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!

gardening away.....

I love this time of year......there are so many choices out there for plants and the garden seems to look different every day. I'll definitely be buying some more fancy daffodils this year....they're just so happy!!

the species tulips are pretty cool too....

and I think I need some more primrose arcuata as well...

Oh, heck, I just want them ALL!!

......weeding and anxiously waiting for plant sale season which kicks off April 11!

plugging away

This week was kind of quiet around here.....doggie sitting and making sure she's healing well from her surgery.

I did get out a bit, though.......planted a nice elderberry, some more Costco peonies, a couple of red trilliums, and a white peony tree from lowes.

We also bought another load of dirt to top off the garden boxes and  some stepping stones to finish this garden area.....

I think it turned out pretty nice and added another dimension to the yard....next up, getting that fountain going again.  The area around the fountain is going to be my black garden. There's already some black irises there, and I'll be adding more later in the season.

We need about 6 more rocks. Three to break up for around the barrel pond, and three to go out to the bird feeder.

Speaking of the bird feeder, the last couple of days, there's been a really cute hairy woodpecker hanging around the suet. No pics yet, but I'll catch him soon. He'll definitely be back.

This week, more weed pulling, some pond plants, and who knows what else.....the clearance racks are starting to show some action......it's a treasure hunt!!

it's been a pretty mild winter

so far.....this morning, It's about 28 degrees and frosty. Hopefully, all the little confused plants aren't shivering their roots off.

Pretty quiet here this week. The weather was a bit rainy, so not much going on outside at the first of the week, and miss doggie had some surgery on Thursday, so not much going on at the end of the week except doggie babysitting. I did work on some glass, and managed to finish one bowling ball and completely design and finish a second. I'll probably be grouting today and also doing a couple of stepping stones I have ready to go. (I need the molds for something else)

The only two new plants this week were a couple of daylilies and peonies from Costco. (gotta take advantage of that while I can) They have some great deals on stuff. It's pretty mainstream, but you can't beat a peony for less than $5. They'll look great in a couple of years. Last year, the daylilies that I got there bloomed in their first season, so.......

I also placed a couple of iris orders for later in the summer. I've decided that the iris "theme" will be blues/purples, blacks and whites, not a big fan of the pastels. You can't believe how many black irises there actually are, which makes my little black plant loving heart go pitter pat.

We also got the potato bin filled and planted, and I have onions and peas to plant now too. The daffs and hellebores are going crazy, and the peonies are growing by leaps and bounds, thanks to the nice weather. Lets hope we don't have a winter throwback now!

The weather is grand

The weather here has been unseasonably warm. Yesterday it was nearly 60 degrees and sunny...
Why haven't I posted lately? I've been outside gardening, of course!! (and going to the flower show)

Speaking of the flower show, I made quite a haul......lots of oriental lilies, 3 new oriental poppies, and a black iris. All planted in their new homes, thanks to the good weather.

I've also added some peonies and a couple of daylilies (thanks Costco!), a double decker Echinacea (also Costco), a dwarf frost peach tree, a gogi berry, some currants, and possibly some gooseberries today.

The weather is supposed to hold out for at least another week, and I'll be home with a doggie that has stitches, so I'm sure I'll get some more done.....either in the yard, or with my glass.

You just gotta love this time of year, the plants are going crazy.....

We also got a couple of loads of dirt to fill the potato bin and the squash boxes.

We'll be wrapping that up today.

Now I just need to make my garden wish list for projects to do this summer and keep up with the planting.....not much. At least we don't have any more big projects like building fencing and the like. They're all small, like building trellises, fixing the grape arbor and refining the planting plan. This is the fun part.