Sunday, June 8, 2014

Enjoying the color green...


 I've been enjoying my gardens already.  The chamomile is if full bloom.  As you can see below, I have plenty of spinach, lettuce, and bok choy in the greenhouse.  Everything I've planted is doing great, except the carrots had poor germination.  The broccoli I started from seed is going great guns.  I have peppers on one side and tomatoes on the other.  I used a horse feed trough for the tomatoes on the bench.  If it works I'll get a second one.



 My husband is from Minnesota and thus has a soft spot for maple trees.  We fell in love with this Royal Red Maple and brought him home.  The hills has beautiful golds and oranges in the fall, but we lack in red.  Hopefully, this beauty will provide the additional punch we were looking for.


 I so regret leaving a huge patch of lily-of-the-valley at our old home in Lead.  For some reason I thought they were a dime a dozen.  Not so.  I finally got my hands on a few.  Still nothing will compare to how our yard smelled when the huge patch I used to have was in full bloom.







My poor little small cup daffodils and species tulips don't look so sharp, as all it has done lately is rain on them.  They are a bit like me, muddy.

 I am quite happy with my Ajuga Burgundy Glow looks great right now.  the camera doesn't do the colors justice.

 My CL Westerland Rose is beautiful as always.  The colors just glow.
One of my favorite flowers it the Primrose.  They look so happy.  They also seem to not only tolerate, but actually thrive in our heavy clay soil.
                                                                                                                                                             The beekeeper stopped by with a new hive.  Everything is so green.  It is so good to see after such a long winter.
 Most of the weekend was pent on the porch enjoying a hot cup of coffee, as it rained most of the weekend.  I am thankful that we didn't have the hail that was seen to the north of us.  I hope everyone else is enjoying the color green.  

11 comments:

  1. So glad your snow is gone and things are greening up there.

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  2. What a gorgeous porch to perch on! It rained all weekend up here in Canada too :( not much fun sadly.

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  3. Oh the bees are going to love this place so green and beautiful. I like the image of sitting on the front porch with a hot cup of coffee having a visit. We have a couple of red maples we planted about ten years ago they are beautiful and so crimson red. Hug B

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  4. Looks nice.I have never grown the bok choy. On a cooking show recently they grilled some.

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  5. I love your little tea leaf ball ready with the chamomile flowers. I have a similar one that I pack with mint leaves for my tea :-) Your garden is coming on leaps and bounds. Have a wonderful week x

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  6. What a beautiful walk through your garden and flower beds, Bonnie. Isn't June awesome!

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  7. Your garden is just lovely and I do enjoy the color green your flowers are amazing.

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  8. Your flowers are just gorgeous. I left my Lily of the Valley at our old home in Redmond; it's going to take awhile before they cover our new home like they did our old one. Green is one of my favorite colors too! XOXO

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  9. Your garden and flowers are really thriving. Green is such a happy color, especially after so much white through the winter. I sometimes stand amazed when I look at a totally different landscape in spring and wonder how it all happens.

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  10. Not sure how I missed this post! It's really hard to photograph lily of the valley and you did a really good job. Things are looking lovely!

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  11. The pictures are lovely. This post makes me realize that I should appreciate Lilies of the Valley more than I have in the past. I have lots of them in my very shaded yard. They are very aggressive and seem to want to take over the entire flower bed.

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