Mounds of Gold

Mounds of Gold
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Backdoor Herbs

Backdoor Herbs
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This is my planter of herbs that is situated near the back door... making it the perfect place to reach out and grab herbs for in a salad.

Picked my first Peppers...

It is quite nice to harvest peppers at the end of the sidewalk! I've also made pesto once and have been using fresh basil in everything imaginable from eggs to pizza. I made a nice fettuccine Florentine with spinach from my brother. Dad's blueberry bushes were very abundant this year too... so i made a berry crisp dessert out of them.

In the gardening listed under "other"... i transplanted 5 bunches of oatgrass to the area near the new blue spruce tree.

Monday musings...

So, i worked on Saturday and had today (Monday) off. It was one of those days with off and on rain showers coming through. I found myself sitting in the garden room watching the rain fall... it reminded me of my father. He would sit in the garage and watch the rain.

First thing that i noticed when i was getting myself ready to go outside... was a bunny beside the vegetable garden and a smaller bunny in my vegetable garden... oh no!!!!!!!!!! I proceeded to add putting up a fence to my list. I created a fence out of chicken wire and placed it around my tiny vegetable garden. Joseph went to Trader Horn and got me tomato cages for my green peppers.

During one of the rain showers, i fixed two ship's bells wind chimes that had broken. Hung them from the branches of the lower pines.

I did a lot of weeding and thinning out and pruning too. I also fertilized the potted plants and hanging baskets.

Blue Sky... Puffy Clouds

Blue Sky... Puffy Clouds
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The garden is in full swing and day lily time is upon us. I keep adding more day lilies to the garden, so it will be a surprise to see what is blooming next.

Pruning...

This morning i decided that it was time for some tree pruning. We have some young trees that needed some shaping... so out came the pruning shears and haircuts were given to the crabapples (2), kousa dogwoods (2), red maple, oak (large one near driveway and small oak near the west pines.)

An Aster blooms in June!

An Aster blooms in June!
Originally uploaded by pjslomer

We have had the most unusual weather and my plants are doing weird things. We went from one week very cold and wet to one week extremely hot and now two weeks of cool and sunny with occasional showers. Yesterday i noticed that i have an Aster blooming which usually happens in the fall... not the day before summer starts. My husband made the comment that we have had all of the seasons condensed in to one month... These changes concern me.