it's raining.....

it's not necessarily pouring, but it IS nice not to have to water for once.

The heat wave has FINALLY broken and it's much cooler~ YEAH!!
We just don't do hot well here at all......

I was able to get caught up with my planting yesterday. Just a couple left that need homes. The clearance rack had been good to me this week, 5 peonies, 3 clematis and a couple of other goodies from the big box chain. ( I've been watching those peonies for a while) The markdowns are really kicking in now because they can't keep things alive in the heat. Love it!

We also took on an art project.......
Last week, I bought this trampoline frame from craigslist for $25.

I had a plan......

We beat it up, and bent it...

and then welded a bit.....

Today, we're scrubbing and painting (if it doesn't rain).....soon, finish project installed. Trust me, it's gonna be cool.

I'll leave you with some pics.....my "edith bogue" magnolia is blooming......Many, many years ago I went on a search for this one. It took a LONG time to find it, but I was SO worth it.....The flowers are about 12" across, and smell like lemons.

just some more, because I can.

next year....more martagons and lillees, more fancy daylilies, just more.....

just pics today

what else do you need?????
hard to believe this was just dirt 2 yrs ago, and most of these plants came from a clearance rack somewhere.

Make it stop!!!

If you've been following me for a while, you know that I don't do hot well.....it makes me crabby and, well, hot. It's been very hot here lately, over 90, and it's not supposed to stop for a while. I'm afraid my water bill will need to be financed. I can't let all my babies bake, ya know.

In happy news, the iris guy is back! I can now continue my obsession.....this week, he had some SDB's, and of course, they had to come home with me.....

 

 

My daylily obsession continues too, with two new additions from the local garden store. I hate to buy stuff from them, because they're overpriced and stuck up, but, how could I resist these two??

 

That's tiger blood on the left and ruby spider on the right. They were even more spectacular in person. The bloom on ruby spider was about 8". Too bad they only last for one day.

 

Just to prove my obsession is justified, here's a few more from the garden. Most of these came from the clearance rack at the garden center for $3.

 

and just to prove there's more to life than daylilies......

 

Off to water now!

going gangbusters

So, this is the third year for this garden, and it seems to be doing marvelously.....
there are some lilies, some irises, daylilies, hardy geraniums and bunnies......lots and lots of bunnies.....

This week brought a score from the clearance rack.....some Hula strawberries. They're supposed to taste like pineapple.....we'll see. There were also a couple of coreopsis and a new peony. I'm also eying a couple of peonies over at the blue box. They'll be in the rack soon.....come here my pretties.....

Today, we're re staining the deck and getting the last step ready for summer.   

More garden plans to come.

let the clearance rack games begin!

This week the clearance rack heated up! I scored 4 new peonies for $2.99 each at freddies, 3 nice gallon armeria at lowes, and a bunch of 4" perennials at the local garden store They're all resting in their new homes, and I'm on the hunt for more.

Speaking of peonies.......they're coming on strong right now. Love the peonies!

Not to be outdone, the irises are putting on a pretty good show too.....

 

Must buy MORE irises and peonies.......

 

This week is a bit of vacation, so we're working on some art work and the like. Hopefully the moon gate will make progress. We'll see......there's a list......

I know, I've been MIA

busy, busy.....

The irises and peonies are going strong and the garden is filling in beautifully.

The clearance rack at the farmer's market has yielded some peonies and a daylily.
I also decided to try growing horseradish.

There would be pics, but blogger hates me today.
This may be the end of this blog. It just gets harder to post every time and facebook is much friendlier.

let the plant sale season begin

I know, I've been missing, but I've been busy......painting and cleaning my parents new house. That's done now, and I'm on to bigger and better things.....(like catching up with the weeding!)

I celebrated finishing by going to the rhody species sale yesterday. That's always been a fun one with lots of different things. I managed to acquire 5 new daylilies, a black penstomen, a cute perennial geranium, and a little arum called "dragon tail".
They're all in the ground and ready to grow.

The irises have been going crazy here. SDB's first.....

The others are getting ready....any minute.

The tree peonies are in their full glory too....

the flowers are huge!
There's tons of other stuff blooming too....just no time for pics.

Next week, the arboretum sale, and maybe some TB irises in bloom.....we'll see!