FOTD – July 29 – Garden on the deck The petunias seem to be suffering the most from the sun and heat. I find this odd because I grew petunias in Israel in full sun on my deck and they were… Read More ›
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DECK FLOWERS
FOTD – June 22 – Flowerboxes and hanging plants The flowers keep blooming. The yellow ones are just starting to flower, but everything else is in full bloom. The weather has been great for flowers. Sunny at least part of day… Read More ›
DECK FLOWERS
FOTD – June 2 – Deck Flowers Now that we are three years into growing flowers on our deck, I’m beginning to learn what grows well there. The answer is petunias, begonias and lantana. Since we had to cut down… Read More ›
YELLOW BEGONIAS
FOTD – July 25 – Yellow Begonias It’s a dry, burned out world out there. Hot, sunny. Double up on the hot and triple time the sunny. At least we have the flowers on the deck and of these, the yellow… Read More ›
A LITTLE RAIN ON A HOT DAY
FOTD – June 17 – FLOWERBOXES BEFORE THE RAIN It was hot this morning when I got up. I didn’t have to go outside to know. The windowpane was very warm and the air was heavy. It was shaping up to… Read More ›
AND THE FLOWERS KEEP BLOOMING
FOTD – June 15 – More Flowers From the Deck The orchids — the three that have been in bloom since the beginning of April — are finally dying. The last one is the one that was also the first… Read More ›
OUR BI-ANNUAL MOWING
FOTD – June 8 – The Bi-Annual Mowing We don’t mow, or more to the point, we very rarely mow. We don’t mow because we have a lot of wildlife and they like a natural environment and usually, so do… Read More ›
A FINE DAY FOR EMBRACING by Marilyn Armstrong
RDP #37 – EMBRACE Not an embracing sort of day for me, although I have to admit to a powerful passion for Excedrin, the only over-the-counter pain reliever that really works on migraine, backache, and a zillion other problems. If… Read More ›
FLOWER MACROS ON THE DECK – Marilyn Armstrong
Flowers of the Day and Probably for the Summer Every summer, I hang two pots on the deck. I used to hand two fuchsias and some begonias in the corners, but for the past few years, no one is growing… Read More ›
BEGONIAS AND GERANIUMS: DECK DELIGHTS – Marilyn Armstrong
Garry went out to find me fuchsia, but the fuchsia guy is gone. No one has seen him and the shop is closed. Enterprising spirit that he is, he found me a glorious basket of pink begonias. I need one… Read More ›
SHOOTING WHITE
As a photographer, white, of all the colors gives me the hardest time. So of course, I spend a lot of time and effort trying to get good pictures of white things. Flowers, much of the time. But other things… Read More ›
THE FLOWER PLACE IN TOWN
There’s a place in town that sells flowers. Flats of pansies, Vinca, miniature roses, zinnia and other annuals. When I was still planting, before I ran out of room and my spine ran out of flexibility, I bought a lot… Read More ›
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