Things are really going now!

Yellow Lillium - Just gorgeous

This week I finally got our veggie garden planted. Trying straw this year to keep the dern weeds down. Hopefully it will work! Planted two types of squash, zukes, cukes, maters, various peppers, herbs, carrots, 3 types of radishes, cantaloupe, and watermelon. Yummy!

More of the beds...

First bloom on one of my seedlings - also my favorite thus far

Merry Moppet

Larry Grace

Hillbilly Heart

Hibiscus

Fairytale Pink

Always Afternoon

Faces of Sunset

Our experiment. A friend of N2's grew their veggies this way last year. I have my doubts, so we are trying it. In this bale of straw, is two mater plants. Supposedly they will grow here and produce yummy maters with no dirt at all. We shall see...

Hidden Riches

Red Hot Poker

Dunno the name and was too sore to check

Hydrangea

Cool Succulents

Rose Masterpiece - Carmie, this one is yours!

Orange Dahlia

Larry Grace again

Iris

First mater, being grown in a huge bucket on the deck

America's Most Wanted

Mistrel's Fire

Aster

Another Iris - Not to fond of the color

Cleopatra's Jewel

Thunbergia

Yet another Iris - and here I thought they were done!

Passionflower vine - my monster plant

Baby Mockingbirds - They have since fledged - So cute!

Mandarin Creme

Lollipop Lillium

Another Iris

I think the last Iris

Foxglove

Another Clematis

This is the same Clematis, as in the last picture of the previous post. Very cool what it did.

Well, that is my garden pics updated. Been working on the garden a little bit every day. Weeds to pull, plants to feed, plants to move... The daylilies are really taking off. Seems everyday two new ones are blooming. It is very nice to finally have some color amoungst all the green in the back yard.

Till next time...
M

More pictures of the yard awakening...

Wisteria over the back fence that unfortunately smells of cat pee - Yuck!

Verbascum

Clematis in the back yard

Old fashion Rose in the back

Beautiful Rose in the back

A new Azalea I got for $2.50! It is purple, which is a new color.

Pink Honeysuckle

White Peony just opening

Mini Rose, which is really only about 1 inch in diameter

Red Lillium

Iris Reticulata

Yellow Bearded Iris

Another Bearded Iris

The last flower on this Bearded Iris

Another Bearded Iris, which looks like it made for a nice snack

Clump shot of this Bearded Iris (I did not realize I had so many!)

White Clematis in the back yard

Purple Clematis in the front yard

Have not done much in the yard since my last post. I needed some time to let my back/hip/knee's heal up some. Felt like I was falling apart. But after a few days of doing nothing out there, I feel able to get back to it. So hopefully this week will bring up a veggie garden. If I do not get it done this week, I am not going to bother, as the plants won't get established before the heat sets in. We are already seeing day time highs in the mid to upper 80's. Ugh.

M