The hollyhock Lisa brought me on Memorial Day weeknd is blooming, but it is short! The ones Mom brought us have not really grown either. I'm hoping they'll all flourish next year.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
A few new things blooming
The sunflowers in the back have started blooming, I can't tell you how much I love this one. The photo doesn't do the color justice, it's called Lemon something, and it is a very accurate name for it! The bumblebees also love it!
The hollyhock Lisa brought me on Memorial Day weeknd is blooming, but it is short! The ones Mom brought us have not really grown either. I'm hoping they'll all flourish next year.
The hollyhock Lisa brought me on Memorial Day weeknd is blooming, but it is short! The ones Mom brought us have not really grown either. I'm hoping they'll all flourish next year.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Canna!
The canna out front have started blooming. This morning there was this neat looking creature on one. I think I'll do more canna out front next year, I really like the way they look.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Remember this?
Do you remember this from waaaaaaay back earlier in the Spring? (Is anyone really reading this, or am I talking to myself?) From April 12th, to be exact:
I promised you it wasn't daffodils, and it's not. It's a Resurrection Lily, and here it is today!
Neat, huh? :-)
I promised you it wasn't daffodils, and it's not. It's a Resurrection Lily, and here it is today!
Neat, huh? :-)
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
It's August, where is the summer going?
Time is flying by... things in the garden are good, things are flowering, we are picking green beans, cukes, cherry tomatoes, zucchini and onions from the veggie garden. Here's a shot of Steve with the other winners of the Beacon Garden Contest. I'm so proud of him. He works so hard on our vegetables, he started 99% of them from seed, and has devoted a lot of love and attention to them, and they are delicious!
I love this! The Green Teens had these signs in front of their salsa booth this past weekend (follow the link to Flickr to see the full size photo if you can't read these):
These two Rose of Sharon planted themselves here a couple of years ago, but I'm going to need to take them out, because they are shading the hydrangea which is not doing so well this year.
Our mums are blooming, oops, a little early!
The white phlox is hidden behind the pink! Maybe I'll have to thin out the pink and move some of it this fall. I like the white.
One of the voodoo bulbs has sent up a second shoot!
We had a full rainbow the other day!
I love this! The Green Teens had these signs in front of their salsa booth this past weekend (follow the link to Flickr to see the full size photo if you can't read these):
These two Rose of Sharon planted themselves here a couple of years ago, but I'm going to need to take them out, because they are shading the hydrangea which is not doing so well this year.
Our mums are blooming, oops, a little early!
The white phlox is hidden behind the pink! Maybe I'll have to thin out the pink and move some of it this fall. I like the white.
One of the voodoo bulbs has sent up a second shoot!
We had a full rainbow the other day!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Ah, refreshing
It rained the past two days, and we needed it, so I won't complain. Now there is a beautiful breeze and things in the gardens are perking up as the sun shines. Here's what's going on:
The "real" daylilies are blooming. I think I will dig up some of the "wild" orange ones that bloomed earlier and replace them with some Stella D'Oro ones this fall when they go on sale over at Adams.
Cool rooster in the background, right? Uncle Bruce gave us that for our wedding. It's a bummer the paint is wearing off.
Near the daylilies, the Rose of Sharon is also blooming, and has been for a couple of weeks.
In the back corner, it's more purple phlox!
And, brown eyed susans I brought with us from Cold Spring that came back for a couple of years, then didn't last year, and are now back again, but in a slightly different spot. Hmmm.
The only problem with all the phlox doing so well is it's shading the thistle, which is not nearly as big this year as it was last year.
The sunflowers out front are still flourishing:
And the basket on the fence has filled out nicely. Here is is when we planted it, and then the next shot is now. The black eyed pearl peppers did not do well, they needed more sun, so I added coleus which seems pretty happy!
And I cut a couple of huge bunches of silver dollar plant last weekend. This weekend I'll sit there and peel them and harvest the seeds to sprinkle around in the beds and on the hills.
Speaking of seeds, Steve and I are going to a Hudson Valley Seed Library seed-saving workshop on Saturday, should be fun!
The "real" daylilies are blooming. I think I will dig up some of the "wild" orange ones that bloomed earlier and replace them with some Stella D'Oro ones this fall when they go on sale over at Adams.
Cool rooster in the background, right? Uncle Bruce gave us that for our wedding. It's a bummer the paint is wearing off.
Near the daylilies, the Rose of Sharon is also blooming, and has been for a couple of weeks.
In the back corner, it's more purple phlox!
And, brown eyed susans I brought with us from Cold Spring that came back for a couple of years, then didn't last year, and are now back again, but in a slightly different spot. Hmmm.
The only problem with all the phlox doing so well is it's shading the thistle, which is not nearly as big this year as it was last year.
The sunflowers out front are still flourishing:
And the basket on the fence has filled out nicely. Here is is when we planted it, and then the next shot is now. The black eyed pearl peppers did not do well, they needed more sun, so I added coleus which seems pretty happy!
And I cut a couple of huge bunches of silver dollar plant last weekend. This weekend I'll sit there and peel them and harvest the seeds to sprinkle around in the beds and on the hills.
Speaking of seeds, Steve and I are going to a Hudson Valley Seed Library seed-saving workshop on Saturday, should be fun!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
It's freakin' hot
Man, it's hot out. Steve is happy, the grass is "dying" so he won't need to mow as often. We water the vegetable and flower beds just about every day. I can't remember the last time we had a good, soaking rain. Supposedly we'll get showers tomorrow morning, but we'll see...
We joined Common Ground Farm this year and one of the nice perks is they grow flowers for cut bouquets and we get to pick one for ourselves each week. Here is what I picked this week, along with some mint that we got in our share.
And, they're not from the farm, but from one of our favorite local vendors at the farmers market. We puffy heart her and her produce. :-)
We joined Common Ground Farm this year and one of the nice perks is they grow flowers for cut bouquets and we get to pick one for ourselves each week. Here is what I picked this week, along with some mint that we got in our share.
And, they're not from the farm, but from one of our favorite local vendors at the farmers market. We puffy heart her and her produce. :-)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Hmpf.
This:
this:
this:
and this:
have led to this:
We have two of them, and seriously, in like 3 days, they are full! Blech!
this:
this:
and this:
have led to this:
We have two of them, and seriously, in like 3 days, they are full! Blech!
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