Oct 16: garden status
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Aug 3: garden status
We’re in peak summer flower season: the rudbeckia, shasta daisies, echinacea, white hydrangea, Russian sage, blanket flowers, and butterfly bush are all gorgeous. The Joe Pye weed, autumn joy sedum, goldenrod, and mums are getting ready to flourish. The yarrow, roses, and salvias are done, though, and I need to cut them back to clean things up a bit.
When I watch the garden from my office window, I often see large swallowtails out there now, and I found a couple of fat caterpillars on the rue. The rabbits are getting my milkweed (and liatris) out back; I hope there will be enough for the monarchs. The back beds need another year to fill in after I moved so much stuff around this winter.
Jul 9: garden status
Jun 27: garden status
It’s that time of year where everything is growing and lush and pretty, and I stop logging it and just enjoy it. Every once in a while I take my camera out when I walk the garden. Here’s some stuff blooming in the end of July.
June 12: garden status
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
Out front
June 6: garden status
The garden survived our trip to Iceland, thankfully.
May 15: Garden status
May 8: garden status
Everything’s a lot greener than it was a month ago. The trees have leaves, and the perennials are starting to fill in.
May 2: garden status
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
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.
Apr 17: garden status — blooming trees, salvia, and tulips
The grass is greening, more perennials are starting to push up leaves, and the dogwood, redbud, and first tulips and salvias are blooming.
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