FOTD – July 16 – Daylily The intense rain of the past month has had unexpected results on our gardens. Plants that usually bloom once are coming back and blooming a second time including the hydrangea. The Daylilies, normally moribund… Read More ›
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CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE: ORANGE!
CFFC: Orange It’s definitely a great time of year for orange! The only better time might be autumn when the pumpkins are ripe. But now, we’ve got the glorious orange daylilies and even though they aren’t ripe on the vine,… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASON – JUNE 2021
The Changing Seasons: June 2021 It was time for a new host for The Changing Seasons, especially now with North America sizzling under two heat domes, one in the west and another in the east. I just backed up June’s photographs… Read More ›
THE GARDEN GROWS – BUT IT’S SO HOT!
FOTD – June 30 – DAY LILIES & ROSES The garden grows. It has been so hot it’s hard to believe the flowers aren’t fried, but we’ve been getting a little bit of rain. I guess that keeps things growing. It’s… Read More ›
DAYLILIES AND ROSES
FOTD – June 26 – DAYLILIES AND ROSES I know this sounds weird, but I think I managed to pull up the last of the bittersweet in the garden. Owen and I have been uprooting it. Every time we pass the… Read More ›
THE UGLY GARDEN
FOTD – June 18 – The Ugly Garden Terrible things happened to our front garden this year. It has always been messy but this year, it has gone beyond messy into downright ugly. Binding, strangling vines are everywhere and things are… Read More ›
SPIDERWORT – PREVIOUSLY WILD
FOTD – JUNE 9 – SPIDERWORT They are true blue, but for some reason no matter what camera I use, show up as purple. Something about the way the light hits it. I finally got them back to their natural… Read More ›
FLOWERS OF THE DAY ARE ORCHIDS
FOTD – May 29 – ORCHIDS! The orchids I have grown myself are into their third month of blooming. They are beginning to look a little bit soft, but I think they have a couple of more weeks in them. The… Read More ›
FOTD: COLUMBINE IN PINK
FOTD – May 24 – Columbine As we were coming home from not buying a car, I decided to take a few pictures. We are heavily in columbine right now. All pink. I didn’t even know it came in other colors…. Read More ›
iPHONE PHOTOS – THE GARDEN GROWS
FOTD – May 21 – GROWING AND PRUNING IN OUR GARDEN The garden is growing now with serious intent. My job yesterday was to get in there with the big loppers and cut down about a dozen sassafras treelets along the… Read More ›
FOTD – RHODODENRONS AND FOLIAGE
FOTD – May 18 – Rhododendron and Ground Cover This seemed to go very well with Cee’s green bush and azalea. This is our Rhododendron and some aggressive yellow and green ground cover that has completely taken over our fence. A… Read More ›
HOW DOTH MY GARDEN GROW?
“Mary, Mary, quite contrary” BY MOTHER GOOSE Mary, Mary, quite contrary How doth your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells And pretty maids all in a row. The Dorling Kindersley Book of Nursery Rhymes (2000) The narcissus are interesting. I never… Read More ›
