Watering the Grass in the Flower Garden

Bella thoroughly enjoyed watering

the grass this weekend in our

flower garden

little pond is cleaned and bubbling

stock tank is cleaned and spraying

and ready for goldfish this week

new birdbath in the hosta garden

by Bella's playhouse

flowers are blooming

making way for the butterflies 

and dragonflies

Charlie is claiming the

 birdbath as his new bed!

Wonderful Break

The garden is doing so well this year especially after the rain and cooler temps we had last week.  It was a wonderful week to be off work.  The past few weeks the temps had been over 100 and last week they fell to the 80s although we did have the humidity back.  Of course we are now back in the mid 90s with little rain here and there.  Summer is back!

the doves are back for another year

yellow water lilies are blooming very good

black elephant ears looking good too

pink water lilies are making a strong showing

beautiful angel stand we found at Marshall's

tall blue pot we found at TJ Maxx

with a hosta in it

short fat strawberry pot I picked up last year full of purple million bells

new galvanized tub

on an electrical spool I painted black

 full of pitiful looking geraniums

old tub with pink daisies

new pot I found on Craig's List

with red mandevilla doing well

gorgeous new pot found at a nursery in KY

with a royal red butterfly bush

little pot full of pink periwinkles

in a birdbath full of water hyacinths

new pot from TJ Maxx 

full of dark red ivy geraniums

new pot from Ross' with a pink mandevilla

behind it is another galvanized tub full of zinnas on an electrical spool painted green

old pot we've had forever with hens and chicks

I must say we have gotten on a pot kick this year.  In the spring we went to see a hosta garden and they had planted a lot of their hostas in pots and elevated them to be seen. It has given us many ideas and now we are on the hunt for lots of new pots and stands to put them on.  I think we've gotten a good start on finding them this year.  Can't wait to find more!

Still Hot in the Garden

We finally got a break on Sunday -- the high was only 88. The garden is looking much better since we started watering although on Saturday we got plenty of thunder and lightening but no rain. If we are lucky we might get some rain tonight or tomorrow. Probably scattered showers but that is better than nothing. We've been trying to get all our new plants in the garden and some maintenance taken care of.

got a fresh coat of paint on the patio chairs

love that rustoleum paint - it covers everything

queens anne lace making a good showing

part of the garden to avoid for now as

chiggers love us something fierce

got the windmill painted

need to find new parts for it

Uncle Billy's garlic

new water wiggler for the birdbaths

looks so neat & runs on 2 D batteries

got the foxgloves planted

also planted foxglove seeds

back side of little pond area

solar fountain in little pond

works great with full sunshine

shoots little bursts with shade

my little goldfish sure loves it

pacific coast iris all planted

in corner by little pond

hopefully easier to keep alive here

umbrellas for 2 of the tree peonies

they were wilting under the 90+ degree sun

butterfly weeds and yellow daylilies

blooming better than ever

Wordless Wednesday - New Lantern

Getting It Done

The Beauty of Spring

& Mulching

the first rose to bloom

dogwood tree on back side of house

little pond has been mulched around

louisiana iris and little cattails sprouting in pond

thrift - keeps coming back

year after year

front hosta bed is mulched

Alan found a snake here the day after I mulched

thank goodness it was the day after

purple iris

front corner garden 1/2 cleaned and mulched

now to finish cleaning it before the weeds come back

peony & daylily bed in backyard is mulched

texas rose is blooming it's heart out

lots and lots of little yellow pompoms

lavender iris

rose bed in backyard is mulched

and more purple iris

oakleaf hydrangea is putting out leaves

virginia bluebell & money plant blooming

hellebores & more money plant blooming

little narcissus

more virgina bluebells around the flag pole

We've made a good dent in cleaning out the debris from the garden and mulching but boy do we still have a lot to do. I also want to add another small container pond and later on a bigger stock tank container pond. Now we just have to figure out where they will fit in. Mom has also gotten our new peonies planted this week - 10 in all, more beautiful colors to add to our collection!