spring – Andrea's Gardening Blog

June 12: garden status

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I’m still waiting for the beds to fill in — I delayed a lot of growth by moving everything around over the winter. I hope it didn’t permanently damage stuff, and I hope I have the patience this coming winter to leave everything alone so it can re-establish. Maybe things will fill in more by July and August. We’ll see. That’s one reason for posting these status updates with pictures, so I’ll have a comparison next year.

I took my coffee out and sat in my garden chair this morning; the morning was cool, and the colors inspired me to get my camera out.

Out back

My new Mexican feather grasses; they’re my favorite

Out front

June 6: garden status

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The garden survived our trip to Iceland, thankfully.

May 23: first caterpillar of the season

May 23, 2022Posted in springTagged butterfly gardening, caterpillars, garden, gardeningLeave a comment

I’ve been checking the rue for swallowtail caterpillars, and I saw my first one of 2022 this morning.

I’ve been checking the swamp milkweeds to see if they’d come back. I was getting nervous because they seemed to take longer this year than in previous years. Three of the five have finally re-emerged; I’ll need to replace the other two so the monarch caterpillars don’t run out of food.

The fescue and scabiosa are blooming, and as is the norm these days, I saw a bunny in the bed, nibbling away at the goldenrod.

May 22: garden status

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Yarrow and salvias by the bird bath bloom together

Back hill still has some filling in to do, but flowers are blooming

May 15: Garden status

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I need to cut those old hydrangea flowers off

May 15 and we’re better than February, but still have a ways to go to fill in

May 8: garden status

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Everything’s a lot greener than it was a month ago. The trees have leaves, and the perennials are starting to fill in.

Back hill, raised bed, and trees with leaves

Front lobe still filling in, but the dogwood and gum trees have leaves

The roses are filling in with leaves, and the lilac, nepeta, and salvia are blooming

The salvia by the mailbox is in its glory

May 6: what’s blooming (and about to bloom)

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May 6: new plantings – annuals and herbs

May 6, 2022Posted in Planting, springTagged gardening, photography, raised bed1 Comment

The forecast called for thunderstorms today, but lucky for me, since I took a day off, the rain didn’t come until late in the day. I took the chance to put some annuals in the ground (and some herbs in the raised bed) so they can get watered in naturally.

May 2: tulips and columbine

May 2, 2022Posted in springTagged columbine, flowers, photography, tulips1 Comment

I came home from a week away and found the columbine, salvia, and tulips blooming.

May 2: garden status

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I got a new wide angle lens and was excited to take photos of the full garden with it today; I don’t have to go across the street anymore to get the front beds in the frame.

Apr 23: garden status

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A little more green this week after a couple of nights just below freezing. The lowest temperature in the seven day forecast is 35F, and we’ve got a lot of warm days coming up. I’m eager to see how everything has grown when I return from a trip next weekend.