Animals
- Come Stroll With Me
Come stroll with me in the garden.The sun has set and the air is moist and cool. We've had just enough rain this past week for me to ignore the watering,and still, it all is looking like a jungle. The sunflowers are over 10 feet tall! With their...
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I have been missing.Blogger prevented me from visiting with you this past Friday.I am sorry about that. But, I put my time to good use.I have worked and worked.Painted.Weeded.Planted.Mulched. I have been spending my hours in the midst of magic....making...
- Garden Plans
Last evening I spent some time in my garden....dreaming. I took you with me.Could you tell?Ok, well, I didn't really take you along,but I did take my camera so that you would feel like you were there. The garden is sort of in a state of "pause" right...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....
- A Garden Gone Wild!
A very moist summer has made excellent growing conditions for our most prolific crop....WEEDS! We have had a fantastic berry harvest this year. Even the wild blackberries that line our woods are bursting with plump ripe fruit (watch out for chiggers,though!)....
Animals
Out of My Gourd!
I am crazy.
Crazy, that is, about vines.
With the exception of poison ivy,
(and don't look at my face right now,
it is covered in poison ivy.)
(Thank you, Oakley...but that's a different story!)
Again, with the exception of poison ivy,
I love plants that creep and climb and cover everything...
sending out nimble tendrils to help them gain a foothold.
Now, I know that in some cases this type of
invasiveness can be a problem.
(not my house!)
But, on my garden fence it is a welcomed sight.
Cardinal flowers...vining to the sky
are a natural hummingbird attractant.
Morning glories, whose sweet faces greet me each morning...
Purple, ornamental beans whose lavender blossoms
mature to this lovely purple fruit...
The delicate, ruffled white blossoms of various gourds...
My favorite corner of the vegetable garden is this,
in the strawberry patch....
where gourd plants are creeping and climbing
and generally running amok!
There are gourds of all sizes, shapes, and textures.
I will use these in autumn decorating,
and then dry them for use
as bird houses next summer.
Another corner of the garden boasts a healthy grape harvest...
This fall, I will visit our local nursery...
looking for perennial flowering vines
to add to next year's garden walls.
Eventually I would love if the 8 foot fence walls of my
garden were entirely encased in vinery...
like a secret outdoor room,
overflowing with life-sustaining yumminess!
- Come Stroll With Me
Come stroll with me in the garden.The sun has set and the air is moist and cool. We've had just enough rain this past week for me to ignore the watering,and still, it all is looking like a jungle. The sunflowers are over 10 feet tall! With their...
-
I have been missing.Blogger prevented me from visiting with you this past Friday.I am sorry about that. But, I put my time to good use.I have worked and worked.Painted.Weeded.Planted.Mulched. I have been spending my hours in the midst of magic....making...
- Garden Plans
Last evening I spent some time in my garden....dreaming. I took you with me.Could you tell?Ok, well, I didn't really take you along,but I did take my camera so that you would feel like you were there. The garden is sort of in a state of "pause" right...
- Minerva, Master-weeder
Amazingly, since Minerva has taken up residence in the garden, it is virtually weed free (we won't mention that I spent the entire past week on my hands and knees). Regardless, the garden is the best it has ever looked at this point of the season....
- A Garden Gone Wild!
A very moist summer has made excellent growing conditions for our most prolific crop....WEEDS! We have had a fantastic berry harvest this year. Even the wild blackberries that line our woods are bursting with plump ripe fruit (watch out for chiggers,though!)....