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       I can't believe how fast May passed. The siberian iris and the roses shot out of nowhere and are now in bloom. The colors almost make me faint with their beauty. The Hot Cocoa one did not open yet, so let's hope it does soon.

Up and getting ready Siberian Iris

This variety is more Blue violet than deep violet, also shorter

All three in bud, Hot Cocoa in middle, David Austin's on either side

This has been the weirdest year, with temperatures too warm through the entire winter, then just about the time I should be planting, we get overnight freezes. And while my vegetable crops did well from seeds in the basement, they didn’t survive when transplanted. I did harden them off for several nights, then put them in the planter where I usually grow tomatoes. Then we went on our MINI adventure, and the rain we were supposed to have that week didn’t come. So, off to the garden center to get the annuals for all the pots, and a ...

Once again this week, I have several things to chat about. Spring is warming up and it puts us in the mood to get outside, change things around inside, and do a little digging in the dirt. Warmer weather also means our car clubs are getting out on our mountain roads for some driving. The MINI club was first up this month with a drive. The red one on the left is ours.

The day started out partly cloudy but warm. Of course, we put the top down, then started out going north from our meeting spot to a road ...

So many little things to talk about today, time for a Sunday chat on a lot of subjects. First, I want to thank you all for the kind words, and encouragement as My Sweet Babboo recovers and we get back to a ‘normal’ life. We now turn our attention to the enjoyment of each day, the beauty of our world, time with friends, and gratitude for our wonderful lives. Almost like a gift to celebrate the good news, the white irises came into full bloom.

I needed to be at home for several days, so I had a variety of ...

There is a lot going on in the the garden this week, so get ready for a picture heavy post. The flowering season continues and some planting got done, too. I finally got back to finishing off the planting for the veranda pots this week. The impatiens were on sale at the hardware store, and I have been waiting for those to fill the pots in the little side tables. The tops are tile mosaics, so they need pots in the bottom to keep them from toppling over.

At the bargain rack last month I found this ‘drop in’ plant ...

Autumn Jubilee (#AutumnJubilee2020) in the garden brings a few chores, more to ensure a beautiful spring than to spruce up for fall.  It is a great time to dig up and divide crowded plants, put some new bulbs in the ground, and clean up the last of the summer vegetable plants.  One warm day, I got out the tools and headed for the planter in the front.  It was crowded with irises that didn’t bloom this year.  I think the rhizomes were covered up too much with leaves.  They needed to be dug up and divided anyway.  In September ...

This summer has been busy.  Since COVID destroyed all of our travel plans DH built a vegetable garden at waist height.  Wow, I don't even mind weeding it.  It is so easy when you are not bending over or crawling on the ground.  The cucumber died, but the zucchini made up for the loss. My rhubarb, which has struggled for 4 years, "dying" every summer, survived one more transplant into the "box" and is loving it there.  I have great hopes for rhubarb pie next year.  Then we had 22º weather and a snowstorm in the first week of ...

So much has begun to bloom in the past two weeks since my last gardening post, it is becoming a wonderland of color around here.  If we must be stuck at home, at least we have beautiful flowers to enjoy.  Some very chilly nights this past week kept me from getting a lot of planting done, though.  We have several colors of azaleas, and this year the white ones are pristine and lovely!

Many years the white ones suffer frost damage, but this year they bloomed without any damage for several days before getting some light frost browning.

Dark pink ...