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.

Spring continues in the Garden
Posted: 2012/05/09 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 commentI 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.
- Peony bud
- White Siberian Iris
- garden river
- At home in the mint
- Badger protecting the garden from those pesky birds
- Red rose
- First harvest of Dill
- iris bloom
- back porch snap dragons
- Peony buds are forming
- Lilly
- Lillies are already getting tall
- Peony Bud, amazing that all those petals are hiding in there
- Siberian Iris
- Peony bush
- Peony
- Red rose bush
- white snapdragon is almost a bush
- Lilly of the Valley, been in the family since great-great- grandmas garden.
- It’s only May 8th, they never even died! Snapdragons
- Maroon Pansy
- Snapdragons in the front bed with some pansies
- Plants ready to go in
- Bird nest and eggs
- Bird Eggs
- Peonies
- Peony and Roses in a vase
- The full moon over the weekend
- East side retaining wall herb bed, dill, basil, parsely, cilantro, chives,
- Zephirine Drouhin Antique Climbing Rose, just arrived
- Sunflowers do NOT like to be transplanted, but I have made it work before, fingers crossed.
- Newest raised bed, peas, beets, lettuce, garlic,
- I have 2 baby Beets, Ruby Queen I think
- Pea baby
- First crop of baby lettuce, as usual I was late getting it in
- Happy Strawberries
- Onions, Red Candy Apple, Copra Hybrid
- Turtle in the Oregano
- Russian Sage is recovering from the frost nicely
- Retaining wall bed East Front
- Retaining wall bed front west
- Mr. Lincoln Rose bare root transplant, fingers crossed
- Baby Zinnia reseeds, I still have to get my Zinnia’s in the ground
- Something really pissed off this dogwood bush over the winter 😦
- West side retaining wall bed
- Bottom edge of the newest bed
- free rain barrel from the town
- long view of the newest bed
- Spent double white peony bloom, freaky
- Daisy buds
- The lavender is a bit water logged I fear