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polardream
11 months agoI'm with you Theresa - I've been working in my yard, too. We had so much rain for the first 20 days of May that it made the weeds that sprouted so abundantly a bit easier to pull. I added some new perrenials, but need a few more to my front yard. I divided iris (wrong time of year, but it worked into my schedule) so they won't bloom this year, but that's okay - the planter box they went into has been empty since 2016! The little pansies which were supposed to be annuals about 10 years ago just keep multiplying and spreading all over and I let them. They are quite determines, so why fight it when they are so cute?
I also managed to get our fence power washed and stained - both sides - between showers.
Right now I am trying to hire someone to remove a 30 year old juniper that I ABSOLUTELY hate and have for the entire time we have been in this house (29 years).
I got a quilt top pieced but need to order fabric for the backing and am sewing a new pirate costume for my granddaughter. She loves to play dress up and outgrew the one I made for her daddy when he was little! She wants a skirt this time instead of pants, so a skirt it will be!
Sue
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loisflan
11 months ago
Theresa, I love my gardens too, but it's getting harder every year to keep them up. My house is built into a hill, so one is constantly walking up and down steps. About 15 years ago, I went through my hosta obsession. I have about 150 varieties scattered all around my yard, which is mostly in the shade. I also have a perrenial garden just off our screen porch and sun room. Here are two photos from mid-June last year when it was in its spring glory.
nannykins thanked loisflannannykins
11 months agoSome lovely gardens here ladies. Sue, maybe I should just rockscape and be done with it!
And Lois, so pretty. I did buy several new hostas for the front so I won’t need so many annuals. but they will take time to grow larger. A couple of years ago, I decided day
lilies were the way to go for the back gardens, . but again, slow going.
I do have one spot I really like, too bad it only lasts a few weeks. There are peonies behind the poppies. The wiegelia is in full bloom right now. Beautiful!
Theresa
msmeow
11 months ago
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Char
10 months ago
sandlapper_rose
9 months agolast modified: 9 months agoI noticed the garden discussion so hello to those I know from previous years. I love to garden but moved to my house about 2 years ago and found the clay soil here is rock hard and squirrels, rabbits and deer eat a lot of what you plant. I've started paying attention to things they say are "deer resistant" but not 100% sure to turn out that way. At one point there were homeowners here who put lots of thought and attention into the garden so it has nice "bones" in terms of the layout and shrubbery and lots of trees and I have a screened porch so anything that I suspect will be eaten grows in containers on the porch.
I'm still involved with quilting but haven't completed much in several years now. Perhaps with staying indoors more due to the summer heat I'll pull out some UFOs and get to work on them.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July!
(These are some of my azaleas - photo taken in the Spring.)
nannykins
9 months ago
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