Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

Thursday, April 19, 2012

More plants!

You are going to think I've turned this into a gardening blog... well it sorta is occasionally. When I'm not painting, drawing or studying art, then I'm gardening inside and out or reading about it!


I just couldn't wait to show you my new plants that I got yesterday. So before I get them in the ground I wanna show ya what I got :)

All lined up looking pretty
Shrubs waiting for a new home
Heuchera - Carmel
Smoky Purple climbing rose called Stormy

gawgus
Salvia 
oh my!! 

Ivy Geranium, Martha Washington I think... there is no tag

 So of course you know what is coming down the line. A lot of ibuprofen and more garden pictures!


Have a great Thursday, I'm off to plant!

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Spring Stroll 2012

Are you ready to stroll? Join me as I show you the fruits of my labor, the source of my pain... and one of my most uncontrollable passions. Gardening.

How appropriate is this? Thunder and Zoey on a stroll

Remember the Huechera I was telling you about? Here she is in all her glory... Georgia Peach!


White columbine... so pretty. But wait, there's more... much more.


couldn't you just eat these?! 


Pansies with their pretty little faces. Good thing I covered up the cat shit with the mulch, you're welcome ;o)





Geum... the beautiful Mrs. Bradshaw




Joseph's Coat, I believe




Wine and Roses Weigela (in the wind)




Oh! If you could only smell these fragrant white flags (iris)




Sedums, one of my favorite plant species




An enormous Silver Maple in our front yard. See the metal rod holding the twins together? Hopefully, it stays intact or it will smash our living room :/  I cannot bring myself to cut down any trees... they speak to my soul.


My sweet girl, Zoey



Clematis, the exquisite Miss Bateman


Now for some proof pictures of said hard work that is breaking my back... My husband saw me weeding the edges just like I do every year and him having a slight case of ocd mentioned that I might like having some edging. I was against the idea whole heartedly at first. I'm not an in the borders kinda girl. I like it wild. I'm a terrible housekeeper and I know it. The same kinda goes for my garden beds, they tend to get out of control but I like it. No fences, no borders to keep me in. If I wanna break out and make the garden go this way or that, I grab my shovel and do it. 


Well this all kinda makes him cringe. Since I have some body aches that are tending to get worse, I gave it some thought and began to think that maybe with the edges it might look a little more complete and perhaps easier to maintain and my mulch wouldn't get mowed away. It only took the words well maybe... and we were off to the big box store to buy edging. 2 skids of it in 2 days. He saw his chance and ran with it. Before I knew it, I was unloading tons of this shit. He didn't complain any, but wow it really wears you out. I have bursitis in my hips and they've been screaming ever since.


When we got the first section done, he had a look of such satisfaction on his face. I on the other hand wasn't as happy. I thought it looked like Disney World. Too perfect and neat. I'm not a neat and tidy girl, like I said I like it wild. Thunder the cat loves it, he thinks it's his own personal balance beam. But... it has grown on me and I did gain about 2 feet out on all my beds to plant more flowers! So here are some before and after pictures of Disney World:


Before being caged in...
and after
Before, wild and free!
after... ok I kinda like it. this bed needs a little work, it's kinda wonky
Side view before
side view after
kitchen window chaos, ok it is a little crazy but I hadn't weeded yet
all neat and tidy, even the sunshine likes it... meh.
shade bed before
shade bed after
one of my favorite little areas before
yeah yeah... I know
Ok, after seeing these before and after shots like this I'm starting to see it really wasn't that great before. At least not as much as I thought it had been in my super star gardening head. Score one for the hubby. It has grown on me. I only wish we could have used a natural stone, but it was too costly. Oh well, I'll soon have the plants flowing over :) I'm going plant shopping Wednesday... yippee! I'll share those pictures soon ;)


Still lots of work to do and boy do I have some new ideas brewing that are awesome and if they happen, I can't wait to share them with you. BIG ideas.


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p.s. see my greenhouse goings on here

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Fun in the Mud


We have had rain since I don't know when. People all around us are getting evacuated and lots of water is moving in. They are having to let water out of a dam in our news viewing area and it's going to affect so many people in the mandatory evacuation. Tornadoes and hail, it's been a rough spring so far. It's still rumblin' thunder here but the weather man has promised a break even if it's short lived. Good through Saturday and then it's on again come Sunday. I wish the rain would save up a little for when we need it come July and August!

The lake has almost reached to top of our levee here. That white thing floating out there is the back to the paddle boat. There is another pond out of view that overfills and then drains into ours making it fill up even faster. The paddle boat is resting on the dock. The spirea bush is drowning! and the jon boat nearly sank but the hubby saved it. My basement is sloshy and my husbands shop is full of rain water. Of course you know how men are, he went to fix how the water getting in (the gutters couldn't handle the amount of rain we were getting) and he broke the gutter while digging a trench. Another trip to the Home Depot, jeesh... cha ching $$

One good thing about all the rain as my son says... it makes mud!


I had to share these hilarious pictures I took during a break from the rain yesterday. He's like a little mud sprite! haha... those socks and underwear will never be the same.

I hope you're all safe from the storms.



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