Garden 2019

On of our first flowers!

Garden friend

Sweet William (Dianthus)

Tulip

Another garden friend!

 

My Gardens 2017

PINK

Lupins (finally!!) Sweet William and ground Geranium

Tulips

Rhododendron (I think)

My roses. Despite being chewed by hundreds of caterpillars, it flourished! 🐛 They even blossomed a second time.

I was given these by one of my clients this summer.

Hollyhocks

Sedum 

Turtle head 🐢

PURPLE

Crocuses

Myrtle or periwinkle

 Chives. Been a long time since I last grew chives - back at mom's old house!

Bell flowers, campanula, pansies.

False dragonhead

Phlox

 YELLOW

Daffodil

 Ligularia

I got these in a Cheerios wildflower pack - I don't know what they are!

WHITE

Narcissus

HYDRANGEA. I love my hydrangeas. 💖

paper whites...I think

Everything else

asparagus

I love the color of this lily!

Asian lily. I've had this for years and didn't blossom until this summer when I changed its location. I am so happy! 😊

Milkweed for the Monarchs. I have yet to see one, but I have faith. 🦋

My hydrangeas again. Love them... 💗

This is a small tree/shrub that Theresa gave me a few years ago.

I saved Darcy's old rubber boots and crocs for this project. Finally my boots got a hole in them and I had the middle ones! 👢

  Before

After

Kevin took down the back deck and we don't plan to put one back, so I got to work in the earth! This is where my Asian lily is finally happy. 

The picture doesn't do it justice. 

The view from a different angle. 

EDIBLE

weird summer - Oct 14 and I have only had green tomatoes so far. 

October 14 - finally have a flower on my eggplant. Way too late.

October 16 YESSS!

My garden 2016

 

I LOVE the Narcissus!

The red tulips are huge and BEAUTIFUL and are actually Darcy's. There are five other groupings of them around the yard and the pops of red look amazing. 

Rhodendron (I think)

There's Darcy with another one of the red tulips groupings.

Marigolds I grew from last year's seeds.

I keep a path mowed in this garden so the kids can climb the tree.

Jack in the Pulpit

Inside the bails of straw I have a hygrangea I have been trying to grow for 3 years. It is short. But has leaves...here's hoping. Also in there I allow milkweed to grow (for the monarchs) and I planted the Cheerios wildflower seeds for the bees.

Crocuses

May 2016:

My tomatoe plants

A resident in my wild flower garden.

Another friend.

Top left: Darcy's garden, right beside her playhouse. She has tomatoes, broccoli, lillies, pansies, and some other flowers.

Bottom left: mowing the hay, I mean, grass. Little garden around the gate. 

Top and bottom right: garden visitors.

Middle right: wildflower garden

COTTAGE:

Cottage garden with path beside bunk house

Turtle head 

Asters by the lake

Fox gloves

I am a little obsessed with the foxgloves.

Bees in my hydrangeas.

Perfect little fairy spot.

A bee in the Solidago by the lake. not everyone likes this plant, also known as Golden Rod, but it is a lovely and beneficial native species. Many think Solidago (Golden Rod) causes allergies auch as hay fever, when in fact it is actually Ragweed. 

Don't blame Golden Rod:

http://www.mnn.com/health/allergies/stories/dear-allergy-sufferers-dont-blame-goldenrod