I took some pictures of my gardens and since I'm very proud of them this year I thought I would share them with you. I do not like to garden, but I love flowers since I grew up with a Mom who always has a beautiful garden. These gardens have taken me 4-5 years to get to looking this good, and there is still so more to do. By the end of the spring, you will probably be tired of seeing my garden pictures, but here goes.
One of my favorites is the dutch iris. These weren't in full bloom when I took the picture, but they are gorgeous now.
Don't remember the name of this one, it's new from last year. Mom and I bought identical plants and mine came back and looks like this while hers died. :-(
This plant is called "Amethyst in Snow". Isn't it beautiful! I don't remember where I got it although my Mother asks me every year since she wants one for her garden.
This is the front flower bed, situated where the driveway meets the road. It's actually my newest garden and has only been in about 2 1/2 years, while the big one has been in for 5.
My first rose, getting ready to bloom. (I'm playing with the new camera some...trying to become a better photographer.)
The big bed, taken from the drive-way. This bed doesn't take a lot of work, all I had to do was add another layer of mulch on for color and pick a few weeds. I've been working on this bed for 5 yrs.
We were doing some yard work this weekend and the boys' job was to haul the branches from the trees their father was cutting down to the compost pile. They made themselves a nest!
Half of the veggie garden. Each square is 3.5 ft. by 3.5 ft. This one has 2 heirloom tomatoes, a watermelon plant, 3 broccoli and although you can't see them a couple of tiny cauliflower in the front. The onion seeds have not come up...the seeds might have been too old.
The other half of the garden with our zucchini, beets and carrots. Mom requested the beets so she can make pickled beets (a staple on our tables at holiday time...it doesn't feel like Thanksgiving without the pickled beets...this is also one of the few items my husband will not eat!)
I planted this clematis 4 or 5 yrs ago and have putzed with it every year. Look what it did for me this year!
My chives and thyme came back from last year. They're both planted in hanging baskets. I think I'm going to plant all of my herbs in hanging baskets this year.
Side of the house. My goal is to make this area a true cottage style garden. I want to take out the grass, put in a winding stone pathway (area is only about 10 ft. wide) and plant a bunch of iris, dianthus (already there), roses (I already have several planted to the left in the picture), and daylillies (already planted), mums and another clematis, and put a white fence around the air-conditioning unit.
One of my favorites is the dutch iris. These weren't in full bloom when I took the picture, but they are gorgeous now.
Don't remember the name of this one, it's new from last year. Mom and I bought identical plants and mine came back and looks like this while hers died. :-(
This plant is called "Amethyst in Snow". Isn't it beautiful! I don't remember where I got it although my Mother asks me every year since she wants one for her garden.
This is the front flower bed, situated where the driveway meets the road. It's actually my newest garden and has only been in about 2 1/2 years, while the big one has been in for 5.
My first rose, getting ready to bloom. (I'm playing with the new camera some...trying to become a better photographer.)
The big bed, taken from the drive-way. This bed doesn't take a lot of work, all I had to do was add another layer of mulch on for color and pick a few weeds. I've been working on this bed for 5 yrs.
We were doing some yard work this weekend and the boys' job was to haul the branches from the trees their father was cutting down to the compost pile. They made themselves a nest!
Half of the veggie garden. Each square is 3.5 ft. by 3.5 ft. This one has 2 heirloom tomatoes, a watermelon plant, 3 broccoli and although you can't see them a couple of tiny cauliflower in the front. The onion seeds have not come up...the seeds might have been too old.
The other half of the garden with our zucchini, beets and carrots. Mom requested the beets so she can make pickled beets (a staple on our tables at holiday time...it doesn't feel like Thanksgiving without the pickled beets...this is also one of the few items my husband will not eat!)
I planted this clematis 4 or 5 yrs ago and have putzed with it every year. Look what it did for me this year!
My chives and thyme came back from last year. They're both planted in hanging baskets. I think I'm going to plant all of my herbs in hanging baskets this year.
Side of the house. My goal is to make this area a true cottage style garden. I want to take out the grass, put in a winding stone pathway (area is only about 10 ft. wide) and plant a bunch of iris, dianthus (already there), roses (I already have several planted to the left in the picture), and daylillies (already planted), mums and another clematis, and put a white fence around the air-conditioning unit.
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