Friday, April 30, 2010

Garden guest

We had a surprise guest stop by our garden today. Stayed awhile to take a nap out of the rain.



On our roof.




Here's a close up of him sleeping, after rudely ripping off a piece of our siding.

Sigh.



Here's what's blooming now:


big irises


lily of the valley


enough little flowers to make a mini bouquet

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Blunders and Progress

Mike finished his garden fence, and there are stepping stones in place. Peas, asparagus, and strawberries in the ground, but nothing else yet...



Peppers a little sunburnt, and covered by cloches for the frost tonight...



My garden where nothing is blooming right now (these last tulips are done now)... dreaming about how to make it bloom this time of year ...



Pretty little setup along the garage, now with significant improvements that I started working on tonight (coming soon)...



Delightful shady friends that are currently in bloom...



And a great lesson learned: If the bare root peonies are taking FOREVER to come up, and you start to think you'll NEVER see a fluffy scented ball of peony petals in your own garden, consider that you maybe planted the bare root plants upside down....

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I'm a flower enthusiast married to a man with organic farming dreams. We're enjoying developing our own outdoor paradise in our first home, with 3 little gardening girls by our side. When not spending my free time gardening, I'm recording our memories in my pocket page scrapbooks.