So pretty! Can't wait until stuff up here starts blooming. I really like that rose covered fence behind the two chairs, and the pink rose. I can't grow roses to save my life!

Karen

Beautiful garden. Congratulations on the astonishing progress you have made in such a short amount of time.

Ann

Beautiful!! I especially liked the row of roses along the fence...and was that a willow cage? Whatever it is I like it!

Vera

Gorgeous, moonphase! Love the "field" of silene and BBs ...

I'm supposed to be heading to GA in the next few years, so you are really giving me a lot of ideas and inspiration for when I finally get there!

PV

I really LOVE your gardens - especially the "pink garden"....

I love the BB and the silene also - Tell me about silene - I wintersowed it this year, but so far no blooms - will they bloom next year? Thanks

Keep posting - really enjoyed your photos

Carrie

Absolutely beautiful!

Vera and Carrie, I do believe you have competition!

Karen

Looks great! I hope mine looks that good in a couple of years!

WOW, that is some garden! Really nice job.

GGG

Absolutely gorgeous!!! You have what I am trying to achieve and I have been at it for three years too...I just can't seem to get that fullness that you have! What is your secret and what to you amend your soil with?! I need some help!
Thanks
kathy

Thank you all for the kind words.When I first lay out a bed,I remove as much of the grass by cutting it as short as I can.Then I till and till until there are no clumps,grass,rocks,etc.I add several bags of natures own organic soil from Home Depot.I till this in and some compost.Then I plant.The next yr since plants are in place.I dig where the new plant goes,add a heap of natures soil and continue adding it.I also use the plant food that you can put dry in a jug and it sprays out using a hose several times in summer.I put epsons salt on the bottom hole of where I plant tomatoes and add a red circle around the plant.This gives a huge harvest of tomotoes.I am behind fertilizing my trees and shrubs.Maybe we will get them dome this week.
Thanks again for the compliments.can't wait until the weeding is done so I cam show you the whole area.
moonphase

Beautiful gardens and plants. What an inspiration. It must be heavenly when you have a chance to sit and enjoy it. This year, I've found it easier when removing grass to use a long serrated knife. I just cut horizontally under the roots and it all comes up like sod, which I put in my compost. Then I can add my compost and it's ready for planting. Much easier!!
Northerner.

How gorgeous, Moonphase. Everything is so well planned and complimentary. That blue and purple combination is beautiful and absolutely looks like a "sea of blooms"...I'm jealous.

What a fantastic retreat you've created. Congrats on your gradens and all that hard work...it certainly paid off with beauty and peaceful surroundings.

Oh, just beautiful! Lots of pink and red, my favorite colors! I too, really like that area with the two chairs and the roses behind. The drift of rose campion is nice too.

Good work!

I feel more relaxed just looking at those pictures. Your gardens are so gorgeous!

There is a chance we may be moving soon. Although I would be sad leaving some of my plants and garden areas behind, I will be excited if we end up with a little more land to do something similar to what you've done there. Very nice!

Do you actually get a chance to sit in those white chairs or are you too busy working in your garden? ;)

Look great Moon, you have done alot in 2-3 years!
Now I know for sure I wanna move to Zone 7 for retirement, lol my irises, blue flax and wallflowers are the only thing blooming right now

That is so beautiful and you have so much room. A few plants I didn't recognize, such a variety you have there and so much color! I'm glad you like roses, too. Nice, neat vegetable garden, I noticed you have the native red soil which is so different from what we have here.

It looks like an awful lot of work, and I'm guessing the heat and humidity are worse there than where I am but not sure.

WOW that is some pretty looking flowers!! :')) hmmm i don't know who's garden i want mine to be like in my mind more?? LOL i live there more!! its much prettier up there!! major laughing now!! **hee hee** awww just georgous!! i love the trellis thingi!! with the whitish rose? climbing it, nice!!

carrie,my silene and bachlor buttons were direct sowed last yr. and these are the ones that have come up from reseeding.I puts bags of organic gardeners choice soil where ever I am direct sowing and just rake the seeds inI get it at HD for a little over $2 a bag and use about a pallet full each year to enrich my soil.I compost but I use that around all my roses.I am accumulating alot of those.
pv,I am so glad about you coming to Ga. Do you know what part yet? I was born and raised in Atlanta but moved here to the north Ga,blue ridge mtns 10 yrs ago.Love it here.
mo-girl,those chairs are mint green.I also have lavender,blue,red and green.along with a couple of swings.(one is lavender to match the chairs)yep,sit alot,lol
actually newbie in nj,I don't plan anything.I just put things where I think they should go,lol.I am trying more and more to keep the colors separated so have to transplant some.All except for the cottage garden-there any color goes.
I think I have let my larkspur reseed too much and next yr.will pull some of it up.
I bought those roses from one of my neighbors-11 of them.He has had it for over 50 yrs and roots cuttings and sells them.I am going to try this myself for they seem to root easy for him.I also sowed some seeds from hips but havn't run across them yet,lol.
I am trying to get some weeding and pruning done this week.It has rained and cooled of some,then I will take some photos that will look better.lol.I got my holding bed weeded and need to transplant.Last yrs ws'd plants are looking great.
weedsmakemecrazy,I am not sure I have a secret,lol.I HOS everything and I plant close.I am going to try to get my mulch down as I weed each bed.That will help keep down the weeds.
Will post more soon.My daylilies,lilies and amarylis are starting to bloom.Thank you all for all the kind words.Still have so much I want to do.
moonphase

Moonphase - your gardens are so pretty and restful - makes you want to go out and linger and explore. I just love looking at everyones different gardens - so many different styles - all beautiful. I manage to pick up pointers and ideas from every one......

Lynne