June Blooms
After a hot weekend, more pleasant weather has settled in and the long-term forecast shows consistent temperatures in the 70s. That is music to my ears, I just hope it lasts. We have been busy with the usual garden chores. Michael has been more adventurous than I and he created a small set of steps leading up to our shady path. He said he had been wanting to do that for a long time but didn't because of it making it difficult to move the lawnmower up to the top level. Well, we now have a battery-powered mower, a very lightweight, tiny thing which makes both of us happy. The steps are almost finished, just some more gravel needed to top them - Our new battery-powered lawnmower looks like a toy - In the garden - Autumn Fern ( Dryopteris erythrosora) is just spectacular right now. My favorite fern. Aruncus 'Horatio' has doubled in size this year and threatens to overshadow the shade garden. Baptisia 'Solar Flare' blooms after 'Purple Smoke' Jasmine 'Fiona...
Wow! Wow! That is quite the garden!
ReplyDeleteHow original, this would especially be useful for folks living in urban areas with small lots.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great garden! I love gardens that recycle and show new ways of using things. I use cat litter boxes when i make chicken poo tea for my garden. They work perfect!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to visit a blogger's garden, and so near you too, Phillip! Lots of good ideas here, love the trellises and that compost contraption is to die for!
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What a great idea for recycling those buckets. That is some kind of compost outfit. The auger to stir the compost is quite the contraption. I will have the Beatles song "hey Jude" in my head all day now. What a beautiful dog.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Phillip. Jeff has some great ideas. I will follow your link and visit his site. I'm sure I can learn a lot, especially about trellising. Cherokee Purples are my favorite too, really great taste and an unusual color.
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Phillip,
ReplyDeleteHello! I stopped by to see your photos of Jeff's Engineered Garden. You have some nice garden posts too. I'll be back. Have a good week.
I enjoyed your tour of Jeff's garden. Some very good ideas.
ReplyDeleteYou are the first one I've heard of speaking about butter peas. I love them but can't find the seeds. Will have to research further.
What a talented, imaginative and industrious gardener! Boggles my mind!
ReplyDeleteOh, you're eating well. It's healthy stuff. I think you already have a membership to that gym called a garden! :-)
Phillip, i'm glad you and your friends enjoyed it! It was alot of fun, but sure was hot...whew...
ReplyDeleteI thought that garden looked familiar. haha. That EG is definitely a crafty one. It's interesting to see his garden from someone else's view.
ReplyDeleteHow inspiring. I am getting my "feet wet" with the veggie gardening this year. I will be visiting this blog to get ideas for next yr!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great garden full of great ideas! I love all that space he has to grow his vegetables.
ReplyDeleteHi! Stopping over from EG's blog. It's nice to have another's view of his garden. I have to say, I'm a little jealous you were able to see it in person...
ReplyDeleteThe man's a genius!
ReplyDeleteI've just be checking the construction posts on his blog.
He's really an expert at what he does isn't he? I grow 'Cherokee Purple'. It is wonderful and pretty easy going. The squash bugs got all my squash. I wonder what he does to stop them.~~Dee
ReplyDeleteI've always admired EG for his wonderful swp/swcs! He's simply awesome is all I can say!
ReplyDeleteTidy, intensive vegetable gardens rock. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet Alabama gets hot enough for tomato volunteers to produce fruit. They're just start to come up in my garden right now, but there won't be enough regular heat to ripen any fruit, so they're weeds.