Garden bed...

The heat wave that we had been experiencing has broken this evening. So I hurriedly starting creating the vegetable garden bed that i had been planning. We de-turfed it and turned the soil once and added compost. I still need to turn the soil and work the compost in to it before planting my pepper plants that have been waiting. At least the hardest part is out of the way. I hope the weather stays cooler for a little while.

The Front Gardens...

This past spring i finally completed the front flower beds... and divided the hosta... they are doing quite well.

Backyard_May08

Backyard_May08
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Thyme takes over...

Last weekend i "thinned out" a lot of perennial ground cover. The creeping phlox that was taking over the sidewalk... the creeping thyme that was threatening to overtake the dianthus and daylilies too! Four buckets later, i think that they might be a little more under control... maybe.

Annuals in the new bed...

I took the maddock to the turf between two crab apples in the front yard. I made a nice arcing bed and added a layer of mulch. I'm planning on purchasing some plants in the fall that i really want. Like a black iris... I then had Joseph bring a large rock up to place in it... and added the clay goose. On Saturday, Joseph requested a stepping stone in the middle of the bed (Since it is in the middle of his route to the road). By Sunday i needed some color in the bed and went for annuals. So now i have pink/white impatiens and a burgundy sage. It will be a pretty bed.

Morning sun

Morning sun
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on the Mother Earth iris.

thirsty...

Today we went shopping for a few annuals to fill out some spots. This is a typical routine where we go to the nearest department store to "save" some of the end of stock plants. I was really dismayed to see how dry and in many cases wilted the plants were. I was happy to see a middle-aged man picking up the hose and start watering. When i was at the checkout the young man waiting on us made a comment that the guy watering the plants was doing so on his day off. I said that the plants sure needed the water. At that the young man reiterated that it was the man's day off... and i responded with "i'm sure that the plants appreciate it!" It was a curious exchange between one who thinks of plants as the living thing that they are... and one who doesn't consider the plants much at all.