Places that have Gardening Gifts

Bloembox.

Potting Shed.

Fall Wall Garden

The fall wall garden is starting to slowdown, except for the sedum and that monster nasturtium in the back! I had no clue how big they grew.

Another nice side benefit of living here: Mom keeps filling me in more on my grands and great grands. Apparently Grandma Bea loved to grow nasturtiums. I never knew that!

Fall Gardening

My sister is such a sweetie. Not only did she give me canna bulbs, she came over Sunday and dug them for me! I think she knows I need a little nudge sometimes. That did inspire me, so after she left I dug the glad bulbs out and started spading a larger area in that bed. I have iris from my mother to plant, and as I can't use the old iris bed just yet(due to the poison ivy problem) the iris and the glads will be sharing a bed this year. I got half the iris planted too!

And so, the seasons change

Julie's phone is having more fun that I am!

That's a run amok nasturtium on the left

For Tien

A Gladiolus, known in the vernacular as a Glad.

Peacock Orchids are Out!

They're not really orchids. They're related to the gladiolus family. One of the great things about gardening is how people love to share! My sister is the root gardener: she gave me cannas and these peacock orchids. I planted the peacocks in a semi-sunny area, and wasn't sure they would make it . . . but they did!



Back to work today.

Runner Beans

I grew runner beans for a vine in the wall garden, but now I'm thinking I should eat the beans. Found a good looking recipe here. And several good recipes here.

The Great Wall Garden - View 1

This spring my friend Carol and her husband helped me build a retaining wall next to the barn bridge wall so that I could have a garden there. (Oh, all right. My friends Carol and her husband built the wall, and I toted bricks.) I've been tending it all summer, as we've had no rain. Each night, I load up the wheelbarrow with three buckets, then tote the whole business out to the wall. Some things are doing well, others aren't. But it really is cool, this gardening business. And it is something to chat about with the neighbors that pass by on an evening walk.

I've Got Blossoms!

My Cannas and my Gladiolas are showing a tinge of color. I'm doing a happy dance!