moving right along.........

Category: stuff in bloom | Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:00 pm

well, we had a nice rainy weekend, and that certainly helped all the new and established plants. (plus it was nice to turn the a/c off for a few days, will probably have to turn it on again tomorrow).
walking around the yard during my water routine, i always get excited watching the plants as they go about their business doing what they do! the penstemon i unceremoniously ripped from it's home seems to be recovering nicely in it's new spot. i might even get a few blooms on it! planted some nasturtium seeds near to fill in this year and with any luck, maybe they will reseed themselves as well.
the bellflowers are loaded with blooms as were the weigelia and peony. the storms we had over the weekend blew most of the blooms off the weigelia and absolutely flattened the peonies, but no time like the present to start cutting back! the soapwort has passed it's prime, and yesterday, i cut them back by about 2/3's. the bellflowers will probably go another week. but, as they say, everything in it's own time.....the masterwort is opening up now, i spotted new growth on the 2 daylilies i just put in (exited!) and the glads are about 2-3 feet tall already. will be tying the baptisia to the fence (one of my most favorites)and that will open up the space just a bit for the glads to come through.
the biggest chore this weekend is to get all the weeds out of the walkway, re-edge the one side (a yearly maintenance job),fill the gaps with preen & then put new mulch down. (as i've said before, if i had my way, i wouldn't have any grass to deal with..but that is another story).
when all is said and done.....i will probably be thinking of more things to move and change, and that is o.k.

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Droopy wrote on Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:08 am:

Photos please? :D Sounds like you've got nice, warm weather. Good luck with minimizing the grass. We've removed a little bit of lawn every year, but I'm not allowed to help myself to more now. The rest of the family feel we need a bit of grass and they're probably correct.

Annette wrote on Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:31 pm:

i will, droopy....i am, as always, a little slow on the picture side. and in my opinion, if they want the grass, they should mow it!....lol. (though it is nice to walk on it with your bare feet, especially in the morning when the dew is still on it).