the rest of the garden, it's all coming along. The one where I put the Carnations needs to be widened. Just enough for the white flowers to have more room.
I did get that one cleaned out at least. I like being able to do one garden at a time. Makes me feel I have accomplished something.
I sat outside and drank my coffee this morning

This is so pretty, I will try to save it this Winter

When I first went out this morning I took a picture of my dead tree with it's fungi. I like it. I want to make this into a Fairy tree, paint or put on windows and doors and make a fairy garden around it. I had hoped to get Gerry to make it a roof.

The back shade gardens are coming along. It's a pity it takes so long for Hosta to come up and fill in. I know there are a lot of them still small. So I won't plant more. I am putting the ones I have left into pots. They get so much bigger quicker in pots. I didn't get them all in yet but at least I do have the potting soil now.


Iris budding. Trouble is the sprinkler has broken some down. Sad because one was the pretty white one.

I checked on the new rose and it's doing OK so far and I was happy to see the Lavender may actually do OK there too.

The Herb garden, doing well. You know I will never use half of them haha but it's a nice garden.


Back out front, I got one plant in the pot because nothing is coming up in that one. Who ever ate the Hosta really did eat it all. I managed to get the Lily plot cleaned up and I am leaving the violets there. I found and cleaned one of the plate ornaments I found in the garage. Put that in the ground.

Checked up on the flowers on the deck and they are flourishing


Seems things are coming along fine for the most part the hard work is done.

This little bee needed a helping hand. It was listless and just sitting in the ground and so I went and made some sugar water

He enjoyed and then crawled away have a good long life little bee.

Sometimes the man is a hazard .................

It was the weekend and a Sunday, Tristen gone home so time for some outside chores. I asked Gerry to clean out under the deck, it had Tristens toys that he does not play with now. Cooper is not interested. So he got them out and pitched them. I said get those back I can sell them when I have a yard sale. They are Tonka toys and I would rather give them away.
Stuck them in the middle of the garage so now I have to rearrange so I can get in there again. He also decided to move his ladders because they were smashing down the fence. Fine, he put them at the side of the garage. following close behind I supervised. instead of just dumping them I made him hang them,move the Wagon wheel and fix the fence so the poodles can't get out.




This left a spot that was over grown on the side of the drive so please would he trim it up to the lillies

Do you see any Lily?

I know, bitch bitch bitch. He will LOVE retirement. I wont mention that he planted my shrub on top of my giant Hosta.......who will win that fight?

I love Pink...............


The front garden is as done as it will be for now, I have to get my attention back on the back yard.

My little work space. Today I will be planting what needs doing out back

I am loving the Herb garden and while out yesterday I bought two butterfly



Things are filling in nice

I must move that pot because the Gooseberry bush is there and needs more light


Grapevine is growing back.

Bud does not like it, he can't see through haha............Poodles watching Daddy

He wants a bigger Tomato plant that's already grown so he does not have to wait. I got some more peppers but all are small. The Tomato's we have do have flowers at least


So the poor man can't win can he..............ah well. He tried. As my Dad used to say, "If you want a job done right do it yourself"

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

June the first and a nice rainfall last night. The temperatures have really dropped so today I went back to the garden center. I really must stop. I had wanted to find something to put in the metal tub. I decided on some grass I had seen last time I was there. I don't know what came over me. I really had good intentions. I got a new rose as well as the grass I had wanted. Also got some more veggies and herbs and some daisies.
I really did not mean to.



When I got back I found that the tub had a lot of water in it. I was going to put gravel at the bottom before the soil but it was holding too much for that to work. So for now it is on it's side and the daisies are around it.
I got some Watermelon and planted that and the Rhubarb. Not sure how that will do because of the sun, we shall see. This is still and experiment and if the veggies do not do well then it will become a flower garden next year.



Meanwhile I got things planted out front
I ended up pulling out the old rose that was definitely dead and sticking the new one in there.


That garden now has all it can hold. The main garden got a new Daisy. Look at how full the gardens are getting




I went to check on the Snowball bushes over on Buds side and it's looking great out there. He should enjoy the view.


I took a look at the Tomato and hung her up, a few tiny tomato's on it


I now have a nice selection of herbs. I bought two more today and some peppers.


The back is coming along but now needs a whole lot of work


My Rose has tiny buds

Look at the size of the leaves on that Hosta

I cut some of the hedges out back to let the light in to my potted plants and to keep the path clear



I had friends watching

A different wreath for the door

Each day it looks better but always lots to do

I still have things sitting in pots waiting to be planted. I always place things and wait and see how it likes it before planting. So it is supposed to be nice tomorrow and I hope to start out there with thinning and weeding. If it's nice enough I need to go find some more rocks for the side.