Wednesday, May 8, 2013

What is blooming now? ( May 07, 2013 )

What is blooming and is going to bloom in the garden?

Wild Geranium

Coreopsis

Clematis

Solomon's Seal

Garlic Chives

Fringe Tree

Spiderwort

Downey Phlox

Thread Leaved Blue Star


Blue Indigo
 
A view from the north side.
 

By Monarda

Clean up ( May 07, 2013 )

We cleaned up the garden.

 
(1.25 hours, 3  people worth of work)
By Monarda

Today's Garden ( May 07, 2013 )

 
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What's blooming now? ( May 01, 2013 )

I stopped by the garden to see what is blooming now.

Sassafras Tree

Cup Plant

Prairie Dropseed

Wild Geranium

Solomon's Seal

Wild Ginger

Downey Phlox 

Downey Phlox

Fragrant Sumac

Thread Leaved Blue Star


Thread Leaved Blue Star


Blue Indigo

By Monarda

Today's Garden ( May 01, 2013 )

 By Monarda

Herb Garden ( May 01, 2013 )


We cleaned up the herb garden. Please take a look at the before and after pictures.

Before


After


 
 
Great job, gardeners!
By Monarda



Herb Garden ( April 26, 2013 )

Klarissa suggested that we need to tame the dominant herbs in the herb garden down and coax the weaker ones back to life. We all think this is a great idea and can't wait for the herb garden to be back in shape! 



By Clematis

Weeds ( April 21, 2013 )

Snapdragon sent us a picture of a plant that needs to be removed.


These weeds were taken care of by Klarissa.
by Monarda

Today's Garden ( April 17, 2013 )

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Budding Garden (April 17, 2013)

The Solomon's Seal is starting to come out!





The herb garden is flourishing in the bright sunlight and spring rain.



A very pretty orange and yellow daffodil.
 



 The wild ginger is starting to come out as well.

  By Clematis
 

Sign Refresh (April 17, 2013)

We cleaned up the dead plants and waste to make room for the new growth.





We also rewrote the signs.




By Clematis
(1 hour, 3 people worth of work)

To Do List ( April 14, 2013 )

Snapdragon sent us a To Do List on April 14th.
 
1.  Finish raking up the brown, dead leaves.  (esp. by the window where the Beautyberry Shrubs are located and between the Rose Mallow sticks)

2.  Remove  whatever is growing in the Virginia Sweetspire shrubs.

3.  Cut down the remaining Prairie Dropseed grasses.

4.  Re-do the signs.  Some things are starting to sprout, so we can see what we have growing this year.  

5.  Cut off the spent daffodil flowers. 
 
Thank you Snapdragon.
by Monarda

Clean up ( April 06, 2013 )

Klarissa and her kids were out at the garden about an hour Saturday morning popping some dandelions out and cleaning up the edge a tad.



(1 hour, 3  people worth of work)
by Monarda

Today's Garden ( April 02, 2013 )

by Monarda

Clean up ( April 02, 2013 )

We cleaned up the garden.

Sunflower collected dead plants.


Clematis cleaned up the trellis. It's now ready for the new vines to grow.


Snapdragon cut off dead branches.

 
(1.5 hours, 4  people worth of work)
by Monarda

Flying! ( April 02, 2013 )

The Butterfly milkweed seeds are flying. Go, go, go!


I hope it grows.

by Monarda

Seeds ( April 02, 2013 )

We collected seeds.

Blue Indigo


Passion Fruit

by Monarda 

It's spring! ( April 02, 2013 )

It's spring! The plants are coming out.


Goldenrod


Downey Phlox
by Monarda 

Daffodils ( April 02, 2013 )

The Daffodils are blooming.


 by Monarda