Brown eyes

Originally uploaded by pjslomer

The Brown-eyed Susans have been putting on quite a show for some time now. I really like them along the edges of the property. In the fall i need to transplant some down to the edge of the property straight back from the house. It seems a little bare at the moment... and i have plenty near the house.

Garden Flames

Garden Flames
Originally uploaded by pjslomer

The vibrant red daylily takes center stage in the garden.

Back to the mulch pile...

After a week of really hot temperatures, and another week of rain... and last week, i just feel like working outside (i think it was the humidity) ... i finally starting using up my mulch pile. The front flower beds near the house will be expanded with undulating beds. One side is well underway and will eventually link the front flower bed with the bed around the patio. Later in the fall i want to take out the small shrubs that are near the front porch and also at the ends of the bed. In their place, i will divide the blue hostas that have grown to an immense size. and have three per side.

Hmmm, what are the deer up to?

This evening I was mulching around one of the birch trees when i noticed that the group had been stirred up and the small sunflower had been nibbled upon. As I continued to mulch around the trunk it dawned on me that the way the tracks were laid, seemed that the deer was eying up the tree... hmmm, are we closing in on "rubbing" season, I wondered. So I decided to wrap the trunks on some of the trees, as a precautionary act.

White Butterfly Bush

White Butterfly Bush
Originally uploaded by pjslomer