I haven’t been able to get out much this spring, but managed to today. The irises and peonies are beautiful right now. And the hostas…well, some survived last summer’s drought and are looking great…some didn’t make it. We need to do an inventory to figure out how much and what we lost. I really love [...]
We woke up to a light and fluffy snowfall this morning. The kind that outlines everything in white. DH went out and took a few pictures before going to work. So fluffy! It looks like cotton batting on the branches. The edge of the woods. Mind you, our little “woods” is only about an acre, [...]
My oldest daughter took this picture today…our first daffodil to open this season. This is a ‘Von Sion’ daffodil. Often found in old/vintage gardens. Our starts for this vintage flower came from the farmstead my husband grew up on. And where our older son and his family now live. We are happy to have it [...]
The Southern Pin Oak in the back yard is a gold cloud. Crepe myrtles are a great shrub. They bloom in the heat of summer when other flowers are beginning to falter. And the foliage is always beautiful in the fall. Into the woods… Mulberry leaves… Mimosa leaves… Redbud leaves… Sassafras leaves in the woods… [...]
Autumn is in the air, for sure. And it’s in the yard, too. The garlic chives have bloomed and are setting seed. Beautiful golden rod everywhere. One of my Mom’s favorite flowers. The red geraniums on the back step are perking up for the last part of the season. The bouquet for church looks quite [...]
After a long two months of drought, we have been getting rain off and on. And we are so grateful for it. Some of the garden plants are looking better, though many have leaves that are half crisped to brown. These dogwood trees look so sad. I don’t know what this bodes for next spring. [...]
Yesterday, DH and I spent about two hours in the garden. I have to say that, with the record high temps soaring over 100 degrees day after day, I had not stepped outside the door in a solid two weeks. I knew it was bad out there, but I was shocked. The drought has really [...]
The daylilies are at peak right now. Everything looks beautiful. We are grateful for the rain the garden received on Monday. It made a huge difference in the size and vigor of the flowers. And the grass looks better, too. It was beginning to brown and looked ragged. I don’t know how many inches of [...]
