June 2009

Ethel Garden Gloves: Review and Giveaway

June 29, 2009

I used to think garden gloves were for other people, not me. Oh, sure, I’d put a pair on to deal with brambles, nettles, and wild parsnip, but, on the whole, gloves kept me from feeling the moist earth and from grasping small weeds near precious seedlings. Most gloves didn’t fit me well enough to [...]

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All Annuals Planted Now

June 28, 2009

Planted 6 Henna coleus and the last 2 Mint Mocha coleus and Midnight Lace vine. All annuals finally in the ground. Weeding next.

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Basil Decimation

June 24, 2009

My daughter just went out to her garden and found all her basil seedlings snipped off and left. Not eaten and not even wilted yet.

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Rain Plus Warmth Equals Weeds

June 21, 2009

In the past 4 days have gotten almost 3in rain. Now it’s supposed to warm up. I see weeds in my future. Weeds and blooms.

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Planting Coreopis and Rearranged Heucheras

June 20, 2009

Planted Redshift coreopsis and rearranged some heucheras last night and weeded here and there. The coreopsis is a trial plant from Skagit Gardens. On the tag it looks like it has a maroon ring around the center, so I planted it near the purple smoke bush. But in the accompanying literature it is pictured with [...]

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Planted Two Shade Lovers

June 17, 2009

Just planted Invincibelle hydrangea and Burning Hearts dicentra, beating the rain by minutes. Both are trial plants and quite small. Invincibelle is from Proven Winners and Burning Hearts is from Skagit Gardens. I removed a huge clump of Siberian iris to make room for these, replanting the irises in front of the single white lilac, [...]

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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2009

June 16, 2009

To every plant, there is a season, and I find that pretty much the same plants are blooming that were blooming last year and the year before at this time. So even though I’m intoxicated with my peonies and wowed by my poppies, I’ll use this post to showcase some of the other plants that [...]

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Is Your Comment Missing?

June 11, 2009

Just found 6 valid comments in my spam catcher. My apologies! If you ever write a comment and it doesn’t show up, please alert me via email or contact form. Sometimes my spam catcher is a little too zealous.

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Uncovered my ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangea

June 8, 2009

I finally uncovered my ‘Endless Summer’ and ‘Forever&Ever’ hydrangeas. I had discovered that dumping a bunch of dry leaves over them in the fall was sufficient to protect them from the erratic spring freezes that we have. The old branches help hold the mulch in place, and I cut them down in the spring when [...]

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More Annuals Planted and a Bit of Weeding

June 5, 2009

Planted 2 King Tut papyrus and 3 Augusta Blue Skies nierembergia, and weeded the front bed where I put the nierembergia.

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Window Box Planted

June 3, 2009

Planted 2 Pink Parfait verbena & 1 Midnight Lace sweet potato vine in window box. Will complement pink phlox below it this summer.

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Birdbath Bed Gets Annuals

June 2, 2009

Planted 6 Burgundy Star Easy Wave petunias & 6 Purple Flash ornamental peppers in the birdbath bed. These were trial plants sent by the Ball Horticultural Company. Expecting rain tomorrow. No more frost! Who knows? Maybe I’ll get brave and actually put the birdbath out.

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