Loads of Rain...

We're in a very rainy spell and i'm starting to get really concerned about slugs. I'm noticing that the foliage on the columbine is getting eaten. Guess i need to take some action.

Lot's o' Rain

We have been getting our April showers in May this year. So the plants are growing like crazy and with the cool temperatures the tulips are still hanging on. This photo was taken on Saturday when we had a spot of sunshine. The weather is forecast to be 20 degrees warmer tomorrow... which will be tough on the plants. I guess 20 degrees warmer is better than 20 degrees colder.

Old-Fashioned Iris

This wonderful bunch of iris were here when we moved in. At that time, i moved them to a spot that they didn't like and so last year i moved them again. Last year they did not bloom but this year they are rewarding me. I think they are happy.
Today i went and bought Mom her hanging baskets of geraniums... here mom's day request. I also bought myself a hanging basket with red viburnum. I'm hoping that the hummingbirds will like it. I also pulled some of the sweet woodruff that was taking over the shade bed... giving the hosta and daylily some room to breath.

Tulips!

I have a dozen of these wonderful pink tulips. They started out a very pale pink and have gotten darker over time. They are delightful to have in the garden... and i'm still adjusting to the fact that they have not been eaten by the deer!

On another note... i dug up 4 buckets worth of dandelions that had decided to grow in flower beds. I'm ok with them in the lawn/meadow, but not in the garden. I spent a good portion of the day dandelion digging.

Split & Share

Over the weekend i potted a bunch of plants for my friend Stephanie. She will now have in her garden, violas, chick n' hens, brown-eyed susans, bell flower, daylily, hosta (2 varieties) mint (2 varieties), columbine and lily-of-the-valley. I'm delighted to share with her... and i got her a mini shovel, trowel, gloves and a kneeling pad... everything that a new gardener needs.

In my own garden... i split and moved the blue hostas in the front of the house... now instead of two, there is five.

On Friday, i split the daylilies at work and moved them around to spots that were empty... six spots that is. I also brought home a couple daylily varieties that i did not have and some spearmint... payment for the manual labor!

FROST!

Hearts on a String...
Originally uploaded by pjslomer

There is a call for frost tonight...

It has gotten rather cold here and tonight there is a possibility of frost. My bleeding hearts with their watery stems are especially vulnerable. So soon I will go outside to cover them up.

Digging & Mulching...

Busy Friday evening and Saturday.

Finished digging out around the patio and hemlock and mulching... now the bed outside the back sidewalk continues around the patio and hemlock and joins up with the front flower bed! The mulch pile is going down quickly.

I also did some weeding of the sweet woodruff in the hopes that i can control it.
Transplanted two stella d'oro day lilies to bed near patio.

New in bloom:

• Forsythia
• Bleeding Heart
• Veronica (creeping)
• Creeping Phlox