Mr. Lincoln Rose
Posted: 2013/07/14 Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Mr Lincoln Rose Leave a commentMy Dad’s favorite. And my 2nd attempt.
Adventures in Gardening: Late Spring 2013
Posted: 2013/05/20 Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Daisy, Dicentra, Hakuro Nashiki willow, Hosta, Lavender, Mr Lincoln Rose, peony, raised bed garden, russian sage, salvia, Square Foot Garden, Willow, window boxes Leave a commentThere is not much going on in the yard right now, the iris needed thinning so I yanked it all out last year and haven’t replanted yet.
Yesterday I trimmed the willow trees to actually look like trees instead of bushes, trimmed the spruce, got started on killing the grass that keeps cropping up.
I attended to the climbing rose and put a few tendrils better on the trellis, pulled a bunch of weeds, and removed the square foot gardening grids so I can work in those beds too.
Trimmed the Russian Sage, and re-potted all the tomato and tomatillo seedlings I started in February. I have a list a mile long on what needs to be done in both the front and back yards.
Well, I need to make the list on paper instead of in my head so I can prioritize, I am hosting a wine event in mid-June and I’d like the garden to look a smidge better than it does right now for sure.
Here is where we are so far, looks like it is going to be an expensive plant year! The Salvia is new and I need some on the west side of the retaining wall to balance it out a little better.
The window boxes have turned themselves into a snapdragon nursery bed, trying to figure out how I can cultivate those and still get the mats and plants replaced for new ones this year.

The Garden so far: Early Summer
Posted: 2012/06/06 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 commentHello 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
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