Wild Goldenrod After all the heavy rain of spring we have fully entered the usual “drytime”. This is very stressful for most plants, but the grasses of the plains just go dormant and bide their time. That is probably what made this area a prairie. Other than that the weather has been quite cool for […]
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Peonies in my Garden
I grow the herbaceous type of peony, both the types with single and double blooms. I love their fragrance and the delicate satin texture of their petals. They have good looking foliage on round bush-like plants, and for lots of people they say “Spring has truly arrived”. Their blooms are so full and opulent, alone […]
Sweet Corn Time
Sweet corn time coincides with tomato time around here. This year both are a little tardy due to the unwelcoming weather of the 2008 spring, but they are on their way! I noticed my tomatoes are growing nicely, but they aren’t red yet. We were a bit remiss about weeding them out this year, too, […]
Summertime is for Reading Books
That’s right. Sometimes it is too hot to weed and I am too lazy. So I go to the library and load up on gardening books (mainly). That is part of my obsession with gardening, and somewhat easier on the back… although I find my mind is more cultivated than my yard that way. Since […]
A Japanese Beetle Plague
Japanese beetles have struck my garden again. Out mowing, I noticed the Stella cherry tree was bronze with skeletonized leaves. Coming closer it was filled with the terrible metallic armored beetles munching away. It gives me the willies to mow underneath these infested trees because a rain of beetles comes down on me when I […]
Memories of June
A few pictures before I go on a short July Fourth hiatus. My overgrown pond area. I let feverfew bloom unhindered and the iris made it through the winter and bloomed beautifully- it surprised me. The waterlilies need division, you can’t really see the water. These pictures show my present attraction to purple cream and […]
