#photoadayjune 30 friend

Posted: 2012/06/30 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening, Photo a Day | Tags: Cut Flower Gardening, Flower Gardening, Midwest Gardening, Oklahoma Cherry Zinnia | 1 Comment

Mother Nature can be my friend again. 4 stages of the Oklahoma Cherry ( I think) Zinnia. My zinnia crop is not very plentiful this year, but what is blooming is stunning.
This is my last photo a day, after 5 months I’ve had quite enough. It is time for a break.

#photoadayjune 24 on your mind

Posted: 2012/06/24 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening, Photo a Day | Tags: Cut Flower Gardening, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, Gerbera Daisy, Midwest Gardening | Leave a comment

My thinking spot.

#photoadayjune 22 from a high angle

Posted: 2012/06/22 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening, Photo a Day | Tags: Begonia, Cut Flower Gardening, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, Midwest Gardening, Window planters | Leave a comment

Watered the 2nd story planters this morning. At least the front grass is still mostly alive

#photoadayjune 14 time

Posted: 2012/06/14 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening, Photo a Day | Tags: Cut Flower Gardening, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, Midwest Gardening | Leave a comment

Time to find places for more plants. The strawberries are getting ripped completely out.

#photoadayjune 13 art

Posted: 2012/06/13 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening, Photo a Day | Tags: Cut Flower Gardening, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, Midwest Gardening | Leave a comment

Babu sent me virtual flowers today and this guy won the first to bloom contest. I guess even the garden misses me.

The Garden so far: Early Summer

Posted: 2012/06/06 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Begonia, Cut Flower Gardening, Daisy, Dill, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, Gladiola, Lilly, Midwest Gardening, Mr Lincoln Rose, raised bed gardening, snap dragon, Square Foot Gardening, Sunflower, Tomatillo, trellis gardening, Zinnia | Leave a comment

Hello Lovies! Here are some pics of our garden so far this year. I’ll get more specific about varieties, if I haven’t already I honestly cannot remember, in a later post. Right now some crazy person decided she was going to write 10 posts in 10 days while working a full time job and picking back up training for running. I’m actually at the point where I almost have everything I want in the garden foundation wise. Shhh don’t tell Babu or he will start relaxing and I just cannot have that.

: Tomatillos ready for their new home

: Baby Tomatillo

: Lillies

: Daisy

: Lillies

: Yellow/Orange Snap Dragon

: Baby Roma Tomato

: Peas

: Coleus

: White planter flowers

: Begonia

: Caladium aka Elephant Ears

: More planter plants

: Freesia I think

: Baby Hydrangea

: PInk Lilly, these blooms fade super quickly

: Multi Snap Dragon

: This came in a pre-school fund raiser planter

: Baby Zinnia

: Daisy

: My new baby, brand new back bed

: Sunflower

: Yellow Snap Dragon

: White Snap Dragon

: Red Snap Dragon

: Allium

: This guy may win the first to bloom sunflower race

: Lilly

: Daisy

: Red Rose

: Dill flower

: Herbs, Chives, Dill, 3 kinds of Basil, Cilantro, 2 kinds of Parsley

: Red Rose

: Tomatillo

: Raised Bed #1, Peas, Garlic, Tomatoes, Peppers, slug salad was already harvested,

: Raised Bed #2, Strawberries, Red and White Onions, Tomato and Pepper

: Raised bed #3, Tomato, Peppers, Tomatillos

: Raised bed #4, peppers, 2 cucumbers, 2 water melons

: Gladiolas, Sunflowers, Russian Sage, Oregeno

: herb bed from the side

: Rose bush bed

: Baby Zinnia and White Snap Dragon

: Zinnia’s are not stepping up this year, I may have to supplement with some Dahlia’s

: Orange Lillies and Daisies

: My first successful bare root rose plant, A J&P Mr. Lincoln

: should be full of sunflowers and zinnias soon

: Day Lillies

: White Snap Dragon

: I still have no idea what plant this is, it bloom bi-annually

: Light butter yellow Lilly, it is almost cream

: Lillies

: Front bed and planter boxes

: Hostas

: Pink Begonia

: This was a nice first berry though

: First Berry crop, I’m already over it

Spring continues in the Garden

Posted: 2012/05/09 | Author: Lola | Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Cut Flower Gardening, Daisy, Flower Gardening, Garden, Gardening, iris, Iris sibirica, lettuce, Midwest Gardening, peas, peony, Plant, raised bed gardening, roses, Seed, snap dragon, Square Foot Gardening, Tomatillo, trellis gardening, Zephirine Drouhin Antique Climbing Rose, Zinnia | Leave a comment

I finally got it together enough to get some shots of the garden this Spring. It has been the best spring ever, I forgot how much I love spring because it seems we never actually get one. This year has been at lest 2 springs at once. The Peppers and Tomatoes I ordered from Gurney’s are on their way and I’ll get them in this weekend. We are going to buy Tomatillos from the Chilewoman.com and make the trip to Bloomington, IN to pick them up over Memorial Day weekend. For those of you local I have divided Siberian Iris and some leftover onion starts that may or may not be viable so you can just have them. Today I hope to get Sunflower and Zinnia seeds in while I am supposed to be nursing my foot, shhh, don’t tell Babu.