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12 Monday Jul 2021

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my plan was to put morning glories all around the garden and that has worked out nicely…

there are some in the planters right when you walk into the garden, there are some in various pots, there are some in the garden by the pond, although they haven grown up the obelisk just yet, lol…

there are even some in a pot by the pond that I didn’t even plant…

there are also a few in the grass but so far I haven’t seen any flowers…

I am most hoping for more in the large pot on the deck with the tall obelisk in it… I thought they would grow up it and make a beautiful showy display…

but I planted a dahlia in that planter as well and currently it is hiding most of them;-(… although that is the first of the dahlias to have buds form;-)…

grape…

10 Saturday Jul 2021

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quite a while ago I started grape tomatoes from a few wrinkled sad looking ones from the grocery store that hadn’t gotten eaten…

they were slow to grow, but I was hopeful…

I also started a couple of seeds from a full sized tomato I had…

unfortunately, I didn’t pay attention to which was which, lol…

I planted them in my new garden planter boxes and they have slowly been getting bigger… some have had blossoms…

recently, I saw the first little tomato starting…

looking forward to a lovely snack…

carton…

06 Tuesday Jul 2021

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for my birthday I received an egg carton with four little eggs of wildflower seeds to plant…

I started two in a pot I had and they are starting to bloom;-)…

no idea what any of them are, but these are lovely little cuties… I’ve also got some sweet little bachelor buttons…

wonder what else will flower;-)…

hardened…

06 Tuesday Jul 2021

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my hibiscus only bloomed one time over the winter… usually it blooms at least twice…

I have had this one for at least three years and usually it loses its leaves when it comes into the house in the fall, and when it comes back into the garden in the spring…

this year I hardened it off and then put an umbrella over it so it wouldn’t get a sunburn…

it didn’t lose many leaves, but it also didn’t look like it was getting any buds…

a week or so ago, I spotted a few just starting…

yesterday, I spotted something red when I looked outside and there they were… the first two flowers…

yay… and there are lots more getting ready;-)…

teasing…

02 Friday Jul 2021

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the butterfly bushes are so close to opening, although it feels like they are teasing me…

when I come out in the morning, I think, today’s the day…

but no…

finally, they are starting to bloom, although still not completely open;-)…

they are a stunning deep purple…

disintegrate…

24 Thursday Jun 2021

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we’ve had a turntable on the table on the deck for at least twenty years…

the rolling piece finally disintegrated over the winter… my grandson found a different replacement part for it and it looks and works perfectly…

I also had him pick up an old Bundt pan… with help from the neighbour we cut out a slightly bigger hole in the centre and a young friend painted it for me…

while Hilda the Gardener was here the other day, she planted it and then I put it on the table…

it looks great and I can’t wait to see it filled out…

action…

20 Sunday Jun 2021

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I was thinking of my beloved on this Father’s Day as I wandered around the deck pulling weeds… currently ninety-nine percent are elm seedlings…

I always gave him action for not carrying around a pail to put the debris into and there I was today, pulling weeds and putting them on the ground or deck to be picked up later…

I bet he is laughing now;-)…

designer…

18 Friday Jun 2021

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what a wonderful afternoon yesterday… although it was hot, my garden designer came and spent a few hours rearranging pots and plants and other goodies…

we moved, and moved items again, until the garden looked just so…

a few jobs left for my grandson when he comes next… lifting a few heavy things and digging in a few lights…

what fun to have a fresh set of eyes… and someone who is perfectly fine if I don’t care for the placement of items…

I think the garden is happy too…

iris…

11 Friday Jun 2021

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last year I almost missed this little iris… so I was watching for it this year…

it sits right up next to a flower pot which I hope is going to have a dahlia growing in it…although currently there is no sign of said dahlia;-(…

but the iris is beautiful…

bush…

07 Monday Jun 2021

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I’ve been checking around for purple butterfly bush with no success… last year I was able to get some from a local nursery, but they haven’t been able to acquire any this season…

eventually I found some online at Home Depot, so I ordered them… wasn’t sure what I would get, but was hopeful…

Friday, two boxes were delivered and the plants looked good…

I decided to keep them in the house until later in the day, when I put them in a shady spot to get used to being outside…

very happy with the purchase… hoping they enjoy their new homes in the garden…