Ah, it’s that time of year again. I really love all the varieties of lilies and have them in several areas of my yard. The deer already snacked on a few buds-so I have to see if I can mix up some homemade deer repellent-thanks to Turkey Feathers blog and Missy who pointed in that direction. I just sprayed what was left with insect repellent, seems to have done the trick, until it rains again.
Happy Flag Day!
She’s almost at eye level in her nest in my butterfly bush. When she is alarmed, she flies to the back and up and out. I was a bit nervous when taking this (and three other shots) as the flash was going off and I didn’t want her to put my eye out.
We tried to get some tomatoes in the big garden yesterday(about 10 so far)-between showers that is. The new top soil seems to be helping a lot! The ground looks almost like ground coffee! The weather looks more promising today. I’m going to add a few mounds of fingerling potatoes to the other part of the garden too.
And I repotted this lovely orange Gerbera daisy and it presented me with a flower yesterday.
I found the neat basket for $3 at the Goodwill.
My ‘lilies of the field’ are starting to bloom. They are indeed near the long part of our yard! I think I saw a ruffled yellow one too. This is a Asiatic lily:
There is a Daddy Longlegs on the one blossom there.
And last but not least, a small part of my fairy garden:
Some of my little figurines have lost a wing or look a bit worn, but they still look cute when the flowers and plants grown larger and they are hiding beneath them!
We have a long yard down to the left there, yet they chose to bat a ball around my flowers and lawn ornaments! I don’t think they broke anything-they are lucky.
We had glorious weather for the weekend. I went out and used the weed whacker today, and believe me, I had to whack and hack plenty of weeds. It’s such a helpful contraption. I also planted up a few more pots and did flowers around my gazing ball in the pond garden. I got this blue salvia-it’s almost purple, and it looks great with the blue gazing ball with the swirls of color.
Also put down some mulch in my Asian bed that has lots of Sweet William in it-about 18 plants. Love those. I bought three little solar light to line my brick path up to the house and two didn’t work. Silly me didn’t check to make sure all three were on auto.
Have a great week ahead!
7 varieties of Iris are now blooming, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
So pretty! This is part of a collection I have, but outside my home.
I have gardens with different flowers in them. This is my Iris garden. Iris grow almost anywhere, you just have to remember to separate them about every three years. I have one variety that disappeared-a small greenish one called Kiwi. Last fall, I did separate some, only a few look like they will bloom, but they are all there. I may need to add more dirt around them, but you only plant the roots and leave the rhizomes showing above the dirt. I think I have at least 10-12 different varieties.
I was walking around the yard a bit today, it’s so windy! Look what I found blooming! I’ll have to see if the tag is still there, but I think Clematis vines are some of the coolest flowers to grow-and seem fairly easy too! Maybe I’ll make a Clematis garden next!
This one was altered in Picnik:
Penn State photos next!
I don’t know if you guys know how hard it is to live with someone who has been having sleep issues for almost 4 months. Last night Brian decided he was going to have company and announced very loudly that I was snoring-and that was 2 am-not sure if I had even dozed off yet. The night before I had had PMS issues and was up a lot. I think I finally went to sleep around 4 and at 9 was dreaming about pancakes when the cat jumped on me. Bri had been taking prescription sleep med for about 3 weeks-didn’t work out for him. He will be going to a sleep center for a consultation on the 19th. He had called and scheduled for June 3rd- I called back and asked for something sooner and got him in Tuesday.
I’ve been drifting around the house like the cartoon bunny sniffing a carrot on a string. I did lay down in the afternoon for a few winks before Sean’s phone started ringing in his room-can’t seem to win!
I finally fixed my live feed there. I had email issues a few weeks ago and it got changed to Collingswood, NJ-never been there-is home to Comcast.
I planted some Snapdragons, Sweet William, Nemesia and African Daisies tonight while Brian cut the grass. I don’t know how he does that on a few hours sleep. He is laying down right now.
Wish us well for Friday. I have to sleep on a inflated mattress and it wasn’t feeling great on my back when we tried it out. We are renting a full size car, so that will be nice.
Late April 2009, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
I went around the yard after dinner and took some quick snaps before my head exploded from the pollen! I got my first cold in a while-I think over a year. I just bought the daisies last Friday. I had the herb pot and did plant herbs in it-Rosemary, Oregano and I think Thai Basil. My pond is running well.
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Through the conservatory window, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
This almost century old conservatory shelters many varieties of gorgeous plants, which include orchids, from the elements outside, whether it is heat or cold. There is a maze of different rooms from a desert room to an bonsai room. There’s always something new to see each time I go, which is frequently.
Longwood’s Conservatory is one of the world’s great greenhouse structures. It shelters 20 indoor gardens and 5,500 types of plants. The Conservatory was built in 1919 and has been periodically expanded and renovated. At present, there are 195,668 square feet—or 4.5 acres—of covered display, production, and research greenhouses.
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Yesterday, I bought my first trunk load of flowers. I had saved a bunch of money from eBay sales. Loews was having a buy one get one free on 6″ pots and had a few other good sales. I bought most of my plants at a local nursery because you get a lot for the price. Here I am happy to be in gardener mode again-
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Purple hyacinths and cone shaped tree, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
I visited Longwood Gardens yesterday and it was a sea of early spring color-lots of purple! This patch of purple hyacinths under a cone shaped evergreen caught my eye.
Longwood Gardens in April, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
Here are the lovely things I saw today. And I don’t know the people in the middle shot either.
Collages & Creative Goodness 